Raid, trade, and explore! We’re excited to announce the Pokémon GO May 2026 Community Day, which is scheduled for Saturday, May 9, 2026! Join the Trainers in your area and catch Lechonk, the Hog Pokémon, which will be featured during May Community Day!
This day long Community Day meetups will take place from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. IST in 45 cities, including Agartala’s Children’s Park, Ahmedabad’s one mall, Bengaluru’s Cubbon Park, Centro Mall, Hanuman Park, Kempfort Mall, Spice Garden ,Dr Rajkumar Park in Kammanahalli, Village Hypermarket in Neeladri Road, Smt Lakshmi Devi Udyanavana, Orion Mall in Rajajinagar and Swabhiman Park in HSR Layout, Bhubaneswar’s Kharavela Park, Burdwan’s Reagent Crown Mall, Chennai’s Tower Park in Anna Nagar and SRM Tech Park and IIT Madras Campus, Chengalpattu’s Clock Court in VIT Campus , Faridabad’s Tau Devilal-Town Park in Sector – 12, Ghaziabad’s North India Mall in Indirapuram, Hyderabad’s Jayalaxmi Gardens, Sarath City Capital Mall in Kothaguda, Indirapark and Sainikpuri, Kochi’s Lulu Mall in Edapally, Kolkata’s Surya Sen Nagar Playground, Salt Lake Stadium, Dewanpara Nagarik Samity Park and Lions Safari Park in Rabindra Sarovar Lake, Layelka Math, Shapoorji Children’s Park, Wireless KMC Park and Sarsuna Housing Park, Lucknow’s Sahara Ganj Mall, Mumbai’s Shivaji Park, Horniman Circle Garden, Dockyard Road Station, Sahyadri Ground, Veer Savarkar Udyan, Jogger’s Park, Samarth Garden in Lokhandwala and Vardhaman Fantasy Park, Mysore’s Saraswatipuram Park, New Delhi’s Japanese Park in Rohini, Vegas Mall in Sector 14, Dwarka, Qudesia Bagh, DTU Campus, AMUL in IIT-Delhi Campus and Eros One Mall, Lodhi Garden, Guwahati’s Sati Radhike Shanti Udyan, Madurai’s Madurai Corporation Eco Park, Mallikpur’s CMD Road in Khanpara Ground, Mangalore’s Kadri Park, Navi Mumbai’s Rajiv Gandhi Garden in Airoli, Mandva Garden in Kalamboli, Inorbit Mall in Vashi,Noida’s Meghdootam Park, Pune’s Sarasbaug, Surat’s Lake View Garden, Trivandrum’s LuLu Mall,Vellore’s Technology Tower in VIT Campus, Gurugram’s Leisure Valley Park, Ludhiana’s Sarabha Nagar, Chinsura’s Rupnagar Park, Vizag’s Inorbit Mall, Varanasi’s Shaheed Udyan Park, Vadodara’s Sayaji Baug, Uttarpara’s C.A.Math, Santipur’s Santipur Public Library Playground, Ranchi’s Mecon Ground, Palakkad’s Lulu Mall, Nagpur’s Empress Mall, Kanpur’s Kargil Park, Motijheel, Jaipur’s World Trade Park, Indore’s Lal Bagh Garden, Goa’s Ravindra Bhavan in Fatorda and Communicate Hall, Bhopal’s DB Mall, Chandigarh’s Rose Garden in Sec-16 B, Coimbatore’s VOC Park, Cuttack’s Satyabrata Park, Dehradun’s Gandhi Park.
Featured Pokémon
Lechonk will appear more frequently in the wild.*
*If you’re lucky, you might encounter a Shiny one or one that has a Special Background!
Featured attack
Evolve Lechonk during the event or up to four hours afterwards to get an Oinkologne that knows the Fast Attack Mud Slap.
Mud Slap
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- Trainer Battles: 11 power
- Gyms and raids: 19 power
Community Day Special Research
For INR 59 (or the equivalent pricing tier in your local currency), you’ll be able to access the Lechonk Community Day–exclusive Special Research. Complete this research for even more rewards, including the following.
- 3 encounters with Lechonk that have a Special Background
- Additional encounters with Lechonk
- 1 Premium Battle Pass
- 1 Rare Candy XL
And even more goodies!
- Stay tuned for when tickets for the Special Research 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.
Tickets are non-refundable (subject to applicable law and the exceptions set forth in the Terms of Service). Please note that this Special Research will not include an in-game medal and will not feature a story.
*Certain restrictions apply. Gifting cannot be completed if the recipient has purchased a Special Research ticket or has been gifted one already.
Event Bonuses
- 1/4 Egg Hatch Distance when Eggs are placed in an Incubator during the event period.
- 2× Candy for catching Pokémon.
- 2× chance for Trainers level 31 and up to receive Candy XL from catching Pokémon.
- Incense (excluding Daily Adventure Incense) activated during the event will last for three hours.
- Take a few snapshots during Community Day for a surprise!
- Lure Modules will last for one hour and may attract the featured Pokémon.*
- One additional Special Trade can be made for a maximum of two for the day.*
- Trades will require 50% less Stardust.*
*While most bonuses are only active during the three-hour event period, these will be active from 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. local time.
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