From the moment special quests appeared in the Pokemon GO game, we already have a whole list of them. Pokemon go special research greatly expanded the plot of the game. Quests like these made a huge impression on the Pokémon GO community.
Special Research in Pokemon GO - special quests
Special Research Assignments are story-based quests given by Professor Willow himself. They are available from level 5 and will appear to you as your the character will grow in level and undergo these special studies. Some Special Research can be found at events. Unlike field quests, Special Research Jobs cannot be deleted. You can only complete all of these quests once per account.
Field Research Assignments provide unique rewards as part of Research breakthroughswhile special missions help you find and capture shadowy and unique mythical Pokémon like Mythical Pokémon Mew.
Special Research is a story mode that tells the story of Professor Willow and his quest to find rare mythical Pokémon. It is accessed when Professor Willow's icon is displayed in the bottom right corner of the screen, indicating that he has an assignment.
By fulfilling the various research requests given by Professor Willow, the research progresses and the story develops. As the story progresses, the query difficulty level will also increase. Some quests and requests will only be unlocked after you reach a certain level or medal in the game. But most will require you to just catch Pokemon, twist PokéStops, throw Pokeballs, fight on the towers and raidsas well as resist Team P and much more.
Rewards can be very diverse from experience and items to encounters with mythical and Shadow Pokémon... The list of rewards for your current quest is always available in the Special Research Description window.
Special quests - the whole list
To this day, the following tasks of Professor Willow have been encountered in the Pokemon GO game, not counting the festival quests at events:
| Quest name | Date of appearance | Unique Pokemon |
| A mythical discovery | March 30 2018 |  Mew |
| A Ripple In Time | August 20 2018 |  Celebi |
| A Spooky Message 2018 | October 23 2018 |  Spiritomb |
| Let's Go, Meltan | November 16, 2018 |  Meltan |
| Jump Start Research | 28 2019 June | — |
| A troubling situation | July 23 2019 | — |
| A Thousand-Year Slumber | August 20 2019 |  Jirachi |
| A Spooky Message 2019 | October 17 2019 | Spiritomb |
| A colossal discovery | November 2, 2019 |  Regigigas |
| Looming in the shadows | November 7, 2019 | — |
| A Challenge Development | December 1 2019 | — |
| Celebrate 2019 | December 14 2019 | — |
| The Take-Over Continues | January 1 2020 | — |
| A Professor's Work Is Never Done | February 1 2020 | — |
| The Shadowy Threat Grows | March 1 2020 | — |
| A Drive To Investigate | March 20 2020 |  Genesect |
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