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5th Gen Shiny Discussion/FAQ Thread - Post once per page only!

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cocoadragon

Shiny Hunter
lol lmao i just got a shiny servine thats looking pretty legit for a level 50 zoroark so idont have to do that hunt now
 
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POKEMON FAN4LIFE

New Member
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currently hunting for shiny riolu
3 eggs in -,-
 
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Mijuwott

Poppstar Sunshine
Osha >:0 Shiny Servine!? I'm trying to go for a shiny no one had gone for in the fifth gen :( guess I'm gonna change my random encounter to Drudigon or something 7.7 I've seen more Woobats through MM because of its low egg steps+ Flame Body to half the steps...wott
 
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Samus_Aran

Gardevoir Fanboy
Ug, 1800 Litwick eggs so far, almost 1200 since it shined the first time. I really hope I don't go over 2K eggs. :(
 
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Elijah Snow

Member
Is there something special you have to do to soft reset? I'm hitting L+R+Select+Start and nothing happens. I know I was able to do it in HGSS, but for some reason it's not working now.
 
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Umbreonftw

<-- Hula
Elijah Snow said:
Is there something special you have to do to soft reset? I'm hitting L+R+Select+Start and nothing happens. I know I was able to do it in HGSS, but for some reason it's not working now.
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Hmm... make sure you are hitting all of them at the same time because nothing has changed in the 5th Gen. If you are doing it right then one of your buttons might be broken....
 
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Haunter ゴースト

Well-Known Member
NorthernLord said:
600 wild encounters is very little. This is a formula which gives the chance of meeting a shiny for each time you do a specified number of random encounters:

P = (-((1 - 1 / 8192)^x) + 1)*100%
Which can also be written as:
P = ((-(0,999877929^x)+1)*100%
P stands for probability, and the 1/8192 is the chance of meeting a random shiny when RE-ing.
x is the number of pokémon you have met.
So let's put your number, 600, into it:

P = (-(0,999877929^600)+1)100%
P = 0,070628818*100%
P = 7,06%

That means that for each time you meet 600 pokémon, the chance that you will meat AT LEAST one shiny, is a mere 7 percent.

So... yeah...

EDIT: For each time you meet 6000 pokémon, the chance that you met at least one shiny, is 50%.
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Ah cheers this is actually extremely helpful, slight question for you though.

Im in double encounter grass now (Still has scraggy, just has crustle instead of dwebble), whats the percentage now?
 
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Chibified

<--Wants Plushie of
Haunter227 said:
Ah cheers this is actually extremely helpful, slight question for you though.

Im in double encounter grass now (Still has scraggy, just has crustle instead of dwebble), whats the percentage now?
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The percentage doesn't change, really. Just your odds kinda change a little cause it could go up on the chance to meet a shiny due to 2 REs happening simultaneously.
 
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NorthernLord

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Haunter227 said:
Ah cheers this is actually extremely helpful, slight question for you though.

Im in double encounter grass now (Still has scraggy, just has crustle instead of dwebble), whats the percentage now?
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The chance that you will meet a shiny for each time you encounter two pokemon at the same time, is 1/4096. But each of those two pokes will still have a mere 1 out of 8192 shiny rate.
So if you meet two scraggies at the same time, there is going to be a 1/4096 chance that one of them is shiny.
So your chance of meeting a shiny devided on the time that you use, increases in the double grass.
However the chance of meeting a shiny devided on the number of pokemon you meet, is the same.
Practically speaking, that just means you're most probably going to meet your shiny pokémon earlier than you would in the single-grass.
Which, of course, is no surprise.

Best of luck with your hunt!
 
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Haunter ゴースト

Well-Known Member
NorthernLord said:
The chance that you will meet a shiny for each time you encounter two pokemon at the same time, is 1/4096. But each of those two pokes will still have a mere 1 out of 8192 shiny rate.
So if you meet two scraggies at the same time, there is going to be a 1/4096 chance that one of them is shiny.
So your chance of meeting a shiny devided on the time that you use, increases in the double grass.
However the chance of meeting a shiny devided on the number of pokemon you meet, is the same.
Practically speaking, that just means you're most probably going to meet your shiny pokémon earlier than you would in the single-grass.
Which, of course, is no surprise.

Best of luck with your hunt!
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Cheers appreciate it, luckily I wouldn't mind getting Crustle either so, if it doesn't happen to be two scraggy's could still be a Crustle :p
 
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ElectricLiz

Member
I decided I finally want to do a shiny hunt haha. But I'm not sure if I want to MM a Mareep or a Chikorita...

Either way, good luck to everyone on this thread, I'm pretty envious of how much dedication you guys have to getting your shinies !
 
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desi darling

you already know
I think Mareep is a cuter shiny, personally. :3 Like a piece of cotton candy. Chikorita's probably more useful and less common though.

Good Luck! Hopefully your hunts won't get into the high thousands like some of ours here >.>
 
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Narblet

Risky Buisness
I've been running into a lot of shinies in Black. I only use one though, being my Golurk(Caught it as shiny golett).
 
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cocoadragon

Shiny Hunter
omg i traded a shiny walrein for a shiny tepig i also had to give him my blaziken he said we may have to put trade oon hold may or may not get one
 
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Mercurial90

Member
About to start my egg hunt for shiny Heatmor.....let's hope it's not in the 1000's this time(even though it more than likely will)
 
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Kakujitsu

Well-Known Member
What exactly is this TV you're talking about? ._.
Where do I find i? D:
 
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Nymphaea

Quirky Bug Girl
Kakujitsu said:
What exactly is this TV you're talking about? ._.
Where do I find i? D:
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Any TV in any house. Sometimes a show named after you plays, and it tells you your in game stats, such as how many encounters you've had.
 
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