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. Gastly Spotlight Hour takes place on October 21st, 2025, from 6:00 to 7:00 pm local time, with a bonus of 2x XP for catching Pokémon.
This Spotlight Hour is the third October 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.
Gastly Spotlight Hour
Bonuses
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You will get 2x XP for Catching Pokémon -
Shiny Gastly 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.
Gastly is a Ghost and Poison-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO. As a Ghost and Poison-type Pokémon, Gastly is weak to Dark, Ghost, Ground, and Psychic-type moves.
Gastly’s maximum Combat Power stat is 1390 CP, and its best Pokémon GO moves are Lick and Dark Pulse. Gastly encounters are boosted during Fog and Cloudy weather. Shiny Gastly is available! 
 Gastly |
25 Candy |  Haunter |
Haunter |
100 Candy
0 Candy if traded |
 Gengar |
Gengar |
200/40 Mega Energy |  Mega Gengar |
Shiny Gastly can be pretty subtle – look out for its cloud turning a blue colour!
| — | Regular | Shiny |
| Gastly |  |
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| Haunter |  |
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| Gengar |  |
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| Mega Gengar |  |
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| LVL | Max CP | LVL | Max CP | LVL | Max CP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 CP | 2 | 54 CP | 3 | 91 CP |
| 4 | 128 CP | 5 | 165 CP | 6 | 202 CP |
| 7 | 240 CP | 8 | 277 CP | 9 | 314 CP |
| 10 | 351 CP | 11 | 386 CP | 12 | 421 CP |
| 13 | 456 CP | 14 | 491 CP | 15 | 527 CP |
| 16 | 562 CP | 17 | 597 CP | 18 | 632 CP |
| 19 | 667 CP | 20 | 702 CP | 21 | 737 CP |
| 22 | 772 CP | 23 | 808 CP | 24 | 843 CP |
| 25 | 878 CP | 26 | 913 CP | 27 | 948 CP |
| 28 | 983 CP | 29 | 1018 CP | 30 | 1054 CP |
| 31 | 1071 CP | 32 | 1089 CP | 33 | 1106 CP |
| 34 | 1124 CP | 35 | 1141 CP | 36 | 1159 CP |
| 37 | 1176 CP | 38 | 1194 CP | 39 | 1212 CP |
| 40 | 1229 CP | 41 | 1245 CP | 42 | 1260 CP |
| 43 | 1276 CP | 44 | 1292 CP | 45 | 1308 CP |
| 46 | 1324 CP | 47 | 1340 CP | 48 | 1357 CP |
| 49 | 1373 CP | 50 | 1390 CP |
The following Pokémon will grant you extra bonuses when catching Gastly 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
With such a strong moveset that became even grander with the addition of Shadow Punch during Gastly Community Day, Gengar is a legitimate threat in PvP that can spook out many heavyweights in this meta 
Great League – The wide coverage of Gengar’s excellent Ghost-type moves makes it pretty resourceful in the Great League. Note that it absolutely needs Shadow Punch, since the 35 energy move helps it bait shields 
Ultra League – This is Gengar’s best PvP showing and it relies heavily on baiting opponent’s shields while dealing high damage. Moreover, Shadow Ball ensures a scary nuke move when shields are down 
However, the prominence of Giratina (Altered) and Cresselia, as well as other Ghost and Psychic types, makes it a difficult day at the office for Gengar 
This requires you to create teams that are heavily inclined towards protecting Gengar against its weaknesses, often causing inconvenience. In a nutshell, it fares extremely well against a lot of matchups but suffers otherwise.
Master League – Gengar is unfortunately dampened by inferior stats and performance when compared to the usual suspects in the Master League.
PVE
The fan-favorite Gengar is a hard-hitting monster in Pokémon GO, and the ultimate definition of a glass cannon 
Blessed with the best Ghost-type moves in the game, this icon can do wonders with its tremendous damage output as long as you are able to dodge properly 
It’s the top Ghost-type attacker when excluding Legendaries, Ultra Beasts, Megas, and Shadows. So, 100% worth raising a high IV Gengar for your team 
Raids – Gengar’s real issue is that its Ghost/Poison typing makes it weak to Ghost as well as Psychic type attacks, two types it counters 
That said, dodging is the key to Gengar’s success, and if you can master that, your Gengar is a top-notch threat even in neutral matchups.
It also has a Mega Evolution with an astronomically high ATK, taking Gengar’s shenanigans to another level.
Gigantamax Gengar is also a great option for many Dynamax/Gigantamax Max Battles. While you can’t evolve Gastly into a Gengar that can Gigantamax, it is worthwhile grinding for the many candies it takes to level up those Max Moves.
Gyms – Gengar’s low bulk hinders its viability as a Gym Defender, although it can surprise Fighting-type attackers thanks to its high resistance
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