Club Campfire Rewards in Pokémon Go

As evidenced in the Community Day edition from two months ago, checking in for a Campfire meetup linked to the event no longer rewarded the Special Research set, but a "community" Timed Research set instead. In fact, this also started to apply for anything that could have a Campfire meetup created for it, as Spotlight Hour, Raid Day, and so on and so forth. This actually represents a "bringing together" of these initiatives under one umbrella, that which is called Club Campfire, and it has the benefit of rewards in Pokémon Go attached to it. That also makes it a point to be discussed in order to take advantage of it in the best manner. 

First and foremost, however, these meetups have to be ones hosted by a Community Ambassador, which will be indicated clearly in Campfire as the meetup will have the "Rewards" tag on it. This might imply that more areas with communities should have their leading members apply to become Community Ambassadors, a task that has its own separate details. Regardless, by checking in as usual (close to the meetup location and starting 15 minutes prior to the start time), returning to Pokémon Go will make Rhi appear in the Research section. Rhi will then prompt a selection of one of four choices (Catching, Raids, Battles, or Connecting), and this results in particular Timed Research sets and tasks for the option, and they need to be completed within eight hours.

The contents of the tasks are suited to the choice that was made; further, at least one task will require close interaction somehow (Raids and Connecting both will demand that one creates or joins a Party, while Catching has a trading task and Battles has a PvP task). Therefore, if one doesn't expect to interact very much, Catching and Battles - the latter in particular - are safe options regardless of whatever event is tied to the meetup along with its demands. Yet if one needs to pursue certain rewards, like the additional free passes for the Raids option, the caveat has been outlined and the required interaction is a given. As well, no matter the choice, some Field Research tasks adapt to the checked-in meetup and Party Play will have additional bonuses.

Even if one doesn't care about the rewards and the tasks, there is one small incentive for going to meetups and checking in. Each time this is done, it increments the counter of a new medal called the Community Member medal. This becomes useful, if only for those who haven't obtained a certain number of specific medals for specific tasks as in Special Research or the leveling tasks for going beyond Level 40. The ultimate goal of the medal is to attend 100 meetups on different days to obtain its platinum level... but it hasn't even been 100 days since the medal was introduced nor have there been meetups on every day since then. So, this will still take a bit of time - particularly for those who don't attend meetups often - but it may just work out nonetheless.

Reaping the rewards of Club Campfire meetups in Pokémon Go takes a bit of consideration and perhaps a little bit of effort, but there's at least something for everyone and every time - specifically, the times when the distinct meetups that tie into the rewards are held. The choice to (try to) attend these meetups and obtain the rewards, whichever ones are appropriate for the given times, will still be up to a Trainer to make, but done right, the benefits will be evident and universal for them and others. It seems that there is a sense of unification that the system attempts to bring, just like how Pokémon Go has done so for everyone over many years.

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