1/4
They would not stop spawning, they were like a hydra
Ok, to save you future confusion that I had about similar events:
This was a “community day”. About once a month, they hold a special event where one Pokémon spawns a bunch from 2-5, there’s a bunch of in-game bonuses, and special 4 star raids.
Every Tuesday night, there’s a “spotlight hour”, from 6-7. This is similar to community day, as one Pokemon spawns a bunch, but it’s only 1 hour and there’s only 1 special in-game bonus.
Every Wednesday night, from 6-7, there’s a “raid hour”. Almost every gym will have the 5 star raid for the whole hour.
Welcome to Pokémon Go, and have fun! Good luck!
Also the best bonus on community day is the 1/25 shiny odds!
What are the normal odds to get shiny? Thx
Yeah a little over 1/500 but certain Pokemon like sneasel and scyther for example are 1/64. Just look up perma boosted shinies list
And legendary raids are 1/20 iirc
Me and my 78 non-shiny Mewtwo don't agree with this...
This was also me. No shiny 64 tries later
Odds do not stack. You can be lucky enough to pull a shiny first time on 1/1200 Odds or never in 1k raids pull a shiny on 1/10 shiny Odds
Or 0%. My dumb head didn't know that after doing 10 Tapu Koko raids when it came out.
Tapu Koko does have its shiny released, unless you’re saying something else?
Yeah now it does. But it wasn't at it's release :)
Okay, that was what I’d presumed but just wanted to make sure
😂😂 Same
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I think youre just unlucky, one person going over odds is completely normal
That would be a 15% chance of no shinies.
1/20 isn't BS. You just got unlucky.
I did 27 Giratina raids and have zero shinies. I got unlucky.
I did 22 Kyogre raids and got 5 shinies. I got lucky.
So why say it's 1/20 if you don't get a shiny after 20 legendary raids. Like u can't really use that odds if u get unlucky.
1 in 500, I think.
That explains a lot. I got like 8 shinies yesterday and I felt like a baller. But I saw 232 Littens so just average-ish
Well yesterday didn't seem like 1/25 odds. Seemed like 1/200 odds. Horrible Community Day for me 2 shinies in three hours.
i would recommend just tapping and checking to see if theyre shiny, and if theyre not just run. I got like 10 in an hour ._.
I have to agree with this. I’ve only seen 21 Lickitung and I caught a shiny. I had no idea how to catch shiny’s until last community day. A man stopped and asked me if I playing Pokemon Go and he filled me in that he’d already caught for shiny’s. I asked him how and when I learnt about the 1/25. I was catching and releasing them I tried just tapping on them so I didn’t waste balls, time or space. It worked. I caught four shiny’s too. I’ve only been playing for 3 weeks and I’m still learning.
If youre trying to shiny hunt thats what you do, but for top stats you have to catch them unless you dont care about battles
That's what I do.
Weird I got 11 and I wasn’t even playing the full three hours. I did go to a local park though. The CDs where I sat on the couch it was like 2-3 shinies.
Really? I was getting a shiny every 5-10. I think I played for about 45 min with two accounts and between them got 8 shiny Littens.
Yes, I got 1 on the second one I caught, and then only 1 more in the entire event time
Had to delete over 100 shinny litten just because I got so many kept 2 pvp shiny litten And 7 shundoes lol. The community day treated me nicely
Does this apply to all Pokémon or just the one Mon?
just the featured mon
This last one was not 1/25 it was actually 1/64 and I tested and graphed it upon multiple accounts from all ranges of rarity
1/25? Wheb i check mine it was around 1/40/50🤣😅
Just to add: 6-7 pm LOCAL TIME. :)
Also. On community days. You can evolve your best Pokemon to learn a special move. Todays move for Incineroar was blast burn. You can evolve as many as you like. If you didn’t have the time to pick the best one. Save for end of the year. And evolve it last week of December. I’m new to the game also . 2016 account. But got back into it last April.
