Pok\u00e9mon Go<\/em> is bringing back the “Choose Your Path” Timed Research<\/strong> as part of the “Twilight Trails” season. This research is a bit different from last season’s, as it offers no Pok\u00e9mon encounters and fewer tasks.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This research is available starting Wednesday, Sept. 23 at 10 a.m. in your local time. You can find it by opening your research menu, scrolling over to the “events” tab, and claiming the reward from an automatically complete “Choose Your Own Path” Timed Research. The research expires on Monday, Sept. 28 at 8 p.m. in your local time<\/strong>.<\/p>\n As per the event blog post, this feature is still being tested. Some players are getting daily research, whereas others are getting harder research that lasts until Monday<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Below, we detail which “Choose Your Path: Twilight Trails” option you should pick based on your play style, and we list the steps for each type of research.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Players will either have three or four choices to pick from, depending on if they get the daily or weekly set. They each come with their own bonuses:<\/p>\n That being said, the “right” option is based on how you play. If you like hunting down shadow Pok\u00e9mon, you probably want to pick the battle option. If you plan on going to your local spot and you want to farm XP, you may want to pick the explore option. Since you get rare candy as a reward for completing all the steps, you may also want to pick whichever research is easiest for you to complete.<\/p>\n Notably, players with the daily research can pick a new bonus each day, so you can just pick whatever suits what you plan on doing that day.<\/p>\n The rewards from the research also differ, but not dramatically. You can see the various research below.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Below we list the event-long steps, and then the daily tasks, which are labeled as such.<\/p>\n Rewards<\/strong>: 5 Rare Candy, 5,000 XP, 5,000 Stardust<\/p>\n Rewards<\/strong>: 5 Rare Candy, 5,000 XP, 5,000 Stardust<\/p>\n Rewards<\/strong>: 5 Rare Candy, 5,000 XP, 5,000 Stardust<\/p>\n Rewards<\/strong>: 2 Rare Candy, 2,500 XP, 2,500 Stardust<\/p>\n Rewards<\/strong>: 2 Rare Candy, 2,500 XP, 2,500 Stardust<\/p>\n Rewards<\/strong>: 2 Rare Candy, 2,500 XP, 2,500 Stardust<\/p>\n\n Should you pick Explore, Battle, or Catch for the ‘Choose Your Path: Twilight Trails” research in Pok\u00e9mon Go?
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\n <\/picture>Image: Scopely Explore via Polygon<\/small><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n ‘Choose Your Path: Twilight Trails’ research tasks and rewards
\n <\/h2>\n\n Explore (Pok\u00e9Stops)
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\n Catch (Candy)
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\n Battle (Team Go Rocket)
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\n Daily Explore (Pok\u00e9Stops)
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\n Daily Catch (Stardust)
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\n Daily Catch (Candy)
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\n Daily Battle (Team Go Rocket)
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