{"id":69446,"date":"2025-05-02T21:43:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T21:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/69446\/"},"modified":"2025-05-02T21:43:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T21:43:13","slug":"pokemon-go-may-field-research-tasks-and-their-rewards-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/69446\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Go May Field Research tasks and their rewards explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Pok\u00e9mon Go Field Research<\/strong> was a major addition for the game in 2018, introducing new <strong>Pok\u00e9mon Go tasks<\/strong> for players to accomplish.<\/p>\n<p>Completing <strong>Pok\u00e9mon Field Research tasks<\/strong> in <a data-keyword=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/pokemon-go\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pok\u00e9mon Go<\/a> also provides unique rewards as part of <strong>Research Breakthroughs<\/strong>, while <strong>Special Research<\/strong> tasks help you uncover never before seen Pok\u00e9mon, including the elusive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-mew-mythical-discovery-5392\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mythical Pok\u00e9mon Mew<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On this page:<\/p>\n<p>Watch us battle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-guzzlord-counters-weaknesses-moveset-9004\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guzzlord<\/a> &#8211; one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-ultra-beast-beasts-list-all-current-available-upcoming-future-9004\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ultra Beasts<\/a> in Pok\u00e9mon Go<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gRRGWgLHWns\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pok\u00e9mon Go May Field Research tasks and Research Breakthrough rewards<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>May Field Research<\/strong> in Pok\u00e9mon Go offers a collection of new and old Field Research tasks.<\/p>\n<p>After completing seven tasks, the <strong>May Research Breakthrough<\/strong> reward Pok\u00e9mon can be <strong>either Alolan Marowak, Mawile, Druddigon, Jangmo-o, Charcadet or Frigibax<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>As for the individual May Field Research rewards (via the community work on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/TheSilphRoad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Silph Road<\/a> subreddit), which also includes the return of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-spinda-forms-5392\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spinda Form 7 and 8<\/a>, they are as follows:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pok\u00e9mon Go May Research tasks and rewards:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Catching Pok\u00e9mon related Field Research tasks<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Catch 7 Pok\u00e9mon<\/strong> reward &#8211; Magikarp, Stufful or Wimpod<\/li>\n<li><strong>Catch 5 Pok\u00e9mon with Weather Boost<\/strong> reward &#8211; Vulpix, Poliwag, Wingull, Hippopotas, Roggenrola or Vanillite<\/li>\n<li><strong>Catch 7 different species of Pok\u00e9mon<\/strong> reward &#8211; Clauncher, Sandygast or Hatenna<\/li>\n<li><strong>Catch a Dragon-type Pok\u00e9mon<\/strong> reward &#8211; Dratini, Bagon or Axew<\/li>\n<li><strong>Catch 10 Fire-type Pok\u00e9mon<\/strong> reward &#8211; 10 Charizard or Blaziken Mega Energy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Catch 10 Grass-type Pok\u00e9mon<\/strong> reward &#8211; 10 Venusaur or Sceptile Mega Energy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Catch 10 Normal-type Pok\u00e9mon<\/strong> reward &#8211; 10 Pidgeot Mega Energy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Catch 10 Water-type Pok\u00e9mon<\/strong> reward &#8211; 10 Blastoise or Swampert Mega Energy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Buddy related Field Research tasks<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Earn 2 Candies walking with your buddy <\/strong>reward &#8211; Jigglypuff, Glameow, Buneary, Bunnelby, Litleo or Dedenne<\/li>\n<li><strong>Earn 3 Candies walking with your buddy <\/strong>reward &#8211; Stunfisk or Galarian Stunfisk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pok\u00e9 Balls Throwing related Field Research tasks<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Make 5 Nice Throws<\/strong> reward &#8211; Diglett, Alolan Diglett or Sudowoodo<\/li>\n<li><strong>Make 3 Great Throws<\/strong> reward &#8211; Clamperl, Omanyte, Kabuto, Elgyem or Binacle<\/li>\n<li><strong>Make 3 Great Throws in a row<\/strong> reward &#8211; Lileep or Anorith<\/li>\n<li><strong>Make 5 Great Curveball Throws in a row<\/strong> reward &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-spinda-forms-5392\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spinda (Form 7 or 8)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Make