Events · Announced
Harvest Festival: Taken Over
12 AM Oct 2 to 8 PM Oct 5Live now
Friday, October 2, 2026, 12 AM to Monday, October 5, 2026, 8 PM local time
Bonuses
- Increased chance to encounter Shiny Slugma.
- 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.
Bonuses as listed on the official post. Read it on pokemongo.com.
Announced. Scopely published this. Window and details come straight from that post.
Source: Rescue Shadow Zekrom during Harvest Festival: Taken Over!, posted Sept 7, 2026, 8:00 PM UTC. First seen by this site September 7, 2026.
The official post quotes the window as: “Friday, October 2, at 12:00 a.m. to Monday, October 5, 2026, at 8:00 p.m. local time”