Pokémon Go ‘2023 World Championship Celebration’ event, Timed Research guide

From Aug. 11-15, Pokémon Go is promoting the 2023 Pokémon World Championships with a celebration event, boosting the spawn rates of Pokémon, and adding another Pikachu in a cute outfit.

Notably, this event adds shiny Scraggy and Scrafty to the game.

During the event period, some Pokémon will also learn special moves when caught or evolved:

There is also a special set of Timed Research you can only get from watching the Pokémon Go Twitch channel for 30 minutes on Friday or Saturday. Just scroll down to the panel that notes a giveaway and follow the instructions to get it.

There’s also the usual perks, like a Timed Research Task set, specific spawns, and Field Research, which we’ve listed out below.

Rewards: 1 Elite Fast TM, Pikachu (World Championships Jersey) encounter

This is the research you need to watch the Twitch channel for, as mentioned above.

Rewards: 1 Star Piece, 1 Charged TM

After this point, the choices branch, and though the rewards for step two differ, the steps are the same. Pick whichever branch that has the rewards for you.

Rewards: 10 Skarmory Candy, 10 Slakoth Candy, 10 Mudkip Candy

Rewards: 10 Phantump Candy, 10 Hoothoot Candy, 10 Chinchou Candy

Rewards: 10 Marill Candy, 10 Eevee Candy, 10 Vullaby Candy

Rewards: 1 Premium Battle Pass

Note that the official Niantic page for this event does not list Alolan Sandslash as an encounter — it lists Alolan Sandshrew instead. It may be an error that Alolan Sandslash is being handed out as a reward to players, but we’re rolling with it.