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Pokemon Go Community Days are some of the best events that take place in the game. Other than just the featured Pokemon, there are bonuses, new moves, quests, and more, so it can be a lot to make note of. We've compiled all the details you need for the upcoming Community Day (CD) to give you an overview of everything to expect and how to prepare.
This guide will be regularly updated with the upcoming Community Day as a focus. It will also keep track of each CD as it comes and goes, giving you a look back at celebrations that have passed. Be sure to check back with every new Community Day announcement from Niantic for all the details you need.
Updated on July 28, 2023, by Christian Pellegrino: It's time for July's Community Day event! This Community Day event will be featuring Poliwag, the Water-type Pokemon from the franchise's first generation. We have put together a complete guide for Poliwag's Community Day, including all information that is needed to make the most of it.
Next Pokemon Go Community Day: Poliwag
Date: Sunday, July 30, 2023
- Time: 2pm to 5pm local time
This Pokemon Go Community Day will be featuring Poliwag in addition to several other bonuses. There are three other Pokemon in Poliwag's evolution family, Poliwhirl, then Poliwrath or Politoed.
First, it will require 25 Poliwag Candy to evolve Poliwag into Poliwhirl. From here, you can either use 100 Poliwag Candy to evolve Poliwhirl into Poliwrath or 100 Poliwag Candy and a King's Rock to evolve Poliwag into Politoed.
With the Poliwag Candy required to perform these evolutions, make sure to take advantage of the increased spawn rate of this Community Day Pokemon.
This will ensure you have enough Poliwag Candy to perform multiple relatively costly evolutions.
Special Moves
For this Pokemon Go Community Day event, Poliwag will not possess the Featured Attack when caught; instead, you will have to do a little bit more to acquire these unique moves.
For this Community Day, there will be two different Featured Attacks available, one obtained by evolving Poliwhirl into Poliwrath and one obtained by evolving Poliwhirl into Politoed.
Doing so will provide you with either a Poliwrath with the Fast Attack Counter or a Politoed with the Charged Attack Ice Beam. The in-game stats for these two attacks can be found below.
Make sure that you are performing these evolutions from 2pm to 10pm local time, otherwise, they will not learn the Featured Attacks.
Featured Attack Stats | ||
|---|---|---|
Attack | Counter | Ice Beam |
PvE Stats (Gyms and Raids) | 12 Power | 90 |
PvP Stats (Trainer Battles) | 8 Power | 90 |
Bonuses
Community Days always feature special bonuses, and Poliwag's will be no different. From 2pm to 5pm local time, these bonuses will be in effect:
- Twice the Candy for catching Pokemon.
- Twice the chance of earning Candy XL for catching Pokemon.
- Eggs put into Incubators during this event will have 1/4 Hatch Distance.
- Activated Incense during the event will last for three hours.
- Lure Modules will also last for three hours.
- Snapshots taken during this event will have a chance to contain a surprise.
- One additional Special Trade can be made.
- Trades will require 50 percent less Stardust.
The two event bonuses related to trading Pokemon will be available for up to five hours after the Community Day event.
This means you can take advantage of them from 2pm to 10pm local time on this day.
Bonus Raid Battles
Following the main Community Day Event, there will be Bonus Raid Battles taking place from 5pm to 10pm local time.
During this window, Poliwhirl will be appearing in Four-Star Raids across the globe, only joinable locally, disabling the use of Remote Raid Passes to join these specific Raids.
Following the successful completion of one of these Raids, Poliwag will begin appearing in a 300-meter radius around the Gym where the Raid took place, lasting for 30 minutes.
Poliwag that appear from this bonus will possess the same increased Shiny rate as those encountered during the main Community Day Event.
Quests
Here's what we know about the research quests that will be available:
Field Research
There will be special Field Research Tasks available during this Community Day, requiring you to catch multiple Poliwag. Completing these will reward you with either an encounter with Poliwag, a King's Rock, or Ultra Balls.
Special Research
In the days leading up to this Community Day, you can purchase a ticket from the in-game shop that grants you access to a Special Research Story quest line, Community Day Special Research story - Slippery Swirls.
It will cost $1 or the equivalent in your local currency. Typically, for CD Special Research stories, you can catch the evolved stages of the featured Pokemon, and the ones who are able to will know the featured special move.
You do not need to complete this Special Research before the end of the Community Day event — it's permanently available.
It is, of course, only available to those who purchase a ticket.
Timed Research
From 2pm to 10pm local time, a Community Day Timed Research will be available to all players, free of charge. Completing the tasks for this Timed Research will earn you multiple King's Rocks.
Season 11: Hidden Gems
Date: June 1 through September 1
With the introduction of Season 11: Hidden Gems comes several new bonuses and features. The following features will be available to all players throughout this season of Pokemon Go, including during this month's Community Day Event.
Wild Encounters | You will be much more likely to encounter Alolan Meowth, Koffing, Paras, Scyther, Onix, Dunsparce, Shellder, Staryu, Dratini, and many more Pokemon this season. Their Shiny forms will be more likely as a result. |
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Eggs | You can hatch Staryu, Omanyte, Hisuian Voltorb, Hisuian Growlithe, Mawile, Cranidos, as well as many other Pokemon from Eggs this season. |
Raids | Expect to encounter Legendary Pokemon, including Azelf, Uxie, and Mesprit, in Five-Star Raids during this season. Mega Evolutions, including Mega Swampert and Mega Sceptile, will also be appearing in Mega Raids during this Season of Pokemon Go. Additionally, Shadow Articuno will be appearing in Shadow Raids this season. These battles will not be easy, so make sure to group up with other Trainers to successfully defeat these powerful Pokemon. |
How To Prepare For Community Day
There is no shortage of free stuff given out on Community Day events, from the supplies granted by easy Field Research tasks, the rewards for research quest lines, the Shop Boxes, and more.
However, it's usually still a good idea to prep in advance for the upcoming Community Day, especially if the featured Pokemon (or its evolutions) is competitively viable, or it's something you really want.
- Of course, stock up on Poke Balls and Berries.
- Other things that can come in handy but aren't as vital are Incense, Lure Modules, Star Pieces, and Lucky Eggs (especially when the event bonus is extra Stardust and XP).
- If you're going out for Community Day and doing a bit of walking, you'll definitely want to save your Incubators or buy some more to get some Eggs hatched.
Additionally, you'll want to make sure you have some Pokemon box storage available. If your storage is full or close to it, it'll be rather tedious to be transferring Pokemon throughout the day, so it's best to prepare in advance by making some room.
If your current Buddy is a Pokemon that you need Candies for, it can be wise to give them a Poffin to make them excited and reduce the walking distance needed for each Candy by half.
As for preparations in the real world, you'll want to make sure you have anything you need for either a day out of the house or setting some time aside to play from home.
- If you're going out, make sure you dress for the weather and wear shoes and clothing that are comfortable to walk in for some time.
- If you require any type of mobility assistance, be sure it's accessible or available.
- Bring water whenever possible.
- If it's sunny where you are, make sure to bring sunscreen and other sun protection.
- Charge any portable batteries you might need (and your phone or device) in advance.
You may want to plot a route in advance, especially if you want to maximize how many Pokemon you can catch (and whatever else you'd like to get done). If you know where good spawn areas are or the location of gyms that you like to raid, be sure to plan in advance where you want to go.
Check online for a local Discord server, WhatsApp group, Facebook group, or any other type of social group for your community if you want to meet new people or join a raid group.
Past Community Days
