Pokemon Go January 2023 Community Day: Check the schedule and places where you can catch Chespin, the Spiny Nut Pokemon –Pokémon GO January 2023 Community Day which is scheduled for Saturday, January 7, 2023! Raid, trade, and explore with Trainers in your area while catching Chespin, the Spiny Nut Pokémon, will be featured during this Community Day! Community Day meetups will take place on Saturday, January 7, 2023, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time (IST in India). Check out the schedule and places below. For future updates on Pokemon Go, follow InsideSport.IN
The virtual trainer meetups will be held in eleven cities across India, including New Delhi’s Lodhi Gardens, Mumbai’s Carter Road Promenade, Pune’s Chittaranjan Vatika Garden, Bengaluru’s Statue of Edward VII in Cubbon Park, Kolkata’s Lions Safari Park, Chennai’s Tower Park in Anna Nagar, Hyderabad’s Indira Park, Lucknow’s Lohia Park in Gomti Nagar, Ahmedabad’s Vastrapur Lake Garden, Varanasi’s Anand Park and Thiruvananthapuram’s The Napier Museum.
Featured Pokémon
Chespin will appear more frequently in the wild. Also, for the first time in Pokémon GO, you’ll be able to encounter Shiny Chespin—if you’re lucky!
Featured attack
Chesnaught
Evolve Quilladin (Chespin’s Evolution) during the event or up to five hours afterward to get a Chesnaught that knows the Charged Attack Frenzy Plant.
Frenzy Plant
- Trainer Battles: 100 power
- Gyms and raids: 100 power
Pokemon Go January 2023 Community Day: Check the schedule and places where you can catch Chespin, the Spiny Nut Pokemon
Community Day Special Research story: Quality Quills
- For US$1.00 (or the equivalent pricing tier in your local currency), you’ll be able to access the Chespin Community Day–exclusive Special Research story, Quality Quills
- 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 set forth 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.
- 2× chance for Trainers level 31 and up to receive Candy XL from catching Pokemon.
- 1/4 Egg Hatch Distance when Eggs are placed in an Incubator during the event period.
- 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!
- One additional Special Trade can be made, for a maximum of two for the day.*
- Trades made during the event will require 50% less Stardust.*
*While most bonuses are only active during the three hours of the event, 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
Saturday, January 7, 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 Chespin to appear around the Gym that hosted the raid for 30 minutes!
Four-star Raid Battles
Quilladin 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 raids.
Bonus for completing four-star Raid Battles
Once you successfully complete a four-star Raid Battle against Quilladin, Chespin will appear around the Gym that hosted the raid for 30 minutes. If you’re lucky, you may encounter a Shiny one! *
*Chespin that appear under these circumstances will have the same chance of appearing as a Shiny Pokémon as those that appear during January Community Day’s three-hour event period.
