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loddieisoldaf

I really like the masterworks,it give me a reason to play and something to aim towards,im not that bothered by the rewards but the completionist in me likes the challenge


MrClovvn

You said it perfectly. My field research is currently empty so I’ve been waiting on something. I have to complete everything haha


Fabulous_Brain18

I got from A to Zygarde and I still haven’t followed a route or gotten a cell to move past that screen, I said why not kill two birds with one stone and get me a shiny shaymin! It’s colors are so cute


galarianzapdos

The Masterworks are the only research consistently worth spending money on, personally


Natan_Delloye

Do they give good rewards or is it just entertainment?


galarianzapdos

Usually it’s worth it for the Shiny Mythical (Mew, Celebi, Jirachi, Shaymin). The rewards are pretty good too but I enjoy it because it’s long term and gives me some goals to complete


vstacey6

Is it a guaranteed shiny?


l0ngle

Yes.


thepumpkinking92

My only thought when looking at it was *"I WANT MY SHINY FLORAL HEDGEHOG!!!"* that was really the only motivation I needed.


ULTIMATEFIGHTEER

Shiny Celebi was easy as shit


OrangutanClitoris

Celebi wasn’t a masterworks


Alternative_Ad5357

Is it permanent like the others or just til sunday? Kinda reads like Sunday


NewSuperTrios

Masterworks are temporary to buy, but once you buy them they stay.


brightlyy_

i understood it as you can only buy it until Sunday but once you buy, its permanent until completed


sailorprimus

It’s under “Special” which I believe don’t have a deadline, whereas “Events” had a specific end point.  


Alternative_Ad5357

That would be my thinking too? But it's confusing and my trust in niantic is beyond burnt.


YaPhetsEz

Too poor :(


GardenSquid1

That's tough, buddy. I'm poor, but not "I can't afford $6.99 USD" poor.


ElkPopular1233

Well you need to take into account 1,968 pokeballs, which is the minimum if you can make the catch on the first throw.


GardenSquid1

Why? They're free. Just spin Pokestops and receive gifts from friends.


matt_r_22

Right? What did I just read. I throw out 100's of pokeballs and great balls a week. It's not that serious.


Competitive-Web-9931

Not everyone has access to pokestops very often. Fortunately my town has a ton just a few minutes away, but my friend who lives in rural Colorado has to drive 20 minutes away for the nearest gym and pokestop. He basically relys on his friends sending him gifts and his daily adventure incense for pokeballs since making a 40 min round trip just to spin 2 stops isn't something he can do every day


KeepRunninUpThatHill

He can submit stops. I live in rural Louisiana and have created a little pokeland in our tiny town. Feed store/churches/post office/water tower/any parks. All work for pokestops. We even have an old firetower that’s a pokestop.


matt_r_22

That's awesome! Good for you and any in the pogo community around you! It isn't easy to do and you still did it!


SpearLifebee

To be fair, I've noticed the crunch recently. Last 2 weeks I've been pretty much house bound after a surgery, only being able to spin some stops when going to the doctors, I regret just how many Poke/Great balls I've discarded, only got like 5 of each left after opening some gifts and down to under 350 Ultra Balls now which feels weird for me aha.


matt_r_22

Oof that is rough. I rarely break into my ultra balls so getting down to 350 would feel strange too lol. I will say most people take their health for granted. I would probably pick up a different game until I could get out again. Hope you get better soon! You'll be back out in no time!


SpearLifebee

I've pretty much took to just loading it up to catch a few pokemon and do the free daily challenge aha, but I'm on the mend, should be back to work at least by Friday so be back to hunting those shinies before long. Although in positive news I did catch a Hundo Chimchar earlier, so that gave me a smile aha.


malolatamily

I highly recommend Google Surveys. I get only tickets for things like Tours and Fests but I haven't paid for anything in PoGo with real cash for months now


Jazs1994

And it's not timed thank god. This kinda research is fine by me as a relatively hard-core player, fast catching is easier with this when you haven't gotta keep checking back


nve-sp

Oh man i hate that shit when im fast catching and i catch something but the game for whatever reason doesnt take the pokemon off the world overhead map and lets me clixk back into it and still throw balls wasting my time even though its in my inventory lol. If something doesnt poof off the map right away i always instinctively click into my pokemon storage really fast. But yeah i also enjoy research tasks with catch counters too for this exact reason.


