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All Swablu Pokémon Go Community Day event-exclusive, Cotton-Winged Bird Special Research tasks and rewards

Swimming in a sea of birds and clouds.

With Pokémon Go’s Swablu Community Day starting to roll out around the world, players are going to be seeing the Cotton Bird Pokémon more frequently.

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Running from 11am to 5pm local time on May 15, players will see a lot of Swablu and have an increased chance to see the shiny variant if they’re lucky.

If you manage to evolve Swablu into Altaria during the event, the fluffy Dragon-type will gain access to the Fairy-type move Moonblast.

This leads into the second bonus, which will see Mega Altaria added to the game at the end of the event. Mega Altaria will begin appearing in raids once the May Community Day concludes at 5pm local time on May 15.

Throughout the event, players will have access to the Cotton-Winged Bird event-exclusive Special Research, which will cost $1 to unlock. If you plan to go all in and get the most out of the Swablu Community Day, here are all the tasks and rewards you can expect to see. 

Special Research

Cotton-Winged Bird page one

  • Power up Pokémon 10 times
    • 15 Poké Balls
  • Catch 15 Swablu
    • Swablu encounter
  • Make 10 Nice Throws
    • 10 Pinap Berries

Total rewards: 2,000 Stardust, a Swablu encounter, and one Incense

Cotton-Winged Bird page two

  • Catch 15 Swablu
    • 100 Swablu Candy
  • Transfer 10 Pokémon
    • 1,000 Stardust
  • Use 15 Pinap Berries while catching Pokémon
    • 15 Great Balls

Total rewards: 1,500 XP, a Snivy encounter, and one Incense

Cotton-Winged Bird page three

  • Make three Great Curveball Throws
    • 100 Swablu Candy
  • Evolve one Swablu
    • One Egg Incubator
  • Transfer 10 Pokémon
    • 100 Swablu Candy

Total rewards: 2,500 XP, one Rocket Radar, and 15 Ultra Balls

Cotton-Winged Bird page four

  • Claim Reward
    • Three Silver Pinap Berries
  • Claim Reward
    • Swablu encounter
  • Claim Reward
    • 3,500 XP

Total rewards: 3,000 Stardust, an Altaria encounter, and three Rare Candy

Event-exclusive Field Research

  • Catch three Swablu
    • Swablu encounter
    • Five Great Balls
    • One Golden Razz Berry
    • Two Ultra Balls
    • Two Pinap Berries
    • 500 Stardust

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