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 March. Nidoran (F) Spotlight Hour takes place on March 12th, 2024, from 6:00 to 7:00 pm local time, with a bonus of 2x Stardust for catching Pokémon.
This Spotlight Hour is the second March 2024 Pokémon spotlight, and it is especially interesting Nidoran (F) can be shiny! We had a Nidoran (M) Spotlight Hour in August 2022, so here’s your chance to get the female shiny!
Trainers who plan to participate should be prepared with a Mega Pokémon to maximise candy gains per Nidoran caught. Here’s everything you need to know!
Nidoran Spotlight Hour
Bonuses
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You will get 2x Stardust for catching Pokémon
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Shiny Nidoran (F) and its evolutions are available in Pokémon GO
Note on Stardust Bonus
Nidoran is unfortunately not one of the rare Pokémon that give extra Stardust on catch, so it rewards 100 Stardust for every successful catch.
Here’s how much Stardust you can get during Nidoran Spotlight Hour in March 2024, thanks to the 2x Stardust bonus:
| Type of catch | Stardust |
|---|---|
| Regular catch | 200 |
| Weather boosted catch | 250 |
| Regular catch with Star Piece | 300 |
| Weather boosted catch with Star Piece | 375 |
The best possible scenario you can have is to catch a weather boosted Nidoran with an active Star Piece. Nidoran is boosted by Cloudy weather. We sure do hope that we get some good weather during the event!
Nidoran, thankfully, is pretty easy to catch. However 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 Nidoran. You should be able to get 60 Nidoran 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 Nidoran Spotlight Hour:
| Star Piece active | Weather is Cloudy | Stardust |
|---|---|---|
| ❌ No | ❌ No | 12,000 |
| ❌ No | ✅ Yes | 15.000 |
| ✅ Yes | ❌ No | 18.000 |
| ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | 22.500 |
- 12,000 Stardust is your minimal Stardust goal. This means you caught 60 Nidoran, but there was no weather boost and you did not activate a Star Piece.
- 15,000 Stardust is your minimal goal if the in-game weather is Cloudy.
- 18,000 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 3,000 Stardust over the baseline.
- and finally… 22.500 Stardust is the amount of Stardust you will get if you catch 60 Nidoran, with a Star Piece active, during Cloudy weather.
Nidoran (F)
Nidoran♀ is a Poison-type Pokémon with a Max CP of 922 in Pokémon GO. Nidoran♀’s best moveset is Bite and Sludge Bomb. It is weather boosted by Cloudy weather, and it was originally found in the Kanto region. Shiny Nidoran♀ is available in Pokémon GO. Nidoran♀ is weak to Ground and Psychic-type moves. It takes reduced damage from Bug, Fairy, Fighting, Grass, and Poison-type moves.
| Pokémon | Requires | Evolution |
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Nidoran (F)
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25 Nidoran Candy |
Nidorina
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Nidorina
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100 Nidoran Candy |
Nidoqueen
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Shiny Nidoran (F) should be pretty easy to spot as its usual blue/purple colour changes to an adorable pink!
| Regular | Shiny | |
| Nidoran (F) |  |
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| Nidorina |  |
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| Nidoqueen |  |
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| LVL | CP | LVL | CP | LVL | CP |
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| 1 | 11 CP | 2 | 36 CP | 3 | 60 CP |
| 4 | 85 CP | 5 | 110 CP | 6 | 134 CP |
| 7 | 159 CP | 8 | 184 CP | 9 | 208 CP |
| 10 | 233 CP | 11 | 256 CP | 12 | 279 CP |
| 13 | 303 CP | 14 | 326 CP | 15 | 349 CP |
| 16 | 373 CP | 17 | 396 CP | 18 | 419 CP |
| 19 | 443 CP | 20 | 466 CP | 21 | 489 CP |
| 22 | 513 CP | 23 | 536 CP | 24 | 559 CP |
| 25 | 583 CP | 26 | 606 CP | 27 | 629 CP |
| 28 | 653 CP | 29 | 676 CP | 30 | 699 CP |
| 31 | 711 CP | 32 | 723 CP | 33 | 734 CP |
| 34 | 746 CP | 35 | 757 CP | 36 | 769 CP |
| 37 | 781 CP | 38 | 792 CP | 39 | 804 CP |
| 40 | 816 CP | 41 | 826 CP | 42 | 837 CP |
| 43 | 847 CP | 44 | 858 CP | 45 | 868 CP |
| 46 | 879 CP | 47 | 890 CP | 48 | 900 CP |
| 49 | 911 CP | 50 | 922 CP |
The following Pokémon will grant you extra bonuses when catching Nidoran 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.
- NIDORINA – If you are able, my friend, she’s well worth it not just in Evolution Cup, but in several other Limited formats as well, and arguably even in Open Great League!
- NIDOQUEEN – Nidoqueen has been seen to be useful in multiple limited metas. So yes, it’s worth building one if you have the resources!
