Pokemon GO’s Community Day is a time-honored tradition in the game, where Niantic highlights a specific Pokemon, increases the possibility of getting shinies, and gives evolutions of the featured Pokemon a special, sometimes meta-defining move. PastPokemon GOCommunity Days have featured starters, pseudo legendaries, and other fan-favorite Pokemon.
The nextPokemon GOCommunity Day has been confirmed to take place on Sunday, July 17, from 11 am to 2 pm local times. The featured Pokemon for the new community day is Starly.
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Starly’s spawn rate and shiny rate will be increased throughout the event. If players are able to catch enough Starly to evolve them into a Staraptor eventually, they’ll unlock the fast attack Gust. This move will be available if players obtain the Staraptor during the event or up to five hours afterward. There will also be somespecialPokemon GOresearchthat players can access for $1 USD.
Other bonuses include the following:
Furthermore, groups ofPokemon GOplayers who catch Pokemon off a single Lure module will increase to 4x bonus XP for thirty minutes during it. The time period for the event comes to an end eventually, but there will be one more bonus before the day is done. Staravia will appear infour-starPokemon GOraids—they cannot be accessed, however, via remote raid passes—and defeating it will increase the Starly spawn rate in a 300-meter radius for 30 minutes.
Beyond the coming Community Day,Pokemon GOhas announced that it will be adding more ofSun and Moon’s Ultra Beasts at the upcoming GO Fest events. Three more will be added, corresponding to its three real-world events.Ultra Beast Pheromosawill appear in Berlin at the July 1 event, Buzzwole will be at Seattle’s July 22 event, and Xurkitree will be at Sapporo at the August 5 event.
It’ll be interesting to see what elsePokemon GOadds in the coming weeks and months, but the mobile game benefits from the popularity of the franchise.Pokemon Scarlet and Violetrelease in November, and it stands to reason that their popularity could also boostPokemon GOmore. It’ll be good for the entire franchise, nonetheless.
