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Pokémon Go Snap Celebration event research quest: How to complete each New Pokémon Snap Celebration quest task

How you can celebrate the return of Pokémon Snap!

The New Pokémon Snap Celebration is the latest event in Pokémon Go.

Arriving alongside the release of the new Nintendo Switch game on April 30th - our New Pokémon Snap review explains how it captures the strange joy of the original game without being derivative - the event sees the arrival of a series of Snapshot-themed challenges and quests.

As well as this, the event also sees the arrival of a new shiny, Smeargle, which will only be around for the duration of the event.

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New Pokémon Snap - Overview Trailer - Nintendo SwitchWatch on YouTube

New Pokémon Snap Celebration quest steps in Pokémon Go

Below lies all the challenges and rewards for the New Pokémon Snap Celebration research quest. This section does contain spoilers, so if you want to remain surprised, we recommend skipping it.

The New Pokémon Snap Celebration research quest is a timed research quest, which means you must complete it before the event ends if you wish to collect all the rewards.

Thank you to SilphScience from reddit for the help with this information.

New Pokémon Snap Celebration Quest Step 1 of 4

  • Take a Snapshot of Metapod, Aipom or Lotad in the wild - 5 PokéBalls
  • Use 3 Berries to help catch Pokémon - Bunnelby encounter
  • Take 3 Snapshots of wild Pokémon - Meowth encounter

Rewards: 750 XP, 5 Nanab Berries, Dodrio encounter

New Pokémon Snap Celebration Quest Step 2 of 4

  • Take a Snapshot of Sandshrew, Trapinch or Cacnea in the wild - 10 PokéBalls
  • Use 5 Berries to help catch Pokémon - Sandshrew encounter
  • Take 3 Snapshots of wild Ground Pokémon - Onix encounter

Rewards: 1250 XP, 5 Razz Berries, Skamory encounter

New Pokémon Snap Celebration Quest Step 3 of 4

  • Take a Snapshot of Chinchou, Finneon or Ducklett in the wild - 10 Great Balls
  • Use 7 Berries to help catch Pokémon - Wailmer encounter
  • Take 3 Snapshots of wild Water Pokémon - Qwilfish encounter

Rewards: 2000 XP, 5 Pinap Berries, Matine encounter

New Pokémon Snap Celebration Quest Step 4 of 4

  • Take 15 Snapshots of Wild Pokémon - 10 Great Balls
  • Take a Snapshot of Dodrio, Mantine or Skamory in the wild - Skorupi encounter
  • Use 5 Berries to help catch Pokémon: - 1000 Stardust

Rewards: 8000 XP, Clamperl encounter

To clarify the above - you have to take pictures of creatures in the wild, so as you encounter them, and before you catch, press the Camera icon at the top of the screen. Also, for multiple Snapshot quest steps - such as types - you can just take pictures of a single creature over and over to complete them.

Field research tasks and everything you need to know about New Pokémon Snap Celebration in Pokémon Go

Throughout New Pokémon Snap Celebration in Pokémon Go, you'll be able to collect a variety of exclusive field research tasks by spinning PokéStops. These tasks can be kept and completed once the event ends, but you'll only be able to find them during Sustainability Week itself.

Here are the New Pokémon Snap Celebration field research tasks and their rewards:

  • Use 5 Berries to help catch Pokémon reward - Croagunk, Stunfisk, Stunky, Wooper or Wurmple encounter
  • Use 5 Golden Razz Berries to help catch Pokémon reward - Alolan Vulpux or Lapras encounter
  • Take a Snapshot of a wild Pokémon reward - 3 Pinap Berries or Razz Berries
  • Take 5 Snapshots of wild Pokémon reward - Dodrio, Skarmory or Mantine encounter

Thank you to SilphScience from reddit for the help with this information.

Aside from the research quest and tasks, a focal point of New Pokémon Snap Celebration is the release of shiny Smeargle. This creature is only available through Photobombs; take a Snapshot of a creature in your collection, and there's a chance Smeargle will appear in the image. If so, they will then spawn in the wild for you to catch.

As part of the event, Smeargle will appear up to 15 times per day. With the event running for four days, that gives you 60 chances at a shiny. Not guaranteed by any stretch, but there is still a chance. If you fail to get a shiny Smeargle, don't worry - the opportunity will come again in a future event.

Beyond this, the following Pokémon have been given boosted spawns during the event:

  • Aipom
  • Audino
  • Cacnea
  • Chinchou
  • Dodrio
  • Ducklett
  • Finneon
  • Geodude
  • Hoothoot
  • Lotad
  • Mantine
  • Metapod
  • Sandshrew
  • Skamory
  • Trapinch

Finally, as always, there will be a new range of Pokémon in raids, including Incarnate forms of Landorus, Thundurus and Tornadus in five-star raids.


The World of Wonders season has come to Pokémon Go, which has brought Rediscover Kanto and Sustainability Week, along with the World of Wonders quest. Don't forget to try out Routes, Gift Exchange and Party Play while you're hunting down rare Pokémon, fighting in the Go Battle League or competing in PokéStop Showcases.


New Pokémon Snap Celebration dates and time in Pokémon Go

New Pokémon Snap Celebration takes place around the launch weekend of New Pokémon Snap on Nintendo Switch - and as such, is only around for four days in total.

As with previous events, the timed research quest and New Pokémon Snap Celebration field research quests are only available during these days, which runs from Thursday, April 29th at 10am (local time) to Sunday, May 2nd at 8pm (local time).

If you're looking to complete the quest, expect your camera roll to be filled with snaps - and dozens more if you're after the elusive shiny Smeragle.

Best of luck!

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