Pokémon Go Community Day list, December 2024 time and date, and all previous Community Day Pokémon and moves
Everything you need to know about the monthly Pokémon Go event.
The Pokémon Go Community Day is a reoccurring, monthly event highlighting a specific Pokémon that encourages players to get out and play together worldwide.
Each event will see increased spawns of the Pokémon for a limited time, and give them an exclusive Community Day move for their final evolution - and several other bonuses you can take advantage of during the event itself.
This page features not only the next Community Day date and time and highlighted Pokémon, but also a Community Day list of all previous events and their respective exclusive moves in Pokémon Go.
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What is Community Day in Pokémon Go?
Community Day usually takes place on one weekend day every month and lasts a total of three hours.
As well as increasing spawns of the highlighted Pokémon, there are bonuses during that period of time - such as double XP, Stardust or Lure Modules - as additional incentives to get out there and playing, including the highlighted Pokémon having an increased chance of being shiny, and the ability to reach the highlighted Pokémon's evolution an exclusive move.
It's a great way to get resources and a rare version of the highlighted Pokémon, but it's as the name suggests, is a great way to team up with other players.
You may find other Pokémon Go players will be out and about with you, which might make it easier to co-ordinate completing Raids or doing Trades, so keep that in mind during the period.
The Dual Destiny Season is here! It brings the Holiday Part 2 event with it. You can now catch Dynamax Pokémon through Max Battles. First, however, you need to visit Power Spots to collect Max Particles and complete the To the Max! quest. Don't forget to try out Routes, Gift Exchange and Party Play while you're hunting down rare Pokémon, fighting in the Go Battle League or competing in PokéStop Showcases.
Pokémon Go's next Community Day: December Community Day date and time explained
Here's everything you need to know about the December Community Day:
Date: Saturday 21st December and Sunday 22nd December 2024
Time: 2pm to 5pm local time
Highlighted Pokémon:
Saturday 21st December:
Sunday 22nd December:
You can encounter the following Pokémon during the last 10 minutes of every hour between 2pm to 5pm (local time) on both days:
Any of the above Pokémon will also appear in the wild from 9am to 9pm (local time) on both Saturday and Sunday.
Bonus 1: Double Catch XP
Bonus 2: Double Catch Stardust
Bonus 3: Double Catch Candy
Bonus 4: Double catch Candy XL chance for players Level 31 and above
Bonus 5: Hatch distance halved for any eggs placed in Incubators during event hours
Bonus 5: Lure Modules activated during the event will last three hours
Bonus 6: Incense activated during the event will last three hours (doesn't include Daily Adventure Incense)
Bonus 7: Between 2pm to 10pm (local hours), you can make one additional Special Trade to make it a maximum of three for the day
Bonus 8: Between 2pm to 10pm (local hours), Trades require 50% less Stardust.
