{"id":381120,"date":"2025-11-15T16:53:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T16:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/381120\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T16:53:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T16:53:10","slug":"pokemon-go-wild-area-2025-research-tasks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/381120\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Go Wild Area 2025 research tasks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Wild Area 2025 research tasks<\/strong> can be collected by spinning Pok\u00e9Stops during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-wild-area-2025-date-start-time-ticket-price-global-activities-9504\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wild Area 2025: Global<\/a> event in <strong>Pok\u00e9mon Go<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>While similar to the regular <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-field-research-tasks-special-research-breakthroughs-6002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seasonal field research tasks<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/pokemon-go\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pok\u00e9mon Go<\/a>, the Wild Area 2025 research tasks have one key difference &#8211; the exact tasks you receive differ depending on which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-wild-area-2025-habitat-hour-schedule-every\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">habitat hour<\/a> is currently running. This means that the <strong>Lurking Dark tasks<\/strong> are different &#8211; both in reward and challenge &#8211; to the <strong>Fanciful Fairy tasks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>So let&#8217;s take a look at all of the <strong>Wild Area 2025 research tasks<\/strong> in Pok\u00e9mon Go &#8211; both the Lurking Dark and Fanciful Fairy habitat hours.<\/p>\n<p>On this page:<\/p>\n<p>To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/p>\n<p>Manage cookie settings <\/p>\n<p>Lurking Dark research tasks in Pok\u00e9mon Go<\/p>\n<p>Here are the field research tasks you can find from spinning Pok\u00e9Stops during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-wild-area-2025-habitat-hour-schedule-every\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lurking Dark habitat hour<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Catch 10 Dark-type Pok\u00e9mon <\/strong>reward &#8211; Murkrow encounter, Galarian Zigzagoon encounter, 1,000 Stardust or 3 Ultra Balls<\/li>\n<li><strong>Catch 4 different species of Dark-type Pok\u00e9mon <\/strong>reward &#8211; Skorupi or Scraggy encounter<\/li>\n<li><strong>Catch 2 <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-mighty-9404\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Mighty Pok\u00e9mon<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>reward &#8211; Mighty Houndoom or Mighty Absol encounter<\/li>\n<li><strong>Make 1 <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-curveball-throws-nice-great-excellent-throws\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Excellent Throw<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>reward &#8211; Wilderness Cape Bewear encounter, one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-berries-nanab-berry-pinap-berry-razz-berry-4819\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Golden Razz Berry<\/a> or one Silver Pinap Berry<\/li>\n<li><strong>Transfer 5 Dark-type Pok\u00e9mon <\/strong>reward &#8211; 10 Pok\u00e9 Balls or 1,000 Stardust<\/li>\n<li><strong>Power up Dark-type Pok\u00e9mon 5 times <\/strong>reward &#8211; Alolan Grimer, Houndour or Inkay encounter<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hatch an <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-eggs-chart-hatching-2km-5km-7km-10km-12km-strange-eggs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Egg<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>reward &#8211; Sandile, Pawniard or Impidimp encounter<\/li>\n<li><strong>Use a Dark-type Charged Attack in a battle <\/strong>reward &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/how-to-get-impidimp-evolutions-morgrem-grimmsnarl-pokemon-go\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Impidimp<\/a> encounter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-wild-area-2025-date-start-time-ticket-price-global-activities-9504\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wild Area 2025 Global<\/a> event is here! You can complete <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/a-grim-beginning-quest-steps-best-choose-path-choice-dark-fairy-pokemon-go\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Grim Beginning quest<\/a>, catch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/how-to-get-impidimp-evolutions-morgrem-grimmsnarl-pokemon-go\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Impidimp<\/a> and battle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-gigantamax-grimmsnarl-counters-weaknesses-tactics-9505\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gigantamax Grimmsnarl<\/a>. Don&#8217;t forget to check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-wild-area-2025-habitat-hour-schedule-every\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">habitat hours<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-wild-area-2025-research-tasks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">research tasks<\/a> either. Alongside this, it&#8217;s worth learning about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-mighty-9404\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mighty Pok\u00e9mon<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/how-to-get-safari-balls-expire-pokemon-go\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Safari Balls<\/a>.