Pokémon Go has announced the Community Day for November, and it features your favourite Pig Monkey. That’s right, Mankey is in the spotlight. They will appear more often in the wild and, if you’re lucky, you might encounter a Shiny variant.

The event takes place on November 10 between 2:00 PM and 5:00 PM local time. Another Community Day means another Special Research task. This costs a dollar to unlock, and provides you with tasks you can complete in exchange for additional rewards.

Not only that, but any Mankey or Primeape you evolve during the day is guaranteed to know the Charged Attack ‘Rage Fist’.

Event Bonuses

The Event Bonuses are incredibly generous this time around. So much so that we’re going to have to resort to a bullet point list to fit them all in:

  • Evolve Primeape into Annihilape after catching 20 Fighting-type Pokémon while Primeape is your buddy
  • Triple XP and double Candy for catching Pokémon
  • 200% chance to receive Candy XL when catching Pokémon (Trainer level 31+ only)
  • Lure Modules and Incense last three hours
  • Gain a special surprise for snapshots taken
  • An additional Special Trade, which requires 50% less Stardust

These bonuses are active between 2:00 PM and 10:00 PM local time on the Community Day.

Bonus Raid Battles

For five hours after the Community Day ends (5:00 PM – 10:00 PM local time) you can participate in special four star Raid Battles, resulting in more Mankeys appearing near the Gym for 30 minutes afterwards.

Primeape can appear in these Raids, though you can only join them using Raid or Premium Battle Passes. Remote Raid Passes, sadly, won’t work for this one.

Field Research

Catching Mankey can provide additional rewards, like Stardust, Great Balls, and even more encounters with Mankey.

That’s just the tip of the iceberg though. Thanks to Field Research tasks, there are plenty of ways to earn additional rewards during the event.

Ultra Community Day Box and Event Bundles

If you’re willing to splash the cash, you can purchase additional bundles from the Pokémon Go Web Store. These include an Ultra Community Day Box, which grants you 10 Ultra Balls, an Elite Charged TM, and a Special Research Ticket. You can purchase this early, from November 4 at 10:00 AM PDT.

In addition, there are two Event Bundles:

CostReward
1,350 PokéCoins50 Ultra Balls, 5 Super Incubators, Elite Charged TM, 5 Lucky Eggs
480 PokéCoins30 Ultra Balls, Incense, 3 Super Incubators, Lure Module

You can also purchase event-themed Stickers from the store, which you an also find in Gifts and by spinning PokéStops.

Pokémon Go October Events

You don’t have to wait until November to have fun in Pokémon Go. Niantic recently announced the Magnetic Study event, taking place on October 15.

Even sooner than that is the Mega Mawile Raid Day, which is this Saturday, October 12. You can learn about both events by clicking the link in the paragraph above.

Grab Pokémon Go on the App Store or Google Play.

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