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. Zubat Spotlight Hour takes place on July 16th, 2026, from 6:00 to 7:00 pm local time, with a bonus of 2x XP for catching Pokémon.
This Spotlight Hour is the second July 2026 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.
Zubat Spotlight Hour
Bonuses
You will get 2x XP for Catching Pokémon
Shiny Zubat and its evolutions are 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.
Zubat
Zubat is a Poison and Flying-type Pokémon with a Max CP of 754 in Pokémon GO. Zubat’s best moveset is Bite and Sludge Bomb. It is weather boosted by Cloudy and Windy weather, and it was originally found in the Kanto region. Shiny Zubat is available in Pokémon GO.
Zubat is weak to Electric, Ice, Psychic, and Rock-type moves. It takes reduced damage from Fairy, Ground, Poison, Bug, Fighting, and Grass-type moves.
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Zubat
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25 Zubat Candy |
Golbat
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Golbat
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100 Zubat Candy |
Crobat
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For all the completionists out there, there is a small difference between the male and female Zubat and Golbat. For both of these Pokémon, the females have smaller teeth!
If you’re shiny hunting during this spotlight, this is thankfully an easy one to spot! The usual blue on Zubat turns into a bright green – so you’re not going to miss this one easily!
| LVL | CP | LVL | CP | LVL | CP |
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| 1 | 9 CP | 2 | 29 CP | 3 | 49 CP |
| 4 | 69 CP | 5 | 89 CP | 6 | 110 CP |
| 7 | 130 CP | 8 | 150 CP | 9 | 170 CP |
| 10 | 190 CP | 11 | 209 CP | 12 | 228 CP |
| 13 | 247 CP | 14 | 266 CP | 15 | 285 CP |
| 16 | 304 CP | 17 | 324 CP | 18 | 343 CP |
| 19 | 362 CP | 20 | 381 CP | 21 | 400 CP |
| 22 | 419 CP | 23 | 438 CP | 24 | 457 CP |
| 25 | 476 CP | 26 | 495 CP | 27 | 514 CP |
| 28 | 533 CP | 29 | 552 CP | 30 | 571 CP |
| 31 | 581 CP | 32 | 590 CP | 33 | 600 CP |
| 34 | 609 CP | 35 | 619 CP | 36 | 629 CP |
| 37 | 638 CP | 38 | 648 CP | 39 | 657 CP |
| 40 | 667 CP | 41 | 675 CP | 42 | 684 CP |
| 43 | 692 CP | 44 | 701 CP | 45 | 710 CP |
| 46 | 718 CP | 47 | 727 CP | 48 | 736 CP |
| 49 | 745 CP | 50 | 754 CP |
The following Pokémon will grant you extra bonuses when catching Zubat if they are Mega evolved.
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.
- Crobat, as a Poison attacker, has good use in lots of Ultra League limited metas. If you catch a Zubat with decent PVP IVs it would be worth evolving and investing to get a solid Ultra League Crobat (2500CP or lower).
