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Community Day is a monthly worldwide 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 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.

No	Date	Pokémon	Attack	Bonuses
1	January 20th, 2021	Pikachu	Surf	2× XP 3-hour Lures
2	February 24th, 2021	Dratini	Draco Meteor 1	3× catch Stardust 3-hour Lures
3	March 25th, 2021	Bulbasaur	Frenzy Plant 1	3× catch XP 3-hour Lures
4	April 15th, 2021	Mareep	Dragon Pulse 1	1/4 Egg distance 3-hour Lures
5	May 19th, 2021	Charmander	Blast Burn 1	3× catch Stardust 3-hour Lures
6	June 16th, 2021 [2]	Larvitar	Smack Down 1	3× catch XP 3-hour Lures
7	July 8th, 2021 [2]	Squirtle 2	Hydro Cannon 1	1/4 Egg distance 3-hour Lures
8	August 11th–12th, 2021 [2]	Eevee	Last Resort 3	3× catch Stardust 3-hour Lures
9	September 22nd, 2021	Chikorita	Frenzy Plant 1	3× catch XP 3-hour Lures
10	October 21st, 2021 [3]	Beldum	Meteor Mash 1	1/4 Egg distance 3-hour Lures
11	November 10th, 2021 [3]	Cyndaquil	Blast Burn 1	2× catch XP 2× catch Stardust
12	Nov 30th – Dec 3rd, 2021	Pokémon featured in 11 previous Community Days.	Various	2× catch XP 2× catch Stardust 1/2 Egg Distance 3-hour Lures
13	January 12th, 2021	Totodile	Hydro Cannon 1	1/4 Egg distance 3-hour Lures
14	February 16th, 2021	Swinub	Ancient Power 1	3× catch Stardust 3-hour Lures
15	March 23rd, 2021	Treecko	Frenzy Plant 1	1/4 Egg distance 3-hour Lures
16	April 13th, 2021	Bagon	Outrage 1	3× catch XP 3-hour Lures
17	May 19th, 2021 [4]	Torchic	Blast Burn 1 Blaze Kick 4	3× catch Stardust 3-hour Lures
18	June 8th, 2021 [4]	Slakoth	Body Slam[5]1	1/4 Egg distance 3-hour Lures
19	July 21st, 2021 [4]	Mudkip	Hydro Cannon 1 Muddy Water 4	3× catch XP 3-hour Lures
20	August 3rd, 2021 [4]	Ralts	Synchronoise 1	1/4 Egg distance 3-hour Lures
21	September 15th, 2021	Turtwig	Frenzy Plant 1	3× catch Stardust 3-hour Lures
22	October 12th, 2021	Trapinch	Earth Power 1	3× catch XP 3-hour Lures
23	November 16th, 2021	Chimchar	Blast Burn 1	1/4 Egg distance 3-hour Lures
24	Dec 14th – 15th, 2021	Pokémon featured in 11 previous Community Days in wild. More in Eggs and Raids.	Various	2× catch XP 2× catch Stardust 1/2 Egg Distance 3-hour Lures
25	January 19th, 2021 [6]	Piplup	Hydro Cannon 1	1/4 Egg distance 3-hour Lures
26	February 22nd, 2021 [7]	Rhyhorn	Rock Wrecker 1	3× catch Stardust 3-hour Lures
27	April 25th, 2021 [8]	Abra	Counter 1	3× catch Stardust 3-hour Incense Special Research
28	May 24th, 2021 [9]	Seedot	Bullet Seed 1	3× catch XP 3-hour Incense Special Research
29	June 20th, 2021 [10]	Weedle	Drill Run 1	3× catch Stardust 3-hour Incense
30	July 19th, 2021 [11]	Gastly	Shadow Punch 1	1/4 Egg distance 3-hour Incense Special Research
31	August 8th, 2021 [12]	Magikarp	Aqua Tail 1	3× catch Stardust 3-hour Incense Special Research
32	September 20th, 2021 [13]	Porygon	Tri Attack 1	3× catch XP 3-hour Incense Special Research Time Research
33	October 17th, 2021 [14]	Charmander	Dragon Breath 1	3× catch Stardust 3-hour Incense Special Research Time Research
34	November 15th, 2021 [15]	Electabuzz	Flamethrower 1	1/4 Egg distance 3-hour Incense Special Research Timed Research
35	November 21st, 2021	Magmar	Thunderbolt 1	1/4 Egg distance 3-hour Incense Special Research Timed Research
36	Dec 12th – 13th, 2021	Pokémon featured in 11 previous Community Days in wild. More in Eggs and Raids.	Various	2× catch Stardust 1/2 Egg Distance 3-hour Incense Special Research Timed Research
37	January 16th, 2021 [16]	Machop	Payback 1	3× catch Stardust 3-hour Incense Special Research
38	February 7th, 2021 [17]	Roselia	Bullet Seed 1 Fire Weather Ball 1	1/4 Egg distance 3-hour Incense Special Research Timed Research
39	March 6th, 2021 [18]	Fletchling	Incinerate 1	3× catch XP 3-hour Incense Special Research

Footnotes:

1. 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.
2. By completing Research tasks obtained during the event, there was an encounter of a Squirtle wearing sunglasses as reward. ^[19]
3. The featured attack was available for all members in its evolution family until 1:00pm PDT on Monday August 13, 2021.^[20]
4. 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 April 2021 Community Day, the event has been named Community Day: Play at Home Edition, which event hours are from 11:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. on local time, with extra two hours to evolve to get the exclusive move.^[8]

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the event duration was three hours based on local time, with extra two hours to evolve to get the exclusive move.

