Pokemon Go Field Research tasks & rewards (September 2023)
Niantic/The Pokemon CompanyIf you’re interested in completing different Field Research tasks in Pokemon Go, here’s the list of every task available in September 2023, alongside its rewards in the Adventures Abound season.
Field Research is one of the most important parts of the Pokemon Go experience. Trainers can complete all sorts of tasks daily to encounter different Pokemon and get useful items. After a whole week of completing these tasks, players can also get access to the weekly Research Breakthrough for more rewards and a mysterious encounter.
In this article, we’ll go over every Field Research task available in September 2023 in Pokemon Go alongside its rewards.
What is Field Research in Pokemon Go?
NianticPokemon Go players can get new Field Research tasks by spinning PokeStops. Trainers 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 Adventures Abound season of Pokemon Go has six potential encounters for Research Breakthrough: Galarian Farfetch’d, Larvitar, Sableye, Bagon, Furfrou, or Goomy. Lucky players might encounter shiny versions of them.
All Pokemon Go Field Research tasks & rewards
Here are all the available Field Research tasks and rewards in Pokemon Go in September 2023 broken down into different categories:
Catching tasks
| Field Research task | Rewards |
|---|---|
| Catch 5 Pokemon | Caterpie, Poochyena, Purrloin, or Weedle |
| 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 | Girafarig |
| Catch 15 different species of Pokemon | Lickitung |
| Catch a Dragon-type Pokemon | Dratini, Axew, or Bagon |
| 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 | Wurmple or Burmy (Plant Cloak) |
| Catch 5 Ghost or Bug-type Pokemon | Gothita or Solosis |
| Catch 10 Grass or Bug-type Pokemon | Spinarak or Ledyba |
Throwing tasks
| Field Research task | Rewards |
|---|---|
| Make 5 Nice Throws | Diglett, Alolan Diglett, or Sudowoodo |
| Make 10 Nice Throws | Gastly or Misdreavus |
| Make 3 Great Throws | Clamperl, Kabuto, Omanyte, Elgyem, or Binacle |
| Make 3 Great Throws in a row | Lileep or Anorith |
| Make 5 Great Throws | Murkrow or Houndour |
| Make 3 Great Curveball Throws | Onix |
| Make 5 Great Curveball Throws in a row | Spinda #6 |
| Make 5 Great Curveball Throws | Gligar |
| Make 2 Excellent Throws | Beldum |
| Make 3 Excellent Throws in a row | Larvitar, Beldum, or Gible |
Battling tasks
| Field Research task | Rewards |
|---|---|
| Win in GO Battle League | Tentacool, Marill, or Chinchou |
| Win a Raid | Onix |
| Win a 3-Star Raid or higher | Archen or Tirtouga |
| Win 2 Raids | Shedinja |
| 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 | Skitty, Spheal, or Wooper |
| Trade a Pokemon | Staryu |
NianticEgg tasks
| Field Research task | Rewards |
|---|---|
| Hatch an Egg | Growlithe, Scyther, Sudowoodo, Trubbish, or Nincada |
| Hatch 2 Eggs | Hisuian Growlithe, Sneasel, Mawile, 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 | Pinsir Mega Energy, Medicham Mega Energy, or Ampharos Mega Energy |
| Explore 2 km | Alolan Rattata or Yungoos |
| 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 | Haunter |
| Take a snapshot of a wild Pokemon | Trapinch, Croagunk, or Cottonee |
| Take 3 Snapshots of a wild Ghost-type Pokemon | Yamask |
| Take 3 snapshots of wild Dark-type Pokémon | Inkay |
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 Gothita, Solosis, Wimpod, Vanillite, Hisuian Growlithe, Rowlett, Litten, Popplio, and Haunter. 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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