Pokémon Go is having a Sewaddle Community Day event on Saturday, Oct. 5, from 2-5 p.m. in your local time.
As expected with a Community Day event, Sewaddle will spawn in huge numbers with a high chance for it to appear shiny. There are also several other bonuses and perks, which we’ve listed out below.
How do I catch a shiny Sewaddle?
As per old research by the now-defunct website The Silph Road (via Wayback Machine), Shiny rates on Community Days are about 1 in 24, which means that if you keep playing throughout the three-hour window, you should find quite a few shiny Pokémon.
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If you’re short on time or Poké Balls, you can pop an Incense, then quickly tap each Sewaddle to check for shiny ones, running from any that aren’t shiny. Notably, any Sewaddle you’ve already tapped will face where your player is standing, so that should help identify which ones you may have already checked.
What Community Day move does Sewaddle’s evolution learn?
If you evolve Swadloon into Leavanny from 2 p.m. until 10 p.m. in your local time, it will learn the fast move Shadow Claw.
If you miss out on evolving it during this period, you will likely be able to evolve it during a Community Day weekend event in December to get Shadow Claw. If you don’t want to wait, you can use an Elite TM to get the move.
How does Leavanny do in the meta?
Leavanny is a “just OK” bug-type attacker for PvE content, but even with its best moveset (Bug Bite and X-Scissor), it fails to beat out Heracross, Pinsir, and as well as higher-investment picks like Pheromosa and Genesect (predictably).
Leavanny also isn’t much of a use in PvP. Though the addition of Shadow Claw to its moveset is new, it doesn’t improve its rankings much or do anything groundbreaking.
How do I make the most of Sewaddle Community Day?
The following bonuses will be active during Sewaddle Community Day:
- 1⁄4 hatch distance for eggs placed into Incubators during the event
- Doubled candy for catching Pokémon
- Doubled chance for level 31+ trainers to get XL candy from catching Pokémon
- Incense lasts three hours
- Lure Modules lasts three hours
- Sewaddle special photobombs when taking snapshots
- One additional special trade
- Stardust cost halved for trading
That said, you should definitely put your eggs into Incubators, pop an Incense, and try to nab some powerful Sewaddle.
If you can Mega Evolve Venusaur, Beedrill, Pinsir, Scizor, Heracross, Sceptile, or Abomasnow, you’ll score additional Sewaddle Candy per catch. Using Primal Reversion on Kyogre or Groudon will work as well.
In addition to all this, Niantic is still running special four-star raids from 5-10 p.m., where if you clear the Swadloon raid, Sewaddle will spawn in a 300-meter radius around the gym for 30 minutes. These raids cannot be done remotely. If the usual 2-5 p.m. spawn increase doesn’t get you the Sewaddle you wanted, you can try raiding for another chance.
