Niantic announces the Pokémon GO November 2023 Community Day which is scheduled for Sunday, November 5, 2023! Raid, trade, and explore with Trainers in your area while catching Wooper, the Water Fish Pokémon, and Paldean Wooper, the Poison Fish Pokémon, which will be featured during this Community Day! Check out the featured Pokémon, and places for the event.
Our Community Day meetups will take place on Sunday, November 5, 2023, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time (IST in India). The virtual trainer meetups will be held in seventeen cities across India, including New Delhi’s Lodhi Gardens, Mumbai’s Horniman Circle Garden, Pune’s Saras Baug, Gurugram’s Leisure Valley Park, Jaipur’s Jawahar Circle, Bengaluru’s VR Mall in Mahadevpura, Kanpur’s Kargil Park, Vadodara’s Kamatibaug, Kolkata’s Lions Safari Park in Rabindra Sarovar Lake, Varanasi’s Shaheed Udyaan Nagar Nigam, Patna’s Science Center, Chennai’s Tower Park in Anna Nagar, Hyderabad’s Indira Park, Lucknow’s Lohia Park, Ahmedabad’s Gandhi Ashram, Thiruvananthapuram’s The Napier Museum and Visakhapatnam’s All Abilities Children Park.
Featured Pokémon
Wooper and Paldean Wooper will appear more frequently in the wild.
Featured attack
Quagsire
Evolve Wooper during the event or up to five hours afterward to get a Quagsire that knows the Charged Attack Aqua Tail.
Aqua Tail
- Trainer Battles: 50 power
- Gyms and raids: 50 power
Clodsire
Evolve Paldean Wooper during the event or up to five hours afterward to get a Clodsire that knows the Charged Attack Megahorn.
Megahorn
- Trainer Battles: 110 power
- Gyms and raids: 110 power
Community Day Special Research story – A Muddy Buddy
For US$1.00 (or the equivalent pricing tier in your local currency), you’ll be able to access the Wooper and Paldean Wooper Community Day – exclusive Special Research story, A Muddy Buddy. Stay tuned for when tickets for the Special Research story go live.
Don’t forget: you’re now able to purchase and gift tickets to any of your friends that you’ve achieved a Friendship level of Great Friends or higher with.* To gift a ticket, tap the Special Research ticket in the in-game shop, then tap the Gift button instead of the Buy button.
Tickets are non-refundable (subject to applicable law and the exceptions outlined in the Terms of Service). Please note that this Special Research will not include an in-game medal.
*Certain restrictions apply. Gifting cannot be completed if the recipient has purchased a Special Research ticket or has been gifted one already.
Event Bonuses
- 2× Candy for catching Pokémon.
- 1/4 Hatch Distance when Eggs are placed in Incubators during the event period.
- 2× chance for Trainers level 31 and up to receive Candy XL from catching Pokémon.
- Lure Modules activated during the event will last for three hours.
- Incense (excluding Daily Adventure Incense) activated during the event will last for three hours.
- Take a few snapshots during Community Day for a surprise!
- Trades will require 50% less Stardust.*
- One additional Special Trade can be made for a maximum of two for the day.*
*While most bonuses are only active during the three-hour event period, these bonuses will be active from 2:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. local time (IST in India).
Bonus Raid Battles after Community Day
Sunday, November 5, 2023, from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. local time (IST in India)
After the three-hour Community Day event ends, Trainers will be able to take on special four-star Raid Battles. Claiming victory in one of these raids will cause more Wooper and Paldean Wooper to appear around the Gym that hosted the raid for 30 minutes!
Four-star Raid Battles
Wooper and Paldean Wooper will appear in four-star raids! You can only join these raids using Raid Passes and Premium Battle Passes. Remote Raid Passes cannot be used to join these Raid Battles.
Bonus for completing four-star Raid Battles
Once you successfully complete a four-star Raid Battle against Wooper and Paldean Wooper, additional Wooper and Paldean Wooper will appear around the Gym that hosted the raid for 30 minutes. If you’re lucky, you may encounter a Shiny one!
