Pokemon Go will hold a Nickit Community Day event on Sunday, August 16, from 2 to 5 p.m. local time, highlighting the dark-type fox Pokémon and offering increased shiny encounter odds. Community Days are weekly events in which a specific Pokémon appears more frequently and special bonuses are applied for the duration of the three‑hour window. During the Nickit Community Day, Niantic states that shiny Pokémon appear at a rate of roughly one in 24, based on research from The Silph Road. Players who activate an Incense can tap each Nickit to check for a shiny appearance. Evolving Nickit into Thievul between 2 and 9 p.m. grants the charged move Icy Wind; evolution outside this period may be possible during a later Community Day weekend in December or by using an Elite TM. Bonuses active during the event include tripled Stardust for catching Pokémon, doubled candy for catches, doubled XL candy chances for level‑31+ trainers, three‑hour Incense duration, one‑hour Lure Module duration, Nickit‑themed photobombs in Snapshots, an extra special trade, halved Stardust cost for trading, and a bonus Nickit candy per catch for trainers who Mega Evolve certain Pokémon. Scopely Explore continues its Lure Module Bonus, causing Nickit to spawn more often from placed Lure Modules, and shiny or special‑background Nickit may still be found after the event via those lures. The event is intended to give players a concentrated opportunity to catch and evolve Nickit, but the odds of obtaining a shiny remain probabilistic.