Bonus 9: Event-themed stickers earned by spinning PokéStops, opening Gifts or purchased from the in-game store
Bonus 10: Event-exclusive field research tasks with rewards including Pokémon encounters, Stardust and Great Balls. Joining up with your local Pokémon Go community might also lead you to finding rare event-exclusive tasks which reward Pokémon with Special Background encounters
Bonus 11: PokéStop Showcases
Bonus 12: Event-exclusive 2km eggs which can hatch the following Pokémon
- Slowpoke
- Galarian Slowpoke
- Poliwag
- Togepi
- Wooper
- Paldean Wooper
- Timburr
- Axew
- Chespin
- Fennekin
- Froakie
- Grubbin
- Noibat
Bonus 13: Free Timed Research running from 9am (local time) on Saturday 21st December to 9pm (local time) on Sunday 22nd December, which will reward you with a Rainy Lure Module and Unova Stones
Bonus 14: Community Day Continued Timed Research running until Saturday 4th January at 9am (local time), which will reward you with daily encounters with 2024 Community Day Pokémon who have Special Backgrounds. Must log into Pokémon Go during December Community Day event hours to claim
Bonus 15: The Special Background for Pokémon featured during 2024 Community Days
Exclusive move for evolutions: The following exclusive moves will be available for the Pokémon when evolving from 9am (local time) on Saturday 21st December to 9pm (local time) on Sunday 22nd December
- Poliwrath - Counter (Fighting Fast Attack) / Evolve Poliwhirl
- Politoed - Ice Beam (Ice Charged Attack) / Evolve Poliwhirl using King's Rock
- Victreebel - Magical Leaf (Grass Fast Attack) / Evolve Weepinbell
- Rapidash and Galarian Rapidash - Wild Charge (Electric Charged Attack) / Evolve Ponyta or Galarian Ponyta
- Slowbro, Galarian Slowbro, Slowking and Galarian Slowking - Surf (Water Charged Attack) / Evolve Slowpoke or Galarian Slowpoke with or without King's Rock
- Typhlosion - Blast Burn (Fire Charged Attack) / Evolve Quilava
- Blissey - Wild Charge (Electric Charged Attack) / Evolve Chansey
- Togekiss - Aura Sphere (Fighting Charged Attack) / Evolve Togetic
- Quagsire - Aqua Tail (Water Charged Attack) / Evolve Wooper
- Salamence - Outrage (Dragon Charged Attack) / Evolve Shelgan
- Metagross - Meteor Mash (Steel Charged Attack) / Evolve Metang
- Porygon-Z - Tri Attack (Normal Charged Attack) / Evolve Porygon2 using Sinnoh Stone
- Conkeldurr - Brutal Swing (Dark Charged Attack) / Evolve Gurdurr
- Leavanny - Shadow Claw (Ghost Fast Attack) / Evolve Swadloon
- Eelektross - Volt Switch (Electric Fast Attack) / Evolve Eelektrik
- Haxorus - Breaking Swipe (Dragon Charged Attack) / Evolve Fraxure
- Chesnaught - Frenzy Plant (Grass Charged Attack) / Evolve Quilladin
- Delphox - Blast Burn (Fire Charged Attack) / Evolve Braixen
- Greninja - Hydro Cannon (Water Charged Attack) / Evolve Frogadier
- Goodra - Thunder Punch (Electric Charged Attack) / Evolve Sliggoo
- Noivern - Boomburst (Normal Charged Attack) / Evolve Noibat
- Decidueye - Frenzy Plant (Grass Charged Attack) / Evolve Dartrix
- Incineroar - Blast Burn (Fire Charged Attack) / Evolve Torracat
- Primarina - Hydro Cannon (Water Charged Attack) / Evolve Brionne
- Charjabug and Vikavolt - Volt Switch (Electric Fast Attack) / Evolve Grubbin for Charjabug and Charjabug itself for Vikavolt
- Tsareena - High Jump Kick (Fighting Charged Attack) / Evolve Steenee
- Primeape and Annihilape - Rage Fist (Ghost Charged Attack) / Evolve Mankey for Primeape and Primeape for Annihilape
- Clodsire - Mega Horn (Bug Charged Attack) / Evolve Paldean Wooper
How useful is this Community Day?
December's Community Day is by far the best Community Day event of the year. (As is tradition.) There's a wide range of Pokémon spawning more frequently in the wild and they all have their shiny odds boosted! For this reason, even if you already have the Mons in your Pokédex and teams, it's still worth catching a few to grab any missing shiny forms you might have. Just remember to check which day the Pokémon you're after is spawning on - despite the name, this is a Community Weekend after all.
You may even want to conduct some evolutions since, as you can probably tell from the very long list, a lot of Community Day exclusive moves have made a return for this special weekend and one could be perfect for your Go Battle League line up.
Even if you're not interested in the Pokémon themselves though, the bonuses for this Community Day are grand. Not only do we get the lovely double Catch XP bonus, but any egg you place in an Incubator between the hours of 2pm to 5pm (local time) will have its hatch distance halved. This means you can easily smash your way through some eggs - especially useful if you're still trying to hatch a Galarian Corsola from a 7km egg.
