Pokémon GO Popplio Community Day

Pokémon GO’s Community Day August 2024 features Popplio, the Sea Lion Pokémon! Players have the chance to encounter Shiny Popplio in the wild. Popplio Community Day takes place on Saturday, August 31st, 2024, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time.

Evolving Brionne during the event will result in Primarina knowing the exclusive charge attack Hydro Cannon. Starting with the event and continuing afterwards, Primarina will also be able to learn the Charged Attack Sparkling Aria.

Read on to find Popplio’s CP chart, shiny comparison, exclusive moves, best items to use during the August Community Day, and more.

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Popplio Community Day Pokemon Encounter icon

The eighth 2024 Community Day features Popplio, the Sea Lion Pokémon! Popplio Community Day takes place Saturday, August 31st, 2024, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time, Popplio will appear more frequently in the wild, with community day shiny odds.

Date & Time 📅

  • Saturday, August 31, 2024, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time

Bonuses ⭐

  • XP icon 3× XP for catching Pokémon
  • Candy icon 2× Candy for catching Pokémon.
  • Candy XL icon 2× chance for Trainers level 31 and up to receive Candy XL from catching Pokémon.
  • Incense icon Incense (excluding Daily Adventure Incense) activated during the event will last for 3 hours.
  • Lure icon Lure Modules activated during the event will last for 3 hours.
  • Photobomb icon Take a few Snapshots during Community Day for a surprise!
  • Photobomb icon One additional Special Trade can be made for a maximum of two for the day.*
  • Photobomb icon Trades will require 50% less Stardust.*
  • General icon Be on the lookout for Showcases at different PokéStops during Popplio Community 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.

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Featured Pokémon: Popplio Pokemon Encounter icon

Popplio

On Saturday, August 31, 2024, from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm local time, Popplio will appear more frequently in the wild. If you’re lucky, you might encounter a Shiny Popplio! Popplio is a Water type Pokémon in Pokémon GO which is boosted by Rainy weather.

Brionne evolved into Primarina during the event will know Hydro Cannon, a Water-type charge move exclusively available for this Community Day.

How to get and Evolve Shiny Popplio

How to evolve Popplio into Brionne, and Primarina

Pokémon Conditions Evolution
Popplio 25 Candy Brionne
Brionne 100 Candy Primarina

Shiny Popplio, Brionne, and Primarina

Here is a quick comparison between regular and Shiny Popplio, Brionne and Primarina.

Pokémon Regular Shiny
Popplio
Brionne
Primarina

Exclusive Move: Hydro Cannon Attack icon

Evolve Brionne to get a Primarina with Hydro Cannon

Primarina

Primarina gains access to the exclusive Water type Charge Attack Hydro Cannon, which will be available during the event hours and up to five hours afterward. Evolve Brionne, into Hydro Cannon to get the exclusive move.

Hydro Cannon Water

  • Trainer Battles: 80 power 
  • Gyms and raids: 90 power

Attack Availability Updates

Starting with the event and continuing afterwards, Primarina will be able to learn the Charged Attack Sparkling Aria. In the main series games Sparkling Aria is a damage dealing Water based attack, and it is the Signature Move of Primarina.

Sparkling Aria Water

  • Trainer Battles: 80 power
  • Gyms and raids: 85 power

Brionne in Four-Star Raids Raid icon

Brionne

Brionne will appear in four-star raids! After the three-hour Community Day event ends, Trainers will be able to take on unique 4-Star Raid Battles. Check out our raid guide to defeat this special raid. Spoiler alert, you won’t be able to solo it!

Claiming victory in one of these raids will cause more Popplio to appear around the Gym that hosted the raid for 30 minutes! Brionne cannot be shiny from raids.

  • Event icon August 31st, 2024, 5:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. local time
  • Raid icon 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 Brionne, Popplio will appear around the Gym that hosted the raid for 30 minutes. If you’re lucky, you may encounter a Shiny one (*)!

(*) Popplio that appear under these circumstances will have the same chance of appearing as a Shiny Pokémon as those that appear during August’s Community Day’s three-hour event period.

Popplio Max CP chart General icon

This table shows Popplio’s maximum Combat Power on every level, from Level 1 to Level 50. In wild encounters, Popplio can be caught from Level 1 – 30, and if weather boosted, from Levels 6 – 35. Popplio is boosted by Rainy weather.

LVL CP LVL CP LVL CP
1 15 CP 2 50 CP 3 84 CP
4 118 CP 5 152 CP 6 186 CP
7 220 CP 8 254 CP 9 288 CP
10 322 CP 11 354 CP 12 387 CP
13 419 CP 14 451 CP 15 483 CP
16 516 CP 17 548 CP 18 580 CP
19 612 CP 20 645 CP 21 677 CP
22 709 CP 23 742 CP 24 774 CP
25 806 CP 26 838 CP 27 871 CP
28 903 CP 29 935 CP 30 967 CP
31 984 CP 32 1000 CP 33 1016 CP
34 1032 CP 35 1048 CP 36 1064 CP
37 1080 CP 38 1096 CP 39 1113 CP
40 1129 CP 41 1143 CP 42 1157 CP
43 1172 CP 44 1187 CP 45 1201 CP
46 1216 CP 47 1231 CP 48 1246 CP
49 1261 CP 50 1276 CP    

Field and Timed Research Research icon

Field Research

Community Day–themed Field Research will be available during the event. Catch Popplio to earn rewards such as additional encounters with Popplio, Stardust, Great Balls, and more!

