Pokémon Spotlight Hour will feature a different Pokémon and a special bonus for one hour at 6:00 p.m. local time on Thursday during the month of July. Pidgey Spotlight Hour takes place on July 2nd, 2026, from 6:00 to 7:00 pm local time, with a bonus of 2x XP for evolving Pokémon.
This Spotlight Hour is the first July 2026 Pokémon spotlight. It’s a great time to evolve any trash Pokémon in your storage before you transfer them.
Trainers who plan to participate should be prepared with a Mega Pokémon to maximise candy gains per Pidgey caught. Here’s everything you need to know!
- If you want further information about Spotlight Hours, check out our comprehensive guide.
Pidgey Spotlight Hour
Bonuses
You will get 2x XP for Evolving Pokémon
Shiny Pidgey and its evolution are available in Pokémon GO
Note on XP Bonus
If you do not want to catch the featured Pokémon or do not have enough Pidgey candy saved, you can make use of the 2x Evolution XP bonus by evolving any saved Scatterbug, or opening a Mystery Box or Coin Bag and evolving those!
Pidgey
Pidgey is a Normal and Flying-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO. As a Normal and Flying-type Pokémon, Pidgey is weak to Electric, Ice, and Rock-type moves.
Pidgey’s maximum Combat Power stat is 769 CP, and its best Pokémon GO moves are Tackle and Aerial Ace. Pidgey encounters are boosted during Partly Cloudy and Windy weather. Shiny Pidgey is available! ✨
Evolutions
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Pidgey
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12Pidgey Candy |
Pidgeotto
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Pidgeotto
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50 Pidgey Candy |
Pidgeot
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Pidgeot
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100/20 Pidgeot Mega Energy |
Mega Pidgeot
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No gender difference to look out for with this one.
| Regular Sprite |
Shiny Sprite |
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| Pidgey |
Pidgey
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Pidgey
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| Pidgeotto |
Pidgeotto
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Pidgeotto
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| Pidgeot |
Pidgeot
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Pidgeot
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| Mega Pidgeot |
Mega Pidgeot
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Mega Pidgeot
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| LVL | Max CP | LVL | Max CP | LVL | Max CP |
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| 1 | 9 CP | 2 | 30 CP | 3 | 50 CP |
| 4 | 71 CP | 5 | 91 CP | 6 | 112 CP |
| 7 | 132 CP | 8 | 153 CP | 9 | 174 CP |
| 10 | 194 CP | 11 | 214 CP | 12 | 233 CP |
| 13 | 252 CP | 14 | 272 CP | 15 | 291 CP |
| 16 | 311 CP | 17 | 330 CP | 18 | 350 CP |
| 19 | 369 CP | 20 | 388 CP | 21 | 408 CP |
| 22 | 427 CP | 23 | 447 CP | 24 | 466 CP |
| 25 | 486 CP | 26 | 505 CP | 27 | 525 CP |
| 28 | 544 CP | 29 | 564 CP | 30 | 583 CP |
| 31 | 593 CP | 32 | 602 CP | 33 | 612 CP |
| 34 | 622 CP | 35 | 632 CP | 36 | 641 CP |
| 37 | 651 CP | 38 | 661 CP | 39 | 671 CP |
| 40 | 680 CP | 41 | 689 CP | 42 | 698 CP |
| 43 | 706 CP | 44 | 715 CP | 45 | 724 CP |
| 46 | 733 CP | 47 | 742 CP | 48 | 751 CP |
| 49 | 760 CP | 50 | 769 CP |
The following Pokémon will grant you extra bonuses when catching Pidgey 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.
Ever since Pokémon GO launched in 2016, Trainers have coveted Pidgey for a particular reason: power levelling. Pidgey needs only 12 Candy to evolve into Pidgeotto, unlike many other Pokémon that require 25 or 50 Candy.
Pidgey Spotlight Hour bonus brings 2x XP for evolving Pokémon, which means that farming XP by Pidgey power levelling is back on the menu. Here’s what you need to know:
- You need 12 Pidgey Candy for every Pidgey evolution
- Evolving a Pidgey will reward you 1000 XP outside of the event, and 2000 XP during the Pidgey Spotlight Hour event
- If you evolve with a Lucky Egg active, you will get 4000 XP per evolution
You should be able to amass a large amount of XP during the event. We suggest running the familiar catch-evolve-transfer loop every 15 or 20 minutes. Farm enough Pidgey, evolve them, transfer, rinse and repeat.
