PoGO – Pokémon Go: Unleashed Mischief - Special Research Guide

The special research Unleashed Mischief is available in Pokémon Go – starting today, 11/26/2021 at 10:00am and running until 12/1/2021 at 9:59am. Find out what steps and rewards await you in our guide to Unleashed Mischief.

The – Season of mischief is coming to an end, and Pokémon Go is celebrating with an event. The new Pokémon Go event is called Unleashed Mischief, and brings with it the eponymous Special Research that lets you turn Banished Hoopa into Unleashed Hoopa.

All the information known so far about the steps and rewards of the special research, as well as the event itself – with four extra Legendary Raid Hours and four extra Spotlight Hours – and under what conditions you can get the research for free, can be found below.

Update, November 26, 2021: All the steps and rewards of Unleashed Mischief are known and can be found below in the Special Research Guide! There are also details on how to turn a Banished Hoopa into an Unleashed Hoopa:

You can change Hoopa’s shape after completing the tasks in the second stage of the special research “Unleashed Mischief”. You must be far enough along with the Misunderstood Prank special research and have caught a Hoopa before you can change Hoopa’s form.
It costs 50 Hoopa candies and 10,000 stardust to change the form from Hoopa (Banished) to Hoopa (Unleashed).
It costs 10 Hoopa Candy and 2,000 Stardust to change the form from Hoopa (Unleashed) to Hoopa (Unleashed).

By the way, if you have unlocked Unleashed Mischief for free, you can buy the Special Research Ticket to collect the rewards a second time.

Unleashed shenanigans – the event

It starts on November 26, 2021 (that’s Friday) at 10:00 am. The event will be available until Monday, November 29, 2021 at 20:00. During the event, you’ll receive double the amount of candies when you ship a Pocket Monster, plus double the amount of XP when you catch a Pokémon.

Legendary raid hours thanks to Hoopa

Hoopa is having four additional Legendary Raid Hours take place in November 2021. Here are the dates and the Pokémon:

November 26, 2021 between 18:00 and 19:00: Arktos, Lavados, and Zapdos.
November 27, 2021 between 18:00 and 19:00: Heatran
November 28, 2021 between 18:00 and 19:00: Regirock, Regice and Registeel
November 29, 2021 between 18:00 and 19:00: Kobalium, Terrakium and Viridium

With luck, you’ll be able to get these Pokémon as Shiny in front of the Master Ball after your victory.

Spotlight hours thanks to Hoopa

On top of that, Hoopa will be giving four additional spotlight hours, which will take place at different times than usual:

November 26, 2021 between 12:00 and 13:00: Rattfratz
November 27, 2021 between 12:00 and 13:00: Zobiris
28 November 2021 between 12:00 and 13:00: Pikachu
29 November 2021 between 12:00 and 13:00: Tanhel

With luck, you can get these Pokémon as Shiny in front of the Pokéball.

Unleashed mischief – Special research

There are a few important details about unlocking the special research that you should take note of.

You will receive Unleashed Mischief for free if you complete the Misunderstood Mischief special research by 12/1/2021 at 09:59.
You will be able to buy Unleashed Mischief in the store for around 5 Euros from 26/11/2021 at 10:00 and until 1/12/2021 at 9:59.
To progress in Unleashed Mischief, you will need the Banished Hoopa from Misunderstood Mischief Step 3.

The exact steps and rewards of Unleashed Mischief are known and noted below.

Unleashed Mischief – Step 1/3

Take a snapshot of Hoopa – Reward: 1,000 stardust
Catch 20 Pokémon – Reward: 1 x Lucky Egg
Turn 3 PokéStops or arenas – Reward: 3,000 XP

Reward for completing Step 1: 1 x Smoke, 1 x Growlsp, 3 x Golden Himmihberry

Unleashed Mischief – Step 2/3

Land 7 Curve Balls in a row – Reward: 1,500 Star Piece
Use 20 Berries while catching Pokémon – Reward: 1 x Star Piece
Complete 10 field researches – Reward: 3,000 XP

Reward for completing Step 2: 1 x Smoke, 1 x Super Incubator, 3 x Silver Sanana Berry

Unleashed Mischief – Step 3/3

Earn 7 hearts with your buddy – Reward: 2,000 stardust
Catch 20 Pokémon of different types – Reward: 3 x Premium Battle Pass
Win 3 Raids – Reward: 4,000 XP

Reward for completing step 3: 50 x Hoopa candy, 10,000 stardust, 1 x Hoopa shirt

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.