Global Challenge

Professor Willow's Global Challenge (also mentioned as Global Research) is a season-long event themed around particular goals and milestones during the summer. During the events there are "Global Research tasks" for player community with established amount of Research tasks to be done by players in specific groups. In 2017, the challenge was called Global Catch Challenge. Since 2020, it is called Global Challenge Arena as a part of Pokémon GO Fest.

For completing each task there are special bonus rewards available worldwide. In 2018 and 2019, the reward was called Ultra Bonus. Since 2020, it is called Ultra Unlock.

Visit the following pages for detailed information of each year:

Challenge and Reward event:

Three events with Challenges and specifics rewards were available:

After the completion of all three challenges, a reward event was unlocked:

Three events with Challenges focused on the Team Leaders and specifics rewards were available:

After the completion of all three challenges, three reward events were unlocked as Ultra Bonus:

Also, a series of Special Research tasks &mdash; A Thousand-Year Slumber was introduced featuring Jirachi as reward.

Global Challenge Arena event:

Reward events if Trainers complete respectively 8, 16, and 24 challenges:

Global Challenge Arena event:

Reward events if Trainers complete respectively 8, 16, and 24 challenges:

Global Challenge Arena events:

Each challenge event unlocks Ultra Bonuses respectively in the following events: