Pokemon Community Day April 2022
Image: Niantic / The Pokémon Company

Monthly Community Days are the main pillar of the Pokémon GO calendar: every month, for six hours on a Sat or Dominicus, a featured collectable monster is set loose in greater numbers than usual. With a pick of bully perks – increased shiny rates, exclusive moves and other boosts – it's an splendid opportunity to get out in numbers, encounter other players and work on completing your Pokédex.

In this regularly updated guide, we'll allow y'all know when to grab the side by side Community Day, as well as what to wait and how to set.

  • The next Pokémon Get Community Twenty-four hours volition feature Alolan Geodude
  • This Community Day will run on Sabbatum 21st May 2022 from 11am - 2pm local time
  • Evolving Alolan Graveler during the event or up to two hours later volition go you a Alolan Golem that knows the Fast Attack Rollout
  • The chosen Pokémon will appear more oft in the wild for the duration of the event, with an increased adventure of finding a Shiny version

In addition, the following features and bonuses will be available:

  • For US$1.00 (or the equivalent pricing tier in your local currency), yous'll be able to access the Alolan Geodude Community Twenty-four hour period–exclusive Special Enquiry story, A Rocky Route
  • There'll exist a special one-fourth dimension-purchase Community Mean solar day Box available for 975 PokéCoins, featuring 1 Super Incubator, ane Lucky Egg, one Aristocracy Fast TM, and one Star Piece
  • iii× Stardust for communicable Pokémon
  • 2× Candy for catching Pokémon
  • 2× hazard to receive Geodude XL Candy from catching Alolan Geodude
  • Incense activated during the event will concluding for three hours.
  • Lure Modules activated during the event will last for three hours.
  • Take a few snapshots during Community Solar day for a surprise!
  • Ane additional special merchandise can be made during the event and up to 2 hours later on for a maximum of two for the day
  • Trades made during the event and upward to 2 hours afterward will require fifty% less Stardust
  • Yous'll exist able to get event-themed stickers by spinning PokéStops, opening Gifts, and purchasing them from the in-game shop
  • Bonuses for groups - Work together with other Trainers to unlock additional bonuses! If enough Pokémon are caught with assistance from a unmarried Lure Module, the 3× Grab Stardust bonus for Trainers near the Lured PokéStop will become a iv× bonus for 30 minutes. (This bonus will non stack with the iii× Grab Stardust bonus and will instead replace it.)

Community Days are ever held on a Saturday or Dominicus every month and last for iii hours (although this has been extended to half dozen hours for a time — the April 2022 Stufful Community Day sees the render of the three-hour time limit).

From Apr 2022, Community Days appear to be changing to the 2pm to 5pm slot.

They have historically been held from 11am to 2pm or 4pm to 7pm in your local timezone (or 11am to 5pm for the 6-hr Community Days).

Unfortunately, there is no certain-burn down manner of predicting exactly when the next Pokémon Go Community Day volition fall. Looking back at past dates, we can say that customs days are:

  • More commonly held on a Saturday rather than a Dominicus
  • More commonly held in the second or third weekend of the month

Notwithstanding, Niantic appears to schedule the event to both avoid and complement other events in their agenda. Await Customs Days to exist announced anywhere betwixt 2 to 4 weeks alee of the event.

Featured Pokémon are typically among the more than powerful, popular and rare in the game – in a single Community Solar day hr, you can expect to see many months' worth of spawns for the featured Pokémon. Stick around for all three hours and you should exist able to fully evolve several of the Pokémon in question.

Duskull Pokemon GO COmmunity Day
Epitome: Niantic / The Pokémon Company

Driving fans mad with anticipation and frustration in equal measure, the featured Pokémon is a lot more probable to be shiny when it spawns during Community Day. In the wider context of the Pokémon series, GO really presents ane of the most fourth dimension-efficient and least wearisome ways of catching Shiny Pokémon. Lucky players tin cyberspace several shiny versions during the event – but at that place's always the chance that you lot'll come abroad empty handed.

Ane key piece of advice for newcomers – Shiny Pokémon do non appear Shiny on the Pokémon GO map. You have to tap on them and enter communicable mode to see if they are shiny or not.

During the upshot (and for one 60 minutes subsequently), the featured Pokémon volition receive a unique assail if evolved into its last evolution. Note that the Fast/Charged TM particular will non give you the set on. Event sectional moves are generally announced a few days before Community Day.

Increased Lure Duration

Every Community Twenty-four hour period to date has featured an extension of the timeout on Lures to 3 hours. Stick 1 on a Pokéstop and anybody who passes by can benefit from an increment in Pokémon spawns.

Hatching, XP or Stardust Boosts

Niantic adds ane concluding perk (from the following list) into the Community 24-hour interval packet:

  • A 3x increase for XP gained from catching a Pokémon, or
  • A 3x increase fo Stardust gained from catching a Pokémon, or
  • A 4x increase for Egg hatching speed

These perks stack with rate increasing items – And then consider stocking upwards Lucky Eggs, Star Pieces and Super Incubators, to further boost their corresponding perks.

Niantic offers a Community Twenty-four hour period Box for 480 Pokécoins in the shop. This normally contains 30 Ultra balls and some combination of Lucky Eggs, Star Pieces, Lure Modules and Egg Incubators.

