Roggenrola Spotlight Hour (July 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 July. Roggenrola Spotlight Hour takes place on July 29th, 2025, from 6:00 to 7:00 pm local time, with a bonus of 2x XP for evolving Pokémon.

This Spotlight Hour is the last July 2025 Pokémon spotlight. It’s a great time to evolve any trash Pokémon in your storage before you transfer them.

Trainers who plan to participate should be prepared with a Mega Pokémon to maximise candy gains per Roggenrola caught. Here’s everything you need to know!

If you want further information about Spotlight Hours, check out our comprehensive guide.

Roggenrola Spotlight Hour

Bonuses

You will get 2x XP for Evolving Pokémon
Shiny Roggenrola and its evolution are available in Pokémon GO

Note on XP Bonus

If you do not want to catch the featured Pokémon or do not have enough Roggenrola candy saved, you can make use of the 2x Evolution XP bonus by evolving any saved Scatterbug, or opening a Mystery Box or Coin Bag and evolving those!

This is a great opportunity to evolve any Pokémon caught during the Steel and Scales event. The old-school grinders will remember the days of saving Pidgey and other low-cost evolutions for this sort of spotlight hour, and it can be a good way to grind XP with a lucky egg on.

Boldore is a trade evolution. This means that if you mass trade Roggenrola with a friend during the spotlight hour, you can evolve Boldore to Gigalith for free (no candy cost)! This means that you have the chance to get extra evolution XP if you play with a friend!

Roggenrola Fact Sheet

Roggenrola

Roggenrola is a Rock-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO which originates from the Unova region, with a maximum Combat Power of 1362 CP. Roggenrola’s best moveset in Pokémon GO is Smack Down and Rock Blast.

Roggenrola is weak to Fighting, Grass, Ground, Steel, and Water moves. It is strong against Fire, Flying, Normal, and Poison moves. Shiny Roggenrola is available in Pokémon GO. Roggenrola is boosted by Partly Cloudy weather.

Evolutions

Roggenrola

50 Roggenrola Candy

Boldore

200 Roggenrola Candy

0 Candy if traded

Gigalith

Shiny Roggenrola

There are no gender differences to look out for. Shiny Roggenrola is pretty easy to spot and is a purple and orange colour!

	Regular Sprite	Shiny Sprite
Roggenrola
Boldore
Gigalith

Roggenrola CP and IV Chart

LVL	CP	LVL	CP	LVL	CP
1	17 CP	2	53 CP	3	89 CP
4	126 CP	5	162 CP	6	198 CP
7	235 CP	8	271 CP	9	308 CP
10	344 CP	11	378 CP	12	413 CP
13	447 CP	14	482 CP	15	516 CP
16	550 CP	17	585 CP	18	619 CP
19	654 CP	20	688 CP	21	722 CP
22	757 CP	23	791 CP	24	826 CP
25	860 CP	26	895 CP	27	929 CP
28	964 CP	29	998 CP	30	1032 CP
31	1050 CP	32	1067 CP	33	1084 CP
34	1101 CP	35	1118 CP	36	1136 CP
37	1153 CP	38	1170 CP	39	1187 CP
40	1205 CP	41	1220 CP	42	1235 CP
43	1251 CP	44	1266 CP	45	1282 CP
46	1298 CP	47	1314 CP	48	1330 CP
49	1346 CP	50	1362 CP

Mega Pokémon that boost Roggenrola

The following Pokémon will grant you extra bonuses when catching Roggenrola if they are Mega/Primal evolved.

A Note on Mega Catch Bonus

While a Pokémon is Mega-Evolved, additional XP and Candy is 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.

Is it worth evolving Roggenrola?

PVP

No, Gigalith is bad in PVP. Gigalith is a mono-Rock type with poor bulk. A close comparison is Rhydon and Rhyperior, actually. Gigalith has just about the same Attack stat as each in Great League (and the same as Rhyperior in Ultra League), and higher Defense and lower HP than the Rhyno Bros, but it all shakes out to roughly equivalent bulk, though slightly in the favor of the Rhynos (who have a little bit higher overall stat product in the end). Both mono-Rocks (like Gigalith) and Rock/Ground types (like the Rhyno Bros) share a number of resistances and weaknesses: both are vulnerable to Fighting, Ground, and Steel, and mono-Rocks are also weak to Grass and Water, while Ground/Rocks are doubly weak to each, as well as an additional weakness to Ice. As for resistances, Gigalith resists Fire, Flying, Normal, and Poison damage, while Ground/Rock types have all of that plus a resistance to other Rocks, as well as a double resistance to Electric and Poison.

But unfortunately, while Rhyperior has made at least SOME impact on Master League, whether utilizing old moves or new moves, Gigalith looks very unlikely to replicate Rhyperior’s success. Heck, it can’t even replicate Rhydon‘s success!

PVE

Gigalith is good for new players who missed Rampardos, Rock Wrecker Rhyperior and Terrakion, or don’t have 6 of them, or want variety. If you have a Rock team built, this event won’t do much.