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These are the available Research Tasks with Pokémon encounters for the current Season, Hidden Gems. Completing a Research Breakthrough this season will lead to an encounter with one of the following Pokémon: Sableye, Beldum, Audino, Furfrou, Goomy, or Noibat.
The current Spinda pattern is #3. The Spinda pattern will still change monthly.
Event Tasks
- Catch 5 Grass- or Bug-type Pokémon
-
×500
Stardust ×500
-
- Catch 5 Ghost- or Dark-type Pokémon
-
×500
Stardust ×500
-
- Catch 10 Pokémon
- Fomantis
Max CP
317Min CP
288
- Fomantis
Catching Tasks
- Catch 5 Pokémon
- Cubone
Max CP
436Min CP
402 - Baltoy
Max CP
337Min CP
307 - Swinub
Max CP
317Min CP
288
- Cubone
- Catch 7 Pokémon
- Magikarp
Max CP
117Min CP
99 - Stufful
Max CP
579Min CP
540 - Wimpod
Max CP
215Min CP
191
- Magikarp
- Catch 7 different species of Pokémon
- Exeggcute
Max CP
503Min CP
467
- Exeggcute
- Catch 10 Pokémon
- Duskull
Max CP
302Min CP
273 - Shuppet
Max CP
436Min CP
401 - Misdreavus
Max CP
825Min CP
779 -
×200
Stardust ×200 -
×3
Rare Candy ×3 -
×2
Golden Razz Berry ×2 -
×10
Poké Ball ×10
- Duskull
- Catch 15 Pokémon
- Porygon
Max CP
737Min CP
693 - Bronzor
Max CP
258Min CP
229 - Baltoy
Max CP
337Min CP
307
- Porygon
- Catch 15 different species of Pokémon
- Alolan Exeggutor
Max CP
1292Min CP
1233
- Alolan Exeggutor
- Catch a Dragon-type Pokémon
- Dratini
Max CP
430Min CP
397 - Bagon
Max CP
495Min CP
459 - Axew
Max CP
586Min CP
547 -
×1500
Stardust ×1500 -
×3
Rare Candy ×3 -
×2
Golden Razz Berry ×2 -
×10
Ultra Ball ×10
- Dratini
- Catch a Ditto
-
×1500
Stardust ×1500 -
×3
Rare Candy ×3 -
×2
Golden Razz Berry ×2 -
×10
Ultra Ball ×10
-
- Catch 10 Normal-type Pokémon
-
×10
Pidgeot Mega Energy ×10 -
×500
Stardust ×500 -
×6
Razz Berry ×6 -
×2
Pinap Berry ×2 -
×5
Great Ball ×5
-
- Catch 10 Grass-type Pokémon
-
×10
Venusaur Mega Energy ×10 -
×10
Sceptile Mega Energy ×10 -
×500
Stardust ×500 -
×6
Razz Berry ×6 -
×2
Pinap Berry ×2 -
×5
Great Ball ×5
-
- Catch 10 Fire-type Pokémon
-
×10
Charizard Mega Energy ×10 -
×10
Blaziken Mega Energy ×10 -
×500
Stardust ×500 -
×6
Razz Berry ×6 -
×2
Pinap Berry ×2 -
×5
Great Ball ×5
-
- Catch 10 Water-type Pokémon
-
×10
Blastoise Mega Energy ×10 -
×10
Swampert Mega Energy ×10 -
×500
Stardust ×500 -
×6
Razz Berry ×6 -
×2
Pinap Berry ×2 -
×5
Great Ball ×5
-
- Catch 5 Pokémon with Weather Boost
- Vulpix
Max CP
378Min CP
347 - Poliwag
Max CP
355Min CP
324 - Hippopotas
Max CP
582Min CP
542 - Snover
Max CP
497Min CP
460 - Wingull
Max CP
328Min CP
298 - Vanillite
Max CP
443Min CP
409 - Roggenrola
Max CP
516Min CP
479 -
×200
Stardust ×200 -
×3
Razz Berry ×3 -
×1
Pinap Berry ×1 -
×5
Poké Ball ×5
- Vulpix
- Catch 10 Pokémon with Weather Boost
-
×500
Stardust ×500 -
×6
Razz Berry ×6 -
×2
Pinap Berry ×2 -
×5
Great Ball ×5
-
- Use 5 Berries to help catch Pokémon
-
×500
Stardust ×500 -
×6
Razz Berry ×6 -
×2
Pinap Berry ×2 -
×5
Great Ball ×5
-
- Use 5 Razz Berries to help catch Pokémon
