{"id":381639,"date":"2025-11-15T22:10:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T22:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/381639\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T22:10:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T22:10:17","slug":"pokemon-go-a-grim-beginning-choose-a-path-quest-steps-dark-or-fairy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/381639\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Go &#8216;A Grim Beginning&#8217; choose a path quest steps: dark or fairy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/game\/pokemon-go\/38713\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pok\u00e9mon Go<\/a>&#8216;s Wild Area 2025 event features another<strong> branching Special Research<\/strong>, <strong>&#8220;A Grim Beginning,&#8221;<\/strong> forcing you to<strong> pick between dark- and fairy-type<\/strong>. Each branching option has its own bonuses and rewards, so you&#8217;ll want to make sure you choose one that suits your fancy before you lock in your decision.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike last year, the rewards from this research won&#8217;t induce too much FOMO. There won&#8217;t be any costumed Pikachu or rewards that you wouldn&#8217;t be able to get elsewhere. That being said, you&#8217;ll still want to know what perks you&#8217;re getting based on the type you pick.<\/p>\n<p>Below, we list the steps for Pok\u00e9mon Go&#8217;s Wild Area 2025 &#8220;A Grim Beginning&#8221; Special Research, as well as some guidance on if you should pick dark- or fairy-type.<\/p>\n<p>                        &#8216;A Grim Beginning&#8217; Special Research quest steps<\/p>\n<p>This quest can be activated starting on Nov. 15 at 10 a.m. until Nov. 16 at 6 p.m. in your local time, so long as you bought the event pass. Once you start it, it will never expire, so you can take your time completing these steps.<\/p>\n<p>            Step 1 of 6<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n                                        Catch 10 Pok\u00e9mon (2,000 XP)\n                        <\/li>\n<li>\n                                        Spin 5 Pok\u00e9Stops or gyms (1 Poffin)\n                        <\/li>\n<li>\n                                        Take snapshots of 3 different wild Pok\u00e9mon (Dynamax Ralts encounter)\n                        <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Rewards<\/strong>: Impidimp encounter, 1 Lucky Egg, 1 Incense<\/p>\n<p>After this step, you&#8217;ll be prompted to pick between dark- or fairy-type. You can see our guidance on which one to pick in the section below.<\/p>\n<p>            Step 2 of 6<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n                                        Catch 30 Pok\u00e9mon (1,000 Stardust)\n                        <\/li>\n<li>\n                                        Make 5 nice throws (10 Ultra Balls)\n                        <\/li>\n<li>\n                                        Use an Incense (10 Impidimp Candy)\n                        <\/li>\n<li>\n                                        Take snapshots of 3 different wild Pok\u00e9mon (Cacnea\/Dedenne encounter)\n                        <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Rewards<\/strong>: 1 Star Piece, 1 Poffin, 1 Lucky Egg<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll get the Cacnea if you picked dark and the Dedenne if you picked fairy.<\/p>\n<p>            Step 3 of 6<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n                                        Evolve 3 dark-\/fairy-type Pok\u00e9mon (3 Pinap Berries)\n                        <\/li>\n<li>\n                                        Earn a candy exploring with a dark-\/fairy-type as your buddy (10 Ultra Balls)\n                        <\/li>\n<li>\n                                        Earn 3 hearts with a dark-\/fairy-type buddy (1 Fast TM)\n                        <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Rewards<\/strong>: 1,000 Stardust, 3 Rare Candy, 3 Nanab Berries<\/p>\n<p>            Step 4 of 6<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n                                        Catch 6 different species of dark-\/fairy-type Pok\u00e9mon (3 Pinap Berries)\n                        <\/li>\n<li>\n                                        Power up dark-\/fairy-type Pok\u00e9mon 15 times (10 Ultra Balls)\n                        <\/li>\n<li>\n                                        Use a dark-\/fairy-type charged attack in 3 battles (1 Fast TM)\n                        <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Rewards<\/strong>: Dark\/Fairy medal, mighty Obstagoon\/Gardevoir encounter, 2 Premium Battle Passes<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll get the Obstagoon if you pick the dark path and Gardevoir if you pick the fairy path.