Pokemon GO Wild Area Special Research An Accomplished Trainer: Tasks and rewards

The Pokemon GO Wild Area Special Research is exclusive to ticket-holding trainers. It is a branching questline, focusing on Electric- and Poison-type Pocket Monsters. While the Wild Area Special Research includes quite lucrative rewards, completing it will also provide trainers with in-game special bonuses for the next week.

Other than the aforementioned Special Research, there are other event-exclusive tasks for trainers to complete. Wild Area Collection Challenges, Timed Research, and Field Research are available during the course of the event.

You can learn more about the event in our Pokemon GO Wild Area 2024 event guide.

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All Wild Area Special Research tasks and rewards in Pokemon GO

The first step of the Pokemon GO Wild Area Special Research is the same for everyone. Beyond that, trainers will need to select between the Amp It Up (Electric) patch and the Keep It Lowkey (Poison) patch.

The tasks and rewards are as follows:

An Accomplished Trainer - Step 1 of 6

• Spin 10 PokeStops or Gyms - Incense ×2
• Use an Incense - Poke Ball ×20
• Catch 10 Pokemon - Lucky Egg ×1
• Rewards: Star Piece ×1, Dynamax Excadrill, 1,000 XP

Which Pikachu will you get in Wild Area? (Image via Niantic)

Amp It Up - Step 2 of 6

• Catch 10 Electric-type Pokemon - 3x Razz Berry
• Explore 1 km - 1000x Stardust
• Take snapshots of three different wild Electric-type Pokemon - 10x Great Ball
• Rewards: 1x Star Piece, 1x Poffin, 1x Lucky Egg

Amp It Up - Step 3 of 6

• Catch four Electric-type Pokemon with Nice Throws - 3x Pinap Berry
• Earn a Candy exploring with an Electric-type as your buddy - 10x Ultra Ball
• Earn three hearts with an Electric-type buddy - 1x Fast TM
• Rewards: 1000x Stardust, 3x Rare Candy, 3x Nanab Berry

Amp It Up - Step 4 of 6

• Catch 10 different species of Electric-type Pokemon - 1000 XP
• Power up Electric-type Pokemon six times - 1x Lure Module
• Evolve three Electric-type Pokemon - 1x Charged TM
• Rewards: 2x Premium Battle Pass, Golem encounter, 25x Geodude Candy

Amp It Up - Step 5 of 6

• Power up Ground-type Pokemon three times - 3x Hyper Potion
• Use two Supereffective Charged Attacks - 3x Max Reive
• Battle in two raids - 1000x Stardust
• Rewards: 2x Super Incubator, 1000 XP, 3x Toxel Candy

Amp It Up - Step 6 of 6

• Hatch two Eggs - 1000 XP
• Spin 20 PokeStops or Gyms - Pop Star Pikachu encounter
• Complete five Field Research tasks - 2x Lure Module
• Rewards: 1000x Stardust, Dynamax Toxtricity (Amped Form) encounter, 1x Electric Medal

Keep It Lowkey - Step 2 of 6

• Catch 10 Poison-type Pokemon - 3x Razz Berry
• Explore 1 km - 1000x Stardust
• Catch three different species of Poison-type Pokemon - 10x Great Ball
• Rewards: 1x Star piece, 1x Poffin, 1x Lucky Egg

Keep It Lowkey - Step 3 of 6

• Catch four Poison-type Pokemon with Nice Throws - 3x Pinap Berry
• Earn a candy exploring with a Poison-type as your buddy - 10x Ultra Ball
• Earn three hearts with a Poison-type buddy - 1x Fast TM
• Rewards: 1000x Stardust, 3x Rare Candy, 3x Nanab Berry

Keep It Lowkey - Step 4 of 6

• Catch 10 different species of Poison-type Pokemon - 1000 XP
• Power up Poison-type Pokemon six times - 1x Lure Module
• Evolve three Poison-type Pokemon - 1x Charged TM
• Rewards: 2x Premium Battle Pass, Golem encounter, 25x Geodude Candy

Keep It Lowkey - Step 5 of 6

• Power up Ground-type Pokemon three times - 3x Hyper Potion
• Use two Supereffective Charged Attacks - 3x Max Revive
• Battle in two raids - 1000x Stardust
• Rewards: 2x Super Incubator, 1000 XP, 3x Toxel Candy

Keep It Lowkey - Step 6 of 6

• Hatch two Eggs - 1000 XP
• Spin 20 PokeStops or Gyms - Rock Star Pikachu encounter
• Complete five Field Research tasks - 2x Lure Module
• Rewards: 1000x Stardust, Dynamax Toxtricity encounter (Low Key Form), 1x Poison Medal

Completing the Special Research story will grant the following in-game bonuses lasting from November 25 to November 29:

• Timed Research granted each day focused on Electric- or Poison-type Pokemon. Rewards include a Lucky Egg, Stardust, and Rare Candy
• 2× damage for Electric- or Poison-type attacks used in raids, Gym battles, and Max Battles
• Team GO Rocket balloons will appear more often

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