Community Day

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

## 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.

Once a month, Niantic hosts a Community Day event starring a 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-hours Lure Module or 3-hours Incense.

The December events are a special edition featuring previous Pokémon and Moves, different days and time and additional bonuses.

## List of Community Days

All these events featured 3-hour Lures bonus:

Pikachu
Jan 18th, 2018

 Surf
2× XP

Dratini
Feb 24th, 2018

 Draco Meteor
3× catch Stardust

Bulbasaur
Mar 25th, 2018

 Frenzy Plant
3× catch XP

Mareep
Apr 15th, 2018

 Dragon Pulse
1/4 Egg distance

Charmander
May 19th, 2018

 Blast Burn
3× catch Stardust

Larvitar
Jun 16th, 2018

 Smack Down
3× catch XP

Squirtle
Jul 8th, 2018

 Hydro Cannon
1/4 Egg distance

Eevee
Aug 11th - 12th, 2018

 Last Resort
3× catch XP

Chikorita
Sep 22nd, 2018

 Frenzy Plant
3× catch XP

Beldum
Oct 21st, 2018

 Meteor Mash
1/4 Egg distance

Cyndaquil
Nov 10th, 2018

 Blast Burn
2× catch XP and 2× catch Stardust

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

2× catch XP, 2× catch Stardust, and 1/2 Egg Distance

Totodile
Jan 12th, 2019

 Hydro Cannon
1/4 Egg distance

Swinub
Feb 16th, 2019

 Ancient Power
3× catch Stardust

Treecko
Mar 23rd, 2019

 Frenzy Plant
1/4 Egg distance

Bagon
Apr 13th, 2019

 Outrage
3× catch XP

Torchic
May 19th, 2019

 Blast Burn
3× catch Stardust

Slakoth
Jun 8th, 2019

 Body Slam
1/4 Egg distance

Mudkip
Jul 21st, 2019

 Hydro Cannon
3× catch XP

Ralts
Aug 3rd, 2019

 Synchronoise
1/4 Egg distance

Turtwig
Sep 15th, 2019

 Frenzy Plant
3× catch Stardust

Trapinch
Oct 12th, 2019

 Earth Power
3× catch XP

Chimchar
Nov 16th, 2019

 Blast Burn
1/4 Egg distance

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

(Check article for details)

Piplup
Jan 19th, 2020

 Hydro Cannon
1/4 Egg distance

Rhyhorn
Feb 22nd, 2020

 Rock Wrecker
3× catch Stardust

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, since April 2020, the event has been named **Community Day: Play at Home Edition** featuring new bonuses, Special Researches, event duration and time. For further details check each event individual page.

Abra
Apr 25th, 2020

Seedot
May 24th, 2020

Weedle
Jun 20th, 2020

Gastly
Jul 19th, 2020

Magikarp
Aug 8th, 2020

Porygon
Sep 20th, 2020

Charmander
Oct 17th, 2020

Electabuzz
Nov 15th, 2020

Magmar
Nov 21st, 2020

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

Machop
Jan 16th, 2021

Roselia
Feb 7th, 2021

Fletchling
Mar 6th, 2021

Snivy
Apr 11th, 2021

Swablu
May 15th, 2021

Gible
Jun 6th, 2021

Tepig
Jul 3rd, 2021

Eevee
Aug 14th - 15th, 2021

Oshawott
Sep 19th, 2021

Duskull
Oct 9th, 2021

Shinx
Nov 21st, 2021

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

Spheal
Jan 16th, 2022

Hoppip
Feb 12th, 2022

Sandshrew
Mar 13th, 2022

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

Stufful
Apr 23rd, 2022

Alolan Geodude
May 21st, 2022

Deino
Jun 25th, 2022

Starly
Jul 17th, 2022

Galarian Zigzagoon
Aug 13th, 2022

Roggenrola
Sep 18th, 2022

Litwick
Oct 15th, 2022

Teddiursa
Nov 12th, 2022

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

Chespin
Jan 7th, 2023

Noibat
Feb 5th, 2023

Slowpoke
Mar 18th, 2023

Togetic
Apr 15th, 2023

Fennekin
May 21st, 2023

Axew
Jun 10th, 2023

Poliwag
Jul 30th, 2023

Froakie
Aug 13th, 2023

Grubbin
Sep 23rd, 2023

Timburr
Oct 15th, 2023

Wooper
Nov 5th, 2023

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

Rowlet
Jan 6th, 2024

Chansey
Feb 4th, 2024

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

Bulbasaur
Jan 22nd, 2022

Mudkip
Apr 10th, 2022

Dratini
Nov 5th, 2022

Larvitar
Jan 21st, 2023

Swinub
Apr 29th, 2023

Squirtle
Jul 9th, 2023

Charmander
Sep 2nd, 2023

Mareep
Nov 25th, 2023

Porygon
Jan 20th, 2024

## Event hours

From January 2018 to February 2019, the Community Day event hours were based on specific timezones and regions. Since the the March 2019 event, the event times have been based on local time. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, since April 2020, the event has been 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 have been reverted to 3 hours.

Since January 2022, the **Community Day Classic** is introduced, with 3 hours event duration.

Community Days happen on either Saturdays or Sundays.

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

 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.

## 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.

 September 2018 | 30 minutes

## Voting

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

According to dataminers, one more future set may be voted by players. 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

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.

## Videos

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!Get fired up for Chimchar on November Community Day!December Pokémon GO Community Day
## Trivia

* Research done by player community estimates that there was a 1 in 22.7 chance of capturing a shiny Pikachu.
	+ 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* Due to serious issues impacting October 2018 Community Day in the Asia-Pacific region, an additional Community Day was held on October 28th, 2018.
* Due to server issues impacting April 2019 Community Day in GMT +8, +9 and +10 time zones, affected events were extended for two hours. However, Niantic forgot to extend the evolution period. Outrage was not available for Salamence until ~8:30 P.M. local time.
	+ Niantic has never acknowledged this mistake in public.
* 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. 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 Pokémon GO Fest 2019 Dortmund.
* Due to Typhoon Hagibis affecting Japan, the October 2019 Community Day was postponed to October 26th in the country.

## 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.