Pokemon Go Field Research tasks & rewards (August 2024)
Niantic/The Pokemon CompanyField Research is a crucial part of a Pokemon Go player’s adventures, as it helps complete all sorts of tasks daily to find various species and grab useful items.
Also, after a whole week of completing the Field Research tasks, you can access the weekly Research Breakthrough Box for more exciting rewards and a mysterious encounter with a popular Pokemon.
So, here are all the Field Research tasks you can find in August 2024 including their rewards.
What is Field Research in Pokemon Go?
NianticField Research assigns tasks when you spin PokeStops. You can only receive and complete one task from each PokeStop daily, with the same task for every player that spins that specific PokeStop.
Completing these tasks will reward you with items or a Pokemon encounter. While players can see the items they’ll receive beforehand, all encounters look the same. Difficult tasks will grant access to rare encounters.
Also, 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 an encounter, XP, Stardust, and one of the following items – Rare Candy, Pinap Berries, Ultra Balls, Poke Balls, or a Remote Raid Pass.
The Shared Skies Season of Pokemon Go has six potential encounters for Research Breakthrough – Hisuian Growlithe, Larvitar, Audino, Jangmo-o, Furfrou, or Axew. Lucky players might also encounter their shiny versions.
All Field Research tasks & rewards
Catching tasks
| Field Research task | Rewards |
|---|---|
| Catch 5 Pokemon | Bidoff, Patrat, or Bunnelby |
| 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 | Alolan Diglett |
| Catch 15 different species of Pokemon | Clamperl |
| 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 | Vulpix or Psyduck |
| Catch 5 Water or Ground-type Pokemon | Swinub, Buizel, or Tympole |
| Catch 5 Electric or Flying-type Pokemon | Pidgey, Mareep, or Electrike |
Throwing tasks
| Field Research task | Rewards |
|---|---|
| Make 5 Nice Throws | Diglett, Alolan Diglett, or Sudowoodo |
| Make 10 Nice Throws | Plusle or Minun |
| Make 3 Great Throws | Clamperl, Kabuto, Omanyte, Elgyem, or Binacle |
| Make 3 Great Throws in a row | Lileep or Anorith |
| Make 5 Great Throws | Slakoth or Makuhita |
| Make 5 Great Curveball Throws in a row | Spinda #4 |
| Make 5 Great Curveball Throws | Omanyte or Kabuto |
| Make 2 Excellent Throws | Gible |
| Make 3 Excellent Throws in a row | Larvitar, Beldum, or Gible |
Battling tasks
| Field Research task | Rewards |
|---|---|
| Win in GO Battle League | Poliwag, Marill, or Croagunk |
| Win a Raid | Sandygast |
| Win a 3-Star Raid or higher | Archen or Tirtouga |
| Win 2 Raids | Lapras |
| Win 5 Raids | Alolan Marowak, Alolan Exeggutor, or Aerodactyl |
| Defeat 3 Team Go Rocket Grunts | Alolan Ratatta |
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 | Luvdisc |
| Trade a Pokemon | Abra |
NianticEgg tasks
| Field Research task | Rewards |
|---|---|
| Hatch an Egg | Darumaka, Scyther , Nincada, Trubbish, or Suddowoodo |
| Hatch 2 Eggs | Sneasel, Mawile, Galarian Darumaka 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 | Gyarados Mega Energy, Steelix Mega Energy, or Houndoom Mega Energy |
| Explore 2 km | Pawmi |
| 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 Water-type Pokemon | Chinchou or Surskit |
| Take 3 Snapshots of different wild Flying-type Pokemon | Hoothoot or Doduo |
| Take 3 Snapshots of different wild Rock-type Pokemon | Binacle or Geodude |
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 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.
By collecting valuable items from Field Research tasks, you’ll have everything you need to face Legendaries and Mega Evolutions in August’s Raids.