Sableye Spotlight Hour Guide for Pokemon Go

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 it.

This is the most common event that takes place in Pokemon Go, giving users a Spotlight Hour every week, showcasing a different Pokemon with each. This guide will be updated weekly to ensure you're up to date with the latest information on how to get the most out of Pokemon Go Spotlight Hours.

Updated on December 2, 2024 by Christian Pellegrino: The first Pokémon Go Spotlight Hour event for the month of December will feature Sableye, Dark, and Ghost's dual-type Pokémon from the franchise's third generation. Below is everything you need to know about Sableye's Spotlight Hour, from event information to the best preparation strategies.

Spotlight Hour Date And Time

The upcoming Spotlight Hour will take place on Tuesday, December 3, 2024, from 18:00 to 19:00 local time. This is a relatively short window of time, so make sure you are prepared and log in punctually to take advantage of the bonuses on offer.

Spotlight Hour Pokemon

This week's Spotlight Hour will be featured sable, Darkness Pokémon.

Sableye has no further developmentjust a Mega Evolution. That being said, this is a great opportunity to stock up on Sableye Candy, a resource needed to power up different Sableyes in your Pokémon Go collection.

Also, as with all Spotlight Hour, this is a great chance to catch a Sableye with high stats in the game. Even if Sableye's stats are still random when capturedthe large number of Pokemon encounters will give you a greater opportunity to catch one with desirable stats.

Spotlight Hour bonuses

A specific bonus will accompany each Spotlight Hour for its entire duration, and this week's will be no different. For this Spotlight Hour you get twice Stardust to catch any Pokemon.

With the massive increase in Sableye games during this event window, this is a great opportunity to catch multiple Pokemonprovides you with lots of Stardust, a valuable resource used to start different Pokemon.

To maximize this catch Stardust bonus, it is best if you are in an area filled with tons of PokeStops. Not only will this increase the amount of Pokemon you encounter, but it will also allow you to constantly acquire Poke Balls and other resources.

Spotlight Hour Spawn Prizes and Shiny Prizes

The main bonus for this Spotlight Hour will be Sableye's greatly increased spawn rates during this event. The spawn speed of this Pokemon can be further increased by using both PokeStop Lures and Incense.

After using an incense, do your best to
move around and travel distances.

This will increase the overall effectiveness of incense, giving you even more Pokemon encounters.

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

Similar to Community Day Events, increased spawn rate for this Spotlight Hour Pokémon gives you decent odds of finding and catching a Shiny Sableyeso make sure you prepare accordingly in terms of your items and specific locations.

As said,
Sableye's Shiny prices will not increase
for this Spotlight Hour.

This means that encountering a Shiny Sableye is still rare and often difficult to obtain.

How to Prepare for Spotlight Hours

With such a short window, it's important to make sure you're prepared for this event before it starts. With the massive increase in the spawn rate of the selected Pokémon, make sure you're stocked up on Poke Balls.

You also want to make sure you have enough Pokemon storage before this event starts. This allows you to quickly catch the selected Pokémon without having to worry about transferring others to make room.

With the bonus that this Spotlight Hour is double Stardust for catching any Pokemonstocking up on Poke Balls and having enough storage is especially important.

You can too
increase your Pokemon storage by 50
by purchasing one
Pokemon Storage Upgrade in the game store for 200 PokeCoins.

Also, be sure to use Star piece items during this Spotlight Hour. This is coming increase the Stardust you earn by 50 percent for 30 minuteswith the Spotlight Hour bonus.

Finally, with Sableye as a Dark and Ghost dual-type Pokémon, Mega Evolve a Pokemon that is either a Dark or Ghost type during this Spotlight Hour. This will further increase the number of candies earned from catching Sableye throughout the event.

In addition, this will increase the chances of getting Sableye Candy XLa resource required to start Sableye to its maximum level.

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