Event hour changes

Since the the March 2021 event, the event times have been based on local time.

Original event hours

Vote

September and October 2021

The September and October 2021 Community Day featured Pokémon were voted by players.^[24][25] The winner and the first runner-up would be featured in September and October respectively. The candidates and their exclusive moves are:

The vote was available in the official Twitter page on Saturday, August 22, 2021, at 6:00 p.m. PDT (GMT −7) until Sunday, August 23, 2021, at 6:00 p.m. PDT (GMT −7).

June and July 2021

The June and July 2021 Community Day featured Pokémon were voted by players.^[26] The winner and the first runner-up would be featured in June and July respectively. The candidates and their exclusive moves are:

This time, the vote was available in the official Twitter page on Saturday, May 23, 2021, at 6:00 p.m. PDT (GMT −7) until Sunday, May 24, 2021, at 6:00 p.m. PDT (GMT −7).

February 2021

The February 2021 Community Day featured Pokémon was voted by players.^[7] The candidates and their exclusive moves are:

On February 1^st in your local time zone, every PokéStop had a voting-related task. The requirement of the task were the same for each Pokémon. One research task completed equated to one vote for the Pokémon listed on the completed task. Trainers could complete more than one voting task, and they each count as a vote for the Pokémon listed. The winner, Rhyhorn, was announced on February 3^rd.^[27]

According to dataminers, one more future set will be voted by players: ^[28]

Special Research

Main article: List of Special Research tasks#Community Day Researches

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

Main article: List of shop special offers and promotions#Community Day

Starting with February 2021 Community Day there were several purchasable item bundle boxes from the shop for the time of each Community Day, except July 2021 and February 2021.

Since March 2021 Community Day they’ve been officially called “Community Day Box” and since May 2021 Community Day these boxes started to use separate graphic asset that would distinguish them from other special offer boxes in the shop.

Gallery

February 2021 – Dratini

September 2021 – Chikorita

November 2021 – Cyndaquil

January 2021 – Totodile

September 2021 – Turtwig

October 2021 – Trapinch

November 2021 – Chimchar

February 2021 – Rhyhorn

September 2021 – Porygon

October 2021 – Charmander

November 2021 – Electabuzz

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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

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Trivia

• Not counting December, Community Days happen on either Saturdays or Sundays.
  • Except for August, 2021 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, 2021 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.^[29]
  • 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.^[30]
• The August 2021 Community Day was the first multi-day event and featured split-evolutions.
• Following the conclusion September 2021 Community Day event, players reported sightings of an undiscovered Pokémon, who was later identified as Meltan, which turned into Ditto once captured.
• The September 2021 Community Day allowed Trainers to evolve their Bayleef up to 30 minutes after the event had ended.
• From the October 2021 to August 2021 Community Day, Trainers were allowed to evolve their Pokemon up to an hour after the event had ended.
• Due to serious issues impacting October 2021 Community Day in the Asia-Pacific region, an additional Community Day was held on October 28^th, 2021.^[31][32]
• Due to server issues impacting April 2021 Community Day in GMT +8, +9 and +10 time zones, affected events were extended for two hours.^[33][34] However, Niantic forgot to extend the evolution period. Outrage was not available for Salamence until ~8:30 P.M. local time.^[35]
  • Niantic has never acknowledged this mistake in public.
• Due to the weather function was down during June 2021 Community Day on EMEA region, there was no increased spawn of Slakoth during the event hour.^[36] Niantic later announced Slakoth Day will return on July 4^th to 7^th. It was also stated that Slakoth spawn won’t affect Pokémon appearance in Dortmund Pokémon GO Fest 2021.^[37]
• Due to a serious typhoon in Japan, the October 2021 Community Day in Japan was postponed to October 26^th.^[38][39]
• Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the March 2021 Community Day had been postponed.^[40] This is the first Community Day that was postponed worldwide. The exclusive move for Alakazam was unknown at that moment.
  • Abra Community Day was rescheduled on April 25^th. Niantic called it as Community Day: Play at Home Edition.^[8] This format has been used for all subsequent Community Days.
• The following text was removed from the Roselia blog post shortly after its release:
  • Community Note: Trainers, we have heard your feedback when it comes to which Pokémon appear during Community Day. Stay tuned for announcements about which Pokémon you can expect to be featured during upcoming Community Days.^[41]

