Field Research

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Field Research (Japanese: ) are small goals that can be completed in Pokémon GO which initially introduced by Professor Willow to aid him in his discoveries. Research Tasks involve a range of objectives, such as catching Pokémon, or battling in Gyms, and allow the player to earn rewards, including items, Pokémon, or Stardust. Tasks can be obtained by spinning PokéStops, and a maximum of three active tasks can be held at one time. A player can choose to discard a task to free up space for another. A single PokéStop will provide the same task for all players for a single day, and the task cannot be obtained again if the task from that PokéStop was completed for the day.

Completing a Research task will earn the player a Stamp. Only one Stamp can be obtained per day, and once the player earns seven Stamps, the player will receive a Research Breakthrough (Japanese: ) along with additional rewards.

Special Research Tasks have been available on special events, including during Community Days.

List of Field Research tasks

Catching Pokémon

Task	Current potential rewards		Previous potential rewards
Use 5 Berries to help catch Pokémon			Lickitung (July 2018) Girafarig (August 2018)	500 / 5 / 6 (July-August 2018)
Catch 10 Pokémon	Magikarp (since April 2018)	200 / 5 / 3 / 1 (since April 2018)	Exeggutor (April 2018)
Catch a Dragon-type Pokémon	Dratini (since April 2018)	1500 / 10 / 2 / 2 (since April 2018)
Catch 3 Bug-type Pokémon			Pinsir (April-June 2018)	200-500 / 5 / 5 / 3-6 / 1-3 (April-June 2018)
Catch 3 Dark-type Pokémon			Houndour (April-June 2018)	200-500 / 5 / 5 / 3-6 / 1-3 (April-June 2018)
Catch 3 Electric-type Pokémon			Pikachu (April-June 2018)	200-500 / 5 / 5 / 3-6 / 1-3 (April-June 2018)
Catch 3 Fire-type Pokémon			Ponyta (April-June 2018) Magcargo (April-June 2018)	200-500 / 5 / 5 / 3-6 / 1-3 (April-June 2018)
Catch 3 Flying-type Pokémon			Doduo (April-June 2018)	200-500 / 5 / 5 / 3-6 / 1-3 (April-June 2018)
Catch 3 Poison-type Pokémon			Grimer (April-June 2018)	200-500 / 5 / 5 / 3-6 / 1-3 (April-June 2018)
Catch 10 Normal-type Pokémon		1000 / 3 / 6 / 1 (since April 2018)
Catch 5 Fire-type Pokémon		1 (September 2018)	Flareon (April 2018)
Catch 5 Electric-type Pokémon			Mareep (August 2018)
Catch 2 Ice-type Pokémon			Jynx (June 2018)
Catch 3 Grass-, Fire-, or Ground-type Pokémon			Numel (April 2018)
Catch 3 Water-, Electric- or Bug-type Pokémon			Electrike (May 2018)
Catch 3 Grass-, Fire- or Water-type Pokémon			Pikachu (July 2018)
Catch 5 Pokémon with Weather Boost	/ Vulpix / Poliwag (since April 2018)	200 / 5 / 3 / 1 (since April 2018)
Catch 10 Pokémon with Weather Boost		500 / 5 / 6 (since April 2018)
Catch 20 Pokémon with Weather Boost			Ninetales (April-June 2018)
Catch a Ditto		1500 / 10 / 2 / 3 (since April 2018)
Catch 3 Oddish or Bellsprout			Tangela (April-June 2018)	200-500 / 5 / 5 / 4-6 / 1-2 (April-June 2018)
Catch 3 Swablu				200-500 / 5 / 5 / 4-6 / 1-2 (April-June 2018)
Catch 3 Pidgey or Murkrow			Ekans (April-June 2018)	200-500 / 5 / 5 / 4-6 / 1-2 (April-June 2018)
Catch 3 Treecko or Mudkip			Torchic (April-June 2018)	200-500 / 5 / 5 / 4-6 / 1-2 (April-June 2018)
Catch 3 Meowth or Skitty			Growlithe (April-June 2018)	200-500 / 5 / 5 / 4-6 / 1-2 (April-June 2018)
Catch a Meowth or Growlithe			Electrike (August 2018)
Catch a Skitty or Poochyena			Snubbull (August 2018)
Catch a Rattata or Pikachu	Phanpy (September 2018)

