Welcome to our Pokemon GO Quests Guide, here we will go through everything we know about the types of research quests and rewards. Before we dive too deep lets first understand what Pokemon GO Field Research and Special Research are and how to start earning item rewards.
Pokemon GO Quests
Similar to the already existing daily rewards, players can do additional Field Research and Special Research for more Item Rewards.
Both Field and Special Research act like a mission or quest in the gaming sense and requires players to complete a set of specific amount of “Tasks” to earn a “Stamp” which is used to complete a “Research breakthrough” which will complete the Pokemon GO Quest and reward you with Stardust, Items and even Pokemon Appearances.
- Field Research, also known as a Daily Tasks is fairly simple, players will need to spin Pokestops to receive “Tasks”. Completing these “Tasks” will reward you with “Stamps” and with 7 Stamps players can complete a “Research Breakthrough”.
- Special Research, also known as a Story Quest, these are requested by Professor Willow and will be story driven Progression. They consist of Multiple Tasks and will unlock Rewards and exclusive Mythical Pokemon Appearances.
Pokemon GO Special Research
Here is a handy little showcase of all the rewards you will earn from the first Pokemon GO Special Research Quest Line for Celebi and Mew.
Players will be given a Pokemon GO Special Research Quest from Professor Willow and will begin a story-driven quest line. Upon completion, players will receive various rewards such as pokemon encounters.
Pokemon GO Special Research Rewards
| Let’s Go, Meltan 1/9 | Reward |
|---|---|
| Spin 5 PokéStops or Gyms | 500 XP |
| Catch 10 Pokémon | 500 XP |
| Transfer 5 Pokémon | 500 XP |
| Complete | 10x Pokeballs 1x Egg Incubator 1,000 Stardust |
| Let’s Go, Meltan 2/9 | Reward |
|---|---|
| Earn 2 Candies Walking With Your Buddy | 1000 XP |
| Catch 10 Pokémon | 1000 XP |
| Hatch 3 Eggs | 1000 XP |
| Complete | 2,000 Stardust 1x Fast TM 2x Lucky Egg |
| Let’s Go, Meltan 3/9 | Reward |
|---|---|
| Catch a Ditto | 1500 XP |
| Win 2 Gym Battles | 1500 XP |
| Battle in 2 raids | 1500 XP |
| Complete | 10x Great Ball 3x Incense 3x Max Revive |
| Let’s Go, Meltan 4/9 | Reward |
|---|---|
| Catch 5 Steel-type Pokémon | 2000 XP |
| Catch 5 Electric-type Pokémon | 2000 XP |
| Earn 5 Candies Walking With Your Buddy | 2000 XP |
| Complete | 4,000 Stardust 5x Pinap Berry 5x Rare Candy |
| Let’s Go, Meltan 5/9 | Reward |
|---|---|
| Evolve a Grimer | 2500 XP |
| Catch 5 Slugma or Gulpin | 2500 XP |
| Make 20 Great Throws | 2500 XP |
| Complete | 5000 Stardsut 20x Great Balls 5x Lure Modules |
| Let’s Go, Meltan 6/9 | Reward |
|---|---|
| Evolve a Magnemite | 3000 XP |
| Catch 5 Exeggcute | 3000 XP |
| Battle in 10 Raids | 3000 XP |
| Complete | 1x Silver Pinap Berry 1x Metal Coat 10x Ultra Balls |
| Let’s Go, Meltan 7/9 | Reward |
|---|---|
| Evolve 1 Drowzee | 3500 XP |
| Catch 1 Cubone | 3500 XP |
| Evolve 1 Scyther | 3500 XP |
| Complete | 10x Ultra Balls 1x Charged TM 3x Premium Raid Pass |
| Let’s Go, Meltan 8/9 | Reward |
|---|---|
| Catch 2 Omanyte or Kabuto | 4000 XP |
| Catch 2 Lileep or Anorith | 4000 XP |
| Catch an Aerodactyl | 4000 XP |
| Complete | 8000 Stardust Meltan Encounter 1x Star Piece |
| Let’s Go, Meltan 9/9 | Reward |
|---|---|
| – | 4500 XP |
| – | 4500 XP |
| – | 45000 XP |
| Complete | 9000 Stardust 1x Super Egg Incubator 5x Meltan Candy |
| Celebi Ripple in Time 1/8 | Reward |
|---|---|
| Power Up Pokemon 5 Times | 1000 XP |
