Fossil Research Day
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Time and Date
Fossil Research Day will happen on Saturday, August 2, 2025, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time.
Featured Pokémon
Event-themed Field Research tasks will award encounters with the featured Pokémon!
✨You’ll have an increased chance of encountering a Shiny one!
Wild Encounters
The following Pokémon will appear more frequently in the wild.
Some Trainers might even encounter the following!
✨If you’re lucky, you may encounter a Shiny one!
Paid Timed Research
For US$1.99 (or the equivalent pricing tier in your local currency), you’ll be able to access event-exclusive Timed Research.
This Timed Research will challenge you to complete Field Research tasks to encounter more of the featured Pokémon!
Please note that Timed Research expires. The tasks associated with Timed Research must be completed and their rewards must be claimed before Saturday, August 2, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. local time.
Trainers will be able to purchase and gift tickets to any of their Pokémon GO friends that they have achieved a Friendship level of Great Friends or higher with. Please note that purchases—including those made for other Trainers—are non-refundable (subject to applicable law and the exceptions set forth in the Terms of Service). Tickets cannot be purchased with PokéCoins.
*Pokémon that appear during this Timed Research will have the same chance of appearing as a Shiny Pokémon as those that can be encountered through Field Research during the event.
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