December Community Day 2023 Guide

Pokémon GO December Community Day is a bumper weekend of Pokémon from the 2023 Community Days spawning in the wild, and 2022 Community Pokémon in eggs, timed research and raids! Check out the spawns, exclusive moves, egg hatches and raids taking place during this event below.

This page covers the complete event information, including Timed and Special Research quests available this weekend. You can find additional coverage in our guides: best Raid Attackers to get during December CD, a PvP Field Guide for December 2023 Community Day Weekend, the top PvP Priorities for December CD 2023, and overview of all Community Day Exclusive Moves and the full list of December 2023 Events.

Date & Time 📆

• Saturday, December 16, 2023, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time
• Sunday, December 17, 2023, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time

Features

Throughout the event, Pokémon featured in Community Day events in 2023 will appear more frequently in the wild and as reward encounters for Timed Research.

Pokémon featured in Community Day events throughout 2022 will hatch from Eggs and appear in raids and as reward encounters for Timed Research. 

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Event Bonuses

(*) Most bonuses will only be active during the 2:00pm to 5:00pm event times, but these will be active from 9:00am to 9:00pm.

Showcases

Be on the lookout for Showcases at different PokéStops during the event where you can enter Pokémon featured in Community Day events in 2023.

Featured Pokémon

A different set of Pokémon will be featured on each event day—Saturday, December 16, 2023, and Sunday, December 17, 2023—from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time. The Pokémon that appear during this time will have the same chance of appearing as a Shiny Pokémon as those that appeared during their original Community Days. Outside of these times, any of the featured Pokémon may appear from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. local time on either Saturday or Sunday!

Featured Pokémon on Saturday, December 16, 2023

The following Pokémon will be appearing more frequently on December 16, 2023, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time:

Featured Pokémon on Sunday, December 17, 2023

The following Pokémon will be appearing more frequently on December 17, 2023, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time:

Rare spawns on both days

Lucky Trainers might encounter the following Pokémon on either day! For the last ten minutes of each hour between 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. local time, Trainers can catch an opportunity to encounter these Pokémon:

December Community Day 2023 Exclusive Moves

The following featured attacks will be available when evolving these Pokémon—except Ursaluna—from Saturday, December 16, 2023, at 9:00 a.m local time to Sunday, December 17, 2023, 9:00 p.m. local time.

Pokémon	Exclusive moves	Importance
		PvE	PvP
Charizard	Dragon Breath Dragon (fast) Blast Burn Fire	⭐⭐⭐	⭐⭐⭐⭐
Blastoise	Hydro Cannon Water	⭐⭐	⭐⭐⭐⭐
Sandslash (Alola)	Shadow Claw (fast) Ghost	–	⭐⭐
Sandslash	Night Slash Dark	–	⭐⭐
Golem (Alola)	Rollout (fast) Rock	–	–
Poliwrath	Counter (fast) Fighting	–	⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Slowbro	Surf Water	–	⭐⭐
Slowbro (Galarian)	Surf Water	–	⭐⭐
Slowking	Surf Water	–	⭐⭐
Slowking (Galarian)	Surf Water	–	⭐⭐
Ampharos	Dragon Pulse Dragon	–	–
Politoed	Ice Beam Ice	–	–
Jumpluff	Acrobatics Flying	–	⭐⭐⭐
Quagsire	Aqua Tail Water	–	–
Tyranitar	Smack Down (fast) Rock	⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐	⭐⭐
Walrein	Powder Snow (fast) Ice Icicle Spear Ice	–	⭐⭐⭐⭐
Staraptor	Gust (fast) Flying	–	–
Togekiss	Aura Sphere Fighting	–	–
Mamoswine	Ancient Power Rock	–	–
Gigalith	Meteor Beam Rock	⭐⭐⭐⭐	–
Conkeldurr	Brutal Swing Dark	–	–
Chandelure	Poltergeist Ghost	–	–
Haxorus	Breaking Swipe Dragon	⭐⭐	–
Hydreigon	Brutal Swing Dark	⭐⭐⭐⭐	–
Chesnaught	Frenzy Plant Grass	–	⭐⭐⭐
Delphox	Blast Burn Fire	–	–
Greninja	Hydro Cannon Water	⭐⭐⭐	⭐⭐⭐
Noivern	Boomburst Normal	–	–
Vikavolt	Volt Switch (fast) Electric	–	⭐⭐⭐
Bewear	Drain Punch Normal	–	–
Obstagoon	Obstruct Dark	–	⭐⭐
Ursaluna	High Horsepower Ground	⭐⭐⭐	⭐⭐
Clodsire	Megahorn Bug	–	–

We would suggest checking your storage for any Pokémon you want to evolve during the weekend and renaming them to make them easy to find! Unless otherwise stated, the moves below are Charged Attacks, usually only available by Elite TM.

ℹ️ This does not include Ursaluna who has special rules. Full moon will be in the sky from 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 16, 2023, to 6:00 a.m. on Sunday, December 17, 2023, and from 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 17, 2023, to 9:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 17, 2023.

Eggs

The following Pokémon from 2022 Community Days will be hatching from 2km Eggs collected during the event.

Raids

The following Pokémon featured in 2022 Community Days will be appearing in Raids during the event.

Field Research, Special Research and Timed Research – Pokémon GO December Community Day 2023

Field Research

Field Research leading to encounters with Pokémon featured in previous Community Days in 2023 will be available.

