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Purify Shadow Pokémon to get some rewards

Some new types of Pokémon have been added to Pokémon Go, with new Special Research accompanying them.

Shadow Pokémon are just like your regular ‘mons, but they have a spooky dark aura around them and they seem to be in pain. Team Rocket grunts have settled at Pokéstops (Rocket Stops?) and need to be taken out in order to grab their Shadow Pokémon. From there, you’ll have to purify them by using candy and dust.

The set of Special Research tasks helps walk you through this process, with some juicy items and XP as rewards for completing them.

Step 1

• Evolve 2 Pokémon (Murkrow encounter)
• Power up a Pokémon 5 times (Sableye encounter)

Reward: 1,000 Stardust, 2,000 XP

Step 2

• Catch 2 Shadow Pokémon
• Defeat 3 Team GO Rocket Grunts

Reward: 2,000 Stardust, 2,000 XP, 5 Golden Razz Berries

Step 3

Coming soon! (We’re on the hunt for Shadow Pokémon)

Step 4

• Coming soon!

If this is your first special research quest, there should be three more to complete:

• Let’s Go Meltan Quest Guide
• A Mythical Discovery Quest Guide (Mew)
• A Ripple in Time Quest Guide (Celebi)
• Jump-Start Research Quest Guide

Source: Polygon