Spooky things are appearing in October’s Community Day on Wizards Unite!

Community days in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite are designed to bring players together out in the world to achieve goals and maybe score some extra goodies in the process. They normally last around three hours in different parts of the world every month, and they tend to have bonuses like extra spawns, free energy, as well as extra potion effects.

October 2019:

On October 19, you’ll have a chance to level up extra-quickly by battling ominous Oddities while also earning extra Dark Arts Runestones, which will come in handy later this month on Halloween.

Event Date and Time

The way the event times work has changed. Now, instead of separate regions having different times, everyone will get the event between 11 am and 2 pm local time on October 19, 2019

Event Features

• Werewolf, Vampire, and Doxy Oddities will appear more often
• Werewolf, Vampire, and Doxy Oddities have the chance to reward Dark Arts Runestones
• Tonic for Trace Detection will only reveal Werewolf, Vampire, and Doxy Oddities
• Partner Inns grant increased Spell Energy

Bonuses

• A free store bundle will be available in the Diagon Alley shop featuring Tonic for Trace Detection, Spell Energy, and Potion Ingredients
• Baruffio’s Brain Elixir brew time reduced to 30 minutes and Master Note effectiveness increased by 50%
• 3x Wizarding XP from all Oddities

September 2019:

On September 21, you’ll have a chance to make progress on your Mysterious Artefact Registry Family page by returning rare Mysterious Artefact Foundables with the help of some special bonuses.

Event Date and Time

• Asia-Pacific region: September 21, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. AEST (UTC +10)
• Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India: September 21, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. UTC
• Americas and Greenland: September 21, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. PDT (UTC -7)

Event features

• Mysterious Artefacts, including rare Foundables such as Hermione’s Time-Turner, will appear more frequently
• All Inns will reward increased Spell Energy
• Spell Energy will appear on the Map
• A free store pack will be available in the Diagon Alley shop

Bonuses

• All Exstimulo Potions consumed will have increased effects
• All Exstimulo Potions brew times will be reduced by 50%
• Performing Master Notes will reduce the brew time of all Exstimulo Potions by 50%

August 2019: Wizarding Challenges

Get ready to head out around your neighborhood to help contain the Calamity during this month’s Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Community Day! On August 10, meet up with friends to level up even faster as you’ll earn a variety of bonuses that will help you take on Wizarding Challenges together.

Event Date and Time

• Asia-Pacific region: August 10, from 1:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. AEST (UTC +10)
• Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and India: August 10, from 10:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. UTC
• Americas and Greenland: August 10, from 11:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. PDT (UTC -7)

Event features

• XP bonuses when participating in Wizarding Challenges, with additional bonuses for playing with friends
• Free store pack featuring Spell Energy from the Diagon Alley shop
• Ingredients used to brew Healing potions appear more frequently on the Map

Bonuses

• Potions brewed using a Rental Cauldron will have their brew times reduced by 33%
• Healing potions brew quicker and offer more Stamina when consumed

July 2019: Hogwarts School Traces

Get ready to gather your friends and head out around your neighborhood to help contain the Calamity during the first-ever Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Community Day on July 20. During this Community Day event, you’ll have a chance to make progress on your Special Assignments and level up faster with even more special in-game bonuses.

Event Date and Time

• Asia-Pacific region: July 20, from 1:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. AEST (UTC +10)
• Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and India: July 20, from 10:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. UTC
• Americas and Greenland: July 20, from 11:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. PDT (UTC -7)

Event Features

• Foundables more frequently appearing around you
• More likely to encounter the Hogwarts School Family Traces
• Free store pack featuring Spell Energy from the Diagon Alley shop

Bonuses

• Baruffio Brain Elixir potions consumed during this limited-time period will grant 3× Wizard XP
• Dark Detectors used during this limited-time period will last twice as long as they normally do when placed on Inns

What is a Community day?

Community days normally feature a specific type of Trace or activity more heavily and will give you a chance to succeed at them more frequently in the space of those three hours. You will want to use your time wisely, community days are short and if you live in rural areas you will need to coordinate your efforts to achieve the best results.

Community days are built with community in mind so take the time to meet other Wizards Unite players so you can get a team together and destroy those fortresses!

A few tips for Community Day

• Stay hydrated! Walking around for three hours is a good amount of exercise, so take a bottle of water with you.
• Charge your Powerbank so you can have an uninterrupted three hours of gaming.
• Try and add some friends to the game. There will be people out there that you can connect with for Fortresses.
• Travel to your largest hotspot before the three-hour window. Give yourself the best chance to catch those Foundables.
• Spend a little time making sure your Spell Energy is at max before the three hours start. Be prepared.
• Don’t bother with Fortresses while the event is running — unless it’s the focus of community day — you don’t get enough XP from them even with the brain Elixir.
• Make sure you are topped up on brain potions before you start. It will take 6 brain elixirs to cover the event completely.
• You will want to have Exstimulo Potions as well to help speed up your catches. The more the better for Community Day!

There are of course a lot more tips on playing the game here on iMore so be sure to check out our other coverage, and if you have any tips for us or thoughts on Community Day, let us know in the comments.

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