Last weekend, the Community Day with Kwaks in Pokémon GO reignited an old discussion: the issue with time.
Did you catch a shiny Kwaks over the weekend? Your chances were good because the Water Pokémon had its own Community Day on Sunday from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM. Three hours during which one encountered Kwaks at every corner of the game.
But only if you had time—or the right weather. And this is exactly a point that the community criticized in light of the last Community Day.
Some players are sad to miss the popular C-Day events due to external circumstances.
The Community Day is not a day—Would it be better?
In the subreddit for Pokémon GO, a player expresses dissatisfaction with the recently concluded event. The main issue raised in the post by “carlkentt” was the weather: It is summer, and the timing from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM can be quite intense regarding heat.
Of course, you want nice weather while playing Pokémon GO. However, noon is often the hottest time of the day, and if it gets too hot, it not only eventually affects the performance of some smartphones but is also physically really exhausting. In extreme heat, one can even risk health problems.
The user suggests times of 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM or 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM during the summer. Some agree and mention that they had strong issues with the heat themselves. Others point out that not everywhere in the world these weather problems occur at this time, many can relate to the difficulty, though. And: Generally, the timings are a problem for some.
Community Days are always on weekends and typically last three hours during midday. This doesn’t fit into some people’s planning. The fact that the “Day” event does not run all day bothers some players—or at least longer.
They suggest various options:
- A user suggests 6 instead of 3 hours, possibly also split, to offer two slots in the morning and noon (via Reddit).
- Another suggests that the C-Day could also be its own smoke item that one activates at the appropriate time and then uses the bonuses for 3 hours (via Reddit).
- A larger time window would simply suffice for others (via Reddit).
Wasn’t it like that before? Indeed, it was. During the pandemic, the Community Day window was extended to six hours and remained that way for a while. In spring 2022, it was reverted. At that time, it was also explained that Niantic aimed to bring the community together more in real life, to meet outside. That would work better with the shorter events.
At that time, the decision was not particularly popular. Even in our survey back then, the majority of votes were for longer time windows.
What has changed? At least, a limited research concept for Community Day was introduced some time ago, which always runs for a week from the start of C-Day. Here, you have the opportunity to catch the event monster again for a few days, also with a special background. Furthermore, it has been introduced that the evolution-attack bonus can be used during the same period.
What do you think about the current times of the Community Day? Do you like using the event, does it fit in your calendar? Or do you have problems with the timings? Let us know in the comments! And to plan well for the upcoming month: Here you can find the remaining events in July 2025 for Pokémon GO.
