Pokemon Go Field Research tasks & rewards (May 2024)

If you’re interested in taking on different Field Research tasks in Pokemon Go, here’s the list of every task available in May 2024, alongside details of the many rewards in the World of Wonders season.

Field Research is a core part of the Pokemon Go experience, as you can complete all sorts of tasks daily to find various Pokemon and grab useful items.

After a whole week of completing the Field Research tasks, you can also get access to the weekly Research Breakthrough Box for more exciting rewards and a mysterious encounter with a popular Pokemon.

So, here’s every Field Research task available in May 2024 in Pokemon Go, along with their rewards in the World of Wonders season.

Content

• What is Field Research in Pokemon Go?
• All Pokemon Go Field Research tasks & rewards
  • Catching tasks
  • Throwing tasks
  • Battling tasks
  • Buddy & Friendship tasks
  • Egg tasks
  • Miscellaneous tasks

What is Field Research in Pokemon Go?

Pokemon Go players can get new Field Research tasks by spinning PokeStops. You can only receive and complete one task from each PokeStop per day and it’s the same task for every player that spins that specific PokeStop.

Completing these tasks will reward players with items or a Pokemon encounter. While players can see the items they’ll receive beforehand, all the encounters look the same. Difficult tasks will grant access to rare encounters. You can check the full list of tasks with their encounters down below.

The first Field Research task players complete in a day will grant them a Research Breakthrough stamp. After seven days of completing Field Research tasks, players can open the Research Breakthrough box for a Pokemon encounter, XP, Stardust, and one of the following items: Rare Candy, Pinap Berries, Ultra Balls, Poke Balls, or a Remote Raid Pass.

The World of Wonders season of Pokemon Go has six potential encounters for Research Breakthrough: Hisuian Sneasel, Sandygast, Dubwool, Jangmo-o, Furfrou, or Goomy. Lucky players might encounter shiny versions of Hisuian Sneasel, Furfrou, or Goomy.

All Pokemon Go Field Research tasks & rewards

Here are all the available Field Research tasks and rewards in Pokemon Go in May 2024 broken down into different categories:

Catching tasks

Field Research task	Rewards
Catch 5 Pokemon	Rattata, Sentret, or Zigzagoon
Catch 5 Pokemon with Weather Boost	Poliwag, Vulpix, Hippopotas, Snover, Wingull, Roggenrola, or Vanillite
Catch 7 Pokemon	Magikarp, Stufful, or Wimpod
Catch 7 different species of Pokemon	Hisuian Qwilfish
Catch 15 different species of Pokemon	Bronzor
Catch a Dragon-type Pokemon	Dratini, Bagon, or Axew
Catch 10 Normal-type Pokemon	10x Pidgeot Mega Energy
Catch 10 Grass-type Pokemon	10x Venusaur or Sceptile Mega Energy
Catch 10 Fire-type Pokemon	10x Charizard or Blaziken Mega Energy
Catch 10 Water-type Pokemon	10x Blastoise or Swampert Mega Energy
Use 5 Razz Berries to help catch Pokemon	Swinub or Snorunt
Catch 5 Grass or Bug-type Pokemon	Burmy (Trash), Burmy (Plant), or Burmy (Sandy)
Catch 5 Psychic- or Fighting-type Pokemon	Meditite, Gothita, or Solosis

Throwing tasks

Field Research task	Rewards
Make 5 Nice Throws	Diglett, Alolan Diglett, or Sudowoodo
Make 10 Nice Throws	Nidoran♀ or Nidoran♂
Make 3 Great Throws	Clamperl, Kabuto, Omanyte, Elgyem, or Binacle
Make 3 Great Throws in a row	Lileep or Anorith
Make 5 Great Throws	Mankey or Machop
Make 5 Great Curveball Throws in a row	Spinda #4
Make 5 Great Curveball Throws	Cranidos or Shieldon
Make 2 Excellent Throws	Bagon
Make 3 Excellent Throws in a row	Larvitar, Beldum, or Gible

Battling tasks

Field Research task	Rewards
Win in GO Battle League	Poliwag, Chinchou, or Grubbin
Win a Raid	Lickitung
Win a 3-Star Raid or higher	Archen or Tirtouga
Win 2 Raids	Snorlax
Win 5 Raids	Alolan Marowak, Alolan Exeggutor, or Aerodactyl
Defeat 3 Team Go Rocket Grunts	Sableye

Buddy & Friendship tasks

Field Research task	Rewards
Earn 2 Candy walking with your buddy	Buneary, Bunnelby, Jigglypuff, Litleo, Dedenne, or Glameow
Earn 3 Candy walking with your buddy	Stunfisk or Galarian Stunfisk
Send 5 Gifts and add a sticker to each	Togedemaru
Trade a Pokemon	Spritzee or Swirlix

Egg tasks

Field Research task	Rewards
Hatch an Egg	Scyther, Sudowoodo, Trubbish, Stunfisk or Nincada
Hatch 2 Eggs	Sneasel, Mawile, Galarian Stunfisk or Feebas

Miscellaneous tasks

Field Research task	Rewards
Evolve a Pokemon	Eevee
Power up Pokemon 3 times	Bulbasaur, Charmander, or Squirtle
Power up Pokemon 5 times	Snivy, Tepig, Oshawott, Venusaur Mega Energy, Charizard Mega Energy, Blastoise Mega Energy, Beedrill Mega Energy, Pidgeot Mega Energy, Manectric Mega Energy, or Aggron Mega Energy
Power up Pokemon 7 times	Rowlet, Litten, or Popplio
Power up Pokemon 10 times	Ampharos Mega Energy, Gardevoir Mega Energy, or Lopunny Mega Energy
Explore 3 km	Growlithe or Hisuian Growlithe
Spin 3 PokeStops or Gyms	Ralts, Doduo, Aron, or Remoraid
Spin 5 PokeStops or Gyms	Hisuian Growlithe, Growlithe, Slowpoke, or Galarian Slowpoke
Purify 3 Shadow Pokemon	Skarmory
Take a snapshot of a wild Pokemon	Trapinch, Croagunk, or Cottonee
Take 3 Snapshots of different wild Bug-type Pokemon	Ledyba or Spinarak
Take 3 Snapshots of different wild Ground-type Pokemon	Diglett or Drilbur
Take 3 Snapshots of different wild Grass-type Pokemon	Oddish or Bellsprout

It was confirmed that these Field Research tasks will remain active for the whole season instead of just this month. Also, keep in mind that special events can override these tasks and bring new ones for a limited time.

All Pokemon that players can encounter as rewards can be shiny, except for Togedemaru, Wimpod, Sandygast, and Popplio. Pokemon encounters from Field Research tasks always feature Pokemon with minimum IVs set to 10/10/10, similar to Raid encounters and Egg hatches.

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