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Community Day

Community Day is a monthly worldwide recurring event in Pokémon GO dedicated to celebrate players in the Pokémon GO community.[1]

Features[]

Pokémon GO Community Day is an opportunity for Trainers around the world to meet up at their local parks to make new friends and experience what it means to be a part of this special community.[1]

Once a month, Niantic hosts a Community Day event starring specific Pokémon, which appears frequently around the world for a few hours. When caught or evolved during the event, this special Pokémon will know an exclusive move. Other bonuses can be in effect during the event, such as increased XP, Stardust, reduced distance to hatch Eggs, increased shiny rate, 3-hour Lure Modules, or 3-hour Incense.[1]

Each December event is a special edition featuring the Pokémon and Moves from the current and previous year. December events last for two days and have additional bonuses.

List of Community Days[]

All these events featured 3-hour Lures bonus:

Community Day 2018 January

Pikachu
Jan 18th, 2018

Icon Water Surf
XP
Community Day 2018 February

Dratini
Feb 24th, 2018

Icon Dragon Draco Meteor
3× catch Stardust
Community Day 2018 March

Bulbasaur
Mar 25th, 2018

Icon Grass Frenzy Plant
3× catch XP
Community Day April 2018

Mareep
Apr 15th, 2018

Icon Dragon Dragon Pulse
1/4 Egg distance
Community Day May 2018

Charmander
May 19th, 2018

Icon Fire Blast Burn
3× catch Stardust
Community Day June 2018

Larvitar
Jun 16th, 2018

Icon Rock Smack Down
3× catch XP
Community Day July 2018

Squirtle
Jul 8th, 2018

Icon Water Hydro Cannon
1/4 Egg distance
Community Day August 2018

Eevee
Aug 11th - 12th, 2018

Icon Normal Last Resort
3× catch XP
Community Day September 2018

Chikorita
Sep 22nd, 2018

Icon Grass Frenzy Plant
3× catch XP
Community Day October 2018

Beldum
Oct 21st, 2018

Icon Steel Meteor Mash
1/4 Egg distance
Community Day November 2018

Cyndaquil
Nov 10th, 2018

Icon Fire Blast Burn
2× catch XP and 2× catch Stardust
Community Day December 2018

Previous Pokémon and moves
Nov 30th - Dec 3rd, 2018

2× catch XP, 2× catch Stardust, and 1/2 Egg Distance
Community Day January 2019

Totodile
Jan 12th, 2019

Icon Water Hydro Cannon
1/4 Egg distance
Community Day February 2019

Swinub
Feb 16th, 2019

Icon Rock Ancient Power
3× catch Stardust
Community Day March 2019

Treecko
Mar 23rd, 2019

Icon Grass Frenzy Plant
1/4 Egg distance
Community Day April 2019

Bagon
Apr 13th, 2019

Icon Dragon Outrage
3× catch XP
Community Day May 2019

Torchic
May 19th, 2019

Icon Fire Blast Burn
3× catch Stardust[2]
Community Day June 2019

Slakoth
Jun 8th, 2019

Icon Normal Body Slam
1/4 Egg distance[3]
Community Day July 2019

Mudkip
Jul 21st, 2019

Icon Water Hydro Cannon
3× catch XP
Community Day August 2019

Ralts
Aug 3rd, 2019

Icon Psychic Synchronoise
1/4 Egg distance
Community Day September 2019

Turtwig
Sep 15th, 2019

Icon Grass Frenzy Plant
3× catch Stardust
Community Day October 2019

Trapinch
Oct 12th, 2019

Icon Ground Earth Power
3× catch XP
Community Day November 2019

Chimchar
Nov 16th, 2019

Icon Fire Blast Burn
1/4 Egg distance
December 2019 Community Day

December 2019 Community Day
Nov 30th - Dec 3rd, 2019

(Check article for details)
Community Day January 2020

Piplup
Jan 19th, 2020

Icon Water Hydro Cannon
1/4 Egg distance[4]
February 2020 Community Day

Rhyhorn
Feb 22nd, 2020

Icon Rock Rock Wrecker
3× catch Stardust

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, from April 2020 to March 2022, the event was named Community Day: Play at Home Edition and featured new bonuses, Special Researches, and event duration. For further details, check each individual event's page.

