These are the available Research Tasks with Pokémon encounters for the current Season, Dual Destiny. Completing a Research Breakthrough this season will lead to an encounter with one of the following Pokémon: Alolan Raichu, Pancham, Furfrou, Hisuian Avalugg, Jangmo-o, and Frigibax.
The Spinda pattern 4, 5, and 6 are available this season.
Event Tasks
- Catch 25 Pokémon
- Pidgeot
Max CP
912 Min CP
863 - Noctowl
Max CP
867 Min CP
819
- Use an Incense
- Spritzee
Max CP
536 Min CP
498
- Win a raid
-
×2000
Stardust ×2000
Catching Tasks
- Catch 5 Pokémon
- Bidoof
Max CP
309 Min CP
280 - Lillipup
Max CP
392 Min CP
360 - Stunky
Max CP
493 Min CP
457
- Catch 7 Pokémon
- Magikarp
Max CP
117 Min CP
99 - Stufful
Max CP
579 Min CP
540 - Wimpod
Max CP
215 Min CP
191
- Catch 10 Pokémon
-
×200
Stardust ×200 -
×3
Rare Candy ×3 -
×2
Golden Razz Berry ×2 -
×10
Poké Ball ×10
- Catch a Dragon-type Pokémon
- Dratini
Max CP
430 Min CP
397 - Bagon
Max CP
495 Min CP
459 - Axew
Max CP
586 Min CP
547 -
×1500
Stardust ×1500 -
×3
Rare Candy ×3 -
×2
Golden Razz Berry ×2 -
×10
Ultra Ball ×10
- Catch 5 Fire- or Ice-type Pokémon
- Darumaka
Max CP
618 Min CP
576 - Galarian Darumaka
Max CP
618 Min CP
576
- Catch 5 Normal- or Dark-type Pokémon
- Meowth
Max CP
320 Min CP
292 - Alolan Meowth
Max CP
341 Min CP
312
- 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 7 different species of Pokémon
- Combee
Max CP
212 Min CP
188 - Teddiursa
Max CP
569 Min CP
530
- Catch 15 different species of Pokémon
- Clamperl
Max CP
544 Min CP
507
- Catch 5 Pokémon with Weather Boost
- Vulpix
Max CP
378 Min CP
347 - Poliwag
Max CP
355 Min CP
324 - Wingull
Max CP
328 Min CP
298 - Hippopotas
Max CP
582 Min CP
542 - Snover
Max CP
497 Min CP
460 - Roggenrola
Max CP
516 Min CP
479 - Vanillite
Max CP
443 Min CP
409 -
×200
Stardust ×200 -
×3
Razz Berry ×3 -
×1
Pinap Berry ×1 -
×5
Poké Ball ×5
- 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 Pinap Berries to help catch Pokémon
- Magikarp
Max CP
117 Min CP
99 - Wimpod
Max CP
215 Min CP
191
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
289 Min CP
262 - Alolan Diglett
Max CP
292 Min CP
264 - Sudowoodo
Max CP
920 Min CP
871 -
×200
Stardust ×200 -
×3
Razz Berry ×3 -
×1
Pinap Berry ×1 -
×5
Poké Ball ×5
- Make 10 Nice Throws
- Spritzee
Max CP
536 Min CP
498 - Swirlix
Max CP
505 Min CP
468
- 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
- Omanyte
Max CP
662 Min CP
620 - Kabuto
Max CP
587 Min CP
548 - Clamperl
Max CP
544 Min CP
507 - Elgyem
Max CP
593 Min CP
554 - Binacle
Max CP
405 Min CP
373 -
×200
Stardust ×200 -
×3
Razz Berry ×3 -
×1
Pinap Berry ×1 -
×5
Poké Ball ×5
- Make 5 Great Throws
- Cubchoo
Max CP
458 Min CP
422 - Slugma
Max CP
383 Min CP
351
- Make 3 Great Throws in a row
- Lileep
Max CP
553 Min CP
515 - Anorith
Max CP
655 Min 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
- Make 3 Great Curveball Throws
-
×1000
Stardust ×1000 -
×1
Rare Candy ×1 -
×9
Razz Berry ×9 -
×3
Pinap Berry ×3 -
×10
Poké Ball ×10 -
×5
Ultra Ball ×5
- Make 5 Great Curveball Throws
- Amaura
Max CP
584 Min CP
545 - Tyrunt
Max CP
700 Min CP
658
- 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 4
Max CP
523 Min CP
486 - Spinda 5
Max CP
523 Min CP
486 - Spinda 6
Max CP
523 Min CP
486
- Make an Excellent Throw
-
×500
Stardust ×500 -
×2
Pinap Berry ×2 -
×5
Great Ball ×5 -
×2
Ultra Ball ×2
- Make 2 Excellent Throws
- Gible
Max CP
477 Min CP
441
- Make 3 Excellent Throws in a row
- Larvitar
Max CP
445 Min CP
411 - Beldum
Max CP
418 Min CP
385 - Gible
Max CP
477 Min CP
