Complete Guide to Pokémon GO "December 2025 Community Day Weekend" — A Thorough Breakdown of What to Aim for in the 2025 Community Day Recap!

1. Event Overview: The Year-End Tradition "Comprehensive Review Community Day"

The December Community Day is a "year-end event" where all the Pokémon featured in Community Days throughout the year make a comeback.
In 2025, it will be held according to the following schedule.Pokémon GO+1

• Dates:

  • Saturday, December 6, 2025

  • Sunday, December 7, 2025

• Mass Appearance Time: Both days 14:00–17:00 (local time)

• Other Appearance Times:

  • Both days 9:00–21:00, the featured Pokémon will appear widely in the wild

  • However, they are "particularly likely to appear" from 14:00 to 17:00

These two days focus on the Community Day Pokémon of 2025.
The event list on the Wiki summarizes it as "December 6-7, 2025: Previous Pokémon from 2025," making it a special weekend where the stars of the year gather.Wikipedia

2. List of Pokémon Appearing by Day

2-1. Day 1: December 6 (Saturday) 14:00–17:00

On the first day, mainly the members who adorned the first half to the mid-year Community Days of 2025 will appear in large numbers.Pokémon GO+1

• Karrablast

• Shelmet

• Vanillite

• Sprigatito

• Fuecoco

• Pawmi
  
  All of these Pokémon, including their evolutions, are highly notable in PvP, raids, and collections.
  In particular, the Paldea starters Sprigatito and Fuecoco, as well as the early Paldea electric type Pawmi, are expected to be prominent in the environment for a long time.

2-2. Day 2: December 7 (Sunday) 14:00–17:00

The second day focuses on the Community Day Pokémon from the latter half of 2025. Regional Flabébé are also notable.Pokémon GO

• Solosis

• Flabébé

  • EMEA: Red Flower

  • Asia-Pacific: Blue Flower

  • North and South America: Yellow Flower

• Pikipek

• Jangmo-o

• Rookidee

• Quaxly

Additionally, during the event period, Flabébé with "White Flower" and "Orange Flower" may appear in any region if you're lucky. This is a precious opportunity to aim for rare flower colors in addition to regional colors.Pokémon GO

2-3. "Classic Group" Appearing in the Last 10 Minutes of Each Time Slot

On both days, during the last 10 minutes of each time slot from 14:00 to 17:00, the following four species that appeared in past Community Day Classics will appear specially.Pokémon GO+1

• Machop

• Eevee

• Totodile

• Ralts

This time slot is a great chance to mass-produce final evolutions with exclusive moves, so be sure to prepare Pokémon for evolution, candies, and stardust.

3. Summary of Event Bonuses and Priorities

The December Community Day is attractive for its bonuses that significantly boost training efficiency.Pokémon GO

3-1. Common Bonuses

• 2x XP for catching Pokémon

• 2x Stardust for catching Pokémon

• 2x Candy for catching Pokémon

• 2x chance to receive XL Candy from catching Pokémon for Trainers level 31 and up

• 1/2 Egg Hatch Distance (for eggs placed in incubators during the event)

• Incense (excluding Daily Adventure Incense): 3-hour duration

• Lure Modules: 1-hour duration

• Special Trades +1 (maximum of 3 per day)

• 50% Stardust cost reduction for trades

*Some bonuses (such as trade-related ones) are effective all day from 9:00 on the 6th to 21:00 on the 7th.Pokémon GO

3-2. What Should You Prioritize?

1. 2x Stardust + Star Piece

   • If you can walk even in the cold, stack Star Pieces to quickly earn Stardust.
     
     

2. 2x XP + Lucky Egg

   • Trainers leveling up should do evolution marathons or collect task rewards to greatly increase XP.
     
     

3. Collecting Candy and XL Candy

   • For future potential, it's advisable to collect XL Candy for Dragon types (Jangmo-o line) and Flying/Steel types (Rookidee line).
     
     

4. Trade Discounts

   • It's a chance to trade high-IV or shiny starters and popular Pokémon with friends for a chance at better IVs.

4. Strategy Points for Exclusive Moves and Evolution Conditions

4-1. Special Evolution Conditions (Temporary Relaxation)

During the event period, some Pokémon will have "special conditions" for evolution.Pokémon GO

• Eevee Evolutions

  • Espeon: Evolve after walking 1 km with it as your buddy

  • Umbreon: Evolve after walking 1 km with it as your buddy

  • Sylveon: Evolve with 7 hearts as your buddy
    
    

• Flabébé Evolutions

  • Floette → Florges: Evolve with 7 hearts
    
    

• Pawmi Evolutions

  • Pawmo: Evolve by walking 1 km with it as your buddy