A Striking Shadow Special Research tasks and rewards in Pokémon Go
Time to get the Shadow.
Adam Newell
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Published: Apr 3, 2025 03:25 am
Marshadow is finally available globally in Pokémon Go thanks to the new “A Striking Shadow” Special Research questline added on April 3, 2025. By completing six groups of tasks, trainers can get a bunch of goodies and end with a Marshadow encounter.
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If you already own Marshadow from the 2024 Go Fest event, you won’t be able to get another one. You will instead be gifted candy to boost your existing one, which kind of sucks, to be honest, if you got a low-stat Marshadow and were hoping to get a better stat one this time for the Battle League.
As Marshadow is considered a Mythical Pokémon, you cannot trade it. So you are stuck with whatever Fighting Ghost-type you get at the end of your journey.
All Tasks and Rewards for A Striking Shadow in Pokémon Go
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Task
Task Reward
Completion Reward
Catch 50 Pokémon
Razz Berry x 10
2000 XP Timburr Encounter Golden Razz Berry x 3
Spin 50 PokéStops or Gyms
Mankey Encounter
Explore 10km
Poke Ball x 20
2 / 6
Hatch 10 Eggs
Duskull Encounter
2000 XP Frillish Encounter Silver Pinap Berry x 3
Earn 3 Candies walking with your buddy
Pinap Berry x 10
Send 10 Gifts to friends
Misdreavus Encounter
3 / 6
Use 3 Incense or Daily Adventure Incense
Great Ball x 10
2000 XP Meditite Encounter Stardust x 1500
Evolve 5 Pokémon
Shuppet Encounter
Complete 5 Field Research tasks
Pinap Berry x 3
4 / 6
Win 5 Shadow Raids
Mienfoo Encounter
2000 XP Makuhita Encounter Stardust x 1500
Defeat 10 Team GO Rocket members
Fast TM x 2
Use 15 Supereffective Charged Attacks
Charged TM
5 / 6
Earn 25,000 Experience
Rare Candy x 2
2000 XP Marshadow encounter (or 25 Marshadow Candy if you already have one) Stardust x 1500
Earn 25,000 Stardust
Rare Candy x 2
Make 5 Excellent Throws
Rare Candy x 2
6 / 6
Explore 10km
Marshadow Candy x 5
2000 XP Marshadow Sticker x 20
Power up Ghost-type Pokémon 10 times
Marshadow Candy x 5
Power up Fighting-type Pokémon 10 times
Marshadow Candy x 5
There is currently no way to get a Shiny Marshadow in-game, though it’ll likely be added in the future as part of some event or a part of a future Go Tour like previous Shiny Mythical Pokémon such as Mew, Jirachi, and Celebi, to name a few.
Either way, most of the challenges this time are pretty easy, and in theory, you could finish them all in a day or two, so hopefully, it won’t be long until you add Marshadow to your party and continue your quest to complete your Pokédex.
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Assigning Editor. In 2015, Adam graduated from the University of Aberystwyth with a bachelor's in Media and Communications. Working in the industry for over ten years. If it has anything to do with Nintendo and Pokémon chances are you will see me talking about it, covering, and likely not sleeping while playing it.
Published: Apr 3, 2025 03:25 am