Pokémon Go Road to Sinnoh Event, Timed Research Guide

In the run-up to his big Sinnoh event Pokémon Go organizes a “Way to Sinnoh” event, full of all sorts of perks and research to complete 19-23. February.

There are two paid pass options available for this event at $4.99 each: “Road to Sinnoh: Hatch” And “Road to Sinnoh: Raids.” Purchasing the Raid Pass unlocks a specific set of timed research that rewards XL Candies for Giratina, Cresselia, Heatran and Darkrai, as well as increased Candies and XP from raids. The Hatching Pass also unlocks a timed research set that rewards the regional Pokémon Chatot, Pachirisu, and Carnivine and doubles the XP, Candy, and Stardust you get from hatching eggs.

As always, remember that these are timed researches and you only have until the end of the event on February 23rd to complete them. If you plan on grinding out eggs and raids, this is it The Breeding Pass may be worth it if you still need these regional Pokémon.

Even if you don’t purchase a pass, you’ll still have access to a timed research set that rewards the Legendary Pokémon and Darkrai listed above for completing raids. All players can also benefit from it Incubator walking distance halved And an increase in the daily remote raid pass limit (up to 10) during the event.

There’s also a Special Research Set, also named “Road to Sinnoh,” although it appeared to players days before the event began.

Below we list all the benefits associated with the Pokémon Go Road to Sinnoh event.

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Pokémon Go Event “Road to Sinnoh” Timed Research

Road to Sinnoh: Raid Challenge Step 1 of 1

This research is free and available to every player during the event period.

• Win 2 raids (encounter with Cresselia)
• Win 4 raids (encounter with Heatran)
• Win 6 raids (encounter Origin Forme Giratina)
• Win 8 raids (encounter with Darkrai)

Reward: 5 Dialga Candies, 5 Palkia Candies, 5 Giratina Candies

Road to Sinnoh: Hatch, step 1 of 1

This research is part of the $4.99 Road to Sinnoh: Hatch Pass.

• Hatching an Egg (Chatot Encounter)
• Hatch 2 eggs (Pachirisu encounter)
• Hatch 3 eggs (Carnivine encounter)
• Hatch 4 eggs (Chatot encounter)
• Hatch 5 eggs (Pachirisu encounter)
• Hatch 6 eggs (Carnivine encounter)

Reward: Pikachu mask

Road to Sinnoh: Raid, step 1 of 1

This research is part of the $4.99 Road to Sinnoh: Raids Pass.

• Win 2 raids (5 Cresselia Candy XL)
• Win 4 raids (5 Heatran Candy XL)
• Win 6 raids (5 Giratina Candy XL)
• Win 8 raids (5 Darkrai Candy XL)

Reward: Eevee Mask

Image: Niantic

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Pokémon Go Road to Sinnoh Event Field Research

Spinning a PokéStop during the event period may result in one of these tasks:

• Hatch an Egg (10 Poké Balls)
• Hatch 2 eggs (10 amazing balls)
• Hatch 3 eggs (1 Sinnoh Stone or 10 Ultra Balls)
• Spin 10 PokéStops or Gyms (10 Turtwig, Chimchar or Piplup Candies)

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The Pokémon Go event “Road to Sinnoh” has increased the number of spawns

The following Pokémon will spawn more frequently during the event:

• Turtwig
• Grotle
• Chimchar
• Monferno
• Piplup
• Prinplup

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Pokémon Go “Road to Sinnoh” 2 km long egg hatches

These Pokémon hatch from 2km eggs obtained during the event:

• Budow
• Ching ling
• Bonsly
• Happy
• Munchlax
• Riolu
• Mantyke

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Pokémon Go Road to Sinnoh Event Raid Objectives.

These Pokémon will appear as raid targets in gyms during the event period:

• Turtwig (1 star)
• Chimchar (1 star)
• Piplup (1-star)
• Grotle (3 stars)
• Monferno (3 stars)
• Prinplup (3 stars)
• Darkrai (5 stars) (February 19)
• Cresselia (5-Star) (February 20)
• Uxie (5-star) (Feb. 21)
• Mesprit (5 stars) (February 21)
• Azelf (5 stars) (February 21)
• Heatran (5 stars) (February 22)
• Origin Forme Giratina (5 stars) (February 23)