Galarian Expedition Taken Over is a new Team GO Rocket takeover event that takes place on Tuesday, October 8, at 12:00 a.m. to Friday, October 11, 2024, at

8:00 p.m. local time

Trainers have the opportunity to rescue Shadow Heatran and a variety of new Shadow Pokémon. This page details all the bonuses, research tasks, wild spawns, egg hatches, and raid bosses you can encounter during the Galarian Expedition Taken Over event. 

This event runs alongside the Galarian Expedition Event, which introduces.

Don’t forget to use your Charged TM to remove Frustration!

Galarian Expedition: Taken Over

Date & Time

Starts

Ends

Tuesday, October 8, 2024 at 12:00 a.m.

Friday, October 11, 2024, at

8:00 p.m.

Bonuses

• Debut of Shadow Heatran

• Shadow Pinsir, Shadow Sableye and Shadow Mawile in tier 3 Shadow Raids

• New Shadow Pokémon will debut: Caterpie, Mankey, Roggenrola, Venipede, Karrablast and Shelmet

• Team GO Rocket will appear more frequently at Pokéstops and in balloons

• You can use a Charged TM to help Shadow Pokémon forget the Charged Attack Frustration

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Save Shadow Heatran!

Part of the Seasonal Special Research story will be unlocked at the beginning of this event. Progress through it to receive a Super Rocket Radar and chase down Giovanni!

Heatran (Shadow)

You can claim this Special Research until the end of Pokémon GO: Max Out on December 3, 2024, at 9:59 a.m. local time.

New Shadow Pokémon

Team GO Rocket Grunts—as well as their leaders Sierra, Cliff, and Arlo—are using different Shadow Pokémon. In addition, Team GO Rocket has also turned the following Pokémon into Shadow Pokémon. Defeat Team GO Rocket Grunts to save them!

Pokémon rescued from Team GO Rocket Grunts may be Shiny Pokémon—if you’re lucky.

• Mankey (Shadow)

• Caterpie (Shadow)

• Roggenrola (Shadow)

• Venipede (Shadow)

• Karrablast (Shadow)

• Shelmet (Shadow)

Shadow Raids

Three-Star Raids

• Pinsir (Shadow)

   

• Sableye (Shadow)

• Mawile (Shadow)

*If you’re lucky, you may encounter a Shiny one!

Related Raid Guides: Shadow Pinsir, Shadow Sableye, Shadow Mawile.

One-Star Raids

• Machop (Shadow)

   

• Grimer (Shadow)

• Exeggcute (Shadow)

• Sudowoodo (Shadow)

Field Research Task Encounters

Event-themed Field Research tasks will be available! Field Research rewards include the following:

• Mysterious Components

• Charged TMs

• Fast TMs

PokéStop Showcases

Be on the lookout for Showcases at different PokéStops where you can enter event-themed Pokémon!

Shop Bundles

A Team GO Rocket Box will be available during this event.

For 300 PokéCoins, you will get one Incubator, one Rocket Radar, and one Premium Battle Pass.

Check it out in the in-game shop!

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