Pokemon GO: More steps revealed for 'A Challenging Development'

Pokemon GO/Niantic
Pokemon GO/Niantic

Team Go Rocket has taken over Pokemon Go for a while now and it is up to you to stop them. A series of challenges have presented itself since October, including research tasks which require you to free shadow Pokemon and eventually reach the big boss - Giovanni.

A couple of days ago, one of the new challenges that came up was "A Challenging Development". It is one of the questlines of the story that will lead you up to Giovanni, but it is also required for you to have completed Looming in the Shadows and A Troubling Situation, the previous questlines.

Only 2 steps out of 6 of the challenge were revealed a couple of days ago and now we finally have the remaining 4. Here's a brief summary of all the challenges along with the rewards you can get.

'A Challenging Development' Step 1 of 6

  • Spin 10 PokéStops (500 XP)
  • Defeat 3 Team Go Rocket Grunts (500 XP)
  • Catch 1 Shadow Pokémon (500 XP)

Rewards: 500 Stardust, 10 Pokéballs, 10 Razz Berries

'A Challenging Development' Step 2 of 6

  • Spin a PokéStop 5 days in a row (750 XP)
  • Purify 15 Shadow Pokémon (750 XP)
  • Win 5 raids (750 XP)

Rewards: 1,000 Stardust, 3 Hyper Potions, 3 Revives

'A Challenging Development' Step 3 of 6

  • Use six super effective Charged Attacks in Gym Battles for 1,000 XP
  • Win three Great League Trainer Battles against another Trainer for 1,000 XP
  • Defeat six Go Rocket Grunts for 1,000 XP

Rewards: 1,500 Stardust, 15 Great Balls, 5 Pinap Berries

'A Challenging Development' Step 4 of 6

  • Defeat Team Go Rocket Leader Arlo for 1,250 XP
  • Defeat Team Go Rocket Leader Cliff for 1,250 XP
  • Defeat Team Go Rocket Leader Sierra for 1,250 XP

Rewards: 2,000 Stardust, 1 Super Rocket Radar, and 3 Golden Razz Berries

'A Challenging Development' Step 5 of 6

  • Find the Team Go Rocket Boss for 2,500 Stardust
  • Battle the Team Go Rocket Boss for 1,500 XP
  • Defeat the Team Go Rocket Boss for three Silver Pinap Berries

Rewards: 3,000 Stardust, one Charged TM, and 1 Fast TM

'A Challenging Development' Step 6 of 6

  • Autocompleted for 2,000 XP
  • Autocompleted for 2,000 XP
  • Autocompleted for 2,000 XP

Rewards: 3 Max Revives, 20 Ultra Balls, and 3 Rare Candies

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