Evolving Pokémon

Task	Current potential rewards		Previous potential rewards
Evolve a Pokémon	Eevee (September 2018)
Evolve a Grass-type Pokémon			Bulbasaur (July 2018)
Evolve a Fire-type Pokémon			Charmander (July 2018)
Evolve a Water-type Pokémon			Squirtle (July 2018)
Evolve 5 Fire-type Pokémon	Ninetales (since April 2018)		Flareon (April 2018)
Evolve 3 Electric-type Pokémon			Jolteon (May 2018)
Evolve an Electric-, Fire- or Water-type Pokémon			Eevee (July 2018)
Evolve a Meowth			Houndour (July 2018)

Throwing Poké Balls

Task	Current potential rewards		Previous potential rewards
Make a Nice Throw			Slowpoke (June 2018)
Make 5 Nice Throws	Voltorb (since April 2018)	200 / 5 / 3 / 1 (since April 2018)
Make 2 Nice Throws in a row		500 / 3 (since April 2018)
Make 3 Nice Throws in a row		500 / 5 / 2 / 2 (since April 2018)
Make 2 Nice Curveball Throws in a row		200 / 5 / 3 / 1 (since April 2018)	Electrode (May 2018)
Make 3 Nice Curveball Throws in a row		3 (since April 2018)
Make 3 Great Throws	Gastly (since April 2018)	200 / 5 / 3 / 3 (since April 2018)
Make 5 Great Throws		5 (since April 2018)
Make 10 Great Throws		500 XP (since April 2018)
Make 3 Great Throws in a row	Onix (since April 2018)	1000 / 5-10 / 9 / 3 / 1 (since April 2018)
Make 5 Great Throws in a row			Flaaffy (May 2018)
Make a Great Curveball Throw	Spinda (September 2018)
Make 3 Great Curveball Throws		1000 / 5 / 9 / 2 (since April 2018)
Make 2 Great Curveball Throws in a row		5 (since April 2018)
Make 3 Great Curveball Throws in a row	Charmeleon (April 2018)	1500 / 1 / 9 (since April 2018)
Make an Excellent Throw		500 / 5 / 2 / 2 (since April 2018)
Make 3 Excellent Throws in a row	Larvitar (since April 2018)
Make an Excellent Curveball Throw			Absol (June 2018)
Make 3 Curveball Throws in a row			Golduck (June 2018) Spinda (August 2018)
Make 5 Curveball Throws in a row		5 / 6 / 1-2 (since April 2018)

Gym battles

Task	Current potential rewards		Previous potential rewards
Battle in a Gym	Mankey (since April 2018)	200 / 5 / 2 / 5 / 1 (since April 2018)	Horsea (June 2018)
Battle in a Gym 5 times	Machop (since April 2018)	500 / 5 / 3 / 2-4 / 10 (since April 2018)
Win a Gym battle	/ / Bulbasaur / Charmander / Squirtle (since April 2018)	5 / 4 / 10 (since April 2018)
Win 3 Gym battles	Jynx (since April 2018)	3 / 3 / 2-4 / 10 (since April 2018)	Kingler (June 2018)
Use a supereffective Charged Attack in a Gym battle		500 / 3 / 4 / 10 (since April 2018)
Use a supereffective Charged Attack in 5 Gym battles				(May 2018)
Use a supereffective Charged Attack in 7 Gym battles	Electabuzz (since April 2018)	1000 / 3 / 6 / 1 1 (since April 2018)