- Spinarak
Max CP
350Min CP
319 - Ledyba
Max CP
312Min CP
283
- Spinarak
Throwing Tasks
- Make 5 Curveball Throws in a row
-
×500
Stardust ×500 -
×6
Razz Berry ×6 -
×2
Pinap Berry ×2 -
×5
Great Ball ×5
-
- Make 5 Nice Throws
- Diglett
Max CP
289Min CP
262 - Alolan Diglett
Max CP
292Min CP
264 - Sudowoodo
Max CP
920Min CP
871 - Dunsparce
Max CP
724Min CP
679 -
×200
Stardust ×200 -
×3
Razz Berry ×3 -
×1
Pinap Berry ×1 -
×5
Poké Ball ×5
- Diglett
- Make 10 Nice Throws
- Psyduck
Max CP
474Min CP
439 - Woobat
Max CP
435Min CP
401
- Psyduck
- Make 3 Nice Throws in a row
-
×500
Stardust ×500 -
×2
Pinap Berry ×2 -
×5
Great Ball ×5 -
×2
Ultra Ball ×2
-
- Make 2 Nice Curveball Throws in a row
-
×200
Stardust ×200 -
×3
Razz Berry ×3 -
×1
Pinap Berry ×1 -
×5
Poké Ball ×5
-
- Make 3 Great Throws
- Clamperl
Max CP
544Min CP
507 - Kabuto
Max CP
587Min CP
548 - Omanyte
Max CP
662Min CP
620 - Elgyem
Max CP
593Min CP
554 - Binacle
Max CP
405Min CP
373 -
×200
Stardust ×200 -
×3
Razz Berry ×3 -
×1
Pinap Berry ×1 -
×5
Poké Ball ×5
- Clamperl
- Make 5 Great Throws
- Mankey
Max CP
499Min CP
462 - Aipom
Max CP
578Min CP
539 - Baltoy
Max CP
337Min CP
307
- Mankey
- Make 3 Great Throws in a row
- Lileep
Max CP
553Min CP
515 - Anorith
Max CP
655Min CP
613 -
×1000
Stardust ×1000 -
×1
Rare Candy ×1 -
×9
Razz Berry ×9 -
×3
Pinap Berry ×3 -
×10
Poké Ball ×10 -
×5
Ultra Ball ×5
- Lileep
- Make 3 Great Curveball Throws
- Onix
Max CP
472Min CP
435 -
×1000
Stardust ×1000 -
×1
Rare Candy ×1 -
×9
Razz Berry ×9 -
×3
Pinap Berry ×3 -
×10
Poké Ball ×10 -
×5
Ultra Ball ×5
- Onix
- Make 3 Great Curveball Throws in a row
-
×1500
Stardust ×1500 -
×3
Rare Candy ×3 -
×2
Golden Razz Berry ×2 -
×10
Ultra Ball ×10
-
- Make 5 Great Curveball Throws in a row
- Spinda 5
Max CP
523Min CP
486
- Spinda 5
- Make an Excellent Throw
-
×500
Stardust ×500 -
×2
Pinap Berry ×2 -
×5
Great Ball ×5 -
×2
Ultra Ball ×2
-
- Make 2 Excellent Throws
- Beldum
Max CP
418Min CP
385
- Beldum
- Make 3 Excellent Throws in a row
- Larvitar
Max CP
445Min CP
411 - Gible
Max CP
477Min CP
441 - Beldum
Max CP
418Min CP
385
- Larvitar
Battling Tasks
- Win in the GO Battle League
- Nidoran♀
Max CP
349Min CP
319 - Meditite
Max CP
297Min CP
269 - Drilbur
Max CP
589Min CP
549
- Nidoran♀
- Win a raid
- Marowak
Max CP
786Min CP
741
- Marowak
- Win a three-star raid or higher
- Archen
Max CP
789Min CP
741 - Tirtouga
Max CP
638Min CP
597
- Archen
- Win 3 raids
- Klink
Max CP
409Min CP
377 - Mawile
Max CP
700Min CP
658
- Klink
- Win 5 raids
- Alolan Marowak
Max CP
786Min CP
741 - Alolan Exeggutor
Max CP
1292Min CP
1233 - Aerodactyl
Max CP
1193Min CP
1136
- Alolan Marowak
Exploring Tasks
- Hatch an Egg
- Scyther
Max CP
1160Min CP
1104 - Sudowoodo
Max CP
920Min CP
871 - Nincada
Max CP
329Min CP
299 - Trubbish
Max CP
428Min CP
395 - Buneary
Max CP
539Min CP
501 - Bunnelby
Max CP
237Min CP
212
- Scyther
- Hatch 2 Eggs
- Pikachu
Max CP
402Min CP
369 - Sneasel
Max CP
879Min CP
