Harvest Festival: Taken Over

During Harvest Festival: Taken Over, Team GO Rocket activity increases across the world.

• Team GO Rocket Grunts appear more often at PokéStops
• Team GO Rocket Balloons appear more frequently
• Team GO Rocket Leaders Sierra, Cliff, and Arlo use different Shadow Pokémon
• Giovanni can be tracked down at PokéStops using a Super Rocket Radar

For the first time in Pokémon GO, you can rescue Shadow Zekrom.

Progress through GO Pass: Harvest Festival to earn a Super Rocket Radar, then use it to track down Giovanni at PokéStops — the GO Pass is now the only way to earn one. If you’re lucky, you might encounter a Shiny one! Silver Pinap Berries double the Zekrom Candy you receive from catching it.

Team GO Rocket has turned Wimpod, Fomantis, and Sandygast into Shadow Pokémon. Defeat Team GO Rocket Grunts to rescue them — if you’re lucky, you might encounter a Shiny one!

Team GO Rocket Leaders Sierra, Cliff, and Arlo are using different Shadow Pokémon during this event.

Event-themed Pokémon will appear more frequently in the wild.

Koffing, Slugma, and Numel will show up more often — and if you’re lucky, you might even encounter Magmar. Any of them could be Shiny!

For the first time in Pokémon GO, Shiny Shroodle will be available to hatch from 12 km Eggs.

Evolve Shroodle into Grafaiai to keep the Shiny going.

During this event, you can use a Charged TM to help a Shadow Pokémon forget the Charged Attack Frustration. This applies to any eligible Shadow Pokémon in your collection, including ones caught before the event.

Pokémon caught via one-star and three-star Shadow Raids during the event will have a wider variance of Attack, Defense, and HP.

Event-themed Field Research tasks will be available throughout Harvest Festival: Taken Over.

Complete these tasks to earn Fast TMs, Charged TMs, and Mysterious Components. The exact tasks have not been detailed yet — we’ll update this page as soon as they’re revealed.