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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. Shieldon Spotlight Hour takes place on December 25th, 2025, from 6:00 to 7:00 pm local time, with a bonus of 2x XP for catching Pokémon.
This Spotlight Hour is the second December 2025 Pokémon spotlight.
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!
- If you want further information about Spotlight Hours, check out our comprehensive guide.
Shieldon Spotlight Hour
Bonuses
You will get 2x XP for Catching Pokémon
Shiny Shieldon and its evolution is available 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.
Shieldon is a Rock and Steel-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO. As a Rock and Steel-type Pokémon, Shieldon is especially weak against Fighting and Ground-type moves, and weak against Water-type moves.
Shieldon’s maximum Combat Power stat is 1007 CP, and its best Pokémon GO moves are Iron Tail and Heavy Slam. Shieldon encounters are boosted during Partly Cloudy and Snow weather. Shiny Shieldon is available! ✨
Shieldon
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50 Candy |
Bastiodon
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Shiny Shieldon can be quite subtle. It’s body becomes a brighter yellow and its head is a dark blue.
| — | Regular | Shiny |
| Shieldon |  |
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| Bastiodon |  |
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| LVL | Max CP | LVL | Max CP | LVL | Max CP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 CP | 2 | 39 CP | 3 | 66 CP |
| 4 | 93 CP | 5 | 120 CP | 6 | 147 CP |
| 7 | 173 CP | 8 | 200 CP | 9 | 227 CP |
| 10 | 254 CP | 11 | 280 CP | 12 | 305 CP |
| 13 | 330 CP | 14 | 356 CP | 15 | 381 CP |
| 16 | 407 CP | 17 | 432 CP | 18 | 458 CP |
| 19 | 483 CP | 20 | 509 CP | 21 | 534 CP |
| 22 | 559 CP | 23 | 585 CP | 24 | 610 CP |
| 25 | 636 CP | 26 | 661 CP | 27 | 687 CP |
| 28 | 712 CP | 29 | 738 CP | 30 | 763 CP |
| 31 | 776 CP | 32 | 789 CP | 33 | 801 CP |
| 34 | 814 CP | 35 | 827 CP | 36 | 840 CP |
| 37 | 852 CP | 38 | 865 CP | 39 | 878 CP |
| 40 | 890 CP | 41 | 902 CP | 42 | 913 CP |
| 43 | 925 CP | 44 | 936 CP | 45 | 948 CP |
| 46 | 959 CP | 47 | 971 CP | 48 | 983 CP |
| 49 | 995 CP | 50 | 1007 CP |
The following Pokémon will grant you extra bonuses when catching Shieldon 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.
PVP
🔵 Great League
Bastiodon behaves like two opposite ends of the spectrum in the Great League. On one hand, its gargantuan DEF makes it a legitimate wall, sponging hits like they’re nothing. Backed with the hard-hitting Smack Down, it can plough down some of the strongest opponents, including Azumarill, Shadow Drapion, Lapras, Dusclops, Serperior, Guzzlord, and Galarian Weezing. 😎
On the other hand, its double weakness to Fighting and Ground, as well as single weakness to Water… all prominent PvP types make Bastiodon fumble against these matchups. 🥲
Overall, it’s a scary Pokémon to face and a completely worthy investment for the Great League. 🙌
Bastiodon’s stats are too low for the Ultra and Master League. Use it only in the Great League.
💎 Bastiodon’s best attacks for PvP are Smack Down, Stone Edge and Flamethrower.
PVE
Bastiodon may be a defensive behemoth but its ATK stat is terrible, not even reaching 100. 😬 So forget about using it in Raids!
While it theoretically looks good for Gym defense, Bastiodon’s Rock/Steel typing makes it double weak to Fighting and Ground type attacks. So, an attacking Machamp or Lucario is going to finish it off effortlessly. As such, this tank of a Pokémon isn’t viable in any form of PvE battle.
