Field Research

Field Research menu

Field Research (Japanese: フィールドリサーチ Field Research) are small goals that can be completed in Pokémon GO, which were 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 reward players with items, Pokémon encounters, or Stardust.

Pokémon obtained from Field Research tasks will have a minimum of 10 IVs in each stat and an initial Power Up level of 15. Weather bonuses are not applied for these types of encounters. Field Research Pokémon are guaranteed to never flee. If the player runs from the encounter, the Pokémon will be saved into a queue that can be later accessed by a "Claim Reward!" button above the Field Research tasks.

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. A PokéStop that has had its task completed will have a blue Research completion icon on the top-right of the screen when viewed.

Completing a Research task will earn the player a Stamp up to once per day. Once the player has earned seven Stamps, the player will receive a Research Breakthrough, which includes various rewards and an encounter with a special Pokémon.

Separate Field Research tasks have been temporarily available on special events, including during Community Days.

List of Field Research tasks

The following is a list of all Field Research tasks that have been available to players since January 2021, along with all possible rewards for completing each task. Currently, Field Research tasks are expected to be rotated on the first day every month. The icon denotes Pokémon that have a chance of being Shiny during the reward encounter.

For a list of past Field Research tasks, see list of Field Research changes.

Catching Pokémon

Task	Potential rewards
Catch 10 Pokémon		×200 ×5 ×3 ×1
Catch 5 Pokémon with Weather Boost		×200 ×5 ×3 ×1
Catch 10 Pokémon with Weather Boost		×500 ×5 ×6 ×2
Catch 10 Normal-type Pokémon		×500 ×5 ×6 ×2
Catch a Dragon-type Pokémon		×1500 ×10 ×2 ×3
Catch 3 Fire-type Pokémon
Catch a Ditto		×1500 ×10 ×2 ×3
Catch 6 different species of Pokémon		×2

Throwing Poké Balls

Task	Potential rewards
Make 5 Curveball Throws in a row		×500 ×5 ×6 ×2
Make 5 Nice Throws		×200 ×5 ×3 ×1
Make 3 Nice Throws in a row		×500 ×5 ×2 ×2
Make 2 Nice Curveball Throws in a row		×200 ×5 ×3 ×1
Make 3 Great Throws		×200 ×5 ×3 ×1
Make 3 Great Throws in a row		×1000 ×10 ×5 ×9 ×3 ×1
Make 3 Great Curveball Throws		×1000 ×10 ×5 ×9 ×3 ×1
Make 3 Great Curveball Throws in a row		×1500 ×10 ×2 ×3
Make 5 Great Curveball Throws in a row
Make an Excellent Throw		×500 ×5 ×2 ×2
Make 3 Excellent Throws in a row

Using Berries

Task	Potential rewards
Use 5 Berries to help catch Pokémon		×500 ×5 ×6 ×2

Battling

Task	Potential rewards
Win a raid
Win 5 raids
Win a level 3 or higher raid
Defeat 3 Team GO Rocket Grunts

Hatching Eggs

Task	Potential rewards
Hatch an Egg

Powering up & evolving

Task	Potential rewards
Evolve a Pokémon
Power up Pokémon 5 times		x10 x15 x10

Miscellaneous

Task	Potential rewards
Spin 10 PokéStops or Gyms		×200 ×5 ×3 ×1

Sponsored

Task	Potential rewards
Sponsored: Catch 8 Pokémon		×1000 ×1
Sponsored: Send 3 Gifts to Friends		×1000 ×1

Buddy Pokémon/Friendship

Task	Potential rewards
Give your buddy 3 treats
Earn 5 hearts with your buddy
Send 3 Gifts to friends
Trade a Pokémon

AR Mapping

Task	Potential rewards
Scan <PokéStop>		x10 x5 ×1 x1 x1 x1 x3 x3 x1

Event-exclusive tasks

Main article: Field Research/Event-exclusive tasks

Certain events have had their own set of Field Research tasks that players may obtain during the event period. After the event period has ended, PokéStops that have event-exclusive tasks will switch back to standard tasks. After an event is over, players that have unfinished event-exclusive tasks may still complete them; however, tasks that would have rewarded event-exclusive forms (e.g. Pikachu wearing a flower crown or Spinda with a heart pattern) may reward their standard forms instead, and vice-versa.

