Master the Pokémon GO Spotlight Hour: Your Guide to December 2024 Events

Pokémon GO's Spotlight Hours, 60-minute events featuring boosted wild spawns of a specific Pokémon, return in December 2024. This guide details each event, including shiny availability and strategic tips for maximizing your gains.

Next Pokémon GO Spotlight Hour:

The next Spotlight Hour is Tuesday, December 10th, 6-7 PM local time, featuring Murkrow with double Catch XP. Murkrow and its evolution, Honchkrow, are both shiny-capable.

December 2024 Spotlight Hour Schedule:

December 2024 Spotlight Hour Deep Dive:

Murkrow Spotlight Hour: While less common now, Murkrow's Community Day was in 2021. Evolving Murkrow into Honchkrow requires 100 candies and a Sinnoh Stone. Honchkrow's offensive capabilities are useful in Raids, despite its weaker defense in PvP.

Slugma & Bergmite Spotlight Hour: This double feature offers a chance to catch both Fire and Ice types. Bergmite evolves into Avalugg (50 candies), a strong Ice-type for Raids and GO Battle League (Master League). Slugma evolves into Macargo (50 candies), less useful in battles.

Delibird Spotlight Hour: This event features a rare Holiday-costumed Delibird. Primarily valuable for collectors seeking a Shiny variant, its battle effectiveness is limited.

Togetic Spotlight Hour: Togetic, a relatively rare wild spawn, evolves into Togekiss (100 candies + Sinnoh Stone). Togekiss excels in GO Battle League and Raids, making this Spotlight Hour highly valuable.

Maximizing Your Spotlight Hour Experience:

• Stock up on Poké Balls.
• Utilize Lucky Eggs, Star Pieces, and Incense.
• Allocate extra time for sorting and transferring Pokémon.
• Strategically use items to maximize bonus effects. (e.g., transfer duplicates before Delibird's event for bonus candy).
• Use search filters (4*&age0, 3*&age0, 4*&[Pokemon Name]) to locate high-IV Pokémon.

Pokémon GO is available now. This article was updated on 12/9/2024.