Pokémon GO March 2023 Community Day – Slowpoke and Galarian Slowpoke

Pokémon GO March Community Day 2023 takes place on Saturday, March 18, 2023, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and features both Slowpoke and Galarian Slowpoke spawning in the wild.

Trainers can enjoy multiple bonuses, including 2x Catch Candy, 2x XL Candy chances, 3x Catch XP, and a Special Research story featuring the Slowpoke family. Trainers can also take part in a special GO Hub giveaway and take a special GO Snapshot of Slowpoke and win V-Battle Decks and Pokéball Tins.

Slowbro and Slowking evolved during the event will know the exclusive Community Day move – Surf. Shiny Slowpoke is already available in Pokémon GO, and an increased chance to encounter one will be live during the event.

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Pokémon GO March Community Day 2023 Features and Bonuses

Saturday, March 18, 2023, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time
Bonuses
2× Candy for catching Pokémon
2× chance to receive XL Candy from catching Pokémon (only for Trainers Level 31 and up)
Lure Modules activated during the event will last for 3 hours
Incense activated during the event will last for 3 hours
Take a few snapshots during the event for a surprise
3x Experience for catching Pokémon
One additional special trade can be made, up to a maximum of two on the day(*)
Trades made 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.

Slowpoke Community Day 2023 Infographic

Slowpoke Community Day infographics

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March Community Day 2023 Pokémon – Slowpoke

Both Kantonian Slowpoke and Galarian Slowpoke will appear more frequently in the wild. You’ll be able to encounter both Shiny Slowpokes—if you’re lucky!

Slowpoke from the Kanto Region is a Water and Psychic type Pokémon, and Galarian Slowpoke is a pure Psychic type. Windy weather will weather boost both Slowpokes, and Rainy weather will boost Kantonian Slowpoke.

Exclusive Attack: Surf

Evolve Slowpoke during the event or up to five hours afterward to get a Slowbro or a Slowking that knows the Water type Charged Attack Surf.

Trainer Battles: 65 power
Gyms and raids: 65 power

Be sure to check out our Community Day Mega Slowbro as a Raid Attacker analysis for more information on how Surf affects Mega Slowbro in Raids. For a more PvP focused view, check out our A PvP Analysis on the Community Day Slowpoke Family.

How to evolve Slowpoke?

Complete Timed Research to earn King’s Rock

Don’t have any King’s Rock to evolve Slowking? Don’t worry, complete the event-exclusive Timed Research and earn 4 King’s Rock.

Task	Reward
Make 5 Nice Throws	1× King's Rock
Catch 5 Slowpoke or Galarian Slowpoke	1× King's Rock
Use 5 Berries to help catch Pokémon	1× King's Rock

Stage rewards

1× King's Rock

A Brain-teasing Evolution

Before Trainers can evolve Galarian Slowpoke into Galarian Slowbro, they usually need to catch 30 Poison-type Pokémon while adventuring with the Pokémon.

But on Saturday, March 18, 2023 from 2:00 pm until 10:00 pm local time, Trainers will need to catch 30 Psychic-type Pokémon!

Pokémon	Condition	Evolution
Slowpoke	50 Candy	Slowbro
Slowpoke	50 Candy King’s Rock	Slowking
Slowpoke (Galarian)	50 Candy Catch 30 Psychic-type*	Slowbro (Galarian)
Slowpoke (Galarian)	50 Candy Catch 30 Psychic-type	Slowking (Galarian)

Do note that both Slowpoke and Galarian Slowpoke count as Psychic-type Pokémon for evolving Galarian Slowbro and Slowking.

Shiny Slowpoke, Slowbro, and Slowking

Regular	Shiny
Slowpoke	Shiny Slowpoke
Slowbro	Shiny Slowbro
Slowking	Shiny Slowking
Galarian Slowpoke	Shiny Galarian Slowpoke
Galarian Slowbro	Shiny Galarian Slowbro
Galarian Slowking	Shiny Galarian Slowking
Mega Slowbro	Shiny Mega Slowbro

Slowpoke IVs and CPs

Both Slowpokes can be encountered as a weather-boosted spawn. Kantonian Slowpoke is boosted by Windy and Rainy weather, and Galarian Slowpoke is boosted by Windy weather. Bold indicates Pokémon level in the wild. Levels up to 30 are available in the wild, 30-35 only with a weather boost.

Slowpoke Perfect IV CP Chart
1	17	2	54	3	91	4	128
5	165	6	202	7	239	8	276
9	313	10	350	11	385	12	420
13	455	14	490	15	525	16	560
17	595	18	630	19	665	20	700
21	735	22	771	23	806	24	841
25	876	26	911	27	946	28	981
29	1016	30	1051	31	1069	32	1086
33	1104	34	1121	35	1139	36	1156
37	1174	38	1191	39	1209	40	1226
41	1242	42	1257	43	1273	44	1289
45	1305	46	1321	47	1337	48	1353
49	1370	50	1386

Bonus Raid Battles after Community Day

Saturday, March 18, 2023, from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. local time

After the three-hour Community Day event ends, Trainers will be able to take on special four-star Raid Battles featuring one of the Slowpoke forms. Defeating one of these raids will cause more Slowpoke to appear around the Gym that hosted the raid for 30 minutes! You can only join these raids using Raid Passes and Premium Battle Passes. Remote Raid Passes cannot be used to join these raids.

Check out our raid guides for Slowpoke, and Galarian Slowpoke to help you defeat these tier 4 raids, they can be soloed!

Once you successfully complete a four-star Raid Battle against Slowpoke, Slowpoke will appear around the Gym that hosted the raid for 30 minutes. If you’re lucky, you may encounter a Shiny one! (*)

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

Community Day Special Research Story: Field Notes: Slow and Slower

For US$1.00 (or the equivalent pricing tier in your local currency), you’ll be able to access the Slowpoke Community Day–exclusive Special Research story, Field Notes: Slow and Slower. You’ll be able to purchase this for yourself, and send it as a gift to a pal!