Pokémon GO’s popular Adventure Week event has returned for its 2024 edition. There’s a new set of Collection Challenges to complete, Field Research tasks to unlock, and a paid-for set of Timed Research tasks to work through. All of these lead to reward encounters with rare Pokémon like Anorith, Archen, Tirtouga, Tyrunt, and Amaura, so it’s worth completing as many as you can.

Adventure Week is a fan-favorite celebration inPokémon GO, as it features arange of fossil Pokémonthat typically can’t be caught in the wild. This is a great opportunity not only to fill out your Pokédex, but also to earn enough Candy to evolve the likes of Kabuto and Omanyte. To help you out, you’re able to see details of the event’s Collection Challenges and Timed Research tasks below.

Pikachu and Charmander standing next to a Pokemon GO gift

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Pokémon GO Adventure Week Collection Challenges

Catch & Evolve These Wild Pokémon

There aretwo Collection Challenges to work throughin the Adventure Week event. Each one requires you to obtain five different Pokémon, some by catching them and others by evolving them. you’re able to see details of both Collection Challenges, how to find each featured Pokémon, and the rewards you’ll get for completing them in the table below:

Spawning in the wild

Amaura and Tyrunt spawning in the Pokemon GO Adventure Week 2024 event

Evolve a Kabuto with 50 Candy

Omastar

Evolve an Omanyte with 50 Candy

When you complete this Collection Challenge, you’ll be rewarded with2500 Stardust, an Anorith encounter, and 25 Mega Aerodactyl Energy.

Kabuto in Pokemon GO

Aerodactyl is listed as a rare wild spawn for this event, but if you explore enough you should be able to find one.Incense can help hereby increasing the amount of Pokémon that spawn in your location. On the other hand, Kabuto and Omanyte are fairly common spawns, so they shouldn’t give you too much trouble.

What It Looks Like

Drilbur

Spawning in the wild and appearing as a Field Research reward

Evolve a Drilbur with 50 Candy

Kabutops in Pokemon GO

Dunsparce

Dugtrio

Evolve a Diglett with 50 Candy

When you complete this Collection Challenge, you’ll be rewarded with2500 Stardust, a Lileep encounter, and 25 Mega Aerodactyl Energy.

Aerodactyl in Pokemon GO

For the evolutions in these Collection Challenges, remember to use Pinap Berries when catching their pre-evolutions. This will give you some extra Candy to put towards the evolution cost.

If you’re struggling to find any of these Pokémon,you can check the Nearby featureby tapping the Pokémon symbols at the bottom-right-hand corner of the map screen. This will show a range of Pokémon that are currently spawning at nearby locations in the real world. If you spot one you need to catch, head to that location and one should spawn on the map.

Omanyte in Pokemon GO

Pokémon GO Adventure Week Timed Research Tasks & Rewards

Egg Incubators & Rare Pokémon Encounters

A paid-for set of Timed Research tasks is available to purchase from the in-game shop for $2 / £1.99 or the equivalent price in your local currency. The main rewards on offer here aretwo Egg Incubators, a Super Incubator, and an Aerodactyl encounter, but there are several other Pokémon reward encounters to discover too, including Archen and Tirtouga.

Whether you’re wondering if it’s worth purchasing a ticket or you just want to see what Pokémon encounters are available, you can see the full list of Adventure Week Timed Research tasks and rewards in the table below:

Omastar in Pokemon GO

Explore 2km

Tyrunt encounter

Drilbur in Pokemon GO

Amaura encounter

Explore 4km

Excadrill in Pokemon GO

Archen encounter

Tirtouga encounter

Dunsparce in Pokemon GO

Complete 10 Field Research tasks

Shieldon

For completing all of these tasks, you’ll be rewarded with2 Egg Incubators, 1 Super Incubator, and an Aerodactyl encounter.

Remember, you’ve only got until June 25, 2025, to finish this set of Timed Research tasks and Collection Challenges, as that’s when the Adventure Week event comes to a close. This is longer than most events inPokémon GOrun for, though, so hopefully you’ll be able to complete everything and earn all of those rewards.