After announcing an incredibly exciting lineup of events tokick off the Season of Celebration, Niantic is now ready to confirm the dates ofPokemon GO’sDecember Community Day event. As has become tradition, the December Community Day will be an event that spans the full weekend and features various exciting bonuses as players have a chance to catch a list of more than 20 popular Pokemon who have been in the spotlight over the past two years.

Trainers only need to wait one more week, becausethe December Community Day eventis coming early on this month, on December 12 and December 13. There will be increased spawns and special raids throughout the full event, but each day will also have a window where some special bonuses are in place to provide even more motivation to login and celebrate thePokemon GOcommunity.

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Before the event arrives next weekend, players may want to take a closer look at the laundry list of special features and timed bonuses that are coming their way to help prepare for the marathon weekend. Studying the full list of returning exclusive moves is also a good idea, so trainers can determine if their current PvE or PvP rosters need to add any of these special moves to improve consideringthe current PoGO metagame.

Date + Time

Saturday, June 25, 2025, at 6:00 a.m. to Sunday, August 01, 2025 at 10:00 p.m. local time

Weekend Long Features

Pokémon appearing more frequently in the wild: Charmander, Weedle, Abra, Gastly, Rhyhorn, Electabuzz, Magmar, Magikarp, Porygon, Seedot, and Piplup.

Pokémon appearing in raids: Totodile, Swinub, Treecko, Torchic, Mudkip, Ralts, Slakoth, Trapinch, Bagon, Turtwig, and Chimchar.

Pokémon hatching from 2 km Eggs: Totodile, Swinub, Treecko, Torchic, Mudkip, Ralts, Slakoth, Trapinch, Bagon, Turtwig, and Chimchar.

Get Pokémon that know exclusive attacks from 2019 and 2020 Community Day events: If you evolve the following Pokémon during the event, their Evolution will know an exclusive attack. Don’t worry, Trainers—exclusive attacks featured in 2018 will be available in the future.

Evolve Magikarp to get a Gyarados that knows Aqua Tail.

Evolve Porygon2 to get a Porygon-Z that knows Tri Attack.

Evolve Croconaw to get a Feraligatr that knows Hydro Cannon.Evolve Piloswine to get a Mamoswine that knows Ancient Power

Evolve Combusken to get a Blaziken that knows Blast Burn.

Evolve Nuzleaf to get a Shiftry that knows Bullet Seed.

Evolve Kirlia to get a Gardevoir or Gallade that knows Synchronoise.

Evolve Shelgon to get a Salamence that knows Outrage

Evolve Monferno to get an Infernape that knows Blast Burn.

Evolve Prinplup to get an Empoleon that knows Hydro Cannon.

There’ll be a special one-time-purchase December Community Day Box available for 1,280 PokéCoins featuring 30 Ultra Balls, five Lucky Eggs, one Elite Fast TM, and one Elite Charged TM.

Event-exclusive Timed Research will be available! By completing Timed Research tasks, you’ll be able to earn an Elite Charged TM and other rewards.

For US$1 (or the equivalent pricing tier in your local currency), you’ll be able to access the December Community Day–exclusive Special Research story.

Stay tuned for when tickets for the December Community Day 2020 Special Research story go live! Tickets are nonrefundable (subject to applicable law and the exceptions set forth in the Terms of Service). Please note that this Special Research will not include an in-game medal.

Saturday Bonuses and Spawns

From 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time on Saturday, you can experience the following.

Pokémon appearing even more frequently in the wild and more likely to be Shiny: Weedle, Abra, Gastly, Rhyhorn, Seedot, and Piplup.

Bonuses:

2× Catch Stardust

1/2 Egg Hatch Distance when Eggs are placed into Incubators during these hours

Incense activated during the event will last for three hours

Mega Raids: Mega Gengar raids will be happening more frequently.

Sunday Bonuses and Spawns

From 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time, you can experience the following.

Pokémon appearing even more frequently in the wild and more likely to be Shiny: Charmander, Electabuzz, Magmar, Magikarp, and Porygon.

Mega Raids: Mega Charizard X raids will be happening more frequently.

As trainers continue working through these amazing events and enjoying the early days of the GO Beyond update, they may want to keep hunting downthe best Unova Pokemon in the gameif improving their Battle Raid rosters and completing their Pokedex is their primary goal. Be sure to check back in the near future for morePokemon GOstrategy guides, news, and updates. Until then, good luck out there, trainers!

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