an Excellent Throw <\/strong>reward &#8211; Jangmo-o<\/li>\n<li><strong>Make 3 Excellent Throws in a row<\/strong> reward &#8211; Larvitar, Beldum or Gible<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Egg related Field Research tasks<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Hatch an Egg<\/strong> reward &#8211; Scyther, Sudowoodo, Nincada, Aimpom, Ducklett or Smoliv<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hatch 2 Eggs<\/strong> reward &#8211; Sneasel or Mawile<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Battle related Field Research tasks<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Win a Trainer Battle in the Go Battle League<\/strong> reward &#8211; 3 Kubfu Candy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Defeat 3 Team Go Rocket Grunts<\/strong> reward &#8211; Dratini or Larvitar encounter or 3 Kubfu Candy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Raid related Field Research tasks<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Win a Raid<\/strong> reward &#8211; Mawile, Klink or Falinks<\/li>\n<li><strong>Win 2 Raids<\/strong> reward &#8211; Beedrill, Slowbro or Houndoom<\/li>\n<li><strong>Win 5 Raids<\/strong> reward &#8211; Alolan Marowak, Alolan Exeggutor or Aerodactyl<\/li>\n<li><strong>Win a Three-Star Raid or higher<\/strong> reward &#8211; Archen or Tirtouga<\/li>\n<li><strong>Win a Five-Star Raid<\/strong> reward &#8211; 5 Kubfu Candy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Friend related Field Research tasks<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Send 3 Gifts and add a Sticker to each<\/strong> reward &#8211; Ralts or Makuhita<\/li>\n<li><strong>Trade a Pok\u00e9mon<\/strong> reward &#8211; Magikarp or Feebas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Snapshot Field Research tasks<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Take a snapshot of a wild Pok\u00e9mon<\/strong> reward &#8211; Trapinch, Croagunk or Cottonee<\/li>\n<li><strong>Take a snapshot of Kubfu<\/strong> reward &#8211; 3 Kubfu Candy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Powering up Pok\u00e9mon Field Research tasks<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Power up Pok\u00e9mon 3 times<\/strong> reward &#8211; Bulbasaur, Charmander or Squirtle <\/li>\n<li><strong>Power up Pok\u00e9mon 5 times<\/strong> reward &#8211; Snivy, Tepig, Oshawott, Croagunk or Scraggy encounters or 10 Venusaur, Charizard, Blastoise, Pidegeot, Aggron, Beedrill or Manectric Mega Energy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Power up Pok\u00e9mon 7 times<\/strong> reward &#8211; Rowlet, Litten or Popplio<\/li>\n<li><strong>Power up Pok\u00e9mon 10 times<\/strong> reward &#8211; Mienfoo or Passimian<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Miscellaneous Field Research tasks<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Evolve a Pok\u00e9mon<\/strong> reward &#8211; Eevee<\/li>\n<li><strong>Evolve 2 Pok\u00e9mon<\/strong> reward &#8211; Crabrawler or Togedemaru<\/li>\n<li><strong>Explore 2km<\/strong> reward &#8211; Shellder, Murkrow or Wurmple<\/li>\n<li><strong>Spin 3 Pok\u00e9Stops or Gyms<\/strong> reward &#8211; Doduo, Remoraid, Ralts or Aron<\/li>\n<li><strong>Spin 5 Pok\u00e9Stops or Gyms<\/strong> reward &#8211; Mankey, Growlithe, Hisuian Growlithe, Slowpoke and Galarian Slowpoke<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pok\u00e9mon Go Field Research quests explained<\/p>\n<p>Field research are missions collected one at a time by spinning a Pok\u00e9Stop, and will involve finding certain creatures, engaging in battles and other activities.<\/p>\n<p>Every day Pok\u00e9Stops will give you a new quest, and each type of quest can have one of many different rewards, from previously Raid-exclusive consumables such as TMs and Rare Candy and common items such as Pok\u00e9 Balls.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" class=\"content_image lightboxed\" src-full=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/44.jpg?width=1920&amp;height=1920&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=70&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" height=\"345\" loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"690\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Examples of quest types include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Catch one or two specific Pokemon (such as 3x Pidgey or Murkrow)<\/li>\n<li>Catch specific Types (such as catch 10x Normal Type Pokemon)<\/li>\n<li>Catch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-weather-effects-cacnea-lotad-4819\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Weather<\/a>-boosted Types<\/li>\n<li>Hatch a certain number of Eggs<\/li>\n<li>Battle in a Gym a certain number of times<\/li>\n<li>Battle in a Raid a certain number of times<\/li>\n<li>Evolve a certain number of Pokemon<\/li>\n<li>Make a certain number of specific throws (such as Nice, Great or Excellent)<\/li>\n<li>Spin a certain number of PokeStops<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some of these quest rewards even give you the chance to catch a mystery Pok\u00e9mon. There&#8217;s nothing exclusive here, but there does include uncommon and rare Pok\u00e9mon, such as Tangela and Chansey, depending on the quest in particular.