PoGO – Pokémon Go: 2020 Nostalgia Challenge Champ - Research Guide

Starting June 3, 2020, the special research Champ of Nostalgia Challenge 2020 will be available in Pokémon Go. We will summarize all information about the Nostalgia Challenge Champ and the Nostalgia Challenge Celebration and update our guide as soon as all necessary steps and rewards for the special research are known.

You did it! For four weeks in Pokémon Go, you’ve been able to complete one 2020 Nostalgia Challenge Temporary Research after another, sometimes with more obstacles and sometimes with fewer – let’s just remember the raid requirement for Corona exit locks for Kanto research, the bugged reward for Johto research, or the annoying Pokémon of certain types of some steps in Hoenn and Sinnoh. Either way, you’ve either mastered all the Temporary Research… or you haven’t. It’s all the same for the next event, because starting June 3, 2020 at 13:00, the (Unlimited) Special Research Champ of the 2020 Nostalgia Challenge will be available to all players, with only one difference. Have you completed all the Temporary Researches? Then you will get the special research for free. If you haven’t completed all the Temporary Researches? Then you can buy the special research, which will cost you 8.99 Euros.

Update from June 3, 2020; 08:00 a.m.: All steps and rewards for the Special Research Champ of the 2020 Nostalgia Challenge in Pokémon Go are known and we have updated our Nostalgia Guide accordingly.

Then there is a special feature: those who get Champ of Nostalgia Challenge 2020 for free can buy the special research Celebration of Nostalgia Challenge 2020 for 8.99 Euros. The steps you need to complete for this are the same as for Champ of Nostalgia Challenge 2020, but not the rewards! Whenever you should be rewarded with a Pokémon encounter upon completing the steps for the “celebration,” you’ll receive candies instead. And if you should receive an avatar item, you’ll get stardust. That’s about it. Of course, it’s up to you whether you want to spend almost nine euros on it – we’d rather advise against it.

Important! We will expand this guide to Champ of the 2020 Nostalgia Challenge in Pokémon Go to include all steps and rewards as soon as the tasks are known. Currently, we can already tell you which bonuses will be active for ALL players from June 3, 2020 at 13:00 until June 8, 2020 at 13:00:

Galar Flunschlik appears for the first time in Pokémon GO! You can encounter it in the wild, in Raid battles, and as a reward for special research on the 2020 Nostalgia Challenge.
The following Pokémon are also appearing for the first time in Pokémon GO and can be hatched from 7-km eggs just like their usual forms: Galar Mauzi, Galar Zigzachs, Galar Lampion, and Galar Flunschlik. You can even evolve Galar Mauzi, Galar Zigzachs, and Galar Flampion!
Pokémon from the Einall region appear more frequently in the wild.

Champ of Nostalgia Challenge 2020 will reward you with five special candies as part of all the steps, encounters with Galar Mauzi and Galar Flunschlik, encounters with Einall Pokémon like Serpifeu, Floink, Ottaro, Elezeba, Ohrdoch, Flampion, Mollimorba, and Genesect, and unique rewards like Prof. Willow’s Glasses for your avatar.

Pokémon Go: 2020 Nostalgia Challenge Champ – Step 1/5

Land 15 great throws – Reward: Encounter with Galar-Mauzi.
Catch 15 Pokémon – Reward: 1 x smoke
Send 15 Pokémon – Reward: 30 x Hyperball

Reward for completing Step 1: Encounter with Mollimorba, 500 Stardust, 500 XP

Pokémon Go: 2020 Nostalgia Challenge Champ – Step 2/5.

Evolve 5 Pokémon – Reward: 5 x Special Candy
Hatch 15 eggs – Reward: Encounter with Ottaro
Win 15 Raids – Reward: 10 x Top Boar

Reward for completing step 2: encounter with Galar Lampion, 500 stardust, 500 XP

Pokémon Go: 2020 Nostalgia Challenge Champ – Step 3/5.

Land a simply fabulous roll – Reward: 30 x special candy.
Fight against other trainers 15 times – Reward: Encounter with Floink
Level Pokémon 15 times – Reward: 500 stardust

Reward for completing step 3: encounter with Zebritz, 500 stardust, 500 XP

Pokémon Go: 2020 Nostalgia Challenge Champ – Step 4/5.

