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'Choose Your Path: Twilight Trails' event research: What should you pick in Pokémon Go?

The Timed Research returns offering a bonus and a series of daily or weekly challenges.

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'Choose Your Path: Twilight Trails' - also known as September 2026's 'Choose Your Own Daily Path' - is a branching quest in Pokémon Go.

Starting at 10am on Wednesday, 23rd September and ending on Monday, 28th September at 8pm, it is a Explore, Catch, Battle questline that can appear during a non-event week.

As previously, some players get a new choice every day, while others have one for the whole week. However, though the tasks differ, the bonuses (broadly) remain the same between the two sets.

This guide features all 'Choose Your Path: Twilight Trails' research bonuses in Pokémon Go, the possible tasks, and the rewards available.

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'Choose Your Path: Twilight Trails' bonus differences in Pokémon Go

Between 10am on Wednesday, 23rd September and ending on Monday, 28th September at 8pm, you'll get either a daily or week-long choice to make.

If you get the daily choice, then you have four options to choose from:

If you get the week-long choice, then the three options are as follows:

Know that these choices are different to Venom and Vines, Fossil Fun, Charged Embers and Fairy Trail from earlier in the year.

Thanks to TrainersGo on X for helping flesh out the above.


What is the best 'Choose Your Path: Twilight Trails' choice for you?

With the rewards being broadly the same for whatever you pick, then it's all about the bonus.

If you get to choose a daily bonus, focus on what you want to do that day, while also factoring in any events in mind. Personally, as someone with plenty of Stardust, Catch (Candy)'s 2x Catch Candy jumps out to me, especially during Saturday's Catch Mastery event - though if I'm exploring a new location, Explore (PokéStops)'s 5x XP for spinning PokéStops is a big draw.

For those with the week-long choice, then play it safe and go for the best overall bonus. Again, Catch (Candy)'s 2x Catch Candy feels right here, as it applies across every Pokémon you will catch until the event ends, including raids and rarer encounters from the monthly Go Pass that you might not have redeemed yet.


Wondering what else is coming up in Pokémon Go? See the upcoming event schedule.

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Matthew Reynolds

Matthew Reynolds

Matthew Reynolds is founder and editor of One More Catch, and has covered Pokémon Go since day one. An award-winning games journalist based in the UK, he has written for Polygon, Eurogamer, Digital Spy, The Guardian, and Retro Gamer magazine.

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