Pidgey Spotlight Hour (September 2025): Last Minute Guide

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 September. Pidgey Spotlight Hour takes place on September 2nd, 2025, from 6:00 to 7:00 pm local time, with a bonus of 2x XP for evolving Pokémon. Plus there is an extra special bonus where you may obtain Mega Pidgeot Energy when catching Pidgey!

This Spotlight Hour is the first September 2025 Pokémon spotlight. It’s a great time to evolve any trash Pokémon in your storage before you transfer them.

Trainers who plan to participate should be prepared with a Mega Pokémon to maximise candy gains per Pidgey caught. Here’s everything you need to know!

• If you want further information about Spotlight Hours, check out our comprehensive guide.

Pidgey Spotlight Hour

Bonuses

Note on XP Bonus

If you do not want to catch the featured Pokémon or do not have enough Pidgey candy saved, you can make use of the 2x Evolution XP bonus by evolving any saved Scatterbug, or opening a Mystery Box or Coin Bag and evolving those!

Pidgey Fact Sheet

Pidgey

Pidgey is a Normal and Flying-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO. As a Normal and Flying-type Pokémon, Pidgey is weak to Electric, Ice, and Rock-type moves.

Pidgey’s maximum Combat Power stat is 769 CP, and its best Pokémon GO moves are Tackle and Aerial Ace. Pidgey encounters are boosted during Partly Cloudy and Windy weather. Shiny Pidgey is available! ✨

Evolutions

Pidgey	12Pidgey Candy	Pidgeotto
Pidgeotto	50 Pidgey Candy	Pidgeot
Pidgeot	100/20 Pidgeot Mega Energy	Mega Pidgeot

Shiny Pidgey

No gender difference to look out for with this one.

	Regular Sprite	Shiny Sprite
Pidgey
Pidgeotto
Pidgeot
Mega Pidgeot

Pidgey CP and IV Chart

Mega Pokémon that boost Pidgey

The following Pokémon will grant you extra bonuses when catching Pidgey 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.

Is it worth evolving Pidgey?

Ever since Pokémon GO launched in 2016, Trainers have coveted Pidgey for a particular reason: power levelling. Pidgey needs only 12 Candy to evolve into Pidgeotto, unlike many other Pokémon that require 25 or 50 Candy.

Pidgey Spotlight Hour bonus brings 2x XP for evolving Pokémon, which means that farming XP by Pidgey power levelling is back on the menu. Here’s what you need to know:

• You need 12 Pidgey Candy for every Pidgey evolution
• Evolving a Pidgey will reward you 1000 XP outside of the event, and 2000 XP during the Pidgey Spotlight Hour event
• If you evolve with a Lucky Egg active, you will get 4000 XP per evolution

You should be able to amass a large amount of XP during the event. We suggest running the familiar catch-evolve-transfer loop every 15 or 20 minutes. Farm enough Pidgey, evolve them, transfer, rinse and repeat.