References

1. ↑ ^2.02.12.2 Get Pumped Up for Pokémon GO Summer Tour 2021! Pokémon GO Live. Retrieved on 2021-05-08.
2. ↑ ^3.03.1 SerebiiNet. (2021, August 14). Serebii Update: The next Community Day timings beyond September have been announced. Twitter. Retrieved on 2021-08-15.
3. ↑ ^4.04.14.24.3 You’ll Need a Bigger Bottle of Sunscreen for Our Pokémon GO Summer Events 2021! Pokémon GO Live. Retrieved on 2021-04-04.
4. ↑ SerebiiNet. (2021, 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 2021-05-23.
5. ↑ Pokémon GO 2021 year in review Pokémon GO Live. Retrieved on 2021-12-17.
6. ↑ ^7.07.1 Make your voices heard—vote for February Community Day’s featured Pokémon Pokémon GO Live. Retrieved on 2021-01-28.
7. ↑ ^8.08.18.2 Abra Community Day rescheduled for Saturday, April 25, 2021 Pokémon GO Live. Retrieved on 2021-04-16.
8. ↑ Community Day: Play at Home Edition featuring Seedot! Pokémon GO Live. Retrieved on 2021-05-23.
9. ↑ The featured Pokémon for June Community Day is Weedle! Pokémon GO Live. Retrieved on 2021-06-20.
10. ↑ The featured Pokémon for July Community Day is Gastly! Pokémon GO Live. Retrieved on 2021-07-03.
11. ↑ The featured Pokémon for August Community Day is… Pokémon GO Live. Retrieved on 2021-07-29.
12. ↑ Porygon will be featured during September Community Day! Pokémon GO Live. Retrieved on 2021-09-05.
13. ↑ Charmander will be featured during October Community Day! Pokémon GO Live. Retrieved on 2021-09-30.
14. ↑ Electabuzz and Magmar will be featured during November’s Community Day events! Pokémon GO Live. Retrieved on 2021-10-28.
15. ↑ Rising to the challenge of January Community Day is none other than Machop! Pokémon GO Live. Retrieved on 2021-01-16.
16. ↑ Roselia is the featured February Community Day Pokémon! Pokémon GO Live. Retrieved on 2021-01-16.
17. ↑ March Community Day’s featured Pokémon will be Fletchling! Pokémon GO Live. Retrieved on 2021-02-17.
18. ↑ 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 2021-07-03.
19. ↑ PokemonGoApp. (2021, 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 2021-08-10.
20. ↑ Updated January Community Day times for Northern and Southern Hemispheres Pokémon GO Live. Retrieved on 2021-12-18.
21. ↑ NianticHelp. New for March Community Day. Twitter. Retrieved on 2021-02-22.
22. ↑ NianticHelp. (2021, March 21). Attn: UK Community Day attendees!. Twitter. Retrieved on 2021-03-22.
23. ↑ PokemonGoApp. Exciting news, Trainers! September AND October #PokemonGOCommunityDay will be decided by the community!. Twitter. Retrieved on 2021-08-12.
24. ↑ September and October Community Day voting is coming! Will Charmander, Caterpie, Grimer, or Porygon be the winner? Pokémon GO Live. Retrieved on 2021-08-17.
25. ↑ Community Day voting is back! Which Pokémon will you choose to be featured during June and July Community Days? Pokémon GO Live. Retrieved on 2021-05-19.
26. ↑ The featured Pokémon for February Community Day is… Pokémon GO Live. Retrieved on 2021-02-11.
27. ↑ Voting Quests Twitter. Retrieved on 2021-03-09.
28. ↑ Estimating Community Day’s Boosted Shiny Rate. /r/TheSilphRoad. Retrieved on 2021-01-31.
29. ↑ PokemonGo Blog. Pokémon GO Fun and Festivities at Unibail-Rodamco Shopping Centers in February!. Twitter. Retrieved on 2021-07-16.
30. ↑ 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 2021-10-31.
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 2021-10-31.
32. ↑ 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 2021-04-13.
33. ↑ 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 2021-04-13.
34. ↑ Evolution is NOT extended to 9pm (GMT +8), just evolved my Shelgon and got DM instead of Outrage.. /r/TheSilphRoad. Retrieved on 2021-04-13.
35. ↑ 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 2021-06-11.
36. ↑ NianticHelp. (2021, 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 2021-06-26.
37. ↑ October Community Day in Japan postponed due to typhoon. /r/TheSilphRoad. Retrieved on 2021-10-26.
38. ↑ Postponed Japan Trapinch Community Day will take place on Saturday October 26th. /r/TheSilphRoad. Retrieved on 2021-10-26.
39. ↑ Updates to events: Abra Community Day. Pokémon GO Live. Retrieved on 2021-03-13.
40. ↑ poke_miners. The note about listening to community feedback has been removed from the blog post:. Twitter. Retrieved on 2021-02-07.

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