All Pokémon Go Legendary Heroes Timed Research tasks and rewards

Prepare to complete these Timed Research tasks before the event ends.

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The Legendary Heroes event is live in Pokémon Go, offering players a limited-time event where you can celebrate your favorite version featuring the Galar region: Sword or Shield. The Legendary Heroes event does ask you to choose between Sword and Shield paths, offering distinct rewards and Pokémon encounters.

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You can choose to go with one side over the other based on your preferences, or you can look at the overall rewards for your choice. You can do this with the Legendary Heroes Timed Research, where you have to choose between walking the Sword or Shield path. Regardless of your choice, each has several tasks and rewards. This guide covers all Pokémon Go Legendary Heroes Timed Research tasks and rewards for the Sword and Shield paths.

How to complete Legendary Heroes Sword and Shield paths in Pokémon Go

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Choose between walking the Sword or Shield path during the Legendary Heroes event. Image via Niantic

This Timed Research is accessible to all Pokémon Go players. It appears at the start of the Legendary Heroes event, and you have to choose between the Sword and Shield path. Depending on your choice, some Pokémon show up when you place Incense on your character. There’s also a unique Collection Challenge that appears for Pokémon you need to track down, and many of them have to do with using Incense.

If you choose the Shield Path during the Legendary Heroes event, expect to see Larvitar, Lotad, Croagunk, Solosis, Spritzee, and Oranguru spawning when you use Incense. These Pokémon all have the chance to appear in their Shiny forms.

For those who go with the Sword Path during the Legendary Heroes event, Seedot, Scraggy, Gothita, Deino, Swirlix, and Passimian have a chance to spawn when you use Incense. All of these Pokémon also have a chance to appear in their Shiny forms. Between the two versions, we do recommend the Sword Path over the Shield Path, purely because Deino has a high chance to spawn, but Larvitar is a strong choice for the Shield Path. The Paths are close enough that it likely comes down to your preference between those two Pokémon.

All Legendary Heroes Sword Path tasks and rewards in Pokémon Go

These are all the tasks you need to do to complete the Sword Path Timed Research in Pokémon Go.

Task 1

TasksRewards
Use eight berries to help catch PokémonAn Incense
Power up Pokémon eight timesA Koffing encounter
Catch eight PokémonEight Great Balls

All task 1 completion rewards: 800 XP, 800 Stardust, and a Galarian Darumaka

Task 2

TasksRewards
Explore 3kmEight Razz Berries
Use an incenseA Deino encounter
Catch eight PokémonEight Ultra Balls

All task 2 completion rewards: 800 XP, 800 Stardust, and a Rufflet encounter

All Legendary Heroes Shield Path tasks and rewards in Pokémon Go

These are all the tasks you get for choosing the Shield Path Timed Research in Pokémon Go.

Task 1

TasksRewards
Use eight berries to help catch PokémonAn Incense
Power up Pokémon eight timesA Koffing encounter
Catch eight PokémonEight Great Balls

All task 1 completion rewards: 800 XP, 800 Stardust, and a Galarian Ponyta encounter

Task 2

TasksRewards
Explore 3kmEight Razz Berries
Use an incenseA Larvitar encounter
Catch eight PokémonEight Ultra Balls

All task 2 completion rewards: 800 XP, 800 Stardust, and a Vullaby encounter

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