831 - Mawile
Max CP
700Min CP
658 - Togedemaru
Max CP
926Min CP
876 - Feebas
Max CP
117Min CP
99
- Pikachu
- Walk 1 km
- Snubbull
Max CP
530Min CP
492
- Snubbull
- Walk 4 km
- Snorlax
Max CP
1382Min CP
1320
- Snorlax
- Spin 3 PokéStops or Gyms
- Doduo
Max CP
514Min CP
477 - Sudowoodo
Max CP
920Min CP
871 - Remoraid
Max CP
391Min CP
358 - Ralts
Max CP
231Min CP
206 - Aron
Max CP
560Min CP
522 -
×500
Stardust ×500 -
×6
Razz Berry ×6 -
×2
Pinap Berry ×2 -
×5
Great Ball ×5
- Doduo
- Spin 5 PokéStops or Gyms
- Growlithe
Max CP
533Min CP
495 - Hisuian Growlithe
Max CP
566Min CP
527 - Slowpoke
Max CP
525Min CP
487 - Galarian Slowpoke
Max CP
525Min CP
487
- Growlithe
- Take a snapshot of a wild Pokémon
- Trapinch
Max CP
546Min CP
507 - Croagunk
Max CP
408Min CP
375 - Cottonee
Max CP
300Min CP
271
- Trapinch
- Take snapshots of 3 different wild Ground-, Rock-, or Fairy-type Pokémon
- Clefairy
Max CP
495Min CP
458 - Geodude
Max CP
554Min CP
516 - Trapinch
Max CP
546Min CP
507
- Clefairy
Training Tasks
- Evolve a Pokémon
- Eevee
Max CP
459Min CP
424
- Eevee
- Power up Pokémon 3 times
- Bulbasaur
Max CP
477Min CP
442 - Charmander
Max CP
420Min CP
387 - Squirtle
Max CP
405Min CP
372
- Bulbasaur
- Power up Pokémon 5 times
- Snivy
Max CP
364Min CP
333 - Tepig
Max CP
464Min CP
428 - Oshawott
Max CP
448Min CP
413 -
×10
Venusaur Mega Energy ×10 -
×10
Charizard Mega Energy ×10 -
×10
Blastoise Mega Energy ×10 -
×10
Beedrill Mega Energy ×10 -
×10
Pidgeot Mega Energy ×10 -
×10
Manectric Mega Energy ×10 -
×10
Aggron Mega Energy ×10
- Snivy
- Power up Pokémon 7 times
- Rowlet
Max CP
453Min CP
418 - Litten
Max CP
443Min CP
409 - Popplio
Max CP
483Min CP
448
- Rowlet
- Power up Pokémon 10 times
-
×25
Aerodactyl Mega Energy ×25 -
×25
Houndoom Mega Energy ×25 -
×25
Ampharos Mega Energy ×25
-
Buddy & Friendship Tasks
- Earn 2 Candies walking with your buddy
- Jigglypuff
Max CP
310Min CP
277 - Bunnelby
Max CP
237Min CP
212 - Buneary
Max CP
539Min CP
501 - Litleo
Max CP
611Min CP
571 - Glameow
Max CP
400Min CP
367 - Dedenne
Max CP
789Min CP
743
- Jigglypuff
- Earn 3 Candies walking with your buddy
- Stunfisk
Max CP
926Min CP
876 - Galarian Stunfisk
Max CP
926Min CP
876
- Stunfisk
- Earn 3 Hearts with your buddy
- Lillipup
Max CP
392Min CP
360 - Buneary
Max CP
539Min CP
501 - Poochyena
Max CP
290Min CP
263
- Lillipup
- Send 5 Gifts and add a sticker to each
- Sudowoodo
Max CP
920Min CP
871 - Spritzee
Max CP
536Min CP
498 - Swirlix
Max CP
505Min CP
468
- Sudowoodo
- Trade a Pokémon
- Machop
Max CP
548Min CP
509 - Roggenrola
Max CP
516Min CP
479
- Machop
Team GO Rocket Tasks
- Defeat 3 Team GO Rocket Grunts
- Lotad
Max CP
256Min CP
230 - Tympole
Max CP
359Min CP
328
- Lotad
- Purify 3 Shadow Pokémon
- Haunter
Max CP
841Min CP
792
- Haunter
Sponsored Tasks
- Send 3 Gifts to friends
-
×1000
Stardust ×1000 -
×1
Rare Candy ×1
-
- Catch 8 Pokémon
-
×1000
Stardust ×1000 -
×1
Rare Candy ×1
-
AR Scanning Tasks
- AR Scanning
-
×10
Poké Ball ×10 -
×5
