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. This Spotlight Hour takes place on July 2nd, 2024, from 6:00 to 7:00 pm local time, with a bonus of 2x XP for catching Pokémon.
This Spotlight Hour is the first July 2024 Pokémon spotlight, and it features Pikachu wearing cake hat! This spotlight hour lands towards the end of the Pokémon GO 8th Anniversary event, where Pikachu with cake hat is a featured spawn for the event.
Trainers who plan to participate should be prepared with a Mega Pokémon to maximise candy gains per ‘mon caught. Here’s everything you need to know!
Spotlight Hour
Bonuses
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You will get 2x XP for catching Pokémon
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The featured Pokémon can be shiny in Pokémon GO
Note on XP Bonus
If you do not want to catch the featured Pokémon, you can make use of the 2x catch XP bonus by catching any saved Scatterbug, or opening a Mystery Box or Coin Bag! Remember to stack 2 Lucky Eggs if you’re out for the duration of Spotlight Hour, or make use of Roar of Time to pause your timers.
Pikachu
wearing a cake hat
Pikachu is a Electric-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO, with a maximum Combat Power of 1060 CP. Pikachu best moveset in Pokémon GO is Thunder Shock and Wild Charge.
Pikachu is weak to Ground moves. It is strong against Electric, Flying, and Steel moves. Shiny Pikachu is available in Pokémon GO. Pikachu is boosted by Rainy weather.
Pikachu with a cake hat cannot evolve.
Shiny Pikachu
We all know shiny Pika by now, but it’s time to get your hands on the costume shiny if you don’t have it already! Shiny Pika is a slightly darker yellow/orange tone. Remember there is a gender difference, with female Pika having a rounded tail shape!
| – | Regular | Shiny |
| Pikachu (M) |  |
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| Pikachu (F) |  |
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Pikachu CP and IV Chart
| LVL | CP | LVL | CP | LVL | CP |
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| 1 | 13 CP | 2 | 41 CP | 3 | 69 CP |
| 4 | 98 CP | 5 | 126 CP | 6 | 154 CP |
| 7 | 183 CP | 8 | 211 CP | 9 | 239 CP |
| 10 | 268 CP | 11 | 294 CP | 12 | 321 CP |
| 13 | 348 CP | 14 | 375 CP | 15 | 402 CP |
| 16 | 428 CP | 17 | 455 CP | 18 | 482 CP |
| 19 | 509 CP | 20 | 536 CP | 21 | 562 CP |
| 22 | 589 CP | 23 | 616 CP | 24 | 643 CP |
| 25 | 670 CP | 26 | 696 CP | 27 | 723 CP |
| 28 | 750 CP | 29 | 777 CP | 30 | 804 CP |
| 31 | 817 CP | 32 | 830 CP | 33 | 844 CP |
| 34 | 857 CP | 35 | 871 CP | 36 | 884 CP |
| 37 | 897 CP | 38 | 911 CP | 39 | 924 CP |
| 40 | 938 CP | 41 | 949 CP | 42 | 961 CP |
| 43 | 974 CP | 44 | 986 CP | 45 | 998 CP |
| 46 | 1010 CP | 47 | 1022 CP | 48 | 1035 CP |
| 49 | 1047 CP | 50 | 1060 CP |
Mega Pokémon that boost Pikachu
The following Pokémon will grant you extra bonuses when catching Pikachu if they are Mega/Primal evolved (but you probably have enough Pikachu candy by now!):
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 Pikachu?
You can’t evolve this costume form of Pikachu. But it’s worth keeping a couple of the costume ‘mon for trades!
