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	Potential rewards		Availability
Use 5 Berries to help catch Pokémon	Lickitung Girafarig	500 / 5 / 6	July 2018 (Lickitung) August 2018 (Girafarig) July-August 2018 (Items)
Catch 10 Pokémon	Magikarp	200 / 5 / 3 / 1	Since April 2018
	Exeggutor	200 / 5 / 3 / 1	April 2018
Catch a Dragon-type Pokémon	Dratini	1500 / 10 / 2 / 2	Since April 2018
Catch 2 Ice-type Pokémon	Jynx		June 2018
Catch 3 Bug-type Pokémon	Pinsir	200-500 / 5 / 5 / 3-6 / 1-3	April-June 2018
Catch 3 Dark-type Pokémon	Houndour	200-500 / 5 / 5 / 3-6 / 1-3	April-June 2018
Catch 3 Electric-type Pokémon	Pikachu	200-500 / 5 / 5 / 3-6 / 1-3	April-June 2018
Catch 3 Fire-type Pokémon	/ Ponyta / Magcargo	200-500 / 5 / 5 / 3-6 / 1-3	April-June 2018
Catch 3 Flying-type Pokémon	Doduo	200-500 / 5 / 5 / 3-6 / 1-3	April-June 2018
Catch 3 Poison-type Pokémon	Grimer	200-500 / 5 / 5 / 3-6 / 1-3	April-June 2018
Catch 5 Fire-type Pokémon		1	September 2018
	Flareon		April 2018
Catch 5 Electric-type Pokémon	Mareep		August 2018
Catch 5 Water-type Pokémon	Krabby		October 2018
Catch 10 Normal-type Pokémon		1000 / 5 / 6 / 2	Since April 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	200 / 5 / 3 / 1	Since April 2018
Catch 10 Pokémon with Weather Boost		500 / 5 / 6	Since April 2018
	Poliwag	500 / 5 / 6	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	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	200-500 / 5 / 5 / 4-6 / 1-2	April-June 2018
Catch 3 Treecko or Mudkip	Torchic	200-500 / 5 / 5 / 4-6 / 1-2	April-June 2018
Catch 3 Meowth or Skitty	Growlithe	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	Potential rewards		Availability
Evolve a Pokémon	Eevee		Since September 2018
	Vulpix		April 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	Flareon Ninetales		April 2018 (Flareon) September 2018 (Ninetales)
Evolve 3 Electric-type Pokémon	Jolteon		May 2018
Evolve 10 Water-type Pokémon	Dratini		October 2018
Evolve an Electric-, Fire- or Water-type Pokémon	Eevee		July 2018
Evolve a Meowth	Houndour		July 2018

Throwing Poké Balls

Task	Potential rewards		Availability
Make a Nice Throw	Slowpoke		June 2018
Make 5 Nice Throws	Voltorb	200 / 5 / 3 / 1	Since April 2018
Make 2 Nice Throws in a row		500 / 3	Since April 2018
Make 2 Nice Curveball Throws		Spinda	October 2018
Make 2 Nice Curveball Throws in a row		200 / 5 / 3 / 1	Since April 2018
	Electrode	200 / 5 / 3 / 1	May 2018
Make 3 Nice Curveball Throws in a row		3	Since April 2018
Make 3 Great Throws	Gastly	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	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		1500 / 1 / 9	Since April 2018
	Charmeleon	1500 / 1 / 9	April 2018
Make an Excellent Throw		500 / 5 / 2 / 2	Since April 2018
Make 3 Excellent Throws in a row	Larvitar		Since April 2018
	Onix		April 2018
Make an Excellent Curveball Throw	Absol		June 2018
Make 3 Curveball Throws in a row	Golduck Spinda		June 2018 (Golduck) August 2018 (Spinda)
Make 5 Curveball Throws in a row		5 / 6 / 6 / 1-2	Since April 2018

Gym battles

Task	Potential rewards		Availability
Battle in a Gym	Mankey	200 / 5 / 2 / 5 / 1	Since April 2018
	Horsea	200 / 5 / 2 / 5 / 1	June 2018
Battle in a Gym 5 times	Machop	500 / 5 / 3 / 2-4 / 10	Since April 2018
Win a Gym battle	/ / Bulbasaur / Charmander / Squirtle	5 / 4 / 10	Since April 2018
Win 3 Gym battles	Jynx	3 / 3 / 2-4 / 10 / 1	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		1	May 2018
Use a supereffective Charged Attack in 7 Gym battles	Electabuzz	1000 / 3 / 3 / 6 / 1 / 1	Since April 2018

Raid battles

Task	Potential rewards		Availability
Battle in a raid		200 / 5 / 2	Since April 2018
	Minun	200 / 5 / 2	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	1000 / 3 / 1-3 / 1	July 2018

Miscellaneous

Task	Potential rewards		Availability
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	200 / 5 / 3 / 1	Since April 2018
	Lanturn	200 / 5 / 3 / 1	August 2018
Hatch 2 Eggs	Wailmer		October 2018
Hatch 3 Eggs	Magmar	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	Staryu Koffing		June 2018 (Staryu) September 2018 (Koffing)
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	Octillery		October 2018
	Swablu Numel		May 2018 (Swablu) September 2018 (Numel)
Transfer 10 Pokémon	Misdreavus		August 2018
Use 10 Berries on Pokémon	Growlithe		September 2018
Use 5 Pinap Berries		1	October 2018
Send 5 Gifts to Friends	Roselia		September 2018
Trade a Pokémon	Feebas		October 2018

Notes:

• Catch 3 Dragon type --> 3 Rare candy, April 2018 [1]
• Win 5 raids --> Ditto and Sudowoodo, May 2018. Seems false
• Catch 10 Pokemon --> Voltorb from early April reports [2]
• Battle in a Gym 5 times --> Bulbasaur in early April reports [3]; Mankey in May???
• Battle in a Gym --> Minun May 2018, 12 reports
• Battle in a Gym --> Bulbasaur, Charmander, Poliwag, Houndour, Numel from April reports [4]
• Make 3 Nice Throws --> Voltorb early April reports [5]
• Make 3 excellents in a row --> Onix confirmed?
• Win 3 Raids --> Fast TM June 2018 [6]

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