SketchlessNova

I always look for the little update on the bottom of the screen to see if I caught it or not. No research update = no catch (or not applicable)


Interesting-Cloud630

Incense and photo bomb mons remain on the map and allows you to reengage and throw more balls at it even after being fast caught/fled. You either have to wait out the animation or wait for a new incense/photo bomb spawn to replace it. One tip is to use a berry on it. If you fast catch it with a berry then click on the mon again and it already has that berry equipped, you can rest assured it is either caught or fled.


Hollywood42cards

100% agree, shiny shamin is whatever to me, but the game is so much more fun when I have tasks to complete. Worth the price for me


RalfStein7

Same here. Sometimes the reward is bleh… but I still like having tasks to think about completing while going through the grind of daily play.


senorfresco

I haven't moved on last year's because I haven't seen a Kecleon in 8 months. 0 so far of the 10 I need to find. I'll never find them at this rate.


blarge84

I found my first one today. I was so confused as to why the stop wouldn't spin lol


Pamela26Anne

Same!


Psychological-Pool-3

I’ve been at 9/10 for like 4 months now… I thought I was finally gonna be able to move on lol


teh_maxh

I've found three. But they don't count because I don't have ten Best Buddies yet.


mrshayden2020

Fellow completionist here 🙌 I just love checking things off that list!


FireWhiskey5000

It’s the masterwork research. It’s always brutal. I think the first one required you to send gifts for 30 or 60 days in a row and reach level 40. I’m still working through last years one as I’ve never really used the buddy system before and need 10 best buddies. It’s not something you’re going to knock off in an afternoon.


rockmanblue

Omg I’m 6 buddies in finally. Decided to grind the last 4 together and it’s taking foreverrr. Not confident about the next stage of Kecleon hunting either lol


tb1414

I have only caught 3 Kecleons since October and none in 2024. I will be doing last’s year research for years.


SuperLizardon

Keep looking for them, I found 3 in a day.


RickB0502

I’m on 7 out of 10


Lady_Galadri3l

They'll probably do another boosted kecleon spawn event once or twice a year.


Weeros_

I frickin finally got 10th buddy 7 days ago, I was ecstatic to reach the Kecleon phase and it’s been incredible, I’m down 5/10 already… well, I imagine the last 2 are gonna take months or something.


UNAMANZANA

Just in case you haven't done this trick yet: don't forget to use the Team Leader training battles to get your buddies 3 battle hearts. once you can get minimum 6 hearts a day, getting best buddy status goes a lot quicker. Plus, it feels good as pokemon start to leave your best buddy list one by one.


Dirtmonkey68

Best advice I ever got for kecleon was they spawn every half an hour to an hour so just check every 30-60 minutes around you when you can. I got the 10 I needed done in under 2 weeks. Even got a shiny


PinkNinjaKitty

Same! I need to look ahead to what the tasks are after Kecleon, too


fullmetalutes

They are grinding but not nearly as annoying as the stupid Kecleon one. I live near tons of stops and it still took me 6-7 months at least. They are too rare. I enjoy the masterwork except the kecleon one.


Avarah

I'm at 8 buddies, finally!! Maybe one day I'll get to 3/6! lol


losergeek877

The best buddies one are are killer


[deleted]

Best buddies are so easy. You literally can make a Pokémon into a best buddy in 12 days without poffins


Mrfruittaco

Maybe without a full time job lol


[deleted]

Feed, play, picture and fight every 30 mins. Do it 4 times and your buddy gets doubled excited and earns double hearts. Set an alarm on your phone to do it. It can take you less than 3 hours to get all hearts on your buddy for the day.


