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Ralts Spotlight Hour (August 2025): Last Minute Guide

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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 August. Ralts Spotlight Hour takes place on August 19th, 2025, from 6:00 to 7:00 pm local time, with a bonus of 2x catch candy.

This Spotlight Hour is the third August 2025 Pokémon spotlight, and it is especially interesting as Ralts 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!

Ralts Spotlight Hour

Bonuses

  • Candy icon You will get 2x Candy for catching Pokémon
  • Shiny icon The featured Pokémon and its evolutions can be shiny in Pokémon GO

Note on Catch Bonus

If you do not want to catch the featured Pokémon, you can make use of the 2x Catch Candy bonus by catching any saved Scatterbug, or opening a Mystery Box or Coin Bag! You can stock up field research or leave any special or timed research encounters until Spotlight Hour to make use of this bonus. If you aren’t interested in Ralts candy, you could even use this bonus to get extra candy from catching raid bosses!

Ralts fact sheet

Artwork of Ralts from Pokémon GO Ralts

Ralts is a Psychic and Fairy-type Pokémon. Ralts is weak to Ghost, Poison, and Steel-type moves. Ralts has a Max CP of 609 in Pokémon GO, it is weather boosted by Windy and Cloudy weather, and it was originally found in the Hoenn region. Shiny Ralts is available in Pokémon GO.

Artwork of Ralts from Pokémon GO Ralts 25 Candy Artwork of Kirlia from Pokémon GO Kirlia
Artwork of Kirlia from Pokémon GO Kirlia 100 Candy, Sinnoh Stone & male Artwork of Gallade from Pokémon GO Gallade
Artwork of Kirlia from Pokémon GO Kirlia 100 Candy Artwork of Gardevoir from Pokémon GO Gardevoir
Artwork of Gallade from Pokémon GO Gallade 200/40 Mega Energy Artwork of Mega Gallade from Pokémon GO Mega Gallade
Artwork of Gardevoir from Pokémon GO Gardevoir 200/40 Mega Energy Artwork of Mega Gardevoir from Pokémon GO Mega Gardevoir

 

Ralts evolves to Kirlia with 25 Ralts Candy. Only male Kirlia can evolve to Gallade with 100 Candy and a Sinnoh Stone. Gardevoir evolves from Kirlia with 100 Candy

