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 August. Swirlix Spotlight Hour takes place on August 5th, 2025, from 6:00 to 7:00 pm local time, with a bonus of 2x Stardust for catching Pokémon.
This Spotlight Hour is the first August 2025 Pokémon spotlight, and it is especially interesting as Swirlix can be shiny! This event also runs alongside the Sweet Swarms event, which features Combee which gives additional stardust when caught, so be sure to try to stack up a few to catch.
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!
Swirlix Spotlight Hour
Bonuses
You will get 2x Stardust for catching Pokémon
Shiny Swirlix and its evolution is available in Pokémon GO
Note on Stardust Bonus
Swirlix is unfortunately not one of the rare Pokémon that give extra Stardust on catch, so there is the usual base rate of 100 Stardust per catch which increases with weather-boost and a Star Piece.
Here’s how much Stardust you can get during Swirlix Spotlight Hour in August 2025, 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 Pokémon with an active Star Piece. As Swirlix is a Fairy-type they are boosted by Cloudy weather.
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 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 Pokémon, 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 Pokémon, with a Star Piece active, during Cloudy weather.
The only downside of this event is that Swirlix 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.
Swirlix
Swirlix is a Fairy-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO. As a Fairy-type Pokémon, Swirlix is weak to Poison and Steel-type moves.
Swirlix’s maximum Combat Power stat is 1333 CP, and its best Pokémon GO moves are Tackle and Draining Kiss. Swirlix encounters are boosted during Cloudy weather. Shiny Swirlix is available! ✨
Swirlix evolves into Slurpuff which costs 50 Candy. You also need to Give your buddy 25 treats.
Shiny Swirlix
Shiny Swirlix will be an easy one to spot with its usual pink colouring turning cream and brown. There are no gender differences to look out for on this one.
| – | Regular | Shiny |
| Swirlix |  |
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| Slurpuff |  |
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Swirlix CP and IV Chart
| LVL | Max CP | LVL | Max CP | LVL | Max CP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 CP | 2 | 52 CP | 3 | 87 CP |
| 4 | 123 CP | 5 | 159 CP | 6 | 194 CP |
| 7 | 230 CP | 8 | 265 CP | 9 | 301 CP |
| 10 | 337 CP | 11 | 370 CP | 12 | 404 CP |
| 13 | 438 CP | 14 | 471 CP | 15 | 505 CP |
| 16 | 539 CP | 17 | 572 CP | 18 | 606 CP |
| 19 | 640 CP | 20 | 673 CP | 21 | 707 CP |
| 22 | 741 CP | 23 | 774 CP | 24 | 808 CP |
| 25 | 842 CP | 26 | 875 CP | 27 | 909 CP |
| 28 | 943 CP | 29 | 977 CP | 30 | 1010 CP |
| 31 | 1027 CP | 32 | 1044 CP | 33 | 1061 CP |
| 34 | 1078 CP | 35 | 1094 CP | 36 | 1111 CP |
| 37 | 1128 CP | 38 | 1145 CP | 39 | 1162 CP |
| 40 | 1179 CP | 41 | 1194 CP | 42 | 1209 CP |
| 43 | 1224 CP | 44 | 1239 CP | 45 | 1254 CP |
| 46 | 1270 CP | 47 | 1285 CP | 48 | 1301 CP |
| 49 | 1317 CP | 50 | 1333 CP |
Mega Pokémon that boost Swirlix
The following Pokémon will grant you extra bonuses when catching Swirlix if they are Mega/Primal evolved (but you probably have enough Swirlix candy by now!):
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.
Is it worth evolving Swirlix?
PVE
No
PVP
Slurpuff can be used as a spice pick in certain metas.