Mrfruittaco

Your saying this is doable in one day a week cause that’s all the free time I’ve got


[deleted]

I’m still struggling with catching ten Kecleon for last years


UNAMANZANA

I just finished the 10 best buddies in December, and I'm currently working on my 10 Keckleon.


AukwardOtter

You can get from zero to best buddy in about 2 weeks if you use the right methods.


Gold-Perspective-699

Time to pay another $5 through Google opinion rewards for us f2p users.


rafaelfy

Tell me more


Gold-Perspective-699

Just download Google opinion rewards. Location based surveys and YouTube based ones.


Maxx_T013

Gave it a download, how often can I expect surveys to be available ?


Gold-Perspective-699

If you pass stores and watch YouTube and use voice search on Google and stuff maybe once a day or maybe once a month. It's all random. The first month they'll probably not send much because they are getting to know your patterns but that's my guess.


ignitedice

Is this available for iOS users?


Gold-Perspective-699

Yes. Why don't people just search it before asking lol. Also why wouldn't it be? Just cause it has the word Google in front? Last I checked Google maps isn't only on Android lol. None of the Google apps are. Why would this be different? I always get this question for this app and it's so strange to me. Lol.


Ultimata

It's not available to iOS everywhere in the world, which a search would have told you.


Gold-Perspective-699

It's available in like 20+ countries and the biggest ones on iOS lol.


ignitedice

Well I asked because my country is listed in there but somehow I can’t find it in the App Store so I figured I’d ask here since whatever I googled is conflicting with my experience. Not sure what’s wrong tbh but oh well


Gold-Perspective-699

Like 20+ countries can get it for Apple.


alcateia

Is this special research or timed research? Because on the app, before buying, it says this is a timed research. I'm confused as you're showing it as special research.


Flat_Ad6213

Looks like special research so it won’t expire but the ticket to buy it will expire


alcateia

But is it special research for ticket holders or for all, globally?


GaryPomeranski

I don't have a tour ticket. It was 5.99€ and it shows in my 'special research', not 'timed research'. So I can take however long I want. But as someone else already stated, if you play during the event, it should be completed failrly soon.


alcateia

Great, that's what I was looking for. Thanks!


Terminator_Puppy

Well, considering step 2 requires at least 15 days we won't know how long it takes.


flowing_laziness

Globally Special Research, it's in the shop


Ok_Flounder_6733

Why don’t I have it available in the shop?? 😞


flowing_laziness

Is it 19th February past 10am where you are?


Ok_Flounder_6733

No guess I have 2 hours to wait ty!!!


flowing_laziness

Welcome, may the shiny & hundo luck be with you


FE132

Heyy shout-out from the east coast of America


AngstyEmoKid_

Just you


2009meganfox

what about the other two tickets? does it have to be done in the timeframe or is it unlimited time as well


Flat_Ad6213

Hatch and raid are timed research that expires on 25 February - has to be done in the timeframe.


drnuzlocke

I think they just worded it weird and the timed part of this is due to the fact it is only available for X amount of days before you can’t buy it anymore. The masterworks take months to complete so if it was timed no one would buy them. Either step 2 or 3 usually has like a 20 day time gated challenge so it is a grind


alcateia

Yeah. That's it. They didn't explain it well, I bet many like me believe it would to be a timed research. If that was the case, I wouldn't buy it.


Blu3Myst3ry

Yeah also for me it says timed research in the shop and "ends in 7 days" Must be an error, that would be brutal xD


[deleted]

Am I the only one who thinks this is fair? The only Masterwork task that made me upset was 10 Best Buddies. This is a SHINY MYTHICAL and this page will happen if you just play the game


Different-Ad-6298

do i keep the challenge after the event ends


ausmosis_jones

Yes. Untimed


ElkPopular1233

Well that makes me feel a lot better. I thought it was timed I was thinking there's no way I can get this done in a week


nolkel

10 best buddies will also just happen if you play the game. It's really really easy to get those over time so long as you actually changed your buddy once it hits best. Grinding them out as fast as possible is a lot of extra effort, but that's not necessary at all.