Great Ball ×5 -
×1
Poffin ×1
-
FAQ
What is Research in Pokémon GO?
Research is a feature in Pokémon GO that gives Trainers the opportunity to help Professor Willow with his Pokémon Research. Completing a Research Task will unlock rewards. The more challenging a task, the greater the reward will be.
There are two types of Research you can contribute to: Field Research and Special Research.
What is Field Research?
Field Research tasks are assigned/collected by spinning PokéStops. Trainers can only receive and complete one task from each PokéStop each day. Tasks are the same for all trainers on a given day so you can share PokéStop locations for a desirable task with others in your community.
The task will consist of an objective and a reward for completing it. Rewards range from Items to Pokémon encounters. If the task awards items, it will disclose what item and quantity on the task itself. If it’s an encounter, it won’t. Instead you can refer to the handy graphic on this page.
The first Field Research task you complete for a day will reward you with a Stamp towards unlocking a Research Breakthrough.
How do I unlock a Research Breakthrough?
You can unlock a Research Breakthrough by collect 7 Stamps. Again, Stamps are obtained from your first completed Field Research task for the day. Unlike the ‘First PokéStop of the Day’ or ‘First Catch of the Day’ streaks, you do not need to collect Stamps on consecutive days. You won’t ever lose stamps you earned because you missed a day.
Upon reaching 7 Stamps, you can open the box and earn a handful of helpful Rewards. Rewards will consist of a Pokémon encounter, XP, Stardust and will include one of the following items: Rare Candy, Pinap Berries, Ultra Balls, or Poké Balls.
What is Special Research?
Special Research is like Field Research but they can be thought of as part of the game’s Story. Like Field Research they consist of tasks that you work through to earn Rewards. However in Special Research completing a set of task will earn you additional rewards. Completing all sets of tasks in the series will earn you a more valuable reward. eg. A Mythical Pokémon encounter.
While, Trainers cannot repeat Special Research tasks, Professor Willow will occasionally seek assistance with new tasks. Special Research can also be assigned at Special Events like GO Fest in Chicago or during in-game Events like Pokémon GO Halloween 2018.
What are the CP numbers next to the Pokémon in the graphic?
That is the range of possible CPs that your Pokémon encounter could be. The highest is Perfect IVs and the lowest is not so perfect IVs.
What is the Sparkle next to some Pokémon in the graphic?
The sparkle indicates that there is a chance of encountering that Pokémon in their Shiny form. The chance of encountering a Shiny from a Field Research task is 1 in 450. However they could possibly be higher for certain encounters (eg. Absol).
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