Field Research

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Field Research menu

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 Research Tasks

Catching Pokémon

Task	Current potential rewards		Previous potential rewards
Catch 5 Fire-type Pokémon		1 Silver Pinap Berry	Flareon (April 2018)
Catch a Rattata or Pikachu	Phanpy
Catch 10 Pokémon	Magikarp	200 Stardust 5 Poké Balls 3 Razz Berries 1 Pinap Berry	Exeggutor (April 2018)
Catch 5 Pokémon with Weather Boost	Vulpix Poliwag	200 Stardust 5 Poké Balls 3 Razz Berries 1 Pinap Berry

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.

Time	Item reward	Pokémon encounter
April, 2018	2000, 3000 XP, 3 / 20 / 5 / 5	Moltres
May, 2018		Zapdos
June, 2018		Articuno
July, 2018		Snorlax*
August, 2018		Raikou
September, 2018		Entei
October, 2018		Suicune