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 September. Hoothoot Spotlight Hour takes place on September 23rd, 2025, from 6:00 to 7:00 pm local time, with a bonus of 2x catch candy.
This Spotlight Hour is the fourth September 2025 Pokémon spotlight, and it is especially interesting as Hoothoot 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!
Hoothoot Spotlight Hour
Bonuses
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You will get 2x Candy for catching Pokémon -
The featured Pokémon and its evolution can be shiny in Pokémon GO
Note on Catch Bonus
If you do not want to catch the featured Pokémon, you can make use of the 2x Catch Candy bonus by catching any saved Scatterbug, or opening a Mystery Box or Coin Bag! You can stock up field research or leave any special or timed research encounters until Spotlight Hour to make use of this bonus. If you aren’t interested in Hoothoot candy, you could even use this bonus to get extra candy from catching raid bosses!
Hoothoot is a Normal and Flying-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO. As a Normal and Flying-type Pokémon, Hoothoot is weak to Electric, Ice, and Rock-type moves.
Hoothoot’s maximum Combat Power stat is 766 CP, and its best Pokémon GO moves are Peck and Sky Attack. Hoothoot encounters are boosted during Partly Cloudy and Windy weather. Shiny Hoothoot is available! 
 Hoothoot |
50 Candy |  Noctowl |
Hoothoot evolves to Noctowl with 50 Hoothoot Candy.
| Regular | Shiny | |
| Hoothoot |  |
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| Noctowl |  |
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| LVL | Max CP | LVL | Max CP | LVL | Max CP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 CP | 2 | 30 CP | 3 | 50 CP |
| 4 | 70 CP | 5 | 91 CP | 6 | 111 CP |
| 7 | 132 CP | 8 | 152 CP | 9 | 173 CP |
| 10 | 193 CP | 11 | 213 CP | 12 | 232 CP |
| 13 | 251 CP | 14 | 271 CP | 15 | 290 CP |
| 16 | 309 CP | 17 | 329 CP | 18 | 348 CP |
| 19 | 367 CP | 20 | 387 CP | 21 | 406 CP |
| 22 | 425 CP | 23 | 445 CP | 24 | 464 CP |
| 25 | 484 CP | 26 | 503 CP | 27 | 522 CP |
| 28 | 542 CP | 29 | 561 CP | 30 | 580 CP |
| 31 | 590 CP | 32 | 600 CP | 33 | 609 CP |
| 34 | 619 CP | 35 | 629 CP | 36 | 638 CP |
| 37 | 648 CP | 38 | 658 CP | 39 | 668 CP |
| 40 | 677 CP | 41 | 686 CP | 42 | 694 CP |
| 43 | 703 CP | 44 | 712 CP | 45 | 721 CP |
| 46 | 730 CP | 47 | 739 CP | 48 | 748 CP |
| 49 | 757 CP | 50 | 766 CP |
The following Pokémon will grant you extra bonuses when catching Hoothoot 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
Noctowl can be useful for Great league and potentially other themed cups.
PVE
No.
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