Delibird Spotlight Hour (December 2025): Last Minute Guide

Delibird

Pokémon Spotlight Hour will feature a different Pokémon and a special bonus for one hour at 6:00 p.m. local time on Tuesday during the month of December. Delibird Spotlight Hour takes place on December 30th, 2025, from 6:00 to 7:00 pm local time, with a bonus of 2x Stardust for catching Pokémon.

This Spotlight Hour is the final December 2025 Pokémon spotlight, and it is especially interesting as Delibird can be shiny. Trainers who plan to participate should be prepared with a Mega Pokémon to maximise candy gains per Pokémon caught. Here’s everything you need to know!

How to maximise Stardust during Delibird Spotlight Hour

Delibird is one of the rare Pokémon that give extra Stardust on catch – 500 Stardust to be exact – which means there is a good chance to get some great Stardust gains during this event!

Here’s how much Stardust you can get during Delibird Spotlight Hour in December 2025, thanks to the 2x Stardust bonus:

Type of catch	Stardust
Regular catch	1000× Stardust
Weather boosted catch	1250× Stardust
Regular catch with Star Piece	1500× Stardust
Weather boosted catch with Star Piece	1875× Stardust

The best possible scenario you can have is to catch a weather boosted Pokémon with an active Star Piece. As Delibird is a Ice and Flying-type they are boosted by Snow and Windy weather. 

To maximise Stardust caught you’ll likely want to use Great Balls to ensure the catch and use a quick catch technique. Otherwise, you could be spending too much time attempting to catch, rather than just catching.

We believe that the baseline for calculating potential Stardust during this hour should be 60 Pokémon. You should be able to get 60 Pokémon during one hour, regardless of if you are using the Fast catch trick, or just catching slowly.

Here’s how much Stardust you should be able to earn during the Spotlight Hour:

• 60,000 Stardust is your minimal Stardust goal. This means you caught 60 Pokémon, but there was no weather boost and you did not activate a Star Piece.
• 75,000 Stardust is your minimal goal if the in-game weather is Snow or Windy.
• 90,000 Stardust is the minimal amount you are looking for with a Star Piece activated. This should be easy to get if you activate two Star Pieces, regardless of in-game Weather. Star Piece increases your Stardust gain by 50%, which is an additional 30,000 Stardust over the baseline.
• and finally… 112,500 Stardust is the amount of Stardust you will get if you catch 60 Pokémon, with a Star Piece active, during Snow or Windy weather.

The only downside of this event is that Delibird is relatively difficult to catch, and you will probably want to use Great Balls or Ultra Balls during the event. Otherwise, you could be spending too much time attempting to catch, rather than just catching.

Delibird fact sheet

Delibird is a Ice and Flying-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO. As a Ice and Flying-type Pokémon, Delibird is especially weak against Rock-type moves, and weak against Electric, Fire, and Steel-type moves.

Delibird’s maximum Combat Power stat is 1237 CP, and its best Pokémon GO moves are Present and Fly. Delibird encounters are boosted during Snow and Windy weather. Shiny Delibird is available! ✨

Shiny Delibird

If you’re shiny hunting during this spotlight, it can be pretty subtle if you’re moving through encounters quickly! Shiny Delibird takes on a purple hue. 

Regular Sprite	Shiny Sprite
Delibird	Delibird

Delibird CP and IV Chart

Mega Pokémon that boost Delibird

The following Pokémon will grant you extra bonuses when catching Delibird if they are Mega-evolved. 

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