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Out to Play Event: All Research Tasks and Rewards
Out to Play Timed Research Tasks and Rewards (free)
Free event-exclusive Timed Research focused on Routes and exploring your surroundings will be available throughout the Out to Play event!
Complete the research tasks to earn items, Stardust, and encounters with Hisuian Growlithe! This Timed Research will expire on Monday, October 2 at 8:00 PM local time.
Out to Play (1/1)
Task | Rewards |
---|---|
Explore 5 km | 1× Incense |
Hatch 3 Eggs | 1000× Stardust |
Follow a Route | 1000× Stardust |
Walk 1,000m while traveling Routes | 1000× Stardust |
Use an Incense while following a Route | 1000× Stardust |
Catch 20 Pokémon while following Routes | 1000× Stardust |
Stage rewards | |
Growlithe (Hisuian) 1× Incubator |
Tails of Adventure (Paid Timed Research)
For US$2.00 (or the equivalent pricing tier in your local currency), you’ll be able to access additional event-exclusive Timed Research.
Complete the event-themed research tasks to receive the following.
- Six encounters with Hisuian Growlithe
- Five encounters with Growlithe
- Two Incubators
- One Super Incubator
Please note that Timed Research expires. The tasks associated with this Timed Research must be completed and their rewards must be claimed before Monday, October 2, 2023, at 8:00 p.m. local time.
Trainers will be able to purchase and gift tickets to any of their Pokémon GO friends that they have achieved a Friendship level of Great Friends or higher with. Please note that purchases—including those made for other Trainers—are non-refundable (subject to applicable law and the exceptions set forth in the Terms of Service). Tickets cannot be purchased with PokéCoins.
The ticket for this Timed Research will only be available in the in-game shop until October 1, 2023, at 8:00 p.m. local time.
Tails of Adventure (1/1)
Walk 1 km | Growlithe (Hisuian) |
Walk 1 km | Growlithe |
Walk 2 km | Growlithe (Hisuian) |
Walk 2 km | Growlithe |
Walk 3 km | Growlithe (Hisuian) |
Walk 3 km | Growlithe |
Walk 4 km | Growlithe (Hisuian) |
Walk 4 km | Growlithe |
Walk 5 km | Growlithe (Hisuian) |
Walk 5 km | Growlithe |
Stage rewards | |
---|---|
2× Incubator 1× Super Incubator Growlithe (Hisuian) |
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Pokémon Go ‘Out to Play’ event, Timed Research guide
Get rewards for walking along routes
by Julia Lee
Pokémon Go ’s latest event, “Out to Play,” encourages players to use routes, the in-game pathing system that rewards Zygarde Cells . The event runs from Sept. 27 until Oct. 2 and focuses as Hisuian Growlithe.
During the event, there’s an increased chance to find Kecleon at PokéStops, tripled XP for finishing a route, and you’ll earn buddy candy faster when walking on Routes.
In addition to those bonuses, Hisuian Growlithe is available shiny for the first time .
There’s also the usual event perks we see with Pokémon Go events: increased spawns of specific Pokémon, specific egg hatches, Field Research, and Timed Research. We list out all the perks below.
Pokémon Go ‘Out to Play’ event Timed Research (free)
You get the following one-step Timed Research for free.
Step 1 of 1
- Explore 5 km (1 Incense)
- Hatch 3 eggs (1,000 Stardust)
- Follow a route (1,000 Stardust)
- Walk 1,000 m while traveling routes (1,000 Stardust)
- Use an Incense while following a route (1,000 Stardust)
- Catch 20 Pokémon when following routes (1,000 Stardust)
Rewards : Hisuian Growlithe encounter, 1 Incubator
Pokémon Go ‘Out to Play’ event Timed Research (paid)
If you pay for the $1.99 “Tails of Adventure” ticket in the shop, you’ll have access to this Timed Research:
- Walk 1 km (Growlithe encounter)
- Walk 1 km (Hisuian Growlithe encounter)
- Walk 2 km (Growlithe encounter)
- Walk 2 km (Hisuian Growlithe encounter)
- Walk 3 km (Growlithe encounter)
- Walk 3 km (Hisuian Growlithe encounter)
- Walk 4 km (Growlithe encounter)
- Walk 4 km (Hisuian Growlithe encounter)
- Walk 5 km (Growlithe encounter)
- Walk 5 km (Hisuian Growlithe encounter)
Rewards : 2 Incubators, 1 Super Incubator, Hisuian Growlithe encounter
Pokémon Go ‘Out to Play’ event Field Research
Spinning gyms or PokéStops during the event period may net you one of these event-exclusive research tasks:
- Hatch an egg (Hisuian Qwilfish or Hisuian Sneasel encounter)
- Hatch 3 eggs (Hisuian Growlithe encounter)
- Walk 1 km (Pawmi encounter)
Pokémon Go ‘Out to Play’ event boosted spawns
Pokémon go ‘out to play’ event egg hatches.
- Hisuian Growlithe (2 and 7 km)
- Hisuian Voltorb (7 km)
- Hisuian Qwilfish (7 km)
- Hisuian Sneasel (7 km)
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Everything you need to know about the Out to Play event.
The Out to Play event sees the release of shiny Hisuian Growlithe and Hisuian Arcanine in Pokémon Go .
Alongside these new shiny variants, the Out to Play event also hails the release of several quality of life updates to the Routes feature in Pokémon Go .
There’s also the Out to Play: Timed Research quest and a selection of event-exclusive field research tasks for you to complete. We’ve listed the Out to Play: Timed Research quest step below if you’d like some help completing this quest before its deadline.
