Harvest Festival: Taken Over

• The Harvest Festival: Taken Over event will take place from October 2, 2026 at 12 am to October 5, 2026 at 8 pm local time.

Bonuses

• Increased chance to encounter Shiny Slugma
• More Team GO Rocket appearances at PokéStops and in balloons
• Use a Charged TM to remove Frustration from Shadow Pokémon
• Wider Attack, Defense, and HP variance for Pokémon caught in one-star and three-star Shadow Raids during the event

Save Shadow Zekrom!

• Zekrom✦ Can be shiny

New Shadow Pokémon

• Wimpod✦ Can be shiny
• Fomantis✦ Can be shiny
• Sandygast✦ Can be shiny

Spawns

• Koffing✦ Can be shiny
• Slugma✦ Can be shiny
• Numel✦ Can be shiny

• Magmar✦ Can be shiny

Field Research Tasks

Shiny Shroodle Debut

• Shroodle
• Grafaiai

Increased Shiny Chance

• Slugma