Pokémon Go Vanillite Community Day guide

Pokémon Go is having a Vanillite Community Day event on April 27 from 2-5 p.m. in your local time.

As expected with a Community Day event, Vanillite 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 list out below.

How do I catch a shiny Vanillite in Pokémon Go?

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.

If you’re short on time or Poké Balls, you can pop an Incense, then quickly tap each Vanillite to check for shiny ones, running from any that aren’t shiny. Notably, any Vanillite 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 Vanillite’s evolution learn?

If you evolve Vanillish into Vanilluxe starting on April 27 at 2 p.m. until May 4 at 10 p.m. in your local time, it will learn the charged move Avalanche.

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 Avalanche. If you don’t want to wait, you can use an Elite TM to get the move.

How does Vanilluxe do in the meta?

Unfortunately, Vanilluxe and its pre-evolutions have no space in any of the high-intensity Pokémon Go content, whether it’s PvE (raids and gyms) or PvP. I don’t recommend investing Stardust into it unless you just really like this Pokémon — in which case, let them (you) eat ice cream.

How do I make the most of Vanillite Community Day?

The following bonuses will be active during Vanillite Community Day:

That said, you should definitely pop a Lucky Egg and an Incense and try to nab some ice cream.

If you can Mega Evolve Glalie or Abomasnow, you’ll score additional Vanillite Candy per catch.

There will also be “Community Day Continued” Timed Research until May 4 that will reward more Vanillite, including ones with special themed backgrounds. This research will keep the increased shiny rate for Vanillite, even after the three-hour event is over, so make sure you complete them for extra chances to get a shiny.