Spotlight Hour Guide For Pokemon Go

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Pokémon GO offers users a number of events, each offering limited-time bonuses and special features. This includes Spotlight Time, a 60-minute window that features a specific Pokémon and offers bonuses that go along with it.

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This is Pokémon Go’s most frequent event, offering users weekly Spotlight Hours, each introducing a different Pokémon. This guide will be updated weekly to ensure you have the latest information on how to get the most out of Pokémon Go Spotlight Hours.

Update April 8, 2023: Second Pokémon Go Spotlight Hour event in April Shellder, a water-type Pokémon that appeared in the original Pokémon. Here’s everything you need to know about Shellder’s Spotlight Hour, from event information to the best preparation strategies.

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Spotlight hour date and time

A wild Pokemon symbol in Pokemon Go with a question mark above it

Upcoming Spotlight Hours are: It takes place on Tuesday, April 11, 2023 from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM local time. This is a relatively short period of time, so be prepared and log in punctually to take advantage of the bonuses on offer.

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Pokemon Shellder with the Pokemon GO battlefield in the background

In this week’s spotlight hour, Shellder, Bivalve Pokémon.

Only Pokemon of this water type have Evolution: Cloister. To evolve Shellder into Cloister, 50 Shellder Candya resource obtained by catching either of these two Pokémon in the wild.

Don’t miss this spotlight hour Increased Shellder spawn rate Encounter and catch this Pokémon a few times.

this will Acquire a large amount of Shellder Candyproviding resources to complete this evolution.

Also, like other spotlight hours, This is a great chance to catch a Shellder with high in-game stats.

This Pokémon’s stats are still random when you catch them, but the high number of Shellder encounters increases your chances of catching a Pokémon with desirable stats.

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Pokemon GO candy XL on a grassy field with the Pokemon GO logo on it

Each Spotlight Hour is accompanied by a specific bonus during its duration.

At Shelder’s Spotlight Hour, Double the candy for transferring Pokemon.

This is a great opportunity, as Shellder spawns will increase significantly during this event. Catch and transfer some of these Pokemon to give you tons of candya valuable Pokémon Go resource used to power up and evolve Pokémon.

This double transfer candy bonus Applies to all Pokemon Not just Shellder.

For this reason, wait a few days leading up to this event before transferring another Pokemon. double the candy Wait until the event window does so.

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Spotlight Time Spawn Rate and Shiny Rate

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Key bonuses for this spotlight hour are: Significantly increased Shellder spawn rate during this event.Shellder spawn rate can be further increased Using both pokestop lures and incense.

I’m lucky enough to have a chance to meet you A Shiny variation of Shellder during this Spotlight Hour event. Using these two items increases your chances of encountering and catching this unique Shellder variant.

Similar to Community Day events, The higher the spawn rate of this Pokémon, the higher your chances of finding and catching this Shiny Pokémon.Please prepare accordingly when it comes to items and specific locations.

How to prepare for Spotlight Hour

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With such a short window, it’s important to make sure you’re ready for this event before it starts. Make sure you stock up on monster balls.

Also, you should make sure that: Enough Pokemon storage before this event starts. This allows you to quickly catch featured Pokemon without worrying about moving others around to make room.

you can alsoo Increases Pokemon Storage by 50 by purchasing Pokemon storage upgrade and In-game shop for 200 PokéCoins.

with This Spotlight Hour bonus doubles candy for transferring Pokémonboth hoarding and adequate storage of monster balls are especially important.

As previously mentioned, this Spotlight Hour double transfer candy bonus applies to all Pokémon, not just Spotlight Hour Pokémon. Stock up on Pokemon you plan to transferto earn tons of candy during this hour-long event.

this is Especially when it comes to rare Pokémon like Legendary. This is because it is usually difficult to obtain certain candies.

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