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 December. Sableye Spotlight Hour takes place on December 3rd, 2024, from 6:00 to 7:00 pm local time, with a bonus of 2x Stardust for catching Pokémon!
This Spotlight Hour is the first December 2024 Pokémon spotlight, and it is especially interesting as Sableye can be shiny, and is one of the few Pokémon who reward more Stardust when caught!
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!
Sableye Spotlight Hour
Bonuses
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You will get 2x Stardust for catching Pokémon
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Shiny Sableye is available in Pokémon GO
Note on Stardust Bonus
Sableye is one of the rare Pokémon that give extra Stardust on catch, with a base rate of a whopping 750 Stardust per catch which increases with weather-boost and a Star Piece.
Here’s how much Stardust you can get during Sableye Spotlight Hour in December 2024, thanks to the 2x Stardust bonus:
| Type of catch | Stardust |
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| Regular catch | 1500 |
| Weather boosted catch | 1875 |
| Regular catch with Star Piece | 2250 |
| Weather boosted catch with Star Piece | 2812 |
The best possible scenario you can have is to catch a weather boosted ‘mon with an active Star Piece. As Sableye is a DarkGhost-type they are boosted by Fog.
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 |
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| ❌ No | ❌ No | 90,000 |
| ❌ No | ✅ Yes | 112,000 |
| ✅ Yes | ❌ No | 135,000 |
| ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | 168,720 |
- 90,000 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.
- 112,000 Stardust is your minimal goal if the in-game weather is Fog.
- 135,000 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 45,000 Stardust over the baseline.
- and finally… 168,720 Stardust is the amount of Stardust you will get if you catch 60 Pokémon, with a Star Piece active, during Fog weather.
The only downside of this event is that Sableye 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.
Sableye is a Dark and Ghost-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO. As a Dark and Ghost-type Pokémon, Sableye is weak to Fairy-type moves.
Sableye’s maximum Combat Power stat is 1668 CP, and its best Pokémon GO moves are Shadow Claw and Foul Play. Sableye encounters are boosted during Fog weather. Shiny Sableye is available! ✨
Sableye
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100/20 Sableye Mega Energy |
Sableye (Mega)
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Shiny Sableye is easy to spot – its usual green colouring turns orange!
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Mega Sableye |
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| LVL | Max CP | LVL | Max CP | LVL | Max CP |
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| 1 | 20 CP | 2 | 65 CP | 3 | 109 CP |
| 4 | 154 CP | 5 | 199 CP | 6 | 243 CP |
| 7 | 288 CP | 8 | 332 CP | 9 | 377 CP |
| 10 | 421 CP | 11 | 464 CP | 12 | 506 CP |
| 13 | 548 CP | 14 | 590 CP | 15 | 632 CP |
| 16 | 674 CP | 17 | 716 CP | 18 | 759 CP |
| 19 | 801 CP | 20 | 843 CP | 21 | 885 CP |
| 22 | 927 CP | 23 | 970 CP | 24 | 1012 CP |
| 25 | 1054 CP | 26 | 1096 CP | 27 | 1138 CP |
| 28 | 1180 CP | 29 | 1223 CP | 30 | 1265 CP |
| 31 | 1286 CP | 32 | 1307 CP | 33 | 1328 CP |
| 34 | 1349 CP | 35 | 1370 CP | 36 | 1391 CP |
| 37 | 1412 CP | 38 | 1433 CP | 39 | 1455 CP |
| 40 | 1476 CP | 41 | 1494 CP | 42 | 1513 CP |
| 43 | 1532 CP | 44 | 1551 CP | 45 | 1570 CP |
| 46 | 1590 CP | 47 | 1609 CP | 48 | 1629 CP |
| 49 | 1648 CP | 50 | 1668 CP |
The following Pokémon will grant you extra bonuses when catching Sableye 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.
