Hi all,
This might be super random, but I only came back to Pokémon Go after years of hiatus a couple months ago and, while I’ve loved getting super hooked to the game again, this has been bugging me.
I still have a research task from the original Detective Pikachu event in 2019.
From what I understand, completing the task would spawn an event-themed Pikachu with a detective cap, which I don’t have in my Pokémon library. That said, how often does Flareon spawn?
Outside of a wild spawn (which feels like a non-zero chance), the only other ways I can think of catching a Flareon to complete this task would be if it was a reward from different research (that’s how I got 1/2), if it was part of a raid, or if it’s part of a Team Rocket party.
I’m not sure how likely those are either, but they somehow seem less than a wild spawn. I’ve evolved plenty of Eevees into Flareons, and I don’t think trading would fulfill the task either.
Has anyone else encountered this, a similar situation, or does anyone have any advice?