Field Research

Field Research (Japanese: フィールドリサーチ Field Research) are small goals that can be completed in, which were initially introduced by Professor Willow to aid him in his discoveries. Research tasks involve a range of objectives, such as catching Pokémon or battling in s, and reward players with items, Pokémon encounters, or.

Pokémon obtained from Field Research tasks will have a minimum of 10 s in each stat and an initial Power Up level of 15. Weather bonuses are not applied for these types of encounters. Field Research Pokémon are guaranteed to never flee. If the player runs from the encounter, the Pokémon will be saved into a queue that can be later accessed by a "Claim Reward!" button above the Field Research tasks.

Tasks can be obtained by spinning PokéStops, and a maximum of three active tasks can be held at one time. A player can choose to discard a task to free up space for another. A single PokéStop will provide the same task for all players for a single day, and the task cannot be obtained again if the task from that PokéStop was completed for the day. A PokéStop that has had its task completed will have a blue Research completion icon on the top-right of the screen when viewed.

Completing a Research task will earn the player a Stamp once per day. Once the player has earned seven Stamps, the player will receive a Research Breakthrough, which includes various rewards and an encounter with a special Pokémon.

Separate Field Research tasks have been temporarily available on special events, including during Community Days.

List of Field Research tasks
The following is a list of all Field Research tasks that have been available to players. Tasks and rewards colored in gray are no longer available.

Event specific tasks
Certain events have had their own set of Field Research tasks available for players during the event period.

Feebas Research
As Limited Research, these tasks were only available for a 3 hour window akin to the Community Day tasks.

Clamperl Research
As Limited Research, these tasks were only available for a 3 hour window akin to the Community Day tasks.

Pokémon Day 2019
and will have a flower crown only if the reward is claimed within the event's time window.

Lotad Research
As Limited Research, these tasks were only available for a 3 hour window akin to the Community Day tasks.

Research Breakthrough
Collecting seven Field Research stamps awards players with a Research Breakthrough that includes an encounter with a special Pokémon, which rotates every month. The Pokémon encountered has either been exclusive rare Pokémon or Legendary Pokémon that were previously available in raids. Along with the Pokémon encounter, Players are also rewarded the following:
 * 3000 XP
 * 2000
 * One of:
 * 3 Rare Candies
 * 20 Poké Balls
 * 5 Ultra Balls
 * 5 Berries
 * 1 Sinnoh Stone (Since November 16, 2018)