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Grookey Community Day

Community Day
Starts:
Sunday, January 18, 2026, at  2:00 PM Local Time
Ends:
Sunday, January 18, 2026, at  5:00 PM Local Time

Grookey, the Chimp Pokémon, will be featured during January Community Day!

Bonuses Bonuses Features Features Spawns Spawns Research Research Shiny Shiny Graphic Graphic




Bonuses

Increased Spawns
Increased Spawns
3x Catch Stardust
3x Catch Stardust
3-hour Incense
3-hour Incense
1-hour Lures*
1-hour Lures*
2x Catch Candy
2x Catch Candy
2x Chance to receive Candy XL from catching Pokémon
2x Chance to receive Candy XL from catching Pokémon
One additional Special Trade can be made for a maximum of three for the day*
One additional Special Trade can be made for a maximum of three for the day*
Trades made will require 50% less Stardust*
Trades made will require 50% less Stardust*

* While most bonuses are only active during the three hours of the event (2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time), these bonuses will be active from 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. local time.

The three-hour Incense bonus excludes Daily Adventure Incense and the one-hour Lure bonus excludes Golden Lure Modules.

Features

Evolve Thwackey (Grookey’s Evolution) during the event or up to four hours afterwards to get a Rillaboom that knows the Charged Attack Frenzy Plant.

Frenzy Plant (Grass-type)

  • Trainer Battles: 100 power
  • Gyms and raids: 100 power

Attack Availability Updates

Starting with the event and continuing afterwards, Rillaboom will be able to learn the Charged Attack Drum Beating.

Drum Beating (Grass-type)

  • Trainer Battles: 60 power and lowers the opposing Pokémon’s Attack by one stage
  • Gyms and raids: 115 power

Photobomb

Take a few snapshots during Community Day for a surprise! During the event you can snap an AR Photo and get photobombed by Grookey.

Lure Module Bonus

From 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. local time, Grookey will have a very high chance of appearing at PokéStops with active regular Lure Modules.

Grookey attracted to regular Lure Modules will still have an increased chance to be Shiny and may have a Special Background. That’s more chances to encounter the featured Pokémon even after the event hours!

Pokéstop Showcases

Be on the lookout for Showcases at different PokéStops featuring Grookey.

  • Grookey

Spawns

Grookey will appear more frequently in the wild.

Grookey in the wild may also have a Special Background.

  • shiny
    Grookey

Research

Field Research Tasks

January Community Day–themed Field Research will be available! Catch Grookey to earn rewards such as Stardust, Great Balls, additional encounters with Grookey, and more! You may even find Field Research that leads to encounters with Grookey that have a Special Background—if you’re lucky!

  • Catch 3 Grookey
    POSSIBLE REWARDS
    shiny Grookey
    Max CP
    465
    Min CP
    430
    ×5
     Great Ball ×5
    ×2
     Ultra Ball ×2
    +2
    ×2
     Pinap Berry ×2
    ×500
     Stardust ×500

The following tasks will have encounters with Special Backgrounds.

Note: These tasks are not confirmed and are based on previous Community Days.

  • Win a five‑star or higher raid
    REWARD
    shiny Grookey
    Max CP
    465
    Min CP
    430
  • Trade a Pokémon
    REWARD
    shiny Grookey
    Max CP
    465
    Min CP
    430
  • Complete a Party Challenge
    REWARD
    shiny Grookey
    Max CP
    465
    Min CP
    430

Grookey Community Day

Event-exclusive Special Research

For US$2.00 (or the equivalent pricing tier in your local currency), you’ll be able to access the January Community Day–exclusive Special Research. Complete this research for even more rewards including the following:

The Grookey encounter at the end of each page will have a Special Background.

STEP
1
Grookey Community Day (1/3)
Catch 3 Pokémon Grookey
Catch 5 Pokémon Grookey
Catch 10 Pokémon Grookey
Make 7 Nice Throws
×20
 Ultra Ball ×20
Make 5 Great Throws
×1
 Star Piece ×1
Make 5 Curveball Throws
×1
 Incense ×1

REWARDS

Grookey
×50
×5
STEP
2
Grookey Community Day (2/3)
Catch 3 Pokémon Grookey
Catch 5 Pokémon Grookey
Catch 10 Pokémon Thwackey
Use 3 Berries to help catch Pokémon
×20
 Ultra Ball ×20
Use 5 Berries to help catch Pokémon
×1
 Charged TM ×1
Use 7 Berries to help catch Pokémon
×3
 Silver Pinap Berry ×3

REWARDS

Grookey
×7500
×3
STEP
3
Grookey Community Day (3/3)
Catch 3 Pokémon Grookey
Catch 5 Pokémon Grookey
Catch 10 Pokémon Rillaboom
Spin 3 PokéStops or Gyms
×20
 Ultra Ball ×20
Spin 5 PokéStops or Gyms
×1
 Rocket Radar ×1
Explore 1 km
×1
 Premium Battle Pass ×1

REWARDS

Grookey
10000 XP
×1

Shiny

Shiny Grookey will be available! Trainers will have an increased chance of encountering Shiny Grookey during Community Day.

  • Grookey
  • Thwackey
  • Rillaboom

Graphic

Graphic

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