The final reason why you might want to partake in this Community Day are the Special Backgrounds. These are exactly what they sound like - a Special Background for your Pokémon in its storage page, which makes it stand out against the rest. Thanks to the Community Day Continued Timed Research quest, you'll be able to earn encounters with Pokémon featured in this event throughout 2024 with a background celebrating this fact. Sure, it's not that exciting but, if you like collecting unique Pokémon, then you'll probably enjoy this added feature.
How to prepare for Pokémon Go Community Day
First of all, the secret allure of Community Day is the introduction of a shiny version of the highlighted Pokémon, which will have a boosted rate during the event. That, combined with the increased spawns, makes it easy to get a a handful of shinies across the six hours.
Remember, unlike high IV Pokémon, shinies don't appear in the same place for everyone like high-IV Pokémon - there's a random chance of each one you encounter could be a shiny. If you're struggling, try 'shiny checking', by tapping a Pokémon, then backing out without catching, then moving on to the next.
Second, there will be bonus Field Research. Community Days also have their own special Field Research tasks based on the specific Pokémon the day is highlighting. The rewards are usually just consumable items - Berries and the like - but it's an additional thing to complete as you play.
Third, every Community Day offers 3-Hour Lures. This is the perfect day to catch as many Pokémon as physically possible, and with the increased spawn rate, increase your chances of finding a shiny.
The best way to take advantage of these bonuses is to find a set of PokéStops that are in quick walking distance or one another. You can then set up a Lure Module in one (or in multiple) and then walk between the PokéStops; taking advantage of the Lure and ensuring that you don't run out of Poké Balls or Berries.
It's also an ideal time to experiment with either a Glacial Lure, Mossy Lure or Magnetic Lure Modules. These special lures attract a specific type of Pokémon depending on your chosen Lure. If you wanted to catch Water or Ice Pokémon, for example, then you would use a Glacial Lure Module. These specialised Lure Modules cost 200 PokéCoins from the in-game shop..
There are also specific bonuses for each Community Day, from reduced hatching distance to increased Stardust and XP. Even without the bonuses, remember Community Day is an opportunity to catch a lot of creatures in a short space of time, useful if you want to get through the backlog of Eggs in your roster, or put on a Lucky Egg or Star Piece to increase your gains from catches.
Remember, if there is a deduced hatch rate, you only get bonus on Eggs you put into incubators during Community Day bonus hours. If you have an egg in an incubator before the event starts, it's hatch distance still stay the same. Also, if you don't hatch it before the event ends, it will stay that reduced distance until it does - so worth cramming one last one in before the event finishes!
Also before the event itself, it may also be worth stockpiling Pinap Berries and Great or Ultra Balls. The Pinaps will increase your Candy gains - useful for evolving and powering up after the event ends - and you can really burn through Poké Balls over the course of the event. If you run out, then spin PokéStops or complete the newly added Field Research that appears.
Finally, make sure you evolve the highlighted Pokémon to its third evolution to get an exclusive move. More of this in the following section...
Pokémon Go Community Day list: All exclusive moves list and how they work
Every featured Pokémon during a Community Day weekend will offer an exclusive move when evolved to its final evolution.
Not only are these exclusive to these weekends, but they are more often than not the best move their third evolution can offer, and can propel them up the meta.
You have two hours after the Community Day ends to evolve the Pokémon to get their move, so don't worry about having to sort through your collection during the six hour window.
If you miss out on evolving the Pokémon once Community Day weekend is over to get the exclusive move, don't panic - you can use an Elite TM, or wait until December, where a special weekend will give you another chance to catch and evolve that previous year's Community Day Pokémon.
