A Spooky Message

Date Released: October 23rd 2018

As part of the 2018 Halloween Event, some new Special Research was released. This research focuses on Professor Willow finding the Odd Keystone, a mysterious item said to be connected to a Pokémon. It's your task to catch various Pokémon and do missions to uncover the history behind it and find the mysterious Pokémon, Spiritomb.

This event was time limited. You needed to begin it in the time of the event, but it could be finished at any time.

Research Tasks

Task Task Reward Total Reward
1 / 3
Catch 10 Ghost-type Pokémon
DuskullDuskull Encounter
Poke BallPoke Ball * 10
StardustStardust * 1080
Silver Pinap BerrySilver Pinap Berry * 8
Make 8 Great Throws
1080 XP
Use 108 Berries to help catch Pokémon
LickitungLickitung Encounter
2 / 3
Catch 10 Dark-type Pokémon
MisdreavusMisdreavus Encounter
Poke BallPoke Ball * 10
StardustStardust * 1080
Silver Pinap BerrySilver Pinap Berry * 8
Spin 8 PokéStops you haven't visited before
1080 XP
Catch 108 Pokémon
SpiritombSpiritomb Encounter
3 / 3
Claim Reward
1080 XP
Spiritomb CandySpiritomb Candy * 10
Spiritomb CandySpiritomb Candy * 8
StardustStardust * 1080
Claim Reward
1080 XP
Claim Reward
1080 XP