Pokémon Go is holding an Axew Community Day event on June 10 from 2-5 p.m. in your local time. While we’re excited for the event, we want to remind everyone that safety should always come first. Be sure to check for hazardous conditions before heading out to your local parks and other outdoor areas to play.
Although Axew will be widely available during the December Community Weekend event later this year (when it will be hopefully safer to be outside), if you’re still looking to hunt for shiny Axew, there are alternative indoor areas to play such as shopping malls.
Additionally, we suggest playing it safe by running an Incense at home throughout the event period to maximize your own safety. We’ve had lots of luck with this strategy in the past.
As with any Community Day event, Axew will spawn in abundance with a high chance of appearing shiny. Read on to learn more about this exciting event!
How to Catch a Shiny Axew
According to original research conducted by The Silph Road, Shiny rates on Community Days are about 1 in 24, which means that if you keep playing throughout the three-hour window, you should have a good chance of finding a few shiny Pokémon.
If you’re short on time or Poké Balls, you can pop an Incense, then quickly tap each Axew to check for shiny ones, running from any that aren’t shiny. Any Axew you’ve already tapped will face where your player is standing, so that should help identify which ones you may have already checked.
Axew’s Community Day Move and Evolution
If you evolve Fraxture into Haxorus from 2 p.m. until 10 p.m. in your local time, it will learn the charged move Breaking Swipe. If you miss out on evolving during this period, you can wait until the Community Day weekend event in December to get Breaking Swipe. Alternatively, you can use an Elite TM to get the move.
Haxorus in the Meta
Haxorus is a powerful dragon-type PvE attacker. While it may not be as strong as Salamence, Rayquaza, and other top-tier Pokémon in the same category, it is still a great choice if you’re looking for a dragon-type attacker. Use Dragon Tail and Breaking Swipe for the best results.
Breaking Swipe also helps Haxorus out in PvP, especially in Master Leagues and some specific cups. Be sure to get Breaking Swipe if you plan on using Haxorus for PvP.
Maximizing Axew Community Day
The following bonuses will be active during Axew Community Day:
- Tripled XP for catching Pokémon
- 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
- Axew special photobombs when taking snapshots
- One additional special trade
- Stardust cost halved for trading
If you can Mega Evolve Charizard X, Ampharos, Sceptile, Altaria, Salamence, Latias, or Latios, you’ll get additional Axew Candy per catch. Make sure to pop a Lucky Egg and an Incense to increase your chances of catching powerful Axew.
Additionally, Niantic is still running special four-star raids from 5-10 p.m., where if you clear the Fraxure raid, Axew 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 Axew you wanted, try raiding for another chance! Have fun and be safe out there!