Niantic has announced the star Pokémon of the next community day event in August. It was somewhat as a surprise as it felt like the previous Community Day Event was only 2 or 3 weeks ago. Ralts, which is the Psychic and Fairy type from Generation Three will be the featured Pokémon and spawn more often during the event Saturday August 3, 2019. Niantic continues to follow the typical trend of alternating rare Pokémon with the starters of each generation as Mudkip was the star last month.
As usual the community day event will last for three hours and will be on a Saturday this time around but from 4pm to 7pm local times. The reward during the event will be a 4x improvement for egg hatches. Surprisingly, no other rewards have been announced except for the typical three hour lure duration. Given the rarity and popularity of Ralts and its evolutions, I am not surprised that there is not more bonuses as many would go out and get as much candy as possible as its evolutions can be two different forms based on its gender, Gardevoir and Gallade.
As usual, you will have a chance to encounter the shiny form of the Pokémon Ralts in increased probabilities during the event. Also, a special move called Synchronoise will be gained from evolving Kirlia to Gardevoir or Gallade up to an hour after the event has been announced. It will be interesting to see how much interest this gets from the community this month. Good luck and catch ‘em all!
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