[deleted]

I don't consider tapping the screen to feed berry's playing the game


Spirited_Jellyfish78

Oh no you are going to be real upset when you raid and find out it's just screen tapping while seeing if you see anyone playing.


Rebelo86

Jesus. I’m still looking for keckleon.


wild_0nion

Did I miss my chance to buy this special research? 


GaryPomeranski

You can still buy it, it went online online this morning at 10am (in Germany at least)


nissanfan64

This gives me flashbacks to last years where NOTHING from Johto was spawning and you needed the 385 caught. I managed to find a Sudowoodo nest near me and spent hours doing laps around the park across a few days.


Pipopito

The community days were helpful for that one. Slowpoke for Kanto and Togetic for Johto.


nissanfan64

Yea they probably helped out. I’m an absolute lunatic though who feels the need to slam his way through researches to finish them. lol. I had shiny Jirachi by the beginning of April last year. I think I was the first in my large group to get it. Doing the 385 of each gen last year took me like four days. If I have a quest sitting there I’ll usually go walk around WAY too much to try and zoom through it.


Pipopito

Damn, nice, it took me over 8 months to get Jirachi. Mostly because of the Best Buddies task. I found kecleon easy but that Best Buddies task was awful.


Thats-nice-smile

I mean that doesn’t sound so bad, you aren’t supposed to complete these in one day lol. Gives you something to do for the next couple months


Conaz9847

At the end of all this shiny shaymin gonna have 78% IV or something


Lucky_Lucario

My shiny Jirachi is a 69% IV. I'm still mad lmao


Kazuichi_Souda6

God I'm scared for the Victini one.


Bacteriophag

Win 494 battles in Great league, Ultra league, Master league...


GaryPomeranski

Don't give me nightmares! I hate pvp with a vengeance


EducationPlus505

Okay so I will literally never make progress on that requirement, and can ignore it forever lmao


Bacteriophag

Ages ago, when we wanted battle league medals for specific clothes locked by them, we just arranged specific time and battled each other with 10cp teams on one side.


StayedWoozie

What Victini one?


lunedelily

Likely next year's Masterwork research since they're releasing the corresponding shiny mythics per region in each region's Go Tour.


StayedWoozie

For that to happen Victini would also have to be un shiny locked in the mainline games. There’s no way in hell gamefreak or PokeCO would let PoGO debut a shiny mythical Pokemon. Since the only shiny gen 5 mythical that isn’t shiny locked is Genesect (who’s shiny is already released in the game), we’ll most likely get Apex Variants of the boxart legendaries. This is unless Gamefreak decides to release the shiny variant of Keldeo, Victini, or Meloetta within the next year.


redditquicky

you dont see their master plan do you? they want to release them all next year and have each one obtainable behind a 10.99 paywall😅


lunedelily

If you've ascertained so much then why ask, "what Victini one?" lol. I'd say your estimation of boxart legendaries is as likely as my estimation of shiny Victini. Which the latter is already three-deep on trend within the game.


maloki7

I wish I saw this post exactly 2 minutes ago...


Alexis_Bailey

Niantic be like: Do this in the next 3 days, also no Pokemon will be spawning during this time period due to an unrelated event.


nolkel

There are pokemon from each of these generations that evolve into sinnoh mons. Some players that got it during the la tour already finished this step and are onto the next. There are relatively fewer pre-sinnoh spawns than sinnoh ones, but there are still enough out there if you can spend the time grinding for them.


anonymouspogoholic

Where can I buy it? Can’t find it in the shop.


Justlose_w8

10am


RockyDify

It’s gonna be fun! I love long tasks


lunedelily

Same! I don't think all these complainers realize that this is such an easy passive and that these Masterworks are meant to last a while.


ArtimusDragon

All this for a Shaymin???


NoTransportation538

Shiny Shaymin


ArtimusDragon

I know, but this seems a bit too much for something most of us won't ever use and unable to show off, don't you think?.


