Choose Your Path Timed Research, Daily Discovery Updates, Spotlight Hour Returns!

June 11, 2026

Non-event weeks will no longer be a bore in Pokémon GO, as the Choose Your Path Timed Research will let Trainers experience the game in the way they want!

Through the Choose Your Path Timed Research, you’ll get the option to pick one of three paths: Explore, Catch, or Battle. What you choose will decide the Timed Research tasks and rewards for the entire week. These Research experiences may differ from Trainer to Trainer!

Choose Your Path Timed Research Schedule

Choose Your Path Timed Research will be available during the following non-event weeks in Pokémon GO throughout the Forever Forward Season. All listed times are local.

Choose Your Path: Fossil Fun

From Wednesday, June 17, at 10:00 a.m. to Sunday, June 21, at 8:00 p.m.

Choose Your Path: Charged Embers

From Tuesday, June 30, at 10:00 a.m. to Friday, July 3, at 8:00 p.m.

Choose Your Path: Fairy Trail

From Tuesday, July 28, at 10:00 a.m. to Monday, August 3, at 8:00 p.m.

Choose Your Path: Venom and Vines

From Tuesday, August 11, at 10:00 a.m. to Monday, August 17, at 8:00 p.m.

Updates to Daily Discoveries

Throughout the Forever Forward Season, each day of the week will include a Daily Discovery experience, which translates to a bunch of exclusive bonuses available on those days.

These will be active between 12:00 a.m. and 11:59 p.m. local time unless otherwise stated. Starting Monday, June 15, these are the updated bonuses for Forever Forward.

Max Monday

One Rare Candy XL for completing in-person Max Battles.
More Power Spots than usual will be active.
Additional Power Spots will be active on Mondays compared to the rest of the week.
Max Battles will rotate to feature different Dynamax Pokémon.

Showcase Tuesday

Trainers can enter up to five PokéStop Showcases.
More PokéStops may have PokéStop Showcases.

Wednesday Raid Hour

One Rare Candy XL for completing in-person Raid Battles.

GO Battle Thursdays and Spotlight Hour

Spotlight Hour will return from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. local time!

Friendship Friday

Up to two additional Special Trades.
Trades will require 20% less Stardust.

Scenic Sunday

More Pokémon will appear in the wild!
More Pokémon will appear while following a Route. Incense will attract even more Pokémon on Routes.
Reduced distance to earn Buddy Candy while exploring Routes with your Buddy Pokémon.
Encounter Mateo up to three times each day while on a Route.