Showdown in the Shadows (Team GO Rocket Special Research)

Showdown in the Shadows is a Team GO Rocket Special Research that awards an encounter with Giovanni’s new Legendary Shadow Pokémon: Regigigas. Work your way through a new Rocket Special Research to receive a Super Rocket Radar to battle Giovanni and rescue Shadow Regigigas.

Showdown in the Shadows is available starting Thursday, October 26, 2023, at 10:00 AM local time. This Special Research is part of Team GO Rocket Takeover (October 2023), which started at the same time as Pokémon GO Halloween 2023 (Part II) event.

Showdown in the Shadows Tasks and Rewards

Showdown in the Shadows (1/5)

Task	Reward
Catch 15 Pokémon	5× Pinap Berry
Spin 5 PokéStops or Gyms	10× PokeBall
Defeat 3 Team GO Rocket Grunts	1× Mysterious Component
Rewards
1000× XP 1000× Stardust Phantump

Showdown in the Shadows (2/5)

Task	Reward
Catch 15 Pokémon	5× Pinap Berry
Transfer 10 Pokémon	10× Great Ball
Defeat 6 Team GO Rocket Grunts	3× Mysterious Component
Rewards
1500× XP 1500× Stardust Yamask (Galarian)

Showdown in the Shadows (3/5)

Task	Reward
Defeat GO Rocket Leader Arlo	2500× XP
Defeat GO Rocket Leader Cliff	2500× XP
Defeat GO Rocket Leader Sierra	2500× XP
Rewards
2500× XP 2500× Stardust 2500× Super Rocket Radar

Showdown in the Shadows (4/5)

Task	Reward
Find the Team GO Rocket Boss	10× Hyper Potion
Battle the Team GO Rocket Boss	10× Ultra Ball
Defeat the Team GO Rocket Boss	6× Max Revive
Rewards
3000× XP 3000× Stardust Gengar Halloween 2023 Hat

Showdown in the Shadows (5/5)

Task	Reward
Claim Reward!	2500× Stardust
Claim Reward!	2500× Stardust
Claim Reward!	2500× Stardust
Rewards
5000× XP 3500× Stardust 2× Silver Pinap Berry

I don’t have this Team GO Rocket Special Research. Why?

When a new Team GO Rocket Special Research comes out, Trainers are often confused as to why they haven’t received the new quest line yet. The most likely, almost always correct, explanation is that you still have an unfinished Team GO Rocket research in your Special Research tab.

If you have any of these Special Research stories, and you have progressed beyond the first page of it, you need to finish it, before you can receive any new Team GO Rocket Special Research:

• A Troubling Situation – a prerequisite research that you need to finish in order to receive any of the future Team GO Rocket Special Research storylines.
• Looming in the Shadows
• A Challenging Development
• The Take-Over Continues
• A Professor’s Work is Never Done
• The Shadowy Threat Grows
• An Inter-egg-sting Development
• The Higher They Fly…
• A Seven-Colored Shadow
• Silent Schemes
• Field Notes: Team GO Rocket
• Ultra Beast Protection Efforts
• Shadowy Skirmishes
• From The Shadows Team GO Rocket Special Research