Sept. 16 marks the start of the Pokémon Go Psychic Spectacular Taken Over event, and we have plenty of content to explore.
The new event sees specific Pokémon spawn in the game. Almost all of them also offer Shiny variants you can discover, if you're lucky. This guide has all the essential information to remember if you plan to max out the rewards.
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All Pokémon Go Psychic Spectacular Taken Over event highlights
The Pokémon Go Psychic Spectacular Taken Over event will occur between Sept. 16 and Sept. 21. We can already grind out most of the event's content, and have the next few days to get unique spawns and hatches from eggs.
Increased Pokémon spawns
The following Pokémon will have higher rates of spawning in the wild and will have shiny variants available. The egg hatches that follow will also have the chance to hatch shinies.
- Abra
- Slowpoke
- Lunatone
- Solrock
- Beldum
- Gothita
- Elgyem
- Inkay
Specific Egg hatches
- Smoochum (5 km)
- Chingling (5 km)
- Espurr (5 km)
- Indeedee (5 km)
New event Pokémon
Indeedee (Male and Female) will spawn during the event, and you can also get their shiny variants. There will be new Shadow variants during the event.
- Tornadus
- Qwilfish
- Swablu
- Altaria
- Baltoy
- Claydol
- Feebas
- Milotic
- Deino
- Zweilous
- Hydreigon
The event will also have the following Pokémon feature in Raid battles.
- Raichu
- Braviary
- Wyrdeer
Research
The event features an exclusive Field Research for all to complete. You also get to complete Timed Research and a Special Research.
| Task | Rewards |
|---|---|
| Catch 3 Solrock or Lunatone | Starmie encounter |
| Defeat 1 Team GO Rocket Grunts | 1 Mysterious Component |
| Purify 3 Shadow Pokémon | 1 Fast TM 1 Charged TM |
Timed Research
| Task | Reward |
|---|---|
| Explore 1km | Abra encounter |
| Catch 15 Pokémon | Ralts encounter |
| Defeat 3 Team GO Rocket members | Solosis encounter |
| Purify 3 Shadow Pokémon | Slowpoke encounter |
| Task | Reward |
|---|---|
| Explore 1km | Drowzee encounter |
| Catch 15 Pokémon | Hatenna encounter |
| Defeat 3 Team GO Rocket members | Gothita encounter |
| Purify 3 Shadow Pokémon | Slowpoke encounter |
Special Research
| Task | Reward |
|---|---|
| Catch 15 Pokémon | 5 Pinap Berry |
| Purify 2 Shadow Pokémon | 10 Poke Ball |
| Defeat 3 Team GO Rocket Grunts | 1 Mysterious Component |
| Task | Reward |
|---|---|
| Catch 20 Pokémon | 5 Pinap Berry |
| Purify 5 Shadow Pokémon | 10 Great Ball |
| Defeat 6 Team GO Rocket Grunts | 3 Mysterious Component |
| Task | Reward |
|---|---|
| Defeat Arlo | 2500 XP |
| Defeat Cliff | 2500 XP |
| Defeat Sierra | 2500 XP |
| Task | Reward |
|---|---|
| Find Team GO Rocket Boss | 10 Hyper Potion |
| Battle Team GO Rocket Boss | 10 Ultra Ball |
| Defeat Team GO Rocket Boss | 6 max Revive |
| Task | Reward |
|---|---|
| Claim the rewards | 1500 Stardust |
| Claim the rewards | 1500 Stardust |
| Claim the rewards | 1500 Stardust |
Here's a list of your group rewards from completing the Special Research.
- 15000 XP
- 10000 Stardust
- Inkay Encounter
- Wobbuffet Encounter
- Hypno Encounter
- 1 Super Rocket Radar
- 3 Fast TM
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