Originally this bonus took place during the Mystery Bonus Hour, but this mini-event was merged with Spotlight hour at the beginning of April 2020. For one hour, the chosen Pokemon will appear more frequently in the wild, allowing you to catch as many as you can. This could help you fill in a missing entry in the Pokédex or find a strong Pokémon for raiding. Meanwhile the bonus will provide you with important assistance on your Pokémon journey. This could be anything from double transfer candy, allowing you to evolve Pokémon faster, or double catch stardust. Like with the established Community Day event, Spotlight Hour is designed to get players out playing Pokémon Go as part of a community. On this page: The first is to ensure that you have enough Poké Balls and berries. You only have an hour to catch as many of the chosen Pokémon as possible - you don’t want to waste it spinning PokéStops. The second is to ensure that you have space left in your Pokémon Storage Box. Just like with items, you don’t want to waste some of the Spotlight Hour transferring unwanted Pokémon, unless the current bonus is double transfer candy. Thirdly, it’s worth checking to see if you have any spare lures. Using a lure will increase the amount of Pokémon you encounter in the wild for half an hour, so, if you use one during the Spotlight Hour, it should also help you encounter more of the mystery Pokémon. Finally, since Mystery Bonus Hour has now been merged with this event it’s a good idea, depending on the bonus, to use a spare Lucky Egg or Star Piece during this hour. This will further increase the XP or Stardust bonus you receive, which is a great advantage if you’re trying to climb the level ranks of Pokémon Go quickly, or to build out your team for the Go Battle League. Used wisely and with the right Spotlight Bonus, it’s an effective way to get XP fast in Pokémon Go. The Season of Mythical Wishes continues with the Winter Holiday event, which has brought Mega Glalie to Pokémon Go. Don’t forget to partake in the new Go Battle League season. Elsewhere, be sure to use Daily Adventure Incense for the chance of encountering Galarian Articuno, Galarian Zapdos and Galarian Moltres.
February 4th - Onix February 11th - Spoink February 18th - Increased spawns for all Pokémon February 25th - Spotlight Hour didn’t occur March 3rd - Increased spawns for all Pokémon March 10th - Increased spawns for all Pokémon March 17th - Increased spawns for all Pokémon March 24th - Increased spawns for all Pokémon March 31st - Increased spawns for all Pokémon April 7th - Purrloin and double catch XP April 14th - Magnemite and double catch candy April 21st - Wobbuffet and double transfer candy April 28th - Pidgey and double evolution XP May 5th - Shellder and double catch stardust May 12th - Sunkern and double catch XP May 19th - Poochyena and double catch candy May 26th - Bronzor and double transfer candy June 2nd - No spotlight hour June 9th - Patrat and double evolution XP June 16th - Numel and double stardust June 23rd - Clefairy and double catch XP June 30th - Kricketot and double catch candy July 7th - Taillow and double transfer candy July 14th - Zubat and double evolution XP July 21st - Oddish and double catch stardust July 28th - Buizel and double catch XP August 4th - Horsea and double catch candy August 11th - Sableye and double transfer candy August 18th - Venipede and double evolution XP August 25th - Geodude and double catch stardust September 1st - Horsea and double catch XP September 8th - Houndour and double catch candy September 15th - Tentacool and double transfer candy September 22nd - Spearow and double evolution XP September 29th - Skitty and double catch stardust October 6th - World Cap Pikachu and double catch XP October 13th - Original Cap Pikachu and double catch candy October 20th - Shuppet and double transfer candy October 27th - Duskull and double evolution XP November 3rd - Cubone and double catch Stardust November 10th - Jigglypuff and double catch XP November 17th - Meowth and double catch candy November 24th - Barboach and double transfer candy December 1st - Seel and double evolution XP December 8th - Swinub and double catch stardust December 15h - Explorer Pikachu and double catch candy December 22nd - Snorunt and double transfer candy December 29th - Snover and double evolution XP
Here are the Spotlight Hours which occurred during 2021:
