Pokemon GO World Championships Celebration 2025 Field Research and Timed Research: Tasks and rewards

The 2025 Pokemon GO World Championships Celebration is starting, and there's plenty for players to be excited about. Free Field Research tasks, a premium Timed Research (costing US$5.00), the Varsity Jacket Pikachu debut, and event-specific GO Battle League background await trainers for this weekend.

The Pokemon World Championships takes place in Anaheim, USA, from August 15 to August 17, 2025, featuring Pokemon VGC, Pokemon TCG, Pokemon GO, and Pokemon Unite. The event will also feature a demo of the upcoming Pokemon Legends Z-A.

How to complete 2025 Pokemon World Championships Field Research in Pokemon GO

The tasks and rewards:

Check out the current Pokemon GO raid bosses that you can encounter in-game

Spin 5 PokeStops or Gyms - 5x Poke Ball, 2x Revive, or 3x Super Potion
Win a raid - Varsity Jacket Pikachu encounter [shiny encounter available] or Honedge encounter
Power up Pokemon 15 times - Varsity Jacket Pikachu encounter [shiny encounter available]
Battle in the GO Battle League - Marill encounter [shiny encounter available], or Paldean Wooper encounter [shiny encounter available], or 1x Charged TM
Battle in the GO Battle League 5 times - Varsity Jacket Pikachu encounter [shiny encounter available]

How to complete 2025 Pokemon World Championships Timed Research in Pokemon GO

The tasks and rewards are:

2025 Pokemon World Championships Premium Timed Research

Power up Pokemon 5 times - Claydol encounter
Power up Pokemon 10 times - Azumarill encounter
Use 5 supereffective Charged Attacks - Sableye encounter
Use 10 supereffective Charged Attacks - Swalot encounter
Win a raid - Carbink encounter
Win 2 raids - Lokix encounter
Battle in the GO Battle League - Lickitung encounter
Battle in the GO Battle 5 times - Lapras encounter
Rewards: Guzzlord encounter, 1x Premium Battle Pass, 25000x Stardust

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Angshuman is an Assistant Content Manager, Gaming, at Sportskeeda with a specialized focus on Pokemon. While completing his Master's degree in English Literature, Angshuman's research topics primarily included the many facets of game studies. That, along with his love for the medium which he believes to be the pinnacle of storytelling, led him to become a writer in the genre.

Angshuman prefers both solo and multiplayer titles on PC and PS5. His love for gaming stemmed from playing Bounce and God of War on mobile phones, and on to Age of Empires and Zoo Tycoon on PC. If he ever wished to convert a gaming cynic into a admirer, he would recommend indie games because of their versatility and their ability to be unaffected by genre-stifling publisher expectations.

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