Delibird Spotlight Hour (December 2025): Last Minute Guide
Pokémon Spotlight Hour will feature a different Pokémon and a special bonus for one hour at 6:00 p.m. local time on Tuesday during the month of December. Delibird Spotlight Hour takes place on December 30th, 2025, from 6:00 to 7:00 pm local time, with a bonus of 2x Stardust for catching Pokémon.
This Spotlight Hour is the final December 2025 Pokémon spotlight, and it is especially interesting as Delibird can be shiny. Trainers who plan to participate should be prepared with a Mega Pokémon to maximise candy gains per Pokémon caught. Here’s everything you need to know!
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You will get 2x Stardust for catching Pokémon -
Shiny Delibird is available in Pokémon GO
How to maximise Stardust during Delibird Spotlight Hour
Excitingly, Delibird is one of the rare Pokémon that give extra Stardust on catch, there is still a chance to get some great stardust gains during this event! Here’s how much Stardust you can get during Delibird Spotlight Hour in December 2025, thanks to the 2x Stardust bonus:
| Type of catch | Stardust |
|---|---|
| Regular catch | 1000× Stardust |
| Weather boosted catch | 1250× Stardust |
| Regular catch with Star Piece | 1500× Stardust |
| Weather boosted catch with Star Piece | 1875× Stardust |
The best possible scenario you can have is to catch a weather boosted Pokémon with an active Star Piece. As Delibird is a Ice and -type they are boosted by Snow and Windy weather.
To maximise Stardust caught you’ll likely want to use Great Balls to ensure the catch and use a quick catch technique. Otherwise, you could be spending too much time attempting to catch, rather than just catching.
We believe that the baseline for calculating potential Stardust during this hour should be 60 Pokémon. You should be able to get 60 Pokémon during one hour, regardless of if you are using the Fast catch trick, or just catching slowly.
Here’s how much Stardust you should be able to earn during the Spotlight Hour:
| Star Piece active | Weather is Snow or Windy | Stardust |
|---|---|---|
 No |
No |
60,000 |
| No |
 Yes |
75,000 |
| Yes |
No |
90,000 |
| Yes |
Yes |
112,500 |
- 60,000 Stardust is your minimal Stardust goal. This means you caught 60 Pokémon, but there was no weather boost and you did not activate a Star Piece.
- 75,000 Stardust is your minimal goal if the in-game weather is Snow or Windy.
- 90,000 Stardust is the minimal amount you are looking for with a Star Piece activated. This should be easy to get if you activate two Star Pieces, regardless of in-game Weather. Star Piece increases your Stardust gain by 50%, which is an additional 30,000 Stardust over the baseline.
- and finally… 112,500 Stardust is the amount of Stardust you will get if you catch 60 Pokémon, with a Star Piece active, during Snow or Windy weather.
The only downside of this event is that Delibird is relatively difficult to catch, and you will probably want to use Great Balls or Ultra Balls during the event. Otherwise, you could be spending too much time attempting to catch, rather than just catching.
Delibird fact sheet
Delibird is a Ice and Flying-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO. As a Ice and Flying-type Pokémon, Delibird is especially weak against Rock-type moves, and weak against Electric, Fire, and Steel-type moves.
Delibird’s maximum Combat Power stat is 1237 CP, and its best Pokémon GO moves are Present and Fly. Delibird encounters are boosted during Snow and Windy weather. Shiny Delibird is available! 
Shiny Delibird
If you’re shiny hunting during this spotlight, it can be pretty subtle if you’re moving through encounters quickly! Shiny Delibird takes on a purple hue.
Delibird CP and IV Chart
| LVL | Max CP | LVL | Max CP | LVL | Max CP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 CP | 2 | 48 CP | 3 | 81 CP |
| 4 | 114 CP | 5 | 147 CP | 6 | 180 CP |
| 7 | 213 CP | 8 | 246 CP | 9 | 279 CP |
| 10 | 312 CP | 11 | 344 CP | 12 | 375 CP |
| 13 | 406 CP | 14 | 437 CP | 15 | 469 CP |
| 16 | 500 CP | 17 | 531 CP | 18 | 562 CP |
| 19 | 594 CP | 20 | 625 CP | 21 | 656 CP |
| 22 | 687 CP | 23 | 719 CP | 24 | 750 CP |
| 25 | 781 CP | 26 | 813 CP | 27 | 844 CP |
| 28 | 875 CP | 29 | 906 CP | 30 | 938 CP |
| 31 | 953 CP | 32 | 969 CP | 33 | 985 CP |
| 34 | 1000 CP | 35 | 1016 CP | 36 | 1031 CP |
| 37 | 1047 CP | 38 | 1063 CP | 39 | 1078 CP |
| 40 | 1094 CP | 41 | 1108 CP | 42 | 1122 CP |
| 43 | 1136 CP | 44 | 1150 CP | 45 | 1164 CP |
| 46 | 1179 CP | 47 | 1193 CP | 48 | 1208 CP |
| 49 | 1222 CP | 50 | 1237 CP |
Mega Pokémon that boost Delibird
The following Pokémon will grant you extra bonuses when catching Delibird if they are Mega-evolved.
Mega Catch Bonus
While a Pokémon is Mega-Evolved, additional XP and Candy are 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.
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