Pokémon GO December 2021 Community Day: Bonuses, Encounters, Raids & More

The December Community Day is always a big event in the Pokémon GO calendar, due to its recurring theme of featuring all past Community Day Pokémon. 2021 will be no different, and will offer you the chance of catching Pokémon featured in Community Days from 2020 as well as 2021.

Here’s everything you should know about the Pokémon GO December 2021 Community Day.

Pokémon GO December 2021 Community Day

Pokémon GO December 2021 Community Day Date/Time

The December Community Day takes place on both Saturday, December 18th and Sunday, December 19th from 11am until 5pm local time.

Pokémon GO December 2021 Community Day Bonuses

There are a number of different bonuses that will be live during the event hours. These are as follows:

– Incense will last for three hours
– Lure Modules will last for three hours
– Eggs placed in Incubators with hatch in ½ the time
– Catch XP will be doubled
– Catch Stardust will be doubled

As an extra bonus, from 1pm on Friday 17th December until 11.59pm local time on Sunday 19th December, you will also be able to do one extra special trade every day, and each trade you do will cost 25% less stardust. Special trades are used for Pokémon not in your Pokédex, or for Legendary or Shiny forms, so this will offer you the chance to do six over the weekend instead of the usual three. A great chance to fill your Pokédex up a bit, or grab that shiny Pokémon off a friend.

Pokémon GO December 2021 Community Day Wild Encounters

These are the Pokémon that you’ll be able to encounter in the wild, and are all the Pokémon that featured in Community Days in 2021:

On Saturday, appearing more often are:

– Machop
– Roselia
– Swablu
– Gible
– Snivy
– Fletchling

On Sunday, appearing more often are:

– Eevee
– Duskull
– Shinx
– Tepig
– Oshawott

All of these Pokémon will have the chance to appear in their Shiny form as well, so this is an ideal time to hunt any of the ones that you may have previously missed.

Pokémon GO December 2021 Community Day Egg and Raid Pokémon

Pokémon that featured in other Community Days will be available to hatch out of Eggs or battle in Raids, and are as follows:

Hatchable in Eggs
– Charmander
– Weedle
– Abra
– Gastly
– Rhyhorn
– Magikarp
– Porygon
– Elekid
– Magby
– Seedot
– Piplup
– Budew

Appearing in Raids
– Charmander
– Weedle
– Abra
– Gastly
– Rhyhorn
– Electabuzz
– Magmar
– Magikarp
– Porygon
– Seedot
– Piplup

These, again, all have the chance of appearing shiny, so make sure to pop your Eggs into incubators and use up any raid passes you may have lying about.

Pokémon GO December 2021 Community Day Exclusive Moves

Every Pokémon that features in a Community Day has a special move that can usually be gained by evolving that Pokémon to its final evolution. Here are the moves that you’ll be able to get on your Pokémon, if you evolve them any time between Friday 17th December 10am and Monday 20th December 10am PST (GMT -8):

– Charmeleon to Charizard for Dragon Breath (Fast Attack)
– Kakuna to Beedrill for Drill Run (Charged Attack)
– Kadabra to Alakazam for Counter (FA)
– Machoke to Machamp for Payback (CA)
– Haunter to Gengar for Shadow Punch (CA)
– Magikarp to Gyarados for Aqua Tail (CA)
– Eevee to Vaporeon for Scald (CA)
– Eevee to Jolteon for Zap Cannon (CA)
– Eevee to Flareon for Superpower (CA)
– Eevee to Espeon for Shadow Ball (CA)
– Eevee to Umbreon for Psychic (CA)
– Nuzleaf to Shiftry for Bullet Seed (FA)
– Swablu to Altaria for Moonblast (CA)
– Prinplup to Empoleon for Hydro Cannon (CA)
– Luxio to Luxray for Psychic Fangs (CA)
– Roselia to Roserade for Bullet Seed (FA) and Weather Ball (Fire) (CA)
– Gabite to Garchomp for Earth Power (CA)
– Rhydon to Rhyperior for Rock Wrecker (CA)
– Electabuzz to Electivire for Flamethrower (CA)
– Magmar to Magmortar for Thunderbolt (CA)
– Eevee to Leafeon for Bullet Seed (FA)
– Eevee to Glaceon for Water Pulse (CA)
– Porygon2 to Porygon-Z for Tri Attack (CA)
– Dusclops to Dusknoir for Shadow Ball (CA)
– Servine to Serperior for Frenzy Plant (CA)
– Pignite to Emboar for Blast Burn (CA)
– Dewott to Samurott for Hydro Cannon (CA)
– Fletchinder to Talonflame for Incinerate (FA)
– Eevee to Sylveon for Psyshock (CA)

There will also be a purchasable Special Research Story for the event for $1, or regional equivalent, as well as special Timed Research and Field Research tasks relating to the event.

So, mark your calendar, clear your Pokémon space and top up on Poké Balls, as you prepare for December Community Day.

Pokémon GO is available now on iOS and Android.

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