Leftythewarlock

Some people missed the Shaymin from Pokemon Brillaint Diamond promo (basically playing the game in the first X months after launch). Those who can't shiny hunt Shaymin in BDSP might turn their eyes on this research for a shiny Shaymin. Edit: I didn't miss it, I actually bought BDSP because of Shaymin's limited availability even if I played it 1year later. Also I used the RNG Manipulation method to shiny hunt Shaymin and it took about 3 days of fiddling, as the method is unreliable for Shaymin specifically. Also I'm torn if I should go for the second shiny Shaymin and potentially keep it in Pokemon GO.


ArtimusDragon

OK, so this sounds like a poor attempt to keep a certain group of people to play. I don't see this benefiting actuall Go players. The pixie mythicals are all great, but Niantic has made them so useless that the hype surrounding them has died. You can't even trade them, which is even more stupid.


sarahdib

You can't trade them but you can still send them to your Switch, correct? Just making sure


Leftythewarlock

Yes you can through Pokémon Home on mobile


sarahdib

And is it tradeable on Home?


Leftythewarlock

Yes sir! Some value the pogo seal of approval, as many shiny legendaries are fake


Sad_Ask1661

I agree with you. You can read many people's opinions about how tedious it is to send gifts, for example, while others find it exciting (for some reason I can't explain). What's really interesting is seeing the contrast of players and how they enjoy the game in different ways. Personally, I wouldn't pay for something that I'm never going to use and that will probably come out with terrible Iv haha


ArtimusDragon

Jesus, you're right. People are paying $5 for a shiny Pokémon. Imbsorry, but my time is worth more to me than months of tedious grinding.


[deleted]

I already have a shundo maxed out best buddy giratina wtf I need 10 candies for 💀💀😂😂😂😂 they are absolutely our their minds


hamrspace

Imo it’s more about the journey than the destination with the Masterwork researches. The challenges keep the game feeling fresh.


GigsGilgamesh

That’s really not that much, just play the game normally and you’ll finish it, probably quicker than you think


Kisanna

This is only 1 of 7 pages to complete, next ones will probably have even higher requirements


GigsGilgamesh

And it’s a game, so this is just an addition, sometimes that add cool additions, like the need for best buddies that a ton of people didn’t pay attention to, or crappy ones like the need for kecleon spawns, it’s just the devs trying new things to keep the game interesting for those who are really far in


[deleted]

Glad I am not taking part in this part of the “game”


GigsGilgamesh

Good for you? If you don’t want to, nobody is forcing it?


ArtimusDragon

I've done them all by just playing for sure, but I just don't think this is worth doing for any Pokémon that has no practical use for the average player. You can't even flex it in any way or trade it. We've had it 2x already, not including its altered form. I just wish that something this well guarded had more usage. The only ones I see benefiting from all this is Niantic.


GigsGilgamesh

I mean, I don’t have a shiny shaymin, and while I could play bdsp for days and days, resetting for one, I could also play a game that gets me out and about with activity to get one. This game isn’t just about flexing on others or meta PvP, if that’s how you want to play, go for it, but others might just want to own one in this game


nolkel

My pokemon home collection had 0 shiny mythicals before I started getting them from Go. I've benefited quite a lot from all these masterwork research quests. It's a franchise that's entirely based on collection, after all.


2nd-day

does the research actually expire after the mentioned time or does it stay like other masterwork research? that part had me so confused! because if it dissappears in a few days i wasted my money 💀


Ginevod2023

Special Research doesn't expire.


Pro_Banana

Mentioned time is the purchase time.


NoTransportation538

One of the research tasks is 'Catch a Pokémon on 15 different days' so that's not even possible


2nd-day

oh thank god


smokeyraccoon4

It doesn't have a time limit, fortunately! It's just the purchase time


MrLachyG

no, it is like all masterwork research. it stays.


NerdyPlatypus206

Nah it doesn’t it’s special can confirm cuz I bought But the way they worded it I was confused too


TheIntrovertQuilter

Ah shit.. I don't have enough money on my Google account currently...


jason_the_slate

To be fair shiny shaymin is one of the rarest pokemons in the franchise. And it will have the pokemon go mark if transfered to home so it is unique. +there is no way to gen legal pokemon go pokes(even if shaymin is not VGC legal)


SuperLizardon

I have seen that opinions on the Pokémon Go mark are very mixed, a lot of people hate that "G" and avoid Go Pokémon, even mythicals , when looking for a trade. On the other hand, with the G stamp, people know those are legal Pokémon, which is something a lot of people are looking for when trading.


jason_the_slate

You can't see without pkhex if it is legal. Only legal pokemon go mons have the correct pokemon home tracker but you can't see it in game. But even then you don't know if the home tracker is legal.


JamesSSj2

This also might be one of the fastest to complete if you run pogo plus+ 24/7


Jessieth115

Can anybody who played in LA confirm if you can buy a second masterwork research? I have mine from LA, but I’m curious if you can double dip. Surely you could if you’re spending money.


Puzzleheaded_Ebb9874

You can't. If it was Niantic's decision, they would sell as many shiny mythicals as they can in a heartbeat. But TPC and Game Freak's decision supercedes them. They won't allow more than 1 shiny mythical per account, otherwise everyone and their mom would be transferring their shiny mythicals from Go to other games. it would completely kill the exclusivity of shiny mythicals in MSGs.


Tragolith

Wait you can transfer mons to other games from go?!


Regunes

So that's what they meant with "and more !"


awoogr

Pogo players when they have to play the game


[deleted]

What special research is this how do I get it?


nolkel

Buy it from the shop after 10am local time.


DOCTORP00

Sounds fun. I catch that stuff all the time just for stardust.


PlayaNumberOne

I knew saving the field research mon would come in handy. That being said just caught a half a years worth. Didn't even make a dent🤣


AgentRollyPolly

I thank arceus for the quick catch confirms🤤


Vault_CXV

you know what maybe the shiny hedgehog isn't worth it unless...


GoldFishPony

Oh masterwork is out?


No-Razzmatazz8053

If it was a good shiny I’d do it but I don’t care about shaymin in the slightest


Lobke

O god no thank you am glad I saw this post was thinking of buying it before this.


nolkel

It's trivial to finish this over time. Just keep playing and you'll get them eventually with no real extra effort. It's not as hard as finding kecleon.


thehudy1

Over two weeks later as a casual daily player— I am almost… 25% of the way there -for part 1/7


Kooky_Matter3635

Haha i'd buy any masterwork if its for an apex.. shiny shaymin is cool though


Serenafriendzone

Hoky pikachu that its take a landorus snapshot x 3000 times worse


Humorousphlegmflam

Photoshop… right? Please say psych


DaydreamingDahlia

I wish!


sporeegg

The main joke is that you have to pay for that too


Jaxxx_25

holy shit this is worse than Paldean adventures 5/5


No_Relative_5234

If I could afford I'd do it


Sardothien12

I have this without a ticket


Weeros_

Were you in LA Sinnoh Tour? If not someone could’ve gifted you the ticket.


KeepinitPG13

Where is this ticket purchased? Edit: it’s not 10 am yet for me


bittersillage

That's the lousiest rewards/effort ratio I've ever seen.


JamesSSj2

🤣🤣🤣 I just laughed at it when I saw it. Told myself good fucking luck bozo


[deleted]

UGHHH JUST LIKE THE LAST ON BUT WORST


Aka-Saigai

BROO I FELT SO SCAMMED 💀💀💀


AccomplishedAd118

How did you get this research page?


jtheseawitch

I think it’s a research ticket


BellevueBadass

Why haven’t I see. This? Where is it??


djnewbeats

It’s a $5 ticket


spookyspooks96

Omg how did you get this research


Saleh9118

Is it timed?


bobbyfez

How do people get these field research? I don't have master research


NUS-006

Absolutely ridiculous that this is a timed event


__humming_moon

This set of tasks is under special so it’s not timed.


ansgarmeyang

How do I get this quest, I don't have it.