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Given all the battles and badge-gathering in Pokemon games, it’s easy to forget that the entire point of a Pokemon journey is to complete a Pokedex for research purposes. Some heroes stop villains with the help of their Pokemon, but many more make vital contributions to their ongoing study. If you want to be the latter kind of hero, then the newest Pokemon Go event is for you. Here’s a guide on Pokemon Go‘s A Mystic Hero event.
Pokemon Go A Mystic Hero Event Guide
Pokemon Go’s A Mystic Hero event began today, April 13, and is set to last until April 17. In this event, Team Mystic’s Blanche is looking for help on their Pokemon research, specifically in the sphere of Pokemon evolutions. If you help them out, you can get some nifty rewards up to and including an encounter with a special Lapras. Additionally, for the duration of the event, all evolving Pokemon will receive doubled XP and guaranteed XL Candy, and Lure Modules will last three hours.
The event features two three-step Research Quests, a timed one and a special one. The timed Research will expire when the event ends on April 17, while the special Research will be available indefinitely. There is also a set of Field Research tasks you can complete in any order, which you can complete for additional rewards.
The Field Research tasks and their rewards are as follows:
- Catch any 3 Pokemon (Randomly rewards Upgrade, King’s Rock or Sun Stone)
- Catch any 5 Pokemon (Randomly rewards a Sinnoh Stone or Unova Stone)
- Evolve any Pokemon (Rewards 300 Stardust)
- Evolve any 3 Pokemon (Rewards 1,000 Stardust)
- Evolve any 5 Pokemon (Rewards 2,500 Stardust)
A Mystic Hero Research Quests
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First, here are the tasks and rewards for the timed Research Quest:
Step 1
- Catch any 5 Pokémon (Rewards 5 Poke Balls)
- Perform 3 Pokemon Transfers (Rewards 5 Ninab Berries)
- Evolve any Pokemon (Rewards 1,000 Stardust)
- Complete all of the Step 1 tasks (Rewards 1,000 XP, 500 Stardust, and 2 Rare Candy)
Step 2
- Catch any 10 Pokemon (Rewards 5 Poke Balls)
- Perform 5 Pokemon Transfers (Rewards 5 Razz Berries)
- Evolve any 3 Pokemon (Rewards 3,000 Stardust)
- Complete all of the Step 2 tasks (Rewards 2,000 XP, 1,000 Stardust, and 2 Rare Candy)
Step 3
- Evolve any Pokemon (Rewards 10 Pinap Berries)
- Evolve any 2 Pokemon (Rewards 15 Poke Balls)
- Evolve any 3 Pokemon (Rewards 15 Great Balls)
- Evolve any 4 Pokemon (Rewards 10 Ultra Balls)
- Evolve any 5 Pokemon (Rewards 3 Silver Pinap Berries)
- Complete all of the Step 3 tasks (Rewards 3,000 XP, 2,000 Stardust, and a Magnetic Lure Module)
Second, here are the tasks and rewards for the special Research Quest:
Step 1
- Catch any 15 Pokemon (Rewards 10 Poke Balls)
- Use 10 Pinap Berries while catching Pokemon (1,000 Stardust)
- Make 10 Great Throws (7 Pinap Berries)
- Complete all of the Step 1 tasks (Rewards 1,500 XP and an Eevee encounter)
Step 2
- Evolve any 3 Pokemon (Rewards 50 Eevee Candy)
- Use 15 Berries to help catch Pokemon (Rewards 15 Poke Balls)
- Catch any 25 Pokémon (Rewards a Shelmet Encounter)
- Complete all of the Step 2 tasks (Rewards 2,000 XP and a Karrablast encounter)
Step 3
- Make 3 Excellent Throws (Rewards 5,000 Stardust)
- Earn 5 Candies by walking with your Buddy (Rewards 10 Razz Berries)
- Evolve any 10 Pokémon (Rewards an Inkay Encounter)
- Complete all of the Step 3 tasks (Rewards 2,500 XP and a special Lapras encounter)
Whether you really want that special Lapras or just like seeing Pokemon evolve, do your best to complete the Mystic Hero event and help Blanche out. No one said scientific research was a fast or easy process, but it is a rewarding one.
