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/specialresearch is a story for every mythical Pokémon. Work through its stages and it ends with the mythical itself, in a private encounter that’s yours alone.
How a story works
- A story is a chain of stages, each with a few tasks: catch so many Pokémon, win wild battles, hatch Eggs, finish research slates, evolve your own Pokémon, and more. Tasks count as you play.
- Stories start on their own with your next catch or win once they’re open to you. Nothing to sign up for.
- The last stage takes you to the mythical. You travel, you meet it, you throw. Some stories have a battle against a boss form first, like Deoxys.
- Mythicals from research always come with at least 3 perfect IVs, and they’re never shiny.
The stories
| Story | Who |
|---|---|
| A Mythical Discovery | Mew |
| A Ripple in Time | Celebi |
| A Thousand-Year Slumber | Jirachi |
| The Sea Prince | Manaphy |
| The Victory Star | Victini |
| The Meteorite Signal | Deoxys |
| The Gratitude Flower | Shaymin |
| An Oath at the Grove | Keldeo |
| Into the Nightmare | Darkrai |
What research Pokémon can’t do
A mythical from research can’t be traded, sold on the Market or released. Phione is the one mythical you can trade, since it hatches at the Day Care. Pokémon a story hands you along the way are locked the same way.
Timed stories
Most stories stay open once you’ve started them. A story tied to a seasonal event can be timed: it leaves with the event, and a finished one stays in your record. The Long Night was the first. See Seasonal events.
Keeping track
/daily shows where your Special Research stands, and the /menu research button opens it. Mega Stone research is separate: it lives in the Mega list on /pokedex.
Your next story is waiting in /specialresearch!