Community Day

Pokémon GO Community Day (Japanese: コミュニティ・デイ Community Day) is a monthly in-game event in Pokémon GO that features specific Pokémon through limited-time increased spawn rates and obtainable exclusive moves for three hours. Recent Community Day events have allowed players to obtain these exclusive moves up to two hours after the regular time window.

During these events, different resource bonuses occur, such as increased XP gain or decreased Egg distances. Field Research tasks specific to the Community Day event are also available during the three hour period.

During the Community Day event, the featured Pokémon is much more likely to be Shiny than usual (at about a 1/25 chance^[1]); additionally, the Community Day event is usually the first time the Pokémon's Shiny coloration is available.

Event time

The event used to run at one of three GMT times, depending on the player's location. The three different regions were as follows.

Asia-Pacific
Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and India
The Americas and Greenland

Since the March 2019 Community Day, the hours have been changed to start at 3 P.M. in each time zone and last until 6 P.M. Starting with the July 2019 Community Day, Community Days times were changed to 4 P.M. until 7 P.M. due to Northern Hemisphere summer. Community Days times changed to 11 A.M. until 2 P.M. for the September 2019 Community Day. Since the October 2018 Community Day, exclusive moves learned by an evolution of a featured Pokémon are obtainable up to one hour after the end of the event; and on the September 2019 Community Day, this time window was increased to two hours.

