Pokémon Go ‘2024 World Championships’ event research tasks, spawns, and bonuses guide
A Pokémon Go event celebrating the World Championships is happening from Aug. 16-20. We list the event perks, like the Timed Research, in our guide.
This article references relevant content from the polygon.com website. Original article link: [https://www.polygon.com/pokemon-go-guide/440840/2024-world-championships-research-tasks-spawns-event]
An in-game 2024 Pokémon World Championships event in Pokémon Go celebrates Hawaii-set competition taking place between Aug. 16-20.
During this event, you’ll be able to do up to five Special Trades a day (instead of just one) and you’ll be able to use Charged TMs to overwrite the Shadow Pokémon move Frustration.
Other highlights include the debut of Pikachu in scuba gear and shiny Mienfoo. Neither are available in the wild, requiring you to complete Field Research or Raids to encounter them.
Elsewhere, Go Battle Week: Shared Skies is running at the same time as this event, which offers free Timed Research and a four times increase in Stardust when you win Go Battle League bouts.
Additionally, a series of Twitch drops from the 2024 World Championships give you the chance to earn up to three additional Timed Research quests, as well as a unique avatar item.
Below we list all the perks and bonuses associated with the Pokémon Go 2024 World Championships event, including the Timed Research, event Field Research, and boosted spawns.
Pokémon Go ‘2024 World Championships’ event Field Research and rewards
Spinning a PokéStop during the event period may yield one of these tasks:
Thanks to Leekduck for filling in the gaps on the above.
Pokémon Go ‘2024 World Championships’ event boosted spawns
These Pokémon will spawn more frequently during the event period:
Pokémon Go ‘2024 World Championships’ event raid targets
These Pokémon will be in raids during the event. Elsewhere, our raid schedule guide also shows what else is appearing later in the month.
Pokémon Go ‘2024 World Championships’ featured attacks
Pokémon caught during the event will have the following attacks:
Meanwhile, Pokémon evolved during the event will learn the following attacks:
There is just a single step in the “2024 Worlds Premium Timed Research”:
Rewards: Cresselia encounter, 2,024 Stardust, 1 Premium Battle Pass
At $5, this research is pretty much only worth it if you like doing PvP (Player versus Player, known in-game as Go Battle League.)
Most of the rewards here are catered towards PvP players, as the rewards are highly-used PvP Pokémon. A (albeit small) factor to consider here is all encounters from research give a higher-than-average set of stats (they will have an “IV floor” of 10/10/10, out of a possible max of 15/15/15), so if you’re after more-powerful-than-average versions of these creatures — especially as many have the potential to be shiny — then that’s worth considering.
It’s also worth noting a Shadow Cresselia is available if you complete the latest Giovanni Special Research, “Adventure Week: Taken Over”, meaning there’s a free (and more powerful) version of that Pokémon currently up for grabs if you’d rather not buy this ticket.
Otherwise, there aren’t any items here that make the research directly worth it (the solitary Premium Battle Pass is worth 100 Coins, or around $1) but if you’re looking to get into PvP or build PvP teams, this may be worth your money.
Either way, if you want to get some free Timed Research this weekend, then you can claim up to three sets from Twitch drops during the 2024 World Championships before it ends on Sunday.