On this page:
- 'Out to Play Timed Research' quest step
- Out to Play field research tasks
- Everything else you need to know about Out to Play
'Out to Play Timed Research' quest step in Pokémon Go
Out to Play: Timed Research is, unsurprisingly, a timed research quest running until Monday 2nd October at 8pm (local time) in Pokémon Go. To earn all of this quest’s rewards, you must complete it before this deadline.
Here are the Out to Play: Timed Research quest step and rewards, but be prepared for spoilers !
Thank you to Amiibofan101 from reddit for the help with this information.
'Out to Play: Timed Research' Step 1 of 1
- Explore 5km - 1 Incense
- Hatch 3 Eggs - 1000 Stardust
- Follow a Route - 1000 Stardust
- Walk 1000m while travelling a Route - 1000 Stardust
- Use an Incense while following a Route - 1000 Stardust
- Catch 20 Pokémon while following a Route - 1000 Stardust
Rewards: 1 Incubator and a Hisuian Growlithe encounter.
The Max Out Season is here! The GO Big is currently running in Pokémon Go. You can now catch Dynamax Pokémon through Max Battles . First, however, you need to visit Power Spots to collect Max Particles and complete the To the Max! quest . Don't forget to try out Routes , Gift Exchange and Party Play while you're hunting down rare Pokémon , fighting in the Go Battle League or competing in PokéStop Showcases .
Out to Play field research tasks in Pokémon Go
Spinning PokéStops during Out to Play may result in you collecting an event-exclusive field research task in Pokémon Go. These tasks can be saved in your field research collection and completed after Out to Play ends.
Here are the Out to Play field research tasks in Pokémon Go:
- Walk 1km reward - Pawmi encounter
- Walk 5km reward - Hisuian Growlithe encounter
- Hatch an Egg reward - Hisuian Sneasel or Hisuian Qwilfish encounter
- Hatch 3 Eggs reward - Hisuian Growlithe encounter
Thank you to SilphScience from reddit for the help with this information.
Everything else you need to know about Out to Play in Pokémon Go
There are three bonuses running until the end of the Out to Play event in Pokémon Go on Monday 2nd October at 8pm (local time) .
The first is that you’ll receive triple XP for successfully completing a raid , while the second sees your Buddy Pokémon earning candy faster when exploring a Route. Finally, Kecleon will be appearing more frequently at PokéStops during the event, which is great for players who haven’t caught Kecleon yet.
Out to Play also sees a number of quality life updates to the Routes feature in Pokémon Go. This includes an increased amount of Routes across the globe, directional arrows while completing a Route, adding a running count of Zygarde Cells you’ve collected which is accessed via the Zygarde Cube and increasing the amount of Routes listed in the Nearby menu. The level requirement for creating a Route has also been lowered.
The following Pokémon will also be appearing more frequently in the wild during the Out to Play event:
Out to Play also sees the release of shiny Hisuian Growlithe and, if you evolve it, shiny Hisuian Arcanine. If you’d like to add this new shiny to your collection, then you can earn Hisuian Growlithe encounters by completing the event-exclusive field research tasks or the Out to Play: Timed Research quest. Hisuian Growlithe may also hatch from any 2km or 7km egg collected during this Pokémon Go event.
You may also want to purchase the Tails of Adventure special research quest. This is a pay-to-play timed research quest and the rewards include additional encounters with Hisuian Growlithe.
Keep in mind that this quest costs $2 or the equivalent price in your local currency, is non-refundable and can not be purchased using Poké Coin. If you do buy it, you must also complete Tails of Adventure before 8pm (local time) on Monday 2nd October or else you’ll lose access to the rewards.
No matter how you catch it, once you’ve got a Hisuian Growlithe you can enter it in a PokéStop Showcase .
Finally, a Hisuian Growlithe Wig will be on sale in the in-game avatar shop from this event onwards.
Hope you enjoy the Out to Play event!
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Free event-exclusive Timed Research focused on Routes and exploring your surroundings will be available throughout the Out to Play event! Complete the research tasks to earn items, Stardust, and encounters with Hisuian Growlithe!
Pokémon Go ’s latest event, “Out to Play,” encourages players to use routes, the in-game pathing system that rewards Zygarde Cells. The event runs from Sept. 27 until Oct. 2 and focuses as...
Here’s a breakdown of the Pokemon Go Out to Play Timed Research, as well as the tasks and rewards that can be had in this free Research challenge.
Here are the Out to Play field research tasks in Pokémon Go: Walk 1km reward - Pawmi encounter; Walk 5km reward - Hisuian Growlithe encounter
Out to Play: Timed Research. Date Released: September 23rd 2023. This research was released as part of the Out to Play event with a focus on routes and exploring.
Out to Play: Timed Research. Event-exclusive Timed Research. Free event-exclusive Timed Research focused on Routes and exploring your surroundings will be available throughout the event! Complete the research tasks to earn items, Stardust, and encounters with Hisuian Growlithe!
Pokemon GO players can complete all the Out to Play Timed and Field Research tasks and also encounter multiple Shiny Pokemon by following this guide.
Niantic. The Out to Play event in Pokemon Go offers two exciting Timed Research quests and players want to find out all about the tasks and rewards included in them. We’ll cover everything you need to know about the free and paid Timed Research in Pokemon Go Out to Play.
Pokemon GO - Out to Play: Timed Research - Step 1 of 1. Explore 5 km - 1x Incense. Hatch 3 Eggs - 1000x Stardust. Follow a Route - 1000x Stardust. Walk 1,000 m while traveling Routes - 1000x...
During the Out to Play Event, you will have the chance to encounter Hisuian Growlithe through Eggs, Field Research Task Encounters, and Timed Research. Make sure to take advantage of this, increasing your odds of encountering this brand-new Shiny Pokemon. Event Bonuses.