April 2020 Community Day

Abra
Apr 25th, 2020
May 2020 Community Day

Seedot
May 24th, 2020
June 2020 Community Day

Weedle
Jun 20th, 2020
July 2020 Community Day

Gastly
Jul 19th, 2020
August 2020 Community Day

Magikarp
Aug 8th, 2020
September 2020 Community Day

Porygon
Sep 20th, 2020
October 2020 Community Day

Charmander
Oct 17th, 2020
November 2020 Community Day - Electabuzz

Electabuzz
Nov 15th, 2020
November 2020 Community Day - Magmar

Magmar
Nov 21st, 2020
December 2020 Community Day

December 2020 Community Day
Dec 12th - 13th, 2020
January 2021 Community Day

Machop
Jan 16th, 2021
February 2021 Community Day

Roselia
Feb 7th, 2021
March 2021 Community Day

Fletchling
Mar 6th, 2021
April 2021 Community Day

Snivy
Apr 11th, 2021
May 2021 Community Day

Swablu
May 15th, 2021
June 2021 Community Day

Gible
Jun 6th, 2021
July 2021 Community Day

Tepig
Jul 3rd, 2021
August 2021 Community Day

Eevee
Aug 14th - 15th, 2021
September 2021 Community Day

Oshawott
Sep 19th, 2021
October 2021 Community Day

Duskull
Oct 9th, 2021
November 2021 Community Day

Shinx
Nov 21st, 2021
December 2021 Community Day

December 2021 Community Day
Dec 18th - 19th, 2020
January 2022 Community Day

Spheal
Jan 16th, 2022
February 2022 Community Day

Hoppip
Feb 12th, 2022
March 2022 Community Day

Sandshrew
Mar 13th, 2022

Due to the mitigation of COVID-19 pandemic, since April 2022, the Play at Home Edition event duration has been reverted and the Group Play Bonuses have been implemented. For further details, check each individual event's page.

April 2022 Community Day

Stufful
Apr 23rd, 2022
May 2022 Community Day

Alolan Geodude
May 21st, 2022
June 2022 Community Day

Deino
Jun 25th, 2022
July 2022 Community Day

Starly
Jul 17th, 2022
August 2022 Community Day

Galarian Zigzagoon
Aug 13th, 2022
September 2022 Community Day

Roggenrola
Sep 18th, 2022
October 2022 Community Day

Litwick
Oct 15th, 2022
November 2022 Community Day

Teddiursa
Nov 12th, 2022
December 2022 Community Day

December 2022 Community Day
Dec 17th - 18th, 2022
January 2023 Community Day

Chespin
Jan 7th, 2023
February 2023 Community Day

Noibat
Feb 5th, 2023
March 2023 Community Day

Slowpoke
Mar 18th, 2023
April 2023 Community Day

Togetic
Apr 15th, 2023
May 2023 Community Day

Fennekin
May 21st, 2023
June 2023 Community Day

Axew
Jun 10th, 2023
July 2023 Community Day

Poliwag
Jul 30th, 2023
August 2023 Community Day

Froakie
Aug 13th, 2023
September 2023 Community Day

Grubbin
Sep 23rd, 2023
October 2023 Community Day

Timburr
Oct 15th, 2023
November 2023 Community Day

Wooper
Nov 5th, 2023
December 2023 Community Day

December 2023 Community Day
Dec 16th - 17th, 2023
January 2024 Community Day

Rowlet
Jan 6th, 2024
February 2024 Community Day

Chansey
Feb 4th, 2024
March 2024 Community Day

Litten
Mar 16th, 2024

Since January 2022, an extra event named Community Day Classic was introduced. The event revisits Pokémon that have been featured in past Community Days.

Community Day Classic: Back to Bulbasaur

Bulbasaur
Jan 22nd, 2022
Community Day Classic: Memories of Mudkip

Mudkip
Apr 10th, 2022
Community Day Classic: Dreaming of Dratini

Dratini
Nov 5th, 2022
Community Day Classic: Lounging with Larvitar

Larvitar
Jan 21st, 2023
April 2023 Community Day Classic

Swinub
Apr 29th, 2023
July 2023 Community Day Classic

Squirtle
Jul 9th, 2023
September 2023 Community Day Classic

Charmander
Sep 2nd, 2023
November 2023 Community Day Classic

Mareep
Nov 25th, 2023
January 2024 Community Day Classic

Porygon
Jan 20th, 2024

Event hours[]

From January 2018 to February 2019, the Community Day event hours were based on specific time zones and regions. Since the March 2019 event, the event times have been based on local time. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020 to March 2022, the event was named Community Day: Play at Home Edition, and the duration of the event was changed from three hours to six hours. Since April 2022, the event duration has been reverted back to 3 hours.

