'Choose Your Path: Venom and Vines' - also known as 'Choose Your Own Daily Path' - is a branching quest in Pokémon Go.
Starting at 10am on Tuesday, 11th August and ending on Monday, 17th August at 8pm, it is the latest Explore, Catch, Battle questline to drop 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 and rewards are the same: encounters with Venonat and Fomantis.
This guide features all six 'Choose Your Path: Venom and Vines' research bonuses, the possible tasks, and the rewards available.
'Choose Your Path: Venom and Vines' bonus differences in Pokémon Go
Between 10am on Tuesday, 11th August and 8pm on Monday, 17th August, you'll get either a daily or week-long choice of one of six bonuses.
If you get the daily choice, then the six options are as follows:
- Explore (PokéStops): 5x XP for spinning PokéStops
- Catch (XP): 1.5 XP for catching Pokémon with Nice Throws or better
- Battle (Raids): Additional 5,000 XP for completing raids
- Explore (Hatch): 1/2 Egg Hatch Distance
- Catch (Candy): Additional Catch Candy with Nice Throws or better
- Battle (Team Go Rocket): Extra Mysterious Components from Grunts
Know that these choices are the same as the recent Fossil Fun, Charged Embers and Fairy Trail events.
If you get the weekly choice, then you have just three options to choose from. Either way, you'll then get similar Timed Research related to that choice, which is explained later in this article.
What is the best 'Choose Your Path: Venom and Vines' choice for you?
With the encounters the same, and the tasks easily achievable within the time allotted, then the main thing to focus on is the bonus.
If you have the daily choice, then you can simply decide based on your playstyle that day. In an area with lots of PokéStops? The Explore (PokéStops) XP bonus is probably best. Taking on a lot of Go Team Rocket Grunts? Then go for Battle (Team Go Rocket)'s extra Mysterious Components is for you.
If you've got the week-long choice, then this is a little tricky. Personally, as someone who doesn't buy extra Incubators and does a lot of walking, I default to Explore (Hatch)'s 1/2 Egg Hatch Distance to make the most out of my infinite Incubator, whether that's given a weekly or the daily choice.
Either way, think about the day or week ahead, and go with the bonus that will benefit you most.
What we know about Venom and Vines's 'Choose Your Own Daily Path' Timed Research
While the challenges themselves differ, each one works the same, with three or four tasks that reward a Venonat encounter, followed by the same set again with a Fomantis encounter. Then, at the end, you are given 3 Golden Razz Berry, 5 Rare Candy. You have until midnight to complete the challenges.
For example, here is the Explore (Hatch) set:
- Explore 1km (Venonat encounter)
- Hatch an Egg (Venonat encounter)
- Follow a Route (Venonat encounter)
- Explore 1km (Fomantis encounter)
- Hatch an Egg (Fomantis encounter)
- Follow a Route (Fomantis encounter)
Week-long 'Venom and Vines' research and bonuses
If you get the week-long bonuses and research, then these are the Timed Research challenges that follow the three choices:
The end rewards for all three are the same: 3 Golden Razz Berry, 5 Rare Candy.
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