Pokemon Go: April 2020 field research tasks and rewards – Full list

Paul Cot

The Pokemon Go field research tasks and rewards have been changed up for April 2020. Here is the full list.

Unless you’re new to Pokemon Go, you’ll be familiar with the concept of field research tasks and their rewards. They are an excellent chance to focus on one particular Pokemon.

Doing so can get you a strong version of them in no time at all. That’s assuming you can find a PokeStop with that particular task. Once you do you can revisit it (during that day only) to keep getting the same one.

Professor Willow Field Research
Field research tasks are obtained randomly from PokeStops…

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You can also earn one stamp a day for every field research task you complete. Upon getting seven of these, you can trade it in for the April 2020 Research Breakthrough encounter reward.

Interestingly there are fewer field research tasks than previous months. Eagle-eyed trainers will notice that some of the removed ones are more tricky.

Presumably this a result of the current global health crisis whereby Niantic don’t want to encourage trainers to go outside. There have already been widespread changes made to Pokemon Go amid the crisis and Niantic have revealed they have more in mind.

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Full list of April 2020 tasks

The full list of field research tasks for April 2020 can be found here:

Field Research Task Encounter/Reward CP Range Shiny?
Catch 10 Pokemon Magikarp 99-117 Yes
Catch a dragon-type Pokemon Dratini 397-430 Yes
Catch 3 rock-type Pokemon Magcargo 685-729 Yes
Catch 5 Pokemon with weather boost Vulpix or Poliwag 347-378/324-355 No/yes
Make 5 nice throws Voltorb 399-432 No
Make 3 great throws Gastly, Lileep or Anorith 487-527/515-553/613/655 Yes/Yes/Yes
Make 3 great throws in a row Onix 435-472 Yes
Make 3 excellent throws in a row Larvitar 411-445 Yes
Battle another trainer Burmy (Plant) 185-209 Yes
Win 1 Great League Trainer Battle Lotad 230-256 Yes
Win a level 3 or higher raid Omanyte or Kabuto 620-662/548-587 Yes/Yes
Win 5 raids Aerodactyl 1136-1193 Yes
Hatch an egg Bayleef 583-623 No
Evolve a Pokemon Alolan Diglett or Eevee 264-292/424-459 Yes/Yes
Power up a Pokemon 5 times Bulbasaur, Charmander or Squirtle 442-477/387-420/372-405 Yes/Yes/Yes
Take a snapshot of a grass-type Shroomish 316-347 No
Earn 5 hearts with your buddy Bellossom 927-977 No
Send 10 gifts to friends Magmar 973-1026 Yes
Transfer 3 Pokemon Parasect 751-797 No
Trade a Pokemon Pineco 440-475 Yes

There are 20 different field research tasks available for April and 27 different species to encounter, of which 21 can be found as a shiny.