Pokémon Go organizes a Community Day Event each month, spotlighting a specific Pokémon and offering various bonuses and rewards. This month, in May 2025, the spotlight is on the Pawmi Community Day, featuring a Pokémon that was recently introduced to the game.
The Pawmi Community Day is scheduled for Sunday, May 11, 2025, from 2 PM to 5 PM local time, maintaining the standard three-hour format for these events. To maximize your experience during the Community Day, refer to our detailed guide below for event specifics, bonuses, and rewards available.
Featured Pokémon: Pawmi
The featured Pokémon for May’s Community Day is Pawmi, a character from the latest generation in the series. During this event, the spawn rate of Pawmi will be greatly increased, replacing all other wild Pokémon for the duration of the three hours.
One thrilling aspect of this Community Day is that the odds of encountering a Shiny version are significantly boosted, making it much simpler to find a Shiny Pawmi during the event. This will also mark Shiny Pawmi’s debut in Pokémon Go, available for the first time.
With numerous opportunities to catch Pawmi throughout the event, players can accumulate Pawmi Candy, which is essential for evolving and powering up Pawmi. It has two evolutions: Pawmo, requiring 25 Pawmi Candy, followed by Pawmot, needing 100 Pawmi Candy and walking 25 km with Pawmo as your Buddy Pokémon.
You can enhance the Pawmi Candy you collect during this event by using Pokémon Go’s Mega Evolution feature.
Mega Evolve an Electric-type Pokémon during this Community Day to increase the Candy earned with each Pawmi catch.
Featured Attack: Brick Break
During this Community Day, a Featured Attack will be available, allowing you to evolve Pawmo, Pawmi’s evolution, into Pawmot. If you evolve during the event, from the start until Sunday, May 18, 2025, at 10 PM local time, Pawmot will learn the unique Charged Attack Brick Break.
If you miss the opportunity to get this Featured Attack during the Community Day, you can still teach Pawmot Brick Break using an Elite Charged TM.
Here are the in-game stats for Brick Break:
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Brick Break Stats |
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|---|---|
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PvP (Trainer Battles) |
40 Power |
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PvE (Gym and Raid Battles) |
40 Power |
Several bonuses will be available during this Community Day for all players who log in. These include:
- Evolve Pawmo into Pawmot after walking only 1 km as your Buddy Pokémon, instead of the usual 25 km (available until May 18, 2025, at 10 PM local time).
- Eggs placed in Incubators during this event will have 25% less distance needed to hatch.
- Earn double Candy when capturing Pokémon.
- Double chance of earning Candy XL when catching Pokémon (for Trainer Level 31 and above).
- Lure Modules will last for three hours.
- Incense will also last for three hours.
- Taking snapshots may result in a Community Day surprise encounter.
- Make one extra Special Trade.
- All trades will cost half the Stardust.
The last two bonuses related to trading will be active until 10 PM local time on the day of the event.
Special Research
A Community Day Special Research is available for purchase at $1.99 USD in the Pokémon Go in-game store. Those who buy the exclusive Special Research for the Pawmi Community Day will embark on unique in-game tasks that rewards:
- Pawmi encounters, three featuring themed Special Backgrounds.
- One Premium Battle Pass.
- One Rare Candy XL.
Timed Research
Logging into Pokémon Go during the Pawmi Community Day will unlock Timed Research, which is available to complete until Sunday, May 18, 2025, at 10 PM local time. Completing these tasks will yield a Pawmi encounter with a themed Special Background and additional in-game items.
Field Research Tasks
Be sure to visit and spin different PokéStop Photo Discs during the Pawmi Community Day to receive event-themed Field Research Tasks. Completing these tasks, involving catching various Pawmi, will reward you with Pawmi encounters, Stardust, and Great Balls.
