

Tier four raids can be more difficult, but can generally be beaten by five or six players at most.ĭark eggs represent legendary raids, which are the most difficult to complete. In almost every case, a level three raid can be beaten solo by a high level player, but may require the help of a few others depending on your battle party. Tier three and four raids are in yellow eggs, which have a wide range of difficulty. These are generally battles you’ll be able to beat by yourself, or maybe with the help of one or two other trainers if you’re a low level. Tier one and two raids are in pink eggs, which are the easiest type of raid. There are five tiers of raids, and the color of the egg corresponds to the difficulty of the Pokemon inside. If you find a raid before it’s begun, you’ll see an egg on top of a gym that will eventually hatch into a raid boss. Both of these are part of the raid battle system that Pokemon Go added in 2017. Each month gets a different Pokemon, so if you get your seventh stamp on October 31, you’ll get October's Pokemon if you open the box immediately, or November's if you wait until the next day.Īs you walk through the world, you may see messages pop up periodically that a battle is about to begin nearby, or you may see timers on top of gyms. For every seven stamps you get, you’ll have the chance to open a Research Breakthrough Box, which awards you with an encounter with a rare or legendary Pokemon. Once per day, the first research task you complete will give you a daily stamp.

The tasks will either give you items or an encounter with a Pokemon as a reward, with better rewards for harder tasks. You can obtain new tasks by spinning any PokeStop, and you can hold up to three at a time (or trash the ones you don’t want). These are basic tasks (hatch an egg, catch 10 Pokemon, etc.) that you’ll generally complete during typical play anyway. First, “field” research is something you can complete multiple times per day.

Back on the main screen, the pair of binoculars in the bottom right are how you access Research.
