In Pokémon GO, two broken field research tasks have been fixed that now yield Shinies again. Here’s an overview for you.
What quests are these? These are the quests for Snubbull and Alolan Vulpix. Both tasks had been declared buggy by the community after no Shinies were found from them.
The bug with the Shinies has now been fixed, and you can again catch Snubbull and Alolan Vulpix as Shinies. Additionally, Niantic is changing the quest surrounding Alolan Vulpix a little.
Fewer Eggs and More Shinies
This is new: The quest “Hatch 7 Eggs” for Alolan Vulpix was completely removed from the game a few days ago. Now the task “Hatch 5 Eggs” appears in the game and also rewards you with Alolan Vulpix. This time, the Pokémon can also be Shiny.
The quest “Defeat a Team GO Rocket Grunt” is still available but now also rewards you with Shiny Snubbull. This was not the case before.
This was not disclosed: Niantic only mentioned the quest regarding Alolan Vulpix on Twitter. The Snubbull quest was not addressed at all, and it was not revealed whether another field research task might have been buggy.
The quest “Use 10 Nanab Berries while catching Pokémon”, which was available during the last field research tasks from September to December and had Scyther as a reward, also seemed to be bugged. However, nothing was said about that.
However, this was revealed: The Twitter post also states that the quest with Alolan Vulpix will be available until the end of February. It seems that we will receive new tasks in March. Previously, field research tasks changed every 4 months, now a change could happen after just 2 months.
You can find all current field research tasks in this article.
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