Is the evolve special also just during that same window
They usually post the times. But this time I didn’t see anything about times. I evolved one at 7:50pm and it did get the move.
Again. If you missed the window. They have a special week in December.
Or you can teach it with an elite TM. Which i don’t know if it’s worth it. I have only used one elite Tm. On a perfect terrakion. Saving my other 4 for something else
Ya I probably wouldn't burn one on it either as he's not a fierce fighter. I just checked as I evolved a shiny and a non shiny and they both have it, that would have been before midnight but well outside the windlw
Usually the special evolution move lasts for 2 hours after the event ends on community day I'm pretty sure u have until 10pm local time since the 4* raids end at 8pm
Is there a calendar to know when the next event happens? Or is it not on a regular schedule? Thanks
Pokémon go will usually release a rough event list (not many specifics) for the season, current spring season being called world of wonders. At the beginning of every month they will come out with an infographic (usually found on their twitter or website) with the specific events’ details for that month. However the best website for keeping up with all Pokémon go related events is this website: https://leekduck.com made by an independent guy on twitter. I’m surprised I never see it mentioned on this subreddit. Just click on the events tab and it’s sorted by current and starting/ending times for events. It’s also got a couple other useful tabs like seeing which Pokémon spawn in what research so you can hunt for specific Pokémon in field research tasks. Have fun playing!
Leekduck is my go-to for event info also.
Amazing! Thank you for the reply
Download go field guide , it will keep you up to date
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They are announced in the in-game news. Or go to https://pokemongolive.com/news
Is there a way higher shiny rate for community day?
There is. The odd is about 1/25.
1/25 regular is 1/512 i’m pretty sure
Supposedly but outta the four of us my son got 0 shiny
If 3 out of 4 people got a shiny that seems like quite a high rate
RAID HOUR IS ONLY WEDNESDAY!?
There are some special raid days, too. For example, this Sunday, March 17th, Primal Kyogre will be in raids everywhere from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM local time.
Primal Groudon raid day is March 23rd from 2 to 5.
To the OP… just stay on top of your in game news and follow @leakduck on twitter and you’ll be fine!
Brilliant explanation
I've been playing since launch and didn't know this, just thought it was random lol so thanks
Also, if you want the info ahead of time, many online resources (I use LeekDuck, for example) tell you all of the spotlight hour Pokemon, 5 star and mega raiders, and events for each month near the end of the previous month.
Thank you so much! I'm gonna start looking stuff up ahead of time now! :)
Can't believe they don't show this information in the game!
Not sure if sarcasm, because they definitely do...
Push notifications, too!
Not sarcastic. I've played for six months and had never seen the above information before. And I have no idea where to find it in-game even when I'm actively searching for it. Which menu is it in? I feel like an old man getting lost in all the different screens and navigations...
It is always a pop-up immediately after it gets released usually middle of the month prior (or beginning of the season), which means you close them without reading. Then it is also used to be in the main menu at top right under "News." Recent updates put it at the bottom of the main menu to the right of the x as a megaphone.
Then on the day of it's in the Today menu under "happening now"
Alright, thanks :) Yeah, I'm familiar with those places. What I was referring to in my original comment was that such a nice summary does not exist in the game. I was totally unaware of the weekly occurrences for example. And I thought the spotlight hour was totally random - had no idea it was so consistent.
Thanks for sharing this post. I’m a noob and I had my first community day. I only learnt how to catch shiny’s until I crossed paths with someone else playing while he was out during work hours lol. He had caught four when I was just starting. Anyway I wondered about tapping them instead of catching and releasing and it worked. I caught for Shiny’s just by tapping on them to see if they normal or shinys.
Do not just tap and look if you are new to the game. The tag is "Gotta Catch 'em All". The other person probably has tons of candies and dust. Community Days are great for gathering XP, dust and candies.
Yes, I’m only disappointed that I was running out space and I only had a certain amount of time to do get them all. I had to walk back home and drive to an appointment. It was taking up so much time to catch and release so tapping them was what I had to do because I lost track of time. It’s so easy to get carried away with catching. I’m always losing track of time.