<\/p>\n<p>As well as from a Pok\u00e9Stop, one additional research quest will also be added to your list at midnight local time. If you have a full roster of research, then you&#8217;ll receive a fourth regardless &#8211; though if you still have four the following evening, no more will be added.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also worth knowing that, as of Thursday 1st June 2023 with the release of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-hidden-gems-hemisphere-seasonal-spawns-end-date-9304\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Season of Hidden Gems<\/a>, the quests and associated rewards now rotate on a seasonal basis. The only excpetion to this rule is the Spinda field research task. This means that both the field research tasks and rewards will remain the same for three months in total, only changing when a new season &#8211; both in Pok\u00e9mon Go and real life &#8211; rolls around.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, it&#8217;s also worth knowing that if you pick up a quest, you are free to delete it and catch another by spinning another Pok\u00e9stop. You can also complete as many as you like in a day &#8211; so when you have space in your inventory, return to a Pok\u00e9Stop to start quest. Spin the same Pok\u00e9stop and you&#8217;ll just get the same quest again though &#8211; Pok\u00e9stops give out set rewards, that are generally tailored to their location, which refresh every day at midnight. So if you want a new quest you&#8217;ll need to spin another stop.<\/p>\n<p>Event-exclusive field research tasks can also be saved in your field research collection and completed after said event ends.<\/p>\n<p>Research Breakthroughs explained<\/p>\n<p>Completing one Field Research quest per day will give you a stamp. Get seven stamps &#8211; which will take seven days &#8211; completes something known as a <strong>Research Breakthrough<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>These have even greater rewards &#8211; including Stardust and Mystery Items &#8211; as well as an encounter with a very rare or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-legendary-pokemon-6002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Legendary Pok\u00e9mon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll also receive plenty of other items too &#8211; including a chance at Rare Candy, Pok\u00e9balls, Berries, 2,000 Stardust, 3,000 XP, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-sinnoh-stone-5392\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sinnoh Stone<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" class=\"content_image lightboxed\" src-full=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/11_v8nz8nL.jpg?width=1920&amp;height=1920&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=70&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" height=\"954\" loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"548\"\/><br \/>\n<img alt=\"\" class=\"content_image lightboxed\" src-full=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/22_UKIlmGd.jpg?width=1920&amp;height=1920&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=70&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" height=\"857\" loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"492\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The best news about these Research Breakthrough catches is they cannot run away &#8211; it has a flee chance of 0 per cent &#8211; so the pressure is off. However, it has the same catch rate as normal, so be prepared for it to break out of your balls.<\/p>\n<p>This means you can use Pinap Berries, or even use it as a chance to rack up some of the harder throwing-based Special Research streaks, without any risk of it running away.<\/p>\n<p>It also comes with strong IVs, too, as if the Pok\u00e9mon was appearing in a Raid encounter or Egg. It always appears at level 15, which is the same for all mystery Pok\u00e9mon caught from Field Research rewards.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re curious, here is all the Research Breakthrough rewards so far:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research Breakthrough rewards from 2018 to 2024:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>April 2018: Moltres reward and Fire-themed Field Research<\/li>\n<li>May 2018: Zapdos reward and Electric-themed Field Research<\/li>\n<li>June 2018: Articuno reward and Ice \/ Water-themed Field Research<\/li>\n<li>July 2018: Snorlax reward and Kanto-themed Field Research<\/li>\n<li>August 2018: Raikou reward and Electric-themed Field Research<\/li>\n<li>September 2018: Entei reward and Fire-themed Field Research<\/li>\n<li>October 2018: Suicune reward and Water-themed Field Research<\/li>\n<li>November 2018: