Pokemon GO Sets 1-Hour Eevee Spotlight With 2x Catch Candy on July 23

Q: Did yesterday's Eevee event distract players from a more valuable bonus next week?

Yes — for many players, yesterday’s Eevee Spotlight Hour likely overshadowed a bonus next week that is often considered more strategically valuable. The July 23 Eevee event offered 2x Catch Candy and boosted Eevee spawns, with shiny chances improved only indirectly through volume, not through higher shiny odds. That is useful, especially for players farming Eevee Candy for its many evolutions. But next Thursday, July 30, Spotlight Hour features Bidoof with 2x Transfer Candy, a bonus that tends to be rarer and more prized. It usually appears only every several weeks and lets players double the Candy gained from transferring stored Pokémon. That makes it especially valuable for clearing space while extracting extra Candy from rare, legendary, or high-cost species players have been saving. So the issue is not that Eevee’s bonus was poor; it is that next week’s bonus may reward preparation more. Players who transfer large backlogs during the Bidoof hour can gain more long-term value than they got from simply catching during Eevee hour. The best strategy is to hold unwanted Pokémon until July 30, tag them in advance, and use the hour as a cleanup window. In that sense, the Eevee event may have drawn attention, but the more efficient bonus for many inventory-conscious players is next week’s 2x Transfer Candy.

3 articles · Updated · Nintendo Wire · Jul 22

July 23's Pokemon GO Spotlight Hour will feature Eevee from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. local time, with its shiny form available during the event.
2x Catch Candy will apply to any Pokemon caught in that 1-hour window, making the bonus useful beyond Eevee encounters.
Bidoof is scheduled as next week's Spotlight Hour feature, continuing the game's advance notice of weekly event lineups.
Spotlight Hour, launched in 2020, moved from Tuesdays to Thursdays in June 2026 and now shares the day with GO Battle Thursdays.