Pokemon Go January 2, 2024 Spotlight Hour: Everything You Need to Know

Tuesday, December 26th, 2023 2:00 pm

Players can receive extra experience points for a limited time.

The first Pokemon Go Spotlight Hour event in 2024 will take place on January 2, 2024 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. local time.

During this event, Normal Form Castform will appear more frequently than normal in the wild and players will receive two times the normal number of experience points when catching Pokemon.

Normal Form Castform is a Normal-type Pokemon from the third generation of the Pokemon universe. It doesn’t evolve into any other Pokemon.

Shiny Normal Form Castform is available in Pokemon Go. Shiny Normal Form Castform is lilac, rather than gray.

Normal Normal Form Castform (Left) and Shiny Normal Form Castform (Right); Source: SuperParent

To make the most of this week’s Spotlight Hour event, remember that you can activate an Incense to attract wild Pokemon to your location for a limited time. This will give you more Normal Form Castform to encounter and more chances to potentially find a Shiny one.

You can also activate a Lucky Egg to double the number of experience points you receive when completing in-game actions for a limited time. This Lucky Egg bonus will stack with the Spotlight Hour bonus, allowing you to earn lots of experience points for each Pokemon you capture during this event.

Following this week’s Spotlight Hour event, four more of these events are scheduled to take place in January 2024. Here’s the calendar:

  • January 9, 2024 – Eevee will appear more frequently than normal in the wild and players will receive two times the normal number of Pokemon Candy when catching Pokemon.
  • January 16, 2024 – Ralts will appear more frequently than normal in the wild and players will receive two times the normal number of Pokemon Candy when transferring Pokemon.
  • January 23, 2024 – Barboach will appear more frequently than normal in the wild and players will receive two times the normal number of experience points when evolving Pokemon.
  • January 30, 2024 – Foongus will appear more frequently than normal in the wild and players will receive two times the normal amount of Stardust when catching Pokemon.

Are you looking forward to this week’s Spotlight Hour event in Pokemon Go? Let us know on Twitter at @superparenthq.

Editor’s note (01/01/2024): This article has been updated to indicate the January 2, 2024 Spotlight Hour event is the first Spotlight Hour event in 2024.

Brandy Berthelson
Editor-in-Chief

Brandy Berthelson has been writing about video games and technology since 2006, with her work appearing on sites including AOL Games, Digital Spy, and Adweek. When she’s not gaming, Brandy enjoys crafting, baking, and traveling with her husband.

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