Community Day is a monthly worldwide 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 Pokémon GO Community Day event starring a special Pokémon, which appears frequently around the world for just a few hours. When caught or evolved during the event, this special Pokémon will know an exclusive move. Other bonuses are in effect during the event, such as increased XP, Stardust, shiny rate and Lure Modules activated during the event last for three hours.[1]
List of Community Days
| No | Date | Pokémon | Attack | Bonuses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | January 20th, 2018 |   Pikachu | Surf | 2× XP, 3-hour Lures |
| 2 | February 24th, 2018 |   Dratini | Draco Meteor 1 | 3× catch Stardust, 3-hour Lures |
| 3 | March 25th, 2018 |   Bulbasaur | Frenzy Plant 1 | 3× catch XP, 3-hour Lures |
| 4 | April 15th, 2018 |   Mareep | Dragon Pulse 1 | 1/4 Egg distance, 3-hour Lures |
| 5 | May 19th, 2018 |   Charmander | Blast Burn 1 | 3× catch Stardust, 3-hour Lures |
| 6 | June 16th, 2018 [2] |   Larvitar | Smack Down 1 | 3× catch XP, 3-hour Lures |
| 7 | July 8th, 2018 [2] |   Squirtle 2 | Hydro Cannon 1 | 1/4 Egg distance, 3-hour Lures |
| 8 | August 11th–12th, 2018 [2] |   Eevee | Last Resort 3 | 3× catch Stardust, 3-hour Lures |
| 9 | September 22nd, 2018 |   Chikorita | Frenzy Plant 1 | 3× catch XP, 3-hour Lures |
| 10 | October 21st, 2018[3] |   Beldum | Meteor Mash 1 | 1/4 Egg distance, 3-hour Lures |
| 11 | November 10th, 2018[3] |   Cyndaquil | Blast Burn 1 | 2× catch XP, 2× catch Stardust |
| 12 | Nov 30th – Dec 3rd, 2018 | Pokémon featured in 11 previous Community Days. | Various | 2× catch XP, 2× catch Stardust, 1/2 Egg Distance, 3-hour Lures |
| 13 | January 12th, 2019 |   Totodile | Hydro Cannon 1 | 1/4 Egg distance, 3-hour Lures |
| 14 | February 16th, 2019 |   Swinub | Ancient Power 1 | 3× catch Stardust, 3-hour Lures |
| 15 | March 23rd, 2019 |   Treecko | Frenzy Plant 1 | 1/4 Egg distance, 3-hour Lures |
| 16 | April 13th, 2019 |   Bagon | Outrage 1 | 3× catch XP, 3-hour Lures |
| 17 | May 19th, 2019 [4] |   Torchic | Blast Burn 1 | 3× catch Stardust, 3-hour Lures |
| 18 | June 8th, 2019 [4] |   Slakoth | Body Slam[5] 1 | 1/4 Egg distance, 3-hour Lures |
| 19 | July 21st, 2019 [4] |   Mudkip | Hydro Cannon 1 | 3× catch XP, 3-hour Lures |
| 20 | August 3rd, 2019 [4] |   Ralts | Synchronoise 1 | 1/4 Egg distance, 3-hour Lures |
| 21 | September 15th, 2019 |   Turtwig | Frenzy Plant 1 | 3× catch Stardust, 3-hour Lures |
| 22 | October 12th, 2019 |   Trapinch | TBD | TBD, TBD |
| 23 | November 16th, 2019 |   Chimchar (presumably) | TBD | TBD, TBD |
| 24 | Dec 14th – 15th, 2018 |  Unknown | TBD | TBD, TBD |
Footnotes:
- The featured attack is exclusive to the featured Pokémon's final evolution within its family. In order to obtain the featured Attack, the Pokémon must be evolved fully within the duration of the event. Trainers cannot use TMs to obtain the attack.
- By completing Research tasks obtained during the event, there was an encounter of a Squirtle wearing sunglasses as reward. [6]
- The featured attack was available for all members in its evolution family until 1:00pm PDT on Monday August 13, 2018.[7]
- Beginning on Community Day, Trainers can use TMs to teach this new move to the featured Pokémon's final evolution within its family.
Event hours
Since the September 2019 Community Day, the event time was based on local time 11:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M., with an extra two hours to evolve to get the exclusive move.