That is the issue with everyone... Time and Space management...
There are tricks and tips to catch them faster
Got any tips? Using berries and ultra balls don’t always work. I’ve someone on YouTube hoping the berry button at the same time as throwing the ball and then he hits out and back and it’s been caught. Unfortunately he went through it so fast it went over the top of my head. I have to re watch it.
That's the technique. Slow down the video or find another video.
One tip is, catch everything. You never know what will become meta when.
Oops holding the Berry button, not hoping.
I dont understand how people dont know when they literally have a whole notice as soon as you open the game
It's an event actually. The actual spawns are few and far between.
Oh okay that makes sense, I was very confused but hopefully there’s an evee one eventually
There's actually already been two before, but it's a very popular pokemon and I wouldn't be shocked if it happens again.
Like we got three charmander ones
Even if there isn’t one you’ll still get lots of eevee, its one of the more common costumed Pokémon when they release them and is a fairly common spawn regardless, they make up around 2% of what I’ve caught.
And they seem to spawn when a glacial or mossy lure is used as well
I got my first eevee costumed shiny the other day (party hat) I shrieked like a 12 year old girl 😂 (I'm 53 😂)
The first time I saw a spotlight hour, it was Eevee. My 10yo and I were SO confused lol.
It's called a community day
Every month there's a Community day, your shiny odds are boosted now. Good luck!
There are so many eevee. No worries on getting your fill of those.
They’ll be lining them up at the meat grinder in no time!
I hope not, that would be a huge waste of a community day
If something seems weird about spawns, it's good practice to see if there's an active event. You can find event details in-game by tapping the research icon (binoculars) and looking for the Happening Now header in the Today tab. Events are typically announced ahead of time in the News page (main menu, megaphone in top right).
Community days happen once or twice per month. From 6-7pm on Tuesdays, there is a spotlight hour with increased spawns and a bonus modifier. If you're in a park or somewhere similar, you may be in a nest, where one species of pokemon have a high spawn rate.
I remember being in your shoes...
About a month into it, I launch the game while I'm out shopping with the family.
And to my surprise all I see is little blue mudkips. I couldn't figure out why they were everywhere. After catching several of them I eventually got tied catching just them and gave up playing.
We get home, I let the cat out. While she was pouncing on bugs in the grass I was scrolling through sites on my phone and came upon an article about the mudkips. Found out if you evolved one by the end of the event it'll get a special move not available anywhere else!
I was like a dozen captures shy of being able to evolve one, and had like half an hour to go. So I quickly threw the cat back inside and took off to the park. Got a lap and enough captures in and managed to fully evolve one.
Wholesome story
Litten community day, don't forget to evolve at least one of them to final evolution to get a special move. Community days happen once a month with different pokemon (sometimes there's a recap and we get 2)
Do you have to evolve it during the 2-5 window?
You have till 10pm local time (5 hours after the event end)
Thanks for the reply!
oops 💀💀💀 did not know this. oh well :p
No this is not Normal it’s an event where the cats reproduced beyond what is sustainable. You will see their numbers shrink over time
Nowhere did I see this being referred to as a Litteny of Pokémon…
All I’m saying is we may have missed a once in a lifetime opportunity here and that’s sad..
Please neuter and spay your Litten
You gotta go catch em and save the world!
Where Bob Barker when you need him?
Nice lol
they were spawning to say hi to you!!
It was litten community day thats why
normally all kinds of other pokemon also spawn
That CP12 Level one shiny.. Niceee..
You're in danger.
There’s a event going on today that spawns that Pokémon specifically
Community day. Once or twice a month on a Saturday or sunday between 2-5 local time this will happen. Super boosted shiny rates basically guarantees catching a bunch of shinys
Check leekduck for upcoming events…There’s a primal kyogre raid day on Sunday
I'm new too and had the same exact question. I thought the cats were having a conference. It was a nice surprise.
