Delightful Days Taken Over Giovanni Special Research: Pokemon GO tasks and rewards

The Delightful Days Taken Over Giovanni Special Research questline allows you a chance to encounter the Team GO Rocket Boss in battle. Defeating him would net you an opportunity to capture Shadow Giratina. The questline isn't easy, as you must also defeat Sierra, Cliff, and Arlo along the way.

The Delightful Days Taken Over Giovanni Special Research will be available to all trainers who log in to the game after the Delightful Days Taken Over event has begun and till the end of the season. If you can't find the research questline in-game, check whether you have an unfinished Giovanni Special Research from earlier seasons.

How to complete Delightful Days Taken Over Special Research in Pokemon GO (Giovanni questline)

The tasks and rewards are as follows:

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Step 1 of 5

Catch 10 Pokemon - 5x Pinap Berry
Purify 2 Shadow Pokemon - 10x Poke Ball
Defeat 3 Team GO Rocket Grunts - 1x Mysterious Component
Rewards: 500x Stardust, 1500 XP, Ekans encounter

Step 2 of 5

Catch 15 Pokemon - 5x Pinap Berry
Purify 3 Shadow Pokemon - 10x Great Ball
Defeat 6 Team GO Rocket Grunts - 3x Mysterious Component
Rewards: 2000 XP, 1000x Stardust, Koffing encounter

Step 3 of 5

Defeat Team GO Rocket Leader Arlo - 2500 XP
Defeat Team GO Rocket Leader Cliff - 2500 XP
Defeaet Team GO Rocket Leader Sierra - 2500 XP
Rewards: 2500 XP, 1500x Stardust, 1x Super Rocket Radar

Step 4 of 5

Find the Team GO Rocket Boss - 10x Hyper Potion
Battle the Team GO Rocket Boss - 10x Ultra Ball
Defeat the Team GO Rocket Boss - 6x Max Revive
Rewards: 3000 XP, 2000x Stardust, Persian encounter

Step 5 of 5

Claim Reward! - 1500x Stardust
Claim Reward! - 1500x Stardust
Claim Reward! - 1500x Stardust
Rewards: 6000 XP, 5000x Stardust, 3x Fast TM

Delightful Days Taken Over runs from Monday, August 11, at 12 am local time to Sunday, August 17, 2025, at 11.59 pm local time. There's no deadline for completing this quest.

To encounter Giovanni in Pokemon GO, equip the Super Rocket Radar once you get it from the aforementioned Special Research. You may encounter Team GO Rocket Grunts disguised as Giovanni in PokeStops. Once you come across the real Giovanni, you can battle him as many times as it takes for you to defeat him.

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