Pokemon GO's third and final Ultra Reward Week is about to come to an end in a few days, but there is still one other loose end that needs to be tied up. When Pokemon GO Fest participants powered through their global challenges a few weeks ago they managed to unlock three rewards: Dragon Week, Enigma Week, and the currently running Unova Week. Although each event has gone mostly as planned, despite some drama surrounding egg hatch rates, there were a few technical issues during Dragon Week that made it challenging to complete the Timed Research for many players.

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Although the Pokemon GO makeup event is called the "Dragon Week: Makeup Timed Research," don't get your hopes up too high for another week of Dragon-type spawns. There will be another chance to complete research that pays off in Dragon Week rewards, but the rest of the Dragon Week bonuses are not returning along with this makeup event. The fact that the Dragon Week spawns will not be appearing in the wild is likely the reason that the tasks are going to be slightly different this time around.

When is the Dragon Week Makeup Timed Research?

Due to technical issues that occurred during Dragon Week, we’re holding a global makeup event from Friday, August 21, 2020, at 8:00 a.m. To Wednesday, August 26, 2020, at 10:00 p.m. Local time.

What are the features of Dragon Week Makeup Timed Research?

During this makeup event, all Trainers will be able to access new Timed Research. The rewards for this new Timed Research will be the same as those for the Dragon Week Timed Research, but the tasks will be slightly different. The other features of the Dragon Week event, such as the featured Pokémon appearing in the wild, will not be active during this event.

At this point, there are no hints about what the theme will be for the new tasks in the Dragon Week makeup special research. Some of the original tasks will likely return with challenges to make Nice, Great, and Excellent throws or Win a Battle Raid. The modified tasks will very likely just replace things like Catch 3, 5, and 7 Dragon-types. Outside of special events, Dragon-types are usually a pretty rare spawn, so obviously those tasks would be incredibly challenging to complete.

Once the new event arrives this weekend, the festivities should give trainers a good reason to continue catching the best Unova Pokemon in the game and getting closer to that complete Pokedex. Check back for more Pokemon GO updates closer to the event. Until then, good luck out there, trainers!

Pokemon GO is available now in select regions on Android and iOS devices.

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Source: Pokemon GO Live