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 February. Luvdisc Spotlight Hour takes place on February 11th, 2025, from 6:00 to 7:00 pm local time, with a bonus of 2x Stardust for catching Pokémon!
This Spotlight Hour is the second February 2025 Pokémon spotlight, and it is especially interesting as Luvdisc 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!
Luvdisc Spotlight Hour
Bonuses
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You will get 2x Stardust for catching Pokémon
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Shiny Luvdisc is available in Pokémon GO
Note on Stardust Bonus
Luvdisc is unfortunately NOT one of the rare Pokémon that give extra Stardust on catch, with a base rate of a 100 Stardust per catch which increases with weather-boost and a Star Piece.
Here’s how much Stardust you can get during Luvdisc Spotlight Hour in February 2025, thanks to the 2x Stardust bonus:
| Type of catch | Stardust |
|---|---|
| Regular catch | 200 |
| Weather boosted catch | 250 |
| Regular catch with Star Piece | 300 |
| Weather boosted catch with Star Piece | 375 |
The best possible scenario you can have is to catch a weather boosted ‘mon with an active Star Piece. As Luvdisc is a Water-type they are boosted by Rainy.
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 ‘mon. 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:
| Star Piece active | Weather is Fog | Stardust |
|---|---|---|
| ❌ No | ❌ No | 12,000 |
| ❌ No | ✅ Yes | 15,000 |
| ✅ Yes | ❌ No | 18,000 |
| ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | 22,500 |
- 12,000 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.
- 15,000 Stardust is your minimal goal if the in-game weather is Rainy.
- 18,000 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 6,000 Stardust over the baseline.
- and finally… 22,500 Stardust is the amount of Stardust you will get if you catch 60 Pokémon, with a Star Piece active, during Rainy weather.
The only downside of this event is that Luvdisc 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.
Luvdisc is a Water-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO. As a Water-type Pokémon, Luvdisc is weak to Electric and Grass-type moves.
Luvdisc’s maximum Combat Power stat is 959 CP, and its best Pokémon GO moves are Water Gun and Water Pulse. Luvdisc encounters are boosted during Rain weather. Shiny Luvdisc is available! ✨
Shiny Luvdisc is easy to spot – its usual pink colouring turns yellow!
| — | Regular | Shiny |
| Luvdisc |  |
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| LVL | Max CP | LVL | Max CP | LVL | Max CP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 CP | 2 | 37 CP | 3 | 63 CP |
| 4 | 88 CP | 5 | 114 CP | 6 | 140 CP |
| 7 | 165 CP | 8 | 191 CP | 9 | 216 CP |
| 10 | 242 CP | 11 | 266 CP | 12 | 290 CP |
| 13 | 315 CP | 14 | 339 CP | 15 | 363 CP |
| 16 | 387 CP | 17 | 412 CP | 18 | 436 CP |
| 19 | 460 CP | 20 | 484 CP | 21 | 509 CP |
| 22 | 533 CP | 23 | 557 CP | 24 | 581 CP |
| 25 | 605 CP | 26 | 630 CP | 27 | 654 CP |
| 28 | 678 CP | 29 | 702 CP | 30 | 727 CP |
| 31 | 739 CP | 32 | 751 CP | 33 | 763 CP |
| 34 | 775 CP | 35 | 787 CP | 36 | 799 CP |
| 37 | 812 CP | 38 | 824 CP | 39 | 836 CP |
| 40 | 848 CP | 41 | 859 CP | 42 | 869 CP |
| 43 | 880 CP | 44 | 891 CP | 45 | 902 CP |
| 46 | 914 CP | 47 | 925 CP | 48 | 936 CP |
| 49 | 947 CP | 50 | 959 CP |
The following Pokémon will grant you extra bonuses when catching Luvdisc if they are Mega/Primal evolved:
A Note on Mega Catch Bonus
While a Pokémon is Mega-Evolved, additional XP and Candy is granted when catching a Pokémon that shares a type with it, or for any raid boss caught. These do not stack with each other. Additionally, High and Max Level Mega-Evolved Pokémon grant an increased chance to obtain Candy XL when catching a Pokémon that shares a type with it.
