{"id":77485,"date":"2026-05-06T19:38:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T23:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=77485"},"modified":"2026-05-06T20:36:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T00:36:27","slug":"pokemon-go-choose-your-path-timed-research-rewards-and-bonuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=77485","title":{"rendered":"Pokemon Go: Choose Your Path Timed Research Rewards And Bonuses"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pokemon Go<\/a>‘s next week-long event, the Spring Marathon, doesn’t kick off until May 12, but there’s a new Timed Research quest to complete in the meantime. The Choose Your Path Timed Research is currently available until May 11, and it offers some enticing rewards, including a special bonus that will remain active for the remainder of the week.<\/p>\n

However, the bonus you’ll unlock will depend on which of the “paths” you choose when you begin the research. To help you decide, here’s the full list of tasks and rewards for Pokemon Go’s Choose Your Path Timed Research. And for a look at what else is happening in the game this month, be sure to check out our May 2026 events roundup<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Choose Your Path Timed Research<\/p>\n

Ends May 11 at 8 PM local time<\/strong><\/p>\n

Claim reward – 500 Stardust<\/p>\n

Reward:<\/strong> 5 Poke Balls<\/p>\n

After claiming this initial reward, the Timed Research will begin in earnest. After a brief message from Professor Willow, you’ll be prompted to choose one of three paths: Explore, Catch, or Battle. You can only choose one of these, so be sure to think it over carefully before making your selection.<\/p>\n

Most of the rewards are the same regardless of which path you<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pokemon Go‘s next week-long event, the Spring Marathon, doesn’t kick off until May 12, but there’s a new Timed Research quest to complete in the meantime. The Choose Your Path Timed Research is currently available until May 11, and it offers some enticing rewards, including a special bonus that will remain active for the remainder…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":77487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external","brand-gamespot"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77485"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77485"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77488,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77485\/revisions\/77488"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/77487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}