Raid battles

Task	Current potential rewards		Previous potential rewards
Battle in a raid		200 / 5 / 2 (since April 2018)	Minun (May 2018)
Win a raid		500 / 3 / 4 / 10 (since April 2018)
Win 2 raids			Quilava (April 2018)
Win 3 raids		1500 / 3 / 8 / 3 (since April 2018)
Win 5 raids			Typhlosion (April 2018)
Win a level 3 or higher raid		1000 / 3 / 1 / 1 (since April 2018)	Dratini (July 2018)	1-3 (July 2018)

Miscellaneous

Task	Current potential rewards		Previous potential rewards
Spin 3 PokéStops you haven't visited before			Ponyta (April 2018)
Spin 6 PokéStops you haven't visited before			Aerodactyl (May 2018)
Spin 10 PokéStops		200 / 5-10 / 3 / 1 (since April 2018)
Hatch an Egg	Exeggcute (since April 2018)	200 / 5 / 3 / 1 (since April 2018)	Lanturn (August 2018)
Hatch 3 Eggs	Magmar (since April 2018)	1000 / 10 / 5 / 9 / 3 / 1 (since April 2018)
Hatch 5 Eggs	Chansey (since April 2018)
Power up a Pokémon			Plusle (May 2018)
Power up Pokémon 3 times	Koffing (September 2018)		Staryu (June 2018)
Power up Pokémon 5 times	/ / Bulbasaur / Charmander / Squirtle (since April 2018)
Power up Pokémon 7 times			Magneton (May 2018)
Earn a Candy walking with your buddy	Numel (September 2018)
Transfer 10 Pokémon			Misdreavus (August 2018)
Use 10 Berries on Pokémon	Growlithe (September 2018)
Send 5 Gifts to Friends	Roselia (September 2018)

Community Day

Task	Potential rewards	Availability
Catch 3 Mareep	500 / 5 / 2 / 2	April 15, 2018
Catch 3 Charmander	500 / 5 / 2 / 2	May 19, 2018
Catch 3 Larvitar	500 / 5 / 2 / 2	June 16, 2018
Catch 5 Squirtle	Sunglasses Squirtle	July 8, 2018
Catch 3 Eevee	500 / 5 / 2 / 2	August 11-12, 2018

Adventure Week 2018

Task	Potential rewards
Hatch 2 Eggs	1
Hatch 3 Eggs	Omanyte
Earn 3 Candy walking with your Buddy	Kabuto
Spin 2 PokéStops that you haven't visited before	Onix
Spin 6 PokéStops that you haven't visited before	Aerodactyl
Evolve an Omanyte or Kabuto	Aerodactyl

Water Festival 2018

Task	Potential rewards
Catch 2 Water-type Pokémon	Magikarp
Use 3 Berries to help catch Pokémon	Wailmer
Battle in a Gym 3 times	Kingler
Win a Raid	1
Evolve 2 Shellder	Lapras
Catch 5 Magikarp or Wailmer	Luvdisc

Johto Festival 2018

Task	Potential rewards
Catch 3 Sunkern	1 / 1 File:GO Up-Grade.png / 1 / 1 / 1
Evolve 3 Sunkern or Natu	Pineco
Catch 5 Water-type Pokémon	/ Poliwhirl / Seadra
Win a Raid	Porygon
Make 3 Excellent Throws	/ Onix / Scyther
Make 4 Great Curveball throws in a row	Miltank

Research Breakthrough

Research Breakthrough rewards have so far rotated every month. The Research Breakthrough enables players to catch some Legendary Pokémon which had only been available through Raids. Item rewards have so far always been 3000 XP, 2000 Stardust, and one of: 3 Rare Candy, 20 Poké Balls, 5 Ultra Balls and 5 Pinap Berries.

Time	Pokémon encounter
April 2018	Moltres
May 2018	Zapdos
June 2018	Articuno
July 2018	Snorlax*
August 2018	Raikou
September 2018	Entei
October 2018	Suicune