Pokémon GO December 2025 Community Day Guide

December’s Community Day is always one of the biggest events of the year in Pokémon GO, and the December 2025 edition brings a full celebration of top Community Day Pokémon from throughout the year. With boosted spawns, special moves returning and high stardust potential, this is an unmissable event for collectors, battlers and shiny hunters.

Event Dates & Times

Saturday, December 14, 2025
Sunday, December 15, 2025
From 2 PM to 5 PM local time each day

Across both days, Pokémon featured in this year’s Community Days will return in increased numbers.

Featured Pokémon

Expect increased spawns of Community Day Pokémon from 2025, including popular picks such as:

Froakie line
Fennekin line
Riolu and Lucario line
Litwick line
Shinx line
Gible line

Exact rotation varies by hour and day, but Niantic has confirmed multiple recurring favourites across the weekend.

Exclusive Moves Return

During the event window and two hours afterward, players can evolve Pokémon from this year’s Community Days to obtain their exclusive moves again.

Notable evolutions include:

Lucario with Shadow Punch
Greninja with Hydro Cannon
Charizard variants with Blast Burn
Garchomp with Earth Power
Delphox with Mystical Fire
Chandelure with Poltergeist

This makes the December Community Day one of the best moments all year to evolve and prepare teams for raids, PvP and Gym defence.

Bonuses Throughout the Weekend

Core Bonuses:

2× Catch Stardust
2× Catch XP
1⁄2 Egg Hatch Distance
3-hour Incense & Lures

Extra Highlights:

Special Research ticket for additional rewards
Field Research tasks awarding Premium Items
Timed Research offering encounters and evolution perks

Which Pokémon Should You Prioritise?

Here are the smartest targets for December 2025 Community Day:

Lucario (Shadow Punch)

One of the best PvP and raid attackers
Strong trade and XL value

Greninja (Hydro Cannon)

Top Water attacker in raids
Solid Great League potential

Garchomp (Earth Power)

Still one of the best Ground attackers
Great Master League Pokémon

Chandelure (Poltergeist)

PvE Ghost attacker with rare typing

Delphox (Mystical Fire)

Niche Fire attacker with PvP use cases

Strategy Tips

Sort by 2025 Community Day species before the event so you know what to evolve
Use Mega Evolutions to boost XL candy payouts
Farm Gible, Riolu, Froakie and Litwick heavily if you still lack good IVs
Do mass evolutions in the two-hour post-event window for moves

Final Thoughts

December’s Community Day is effectively a year-end catch-up event, giving players a final chance to finish their meta teams, evolve missing exclusives and hunt shiny favourites. With boosted Stardust and returning moves, it is one of the most rewarding weekends of the whole Pokémon GO calendar.

Whether you are building PvP rosters or just chasing shinies, this December Community Day is packed with value.