Our Pokemon Go: A Troubling Situation Guide walks you through the exact steps you’ll need to finish to complete this Field Research and obtain the Research Rewards! You will be facing off against Team Rocket and will need to purify some Pokemon to finish this quest.

A Troubling Situation Special Research

Step 1: A Troubling Situation

  • Evolve 2 Pokemon Encounter: Murkrow Power Up Pokemon 5 times Encounter: Sableye

Rewards

1,000 Stardust and 2,000 XP

  • Encounter: Murkrow

  • Encounter: Sableye

Step 2: A Troubling Situation

Tasks

  • Catch 2 Shadow Pokemon Encounter: Ekans Defeat 3 Team GO Rocket Grunts Encounter: Koffing

2,000 Stardust, 2,000 XP, and 5 Golden Razz Berries

  • Encounter: Ekans

  • Encounter: Koffing

Step 3: A Troubling Situation

  • Purify 3 Shadow Pokemon Reward: 3,000 XP Purify a Fire-, Water-, or Grass-type Pokemon Reward: 3,000 XP

Step 4: A Troubling Situation

This one just automatically completes and you get the following rewards.

  • Reward: 3,000 XP

Pokemon Go General Guides Coverage

  • Pokemon GO – Elite Fast TM Movelist

  • How to get Coins in Pokémon GO

  • Pokemon Go: How-to Beat Team Rocket – Snorlax Counters

  • Pokemon Go: Rayquaza Raid Guide (2019) – Counters, Shiny, Return Dates

  • 2x 1,000 Stardust 1,000 XP 1x Charged TM 1x Fast TM 3x Rare Candy