Thursday: Pokémon GO Community Day + Pokémon Masters - Scouts
02-07-2020 07:28 BST / 02:28 EDT by Serebii
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Last Update: 21:02 BST
Edit @ 18:14: Pokémon GO Community Day | Edit @ 20:29: Pokémon GO Event
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
Niantic have announced the details of the next Pokémon GO Community Day. This features Gastly and runs on July 19th 2020 from 11am to 5pm local time and features 1/4 Egg Distance. If you evolve Haunter into Gengar during this event, you will get a Gengar knowing Shadow Punch. There will be a Special Research ticket to get the research "The Great Gastyl" costing $1. Finally there will be a Community Day Box featuring 30 Ultra Balls, an Elite Fast TM, 2 Incense and 2 Incubators
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
The first Pokémon GO Fest Weekly Challenge event, and the Pokémon GO 4th Anniversary event, has begun in Asia Pacific Regions. This event runs from July 3rd 08:00 local time to July 8th 22:00 UTC and features a Flying Pikachu, increased spawns of Flying-type Pokémon, and party hat Pokémon returning. It also adds Shiny Pidove to the game and adds Ducklett & Swanna. THis event also has some Timed Research that can unlock some GO Fest spawns. We're currently collating all details of this event so be sure to keep checking our section
In addition to this, a Ho-Oh Raid Weekend event is now running from July 3rd 08:00 local time until July 6th at 22:00 local time
Edit @ 21:02: We now have full details on the Timed Research for this event
In The Games Department
Pokémon Masters
Two special 5 Star Select Scouts are now available in the shop in Pokémon Masters. One will last for 48 hours where you use 300 Paid Gems to get a Scout and you can also select any 5 Star Sync Pair while the other lasts a week and requires 3000 Paid Gems to do 10 Scouts and you can also select a 5 Star Sync Pair.
In The Pokémon Department
TikTok Filter
A special set of TikTok stickers have gone live in Japan based on pokémon Café Mix. This will add various imagery of the offerings from Pokémon Café Mix as well as imagery of the Pokémon and puzzles from the game.