Pokémon Go Community Day exclusive moves list:
| Community Day Pokémon | Exclusive Community Day move | Debut | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pikachu | Surf | 
|
January 2018 |
| Dratini | Draco Meteor | 
|
February 2018 |
| Bulbasaur | Frenzy Plant | 
|
March 2018 |
| Mareep | Dragon Pulse | 
|
April 2018 |
| Charmander | Blast Burn | 
|
May 2018 |
| Larvitar | Smack Down | 
|
June 2018 |
| Squirtle | Hydro Cannon | 
|
July 2018 |
| Eevee | Last Resort | 
|
August 2018 |
| Chikorita | Frenzy Plant | 
|
September 2018 |
| Beldum | Meteor Mash | 
|
October 2018 |
| Cyndaquil | Blast Burn | 
|
November 2018 |
| Totodile | Hydro Cannon | 
|
January 2019 |
| Swinub | Ancient Power | 
|
February 2019 |
| Treeko | Frenzy Plant | 
|
March 2019 |
| Bagon | Outrage | 
|
April 2019 |
| Torchic | Blast Burn | 
|
May 2019 |
| Slakoth | Body Slam | 
|
June 2019 |
| Mudkip | Hydro Cannon | 
|
July 2019 |
| Ralts | Synchronoise | 
|
August 2019 |
| Turtwig | Frenzy Plant | 
|
September 2019 |
| Trapinch | Earth Power | 
|
October 2019 |
| Chimchar | Blast Burn | 
|
November 2019 |
| Piplup | Hydro Cannon | 
|
January 2020 |
| Rhyhorn | Rock Wrecker | 
|
February 2020 |
| Abra | Counter (Alakazam only) | 
|
April 2020 |
| Seedot | Bullet Seed (Shiftry only) | 
|
May 2020 |
| Weedle | Drill Run (Beedrill only) | 
|
June 2020 |
| Gastly | Shadow Punch (Gengar only) | 
|
July 2020 |
| Magikarp | Aqua Tail (Gyarados) | 
|
August 2020 |
| Porygon | Tri Attack (Porygon-Z) | 
|
September 2020 |
| Charmander | Dragon Beath (Charizard) |
|
October 2020 |
| Electabuzz | Flamethrower (Electivire) | 
|
November 2020 |
| Magmar | Thunderbolt (Magmortar) | 
|
November 2020 |
| Machop | Payback (Machamp) | 
|
January 2021 |
| Roselia | Bullet Seed - Fast Attack (Roserade) Weather Ball - Charged Attack (Roserade) |
|
February 2021 |
| Fletchling | Incinerate (Talonflame) | 
|
March 2021 |
| Snivy | Frenzy Plant (Serperior) | 
|
April 2021 |
| Swablu | Moonblast (Altaria) | 
|
May 2021 |
| Gible | Earth Power(Garchomp) | 
|
June 2021 |
| Tepig | Blast Burn (Emboar) | 
|
July 2021 |
| Eevee | Last Resort (catched or hatched Eevee) Scald (Vaporeon) Zap Cannon (Jolteon) Superpower (Flareon) Shadow Ball(Espeon) Psychic (Umbreon) Bullet Seed (Leafeon) Water Pulse (Glaceon) Psyshock (Sylveon) |
|
August 2021 |
| Oshawott | Hydro Cannon and Razor Shell (Samurott) | 
|
September 2021 |
| Duskull | Shadow Ball (Dusknoir) | 
|
October 2021 |
| Shinx | Psychic Fangs (Luxray) | 
|
November 2021 |
| Spheal | Powder Snow - Fast - and Icicle Spear - Charged (Walrein) | 
|
January 2022 |
| Hoppip | Acrobatics - Charged (Jumpluff) | 
|
February 2022 |
| Sandshrew | Gen 1 Sandslash - Night Slash (Charged) Alolan Sandslash - Shadow Claw (Fast) |
|
March 2022 |
| Stufful | Drain Punch (Bewear) | 
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April 2022 |
| Alolan Geodude | Rollout (Alolan Golem) | 
|
May 2022 |
| Deino | Brutal Swing (Hydreigon) | 
|
June 2022 |
| Starly | Gust (Staraptor) | 
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July 2022 |
| Galarian Zigzagoon | Obstruct (Obstagoon) | 
