Should You Choose Arlo or Candela Path in Pokemon GO? (Timed Research February 2025)

Based on the rewards you can get with each path, you should choose Arlo over Candela during the Beloved Buddies event in Pokemon GO.

Candela still has decent rewards depending on what empty spots you may have in your Pokedex, but Arlo’s range is the best overall.

Along with the rarer Scizor, a useful Rocket Radar, and more powerful Shadow Pokemon on offer, Arlo’s Beloved Buddies path includes less troublesome and time-intensive tasks like Candela’s requirements to trade, earn hearts & explore with a buddy, and needing to send gifts.

The full list of tasks and rewards you can get are listed below.

Stage 1 out of 3 in Beloved Buddies will be the same no matter which path you plan on taking, but will then diverge from Stage 2.

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‘Investigate Arlo’ Path Tasks & Rewards in Pokemon GO

Step 2 out of 3

Task	Reward
Catch 15 Pokemon	Stardust ×500
Transfer 5 Pokemon	Cubone encounter
Defeat 3 Team GO Rocket Grunts	Rocket Radar

For completing this trio of tasks, you’ll also be rewarded for 2000 XP and a Shadow Diglett encounter.

Step 3 out of 3

Task	Reward
Catch 25 Pokemon	Ultra Ball ×10
Transfer 15 Pokemon	Stardust ×500
Defeat Team GO Rocket Leader Arlo	Slowpoke encounter

Finishing this last selection of tasks for Arlo will reward you with 3000 XP, 2000 Stardust, and a Scizor encounter. You can then grab an extra 2500 Stardust as a bonus for completing all of the Timed Research in general.

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‘Team Up With Candela’ Tasks & Rewards in Pokemon Go

Step 2 out of 3

Task	Reward
Earn 10 hearts with your buddy	Stardust ×500
Earn a Candy exploring with your buddy	Luvdisc encounter
Make a new friend	Poffin ×2

If you choose Candela instead of Arlo, once you complete this first set of three tasks, you will then be rewarded with a Dunsparce encounter along with 2000 Pokemon GO XP.

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Step 3 out of 3

Task	Reward
Play with your buddy 5 times	Ultra Ball ×10
Send 3 Gifts to friends	Stardust ×500
Trade a Pokémon	Shellder encounter

Like, with Arlo, completing this final set of tasks for Candela will also see you get 3000 XP and 2000 Stardust as rewards, but also a Rapidash encounter instead of Scizor.

After you claim those rewards, you can also get a bonus set of 2500 Stardust for finishing Beloved Buddies altogether.

Now that you know that it’s best to choose the Arlo path or Candela’s in Pokemon GO’s Beloved Buddies event, find out the best counters to beat Incarnate Enamorous in 5-Star Raids.

For what else is going in in February, take a look at the full Pokemon GO event schedule detailing what else is going on in the game this month.

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