List of Community Day events

Featured Pokémon	Date	Exclusive move	Pokémon eligible for exclusive move	Resource bonus	Notes
Pikachu	January 20, 2018	Surf	Pikachu	2× XP 3-hour Lure Modules	Pikachu could also learn Surf via Charged TM during this event
Dratini	February 24, 2018	Draco Meteor	Dragonite	3× Catch Stardust 3-hour Lure Modules
Bulbasaur	March 25, 2018	Frenzy Plant	Venusaur	3× Catch XP 3-hour Lure Modules
Mareep	April 15, 2018	Dragon Pulse	Ampharos	1/4 Egg distance hatching requirement 3-hour Lure Modules
Charmander	May 19, 2018	Blast Burn	Charizard	3× Catch Stardust 3-hour Lure Modules
Larvitar	June 16, 2018	Smack Down	Tyranitar	3× Catch XP 3-hour Lure Modules
Squirtle	July 8, 2018	Hydro Cannon	Blastoise	1/4 Egg distance hatching requirement 3-hour Lure Modules	Sunglasses Squirtle could be obtained from event Field Research by catching 5 normal Squirtle.
Eevee	August 11 and 12, 2018	Last Resort	Eevee Vaporeon Jolteon Flareon Espeon Umbreon	3× Catch Stardust 3-hour Lure Modules	Eevee evolved between the end of the Community Day on August 11 and the start of the Community Day on August 12 would also know Last Resort after evolving
Chikorita	September 22, 2018	Frenzy Plant	Meganium	3× Catch XP 3-hour Lure Modules	For 30 minutes after the event ended, Ditto disguised as Meltan appeared.
Beldum	October 21, 2018	Meteor Mash	Metagross	1/4 Egg distance hatching requirement 3-hour Lure Modules	Community Day repeated in some locations on October 28, 2018.
Cyndaquil	November 10, 2018	Blast Burn	Typhlosion	2× Catch XP 2× Catch Stardust
Community Day Celebration: All previous featured Pokémon	November 30 - December 2, 2018	All previous exclusive moves	Same as above	On December 1*: 2× Catch XP 2× Catch Stardust 1/2 Egg distance hatching requirement	Shiny rates estimated to be 1/100^[2]
Totodile	January 12, 2019 (Europe and America) January 13, 2019 (Asia-Pacific)	Hydro Cannon	Feraligatr	1/4 Egg distance hatching requirement 3-hour Lure Modules
Swinub	February 16, 2019 (Europe and America) February 17, 2019 (Asia-Pacific)	Ancient Power	Mamoswine	3× Catch Stardust 5× rewards per day from Trainer Battles, guaranteeing Sinnoh Stones 3-hour Lure Modules	Coinciding with the Valentine's Day event, the following bonuses are also applied: 2× Catch Candy 6-hour Lure Modules
Treecko	March 23, 2019	Frenzy Plant	Sceptile	1/4 Egg distance hatching requirement 3-hour Lure Modules
Bagon	April 13, 2019	Outrage	Salamence	3× Catch XP 3-hour Lure Modules
Torchic	May 19, 2019	Blast Burn	Blaziken	3× Catch Stardust 3-hour Lure Modules	Blaze Kick permanently added to Blaziken's move pool
Slakoth	June 8, 2019	Body Slam	Slaking	1/4 Egg distance hatching requirement 3-hour Lure Modules	Community Day repeated in some locations from July 4 - 7.
Mudkip	July 21, 2019	Hydro Cannon	Swampert	3× Catch Stardust 3-hour Lure Modules	Muddy Water permanently added to Swampert's move pool
Ralts	August 3, 2019	Synchronoise	Gardevoir Gallade	1/4 Egg distance hatching requirement 3-hour Lure Modules	All Eggs obtained during the event are 10 km containing Ralts Level 1 Raid Battles featuring Ralts were available
Turtwig	September 15, 2019	Frenzy Plant	Torterra	3× Catch Stardust 3-hour Lure Modules	Level 1 Raid Battles featuring Turtwig were available Increased PokéStop invasions by Team GO Rocket Grunts using Turtwig
Trapinch	October 12, 2019	Earth Power	Flygon	3× Catch XP 3-hour Lure Modules	Postponed to October 26, 2019 in Japan because of Typhoon Hagibis^[3]
Chimchar	November 16, 2019	Blast Burn	Infernape	1/4 Egg distance hatching requirement 3-hour Lure Modules
Community Day Celebration: All previous featured Pokémon	December 14-15, 2019	All previous featured moves	Same as above Leafeon^{[note 1]} Glaceon^{[note 1]}	1/2 Egg distance hatching requirement 2× Catch Experience 2× Catch Stardust 3-hour Lure Modules	Pokémon from 2018 Community Days were available in Raids and Eggs. Pokémon from 2019 Community Days were available in the wild.
Piplup	January 19, 2020	Hydro Cannon	Empoleon	1/4 Egg distance hatching requirement 3-hour Lure Modules	Starting time differs by region 11 A.M. - 2 P.M. in Northern Hemisphere 3 P.M. - 6 P.M. in Southern Hemisphere
Rhyhorn	February 22, 2020	Rock Wrecker	Rhyperior	3× Catch Stardust 3-hour Lure Modules	Starting time differs by region 11 A.M. - 2 P.M. in Northern Hemisphere 3 P.M. - 6 P.M. in Southern Hemisphere
Abra	April 25, 2020	Counter	Alakazam	3× Catch Stardust 3-hour Incense Great Buddy will find at least 50 Poké Balls every 30 minutes. Flee rate has been temporarily altered	Postponed worldwide from March 15, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The bonuses were also changed. ^[4] 11 A.M. - 5 P.M. local time
Seedot	May 24, 2020	Bullet Seed	Shiftry	3-hour Incense 11 A.M. - 5 P.M. local time

Voting

For the February 2020 Community Day, players were given the option to vote between four different possible Pokémon. On February 1, 2020, from 12 A.M. to 11:59 P.M. (local time), players voted for their choice by completing four different research tasks (one for each candidate); other than their name and voting mechanic, the tasks were otherwise identical, requiring the player to catch 20 Pokémon and rewarding them 200 Stardust upon completion. The winner was announced as Rhyhorn on February 3, 2020. The candidate Pokémon and their corresponding exclusive moves for their fully-evolved forms are:^[5]

Vulpix and Alolan Vulpix, with the exclusive move Weather Ball (Fire) for normal Ninetales and Weather Ball (Ice) for Alolan Ninetales
- Throughout the event, normal Vulpix would be found in the wild and Eggs, and Alolan Vulpix would be found by completing Field Research and raids.
Machop, with the exclusive move Payback for Machamp
Rhyhorn, with the exclusive move Rock Wrecker for Rhyperior
Dratini, with the exclusive move Superpower for Dragonite

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	社群日 Séhkwàhn Yaht
Chinese	Mandarin	社群日 Shèqún Rì
French		Journée Communauté
German		Community Day
Italian		Community Day
Korean		커뮤니티 데이 Community Day
Portuguese		Dia Comunitário
Spanish		Día de la Comunidad