Don’t Miss Psychic Spectacular — Indeedee Debuts and You Can Catch Shadow Tornadus

Pokémon Go is running a Team Go Rocket event called Psychic Spectacular: Taken Over from Sept. 16–21. The event adds Indeedee to the game and gives players another chance to snag shadow Tornadus via Giovanni, along with the usual Team Go Rocket perks and several spawn, raid, and research changes.

• • Event overview and bonuses
  • Special Research and rewards

• Premium Timed Research and rewards
• Collection Challenge
• Event Field Research
• Boosted spawns
• Event egg hatches
• Raid targets

Event overview and bonuses

The Team Go Rocket takeover runs from Sept. 16 to Sept. 21. Indeedee debuts in the game, and defeating Giovanni can lead to an encounter with shadow Tornadus.

During the event, Team Go Rocket members will appear more often in balloons and at PokéStops. You can use TMs to remove the move Frustration from shadow Pokémon, and shadow Pokémon caught from raids will have a wider spread of stats. Additionally, you’ll get extra candy for Nice Throws or better, an increased chance to get Candy XL, and any eggs placed into incubators during the event will have halved hatch distance. Solrock and Lunatone — usually regional — will appear in the wild worldwide for the event.

Pokémon Go ‘Psychic Spectacular: Taken Over’ Special Research and rewards

This is the standard Team Go Rocket Special Research tied to Taken Over events. You can claim the research until Dec. 2 at 9:59 a.m. local time. Once claimed, it remains permanently available in your Special Research list.

Step 1 of 5

• Catch 15 Pokémon (reward: 5 Pinap Berries)
• Purify 2 shadow Pokémon (reward: 10 Poké Balls)
• Defeat 3 Team Go Rocket grunts (reward: 1 Mysterious Component)

Rewards: 1,500 XP, 500 Stardust, Inkay encounter.

Step 2 of 5

• Catch 20 Pokémon (reward: 5 Pinap Berries)
• Purify 5 shadow Pokémon (reward: 10 Great Balls)
• Defeat 6 Team Go Rocket grunts (reward: 3 Mysterious Components)

Rewards: 2,000 XP, 1,000 Stardust, Wobbuffet encounter.

Step 3 of 5

• Defeat Team Go Rocket leader Arlo
• Defeat Team Go Rocket leader Cliff
• Defeat Team Go Rocket leader Sierra

Rewards: 2,500 XP, 1,500 Stardust, 1 Super Rocket Radar.

Step 4 of 5

• Find the Team Go Rocket Boss (reward: 10 Hyper Potions)
• Battle the Team Go Rocket Boss (reward: 10 Ultra Balls)
• Defeat the Team Go Rocket Boss (reward: 6 Max Revives)

Rewards: 3,000 XP, 2,000 Stardust, Hypno encounter. After defeating Giovanni in battle as part of this step, you’ll get the opportunity to catch shadow Tornadus.

Step 5 of 5

• Claim reward! (1,500 Stardust)
• Claim reward! (1,500 Stardust)
• Claim reward! (1,500 Stardust)

Rewards: 6,000 XP, 5,000 Stardust, 3 Charge TMs.

Pokémon Go ‘Psychic Spectacular: Taken Over’ premium Timed Research and rewards

For $4.99, a premium timed research bundle is available. It provides extra encounters and an additional Super Rocket Radar, letting you face Giovanni again if you use the radar.

If you want another shot at a shadow Legendary or the premium encounters, the pack is the direct way to get them. Otherwise, it’s optional.

Step 1 of 2

• Explore 1 km — Abra encounter
• Catch 15 Pokémon — Ralts encounter
• Defeat 3 Team Go Rocket members — Solosis encounter
• Purify 3 shadow Pokémon — Slowpoke encounter

Rewards: Oranguru encounter, 1 Premium Battle Pass.

Step 2 of 2

• Explore 1 km — Drowzee encounter
• Catch 15 Pokémon — Hatenna encounter
• Defeat 3 Team Go Rocket members — Gothita encounter
• Purify 3 shadow Pokémon — Galarian Slowpoke encounter

Rewards: Wyrdeer encounter, 1 Premium Battle Pass, 1 Super Rocket Radar.

Pokémon Go ‘Psychic Spectacular: Taken Over’ event Collection Challenge

The event features the Gathering Shadows Collection Challenge. You must catch the listed Pokémon from Team Go Rocket grunts to complete it.

• Swablu
• Baltoy
• Qwilfish
• Deino

Rewards: 1 Rocket Radar, 8,000 XP.

Pokémon Go ‘Psychic Spectacular: Taken Over’ event Field Research and rewards

Spinning PokéStops during the event can give these tasks.

• Catch 3 Solrock or Lunatone — reward: Starmie encounter
• Defeat a Team Go Rocket grunt — reward: 1 Mysterious Component
• Evolve a Pokémon — reward: 1,200 Stardust
• Purify 3 Shadow Pokémon — reward: 1 Fast TM or 1 Charge TM

Pokémon Go ‘Psychic Spectacular: Taken Over’ event boosted spawns

Niantic confirmed increased spawns for these Pokémon during the event:

• Abra
• Lunatone
• Solrock
• Beldum

Some players have reported additional finds, including Galarian Slowpoke, Spoink, and Elgyem; see community reports on The Silph Road.

Pokémon Go ‘Psychic Spectacular: Taken Over’ event egg hatches

During the event, these Pokémon may hatch from any 5 km eggs obtained while the event is live:

• Smoochum
• Chingling
• Espurr
• Indeedee

Pokémon Go ‘Psychic Spectacular: Taken Over’ event raid targets

Raids during the event will feature a mix of normal and shadow Pokémon. Trainers can expect these raid targets:

• Galarian Ponyta
• Alolan Raichu
• Drowzee (shadow)
• Scyther (shadow)
• Galarian Slowpoke
• Aerodactyl (shadow)
• Girafarig
• Sableye (shadow)
• Ralts (shadow)
• Hisuian Braviary
• Bagon (shadow)
• Wyrdeer
• Snover (shadow)
• Espurr

If you want a full checklist, use the Special Research to guarantee a run at shadow Tornadus, and consider the premium research only if you want the extra encounters or another Super Rocket Radar.