I see you got your answer, but I wanted to say welcome to the game!
That's your spirit pokemon
hope you had fun getting all the shiny kitties 🐈⬛ make sure you play during 2-5pm tomorrow and raid some kyogre with a group!
Tomorrow = Sunday or Monday? I am in Asia so confirming for timezone 😊
Sunday
My first community day was froakie and I was so confused as to why there were a bajillion frogs everywhere
If you are new to the game, I recommend you see some Pokedaxi videos on YouTube
Welcome to the game and welcome to your first community day! :D
Bunch of feral cats running around in my neighborhood
Its event
Welcome to the game
I remember quitting the game about a month after release due to there being genuinely nothing to do where I lived. I came back in February of 2022, and I remember being super confused when nothing but Hoppip would spawn one day that month. I didn’t figure out what was going on until the very next community day which was Sandshrew. I also thought that the spotlight hours were just bugged to only have one Pokémon spawning every Tuesday night. It took several months to to figure that out😂
Happened to me too when I first started playing, thought my game was glitching, turns out spotlight hour is a thing
thats community day! they pick one pokemon and the shiny odds are increased (the rare different coloured versions)!
Event probably
I know my friends is gonna hella pissed to see this cuz one of them only got one shiny and the other only got two 😭 and since he said they were 0 stars, he doesn’t consider them to count
Yes for community days
Curious to how many levels you went up, as it was 3x Exp tlas well, and if you used a lucky egg it would be 6x
No, if this happens then the entire earth is about to blow up
nay ... this is a dark omen, indeed.
thats just the CDS work, if it keeps happening its because its supposed to happen
CDS stands for Cat Distribution System
They’ve chosen you as their leader
Community days are special events that occur once a month and last from 2-5pm local time that have 1 pokemon spawn alot. They also give exclusive moves(which can only be learned through evolution or the most expensive TM).
Thankfully it was just dark lariat inceneroar, so you didn’t miss out on anything too crazy for the PVP/PVE part of this game. If you have an active community in your local area you could probably find someone with a spare.
Yes its very normal all community day events are like this
No
You should look up PokeDaxi on YouTube, he has a ton of great, information-rich videos that got me up to speed on events like this and how to make the most of PokémonGO.
Meanwhile I havent even seen one...
So this is why bruhmanLasagna was taken
we got the exact same fit 💀
Yes wait till you see same thing happening with mew and mewtwo
Welcome to community day
No I would delete and restart
It's an event, normally that would be weird but yesterday was litten day. Just walk around a bit I found like 6 shiny ones.
No! Where do you live? I want to get me some too!
If they are a hydra we must slay them! (Also yes it was community day a certain pokemon has boosted spawns so they were an abundence)
Haha, have fun at your first Community Day. :)
Omg! Infestation!
No
Great job! You discovered Litten Community Day! Free Shinines for you!
ive been playing since 2016 and havent even encountered a shiny bru how
Cat distribution system
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It was a community day event
When this happens its a spotlight hour for a certain pokemon, you were playing during the event! Good catches with the littens, i was happy to get my shinies. Before transfering in the search bar look up 4*, those are perfect iv’s and you want to keep those. Apart from that, you can transfer them to get candies so you can evolve them or power them up
It was a community day , which has increased shiny odds , making most spawns Litten in this case but in other ones it will be other pokemon but no it is normal
No. Please consider getting your neighbourhood checked for a cat infestation
The objective is to destroy the Catamatons, Helldiver! Spread democracy. The planet needs you.
Apparently really new.
Yeah I downloaded the game in like 2020 played for a day or two and deleted it, downloaded it again like 2 weeks ago bc a coworker said it was a good time passer at work
How come new players are getting more shiners than me
Yes. The area you live in is called litten town
"new to the game" (level 19)
Idk if that’s a high level I just catch Pokémon and do the quests
No, it looks like you’re being hacked by cats. Immediately destroy phone.
For future
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