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:

Pokemon	Completion Reward
Catch a Gothia
Catch a Stunky
Catch a Mareanie	5000 XP
Catch a Croagunk	Trubbish Encounter
Catch a Sneasal
Catch a Wooper
Catch a Absol

Field Research

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

Task	Reward
Defeat 1 Team Go Rocket Grunt	Mysterious Component
Purify 3 Shadow Pokemon	Charged TMFast TM

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:

Fashion Week: Taken Over 1/5

Task	Individual Reward	Completion Rewards
Catch 15 Pokemon	5x Pinap Berry	1500 XP
Purify 2 Shadow Pokemon	10 Poke Balls	500 Stardust
Defeat 3 Team Go Rocket Grunts	Mysterious Component	Wooper Encounter

Fashion Week: Taken Over 2/5

Task	Individual Reward	Completion Rewards
Catch 20 Pokemon	5 Pinap Berry	2000 XP
Purify 5 Pokemon	10 Great Balls	1000 Stardust
Defeat 6 Team Go Rocket Grunts	3 Mysterious Components	Croagunk Encounter

Fashion Week: Taken Over 3/5

Task	Individual Reward	Completion Rewards
Team Rocket Go Leader Arlo	2500 XP	2500 XP
Team Rocket Go Leader Cliff	2500 XP	1500 Stardust
Team Rocket Go Leader Sierra	2500 XP	Super Rocket Radar

Fashion Week: Taken Over 4/5

Task	Individual Reward	Completion Rewards
Find the Team Go Rocket Boss	10 Hyper Potion	3000 XP
Battle the Team Go Rocket Boss	10 Ultra Ball	2000 Stardust
Defeat the Team Go Rocket Boss	6 Max Revive	Absol Encounter

Fashion Week: Taken Over 5/5

Task	Individual Reward	Completion Rewards
Claim Reward	1500 Stardust	6000 XP
Claim Reward	1500 Stardust	5000 Stardust
Claim Reward	1500 Stardust	3 Charged TM

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.