The Community Day in August has found its star Pokémon: Magikarp will determine the next event in Pokémon GO.
When does the Community Day take place? The Community Day featuring Magikarp will take place on August 08. This coincides with the Enigma Week, which starts the day before and brings powerful monsters.
Magikarp itself isn’t exactly the overpowered Pokémon, but is still popular. And its evolution, Gyarados, has been a fan favorite for years.
These bonuses are available during the Community Day with Magikarp
What’s in store for the Community Day in August: First and foremost, a lot of Magikarp will spawn. This is important because you’ll finally get candies for Gyarados if you don’t have one yet. The small splashing fish requires 400 candies to become the dangerous water-dragon. Additionally, you should have a good chance at shiny Magikarp and Gyarados.
There are also two bonuses that you can use during the Community Day.
- The incense item lasts a full 3 hours. If you stack two, you’ll have a total of six hours of boosted spawns.
- You receive triple stardust for catching Pokémon. If you use a star piece, the amount of stardust will be further increased.
This is the special move: If you evolve Magikarp into Gyarados during the event period, it can learn the move Aqua Tail. By the way, Gyarados is one of the Pokémon that can Mega Evolve – an exciting detail, as this feature is expected to come to Pokémon GO soon.
Especially for players who do not own a Gyarados yet, the Community Day with Magikarp is likely to be interesting. And that Magikarp aren’t completely useless was demonstrated by a trainer in battle against Giovanni, even though they were primarily used as cannon fodder here.
