The Ultra Unlock: Steel & Scales event in Pokemon GO brings an event involving many Steel and Dragon-type Pokemon, also celebrating the in-game debut of Honedge and its evolutions. During the event, there is a lineup of different Research Tasks and Collection Challenges based around these Pokemon that players can complete for various rewards.

This event comes with four different Research Tasks and four Collection Challenges that Trainers can complete to earn extra encounters with Beldum, Dratini, Rookidee, and Bagon, among others. However, as the event runs for a limited time, players will need to ensure that they complete all tasks and challenges before the event is over to maximize rewards. A complete breakdown of all Research Tasks, Collection Challenges, and rewards during the Pokemon GO Ultra Unlock: Steel & Scales event.

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Ultra Unlock: Steel and Scales Research Tasks & Collection Challenges

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The Ultra Unlock: Steel & Scales event in Pokemon GO is taking place between July 22, 2025, at 10 AM local time, and July 27, 2025, at 8 PM local time. During this time, players have the opportunity to complete 4x Research Tasks and 4x Collection Challenges to earn valuable goods such as reward encounters, XP, and Stardust.

All Pokemon GO Ultra Unlock: Steel and Scales Field Research Tasks

Research Task

Rewards

Catch 5 Pokemon
  • 1000 XP
  • 500x Stardust

Catch 10 Pokemon
  • Bagon encounter (shiny possibility)
  • Beldum encounter (shiny possibility)

Catch 20 Pokemon
  • Bronzor encounter (shiny possibility)
  • Gible encounter (shiny possibility)

Win a Raid
  • Goomy encounter (shiny possibility)
  • Jangmo-o encounter (shiny possibility)
  • Frigibax encounter (shiny possibility)

All Pokemon GO Ultra Unlock: Steel and Scales Collection Challenges

Collection Challenge

Pokemon involved

Rewards

Steel and Scales Collection Challenge: Rookidee
  1. Rookidee
  2. Corvisquire
  3. Corviknight

  • 2000 XP
  • 1500x Stardust
  • Rookidee encounter

Steel and Scales Collection Challenge: Dratini
  1. Dratini
  2. Dragonair
  3. Dragonite

  • 2000 XP
  • 1500x Stardust
  • Dratini encounter

Steel and Scales Collection Challenge: Beldum
  1. Beldum
  2. Metang
  3. Metagross

Steel and Scales Collection Challenge: Bagon
  1. Bagon
  2. Shelgon
  3. Salamence

  • 2000 XP
  • 1500x Stardust
  • Bagon encounter

All Pokemon involved in the Collection Challenges are featured as wild spawns during the Ultra Unlock: Steel and Scales event. Furthermore, due to event bonuses, certain Pokemon have an increased chance to be discovered in their shiny variant, making them even more appealing for players to hunt down at this time.

  • Increased chance to encounter Shiny Bagon and Shiny Beldum
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