Summer is pretty much here, which means it's time to celebrate with Pokemon GO! This year, the game is once again delivering some seriously valuable in-game rewards if players around the globe are able to complete a series of difficult challenges. The first Global Research Challenge has been successfully triggered, but there are still a few more in-store if the Pokemon GO community is able to accomplish everything else on the list.

The first challenge, Spark's Candy Research Challenge, wrapped up on June 16 and players managed to unlock an awesome tier of rewards. This means that trainers around the world are able to reap the benefits of this Challenge between now and June 25.

Here are all of the details for Spark's Challenge and the other upcoming tasks and rewards...

Spark’s Candy Research Challenge

Thursday, June 13, 2019, at 9 a.m. to Sunday, June 16, 2019, at 5 p.m. PDT (GMT −7)

This challenge lasts from start to finish of Pokémon GO Fest Chicago.

Challenge Research Tasks

Pokémon GO Fest Chicago event attendees — Complete 1 million research tasks to unlock 2× Catch Candy

Team Instinct — Complete 15 million research tasks globally to unlock guaranteed 1 Rare Candy per raid

Team Valor — Complete 15 million research tasks globally to unlock 1/2 Hatch Distance

Team Mystic — Complete 15 million research tasks globally to unlock 2× Hatch Candy

Reward Bonus Date and Time

All successfully unlocked bonuses will run from Tuesday, June 18, 2019, at 1 p.m. until Tuesday, June 25, 2019, at 1 p.m. PDT.

Unlock all the above bonuses, and Raikou will be available in raids for a short period of time (date and time to be announced later). If you’re lucky, you might encounter Shiny Raikou!

Candela’s XP Research Challenge

Thursday, July 4, 2019, at 1 a.m. to Sunday, July 7, 2019, at 9 a.m. PDT (GMT −7)

This challenge lasts from start to finish of Pokémon GO Fest Dortmund.

Challenge Research Tasks

Pokémon GO Fest Dortmund event attendees — Complete 1 million research tasks to unlock 3× Catch XP

Team Instinct — Complete 15 million research tasks globally to unlock 1-hour Lucky Eggs

Team Valor — Complete 15 million research tasks globally to unlock 3× Hatch XP

Team Mystic — Complete 15 million research tasks globally to unlock 2× Raid XP

Reward Bonus Date and Time

All successfully unlocked bonuses will run from Tuesday, July 9, 2019, at 1 p.m. until Tuesday, July 16, 2019, at 1 p.m. PDT.

Unlock all the above bonuses, and Entei will be available in raids Sunday, July 14, 2019 (time to be announced later). If you’re lucky, you might encounter Shiny Entei!

Blanche’s Stardust Research Challenge

Monday, August 5, 2019, at 6 p.m. to Monday, August 12, 2019, at 1 a.m. PDT (GMT −7)

This challenge lasts from start to finish of Pokémon GO Fest Yokohama.

Challenge Research Tasks

Pokémon GO Fest Yokohama event attendees — Complete 2 million research tasks to unlock 3× Catch Stardust

Team Instinct — Complete 25 million research tasks globally to unlock guaranteed 3,000 Stardust per raid

Team Valor — Complete 25 million research tasks globally to unlock 3× Hatch Stardust

Team Mystic — Complete 25 million research tasks globally to unlock 1-hour Star Pieces

Reward Bonus Date and Time

All successfully unlocked bonuses will run from Tuesday, August 13, 2019, at 1 p.m. until Tuesday, August 20, 2019, at 1 p.m. PDT.

Unlock all the above bonuses, and Suicune will be available in raids on Saturday, August 17, 2019 (time to be announced later). If you’re lucky, you might encounter Shiny Suicune!

Be sure to check back in the coming days for more Pokemon GO strategy guides, news, and updates. Until then, good luck out there, trainers!

Pokemon GO is currently available in select regions on Android and iOS devices.

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