Raid, trade, and explore! We’re excited to announce the Pokémon GO August 2026 Community Day, which is scheduled for Sunday, August 16, 2026! Join the Trainers in your area and catch Nickit, the Fox Pokémon, which will be featured during August Community Day!
This day long Community Day meetups will take place from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. IST in 51 cities, including Agartala’s Children’s Park, Ahmedabad’s one mall, Ashoknagar’s Golbazar Big Fountain, Bengaluru’s Cubbon Park, Centro Mall, DB 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, Bhagalpur’s IIIT Bhagalpur Campus, Bhubaneswar’s Kharavela Park, KIIT University Campus 6 ,Chennai’s Tower Park in Anna Nagar and SRM Tech Park and IIT Madras Campus, Faridabad’s Tau Devilal-Town Park in Sector – 12, Ghaziabad’s Swarna Jayanti Park in Indirapuram, Hyderabad’s Jayalaxmi Gardens, Shilparamam Art and Craft Village, Indirapark and Sainikpuri, Kochi’s Subhash Park, 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, Jogger’s Park, IIT Bombay Horniman Circle Garden, Dockyard Road Station, Sahyadri Ground, Veer Savarkar Udyan, 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, Najafgarh Harit Bhumi Park, DTU Campus, AMUL in IIT-Delhi Campus and Eros One Mall, Lodhi Garden, Guwahati’s IIT-Guwahati , 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 Spectrum Metro Mall, Pune’s Sarasbaug, Blue Ridge Town in Hinjewadi Phase 1, Pheonix Market City in Viman Nagar, Surat’s Lake View Garden, Trivandrum’s Napier Museum,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 Anand Park in Assi Ghat, Vadodara’s Sayaji Baug, Uttarpara’s C.A.Math, Santipur’s Santipur Public Library Playground, Ranchi’s Mecon Ground, Kanpur’s Kargil Park, Motijheel, Jaipur’s Jawahar Circle, Indore’s Nehru Park, Goa’s Ravindra Bhavan in Fatorda and Communicate Hall, Chandigarh’s Rose Garden in Sec-16 B, Coimbatore’s VOC Park, Cuttack’s Satyabrata Park, Dehradun’s Gandhi Park, Burdwan’s Reagent Crown Star Mall, Patna’s Gandhi Maidan, Virar’s Manvel Pada Talav, Bhopal’s DB Mall, Guwahati’s Sati Radhika Shanti Udyan, IIT-Guwahati, GPO Garden Park, Puducherry’s Bharathi Park, Dalongg’s Bhebarghat Park in Mangaldai, Palakkad ‘s Palakkad Fort.
Featured Pokémon
Nickit 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 Nickit during the event or up to four hours afterwards to get a Thievul that knows the Charged Attack Icy Wind.
Community Day Special Research
For INR 59 (or the equivalent pricing tier in your local currency), you’ll be able to access the Nickit Community Day–exclusive Special Research. Complete this research for even more rewards, including the following.
- 3 encounters with Nickit that have a Special Background
- Additional encounters with Nickit
- 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
- 3× Stardust for catching Pokémon.
- 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.
Please be aware of your surroundings and follow guidelines from local health authorities when playing Pokémon GO. Upcoming events are subject to change. Be sure to follow us on social media, opt in to receiving push notifications, and subscribe to our emails to stay updated.