441
Battling Tasks
- Win in the GO Battle League
- Bunnelby
Max CP
237 Min CP
212 - Clefairy
Max CP
495 Min CP
458 - Inkay
Max CP
397 Min CP
365
- Win a raid
- Shinx
Max CP
375 Min CP
343
- Win a three-star raid or higher
- Tirtouga
Max CP
638 Min CP
597 - Archen
Max CP
789 Min CP
741
- Win 2 raids
- Galarian Farfetch'd
Max CP
717 Min CP
673
- Win 5 raids
- Alolan Marowak
Max CP
786 Min CP
741 - Alolan Exeggutor
Max CP
1292 Min CP
1233 - Aerodactyl
Max CP
1193 Min CP
1136
Exploring Tasks
- Hatch an Egg
- Scyther
Max CP
1160 Min CP
1104 - Sudowoodo
Max CP
920 Min CP
871 - Nincada
Max CP
329 Min CP
299 - Trubbish
Max CP
428 Min CP
395 - Komala
Max CP
1106 Min CP
1052
- Hatch 2 Eggs
- Sneasel
Max CP
879 Min CP
831 - Mawile
Max CP
700 Min CP
658 - Feebas
Max CP
117 Min CP
99 - Espurr
Max CP
539 Min CP
502
- Explore 2 km
- Blitzle
Max CP
378 Min CP
346 - Slakoth
Max CP
429 Min CP
395
- Spin 3 PokéStops or Gyms
- Doduo
Max CP
514 Min CP
477 - Remoraid
Max CP
391 Min CP
358 - Ralts
Max CP
231 Min CP
206 - Aron
Max CP
560 Min CP
522 -
×500
Stardust ×500 -
×6
Razz Berry ×6 -
×2
Pinap Berry ×2 -
×5
Great Ball ×5
- Spin 5 PokéStops or Gyms
- Growlithe
Max CP
533 Min CP
495 - Hisuian Growlithe
Max CP
566 Min CP
527 - Slowpoke
Max CP
525 Min CP
487 - Galarian Slowpoke
Max CP
525 Min CP
487
- Take a snapshot of a wild Pokémon
- Trapinch
Max CP
546 Min CP
507 - Croagunk
Max CP
408 Min CP
375 - Cottonee
Max CP
300 Min CP
271
- Take snapshots of 3 different wild Normal-type Pokémon
- Lechonk
Max CP
314 Min CP
285 - Skitty
Max CP
316 Min CP
287
- Take snapshots of 3 different wild Fire-type Pokémon
- Growlithe
Max CP
533 Min CP
495 - Hisuian Growlithe
Max CP
566 Min CP
527
- Take snapshots of 3 different wild Ice-type Pokémon
- Snorunt
Max CP
380 Min CP
349 - Vanillite
Max CP
443 Min CP
409
Training Tasks
- Evolve a Pokémon
- Eevee
Max CP
459 Min CP
424
- Power up Pokémon 3 times
- Bulbasaur
Max CP
477 Min CP
442 - Charmander
Max CP
420 Min CP
387 - Squirtle
Max CP
405 Min CP
372
- Power up Pokémon 5 times
- Snivy
Max CP
364 Min CP
333 - Tepig
Max CP
464 Min CP
428 - Oshawott
Max CP
448 Min 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
- Power up Pokémon 7 times
- Rowlet
Max CP
453 Min CP
418 - Litten
Max CP
443 Min CP
409 - Popplio
Max CP
483 Min CP
448
- Power up Pokémon 10 times
-
×25
Sceptile Mega Energy ×25 -
×25
Blaziken Mega Energy ×25 -
×25
Swampert Mega Energy ×25
Buddy & Friendship Tasks
- Earn 2 Candies walking with your buddy
- Jigglypuff
Max CP
310 Min CP
277 - Buneary
Max CP
539 Min CP
501 - Glameow
Max CP
400 Min CP
367 - Bunnelby
Max CP
237 Min CP
212 - Litleo
Max CP
611 Min CP
571 - Dedenne
Max CP
789 Min CP
743
- Earn 3 Candies walking with your buddy
- Stunfisk
Max CP
926 Min CP
876 - Galarian Stunfisk
Max CP
926 Min CP
876
- Send 5 Gifts and add a sticker to each
- Pidgey
Max CP
291 Min CP
264 - Pidove
Max CP
363 Min CP
332
- Trade a Pokémon
- Abra
Max CP
575 Min CP
534 - Gastly
Max CP
527 Min CP
487
Team GO Rocket Tasks
- Defeat 3 Team GO Rocket Grunts
- Houndour
Max CP
529 Min CP
491 - Poochyena
Max CP
290 Min CP
263
- Purify 3 Shadow Pokémon
- Chansey
Max CP
537 Min CP
490
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 under the Pokémon in the graphic?
That is the Perfect CP value or the number a Pokémon will have on encounter from Field Research when it’s IV values are maxed out. It is helpful to know at a glance if an encounter has high 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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