Pokémon Go ‘A Route to New Friendships’ Special Research guide
The “A Route to New Friendships” Pokémon Go Special Research Task set requires you to go on routes. We list out all the steps in our guide.
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A Pokémon Go routes-based event has introduced a new special NPC, Mateo. As part of the “Along the Routes” event, this set of Special Research Tasks will unlock permanently once you start it. That means you can take your time completing it, as it’ll never go away.
We list out all the steps and rewards to “A Route to New Friendships” below.
‘A Route to New Friendships’ step 1 of 4
Rewards: 1,000 Stardust, 1,000 XP
‘A Route to New Friendships’ step 2 of 4
Rewards: 1,000 Stardust, 5 Great Balls
‘A Route to New Friendships’ step 3 of 4
Rewards: 1,000 Stardust, 3 Ultra Balls
‘A Route to New Friendships’ step 4 of 4
At the time of writing, this step is unknown. We’ll update this guide once players get to this point.