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Pokémon GO Field Research (March 2024): All Research Tasks, Breakthrough & Rewards

Complete Pokémon GO Field Research and acquire amazing rewards! Here is a list of all Field Research tasks for the World of Wonders season.

By Ashleigh Klein |

First Published March 5, 2024, 14:36

Pokémon GO Field Research (March 2024): All Research Tasks, Breakthrough & Rewards — (Picture: Niantic / The Pokémon Company)

Pokémon GO Field Research tasks are a great way to earn many free rewards. Trainers can earn these free rewards by completing these daily tasks, including wild Pokémon encounters, Poké Balls, and more.

Field Research tasks refresh each month, so you must be updated with the complete Research list and its possible rewards. This guide will cover all the Pokémon GO Field Research tasks this month and the rewards for acquiring Research Breakthrough for the World of Wonders Season.

5th March 2024 Update: This guide reflects the new monthly Field Research and Research Breakthrough rewards for Pokémon GO’s World of Wonders Season. The original article continues below.

Pokémon GO Field Research (March 2024): All Field Research Tasks & Rewards

pokemon go research guide season of timeless travels field research tasks february 2024 professor willow pikachu — Assist Professor Willow by completing the assigned Research tasks throughout the Season of Timeless Travels. (Picture: Niantic / The Pokémon Company)

Pokémon GO Field Research tasks can be claimed by spinning PokéStops, in which you can receive and complete one task daily. As you’ll be assisting Professor Willow, you can receive rewards for completing each task, ranging from various encounters and items unless specified.

Likewise, some of these encounters allow you to encounter their Shiny form (*) if specified in the list we’ve provided below. Completing your first Field Research task daily will earn you a Stamp, contributing to unlocking a Research Breakthrough.

For March 2024, the Field Research tasks also include a new Spinda pattern to encounter, which, according to Leek Duck, as it's confirmed to be Spinda Pattern #4. Let’s look at all the Field Research tasks and reward encounters in March 2024 for Pokémon GO:

All Battling Tasks:
Task:	Reward/s:
Win a Raid	Licktung*
Win two Raids	Snorlax*
Win five Raids	Aerodactyl, Alolan Exeggutor or Alolan Marowak*
Win a three-star Raid or higher	Archen* or Tirtouga*
Win in GO Battle League	Chinchou, Grubbin and/or Poliwag*
All Buddy/Friendship Tasks:
Earn two Candies while walking with your Buddy Pokémon	Buneary, Bunnelby, Dedenne, Glameow, Jigglypuff* and/or Litleo*
Earn three Candies while walking with your Buddy Pokémon	Galarian Stunfisk* and/or Stunfisk*
Send five Gifts with a Sticker added for each	Togedemaru*
Trade one Pokémon	Spritzee* and/or Swirlix*
All Catching Tasks:
Catch five Pokémon	Rattata, Sentret and/or Zigzagoon*
Catch seven Pokémon	Magikarp, Stufful and/or Wimpod
Catch seven different Pokémon species	Hisuian Qwilfish*
Catch 15 different Pokémon species	Bronzor*
Catch a Dragon-type Pokémon	Axew, Bagon and/or Dratini*
Catch five Bug or Grass-type Pokémon	Burmy (Plant), Burmy (Sandy) and/or Burmy (Trash)*
Catch five Fighting or Psychic-type Pokémon	Gothita, Meditite and/or Solosis*
Catch ten Fire-type Pokémon	Blaziken and/or Charizard Mega Energy x10
Catch ten Grass-type Pokémon	Sceptile and/or Venusaur Mega Energy x10
Catch ten Normal-type Pokémon	Pidgeot Mega Energy x10
Catch ten Water-type Pokémon	Blastoise and/or Swampert Mega Energy x10
Catch five Weather Boosted Pokémon	Hippopotas, Poliwag, Roggenrola, Snover, Vanillite, Vulpix and/or Wingull*
Use five Razz Berries to help catch Pokémon	Snorunt* and/or Swinub*
All Event Tasks:
Defeat two Team GO Rocket Grunts	Golduck and/or Skarmory*
Hatch two Eggs	Pikachu wearing Captain's Cap*, Fuecoco, Sprigatito and/or Quaxly
Win a Raid	Pikachu wearing Captain's Cap, Rockruff and/or Skarmory*
All Exploring Tasks:
Explore 3km	Growlithe* and/or Hisuian Growlithe*
Hatch an Egg	Nincada, Scyther, Stunfisk, Sudowoodo and/or Trubbish*
Hatch two Eggs	Galarian Stunfisk, Feebas, Mawile, and/or Sneasel
Spin three Pokéstops or Gyms	Aron, Doduo, Ralts, and/or Remoraid
Spin five Pokéstops or Gyms	Growlithe, Hisuian Growlithe, Galarian Slowpoke* and/or Slowpoke*
Take a Snapshot of one wild Pokémon	Cottonee, Croagunk and/or Trapinch*
Take three Snapshots of different wild Bug-type Pokémon	Ledyba* and/or Spinarak*
Take three Snapshots of different wild Grass-type Pokémon	Bellsprout* and/or Oddish*
Take three Snapshots of different wild Ground-type Pokémon	Diglett* and/or Drilbur*
All Team GO Rocket Tasks:
Defeat three Team GO Rocket Grunts	Sableye*
Purify three Shadow Pokémon	Skarmory*
All Training Tasks:
Evolve a Pokémon	Eevee*
Power up Pokémon three times	Bulbasaur, Charmander and/or Squirtle*
Power up Pokémon five times	Oshawott, Snivy and/or Tepig* Aggron Mega Energy x10, Beedrill Mega Energy x10, Blastoise Mega Energy x10, Charizard Mega Energy x10, Manectric Mega Energy x10, Pidgeot Mega Energy x10, and/or Venusaur Mega Energy x10
Power up Pokémon seven times	Litten, Popplio, and/or Rowlett*
Power up Pokémon ten times	Ampharos Mega Energy x25, Gardevoir Mega Energy x25, and/or Lopunny Mega Energy x25
All Throwing Tasks:
Make five Nice Throws	Alolan Diglett, Diglett, and/or Sudowoodo*
Make ten Nice Throws	Nidoran (Female)* and/or Nidoran (Male)*
Make three Great Throws	Binacle, Clamperl, Elgyem, Kabuto and/or Omanyte*
Make five Great Throws	Machop* and/or Mankey*
Make three consecutive Great Throws	Anorith* and/or Lileep*
Make five Great Curveball Throws	Cranidos* and/or Shieldon*
Make five consecutive Great Curveball Throws	Spinda Pattern #4*
Make two Excellent Throws	Bagon*
Make three consecutive Excellent Throws	Beldum, Gible or Larvitar*

Pokémon GO Field Research (March 2024): All Research Breakthrough Rewards

pokemon go research guide world of wonders season field research breakthrough rewards march 2024 furfrou — Furfrou is one of the Pokémon you can be awarded from the season's Research Breakthrough rewards. (Picture: Twitter / Pokémon GO)

The World of Wonders Season features a new rotation of Pokémon as Research Breakthrough rewards when completing Field Research tasks. The first Field Research task you complete for a day will reward you with a Stamp for unlocking a Research Breakthrough.

Continuing to complete Field Research tasks to obtain at least seven Stamps from seven Field Research tasks. Once you have earned seven Stamps, you'll be rewarded with a box that rewards you with XP, Stardust, various items, and an encounter with one of the following Pokémon:

Dubwool
Furfrou
Goomy
Hisuian Sneasel
Jango-o
Sandygast

You have the entire World of Wonders Season to encounter with any or all of the Pokémon mentioned above. The season began on 1st March 2023 and will conclude on 1st June 2024, with possible monthly resets for the Field Research tasks.

Written by Ashleigh Klein

Ashleigh was a former Features Intern at Glamour South Africa and previously worked as a Multimedia Journalist at IOL News and the Weekend Argus before reigniting her love for video games.

She now works full-time with GINX and can often be found exploring the worlds of Palia, Conan Exiles, Elder Scrolls Online, and Elden Ring while trying to reach Infinite rank in Marvel Snap. Whilst she has seen improvements at farming in Stardew Valley (much thanks to Palia), Ashleigh more than makes up for it by being a decent Blastoise trainer in Pokemon GO.

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Pokémon GO Field Research (March 2024): All Research Tasks, Breakthrough & Rewards

Pokémon GO Field Research (March 2024): All Field Research Tasks & Rewards

Pokémon GO Field Research (March 2024): All Research Breakthrough Rewards

Written by Ashleigh Klein