Shiny Ralts

  Regular Shiny
Ralts Ralts is a humanoid Pokémon with a white body. It has thin arms and legs that widen toward the feet. There is a wispy extension trailing off the back of its feet, creating the overall impression of a nightgown or oversized dress. Most of its face is covered by green hair that resembles a bowl cut, but a pair of pinkish-red eyes is sometimes visible. There are two flat, red horns on top of its head: a large one toward the front and a smaller one at the back. Ralts is a humanoid Pokémon with a white body. It has thin arms and legs that widen toward the feet. There is a wispy extension trailing off the back of its feet, creating the overall impression of a nightgown or oversized dress. Most of its face is covered by blue hair that resembles a bowl cut, but a pair of pinkish-red eyes is sometimes visible. There are two flat, orange horns on top of its head: a large one toward the front and a smaller one at the back.
Kirlia Kirlia is a bipedal, maiden-like humanoid Pokémon that appears to be wearing a tutu. Most of its body is colored white, and there are three ruffles on each hip. Beneath the ruffles, it has skinny green legs with long, pointed feet. Its arms are also thin with two digits each. It has green hair that covers most of its face and reaches its shoulders on either side, resembling two ponytails. Large, red eyes are visible on either side of the hair that covers its face. On each side of its head is a flat, crimson horn that resembles a hairpin. Kirlia is a bipedal, maiden-like humanoid Pokémon that appears to be wearing a tutu. Most of its body is colored white, and there are three ruffles on each hip. Beneath the ruffles, it has skinny blue legs with long, pointed feet. Its arms are also thin with two digits each. It has blue hair that covers most of its face and reaches its shoulders on either side, resembling two ponytails. Large, orange eyes are visible on either side of the hair that covers its face. On each side of its head is a flat, orange horn that resembles a hairpin.
Gallade Gallade is a white, bipedal, bishōnen-like Pokémon. Its lower body consists of rounded hips with strong legs. It has a thin green torso with sharp, red horns sticking out of its chest and back. Its arms resemble tonfas with extendable, blade-like elbows, which are sharper than any human-crafted sword and can be enhanced with psychic energy during combat. Its head resembles a gladiator's helmet with a white face, red eyes, and a teal head crest. It has spikes on the sides of its face. Gallade is a white, bipedal, bishōnen-like Pokémon. Its lower body consists of rounded hips with strong legs. It has a thin blue torso with sharp, orange horns sticking out of its chest and back. Its arms resemble tonfas with extendable, blade-like elbows, which are sharper than any human-crafted sword and can be enhanced with psychic energy during combat. Its head resembles a gladiator's helmet with a white face, orange eyes, and a teal head crest. It has spikes on the sides of its face.
Gardevoir Gardevoir is a bipedal, humanoid Pokémon whose body resembles a flowing gown. Most of its body is white, but its hair, arms, and the underside of its gown are green. Its hair curls over its face and down the sides of its head. Behind its red eyes are short spikes, resembling a masquerade mask. It has long arms with three fingers on each hand and slender white legs. A red, fin-like horn extends from its chest, and a shorter, more rounded horn extends from the back. A band of green on its chest extends to the center of the front horn and connects to its sleeve-like arms. Gardevoir is a bipedal, humanoid Pokémon whose body resembles a flowing gown. Most of its body is white, but its hair, arms, and the underside of its gown are blue. Its hair curls over its face and down the sides of its head. Behind its orange eyes are short spikes, resembling a masquerade mask. It has long arms with three fingers on each hand and slender white legs. A red, fin-like horn extends from its chest, and a shorter, more rounded horn extends from the back. A band of blue on its chest extends to the center of the front horn and connects to its sleeve-like arms.
Mega Gallade As Mega Gallade, its entire body becomes white, save for its head. Red plates emerge from its arms, its blue head crest grows slightly longer, and the spikes on its head are elongated. It also gains two cape-like protrusions on its back, giving it a knightly appearance. When the situation demands it, Mega Gallade can use its psychic power to reshape both arms into blades simultaneously and fight using a dual-wielding style. As Mega Gallade, its entire body becomes white, save for its head. Orange plates emerge from its arms, its blue head crest grows slightly longer, and the spikes on its head are elongated. It also gains two cape-like protrusions on its back, giving it a knightly appearance. When the situation demands it, Mega Gallade can use its psychic power to reshape both arms into blades simultaneously and fight using a dual-wielding style.
Mega Gardevoir As Mega Gardevoir, it turns almost completely white; only its hair remains green. Its gown becomes longer and wider, resembling a bridal gown. The forearms are slightly thicker with a pointed extension above the elbow, resembling gloves. Its facial spikes are larger and now curl upwards. In contrast, its hair is now shorter and more tightly curled. There are now two horns in the center of its chest, extending to either side. These horns are said to be a physical manifestation of this Pokémon's heart, and it is able to use tremendous psychic power now that it is open. As Mega Gardevoir, it turns almost completely black; only its hair remains blue. Its gown becomes longer and wider, resembling a bridal gown. The forearms are slightly thicker with a pointed extension above the elbow, resembling gloves. Its facial spikes are larger and now curl upwards. In contrast, its hair is now shorter and more tightly curled. There are now two horns in the center of its chest, extending to either side. These horns are said to be a physical manifestation of this Pokémon's heart, and it is able to use tremendous psychic power now that it is open.

Ralts CP and IV Chart

LVL CP LVL CP LVL CP
1 7 CP 2 23 CP 3 40 CP
4 56 CP 5 72 CP 6 89 CP
7 105 CP 8 121 CP 9 137 CP
10 154 CP 11 169 CP 12 184 CP
13 200 CP 14 215 CP 15 231 CP
16 246 CP 17 261 CP 18 277 CP
19 292 CP 20 308 CP 21 323 CP
22 338 CP 23 354 CP 24 369 CP
25 385 CP 26 400 CP 27 416 CP
28 431 CP 29 446 CP 30 462 CP
31 469 CP 32 477 CP 33 485 CP
34 493 CP 35 500 CP 36 508 CP
37 516 CP 38 523 CP 39 531 CP
40 539 CP 41 546 CP 42 552 CP
43 559 CP 44 566 CP 45 573 CP
46 580 CP 47 588 CP 48 595 CP
49 602 CP 50 609 CP

Mega Pokémon that boost Ralts

The following Pokémon will grant you extra bonuses when catching Ralts 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 Ralts?

Gallade doesn’t hold much of a place in the PVP meta. In terms of PVE it is outshined by stronger Psychic or Fighting type attackers such as Alakazam, Metagross and Terrakion. However, if you do not have any of the strong Legendaries for PVE it would be useful to have some strong CP Gallades or Gardevoirs for Raids or Gym Battles. On another note, it would be worth trying to find a strong IV Male Ralts to evolve into Gallade. Although Mega Gallade is not yet released in game, there is no harm in getting ahead of the game.

Check out this article by one of my fellow writers here at GO Hub for a more in depth analysis of Mega Gardevoir and Mega Gallade in PVP, and this article for PvE. It is absolutely worth having a good Gallade and Gardevoir for their Mega evolutions!

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