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 July. Binacle Spotlight Hour takes place on July 16th, 2024, from 6:00 to 7:00 pm local time, with 2× Transfer Candy bonus.
This Spotlight Hour is the third July 2024 Pokémon spotlight. It is especially interesting as Binacle can be shiny and you will get 2x Candy on transfer! In other words, it’s a great time to have a clear out of your Pokémon storage.
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!
- If you want further information about Spotlight Hours, check out our comprehensive guide.
Binacle Spotlight Hour
Bonuses
You will get 2x Candy for transferring Pokémon
Shiny Binacle and Barbaracle are available in Pokémon GO
Note on Transfer Bonus
Now is a great chance to clean up your Pokémon storage post-GO Fest! If you can hold off till Spotlight Hour, especially for the Ultra Beasts, that extra Candy is a great bonus.
If you do not want to catch the featured Pokémon, you can make use of the 2x Transfer Candy bonus in other ways.
- You can try transferring any saved Scatterbug, or opening a Mystery Box or Coin Bag! This is a great opportunity to clear out your storage, transfer Legendary Pokémon you have been clinging onto, and rare Pokémon you need more candy for. If you need help managing your Pokémon storage, check out our full guide here.
Binacle
Binacle is a Rock and Water-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO, with a maximum Combat Power of 1069 CP. Binacle best moveset in Pokémon GO is Scratch and Cross Chop.
Binacle is weak to Grass (2x), Electric, Fighting, and Ground moves. It is strong against Flying, Ice, Normal, Poison, and Fire moves.
Shiny Binacle is available in Pokémon GO. Binacle is boosted by Partly Cloudy and Rain weather.
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Binacle
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50 Binacle Candy |
Barbaracle
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Shiny Binacle
If you’re shiny hunting during this spotlight, this is thankfully an easy one to spot! Binacle’s orange/brown colouring turns green and pink!
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| Barbaracle |  |
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Binacle CP and IV Chart
| LVL | CP | LVL | CP | LVL | CP |
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| 1 | 37 CP | 2 | 118 CP | 3 | 199 CP |
| 4 | 280 CP | 5 | 360 CP | 6 | 441 CP |
| 7 | 522 CP | 8 | 603 CP | 9 | 683 CP |
| 10 | 764 CP | 11 | 841 CP | 12 | 917 CP |
| 13 | 994 CP | 14 | 1070 CP | 15 | 1146 CP |
| 16 | 1223 CP | 17 | 1299 CP | 18 | 1376 CP |
| 19 | 1452 CP | 20 | 1528 CP | 21 | 1605 CP |
| 22 | 1681 CP | 23 | 1758 CP | 24 | 1834 CP |
| 25 | 1911 CP | 26 | 1987 CP | 27 | 2064 CP |
| 28 | 2140 CP | 29 | 2217 CP | 30 | 2293 CP |
| 31 | 2331 CP | 32 | 2370 CP | 33 | 2408 CP |
| 34 | 2446 CP | 35 | 2484 CP | 36 | 2522 CP |
| 37 | 2561 CP | 38 | 2599 CP | 39 | 2637 CP |
| 40 | 2675 CP | 41 | 2709 CP | 42 | 2743 CP |
| 43 | 2778 CP | 44 | 2812 CP | 45 | 2847 CP |
| 46 | 2882 CP | 47 | 2918 CP | 48 | 2953 CP |
| 49 | 2989 CP | 50 | 3025 CP |
Mega Pokémon that boost Binacle
The following Pokémon will grant you extra bonuses when catching Binacle if they are Mega-evolved.
Mega Catch Bonus
While a Pokémon is Mega-Evolved, additional XP and Candy are 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 Binacle?
Barbaracle is an excellent spice/Cup option to have on hand.
As with nearly all Rock-types, Barbar can do no better than a role player. In this case, that role is hitting Waters (particularly the Mud Boys) hard with Grass Knot and Cross Chopping down some Steels like Bastiodon and Mawile. Alternatively, you can run STAB Stone Edge and swap out the Mud Boys for Flyers like Skarmory and Pelipper and more reliable wins over normal and Shadow Walrein (and at least a tie versus Escavalier).
