July 2020 Community Day

The July 2020 Community Day was the thirtieth Community Day event, featuring Gastly.

Featured Pokémon
Gastly had increased spawn rates in the wild and from Incense or Lure Modules:

There were also five chances per day to be photobombed by Gastly:

Exclusive move
In order to obtain Shadow Punch, Trainers had to evolve Haunter into Gengar after the start of event and up to 2 hours after the end of event. Trainers cannot use TMs to obtain the attack.

Field Research event tasks
There were several Field Research tasks exclusively for the duration of the event.

Special Research
The Great Gastly is a Special Research campaign for Gastly Community Day. It cost $1 to access the Special Research. The Gengar in this research would know Shadow Punch if it was caught during event hours.

Shop special offer
Following items were available from the July Community Day Box item bundle in 2020.

Voting process
The June and July 2020 Community Day featured Pokémon were voted by players. The winner and the first runner-up would be featured in June and July respectively. The vote was available in the official Twitter page on Saturday, May 23, 2020, at 6:00 p.m. PDT (GMT −7) until Sunday, May 24, 2020, at 6:00 p.m. PDT (GMT −7).