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Pokemon Go offers a plethora of events for its users, each providing you with limited-time bonuses and special features. This includes Spotlight Hours, 60-minute windows where they feature a specific Pokemon and offer bonuses to accompany it.

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This is the most frequent event that takes place in Pokemon Go, providing users with a Spotlight Hour each week, showcasing a different Pokemon with each one. This guide will be updated weekly to ensure you are up-to-date with the latest information on making the most of Pokemon Go Spotlight Hours.

Updated on March 26, 2024, by Christian Pellegrino: The final Pokemon Go Spotlight Hour Event for the month of March will feature Hoppip, the Grass and Flying dual-type Pokemon introduced in Pokemon's second generation. Below is everything you need to know about Hoppip's Spotlight Hour, from event information to the best preparation strategies.

Spotlight Hour Date And Time

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The upcoming Spotlight Hour will take place on Tuesday, March 26, 2024, from 6am to 7pm local time. This is a relatively short window of time, so make sure that you are prepared and logging in punctually to take advantage of the bonuses being offered.

Spotlight Hour Pokemon

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This week's Spotlight Hour will showcase Hoppip, the Cottonweed Pokemon, and offer several bonuses.

Hoppip has two further evolutions, Skiploom and Jumpluff. It will require 25 Hoppip Candy to evolve Hoppip into Skiploom, then another 100 Hoppip Candy to evolve Skiploom into Jumpluff, its final evolution.

Hoppip Candy can be acquired by catching, hatching, or transferring Hoppip, Skiploom, or Jumpluff.

Also, as with any Spotlight Hour, this is a great chance to catch a Hoppip with high in-game stats. Although Hoppip's stats are still random when caught, the sheer number of Hoppip encounters will give you a greater opportunity to catch one with desirable stats.

Spotlight Hour Bonuses

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A specific bonus will accompany each Spotlight Hour throughout its duration, and Hoppip's will be no different. For this Spotlight Hour, you will receive two times the Candy when catching Pokemon.

With the massive increase in Hoppip spawns during this event window, this is a great opportunity to catch several of these Pokemon, providing you with tons of Hoppip Candy, a valuable resource used to evolve and power-up Hoppip, Skiploom, and Jumpluff.

To maximize this double catch Candy bonus, it is best if you are in an area populated with plenty of PokeStops. This will not only increase the amount of Hoppip that you encounter, but it will also allow you to constantly obtain Poke Balls and other resources.

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Spotlight Hour Spawn Rates And Shiny Rates

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The main bonus of this Spotlight Hour will be Hoppip's massively increased spawn rate during this event. The spawn rate of this Pokemon can be increased further by using both PokeStop Lures and Incense.

After using an Incense, do your best to move around and travel distance.

This will increase the overall effectiveness of Incense, providing you with even more Hoppip encounters.

Fortunately, you will have the chance to encounter Hoppip's Shiny variation during this Spotlight Hour Event. Using these two items will help increase the odds of you encountering and catching this unique Hoppip variant.

Similar to Community Day Events, the increased spawn rate of Hoppip will give you decent odds of finding and catching this Shiny Pokemon, so make sure that you prepare accordingly when it comes to your items and specific locations.

That being said, Hoppip's Shiny rates will not be boosted for this Spotlight Hour.

This means that encountering a Shiny Hoppip will still be rare and often hard to come by.

How To Prepare For Spotlight Hours

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With such a short window, ensuring that you are prepared for this event before its commencement is important. With the massive increase in the featured Pokemon's spawn rate, make sure you are stocked up on Poke Balls.

You will also want to ensure that you have sufficient Pokemon Storage before this event begins. This will allow you to quickly catch the featured Pokemon without worrying about transferring others to make space.

You can also increase your Pokemon Storage by 50 by purchasing a Pokemon Storage Upgrade at the in-game shop for 200 PokeCoins.

With the bonus of this Spotlight Hour being double Candy for catching any Pokemon, stocking up on Poke Balls and having sufficient storage is especially important.

Lastly, with Hoppip being a Grass and Flying dual-type Pokemon, Mega Evolve a Pokemon that is either a Grass or Flying-type during this Spotlight Hour. This will further increase the number of Candies earned when catching Hoppip throughout this event.

Additionally, this will increase the chances of obtaining Hoppip Candy XL, a resource required to power-up Hoppip, Skiploom, and Jumpluff to their maximum levels.

The higher the Mega Evolution's Mega Level is, the more effective this added Candy bonus will be.

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