Three Pokemon will be featured during this event.
The next Pokemon Go Spotlight Hour event will take place on April 16, 2024 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. local time.
During this event, Caterpie, Weedle, and Wurmple will appear more frequently than normal in the wild and players will receive two times the normal amount of Stardust when catching Pokemon.
Caterpie is a Bug-type Pokemon from the first generation of the Pokemon universe. In Pokemon Go, you can evolve Caterpie into Metapod using 12 Caterpie Candy, and then evolve Metapod into Butterfree using 50 Caterpie Candy.
Shiny Caterpie is available in Pokemon Go. Shiny Caterpie is yellow, rather than green.
Weedle is a Bug- and Poison-type Pokemon from the first generation of the Pokemon universe. In Pokemon Go, you can evolve Weedle into Kakuna using 12 Weedle Candy, and then evolve Kakuna into Beedrill using 50 Weedle Candy.
Shiny Weedle is available in Pokemon Go. Shiny Weedle is yellow, rather than tan.
Finally, Wurmple is a Bug-type Pokemon from the third generation of the Pokemon universe. In Pokemon Go, Wurmple can be evolved into either Silcoon or Cascoon using 12 Wurmple Candy. Players won’t know which Pokemon Wurmple will evolve into beforehand.
Silcoon can be evolved into Beautifly using 50 Wurmple Candy, and Cascoon can be evolved into Dustox using 50 Wurmple Candy. You can learn more about Wurmple and its evolutions in our Wurmple Evolution Guide.
Shiny Wurmple is available in Pokemon Go. Shiny Wurmple is purple, rather than red.
To make the most of this week’s Spotlight Hour event, remember that you can activate an Incense to attract wild Pokemon to your location for a limited time. This will give you more of the featured Pokemon to encounter and more chances to potentially find Shiny ones.
Also remember that you can activate a Star Piece to increase the amount of Stardust you receive when completing in-game actions for a limited time. This Star Piece bonus will stack with the Spotlight Hour bonus, allowing you to earn lots of Stardust for each Pokemon you capture during this event.
Following this week’s Spotlight Hour event, two more of these events are scheduled to take place in April 2024. Here’s the schedule:
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Brandy Berthelson has been writing about video games and technology since 2006, with her work appearing on sites including AOL Games, Digital Spy, and Adweek. When she’s not gaming, Brandy enjoys crafting, baking, and traveling with her husband.