Event hour changes
Since the the March 2019 event, the event times have been based on local time.
| From | Until | Start Time |
|---|---|---|
| 2019, September | Now | 11:00 A.M. |
| 2019, July | 2019, August | 4:00 P.M. |
| 2019, March | 2019, June | 3:00 P.M.[8] |
Original event hours
| Region | Start Time | End Time | Time Zone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | 11:00 A.M. | 2:00 P.M. | UTC (GMT +0) |
| Americas | 11:00 A.M. | 2:00 P.M. | PST (GMT -8) |
| Asia-Pacific | 12:00 P.M. | 3:00 P.M. | JST (GMT +9) |
| Europe | 11:00 A.M. | 2:00 P.M. | UTC (GMT +0) |
| India | 11:00 A.M. | 2:00 P.M. | UTC (GMT +0) |
| Middle East | 11:00 A.M. | 2:00 P.M. | UTC (GMT +0) |
| UK | 10:00 A.M. | 1:00 P.M. | BST (GMT +1) [9] |
Shop special offer
- Main article: List of shop special offers and promotions#Community Day
Starting with February 2018 Community Day there were several purchasable item bundle boxes from the shop for the time of each Community Day, except July 2018 and February 2019.
Since March 2018 Community Day they've been officially called "Community Day Box" and since May 2018 Community Day these boxes started to use separate graphic asset that would distinguish them from other special offer boxes in the shop.
Gallery
January 2018 – Pikachu
February 2018 – Dratini
March 2018 – Bulbasaur
June 2018 – Larvitar
July 2018 – Squirtle
August 2018 – Eevee
September 2018 – Chikorita
October 2018 – Beldum
November 2018 – Cyndaquil
December 2018
January 2019 – Totodile
February 2019 – Swinub
March 2019 – Treecko
April 2019 – Bagon
May 2019 – Torchic
June 2019 – Slakoth
July 2019 – Mudkip
August 2019 – Ralts
September 2019 – Turtwig
October 2019 – Trapinch
Add a photo to this galleryVideos
Don’t slack off on June Community Day, featuring Slakoth!
July Community Day—Don’t skip out on Mudkip!
Waltz with Ralts into August Community Day!
September Community Day—branch out with Turtwig!
Trivia
- Community Days happen on either Saturdays or Sundays.
- Except for August, 2018 event which happens on both Saturday and Sunday of that month.
- Fast TMs and Charged TMs don't grant exclusive moves during Community Day.
- However, exclusively, during the first Community Day in January, 2018 Charged TMs could grant any previously captured Pikachu Surf.
- Unlocking the second Charged Attack does not grant exclusive moves during Community Day.
- Research done by 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 the next Community Days.
- With game update to version 0.101.0, there was graphic asset called "Community Day Box" added to the game files.
- The August 2018 Community Day was the first multi-day event and featured split-evolutions.
- Following the conclusion September 2018 Community Day event, players reported sightings of an undiscovered Pokémon, who was later identified as Meltan, which turned into Ditto once captured.
- The September 2018 Community Day allowed Trainers to evolve their Bayleef up to 30 minutes after the event had ended.
- From the October 2018 to August 2019 Community Day, Trainers were allowed to evolve their Pokemon up to an hour after the event had ended.
- Due to serious issues impacting October 2018 Community Day in the Asia-Pacific region, an additional Community Day was held on October 28th, 2018.[11][12]
- Due to server issues impacting April 2019 Community Day in GMT +8, +9 and +10 time zones, affected events were extended for two hours.[13][14] However, Niantic forgot to extend the evolution period. Outrage was not available for Salamence until ~8:30 P.M. local time.[15]
- Due to the weather function was down during June 2019 Community Day on EMEA region, there was no increased spawn of Slakoth during the event hour.[16] Niantic later announced Slakoth Day will return on July 4th to 7th. It was also stated that Slakoth spawn won't affect Pokémon appearance in Dortmund Pokémon GO Fest 2019.[17]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Introducing Pokémon GO Community Day!. Pokémon GO Live. Retrieved on 2018-01-13.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Get Pumped Up for Pokémon GO Summer Tour 2018! Pokémon GO Live. Retrieved on 2018-05-08.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 SerebiiNet. (2018, August 14). Serebii Update: The next Community Day timings beyond September have been announced. Twitter. Retrieved on 2018-08-15.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 You'll Need a Bigger Bottle of Sunscreen for Our Pokémon GO Summer Events 2019! Pokémon GO Live. Retrieved on 04-04-2019.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ PokemonGoApp. Attention, Trainers: if you complete Field Research tasks during Community Day, you may have a chance to encounter Squirtle sporting sunglasses.. Twitter. Retrieved on 2018-07-03.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ NianticHelp. New for March Community Day. Twitter. Retrieved on 2019-02-22.
- ↑ NianticHelp. (2018, March 21). Attn: UK Community Day attendees!. Twitter. Retrieved on 2018-03-22.
- ↑ Estimating Community Day's Boosted Shiny Rate. /r/TheSilphRoad. Retrieved on 2018-01-31.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
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