Since January 2022, Community Day Classic was introduced, with a three-hour event duration.

Community Days happen on either Saturdays or Sundays.

Events Region Start Time End Time Time Zone
Since September 2022 Worldwide 2:00 P.M. 5:00 P.M. Local time
Since January 2022
(Community Day Classic)
April 2022 to August 2022 11:00 A.M./2:00 P.M. 2:00 P.M./5:00 P.M.
March 2020 to March 2022 11:00 A.M. 5:00 P.M.
January to February 2020 Northern Hemisphere 11:00 A.M.[5] 2:00 PM
Southern Hemisphere 3:00 P.M. 6:00 P.M.
September to December 2019 Worldwide 11:00 A.M. 2:00 P.M.
July to August 2019 4:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M.
March to June 2019 3:00 P.M.[6] 6:00 P.M.
January 2018 to February 2019 Asia-Pacific 12:00 P.M. 3:00 P.M. JST (GMT +9)
Americas 11:00 A.M. 2:00 P.M. PST (GMT -8)
Africa, Europe, India and Middle East UTC (GMT +0)
UK BST (GMT +1) [7]

The December events and the Eevee Community Days had different event periods. For details access each event individual page.

Events Days
December Community Day since 2019 Saturday and Sunday
August 2021 - Eevee Friday to Monday
December 2018 Friday to Monday
August 2018 - Eevee1 Saturday and Sunday
  1. The featured attack was available for all members in its evolution family until 1:00pm PDT on August 13th, 2018.[8]

Exclusive Moves[]

The featured attack is generally exclusive to the featured Pokémon's final evolution within its family, with few exceptions applying to the non-final evolution of the family. Trainers cannot use TMs to obtain the attack with exception of January 2018 event. Unlocking the second Charged Attack does not grant exclusive moves during Community Day.

In order to obtain the featured Attack, the Pokémon must be evolved fully within the duration of the event or during the additional hours.

Events Additional time
Since June 2022 5 hours
Since January 2022
(Community Day Classic)
2 hours
September 2019 to May 2022
October 2018 to August 2019 1 hour
September 2018 30 minutes

Voting[]

The following Community Days were chosen by Trainer's votes. For details, see each individual event's page.

Event Candidates
September and October 2020
June and July 2020
February 2020

According to dataminers, there was an additional set of candidates for a vote.[9] However, it is believed that this set was abandoned.

Special Research[]

Main article: List of Special Research tasks#Community Day

Since the Abra Community Day, for US$1 (or the equivalent in local currency), the player can unlock a Community Day–exclusive Special Research series.

Shop special offer[]

Community Day Box

Starting with February 2018 Community Day, there are several purchasable item bundle boxes from the shop during each Community Day, except for July 2018 and February 2019.

Since the March 2018 Community Day, these boxes have been officially called "Community Day Box". Since the May 2018 Community Day, these boxes started to use separate graphic assets that would distinguish them from the other ones in the shop.

Videos[]

Trivia[]

