Pokemon Go Field Research tasks & rewards (May 2023)

If you’re interested in completing different Field Research tasks in Pokemon Go, here’s a rundown of every task available in May 2023, alongside its rewards.

Field Research is one of the most important parts of the Pokemon Go experience. Trainers can complete all sorts of tasks on a daily basis to encounter different Pokemon. 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 cover every Field Research task available in May 2023 in Pokemon Go alongside its rewards.

• 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. 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. Harder tasks will grant access to rarer 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, or Poke Balls.

The Rising Heroes season of Pokemon Go has six potential encounters for Research Breakthrough: Parasect, Pinsir, Snorlax, Gible, Furfrou, or Goomy. Lucky players might encounter shiny versions, except for Parasect and Goomy.

All Pokemon Go Field Research tasks & rewards

Here are all the available Field Research tasks and rewards in Pokemon Go in May 2023 broken down into different categories:

Catching tasks

Field Research task	Rewards
Catch 5 Pokemon	Alolan Rattata or Alolan Geodude
Catch 7 Pokemon	Magikarp
Catch a Dragon-type Pokemon	Dratini or Bagon
Catch 5 Pokemon with Weather Boost	Vulpix, Poliwag, Hippopotas, or Snover
Use 5 Berries to help catch Pokemon	Stufful
Catch 5 Normal-type Pokemon	Minccino

Throwing tasks

Field Research task	Rewards
Make 5 Nice Throws	Dunsparce
Make 3 Great Throws	Snubbull, Lileep, or Anorith
Make 3 Great Throws in a row	Onix
Make 5 Nice Curveball Throws in a row	Slakoth
Make 5 Great Curveball Throws in a row	Spinda
Make 3 Excellent Throws in a row	Gible

Battling tasks

Field Research task	Rewards
Battle in GO Battle League	Machoke
Win a Raid	Galarian Farfetch’d
Win a 3-Star Raid or higher	Omanyte or Kabuto
Win 5 Raids	Aerodactyl

Buddy & Friendship tasks

Field Research task	Rewards
Earn 2 Candies walking with your buddy	Bunnelby
Earn 3 Candies walking with your buddy	Stunfisk
Send 3 Gifts and add a sticker to each	Magikarp
Take a snapshot of your buddy	Girafarig
Trade a Pokemon	Shelmet or Karrablast

Egg tasks

Field Research task	Rewards
Hatch an Egg	Lickitung or Mantine
Hatch 2 Eggs	Beldum

Miscellaneous tasks

Field Research task	Rewards
Evolve a Pokemon	Eevee
Power up Pokemon 3 times	Bulbasaur, Charmander, or Squirtle
Power up Pokemon 5 times	Chikorita, Cyndaquil, or Totodile
Power up Pokemon 7 times	Treecko, Torchic, or Mudkip
Walk 3 km	Sableye
Spin 3 PokeStops or Gyms	Sudowoodo
Spin 5 PokeStops or Gyms	Ralts
Purify 3 Shadow Pokemon	Nidorino or Nidorina
Take a snapshot of a wild Pokemon	Hoppip, Yanma, or Murkrow
Take 2 snapshots of wild Fairy-type Pokemon	Snubbull

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 Nidorino, Nidorina, and Machoke. 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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