<\/p>\n<p>            Step 5 of 6<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n                                        Win a Gigantamax Battle (3 Silver Pinap Berries)\n                        <\/li>\n<li>\n                                        Win 2 shadow Raids (3 Golden Razz Berries)\n                        <\/li>\n<li>\n                                        Level Up a Max Move (800 Max Particles)\n                        <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Rewards<\/strong>: Bewear (wilderness cape) encounter, 1 Lucky Egg, 1 Star Piece<\/p>\n<p>            Step 6 of 6<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n                                        Claim reward! (1,000 XP)\n                        <\/li>\n<li>\n                                        Claim reward! (1 Super Incubator)\n                        <\/li>\n<li>\n                                        Claim reward! (1 Poffin)\n                        <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Rewards<\/strong>: Go Wild Area 2025 pose, 3 Candy XL, Gigantamax Grimmsnarl<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/leekduck.com\/events\/pokemon-go-wild-area-2025-global\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Leek Duck<\/a> for confirming the information above.<\/p>\n<p>                        Choose a path outcome: Should you pick Dark Detective or Fairy Fanatic?<\/p>\n<p>        <img width=\"1650\" height=\"928\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Go Wild Area 2025 key art, with Grimmsnarl, and other fairy- and dark-type Pok\u00e9mon in the woods.\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763244617_763_unnamed.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763244617_763_unnamed.png\" class=\"img-brightness-opt-out\"\/><br \/>\n        Image: Niantic<\/p>\n<p> The main bonus that differs here is whether you get a boost from mighty dark- or fairy-type Pok\u00e9mon.<\/p>\n<p>If you pick dark, then each dark-type <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/pokemon-go-guide\/483905\/mighty-pokemon-list-schedule-moves\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mighty Pok\u00e9mon<\/a> you catch will give you a Candy XL and an additional 1,000 Stardust. The same goes for fairy-type mighty Pok\u00e9mon, if you pick fairy.<\/p>\n<p>If you are going for <strong>pure meta-relevance, you&#8217;ll want to pick dark<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>While the fairy-type side would boost the candy gains for Gardevoir, there aren&#8217;t really any other fairy-type Pok\u00e9mon outside of it that serves too much meta relevance. Meowscarada is good, but&#8230; comparatively to the list of dark-types you can use, it&#8217;s not good enough to make up the gap.<\/p>\n<p>The dark-type mighty Pok\u00e9mon are all vastly stronger than the fairy-type options, with Tyranitar (and its Mega Evolution) being one of the strongest Pok\u00e9mon in the game. Mega Houndoom and Mega Absol are also pretty good.<\/p>\n<p>The mighty Gardevoir you get from the fairy path is probably going to be more useful than the mighty Obstagoon, but if you&#8217;re playing throughout the event, you should run into quite a few of these anyway.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re going for <strong>Gigantamax future-proofing, then consider picking fairy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>We know that Hatterene does get a Gigantamax form down the line, and if you want to start stocking up on Hatenna Candy XL, now wouldn&#8217;t be a terrible time to do so. Gigantamax Hatterene is the definitively fairy-type Max Battle attacker, if you&#8217;re into Max Battles.<\/p>\n<p>That being said, you don&#8217;t have to pick based on any type of meta. If you love fairy-type Pok\u00e9mon, pick fairy to get the cute pink badge! If you really relate to Karen from the Johto Elite Four, then get the dark-type badge!<\/p>\n<p>For more on Pok\u00e9mon Go&#8217;s Wild Area 2025 event, check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/pokemon-go-wild-area-2025-schedule-habitat-bonuses-ticket-start-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">event hub page listing the schedule, spawns, and bonuses<\/a>, as well as our explainers on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/pokemon-go-guide\/483165\/go-safari-balls-how-to-get\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Go Safari Balls<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/pokemon-go-guide\/483905\/mighty-pokemon-list-schedule-moves\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mighty Pok\u00e9mon<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Go&#8216;s Wild Area 2025 event features another branching Special Research, &#8220;A Grim Beginning,&#8221; forcing you to pick&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":381640,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[158,67,132,68,729,730],"class_list":{"0":"post-381639","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\/115556006938372392","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381639","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=381639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}