| Battle in a Gym 2 Times | 1000 XP |
| Battle in a Raid | 1000 XP |
| Complete |  10x Pokeballs  1x Charge TM  1x Super Incubator |
| Celebi Ripple in Time 2/8 | Reward |
|---|---|
| Make 3 New Friends | 1500 XP |
| Evolve an evolved Grass Type Pokemon | 1500 XP |
| Catch a pokemon 3 days in a row | 1500 XP |
| Complete |  1,500 Stardust  1x Sun Stone  1x Premium Raid Pass |
| Celebi Ripple in Time 3/8 | Reward |
|---|---|
| Use a Sun Stone to Evolve Gloom or Sunkern | 2000 XP |
| Reach Level 25 | 2000 XP |
| Hatch 9 Eggs | 2000 XP |
| Complete | 1x Premium Raid Pass  Eevee Pokemon Encounter  1x King Rock |
| Celebi Ripple in Time 4/8 | Reward |
|---|---|
| Evolve Eevee into Espeon during the day | 2500 XP |
| Walk 10km with Eevee as your buddy to earn candy | 2500 XP |
| Send 20 Gifts to friends | 2500 XP |
| Complete | 2,500 Stardust Eevee Pokemon Encounter  1x Metal Coat |
| Celebi Ripple in Time 5/8 | Reward |
|---|---|
| Evolve Eevee into Umbreon at night | 3000 XP |
| Trade a Pokemon | 3000 XP |
| Walk 10km with Eevee as your buddy to earn candy | 3000 XP |
| Complete |  1x Star Piece  15x Pinap Berries  1x Upgrade |
| Celebi Ripple in Time 6/8 | Reward |
|---|---|
| Visit PokéStops 7 days in a row | 3500 XP |
| Use 25 Pinap Berries while catching Pokémon | 3500 XP |
| Use items to evolve Pokémon 2 times | 3500 XP |
| Complete | 3,500 Stardust  1x Dragon Scale  5x Silver Pinap Berries |
| Celebi Ripple in Time 7/8 | Reward |
|---|---|
| Catch 40 Grass or Psychic Type Pokemon | 4000 XP |
| Make an Excellent Curveball Throw | 4000 XP |
| Earn a Gold Johto Medal | 4000 XP |
| Complete | Celebi Encounter, 1x Charged TM, 10x Silver Pinap Berry |
| Celebi Ripple in Time 8/8 | Reward |
|---|---|
| – | – |
| – | – |
| – | – |
| Complete | 5500 Stardust, 1x Super Egg Incubator, 20 Celebi Candy |
| A Mythical Discovery 1/8 | Reward |
|---|---|
| Spin 5 Pokestops | 500 XP |
| Catch 10 Pokemon | 500 XP |
| Transfer 5 Pokemon | 500 XP |
| Complete | 10 Great Balls, 1 Incubator, 3 Lure Modules |
| A Mythical Discovery 2/8 | Reward |
|---|---|
| Earn 2 Candies walking with your buddy | 1000 XP |
| Make 10 Great Throws | 1000 XP |
| Hatch 3 Eggs | 1000 XP |
| Complete | 2000 Stardust, 3 Incense, and 20 Great Balls |
| A Mythical Discovery 3/8 | Reward |
|---|---|
| Reach level 15 | 1500 XP |
| Battle in a Gym twice | 1500 XP |
| Battle in a Raid twice | 1500 XP |
| Complete | 1 Charged TM, 1 Fast TM, 2 Star Pieces |
| A Mythical Discovery 4/8 | Reward |
|---|---|
| Silver Kanto Badge | 2000 XP |
| Evolve 20 Pokemon | 2000 XP |
| Earn 5 Candy walking your buddy | 2000 XP |
| Complete | 4000 Stardust, 3 Lures, and 20 Great Balls |
| A Mythical Discovery 5/8 | Reward |
|---|---|
| Catch a Ditto | 2500 XP |
| Make 20 Great throws | 2500 XP |
| Catch 10 Ghost-type Pokemon | 2500 XP |
| Complete | 1 Premium Raid Pass, 1 Lucky Egg, 15 Revives |
| A Mythical Discovery 6/8 | Reward |
|---|---|
| Evolve a Magikarp | 3000 XP |
| Battle 10 Raids | 3000 XP |
| Reach level 25 | 3000 XP |
| Complete | 6000 Stardust, 5 Rare Candies, and 3 Incense |
| A Mythical Discovery 7/8 | Reward |
|---|---|
| Catch 50 Pokemon using a berry | 3500 XP |
| Make 1 Excellent curve throw | 3500 XP |
| Gold Kanto Badge | 3500 XP |
| Complete | Mew encounter, 20 Ultra Balls, 8000 Stardust |
| A Mythical Discovery 8/8 | Reward |
|---|---|
| Catch Mew | 4000 XP |
| Complete | 10 000 Stardust, 1 Super Incubator, 20 Mew Candies |
Pokemon GO Field Research
Pokemon GO Field Research Tasks are available to players at any Pokestop and will reward a Research Stamp.
