Pokémon Spotlight Hour will feature a different Pokémon and special bonus for one hour at 6:00 p.m. local time on Tuesday during the month of March. Hoppip Spotlight Hour takes place on March 26th, 2024, from 6:00 to 7:00 pm local time, with 2× Catch Candy bonus.
This Spotlight Hour is the final March 2024 Pokémon spotlight, and it is especially interesting as Hoppip can be shiny and you will get 2x Candy on catch! In other words, this is a great time to farm those Hoppip candies!
Trainers who plan to participate should be prepared with a Mega Pokémon to maximise candy gains per Hoppip caught. Here’s everything you need to know!
Hoppip Spotlight Hour
Bonuses
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You will get 2x Candy for catching Pokémon -
Shiny Hoppip and its evolutions are available 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 Hoppip candy, you could even use this bonus to get extra candy from catching raid bosses!
Hoppip is a Grass and Flying-type Pokémon with a Max CP of 678 in Pokémon GO. Hoppip’s best moveset is Tackle and Grass Knot. It is weather boosted by Sunny and Windy weather, and it was originally found in the Johto region. Shiny Hoppip is available in Pokémon GO.
Hoppip is weak to Ice, Fire, Flying, Poison, and Rock-type moves. It takes reduced damage from Fighting, Water, Grass, and Ground-type moves.
The following Pokémon will grant you extra bonuses when catching Hoppip 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.
No, not really. Hoppip and its evolutions do not hold any relevancy in the PVP meta. It’s worth evolving for the dex (or shiny dex), but it’s not really much more than a collection ‘mon.
If you’re out and about, it might be worth completing a few Mega Venusaur or Tapu Lele raids for the candy bonus, as they can be useful raid attackers and their candy for powering up is not as easy to come by.
