Pokémon Wild Area 2026: Every Steel and Dragon Research Task
Pokémon Go's Wild Area 2026 Global event ties research tasks to Steel and Dragon habitat hours. Spinning PokéStops at the right time earns encounters with Magnemite, Charmander and Mighty evolutions, plus berries, balls and Stardust. Here is the full list.
Pokémon Go players spinning PokéStops during the Pokémon Wild Area 2026 Global event can earn extra Pokémon encounters, and what they get depends on the habitat hour. Steel hour and Dragon hour each carry their own research tasks.
Timing matters. Anyone chasing a specific type needs to spin during the matching hour.
Steel hour rewards
The 'Solid as Steel' habitat hour offers a set of encounters and tasks. Players can meet Magnemite, Piplup, Shieldon or Ferroseed, or tackle a task to catch four different Steel-type species.
Higher-tier encounters include Mighty Scizor, Mighty Aggron, Mighty Magnezone or Mighty Ferrothorn. Another task leads to a Mighty Metagross or Mighty Tinkaton encounter.
Other Steel-hour tasks pay out differently. One gives a Golden Razz Berry or a Silver Pinap Berry. Another offers Alolan Diglett, Alolan Sandshrew or Galarian Stunfisk. A further reward is five Poké Balls, three Great Balls, two Ultra Balls or 500 Stardust. One task asks players to use a Steel-type Charged Attack in a battle.
Dragon hour rewards
The 'Daring as Dragons' hour mirrors that structure. Players can meet Charmander, Swablu, Trapinch or Skrelp, or catch four different Dragon-type species.
Tougher encounters feature Mighty Alolan Exeggutor, Mighty Kingdra, Mighty Haxorus or Mighty Noivern. A separate task leads to a Mighty Flygon or Mighty Goodra. Players also need to use a Dragon-type Charged Attack in a battle for one reward.
Hour and seasonal tasks in the wild
Habitat hours also bring tasks to complete out in the wild. Steel hour asks players to catch 10 Steel-type Pokémon or power up Steel-types five times. Dragon hour asks them to hatch an Egg or power up Dragon-types five times.
Seasonal tasks run alongside these. They include making 5 Nice Throws, making 10 Curveball Throws and earning 3 Candies walking with a buddy. On the Dragon side, players can catch a Dragon-type Pokémon or make 2 Excellent Throws.
Collection Challenge and the main event
The Wild Area Collection Challenge for Saturday closed at 6 pm on Saturday, November 14. Completing it earned a Modern Jacket Machamp encounter.
The wider event lets players catch Pokémon during habitat hours and battle Gigantamax Duraludon. They also choose between the Steel and Dragon paths in the Special Research quest. A free Gigantamax Machamp is available to claim.
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