With each passing week, Niantic continues making tweaks to Pokemon GO to help ensure players stay engaged and active during this period of social distancing and stay-at-home orders (like the upcoming release of Remote Raiding). Many changes have already been made to spawns and event tasks and goals, but so far players have still needed to travel to Pokestops if they want to restock on important resources without spending money in the game's store.
The latest round of changes to Pokemon GO are designed to help players avoid those daily trips to Pokestops if they really need to. Players usually have to visit Pokestops to restock on items, daily field tasks, and Gifts to send to their in-game friends, but Niantic is trying to make it possible to still do some of those things (in a limited capacity) without leaving the house.
Players are still going to have to go out and spin a bunch of stops if they want to really stock up on items for free, but Niantic is trying to make sure that players can get at least one Field Research task per day and some Gifts to send to their friends without the trip to a Pokestop. This is particularly great news for trainers who don't live anywhere near a Pokestop and have been making special trips out for this reason alone.
Receive one daily bonus Field Research task
At midnight every day, you’ll receive a bonus task without having to spin a PokéStop! These tasks will be different from Field Research tasks you receive from PokéStops and will focus on activities that you can complete from home. If you don’t have an open Field Research slot, then a fourth slot will open up to accommodate the bonus task for you. However, if all four Field Research slots are filled, you won’t receive the bonus task.
Your Buddy Pokémon will bring you Gifts to send if you start to run low
Gifts are an important way to stay in touch with friends and share items. Your Buddy Pokémon wants to help you wherever it can, so it’ll soon be able to bring Gifts to you! As you run low on Gifts, your buddy will start going to nearby PokéStops to get more for you. You’ll see a notification above your buddy’s portrait when it’s returned with Gifts in hand (or paw). A buddy of any Buddy Level will be able to do this for you!
For now, players may want to keep hunting down the best Unova Pokemon in the game if improving their Battle Raid rosters is their primary goal. Be sure to check back in the near future for more Pokemon GO strategy guides, news, and updates. Until then, good luck out there, trainers!
Pokemon GO is available now in select regions on Android and iOS devices.
Source: Pokemon GO Live