|
August 2022 |
| Roggenrola | Meteor Beam (Gigalith) | 
|
September 2022 |
| Litwick | Poltergeist (Chandelure) | 
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October 2022 |
| Teddiursa | High Horsepower (Ursaluna) | 
|
November 2022 |
| Chespin | Frenzy Plant (Chesnaught) | 
|
Janaury 2023 |
| Noibat | Boomburst (Noivern) | 
|
February 2023 |
| Slowpoke | Surf (Slowbro, Slowking, Galarian Slowbro and Galarian Slowking) | 
|
March 2023 |
| Togetic | Aura Sphere (Togekiss) | 
|
April 2023 |
| Fennekin | Blast Burn and Mystical Fire (Delphox) | 
|
May 2023 |
| Axew | Breaking Swipe (Haxourus) |
|
June 2023 |
| Poliwag | Counter for Poliwrath (Fast Attack) and Ice Beam (Charged Attack) for Politoed | 
|
July 2023 |
| Froakie | Hydro Cannon (Greninja) | 
|
August 2023 |
| Grubbin | Volt Switch (Charjabug and Vikavolt) | 
|
September 2023 |
| Timburr | Brutal Swing (Conkeldurr) | 
|
October 2023 |
| Wooper - Johto and Paldean | Aqua Tail (Quagsire) Megahorn (Clodsire) |
|
November 2023 |
| Rowlet | Frenzy Plant (Decidueye) | 
|
January 2024 |
| Chansey | Wild Charge (Blissey) |
|
February 2024 |
| Litten | Blast Burn (Incineroar) | 
|
March 2024 |
| Bellsprout | Magical Leaf (Victreebel) | 
|
April 2024 |
| Bounsweet | High Jump Kick (Tsareena) | 
|
May 2024 |
| Goomy | Thunder Punch (Goodra) | 
|
June 2024 |
| Tynamo | Volt Switch (Eelektross) | 
|
July 2024 |
| Popplio | Hydro Cannon (Primarina) | 
|
August 2024 |
| Ponyta and Galarian Ponyta | Wild Charge (Rapidasha and Galarian Rapidash) |
|
September 2024 |
| Sewaddle | Shadow Claw (Leavanny) | 
|
October 2024 |
| Mankey | Rage Fist (Primeape or Annihilape) | 
|
November 2024 |
Pokémon Go Community Day Classic list: All exclusive moves list
Community Day Classic events in Pokémon Go highlight a past Community Day Pokémon and, just like the regular event, offers you a chance to get a Pokémon with an exclusive attack.
The rules for earning this exclusive move are exactly the same too - you must reach the final evolution for the chosen Pokémon and said evolution must take place during the event or within the first two hours after it ends.
These moves may not always be the best attack for this Pokémon, but, if want it and miss out on the event, you can always use an Elite TM on the final evolution to teach them the move.
| Community Day Pokémon | Exclusive Community Day move | Debut | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulbasaur | Frenzy Plant |
|
January 2022 |
| Mudkip | Hydro Cannon |
|
April 2022 |
| Dratini | Draco Meteor | 
|
November 2022 |
| Larvitar | Smack Down | 
|
January 2023 |
| Swinub | Ancient Power (Mamoswine) | 
|
April 2023 |
| Squirtle | Hydro Cannon (Blastoise) | 
|
July 2023 |
| Charmander | Dragon Breath (Fast Attack, Charizard) Blast Burn (Charged Attack, Charizard) |
|
September 2023 |
| Mareep | Dragon Pulse (Ampharos) | 
|
November 2023 |
| Porygon | Tri Attack (Porygon-Z) | 
|
January 2024 |
| Bagon | Outrage (Salamence) | 
|
April 2024 |
| Cyndaquil | Blast Burn (Typhlosion) |
|
June 2024 |
| Beldum | Meteor Mash (Metagross) | 
|
August 2024 |
Hope you enjoy the next Community Day!