Pikipek was the featured Pokémon during the November 2025 Pokémon GO Community Day. This short story summarizes how well I made use of the event-themed bonuses available during the Community Day.
The Pikipek Community Day came with two different category of event-themed bonuses. These were the free bonuses and the paid Community Day Special Research. We’ll look at one – the free bonuses available to all trainers who participated in the Community Day.
Free Event Bonuses
The focus of this story will be on some of the free bonuses. These are as follows
- 3× XP for catching Pokémon.
- 2× Candy for catching Pokémon.
- 2× chance for Trainers level 31 and up to receive Candy XL from catching Pokémon.
- Take a few snapshots during Community Day for a surprise.
The table below shows the before, the after, and the gains or losses.
| Bonus | Before CD | After CD | Gains (+) or Losses (-) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2x Catch XP | 1,069,773,353 | 1,071,247,163 | +1,473,810 Total XP* |
| 3x Catch Stardust | 66,761,770 | 66,937,297 | +175,527 Total Stardust* |
| 2x Catch Candy | 13,426 | 17,377 | 3,951 Pikipek Candy |
| 2x Catch Candy XL | 1,954 | 2,513 | 559 Pikipek Candy XL |
To analyze the XP, Stardust, Candy and Candy XL per catch, let us look at number of Pikipek caught during the Community Day.
| Details | Before CD | After CD | Gains (+) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seen | 9,135 | 9,800 | +665 |
| Caught | 3,758 | 4,252 | +494 |
Analysis of Pikipek Community Day
Catch Rate
I caught 74.29% of all the Pikipek I saw during the CD. I was pretty much fast-catching and then relying on Pokémon GO Plus+ when raiding.
Other Rates
Based on the previous tables seen earlier, these are the XP, Stardust, Candy and Candy XL per catch.
- XP per catch: 2,983.42
- Stardust per catch: 355.32
- Candy per catch: 7.99
- Candy XL per catch: 1.13
Furthermore, analyzing the base XP and Stardust respectively per catch for the Pikipek caught shows the following. Base XP and base Stardust are the XP and Stardust gained if other activities were not included in the previously calculated total XP and total Stardust gained.
| Bonus | Caught | Base Value x Bonus | Total Gains (+) | With Trainer Boosts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2x Catch XP | 494 | 200 | +98,800 Total XP | +197,600 Total XP with Lucky Egg |
| 1x Catch Stardust | 494 | 150 | +74,100 Total Stardust | +111,150 Total Stardust with Star Piece |
Not a bad gain.
Thanks for reading.
