@LinkxPeach There's different methods depending on the game. The most straight forward method is called the Masuda Method (after the guy who programed it). Shiny Pokemon from XY onwards have a chance of about 1 in 4000 if you do nothing special. If you complete the Pokedex you get the shiny charm which increases those odds. Then using the Masuda Method gives you even better odds. To about 1 in 512 odds.
The Masuda Method is to breed two Pokemon from different language games. If you play in English, you want a Pokemon from any other language to use (most people use ditto since it can breed with anything). Then just start hatching. I tend to watch YouTube or something while doing it, since the process is pretty dull. But it is the easiest method.
In Pokemon Sun and Moon, you can use wormholes in the ultra games, or you can chain hunt using that thing where wild Pokemon call for help, keep killing only one and the helpers are increasingly likely to be shiny. In XY and I think ORAS too, you can use horde battles to fight 5 Pokemon at a time to increase your chances.
But the breeding method is the one that's worked best for me. Just remember it's still random chance. 1 in 512 is the best odds, but some people have gotten rotten luck and gone way beyond that number, other people get a shiny on the very first egg.
Also the breeding method works in every game since the GBA games. Although prior to XY shiny Pokemon were twice as rare. With base odds being around 1 in 8000
@LinkxPeach There's different methods depending on the game. The most straight forward method is called the Masuda Method (after the guy who programed it). Shiny Pokemon from XY onwards have a chance of about 1 in 4000 if you do nothing special. If you complete the Pokedex you get the shiny charm which increases those odds. Then using the Masuda Method gives you even better odds. To about 1 in 512 odds.
The Masuda Method is to breed two Pokemon from different language games. If you play in English, you want a Pokemon from any other language to use (most people use ditto since it can breed with anything). Then just start hatching. I tend to watch YouTube or something while doing it, since the process is pretty dull. But it is the easiest method.
In Pokemon Sun and Moon, you can use wormholes in the ultra games, or you can chain hunt using that thing where wild Pokemon call for help, keep killing only one and the helpers are increasingly likely to be shiny. In XY and I think ORAS too, you can use horde battles to fight 5 Pokemon at a time to increase your chances.
But the breeding method is the one that's worked best for me. Just remember it's still random chance. 1 in 512 is the best odds, but some people have gotten rotten luck and gone way beyond that number, other people get a shiny on the very first egg.
Also the breeding method works in every game since the GBA games. Although prior to XY shiny Pokemon were twice as rare. With base odds being around 1 in 8000
Completing the Pokédex sounds difficult to do. Are these the only options to receive shiny Pokémon?
Shiny Pokemon are meant to be elusive and difficult to obtain - that’s what makes them special. Back in the old days, I believe it was it was simply a matter of pure luck - there were no special methods to boost your chances. If you found one in the wild you just had to be very careful not to KO it. There days, there are a number of ways to make shiny encounters more likely, but ultimately a degree of luck is still important. There’s no way to boost your chances to 100%.
Many methods have been detailed above, but in the interests of laziness I’ll just link to the first guide that came up when Googled. There’s been quite a lot written on the subject.
Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver actually have another relatively easy shiny pokemon you can try to get.
Unlike any other game in series, the 'preview' you get when selecting your starter is actually an image of the pokemon you're getting, not just a visual of the species. In other words, the preview will be shiny if the pokemon inside the pokeball is shiny.
So, by saving before choosing one, you can check all three starters just in case any of them is shiny. Then soft-reset if none is. This gives you three quick and easy chances to get a shiny every time.
Of course, it could still take thousands of tries, but both times I've tried it didn't last more than a few hundred soft-resets. (Both times I got shiny Totodiles)
(And yes if you're too lucky more than one could be shiny in the same try)
@Eel : Do you know when the stats for the starter Pokémon are actually determined though? Upon starting a new game or entering the lab for the first time?
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Let's Go, Pikachu/Eevee has also made it really easy to obtain shinies. If you create a chain (capped at 31, but you can go beyond this) by catching the same Pokémon over and over (without it running away) it increases the odds of rare spawns as well as substantially increasing the odds of a shiny spawn. I have caught about 10 shinies in Let's Go, Eevee alone, though there have also been several attempts where I have gone shiny hunting and came up empty-handed.
I also missed out on a shiny Clefairy which spawned JUST as I went up the ladder at the lower level of Mt. Moon in order to reset the spawns. Fortunately, I did find another one a little after. I was also lucky enough to find a shiny Onix (whose spawn rate in Mt. Moon is really low) who is now a shiny Steelix in Pokémon Shield.
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