  • Research done by the player community estimates that there was a 1 in 22.7 chance of capturing a shiny Pikachu.[10]
    • The same 1 in 22.7 chance of catching shiny variant of featured Pokémon applies to all Community Days.
  • With game update to version 0.101.0, there was graphic asset called "Community Day Box" added to the game files.
  • During the Dratini Community Day, until February 26, all 58 Unibail-Rodamco Pokémon GO shopping center locations across Europe activated Lure Modules at the PokéStops in their shopping centers from 9:00 A.M. to 9:00 P.M. local time.[11]
  • Following the conclusion of the September 2018 Community Day event, players reported sightings of an undiscovered Pokémon, who was later identified as Meltan, which turned into Ditto once captured.
  • Due to serious issues impacting the October 2018 Community Day in the Asia-Pacific region, an additional Community Day was held on October 28th, 2018.[12][13]
  • Due to server issues impacting the April 2019 Community Day in the GMT +8, +9 and +10 time zones, affected events were extended for two hours.[14][15] However, Niantic forgot to extend the evolution period. Outrage was not available for Salamence until ~8:30 P.M. local time.[16]
    • Niantic has never acknowledged this mistake in public.
  • Due to an issue where the weather function was down during the June 2019 Community Day for the EMEA region, there was no increased spawns of Slakoth during the event hour.[17] Niantic later announced that Slakoth Day would return from July 4th to 7th. It was also stated that Slakoth spawns would not affect Pokémon appearance during Pokémon GO Fest 2019 Dortmund.[18]
  • Due to Typhoon Hagibis affecting Japan, the October 2019 Community Day was postponed to October 26th in the country.[19][20]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Introducing Pokémon GO Community Day!. Pokémon GO Live. Retrieved on 2018-01-13.
  2. You'll Need a Bigger Bottle of Sunscreen for Our Pokémon GO Summer Events 2019! Pokémon GO Live. Retrieved on 2019-04-04.
  3. SerebiiNet. (2019, May 22). Serebii Update: Official Taiwanese Pokémon GO Twitter account states the move Slaking gets in next month's Community Day is Body Slam. Twitter. Retrieved on 2019-05-23.
  4. Pokémon GO 2019 year in review Pokémon GO Live. Retrieved on 2019-12-17.
  5. Updated January Community Day times for Northern and Southern Hemispheres Pokémon GO Live. Retrieved on 2019-12-18.
  6. NianticHelp. New for March Community Day. Twitter. Retrieved on 2019-02-22.
  7. NianticHelp. (2018, March 21). Attn: UK Community Day attendees!. Twitter. Retrieved on 2018-03-22.
  8. PokemonGoApp. (2018, August 8). Our special Community Day weekend has one more surprise for you! You can evolve your Eevee until 1 P.M. PDT on Monday, August 13, and its Evolution will know the exclusive move Last Resort!. Twitter. Retrieved on 2018-08-10.
  9. Voting Quests Twitter. Retrieved on 2020-03-09.
  10. Estimating Community Day's Boosted Shiny Rate. /r/TheSilphRoad. Retrieved on 2018-01-31.
  11. PokemonGo Blog. Pokémon GO Fun and Festivities at Unibail-Rodamco Shopping Centers in February!. Twitter. Retrieved on 2020-07-16.
  12. PokemonGoApp. Attention, Trainers. We apologize for gameplay issues impacting Community Day in the Asian-Pacific region. We will be holding an additional Beldum Community Day for Asia-Pacific Trainers to make up for the inconvenience.. Twitter. Retrieved on 2018-10-31.
  13. PokemonGoApp. Due to gameplay issues impacting Community Day in the Asian-Pacific region, we will be holding an additional Beldum Community Day for Trainers in the Asia-Pacific region on October 28, from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. JST.. Twitter. Retrieved on 2018-10-31.
  14. NianticHelp. Trainers, we're still working on resolving the server issues. We have extended Community Day for an extra hour for the affected time zones (GMT+8, GMT+9 and GMT+10).. Twitter. Retrieved on 2019-04-13.
  15. NianticHelp. The server issues have been addressed and we have extended Community Day for an additional hour for the affected time zones (GMT+7, GMT+8, GMT+9 and GMT+10).. Twitter. Retrieved on 2019-04-13.
  16. Evolution is NOT extended to 9pm (GMT +8), just evolved my Shelgon and got DM instead of Outrage.. /r/TheSilphRoad. Retrieved on 2019-04-13.
  17. NianticHelp. Trainers, we are aware of gameplay issues that impacted the EMEA region during Community Day. Please stay tuned for a future announcement that includes the return of Slakoth later this summer.. Twitter. Retrieved on 2019-06-11.
  18. NianticHelp. (2019, June 25). Attention Trainers in EMEA: Starting July 4th at 10am CEST until July 7th at 6pm CEST, Slakoth will be appearing more frequently in your region. Twitter. Retrieved on 2019-06-26.
  19. October Community Day in Japan postponed due to typhoon. /r/TheSilphRoad. Retrieved on 2019-10-26.
  20. Postponed Japan Trapinch Community Day will take place on Saturday October 26th. /r/TheSilphRoad. Retrieved on 2019-10-26.

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