A Drive to Investigate


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A Drive to Investigate was a Genesect-themed event. Genesect Special Research and some parts of the event required purchasing a ticket to unlock.

Featured Pokémon
Selected Normal-, Fire-, Water-, Electric-, and Ice-type Pokémon and Nincada had increased spawn rates in the wild and from Incense or Lure Modules:

These Shiny Pokémon were released with the start of the event: PS Nincada (290) PS Ninjask (291)

5-km Pokémon Eggs obtained during the event would hatch more of these Bug-type Pokémon:

The following Raid Bosses were available for a time of this event, featuring Bug- or Steel-type Pokémon.

Shop special offer
The following offers were available from the shop from the start of the event.

Ticket-exclusive features
Trainers could purchase the ticket which enabled them to receive the Special Research tasks series – A Drive to Investigate if they turned on the game during local time from March, 2020, 8 a.m. to March , 2020, 10 p.m.

Ticket details:
 * Sold US$7.99 (or the equivalent in local currency) and could be purchased directly from the shop. The ticket could not be purchased with PokéCoins.
 * Tickets could be purchased until March, 2020, at 8 p.m. local time.

Field Research event tasks
There were several Field Research tasks available exclusively to the ticket holders for the duration of the event. Unlike A Colossal Discovery, not all PokéStops gave event tasks.

Avatar items
These avatar items were released with the beginning of the event:

Trivia

 * According to the datamine, Genesect Special Research event was planned only during local time 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on March, 2020. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Niantic decided to extend the event in attempt to make this event available and playable for as many Trainers globally as possible.