Pokémon GO Spotlight Hours

Since 2020 a recurring weekly event has taken place, where a particular Pokémon species appears much more frequently in the wild for an hour, and various bonuses such as double stardust are present. With the Pokémon spawns being heavily boosted, it can be a great opportunity to collect more candy, shiny hunt, or to earn extra stardust or XP, depending on the bonus.

Spotlight Hour began as two events - boosted Pokémon spawns on Tuesdays and the bonus on Thursdays (known as Mystery Bonus Hour) but was soon combined into one. Until March 2026 the event took place every Tuesday from 6pm-7pm local time, and usually featured one of five rotating bonuses for the hour. They were briefly removed (besides one event in April), before returning weekly on Thursdays from June.

Below are all the past and upcoming Pokémon and bonuses to be featured in Spotlight Hours, most recent first. For ease of use, the next occurring event is highlighted in blue.