Niantic is bringing a number of new Field Research tasks and rewards along with a new breakthrough encounter for the month of September.
This month also marks the start of a new Season, the Season of Light, as it centered around the Legendary Nebula Pokemon Cosmog. There is long special research taking place as part of the new season, with new parts of the quest unlocking over the span of three months. Players will be getting a number of rewards for completing the quests, starting with a Cosmog encounter, followed by the evolutions of Cosmog in the later stages of the research.
Apart from the Special Research, there is the regular Field Research as well which will be awarding players with new Pokemon (including shiny ones) for completing a few tasks. The research breakthrough for this month is Medicham, the Meditate Pokemon. Here are all the tasks and rewards of the Research Breakthrough.
Pokemon Go September Field Research Tasks, Rewards & Breakthrough
New Tasks
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Task |
Reward |
|---|---|
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Use 5 Berries to help catch Pokémon |
Minun (can be shiny), Plusle (can be shiny) |
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Catch 5 Pokémon |
Eletrike (can be shiny), Mareep (can be shiny), Chinchou (can be shiny) |
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Catch 5 Different Species of Pokémon |
Voltorb, Hisui Voltorb |
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Make 5 Curveball Throws in a row |
Baltoy (can be shiny) |
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Earn 3 hearts with your buddy |
Pikachu (can be shiny) |
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Trade a Pokémon |
Kadabra |
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Send 3 Gifts and add a sticker to each |
Wobbuffet (can be shiny) |
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Battle in GO Battle League |
Joltik |
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Defeat 2 Team GO Rocket Grunts |
Electabuzz (can be shiny) |
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Win a raid |
Alolan Raichu (can be shiny) |
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Take 2 snapshots of wild Steel-type Pokémon |
Bronzor (can be shiny) |
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Earn a Candy walking with your buddy |
Dedenne |
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Hatch an Egg |
Klink (can be shiny) |
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Power up Pokémon 10 times |
25 Manectric Mega Energy |
Recurring Tasks
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Task |
Reward |
|---|---|
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Catch 5 Pokémon with Weather Boost |
Poliwag (can be shiny), Vulpix (can be shiny), Hippopotas (can be shiny), Snover (can be shiny) |
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Catch 7 Pokémon |
Magikarp (can be shiny) |
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Catch a Dragon-type Pokémon |
Bagon (can be shiny), Dratini (can be shiny) |
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Catch 10 Grass-type Pokémon |
10 Venusaur Mega Energy |
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Catch 10 Fire-type Pokémon |
10 Charizard Mega Energy |
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Catch 10 Water-type Pokémon |
10 Blastoise Mega Energy |
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Catch 10 Normal-type Pokémon |
10 Pidgeot Mega Energy |
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Make 5 Nice Throws |
Dunsparce (can be shiny) |
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Make 3 Great Throws |
Lileep (can be shiny), Anorith (can be shiny), Snubbull (can be shiny) |
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Make 3 Great Throws in a row |
Onix (can be shiny) |
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Make 5 Great Curveball Throws in a row |
Spinda #3 (can be shiny) |
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Make 3 Excellent Throws in a row |
Gible (can be shiny) |
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Earn 2 Candies walking with your buddy |
Bunnelby (can be shiny) |
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Earn 3 Candies walking with your buddy |
Stunfisk |
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Win a Level 3 or higher raid |
Kabuto (can be shiny), Omanyte (can be shiny) |
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Win 5 raids |
Aerodactyl (can be shiny) |
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Evolve a Pokémon |
Eevee (can be shiny) |
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Hatch an Egg |
Mantine (can be shiny) |
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Hatch 2 Eggs |
Beldum (can be shiny) |
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Spin 3 Pokéstops or Gyms |
Sudowoodo (can be shiny) |
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Spin 5 Pokéstops or Gyms |
Ralts (can be shiny) |
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Take a snapshot of a wild Pokémon |
Murkrow (can be shiny), Hoppip (can be shiny), Yanma (can be shiny) |
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Power up Pokémon 3 times |
Bulbasaur (can be shiny), Charmander (can be shiny), Squirtle (can be shiny) |
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Power up Pokemon 5 times |
Chikorita (can be shiny), Cyndaquil (can be shiny), Totodile (can be shiny) |
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Power up Pokémon 7 times |
Treecko (can be shiny), Torchic (can be shiny), Mudkip (can be shiny) |
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Power up Pokémon 5 times |
10 Venusaur/Charizard/Blastoise/Beedrill/Pidgeot Mega Energy |