January 5th - Lillipup and double catch stardust January 12th - Drifloom and double catch XP January 19th - Shroomish and double catch candy January 26th - Phanpy and double transfer candy February 2nd - Ekans and double evolution XP February 9th - Miltank and double catch stardust February 16th - Luvdisc and double catch XP February 23rd - Pikachu and double catch candy March 2nd - Krabby and double transfer candy March 9th - Drowzee and double evolution XP March 16th - Voltorb and double catch stardust March 23rd - Surskit and double catch XP March 30th - Slugma and double catch candy April 6th - Buneary and double transfer candy April 13th - Mankey and double evolution XP April 20th - Grimer and double catch Stardust April 27th - Finneon and double catch XP May 4th - Cottonee and double catch candy May 11th - Dratini and double transfer candy May 18th - Alolan Rattata and double catch XP May 25th - Marill and double catch Stardust June 1st - Dwebble and double catch XP June 8th - Abra and double catch candy June 15th - Slowpoke and double transfer candy June 22nd - Swinub and double evolution XP June 29th - Aipom and double catch stardust July 6th - Bulbasaur and double catch XP July 13th - Charmander and double catch candy July 20th - Squirtle and double transfer candy July 27th - Natu and double evolution XP August 3rd - Magnemite and double catch stardust August 10th - East Sea Shellos and double catch XP August 17th - West Sea Shellos and double catch candy August 24th - Skwovet and double transfer candy August 31st - Wooloo and double evolution XP September 7th - Spoink and double catch stardust September 14th - Baltoy and double catch XP September 21st - Skitty and double catch candy September 28th - Alolan Meowth and double transfer candy October 5th - Drifloon and double evolution XP October 12th - Gastly and double catch stardust October 19th - Gothita and double catch XP October 26th - Murkrow and double evolution XP November 2nd - Cacnea and double catch candy November 9th - Chinchou and double transfer candy November 16th - Turtwig and double catch stardust November 23rd - Chimchar and double catch XP November 30th - Piplup and double catch candy December 7th - Electabuzz and double transfer candy December 14th - Magmar and double evolution XP December 21st - Snover and double catch XP December 28th - Cubchoo and double catch candy
Here are the Spotlight Hour which occurred in 2022:
January 4th - Solosis and double transfer candy January 11th - Diglett and double catch stardust January 18th - Plusle and double catch candy January 25th - Minun and double transfer candy February 1st - Litleo and double evolution XP February 8th - Spritzee and double catch stardust February 15th - Koffing and double catch XP February 22nd - Voltorb and double catch candy March 1st - Cubone and double transfer candy March 8th - Exeggcute and double evolution XP March 15th - Growlithe and double catch stardust March 22nd - Sudowoodo and double catch XP March 29th - Paras and double catch candy April 5th - Stunky and double transfer candy April 12th - Bunnelby and double evolution XP April 19th - Oddish and double catch stardust April 26th - Sunshine Form Cherrim and double catch XP May 3rd - Wingull and double catch candy May 10th - Numel and double transfer candy May 17th - Magikarp and double evolution XP May 24th - Seel and double catch stardust May 31st - Pikipek and double catch stardust June 7th - Nosepass and double catch candy June 14th - Mantine and double transfer candy June 21st - Spinarak and double evolution XP June 28th - TCG Hat Pikachu and double catch stardust July 5th - Ledyba and double catch XP July 12th - Machop and double catch candy July 19th - Staryu and double transfer candy July 26th - Meditite and double evolution XP August 2nd - Hisuian Voltorb and double catch stardust August 9th - Nidoran (Female) and double catch XP August 16th - Joltik and double catch candy August 23rd - Nidoran (Male) and double transfer candy August 30th - Pidove and double evolution XP September 6th - Munna and double catch stardust September 13th - Ralts and double catch XP September 20th - Aron and double catch candy September 27th - Minccino and double transfer candy October 4th - Purrloin and double evolution XP October 11th - Haunter and double catch stardust October 18th - Misdreavus and double catch XP October 25th - Shuppet and double evolution XP November 1st - Cempasúchil Crown Duskull and double catch stardust November 8th - Croagunk and double catch XP November 15th - Porygon and double catch candy November 22nd - Petilil and double transfer candy November 29th - Hoothoot and double evolution XP December 6th - Wooper and double catch stardust December 13th - Spheal and double catch XP December 20th - Bergmite and double catch candy December 27th - Cubchoo and double transfer candy
February 6th - Double Catch Stardust February 13th - Double Raid XP February 20th - Double Catch Stardust February 27th - No Mystery Hour event March 5th - Double Catch XP March 12th - Double Catch Candy March 19th - Double Transfer Candy March 26th - Double Evolution XP April 2nd - Double Catch Stardust
Good luck with your Spotlight Hour endeavours!