Task Rewards
Catch 3 Popplio Popplio
Great Ball icon 5× Great Ball
Ultra Ball icon 2× Ultra Ball
Pinap Berry icon 2× Pinap Berry
Golden Razz Berry icon 2× Golden Razz Berry
Stardust icon 500× Stardust

Special Research Story Research icon

Professor Willow

For US$1.00 (or the equivalent pricing tier in your local currency), you’ll be able to access the August Community Day–exclusive Special Research story.

Shop Offers and Stickers Shop icon

Web Store Community Day Bundle

An Ultra Community Day Box featuring 10 Ultra Balls, one Elite Charged TM, and one Special Research story ticket will be available on the Pokémon GO Web Store during the event for US$4.99 (or the equivalent pricing tier in your local currency).

This web store deal will be available starting August 26, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. PDT, three days before the ticket is available in the in-game shop!

Now even more Trainers can enjoy the web store! Trainers with Pokémon Trainer Club (PTC) accounts will now be able to log in to the Pokémon GO Web Store with the same credentials used to log in to Pokémon GO. Trainers can get a 15% discount on their first web store purchase of any item that costs US$9.99 or more!

In-Game Community Day Bundles

Two Community Day bundles will be available during this event:

  • For 1,350 PokéCoins, you will get 50 Ultra Balls, five Super Incubators, one Elite Charged TM, and five Lucky Eggs.
  • For 480 PokéCoins, you will get 30 Ultra Balls, one Incense, three Super Incubators, and one Lure Module.

Check out the in-game shop to snag one of these bundles!

Stickers

You’ll be able to get event-themed stickers by spinning PokéStops, opening Gifts, and purchasing them from the in-game shop.

Tips and Tricks General icon

Mega Level Up a Water type now!

Try to get a Water Mega Pokémon to at least a high level, or even Max level to enjoy the bonuses that having that Pokémon Mega evolved during the event can give you. Be sure to Mega Evolve for extra Candy from catches.

Base Level

  • 1 Bonus Catch Candy

High Level

  • 1 Bonus Catch Candy *
  • 50 Bonus Catch XP * 
  • 10% Boost to XL Candy Chance *

Max Level

  • 2 Bonus Catch Candy *
  • 100 Bonus Catch XP *
  • 25% Boost to XL Candy Chance *

(*) Note: The catch candy and catch XP bonuses only apply to Pokémon caught of the same type as your Mega/Primal-evolved Pokémon. 

Don’t catch Pokémon before the event starts

Pokémon you have not caught before the event starts can turn into Popplio, which means it is best to arrive at your spot early and wait to catch it until the event starts.

Restart the app before the event

Be patient – there will always be errors and bugs at the start of the event. It is best to restart the app in most, if not all, cases.

Don’t forget to spin PokéStops

Remember PokéStops give out quests that are very beneficial on Community Day, giving you rewards for Stardust, Great and Ultra Balls, and Pinap Berries, all things that can help you if your stocks are low. Don’t complete any field research from Pokéstops that are in the area where you are playing your community day.

Don’t activate lures before the event starts

To ensure that you have Lures up the entire duration, do not set your lures before the start of the event, as those will only last 30 minutes. The Lure has to go up after the event has started to last for three hours. Not to mention it will block the boosted CD spawns from spawning until it has depleted.

Use Incense

Use Incense to attract even more Pokémon to you while you’re out hunting. If you are wondering, yes, Incense can spawn Community Day ‘mons, that can be shiny. There is no reason why you should avoid Incense if you have it.

Don’t forget to enjoy the event

  • Chat with your fellow Trainers and grow your local Pokémon GO community. Make good use of the QR code feature to make some new friends!
  • Promote the new Pokémon GO features and events to Trainers who are just starting their adventure or haven’t been playing for a while. People are coming back around due to trading, new Pokémon, PvP, the numerous events, and these community-based events.
  • Most importantly, have fun, get some shinies, and hope for no game-breaking glitches!

Looking for other trainers to play with? Event icon

If you’re looking for other Trainers in your area to trade, battle, or join raids with on Community Day, check out the Niantic Community Day map! Here you can find Community Ambassador events and Community Parks.

Community Ambassadors run Pokémon GO events for their communities that receive support by Niantic. If there are no Community Ambassadors near you, you can also search Campfire by downloading the app and find other local meetups in your area.

Community Parks are areas in your city that are historically popular places for Community Day. These parks may be a fun place to play with your local community while enjoying some fresh air.*

*Popular locations are provided for informational purposes only. Niantic is not hosting or operating official or unofficial events at these locations.

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