New Year's 2026 Premium Timed Research and Collection Challenge: Pokemon GO tasks and rewards

The New Year's 2026 celebration event in Pokemon GO has quite a few research tasks for players to participate in. The Premium Timed Research is available for US$1.99 and provides rewards like Pikachu with Party Top Hat encounter and Stardust. The Collection Challenge and Field Research tasks are available for free.

The New Year's 2026 event takes place between Wednesday, December 31, 2025, at 10 am local time and Sunday, January 4, 2026, at 8 pm local time. You can check out the January 2026 infographic guide to learn more about what lies ahead.

How to complete New Year's 2026 Premium Timed Research in Pokemon GO

The tasks and rewards for the New Year's 2026 Premium Timed Research are:

New Year's 2026 Premium Timed Research - Step 1 of 1

• Catch 5 Pokemon - Pikachu with Party Top Hat encounter
• Catch 10 Pokemon - Pikachu with Party Top Hat encounter
• Catch 15 Pokemon - Pikachu with Party Top Hat encounter
• Catch 20 Pokemon - Pikachu with Party Top Hat encounter
• Catch 25 Pokemon - Pikachu with Party Top Hat encounter
• Make 5 Nice Throws - Pikachu with Party Top Hat encounter
• Make 10 Nice Throws - Pikachu with Party Top Hat encounter
• Make 15 Nice Throws - Pikachu with Party Top Hat encounter
• Make 5 Great Throws - Pikachu with Party Top Hat encounter
• Make 10 Great Throws - Pikachu with Party Top Hat encounter
• Rewards: Pikachu with Party Top Hat encounter, 2 Premium Battle Pass, 3000x Stardust

The New Year's 2026 Premium Timed Research expires on Sunday, January 4, 2026, at 8 pm local time.

How to complete New Year's 2026 Collection Challenge?

The tasks and rewards are:

New Year's 2026 Collection Challenge

• Catch Pikachu with Party Top Hat
• Catch Bulbasaur with Party Hat
• Catch Charmander with Party Hat
• Catch Squirtle with Party Hat
• Rewards: 2026x Stardust, 2026 XP, 26x Ultra Ball

How to complete New Year's 2026 Field Research in Pokemon GO

The tasks and rewards are:

• Catch 26 Pokemon - 2026x Stardust
• Win a raid - 2026x Stardust
• Catch 15 Pokemon - 1x Lucky Egg or 1x Incense
• Spin 5 PokeStops or Gyms - 1x Lucky Egg or 1x Incense
• Send 5 Gifts to friends - 1x Lucky Egg or 1x Incense
• Transfer 15 Pokemon - 1x Lucky Egg or 1x Incense
• Power up Pokemon 10 times - 1x Lucky Egg or 1x Incense

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• Buddy Evolution Adventure Together guide
• Best Fast Attacks in Pokemon GO
• Sierra counters
• Cliff counters
• Arlo counters
• Giovanni counters
• Team GO Rocket Grunts

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Edited by Angshuman Dutta