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s a lot to do in Pok\u00e9mon Go outside of the current event! First, it&#8217;s worth learning about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-level-cap-increase-level-50-rewards-item-list-7002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">level update<\/a>. After this, you might want to fight in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-battle-league-rewards-ranks-seasons-7002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Go Battle League<\/a>, use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-party-play-challenges-power-9304\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Party Play<\/a>, compete in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-showcase-how-enter-pokestop-showcases-to-switch-rewards-9304\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pok\u00e9Stop Showcase<\/a> or explore a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-routes-how-to-create-find-route-rewards-explained-9304\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Route<\/a> for its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-gift-exchange-how-to-with-mateo-9304\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gift Exchange<\/a>. Keep an eye out for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-rare-pokemon-list-chart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rare Pok\u00e9mon<\/a> and don&#8217;t forget to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/max-particles-power-spots-pokemon-go-9404\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">collect Max Particles<\/a>, so you can battle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-dynamax-how-to-get-9404\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dynamax Pok\u00e9mon<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-max-battles-how-to-win-rewards-9404\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Max Battles<\/a>.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Fanciful Fairy research tasks in Pok\u00e9mon Go<\/p>\n<p>Below lie the field research tasks you can collect from spinning Pok\u00e9Stops during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-wild-area-2025-habitat-hour-schedule-every\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fanciful Fairy habitat hour<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Catch 10 Fairy-type Pok\u00e9mon <\/strong>reward &#8211; Clefairy encounter, 1,000 Stardust or 3 Ultra Balls<\/li>\n<li><strong>Catch 4 different species of Fairy-type Pok\u00e9mon <\/strong>reward &#8211; Togetic or Hatenna encounter<\/li>\n<li><strong>Catch 2 Mighty Pok\u00e9mon <\/strong>reward &#8211; Mighty Galarian Rapidash or Mighty Granbull encounter<\/li>\n<li><strong>Make 1 Excellent Throw <\/strong>reward &#8211; Wilderness Cap Bewear encounter or 1 Silver Pinap Berry<\/li>\n<li><strong>Transfer 5 Fairy-type Pok\u00e9mon <\/strong>reward &#8211; 10 Pok\u00e9 Balls or 1,000 Stardust<\/li>\n<li><strong>Power up Fairy-type Pok\u00e9mon 5 times <\/strong>reward &#8211; Alolan Vulpix or Dedenne encounter<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hatch an Egg <\/strong>reward &#8211; Carbink, Impidimp or Tinkatink encounter<\/li>\n<li><strong>Use a Fairy-type Charged Attack in a battle <\/strong>reward &#8211; Impidimp encounter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hope you&#8217;re enjoying the Wild Area 2025: Global event! If you want to learn more about what&#8217;s happening in Pok\u00e9mon Go this weekend, then check out our guides on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/how-to-get-safari-balls-expire-pokemon-go\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Safari Balls<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-mighty-9404\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mighty Pok\u00e9mon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-gigantamax-grimmsnarl-counters-weaknesses-tactics-9505\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gigantamax Grimmsnarl<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/a-grim-beginning-quest-steps-best-choose-path-choice-dark-fairy-pokemon-go\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Grim Beginning quest<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Wild Area 2025 research tasks can be collected by spinning Pok\u00e9Stops during the Wild Area 2025: Global&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":381121,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[158,67,132,68,729,730],"class_list":{"0":"post-381120","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-virtual-reality","8":"tag-technology","9":"tag-united-states","10":"tag-unitedstates","11":"tag-us","12":"tag-virtual-reality","13":"tag-vr"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115554759696149403","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}