Psychic Spectacular: Taken Over Special Research

Incarnate Shadow Tornadus

Psychic Spectacular: Taken Over Special Research is a Team GO Rocket Special Research that becomes available with the start of the most recent Psychic Spectacular 2025 Taken Over event on Tuesday, September 16, at 10:00 a.m. You can claim this Special Research until the end of Pokémon GO: Tales of Transformation on December 2, 2025, at 9:59 a.m. local time.

Psychic Spectacular: Taken Over Special Research Tasks and Rewarsd

This Special Research will be unlocked at the beginning of this event, and you can get it if you don’t have an existing Team Rocket Special Research active. Progress through it to receive a Super Rocket Radar and chase down Giovanni! Complete this Special Research to save Shadow Incarnate Forme Tornadus! 

With that being said, let’s see what you need to do to complete this Research.

Psychic Spectacular: Taken Over (1/5)

Task	Reward
Catch 15 Pokémon	5× Pinap Berry
Purify 2 Shadow Pokémon	10× PokeBall
Defeat 3 Team GO Rocket Grunts	1× Mysterious Component
Rewards
1500× XP 500× Stardust Inkay

Psychic Spectacular: Taken Over (2/5)

Task	Reward
Catch 20 Pokémon	5× Pinap Berry
Purify 5 Shadow Pokémon	10× Great Ball
Defeat 6 Team GO Rocket Grunts	3× Mysterious Component
Rewards
2000× XP 1000× Stardust Wobbuffet

Psychic Spectacular: Taken Over (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 1500× Stardust 1× Super Rocket Radar

Psychic Spectacular: Taken Over (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 2000× Stardust Hypno

Psychic Spectacular: Taken Over (5/5)

Task	Reward
Claim Reward!	1500× XP
Claim Reward!	1500× XP
Claim Reward!	1500× XP
Rewards
6000× XP 5000× Stardust 3× Fast TM

Not seeing this Special Research?

Every single time there is a new Rocket Takeover event, we get a bunch of readers wondering why they haven’t received the new Special Research to go along with it (yet). The most likely explanation is: You still have an unfinished Team GO Rocket research in your (right) 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:

1. A Troubling Situation (This is the prerequisite research that you need to finish in order to receive any of the future Team GO Rocket Special Research storylines)
2. Looming in the Shadows
3. A Challenging Development
4. The Take-Over Continues
5. A Professor’s Work is Never Done
6. The Shadowy Threat Grows
7. An Inter-egg-sting Development
8. The Higher They Fly…
9. A Seven-Colored Shadow
10. Silent Schemes
11. Field Notes: Team GO Rocket
12. Ultra Beast Protection Efforts
13. Shadowy Skirmishes
14. From the Shadows
15. Showdown in the Shadows (Team GO Rocket Special Research)
16. Timeless Travels Special Research
17. It’s a Rocket World
18. Adventure Week: Taken Over
19. Fashion Week: Taken Over Special Research
20. Delightful Days: Taken Over Special Research