Pokémon Go is refreshing the Team Go Rocket encounters via the “Galarian Expedition: Taken Over” event, a branch off of the “Galarian Expedition” event, which is still running. This Team Go Rocket portion of the event will run from Oct. 8-11.
The meat of this event is actually the addition of new Special Research Tasks to the “Galar Calling” research. These steps include the Team Go Rocket leader and Giovanni encounters, so if you want the Shadow Heatran, you’ll need to progress in “Galar Calling” to do so.
As usual with these events, Team Go Rocket members will appear more frequently at PokéStops and in the hot air balloons. You can also use a Charged TM to get rid of the move Frustration during the event, allowing you to slot in something more powerful.
Below, we list out the other event perks for the “Galarian Expedition: Taken Over” event, including Field Research and shadow raid targets. Note that there’s not much here, as the main part of the event is the aforementioned Special Research and the “Galarian Expedition” is still running.
Pokémon Go ‘Galarian Expedition: Taken Over’ event Field Research
Spinning a PokéStop during the event period may yield one of these tasks:
- Defeat 1 Team Go Rocket grunt (1 Mysterious Component)
- Purify 3 Shadow Pokémon (1 Fast or Charged TM)
Pokémon Go ‘Galarian Expedition: Taken Over’ event raid targets
These Pokémon will be in shadow raids during the event:
- Machop (1-star)
- Grimer (1-star)
- Exeggcute (1-star)
- Sudowoodo (1-star)
- Pinsir (3-star)
- Sableye (3-star)
- Mawile (3-star)
