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 October. Petilil Spotlight Hour takes place on October 14th, 2025, from 6:00 to 7:00 pm local time, with a bonus of 2x Stardust for catching Pokémon.
This Spotlight Hour is the second October 2025 Pokémon spotlight, and it is especially interesting as Petilil can be shiny.
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!
Petilil Spotlight Hour
Bonuses
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You will get 2x Stardust for catching Pokémon -
Shiny Petilil and its evolution are available in Pokémon GO
Note on Stardust Bonus
Petilil is unfortunately not one of the rare Pokémon that give extra Stardust on catch, sbut there is still a chance to get some stardust gains during this event!
Here’s how much Stardust you can get during Petilil Spotlight Hour in October 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 Petilil is a Grass-type they are boosted by Sunny 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 Pokémon. 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 Sunny | 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 Sunny.
- 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 Sunny weather.
The only downside of this event is that Petilil 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.
Petilil is a Grass-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO. As a Grass-type Pokémon, Petilil is weak to Bug, Fire, Flying, Ice, and Poison-type moves.
Petilil’s maximum Combat Power stat is 1164 CP, and its best Pokémon GO moves are Charm and Seed Bomb. Petilil encounters are boosted during Sunny weather. Shiny Petilil is available! 
Petilil evolves into Lilligant which costs 50 Petilil Candy and a Sun Stone.
Shiny Petilil
Shiny Petilil looks more yellow in colour than its non-shiny counterpart. However, it is subtle and could be tricky to spot.
| Regular | Shiny | |
| Petilil |  |
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| Lilligant |  |
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Petilil CP and IV Chart
| LVL | Max CP | LVL | Max CP | LVL | Max CP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 CP | 2 | 45 CP | 3 | 76 CP |
| 4 | 107 CP | 5 | 138 CP | 6 | 170 CP |
| 7 | 201 CP | 8 | 232 CP | 9 | 263 CP |
| 10 | 294 CP | 11 | 323 CP | 12 | 353 CP |
| 13 | 382 CP | 14 | 412 CP | 15 | 441 CP |
| 16 | 471 CP | 17 | 500 CP | 18 | 529 CP |
| 19 | 559 CP | 20 | 588 CP | 21 | 618 CP |
| 22 | 647 CP | 23 | 677 CP | 24 | 706 CP |
| 25 | 736 CP | 26 | 765 CP | 27 | 794 CP |
| 28 | 824 CP | 29 | 853 CP | 30 | 883 CP |
| 31 | 897 CP | 32 | 912 CP | 33 | 927 CP |
| 34 | 942 CP | 35 | 956 CP | 36 | 971 CP |
| 37 | 986 CP | 38 | 1000 CP | 39 | 1015 CP |
| 40 | 1030 CP | 41 | 1043 CP | 42 | 1056 CP |
| 43 | 1069 CP | 44 | 1083 CP | 45 | 1096 CP |
| 46 | 1110 CP | 47 | 1123 CP | 48 | 1137 CP |
| 49 | 1151 CP | 50 | 1164 CP |
Mega Pokémon that boost Petilil
The following Pokémon will grant you extra bonuses when catching Petilil 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.
Is it worth evolving Petilil?
PVE
Raids
Lilligant is a pure Grass-type Pokémon.
However, it isn’t a strong option for raids, as there are many better choices for a Grass-type raid attacker.
Dynamax
N/A
PVP
Great League
Lilligant in the Great League is very frail and lacks any spammy charged attacks.
As such, right now, it just doesn’t have much play in the Great League.
Ultra League
Much like in the Great League, Lilligant is also very frail in the Ultra League and still lacks a good move combination to make up for its frailty.
Master League
With a max CP of 2883, Lilligant is far too weak to compete in the legendary-dominated Master League.
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