Pokemon GO's Lunar New Year 2023 event will take place from Thursday, January 19 at 10am local time until Monday, January 23 at 8pm local time. During this timeframe, players can work on an event-exclusive batch of Timed Research, which is called Lucky Wishes and features a branching path. For those fans that are trying to determine which of these paths they should take, full details on Pokemon GO's Lucky Wishes Timed Research can be found in this guide.

To begin, it is important to establish that the tasks and rewards that make up the Lucky Wishes Timed Research are nearly identical across all three of its paths. The path that a player chooses does determine which bonus they receive for the duration of PoGO's Lunar New Year 2023 event, though, and indeed they are quite different from one another. Fans are thus advised to primarily focus on the event's bonuses when deciding on their preferred path, and those have been detailed below Step 1 in the following list.

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Pokemon GO: Lucky Wishes Timed Research Tasks and Rewards

Step 1

  • Catch 5 Pokemon (15x Poke Ball)
  • Spin 3 PokeStops or Gyms (10x Great Ball)
  • Power up Pokemon 5 Times (2x Silver Pinap Berry)

Step 1 Completion Rewards: 500 Stardust, 500 XP, 1x Lucky Egg

Pick a Path

  • Hatching Eggs (Half Egg Hatch Distance)
  • Using Daily Adventure Incense (Double Daily Adventure Incense Duration)
  • Collecting Stardust (Double Catch Stardust)

Step 2 (Hatching Eggs)

  • Catch 10 Pokemon (Bunnelby Encounter)
  • Catch 25 Pokemon (Magikarp Encounter)
  • Catch 8 Different Species of Pokemon (Combusken Encounter)
  • Hatch 3 Eggs (Galarian Darumaka Encounter)
  • Send 25 Gifts to Friends (Azumarill Encounter)

Step 2 (Hatching Eggs) Completion Rewards: Darumaka Encounter, 1x Egg Incubator

Step 2 (Using Daily Adventure Incense)

  • Catch 10 Pokemon (Bunnelby Encounter)
  • Catch 25 Pokemon (Magikarp Encounter)
  • Catch 8 Different Species of Pokemon (Combusken Encounter)
  • Use Daily Adventure Incense to Help Catch 15 Pokemon (Galarian Darumaka Encounter)
  • Send 25 Gifts to Friends (Azumarill Encounter)

Step 2 (Using Daily Adventure Incense) Completion Rewards: Darumaka Encounter, 10x Golden Razz Berry, 25x Ultra Ball

Step 2 (Collecting Stardust)

  • Catch 10 Pokemon (Bunnelby Encounter)
  • Catch 25 Pokemon (Magikarp Encounter)
  • Catch 8 Different Species of Pokemon (Combusken Encounter)
  • Earn 7,500 Stardust (Galarian Darumaka Encounter)
  • Send 25 Gifts to Friends (Azumarill Encounter)

Step 2 (Collecting Stardust) Completion Rewards: Darumaka Encounter, 1x Star Piece

pokemon go lucky wishes timed research

Of the bonuses that can be activated through the Lucky Wishes Timed Research, the one that grants double catch Stardust is perhaps the most-obvious choice. That said, there are certainly reasons to go with the Hatching Eggs path (the Level 50 Challenge) and the Using Adventure Incense Path (the Galarian Legendary Birds), and players should consider their options carefully upon completing Step 1.

With respect to the tasks, the vast majority of them are very simple to complete. In fact, the only task that has any real chance of giving players trouble is the one that centers around sending Gifts, as not everyone will have friends that also play the game. Fortunately, there are places online, such as the PokemonGOFriends Subreddit, for players that are in that situation to find others with whom they can exchange Gifts in Pokemon GO.

Pokemon GO is available on Android and iOS devices.

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