Feed your buddy 15 snacks – Reward: 1 x Golden Himmihberry.
Catch a Dragon-type Pokémon – Reward: Encounter with Serpifeu
Take 15 snapshots – Reward: 1 x Silver Sanana Berry

Reward for completing step 4: encounter with Galar Lampion, 500 stardust, 500 XP

Pokémon Go: 2020 Nostalgia Challenge Champ – Step 5/5.

Automatically fulfilled – Reward: 5 x Charging TM.
Automatically fulfilled – Reward: Encounter with Galar Flunschlik
Automatically fulfilled – Reward: 1 x instant TM

Reward for completing Step 5: Encounter with Genesect, 5 x Special Candy, Prof. Willow’s Glasses as Avatar Item

As mentioned above, the steps of the Celebration special research will be the same as for the Champ special research; only the rewards will be partially different. We’ll note the changes in this separate section so that you can keep track of them.

Pokémon Go: Celebrate Nostalgia Challenge 2020 – Step 1/5

Land 15 great throws – Reward: 10 x Mauzi Candy.
Catch 15 Pokémon – Reward: 1 x Smoke
Send 15 Pokémon – Reward: 30 x Hyperball

Reward for completing Step 1: 10 x Mollimorba Candy, 500 Stardust, 500 XP

Pokémon Go: 2020 Nostalgia Challenge Celebration – Step 2/5.

Evolve 5 Pokémon – Reward: 5 x Special Candy
Hatch 15 eggs – Reward: 10 x Ottaro Candy
Win 15 Raids – Reward: 10 x Top Boar

Reward for completing Step 2: 10 x Flampion Candy, 500 Stardust, 500 XP

Pokémon Go: Celebrate Nostalgia Challenge 2020 – Step 3/5.

Land a simply fabulous throw – Reward: 30 x special candy.
Fight other trainers 15 times – Reward: 10 x Floink Candy
Level Pokémon 15 times – Reward: 500 stardust

Reward for completing step 3: 10 x Zebritz candy, 500 stardust, 500 XP

Pokémon Go: Celebrate Nostalgia Challenge 2020 – Step 4/5.

Feed your buddy 15 snacks – Reward: 1 x Golden Himmihberry.
Catch a Dragon-type Pokémon – Reward: 10 x Serpifeu Candy
Take 15 snapshots – Reward: 1 x Silver Sanana Berry

Reward for completing step 4: 10 x Flampion candy, 500 stardust, 500 XP

Pokémon Go: Celebration of Nostalgia Challenge 2020 – Step 5/5.

Automatically fulfilled – Reward: 5 x Charging TM.
Automatically fulfilled – Reward: 10 x Flunschlik Candy
Automatically fulfilled – Reward: 1 x Instant TM

Reward for completing Step 5: 10 x Genesect Candy, 5 x Special Candy, Stardust

Pokémon GO

Pokémon Go is the mobile spin-off of Nintendo’s popular Pokémon game series for Android and iOS. It is a so-called “location-based game”, i.e. a game that uses the player’s immediate surroundings. It is based on the principle of augmented reality.

Pokémon Map: Between landmarks and sights

Pokémon Go uses a Global Positioning System (GPS) to determine the player’s location and displays it on a map that also represents the playing field. The map is based on OpenStreetMap maps. The game is played mostly outdoors and uses landmarks, landmarks and other notable or eye-catching objects in the world to position either PokéStops or arenas there for you to battle for supremacy. Join either Team Intuition (Team Yellow, Zapdos), Team Wisdom (Team Blue, Arktos), or Team Daring (Team Red, Lavados). Under their flag you can then fight for the arenas, which are placed at hotspots like churches or similar. Pokémon can appear anywhere, though.

Pocket monsters visible on the Pokémon Go Map are randomly loaded into the game’s virtual map by the game server. If several players are playing in the same location, each player can see and catch the Pokémon independently of the others.

Pokémon Go Updates, News, Raids and More

The developers at Niantic regularly provide Pokémon Go with new updates or special raids that should only be tackled in a group of several people. The Pokémon Go Raids are therefore very popular, as they also offer the prospect of particularly rare Pokémon. For example, in the past, legendary Pokémon could always be caught on special occasions (Pokémon Go events). For particularly eager mobile or smartphone Pokémon trainers, there is also an external IV calculator, such as the online tool from Pokemon.gameinfo.io or on Pokefans.net, to check the values of your Pokémon.