Shedinja reward and Bug-themed Field Research<\/li>\n<li>December 2018: Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, Entei, Raikou and Suicune reward<\/li>\n<li>January to February 2019: Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, Entei, Raikou, Suicune, Ho-Oh and Lugia reward<\/li>\n<li>March to April 2019: Entei, Raikou, Suicune, Ho-Oh, Lugia, Regirock, Regice and Registeel reward<\/li>\n<li>May to June 2019: Ho-Oh, Lugia, Latios and Latias reward<\/li>\n<li>July to August 2019: Latios, Latias, Kyogre and Groudon reward<\/li>\n<li>September to October 2019: Flower crown Eevee reward<\/li>\n<li>November to December 2019: Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, Kyogre and Groundon reward<\/li>\n<li>January 2020: Lapras that knows Ice Shard and Ice Beam<\/li>\n<li>February 2020: Woobat<\/li>\n<li>March 2020: Ferroseed<\/li>\n<li>April 2020: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-alolan-forms-5392\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alolan<\/a> Exeggutor<\/li>\n<li>May 2020: Shinx<\/li>\n<li>June 2020: Trapinch<\/li>\n<li>July 2020: Larvitar<\/li>\n<li>August 2020: Scraggy<\/li>\n<li>September 2020: Alolan Raichu<\/li>\n<li>October 2020: Shedinja<\/li>\n<li>November 2020: Togetic<\/li>\n<li>December 2020: Lapras and Darumaka<\/li>\n<li>January 2021: Chansey<\/li>\n<li>February 2021: Snorlax<\/li>\n<li>March 2021: Gible<\/li>\n<li>April 2021: Frillish<\/li>\n<li>May 2021: Galarian Ponyta<\/li>\n<li>June 2021: Clamperl<\/li>\n<li>July 2021: Rufflet<\/li>\n<li>August 2021: Chimecho<\/li>\n<li>September 2021: Ditto<\/li>\n<li>October 2021: Yamask<\/li>\n<li>November 2021: Vullaby<\/li>\n<li>December 2021: Deino<\/li>\n<li>January 2022: Onix<\/li>\n<li>February 2022: Espurr<\/li>\n<li>March 2022: Alolan Vulpix<\/li>\n<li>April 2022: Alolan Marowak<\/li>\n<li>May 2022: Alolan Grimer<\/li>\n<li>June 2022: Klink<\/li>\n<li>July 2022: Lickitung<\/li>\n<li>August 2022: Galarian Stunfisk<\/li>\n<li>September 2022: Medicham and a Premium Raid Pass<\/li>\n<li>October 2022: Shedinja<\/li>\n<li>November 2022: Starmie<\/li>\n<li>December 2022, January and February 2023: Galarian Mr. Mime, Delibird, Bagon, Deino, Furfrou or Goomy<\/li>\n<li>March, April and May 2023: Parasect, Pinsir, Snorlax, Gible, Furfrou or Goomy<\/li>\n<li>June, July and August 2023: Sableye, Beldum, Audino, Furfrou, Goomy or Noibat<\/li>\n<li>September, October and November 2023: Galarian Farfetch&#8217;d, Larvitar, Sableye, Bagon, Furfrou or Goomy<\/li>\n<li>December 2023, January and February 2024: Lapras, Galarian Weezing, Galarian Mr. Mime, Furfrou, Goomy or Jangmo-O<\/li>\n<li>March, April and May 2024: Hisuian Sneasel, Furfrou, Goomy, Sandygast, Jangmo-o or Dubwool<\/li>\n<li>June, July and August 2024: Hisuian Growlithe, Larvitar, Audino, Axew, Furfrou or Jangmo-o<\/li>\n<li>September, October and November 2024: Galarian Weezing, Galarian Mr. Mime, Excadrill, Scraggy, Furfrou or Jangm-o<\/li>\n<li>December 2024, January and February 2025: Alolan Raichu, Pancham, Furfrou, Hisuian Avalugg, Jangmo-o or Frigibax<\/li>\n<li>March, April and May 2025: Alolan Marowak, Mawile, Druddigon, Jangmo-o, Charcadet or Frigibax<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Finally, the question is &#8211; when do the special reward Pok\u00e9mon change in your Research Breakthrough progress? It&#8217;s when you claim the reward for your final Field Research task.<\/p>\n<p>So, you can complete the task, but just don&#8217;t claim the reward for that task before 1pm PST \/ 9pm UK time of the first of the month, as doing so will activate the arrival of the Special Research reward at the top of the screen.<\/p>\n<p>If it&#8217;s before then, it&#8217;ll be the reward for the month before (so in October 2018, this was Suicune). Wait until after, it&#8217;ll be the next month&#8217;s (so in November 2018, this is Shedinja).<\/p>\n<p>To clarify further, this is when you complete the task, not open it. Even if you then open it after the change, it&#8217;ll be the prior month&#8217;s Pok\u00e9mon. To be safe, wait until it&#8217;s the new month if you want to get the latest creature.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-might-and-mastery-hemisphere-seasonal-spawns-end-date-9505\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Might and Mastery Season<\/a> and its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-might-and-mastery-quest-steps-rewards-9505\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seasonal quest<\/a> has arrived. &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nYou can now catch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-dynamax-how-to-get-9404\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dynamax Pok\u00e9mon<\/a> through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-max-battles-how-to-win-rewards-9404\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Max Battles<\/a>. First, however, you need to visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/max-particles-power-spots-pokemon-go-9404\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Power Spots to collect Max Particles<\/a> and complete the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-to-the-max-quest-steps-rewards-9404\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">To the Max! quest<\/a>.