Field Research

Field Research (Japanese: フィールドリサーチ Field Research) are small goals that can be completed in , 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 s, and reward players with items, Pokémon encounters, or .
Pokémon obtained from Field Research tasks will have a minimum of 10 s 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. AR Mapping tasks do not count toward this limit, nor do Bonus tasks – which are awarded daily at midnight – that are sent out after the limit has been reached. 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 during the reward encounter.
For a list of past Field Research tasks, see list of Field Research changes.
 Catching Pokémon
Task 	Potential rewards	Potential rewards
Task 	 	
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 Pokémon 	 	×500×5×6×2
Catch a Pokémon 	 	×1500×10×2×3
Catch 3 Pokémon 	 	
Catch a 	 	×1500×10×2×3
Catch 6 different species of Pokémon	 	×2
 Throwing Poké Balls
Task 	Potential rewards	Potential rewards
Task 	 	
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	Potential rewards
Task 	 	
Use 5 Berries to help catch Pokémon	 	×500×5×6×2
 Battling
Task 	Potential rewards	Potential rewards
Task 	 	
Win a 	 	
Win 5 s 	 	
Win a level 3 or higher	 	
Defeat 3 	 	
 Hatching Eggs
Task 	Potential rewards	Potential rewards
Task 	 	
Hatch an Egg	 	
 Powering up & evolving
Task 	Potential rewards	Potential rewards
Task 	 	
Evolve a Pokémon 	 	
Power up Pokémon 5 times	 	×10×15×10
 Miscellaneous
Task 	Potential rewards	Potential rewards
Task 	 	
Spin 10 PokéStops or s	 	×200×5×3×1
 Sponsored
Task 	Potential rewards	Potential rewards
Task 	 	
Sponsored: Catch 8 Pokémon	 	×1000×1
Sponsored: Send 3 Gifts to	 	×1000×1
 Buddy Pokémon/Friendship
Task 	Potential rewards	Potential rewards
Task 	 	
Give your buddy 3 treats 	 	
Earn 5 hearts with your buddy	 	
Send 3 Gifts to 	 	
Trade a Pokémon 	 	
 AR Mapping
Task 	Potential rewards	Potential rewards
Task 	 	
Scan <PokéStop>	 	×10×5×1×1×1×1×3×3×1
===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==
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 s. The icon denotes Pokémon that can possibly be encountered as from a Research Breakthrough.
Along with the Pokémon encounter, players are also rewarded the following:
Item 	Item 	Quantity
XP 	Experience 	×3,000
 	 	×2,000
One of:	One of: 	One of:
 	Rare Candy 	×3
 	Pinap Berry 	×5
 	 	×20
 	Ultra Ball 	×5
 	Sinnoh Stone 	×1
 	Unova Stone 	×1
 	Remote Raid Pass	×1
2025
Availability 	Pokémon encounter	Notes
January - March 3, 2025	 	Continuation from December 2024 Research Breakthrough
2024
Click [show] to see Research Breakthrough Pokémon from 2024.	 	
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Availability 	Pokémon encounter	Notes
January - February 2024 	 	Continuation from December 2023 Research Breakthrough
March - May 2024 	 	
June - September 3, 2024 	 	Jangmo-o available since July 13, 2024
September 3 - December 3, 2024 	 	
December 3 - 31, 2024 	 	
2023
Click [show] to see Research Breakthrough Pokémon from 2023.	 	
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Availability 	Pokémon encounter	Notes
January - February 2023 	 	Continuation from December 2022 Research Breakthrough
March - May 2023 	 	
June - August 2023 	 	Goomy available since August 26, 2023
September - November 2023 	 	
December 2023 	 	
2022
Click [show] to see Research Breakthrough Pokémon from 2022.	 	 	
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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.Due to an unforeseen issue, Steelix Mega Energy is unable to be received from Research Breakthroughs.	
February 2022 	 	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
Click [show] to see Research Breakthrough Pokémon from 2021.	 	
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Availability 	Pokémon encounter	Notes
January 2021 	 	
February 2021 	 	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
Click [show] to see Research Breakthrough Pokémon from 2020.	 	
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Availability 	Pokémon encounter	Notes
January 2020 	 	Knew the moves and
February 2020 	 	Woobat releaseRewarded 13 Woobat after catch
March 2020 	 	Rewarded 5,000 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
Click [show] to see Research Breakthrough Pokémon from 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.	 	
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Availability 	Pokémon encounter	Notes
April 2018 	 	
May 2018 	 	
June 2018 	 	
July 2018 	 	Knew the move
August 2018 	 	
September 2018 	 	
October 2018 	 	
November 2018 	 	Shedinja release
December 2018 	 	
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
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In Advice to Goh!, a concept similar to Field Research was introduced in the form of Project Mew's Trial Missions, which a hoping to join the research team must complete in order to earn tokens and qualify for the team.
==Trivia==
* Encountering either , , , or as potential rewards for the "Catch 5 Pokémon with Weather Boost" research task could be a reference to how Vulpix and ' Kantonian Forms have as their shared Hidden Ability, having as its own Hidden Ability, Hippopotas and having , and Snover and having as their shared Ability, with all four examples being Abilities involving the changing of the weather.
==In other languages==
==See also==
* Collection Challenge
* Special Research
* Timed Research
==References==
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Category:Game mechanics
Category:Methods of obtaining Pokémon
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