Cranidos
Cranidos Spotlight Hour takes place on December 2nd, 2025, from 6:00 to 7:00 pm local time, with 2× Transfer Candy bonus. Pokémon Spotlight Hour 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.
This Spotlight Hour is the first December 2025 Pokémon spotlight. It is especially interesting as Cranidos can be shiny, and you will get 2x Candy on transfer – it’s a great time to have a clear out of your Pokémon storage!
You will get 2x Candy for transferring Pokémon
Note on Transfer 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, 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.
Cranidos Fact Sheet
Cranidos
Cranidos is a Rock-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO. As a Rock-type Pokémon, Cranidos is weak to Fighting, Grass, Ground, Steel, and Water-type moves.
Cranidos’s maximum Combat Power stat is 2058 CP, and its best Pokémon GO moves are Zen Headbutt and Ancient Power. Cranidos encounters are boosted during Partly Cloudy weather. Shiny Cranidos is available! ✨
| Pokémon | Requires | Evolution |
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Cranidos
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50 Cranidos Candy |
Rampardos
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Shiny Cranidos is super easy to spot with red markings instead of blue.
| Regular | Shiny | |
| Cranidos |  |
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| Rampardos |  |
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| LVL | Max CP | LVL | Max CP | LVL | Max CP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 CP | 2 | 80 CP | 3 | 135 CP |
| 4 | 190 CP | 5 | 245 CP | 6 | 300 CP |
| 7 | 355 CP | 8 | 410 CP | 9 | 465 CP |
| 10 | 520 CP | 11 | 572 CP | 12 | 624 CP |
| 13 | 676 CP | 14 | 728 CP | 15 | 780 CP |
| 16 | 832 CP | 17 | 884 CP | 18 | 936 CP |
| 19 | 988 CP | 20 | 1040 CP | 21 | 1092 CP |
| 22 | 1144 CP | 23 | 1196 CP | 24 | 1248 CP |
| 25 | 1300 CP | 26 | 1352 CP | 27 | 1404 CP |
| 28 | 1456 CP | 29 | 1508 CP | 30 | 1560 CP |
| 31 | 1586 CP | 32 | 1612 CP | 33 | 1638 CP |
| 34 | 1664 CP | 35 | 1690 CP | 36 | 1716 CP |
| 37 | 1742 CP | 38 | 1768 CP | 39 | 1794 CP |
| 40 | 1820 CP | 41 | 1843 CP | 42 | 1867 CP |
| 43 | 1890 CP | 44 | 1913 CP | 45 | 1937 CP |
| 46 | 1961 CP | 47 | 1985 CP | 48 | 2009 CP |
| 49 | 2033 CP | 50 | 2058 CP |
The following Pokémon will grant you extra bonuses when catching Cranidos 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.
Rampardos has some utility as a raid attacker in PVE, if you have the candy it’s worth having one powered up. In short, Rampardos has a very high DPS, or damage per second, and therefore can get more damage off in the short time it lives, which contrasts with Tyranitar and Rhyperior’s lower DPS and higher TDO, total damage output. Having higher DPS is important if you are timing out of raids, on a solo or a duo, and having a higher TDO is important if you are fainting out, so that you can hold on for a little while longer. Finding your sweet spot of not fainting, but getting the most damage off in the least time is your goal when team building for your specific need.
It has some, but limited use in the Great League.