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t forget to try out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-routes-how-to-create-find-route-rewards-explained-9304\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Routes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-gift-exchange-how-to-with-mateo-9304\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gift Exchange<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-party-play-challenges-power-9304\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Party Play<\/a> while you&#8217;re hunting down <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-rare-pokemon-list-chart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rare Pok\u00e9mon<\/a>, fighting in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-battle-league-rewards-ranks-seasons-7002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Go Battle League<\/a> or competing in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-showcase-how-enter-pokestop-showcases-to-switch-rewards-9304\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pok\u00e9Stop Showcases<\/a>.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>What are Special Research quests?<br \/>\n<img alt=\"\" class=\"content_image lightboxed\" src-full=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/33_ORQ2uwI.jpg?width=1920&amp;height=1920&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=70&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" height=\"760\" loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"480\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Special Research quests, meanwhile, are story-based questlines with unique rewards. Unlike Field Research quests, these are fixed objectives that every player will face, and appear in the game infrequently.<\/p>\n<p>The first available is &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-mew-mythical-discovery-5392\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Mythical Discovery<\/a>&#8216;, with the arrival of the game&#8217;s first Mythical creature &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-mew-mythical-discovery-5392\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mew<\/a> &#8211; as the end reward.<\/p>\n<p>Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-mew-mythical-discovery-5392\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Mythical Discovery<\/a> explains the eight steps required to unlock Mew, which includes finding specific Pok\u00e9mon, participating in Raid and Gym battles, and reaching a certain Trainer level.<\/p>\n<p>Since then we&#8217;ve seen more special research quests arrive for other mythical Pok\u00e9mon, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-celebi-quest-5392\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Celebi<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-finding-your-voice-quest-tasks-rewards-step-catching-meloetta-8004\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meloetta<\/a>, and ones themed around battling Team Go Rocket or investigating the Ultra Beasts. Ocassionally, you can even purchase a special research from the in-game Pok\u00e9mon Go store, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-masterwork-research-wish-granted-quest-steps-rewards-shiny-jirachi-9304\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wish Granted<\/a>, which will allow you to earn additional Pok\u00e9mon, items or avatar clothing.<\/p>\n<p>Make sure you&#8217;re playing Pok\u00e9mon Go regularly to ensure you&#8217;re keeping up with all of the special research quests! Remember &#8211; since they don&#8217;t have deadlines, you can complete these quests at your own pace.<\/p>\n<p>Everything else you need to know about Research quests in Pok\u00e9mon Go<\/p>\n<p>Though the quest features are well explained in the game, there&#8217;s some nuance that will help you get the most out of each objective you undertake.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Completing one of the Special Research objectives will not add a daily stamp to your Research Breakthrough progress &#8211; it must be from a Field Research quest instead.<\/li>\n<li>You can cancel and complete as many Field Research quests as you want per day.<\/li>\n<li>As long as you have space for it, you will recieve one field research task automatically every day.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s possible to have multiple of the same Field Quest at once, and complete them all at the same time.<\/li>\n<li>Pok\u00e9mon encounters from Research quests always feature Level 15 Pok\u00e9mon, with the 66 per cent to 100 per cent IV spreads you also find in Raid or Egg encounters, and are unaffected by the weather.