Shadow Lugia is back in Five-Star Shadow Raids this weekend thanks to the Adventure Week: Taken Over event. Trainers, here’s your chance to catch a Shiny Shadow Lugia, but first you must defeat one in a Shadow Raid! (For more details about the Season of Shared Skies, you can check out our Season of Shared Skies guide hub.)
Now, check out what’s happening during the Shadow Lugia Raid Weekend event with our guide below:
Pokémon GO’s Season of Shared Skies – Shadow Lugia Raid Weekend
Active Five-Star Shadow Raid times:
- Day 1: Saturday, August 10th, 2024 from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. your local time.
- Day 2: Sunday, August 11th, 2024 from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. your local time.
Pokémon featured – Shadow Lugia
Shadow Lugia is back! Trainers will only be able to find Shadow Lugia in Five-Star Shadow Raids. (And if you’re lucky, you might encounter a Shiny Shadow Lugia during the catch reward encounter.) In order to participate in these Raids, Trainers will need either a daily free Raid Pass OR a Premium Battle Pass (Remote Raid Passes cannot be used for Shadow Raids).
It’s recommended to have Purified Gems when participating in a Shadow Raid. During a Shadow Raid, the Shadow Pokémon being challenged may enter an enraged state (which increases the difficulty of the Shadow Raid). When this happens, all participating Trainers can use a Purified Gem to calm the Pokémon. Each Trainer can use up to 5 Purified Gems during a Shadow Raid and Trainers can hold up to 10 Purified Gems at one time.
To acquire Purified Gems, Trainers will need to collect Shadow Shards by successfully battling Team GO Rocket members. It takes four Shadow Shards to make 1 Purified Gem.
Event Bonuses
- Team GO Rocket will appear more frequently at PokéStops and in balloons.
- You can use a Charged TM to help a Shadow Pokémon forget the Charged Attack Frustration.
Also, the bonuses from the Adventure Week event will still be active:
- 2× XP for spinning PokéStops.
- 5× XP for spinning a PokéStop for the first time.
- 2× XP for hatching Pokémon.
- Increased chance to encounter the following Shiny Pokémon: Cranidos, Shieldon, Tirtouga, Archen, Tyrunt, and Amaura.
Event Boxes
If any special event boxes or bundles are released during the event, they’ll be listed here once the event is live.
- Free Box (only for Trainers in GMT +14 to +10 time zones): 5 Purified Gems and 2 Premium Battle Passes.
- Team GO Rocket Box (315 PokéCoins): 1 Incubator, 1 Rocket Radar, and 1 Premium Battle Pass.
- Team GO Rocket Bundle (US$9.99, Pokémon Web Store only): 7 Rocket Radars, 7 Premium Battle Passes, 7 Ultra Balls, and 7 Silver Pinap Berries.
Raids
Standard and Shadow Raids will be active during the event. Five-Star Shadow Raids featuring Shadow Lugia will be given priority during this weekend. Timers will be 45 minutes long and Enraged status has been turned off due to errors.
Standard Raids
The following Pokémon will be appearing in Raids:
- One-Star Raids: Wailmer*, Drilbur*, Tyrunt*, and Amaura*.
- Three-Star Raids: Golem, Pelipper, and Medicham*.
- Five-Star Raids: Moltres* (See Additional Notes).
- Mega Raids: Mega Kangaskhan* (See Additional Notes).
Shadow Raids
The following Pokémon will be appearing in Shadow Raids:
- One-Star Shadow Raids: Shadow Mareep, Shadow Wooper, Shadow Cranidos, and Shadow Shieldon.
- Three-Star Shadow Raids: Shadow Nuzleaf, Shadow Manecrtric, and Shadow Vibrava.
- Five-Star Shadow Raids: Shadow Lugia* (See Additional Notes).
Additional Notes:
- Pokémon marked with an * means that “If you’re lucky, you might encounter a Shiny one!”
- Standard Raids:
- Five-Star Raids:
- Moltres* will be available after this event (in Five-Star Raids), until Monday, August 12th, 2024 at 10 a.m. your local time.
- Mega Raids:
- Mega Kangaskhan* will be available after the event (in Mega Raids), until Wednesday, August 21st, 2024 at 10 a.m. your local time.
- Five-Star Raids:
- Shadow Raids:
- One- and Three-Star Shadow Raids will be available daily.
- Five-Star Shadow Raids will be available on weekends (Saturday and Sunday), unless otherwise stated by Niantic.
- For this weekend, Shadow Lugia* will replace Shadow Suicune* in Five-Star Shadow Raids.
Adventure Week and Adventure Week: Taken Over events
The Five-Star Shadow Raids featuring Shadow Lugia will be happening during the Adventure Week and Adventure Week: Taken Over event. For more details about this event (Field Research tasks, PokéStop Showcases, etc.) you can check out our Pokémon GO Season of Shared Skies’ Adventure Week event guide and Adventure Week: Taken Over event guide.
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Written by Jennifer Burch
Illustrator, designer, writer and big Nintendo geek, you can find Jennifer with an N3DS within reach 24/7. As the oldest of three, she has survived many Mario Party, Super Smash Bros. and Mario Kart sessions intact in addition to getting her brothers hooked on some really weird games. (Cubivore anyone?)
