Pokémon Go ‘The Dusk Settles’ choose a path quest steps: Solgaleo or Lunala?

“The Dusk Settles” is a Special Research quest in Pokémon Go as part of Day 2 of Pokémon Go Fest Global 2024.

This quest unlocks once you complete Sunday’s free Cosmog research quest, “The Dawn of a new Discovery”. Note that while the Cosmog quest is free for all players, “The Dusk Settles” is only for Go Fest Global ticket holders. (Players with a ticket could also receive Marshadow’s “A Shadowy Caper” quest, provided they logged in during event hours on Saturday.)

“The Dusk Settles” gives you one of the Cosmog evolutions (Solgaleo or Lunala), a Necrozma, and enough Solar or Lunar Fusion Energy to turn fuse your chosen legendary with Necrozma to earn either Dusk Mane or Dawn Wings Necrozma.

Below, we list all the steps for the Pokémon Go “A Shadowy Caper” Special Research Tasks.

Once you have purchased a Go Fest Global 2024 ticket and log into Pokémon Go on Sunday, July 14 between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., you will unlock this Special Research. Once you have, there is no deadline to completing the following steps:

Rewards: 2 Fast TMs, Necrozma encounter, 2 Charge TMs

At this point, you’ll be tasked with choosing between two steps: “Basking in the Radiance” or “Hidden in the Umbra.” The steps are mostly the same, though the rewards are different.

Just pick whichever one you want the Necrozma form for!

Rewards: 3 Hyper Potions, Jangmo-o encounter, 3 Revives

Rewards: 2 Golden Razz Berries, Solgaleo or Lunala encounter, 2 Silver Pinap Berries

Depending on your choice after step 1, you’ll get Solgaleo and the Espeon if you picked “Basking in the Radiance” and you’ll get Lunala and Umbreon if you picked “Hidden in the Umbra.”

Rewards: 25 Necrozma Candy, 1,000 Solar or Lunar Fusion Energy, 25 Cosmog Candy

If you picked “Basking in the Radiance,” you’ll need to power up steel-type Pokémon and you’ll get the Solar Fusion Energy. If you picked “Hidden in the Umbra,” you’ll need to power up ghost-type Pokémon, and you’ll get Lunar Solar Energy.

Rewards: 1 Elite Fast HM, 1 Rare Candy XL, 1 Elite Charge TM

After step one of the “The Dusk Settles” Special Research, you will be promoted with a choice between Solgaleo and Lunala: “Basking in the Radiance” or “Hidden in the Umbra?”

This research gives you enough goods to get one of Necrozma’s special forms, so you should just pick the form you want the most.

First, know Dusk Mane or Dawn Wing Necrozma’s stats will come from the Necrozma, not the Solgaleo or Lunala you fuse it with, so you don’t have to worry about choosing based on stats.

Second, each Necrozma form has Adventure Effects (similarly to the Sinnoh Tour’s Origin Forme Dialga and Palkia):

If you mainly play during a specific time of day and have a hard time evolving specific Pokémon, you could choose based on this.

Third, in terms of PvE, both Dusk Mane and Dawn Wing Necrozma are very powerful and top the charts for steel- and ghost-types respectively. Ghost type moves are super effective against ghost- and psychic-type Pokémon and steel-type moves are super effective against rock-, ice-, and fairy-type Pokémon. That being said, there are tons of psychic-type Pokémon to oppose in raids, but it’s not like steel-type moves have no use. It’s a tough call!

No matter what, your choice doesn’t mean that you can’t have the other form. You just got a Cosmog from the Cosmog research, as well as a handful of candy, so you can raid whichever side you didn’t pick (the Necrozma counters apply to both forms) to collect the opposite Fusion Energy, and get the opposite form as well.

In summary - don’t stress too much, just pick the one you want immediately.

All done? There is still plenty to do during Go Fest 2024 — including following the habitat schedule, get Solar and Lunar Fusion Energy, and battling raids effectively with strong Necrozma counters. For ticket holders, there’s also Marshadow’s “A Shadowy Caper” quest to complete for those who logged in on Saturday.