<\/li>\n<li>Certain Special Research quests (also known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-mew-mythical-discovery-5392\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mew steps<\/a>) will be automatically completed if you complete their requirements since they are impossible to &#8216;repeat&#8217;, such as reaching a certain Trainer or medal level.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img alt=\"\" class=\"content_image lightboxed\" src-full=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/img_3111.jpg?width=1920&amp;height=1920&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=70&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" height=\"712\" loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"690\"\/>Yes, you can stack up multiple types of quest.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You can spin the same Pok\u00e9Stop for Stop-spinning quests, and there is no difference between Gym Discs and Pok\u00e9Stop Discs when completing spin quests &#8211; though Gym Discs don&#8217;t count towards &#8220;new Pok\u00e9stop&#8221; quests.<\/li>\n<li>You don&#8217;t have to &#8216;view&#8217; a quest in the quest screen to complete it, so if you don&#8217;t have time to check what it is (if you&#8217;re on a bus and there are Pok\u00e9Stops and Pok\u00e9mon to catch quickly, for example) then it can wait &#8211; and if it&#8217;s the right type of quest, you might have started work on it by the time you check it.<\/li>\n<li>Pok\u00e9mon Go Plus can be used to collect quests from Pok\u00e9Stops and complete objectives.<\/li>\n<li>The mystery Pok\u00e9mon you can catch after completing certain Field Research quests have the same high-end IV range as Egg and Gym Pok\u00e9mon.<\/li>\n<li>You have to catch the mystery Pok\u00e9mon in order to clear the research from your quest log &#8211; you can run away and come back, but you need to catch it to clear the quest, even if it&#8217;s a rubbish Pok\u00e9mon. Fleeing and trying again won&#8217;t reset the Pok\u00e9mon&#8217;s stats, either &#8211; once it spawns, they&#8217;re fixed.<\/li>\n<li>You can &#8220;cheese&#8221; the &#8220;Battle in X number of Raids&#8221; quests, by deliberately dodging your way through them until the timer runs out and retrying repeatedly. This is a great way to save on Raid Passes and complete the quest quickly, if you don&#8217;t mind killing some time. Note that EX Raids do also count towards Raid quests, too.<\/li>\n<li>Catching evolved forms of Pok\u00e9mon does count towards &#8220;Catch X number of Y Pok\u00e9mon&#8221; quests. So I could catch a Gloom for a &#8220;Catch 2 Oddish&#8221; quest and it would count.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wFkjAehvQu4\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Similarly, throwing better-tierd throws than required in ball-throwing quests counts too. So throwing a Great or Excellent Throw will count towards &#8220;Make 5 Nice Throws&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>You can miss days and not lose your streak of Stamps &#8211; it&#8217;s just a cap of one Stamp that can be earned per day, not a &#8220;streak&#8221; that can be lost by missing a day, like the ones for spinning a Pok\u00e9stop or catching a Pok\u00e9mon every day.<\/li>\n<li>Dittos count towards the types they&#8217;re disguised as too &#8211; so a Ditto disguised as a Pidge will count towards &#8220;Catch 3 Pidgey&#8221; quests.<\/li>\n<li>Hatching and evolving Pok\u00e9mon doesn&#8217;t count towards catching tasks, you have to physically catch them in the wild or from Raid or mystery Pok\u00e9mon encounters.<\/li>\n<li>You can indeed work towards two quests at once &#8211; so landing a Great Throw on a Pidgey will both count towards &#8220;Catch 3 Pidgey&#8221; and &#8220;Make 3 Great Throws&#8221; quests.<\/li>\n<li>You can delay claiming rewards for both Field and Special Research, although they&#8217;ll need to be cleared before you get new ones. Delaying the rewards for you Special Research in particular is a good idea, as some of the later requests reward thousands of XP &#8211; it might be worth popping a Lucky Egg before claiming them all together.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thanks to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/TheSilphRoad\/comments\/88d8yi\/research_megathread_how_to_obtain_a_mew_along\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Silph Road subreddit<\/a> for filling in the gaps on some of the above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Go Field Research was a major addition for the game in 2018, introducing new Pok\u00e9mon Go tasks&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69447,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3162],"tags":[53,16,15,3243,3244],"class_list":{"0":"post-69446","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-virtual-reality","8":"tag-technology","9":"tag-uk","10":"tag-united-kingdom","11":"tag-virtual-reality","12":"tag-vr"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114440424814261075","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}