Team GO Rocket and Giovanni strike again—team up to rescue Shadow Dialga during Crown Clash: Taken Over!
Crown Clash: Taken Over
Wednesday, May 14, at 12:00 a.m. to Sunday, May 18, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. local time
Event Bonuses
- Team GO Rocket will appear more frequently at PokéStops and in balloons.
- You can use a Charged TM to help a Shadow Pokémon forget the Charged Attack Frustration.
- Pokémon caught via one-star and three-star Shadow Raids during the event will have a wider variance of Attack, Defense, and HP.
Save Shadow Dialga!
Special Research will be unlocked at the beginning of this event. Progress through it to receive a Super Rocket Radar and chase down Giovanni!
You can claim this Special Research until the end of Pokémon GO: Might and Mastery on June 3, 2025, at 9:59 a.m. local time.
Shadow Pokémon
Team GO Rocket Grunts—and their leaders, Sierra, Cliff, and Arlo—are using different Shadow Pokémon.
Team GO Rocket has also turned the following Pokémon into Shadow Pokémon. Defeat Team GO Rocket Grunts to save them!
Shadow Slakoth
Shadow Inkay
Shadow Tyrunt
Shadow Amaura
Shadow Raids
The following Pokémon will appear in Shadow Raids! Gyms not under Team GO Rocket control may still host other raids.
One-Star Raids
Shadow Magnemite*
Shadow Cyndaquil
Shadow Murkrow*
Shadow Spoink
Three-Star Raids
Shadow Lapras*
Shadow Piloswine
Shadow Gurdurr
Eggs
Beginning with this event and continuing afterward, Larvitar and Pawniard will be available in 10 km Eggs and will no longer be available in 12 km Eggs.
Larvitar*
Pawniard*
Field Research Task Rewards
Event-themed Field Research tasks will be available.
Complete Field Research tasks to earn Fast TMs, Charged TMs, and Mysterious Components.
Paid Timed Research
For US$4.99 (or the equivalent pricing tier in your local currency), you’ll be able to access event-exclusive Timed Research.
Timed Research rewards include the following.
- One Super Rocket Radar
- Two Premium Battle Passes
- Encounters with event-themed Pokémon, including Nidoqueen wearing a crown, Nidoking wearing a crown, and more!
Trainers will be able to purchase and gift tickets to any of their Pokémon GO friends that they have achieved a Friendship level of Great Friends or higher with. Please note that purchases—including those made for other Trainers—are non-refundable (subject to applicable law and the exceptions set forth in the Terms of Service). Tickets cannot be purchased with PokéCoins.
PokéStop Showcases
Be on the lookout for Showcases at different PokéStops where you can enter event-themed Pokémon!
Pokémon GO Web Store – Crown Clash Ultra Ticket Box
The Crown Clash Ultra Ticket Box will be available for US$4.99 (or the equivalent pricing tier in your local currency) and includes an event ticket plus a bonus Max Revive and 10 Ultra Balls at no additional cost!
Check it out in the Pokémon GO Web Store!
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—The Pokémon GO team