Research Breakthrough

Reward box for Research Breakthrough

Collecting seven Field Research stamps awards players with a Research Breakthrough that includes an encounter with a special Pokémon, which rotates every month. The Pokémon encountered has either been exclusive rare Pokémon or Legendary Pokémon that were previously available in raids. The icon denotes Pokémon that can possibly be encountered as Shiny from a Research Breakthrough.

Along with the Pokémon encounter, players are also rewarded the following:

Item		Quantity
XP	Experience	×3,000
	Stardust	×2,000
One of:
	Rare Candy	×3
	Pinap Berry	×5
	Poké Ball	×20
	Ultra Ball	×5
	Sinnoh Stone*	×1
	Unova Stone*	×1

2023

Availability	Pokémon encounter	Notes
January - February 2023		Continuation from December 2022 Research Breakthrough

2022

Availability	Pokémon encounter	Notes
January 2022		Originally, this Research Breakthrough would reward the player Steelix Mega Energy. Due to an unforeseen issue, Niantic had to put 200 Mega Energy in a month-long Timed Research instead.
February 2022		Shiny release
March 2022
April 2022
May 2022
June 2022
July 2022
August 2022
September 2022		Rewarded one Premium Raid Pass from Research Breakthrough
October 2022		Rewarded one Incense from Research Breakthrough; Shiny release
November 2022		Rewarded one Star Piece from Research Breakthrough
December 2022		Shiny release of Galarian Mr. Mime

2021

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Availability Pokémon encounter Notes January 2021 February 2021 Shiny available since February 20, 2021 March 2021 April 2021 May 2021 Shiny available since May 11, 2021 June 2021 Rewarded one Remote Raid Pass and 6,000 EXP Points from Research Breakthrough July 2021 Rewarded one Remote Raid Pass and 6,000 EXP Points from Research Breakthrough August 2021 Rewarded 6000 EXP Points from Research Breakthrough September 2021 October 2021 November 2021 Shiny available since November 9, 2021 December 2021

2020

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Availability Pokémon encounter Notes January 2020 Knew the moves Ice Beam and Ice Shard February 2020 Woobat release Rewarded 13 Woobat Candies after catch March 2020 Rewarded 5,000 Stardust from Research Breakthrough April 2020 Rewarded 5,000 Stardust from Research Breakthrough May 2020 Rewarded 13 Shinx Candies after catch June 2020 Rewarded 10 Trapinch Candies after catch July 2020 Rewarded 5,000 Stardust from Research Breakthrough August 2020 Rewarded 5,000 Stardust from Research Breakthrough September 2020 Rewarded 5,000 Stardust from Research Breakthrough October 2020 November 2020 December 2020 Rewarded 5,000 EXP Points from Research Breakthrough

2019

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Availability Pokémon encounter January - February 2019 March - April 2019 May - June 2019 July - August 2019 September - October 2019 November - December 2019

2018

Click [show] to see Research Breakthrough Pokémon from 2018.

Availability Pokémon encounter Notes April 2018 May 2018 June 2018 July 2018 Knew the move Body Slam August 2018 September 2018 October 2018 November 2018 Shedinja release December 2018

In the anime

A Project Mew token in the anime

Main article: Project Mew

In Advice to Goh!, a concept similar to Field Research was introduced in the form of Project Mew's Trial Missions, which a Trainer hoping to join the research team must complete in order to earn tokens and qualify for the team.

Trivia

• Encountering either Vulpix, Poliwag, Hippopotas, or Snover as potential rewards for the "Catch 5 Pokémon with Weather Boost" research task could be a reference to how Vulpix and Ninetales' Kantonian Forms have Drought as their shared Hidden Ability, Politoed having Drizzle as its own Hidden Ability, Hippopotas and Hippowdon having Sand Stream, and Snover and Abomasnow having Snow Warning as their shared Ability, with all four examples being Abilities involving the changing of the weather.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 田野調查 Tìhnyéh Diuhchàh Mandarin 田野調查 Tiányě Diàochá French Étude de terrain German Feldforschung Italian Ricerche sul campo Korean 필드리서치 Field Research Brazilian Portuguese Pesquisa de campo Spanish Investigación de campo Thai งานวิจัยภาคสนาม Nganwichai Phak Sanam Turkish Alan Araştırması

See also

• Collection Challenge
• Special Research
• Timed Research

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