Charmander Community Day Classic September 2023

Charmander

Pokémon GO’s September Community Day Classic featured Pokémon is Charmander! Charmander is making a return as a Community Day Pokémon, this time giving Trainers an opportunity to evolve a Charizard that knows both of its previous Community Day moves. It will be able to learn both Dragon Breath and Blast Burn. Yes, that’s right, we are on for round three of Charmander Community Day!

Event information

Date + Time

Saturday, September 2, 2023, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time

Infographic

Features

Charmander will be appearing more frequently in the wild. If you’re lucky, you may encounter a Shiny one!

Evolve Charmeleon (the evolved form of Charmander) during the event or up to two hours afterward to get a Charizard that knows Dragon Breath as a fast attack, and Blast Burn as a charged attack!

Catch Charmanders to complete event-themed field research rewarding encounters with Charmander, Pokéballs, Stardust and more

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!

3x Stardust for catching Pokémon

Evolving Charmander

Charmander evolves into Charmeleon, and then into Charizard. 125 Candy is needed in total.

Pokémon	Condition	Evolution
Charmander	25 Candy	Charmeleon
Charmeleon	100 Candy	Charizard

Charmander IV CP Chart

Blast Burn and Dragon Breath

Evolve Charmeleon (the evolved form of Charmander) during the event or up to two hours afterward to get a Charizard that knows Dragon Breath as a fast attack, and Blast Burn as a charged attack!

Dragon Breath – Fast Attack

• Trainer Battles: 4 power
• Gyms and raids: 6 power

Blast Burn – Charged Attack

• Trainer Battles: 110 power
• Gyms and raids: 110 power

Special Research

Community Day Classic Special Research Story

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

Stage 1/5

Task	Reward
Power up Pokémon 10 times	15× Poke Ball
Catch 15 Charmander	20× Charmander Candy
Make 5 Nice Throws	Charmander
Stage Rewards
2000× Stardust 1× Incense Charmander

Stage 2/5

Task	Reward
Catch 15 Charmander	20× Charmander Candy
Transfer 10 Pokémon	Charmander
Evolve 3 Charmander	1000× XP
Stage Rewards
2000× Stardust 1× Incense 1× Poffin

Stage 3/5

Task	Reward
Make 3 Great Curveball Throws	20× Charmander Candy
Evolve 1 Charmeleon	5× Golden Razz Berry
Catch 15 Charmander	1500× XP
Stage Rewards
2000× Stardust 1× Incense 1× Rocket Radar

Stage 4/5

Task	Reward
Make 15 Nice Throws	5000× Stardust
Take a Snapshot of a Fire-type Pokémon	1500× XP
Power up Pokémon 10 times	2× Silver Pinap Berry
Stage Rewards
5000× Stardust 3× Rare Candy Charizard

Stage 5/5

Task	Reward
Claim Reward	50× Charizard Mega Energy
Claim Reward	50× Charizard Mega Energy
Claim Reward	50× Charizard Mega Energy
Stage Rewards
2000× Stardust 3000× XP 50× Charizard Mega Energy

Timed Research

Timed research awarding Charizard Mega Energy and XP will be available from 2:00pm local time to 5:00pm local time.

Task	Reward
Power up Pokémon 5 times	50× Charizard Mega Energy
Catch 5 Charmander	50× Charizard Mega Energy
Make 5 Nice Throws	50× Charizard Mega Energy
Stage Rewards
1000× XP 150× Charizard Mega Energy

Exclusive Field Research

Pokéstop Showcases

Be on the lookout for showcases at different PokéStops during the event!

Shiny Pokémon

The following shiny Pokémon can be obtained during this event:

Shiny Charmander family