Special Research

For US$1.00 (or the equivalent pricing tier in your local currency), you’ll be able to access the December Community Day–exclusive Special Research story, December Community Day 2023.

December Community Day Special Research Tasks and Rewards

Stage 1/4

• Power up Pokémon 10 times – 10x Poké Ball
• Catch 10 Pokémon featured during 2023 Community Days – 10x Razz Berrz
• Make 5 Nice Throws – 1500 XP
• Completion: 1000 Stardust, Unova Stone, Sinnoh Stone

Stage 2/4

• Transfer 10 Pokémon – 10x Ultra Ball
• Catch 15 Pokémon featured during 2023 Community Days – 1500 XP
• Evolve 3 Pokémon – 1500 Stardust
• Completion: 1000 Stardust, Poffin, Incense

Stage 3/4

• Make 3 Great Crurveball Throws – 10x Pinap Berry
• Catch 15 Pokémon featured during 2023 Community Days – 1x Sinnoh Stone
• Transfer 15 Pokémon – 1x Elite Fast TM
• Completion: 1000 XP, Rocket Radar, 1000 Stardust

Stage 4/4

• Claim reward! – 10x Pinap Berry
• Claim reward! – 1500 XP
• Claim reward! – 1x Elite Charged TM
• Completion: 1000 Stardust, 1500 XP, 3 Rare Candy

Timed Research

Timed Research will be available that awards King’s Rocks, Magnetic Lures, and encounters with Pokémon featured in previous Community Days from 2022 and 2023.

December Community Day Timed Research Tasks and Rewards

Stage 1/6

• Power up Pokémon 7 times – Hoppip
• Catch 5 different species of Pokémon – Chespin
• Catch 15 Pokémon featured during 2023 Community Days – Starly
• Completion: Noibat

Stage 2/6

• Transfer 10 Pokémon – Sandshrew
• Catch 5 different species of Pokémon – Sandshrew (Alola)
• Power up Pokémon 7 times – Stufful
• Completion: Togetic

Stage 3/6

• Evolve 2 Pokémon – Slowpoke
• Catch 5 different species of Pokémon – Slowpoke (Galarian)
• Transfer 10 Pokémon – Spheal
• Completion: Fennekin

Stage 4/6

• Power up Pokémon 7 times – Deino
• Catch 5 different species of Pokémon – Poliwag
• Catch 15 Pokémon featured during 2023 Community Days – Zigzagoon (Galarian)
• Completion: Litwick

Stage 5/6

• Catch 5 different species of Pokémon – Roggenrola
• Transfer 10 Pokémon – Axew
• Power up Pokémon 10 times – Grubbin
• Completion: Teddiursa

Stage 6/6

• Evolve 2 Pokémon – Geodude (Alola)
• Catch 5 different species of Pokémon – Timburr
• Transfer 10 Pokémon – Wooper
• Power up Pokémon 10 times – Wooper (Paldean)
• Completion: Froakie, 2023 Stardust, 2023 XP

December Community Day Evolution Extravaganza Timed Research Stage 1/1

• Use 5 Berries to help catch Pokémon – 1x King’s Rock
• Make 5 Nice Throws – 1x King’s Rock
• Completion: 1x Magnetic Lure

Sales

Stickers

Special 2023 Community Day stickers will be available via the in-game shop, from opening gifts, and spinning Pokéstops.

Community Day Box

A Community Day Box is available in the in-game store, for the price of 1350 PokéCoins. The box contains the following items:

Great Box

A Great Box is available in the in-game store, for the price of 480 PokéCoins. The box contains the following items:

Conclusion

Prep is key when it comes to December Community Day Weekend events! Go through your storage and check if you have any good IV Pokémon you need to evolve, or PvP IV Pokémon that the move will help. Rename them and get them evolved on Friday if possible, so your weekend can be left for shiny hunting and only needing to check and evolve newly caught Pokémon.

There are some great moves here, like Tyranitar with Smack Down for PvE, and the starter Pokémon are always improved by their Community Day moves. Plus, there are plenty of Pokémon here with Mega Evolutions!

With Community Day moves remember you can always TM them away, but to get them back you need an Elite TM, so if you aren’t sure, go for the evolution and look into it afterwards.

We’ve published articles on most of the Community Day Pokémon and their exclusive move, so if you aren’t sure which are worthwhile, check out the reviews below!

2022 Analysis

• Sandslash & Alolan Sandslash in PvP
• Alolan Golem in PvP
• Jumpluff in PvP
• Walrein in PvP
• Bewear in PvP
• Ursaluna in PvE and Ursaluna in PvP
• Obstagoon in PvP
• Staraptor in PvE and Staraptor in PvP
• Gigalith in PvE and Gigalith in PvP
• Chandelure in PvE and Chandelure in PvP
• Hydreigon in PvE and Hydreigon in PvP

2023 Analysis

• Ampharos  in PvP and PvE
• Quagsire and Clodsire in PvP
• Conkeldurr in PvP and PvE
• Vikavolt in PvP and PvE
• Greninja in PvP and PvE
• Poliwrath and Politoed in PvP
• Tyranitar in PvE
• Haxorus in PvP and PvE
• Blastoise in PvP
• Delphox in PvP and PvE
• Mamoswine in PvP and PvE
• Togekiss in PvP and PvE
• Slowbro and Slowking in PvP and PvE
• Chesnaught in PvP and PvE
• Noivern in PvP