Search for Zarude Pokémon Go Research Task Guide

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From October 1st, players will get the chance to partake in the Search for Zarude research task. A task in 5 parts which will eventually lead to the chance to catch the rogue monkey Pokémon. We’ll take you through the various tasks to eventually catch Zarude.

Search for Zarude (1/5)

The first part of the Search for Zarude research task involves the following:

Catch 7 different species of Pokémon	1 Sunstone
Catch 7 Pokémon	Diglett Encounter
Snapshot 3 Ground-type Pokémon	15 Pokeballs
Overall rewards	x250 Stardust, x10 Nanab berries and a Pokémon encounter

Search for Zarude (2/5)

Make five Great Throws in a row	Five Pinap Berries
Catch ten Bug-type Pokemon	Dwebble encounter
Take three snapshots of wild Bug-type Pokemon	Ten Great Balls

Search for Zarude (3/5)

Use 20 Berries to help catch Pokemon	Sunny Cherrim
Catch 30 Grass or Bug-type Pokemon	Vileplume
Take three snapshots of wild Grass-type Pokemon	Ten Great Balls

Search for Zarude (4/5)

Defeat six Team GO Rocket Grunts	Ariados encounter
Catch fifteen Pokemon with Weather Boost	Butterfree encounter
Take three snapshots of wild Flying-type Pokemon	Ten Ultra Balls

Search for Zarude (5/5)

After claiming the final rewards, players will be awarded with 1,000 Stardust, ten Zarude Candies, and an encounter with Zarude itself.

Best Zarude Build

Zarude is a dark / grass type Pokémon.

It is vulnerable to Bug, Fighting, Flying, Poison, Fire, Ice and Fairy moves.

Zarude’s strongest moveset is Vine Whip & Power Whip and it has a Max CP of 3,833.

Zarude’s moveset

Quick move	Damage	EPS	DPS
Bite	6	8	14.4
Vine Whip	7	10	14

Main move	Damage	EPS	DPS
Dark Pulse	80	-16.7	32
Power Whip	90	-19.2	41.5
Energy Ball	90	-12.8	27.7

Shiny Zarude in Pokémon Go

As this is Zarude’s Pokemon Go debut, people might wonder whether there will be a shiny Zarude. Unfortunately, for the time being, there is not a shiny Zarude in-game.