- Once you have collected 7 Research Stamps you can reach a Research Breakthrough and unlock quest rewards encounter with a Legendary Pokemon.
- You can only collect 1 Stamp Per Day by completing one of the various Field Research Quests.
- Each Pokestop Pokemon GO Field Research Task is unique to that Pokestop for the day. This means you and your friend will get the exact same task from that specific Pokestop.
- Pokestop Field Research Tasks Reset every 24 hours around 12:00/1:00 AM-midnight.
You will have a legendary pokemon encounter that you can 100% catch. First, you will need to complete at least 1 Pokemon GO Field Research Tasks Every Day for the 1 Week. This will unlock a Research Breakthrough along with the Legendary you will receive additional rewards such as Stardust, Pokeballs and XP.
 Field Research Breakthrough | |
|---|---|
| April 2018 |  Moltres |
| May 2018 |  Zapdos |
| June 2018 |  Articuno |
| July 2018 |  Snorlax |
| August 2018 |  Raikou |
| September 2018 |  Entei |
| October 2018 |  Suicune |
NOTE: These pokemon encounters will NEVER run away, this means with enough pokeballs you have a 100% Catch Rate even for legendary pokemon. This is why players often recommend using the Pinap Berries on these encounters since legendary candy are some of the hardest to acquire in the game.
Completing a 7 Stamp Pokemon GO Field Research Breakthrough at the moment will reward players with the following
- 2,000 Stardust
- 2,000 XP
- Legendary Pokemon Encounter
Players will also receive one of the following items:
- 3 Rare Candy
- 20 Pokeballs
- 5 Ultraballs
- 5 Pinap Berries
Pokemon GO Field Research Rewards
| Item Rewards |
|---|
 Rare Candy |
| TMs |
 Potions |
 Pokemon Encounter |
| Stardust |
 XP |
 Pokeballs |
 Berries |
How Does Pokemon GO Quests Work?
- Players will be required to reach a certain Level or Medal before a quest will become available to them.
- Pokemon GO Special Research tasks do not give a daily stamp – only field research does.
- Gyms do not give field research tasks.
- You can delay claiming your reward for a Pokemon GO field research task to earn your stamp on a new day.
- Pokemon GO Tasks are not awarded if your item bag is full
There are 16 types of Pokemon GO Quests players can earn the 1 stamp for the day and various other Item rewards.
- Multi Part Quest
- Catch Pokemon
- Evolve Pokemon
- Hatch Egg Pokemon
- Gym Battle
- Raid Battle
- Spin Pokestop
- Transfer Pokemon
- Favorite Pokemon
- Use Berry In an Encounter
- Land a Pokeball Throw
- Get Buddy Candy
- Upgrade Pokemon
- AutoComplete
Some of these Pokemon GO Quests will require you to reach a certain Level or Medal Type.
- Badge Rank Quests
- Player Level Quests
Rewards you can earn from completing Pokemon GO Quests.
- Encounter with a “Mythic Pokemon”
- Clothing for your Avatar
- Items
- Stardust
- Candy
