Every month, Pok\u00e9mon Go<\/em> has a set of special events called Spotlight Hours that run each Tuesday from 6pm to 7pm local time.<\/p>
These are much smaller events that work as mini-Community Days and showcase one specific species of Pok\u00e9mon each week by boosting its spawn rates. They also include special boosts that give useful bonuses like double capture XP or Candy.<\/p>
There can be anywhere from four to five Spotlight Hours per month depending on how many Tuesdays are on the calendar month and how Niantic wants to roll things out. The Spotlight Hour boosts also tend to change from week to week.<\/p>
Typically, Spotlight Hours will reflect ongoing events and work as add-ons by giving players a chance to capture multiple Pok\u00e9mon of a similar nature, such as Johto Pok\u00e9mon spawning near or during a Johto event.<\/p>
For October, there isn’t really a set theme, but players can get plenty of bonuses for catching Pok\u00e9mon like Binacle and Doduo.<\/p>
Any Pok\u00e9mon that can appear as a Shiny during their Spotlight Hour will be marked with an asterisk. And don’t forget that there are Raid hours and other events<\/a> basically every week that run around these Spotlight Hour times, even if they don’t tie in.<\/p>
