August 2020 Community Day

The August 2020 Community Day was the thirty-first Community Day event, featuring Magikarp.

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

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

Exclusive move
In order to obtain Aqua Tail, Trainers had to evolve Magikarp into Gyarados 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
Making a Splash is a Special Research campaign for Magikarp Community Day. It cost $1 to access the Special Research. The Gyarados in this research would know Aqua Tail if it was caught during event hours.

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