Themed Field Research

Pokéstops will dispense field research tasks and rewards themed around the featured Pokémon.

Assuming the headlining monster is one you lot're interested in, it'due south a adept idea to start stockpiling useful items a week or two ahead of Community Day. You should get:

  • Plenty Pokéballs and Pinap Berries to catch and evolve your Pokémon, (or as many Pokémon as you want to have):
    • At bare minimum you need 32 Pokéballs (or xviii Pokéballs and 18 Pinap Berries) to take hold of and evolve a single 3-stage Pokémon from scratch (assuming you never miss and 'transfer' all merely one Pokémon to Professor Willow)
  • Apparently, we recommend going into Community Mean solar day with two to 3 times the above numbers to be safe – and picket out for featured Pokémon with college processed requirements/separate evolutions
  • Keep some Ultra Balls and Razz Berries (preferably Silver/Gold) in reserve for whatsoever hard to grab Shinies
  • Lures – the iii hour duration perk ways Customs Days are neat time for trying the 200 PokéCoin Glacial, Mossy and Magnetic Lures (they lure different Pokémon and volition allow you to obtain Glaceon/Leafeon/Probopass and Magnezone)
  • Lucky Eggs, Star Pieces and Super Incubators – Their effects stack with whichever of the XP, Stardust and Egg hatching perks Niantic has planned for the event

Previous Pokémon GO Community Days – List of Pokémon and Outcome Exclusive Moves from Past Community Days

Ralts and Shiny Form in Pokémon GO
  • May 2022: Alolan Geodude (Rollout)
  • April 2022: Stufful (Drain Punch) + 'Community Twenty-four hour period Classic' Mudkip (Hydro Cannon)
  • March 2022: Sandshrew / Alolan Sandshrew (Nighttime Slash / Shadow Claw)
  • February 2022: Hoppip (Acrobatics)
  • Jan 2022: Spheal (Icicle Spear & Pulverisation Snowfall) + 'Customs Day Classic' Bulbasaur (Frenzy Found)
  • December 2021: 18th December — Machop, Roselia, Swablu, Gible, Snivy, Fletchling; 19th Dec — Eevee, Duskull, Shinx, Tepig, Oshawott (see below for sectional attacks)
  • Nov 2021: Shinx (Psychic Fangs)
  • October 2021: Duskull (Shadow Brawl)
  • September 2021: Oshawott (Hydro Cannon)
  • August 2021: Eevee (Terminal Resort), Vaporeon (Scald), Jolteon (Zap Cannon), Flareon (Superpower), Espeon (Shadow Ball), Umbreon (Psychic), Leafeon (Bullet Seed), Glaceon (Water Pulse), Sylveon (Psyshock)
  • July 2021: Tepig (Blast Burn)
  • June 2021: Gible (Earth Power)
  • May 2021: Swablu (Moonblast)
  • Apr 2021: Snivy (Frenzy Constitute)
  • March 2021: Fletchling (Incinerate)
  • February 2021: Roselia (Weather Ball and Bullet Seed)
  • January 2021: Machop
  • Dec 2020: 12th Dec — Weedle, Abra, Gastly, Rhyhorn, Seedot, Piplup, 13th Dec — Charmander, Electabuzz, Magmar, Magikarp, Porygon (run into beneath for exclusive attacks)
  • November 2020: 15th Nov — Electabuzz (Flamethrower), 21st Nov — Magmar (Thunderbolt)
  • October 2020: Charmander (Dragon Breath)
  • September 2020: Porygon (Tri Attack)
  • August 2020: Magikarp (Aqua Tail)
  • July 2020: Gastly (Shadow Punch)
  • June 2020: Weedle (Drill Run)
  • May 2020: Seedot (Bullet Seed)
  • April 2020: Abra (Counter)
  • February 2020: Rhyhorn (Rock Wrecker)
  • January 2020: Piplup (Hydro Cannon)
  • December 2019: Repeat of all previous spawns (See below)
  • November 2019: Chimchar (Blast Burn down)
  • October 2019: Trapinch (Earth Power)
  • September 2019: Turtwig (Frenzy Plant)
  • August 2019: Ralts (Synchronoise)
  • July 2019: Mudkip (Hydro Cannon/Muddy Water)
  • June 2019: Slakoth (Body Slam)
  • May 2019: Torchic (Smash Burn/Blaze Boot)
  • April 2019: Bagon (Outrage)
  • March 2019: Treecko (Frenzy Plant)
  • February 2019: Swinub (Ancient Power)
  • January 2019: Totodile (Hydro Cannon)
  • Dec 2018: Echo of 2018 spawns (Run into below)
  • Nov 2018: Cyndaquil (Nail Fire)
  • October 2018: Beldum (Meteor Brew)
  • September 2018: Chikorita (Frenzy Plant)
  • August 2018: Eevee (Last Resort)
  • July 2018: Squirtle (Hydro Cannon)
  • June 2018: Larvitar (Smack Down)
  • May 2018: Charmander (Blast Burn down)
  • April 2018: Mareep (Dragon Pulse)
  • March 2018: Bulbasaur (Frenzy Institute)
  • February 2018: Dratini (Draco Metor)
  • Jan 2018: Pikachu (Surf)