Research
Datamining Report: New Adventure Recap, Test your Mettle event and Goyang Safari Zone, and more found in network traffic
Hello Trainers! A bunch of new texts have been pushed to the game, including a new daily adventure recap, new quests for the Test...
Impacts of September 2022 updates on Raid Attackers: Double Kick, Psychic (Mega) Alakazam
TL;DR
: Terrakion! Terrakion!
Terrakion with exclusive move Sacred Sword is the best attacker now, with a sizable improvement over Shadow Machamp.
It's even better than non-shadow Meteor...
September Field Research Tasks & Rewards (2022)
A complete guide to Pokémon GO's September 2022 Field Research tasks, rewards and encounters. Includes Pokémon encounters and Mega Energy rewards.
Do note that event-exclusive...
Pokémon GO Fest 2022 Finale Special Research Guide
Pokémon GO Fest 2022 Finale is upon us, and Trainers have access to a small Special Research for every Habitat rotation. Ticketed Trainers have...
Galarian Birds and New Hisuian Pokemon in PvP
Alright folks, after weeks of radio silence, Niantic is now bombarding us with new info. All at once, we suddenly have nine new Pokémon...
A Speculative, Comparative PvP Analysis on Obstruct Obstagoon
Howdy, Pokéfriends! Let's take a quick look at what Obstagoon with Obstruct MIGHT look like come August Community Day.
As announced, Galarian Zigzagoon will be in the spotlight,...
0.243.0 APK Breakdown: Coins in quests? More on Daily Adventure Incense and more
Hello Trainers! Pokémon GO 0.243.0 update is currently rolling out to a device near you and it brings with it some more details around...
GO Fest Berlin 2022 Special Research & Collection Challenges
We have the full special research quest line information and collection challenge details for Pokémon GO Fest Berlin 2022. If you are attending, spoilers...
Pokémon GO 0.241.0 teardown: Niantic Campfire, Beast Balls, Obstagoon’s signature move and more!
Hello Trainers! Pokémon GO 0.241.0 update is currently rolling out to a device near you and it brings with it a lot. This was...
Deino Community Day Texts and Hisuian Pokémon Discovered in Datamine
Hello Trainers! Niantic has pushed the Deino Community day Texts, including the special research texts, and the categories and descriptions for all of the...
Pokémon GO Datamine: large Moves update, Shadow Kangaskhan, Buzzwole, Pheromosa, Xurkitree moves, and more
Hello Trainers! Some changes were pushed to the Game Master earlier, and quite a few Pokémon have finally had moves added to their move-pools...
First Impressions of Koraidon and Miraidon
Trainers! One of the most exciting aspects of being a Pokémon fan is the new generation of games and the new Pokémon that they...
Alola to Alola Special Research
Alola to Alola Special Research is a branching special research quest line released during the Alola to Alola event in Pokémon GO. It is...
Alolan Geodude Community Day Research, Quests, and Ticket Gifting found in network traffic
Hello Trainers! Niantic has pushed some updates today, including the Alolan Geodude Community Day texts, some ticket gifting texts, and more.
💡 Disclaimer: You know...
A Poni Adventure, Water Festival Texts, and more found in network traffic
Hello Trainers! Niantic has pushed some updates today, including the Poni Adventure quests texts, some quests and stuff for the Water Festival event, and...
A PvP Analysis on Latios and Latias: new moves and Megas included
Hello again, fellow travelers! I'll cut right to the chase: today we take a quick look at two Legendaries arriving as our first MEGA Legendaries in...
May 2022 Field Research Tasks & Rewards
A complete list of May 2022 Field Research tasks, rewards and encounters. Includes Pokémon encounters and Mega Energy rewards.
Do note that event-exclusive Field Research...
A (Speculative) Peek at Rollout in PvP
🎼 Roll out! Roll out! Roll out! Roll out!
♫ I got my rock cannon .80, cocked back
♭ My Alolan homies (Niantic, drop the stats!)
♪ We rolling on twenties, with...
Silent Schemes Tasks and Rewards
Silent Schemes is a Team GO Rocket Special Research available starting Sunday, April 3, 2022 at 12:00 AM local time. Released alongside the All-Hands...
April 2022 Research Tasks & Rewards
A complete list of April 2022 Field Research tasks, rewards and encounters. Includes Pokémon encounters and Mega Energy rewards.
Do note that event-exclusive Field Research...
April Fools 2-Oh? -22 Tasks and Rewards
April Fools 2-Oh? -22 is an event-exclusive Special Research quest line released as part of the 2022 Aprils Fools celebrations in Pokémon GO. This...
Roaming Legendaries, Incident Battles, Special and Masterwork Research spotted in a massive Johto Tour text update
A pretty big text update was just pushed for the Johto Tour including Special Research, Masterwork Research, Team Leader Incident Battles, and more! Oh,...
Under The Lights: Community Day Walrein
Hello again, fellow travelers and PvPers! As I've done many, many times before, I'm here to take a close look at this month's Community Day...
Datamining Report: Pokémon Encounter and Buddy Updates
Hello Trainers! Some updates have been pushed to the game and it includes some Quality of Life updates to some Pokémon to make them...
January 2022 Research Tasks & Rewards
A complete list of January 2022 Field Research tasks, rewards and encounters. Includes Pokémon encounters and Mega Energy rewards.
Do note that event-exclusive Field Research...
December 2021 Research Tasks & Rewards
A complete list of December 2021 Field Research tasks, rewards and encounters. Includes Pokémon encounters and Mega Energy rewards.
Do note that event-exclusive Field Research...
Silph Arena Brawler Cup Guide
Hope you enjoyed the simplicity of Lunar Cup to kick off the season... because we're already mixing things up. You could say that your...
0.223.0 APK Breakdown: Hints at Raid Ball Selection, Hoopa’s Signature Moves, and more!
Hello Trainers! 0.223.0 is currently rolling out to a device near you and it brings with it some pretty neat updates hints we may...
What Lies Beneath the Mask Tasks and Rewards
A Special Research story — What Lies beneath the Mask? — is available during the Halloween 2021 event. type Pokémon are appearing more...
Nifty Or Thrifty: Halloween Cup
Hello again, fellow PvPers!
Back again with another edition of "Nifty Or Thrifty", the long-running article series that takes a comprehensive look at the meta for...