July 2023 Community Day Classic

July 2023 Community Day Classic was the seventy-second Community Day event, featuring Squirtle. It was the sixth Community Day on the Classic format, that revisits Pokémon that have featured on past Community Days. Squirtle was first featured on the July 2018 Community Day.

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

These Pokémon could photobomb five times during the event:

Exclusive move
In order to obtain Hydro Cannon, Trainers had to evolve Wartortle into Blastoise after the start of event and up to 5 hours after the end of event. Trainers cannot use TMs to obtain the attack.

Special Research


Keeping Sharp Special Research was available during the event. The Haxorus in this research would know Breaking Swipe if it was caught during event hours.

