Delightful Days: Taken Over

Team GO Rocket takes over part of Delightful Days from 11 to 17 August. Shadow Kyogre returns as a five-star Shadow Raid boss on the final weekend, and it can be shiny for the first time. Special Research leads you to Giovanni and a chance to rescue Shadow Giratina, and Shiny Salandit can be hatched from Eggs for the first time.

Event bonuses

• Team GO Rocket appears more often at PokéStops and in balloons
• A Charged TM can make a Shadow Pokémon forget Frustration
• Wider spread of Attack, Defense and HP for Pokémon caught from one-star and three-star Shadow Raids
• Shadow Kyogre in five-star Shadow Raids from 16 August at 06:00 to 17 August at 22:00, with one extra Raid Pass a day from spinning Gym Photo Discs during these hours
• Special Research that rewards a Super Rocket Radar for battling Giovanni, claimable until 2 September at 09:59
• Event Field Research rewarding Fast TMs, Charged TMs and Mysterious Components
• Event Collection Challenge rewarding XP and a Rocket Radar