Pokemon Go Fashion Week Taken Over event: Team Go Rocket, Shroodle debut, Shadow Palkia

Team Go Rocket is set to take over Pokemon Go Fashion Week 2025 with a new ‘mon and focus on saving Shadow Palkia.

Niantic announced the next Fashion Week event for Pokemon Go in early January, which brings Furfrou back into the spotlight yet again.

That’s not the only thing happening during Fashion Week 2025, however, as they’ve just announced a new event that has Team Go Rocket taking over the game at the same time.

Here’s everything we know about Pokemon Go Fashion Week: Taken Over including dates, times, and more.

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Fashion Week: Taken Over dates and times

Pokemon Go Fashion Week: Taken Over will begin on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, at 12 am, and will end on Sunday, January 19, 2025, at 8 pm local time.

Fashion Week: Taken Over Pokemon Debuts

During the event, the Toxic Mouse Pokemon Shroodle and its evolution, Grafaiai, will make their debut in the game.

Shroodle will be available to hatch from 12 km eggs.

On top of Shroodle’s debut, Croagunk wearing a fashion week costume will appear when you take a snapshot during the event.

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Shadow Raids

The following Pokemon will hatch from Shadow Raids during the Fashion Week: Taken Over event:

One-Star Raids

• Shadow Nidoran♀
• Shadow Nidoran♂
• Shadow Totodile
• Shadow Ralts

Three-Star Raids

• Shadow Electabuzz
• Shadow Magmar
• Shadow Wobbuffet

Shadow Nidoran and Ralts may appear in their Shiny forms.

Pokemon Go Fashion Week: Taken Over Shadow Pokemon

Team Go Rocket grunts as well as their leaders Sierra, Cliff, and Arlo, will be using different Shadow Pokemon during the event.

• Shadow Taillow
• Shadow Swellow
• Shadow Snivy
• Shadow Servine
• Shadow Serperior
• Shadow Tepig
• Shadow Pignite
• Shadow Emboar
• Shadow Oshawott
• Shadow Dewott
• Shadow Samurott
• Shadow Trubbish
• Shadow Garbodor
• Shadow Bunnelby
• Shadow Diggersby
• Shadow Palkia (Giovanni)
• Shadow Alolan Grimer (Arlo)
• Shadow Skorupi (Sierra)
• Shadow Cubone (Cliff)

Fashion Week: Taken Over event bonuses

During the event, trainers will have access to the following bonuses:

• Team Go Rocket will appear more frequently at PokeStops and in balloons every two hours.
• Trainers can use a Charged TM to help Shadow Pokemon forget Frustration

Wild Encounters

The Fashion Week will also cycle out different Pokemon in the wild encounters, all with a chance of being Shiny:

• Costume Wooper
• Costume Sneasal
• Absol
• Stunky
• Gothita
• Mareanie

Additionally, Costume Croagunk will appear as a Photobomb Pokemon when taking Snapshots.

Collection Challenge

Those who manage to catch the Pokemon found in the wild will be able to finish the Collection Challenge for the following reward:

Field Research

The Fashion Week Taken Over event has also exclusive Field Research Tasks for players to complete:

Special Research

Special Research will be unlocked as soon as the event starts. Trainers who complete the quest will receive the Super Rocket Radar needed to challenge Giovanni. Those who successfully beat Giovanni in a battle will receive an encounter with Shadow Palkia. Here are the specific Special Research tasks:

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That’s all you need to know about Pokemon Go’s Fashion Week: Taken Over event. Stay up to date with the Spotlight Hour schedule, the current Community Day, and all of the Raid Bosses and Shadow Raid bosses available.