Pokémon Go ‘Harvest Festival Taken Over’ 2026 event guide

Pokémon Go’s yearly “Harvest Festival” event has kicked off for 2026, running from Sept. 29 until Oct. 5. This year’s event features the debut of shiny Applin, so keep your eyes out for any green apples.

You can find apples on the ground by using Mossy Lure Modules on PokéStops. Tapping an apple may yield a literal apple item or an encounter with a Pokémon.

The second part of the event, which features a Team Go Rocket Takeover, introduces shiny Shroodle to the game. During the takeover, the usual bonuses will be active, including more frequent Team Go Rocket balloons and members at PokéStops and the ability to use Charged TMs to replace Frustration. Giovanni and the Team Go Rocket leaders have also refreshed their line-ups.

We list the perks for Pokémon Go‘s “Harvest Festival” 2026 event below, including the branching Timed Research choices.

Update (Oct. 2): This event turned into a Team Go Rocket Takeover event on Friday, Oct. 2. We’ve added the relevant spawns and Field Research to the lists below.

Pokémon Go ‘Harvest Festival’ 2026 event Go Pass

This event features a Go Pass with 30 ranks (plus 30 more bonus ranks). Notably, this pass has the Super Rocket Radar, which you’ll need to find Giovanni and catch shadow Zekrom as the rank 30 reward, as well as a rank 1 reward if you choose to pay $4.99 to upgrade to the deluxe pass.

The pass also has a few bonuses that activate once you hit these respective ranks:

• Rank 1: Wild Applin have an increased chance of holding Tart Apples, Sweet Apples, or Syrupy Apples
• Rank 10: 1-hour Mossy Lure duration
• Rank 20: Increased Stardust from defeating Team Go Rocket

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Pokémon Go ‘Harvest Festival’ 2026 event Timed Research and reward

If you complete this research before the event ends, you’ll get a special reward.

Applin Picking step 1 of 3

• Catch 5 Pokémon (5 Pinap Berries)
• Use 3 berries to help catch Pokémon (500 Stardust)
• Explore 1 km (10 Applin Candy)

Rewards: Applin encounter, 1,000 XP

After you complete this step, you’ll be tasked with picking between Flapple, Appletun, or Dipplin. This result will change what kind of apples you get as a reward in the second step. Which should you pick between Flapple, Appletun, or Dipplin? Well… just choose whichever one you’re missing the Pokédex entry for or whichever is your favorite. Notably, Flapple and Appletun will have Gigantamax versions debuting later, and Dipplin also evolves again into Hydrapple. None of these, at this time, are meta in any type of content, so just pick with your heart.

If you pick Flapple, you’ll get Tart Apples. If you pick Appletun, you’ll get Sweet Apples. If you pick Dipplin, you’ll get Syrupy Apples.

Applin Picking step 2 of 3

• Catch 10 Pokémon (2 Tart/Sweet/Syrupy Apples)
• Use 5 berries to help catch Pokémon 2 Tart/Sweet/Syrupy Apples)
• Explore 2 km (2 Tart/Sweet/Syrupy Apples)

Rewards: 2 Tart/Sweet/Syrupy Apples, Applin encounter, 2,000 XP

Applin Picking step 3 of 3

• Catch 5 Pokémon (2 Tart Apples)
• Use 3 berries to help catch Pokémon (2 Sweet Apples)
• Explore 1 km (2 Syrupy Apples)

Rewards: Applin encounter, 1,000 XP, 1,000 Stardust

Pokémon Go ‘Harvest Festival’ 2026 event Field Research and rewards

Spinning a PokéStop during the event period may yield one of these tasks:

• Catch 5 grass-type Pokémon (Foongus, Skwovet, or Smoliv encounter)
• Catch 15 grass-type Pokémon (Applin encounter)
• Use 10 berries to help catch Pokémon (Smoliv encounter)
• Use 20 berries to help catch Pokémon (1 Sweet Apple, 1 Syrupy Apple, or 1 Tart Apple)

As part of the Team Go Rocket Takeover, the usual Field Research is likely available:

• Defeat 1 Team Go Rocket grunt (1 Mysterious Component)
• Purify 3 shadow Pokémon (1 Charged TM or 1 Fast TM)

Pokémon Go ‘Harvest Festival’ 2026 event boosted spawns

These Pokémon will spawn more frequently during the event period:

• Skwovet
• Applin
• Lechonk
• Smoliv*

If you find an apple on the ground, it may be any of these:

• Cottonee (flower crown)
• Applin

As part of the Team Go Rocket Takeover portion of the event, these are also spawning:

• Koffing
• Magmar
• Slugma*
• Numel

*There’s an “increased chance” to find this Pokémon shiny in the wild during this event.