Official New and Improved General Shiny Thread

[TheTrueRman]

I've been Breeding shinys in my Sword since i been playing it xmas 2019

Lucky ones i got without actually trying (just breeding early game for a decent nature)
Toxel
Rookidee

Sucessful Breedings include
2 Grookys, 1 with HA
HA Sobble
a few Eevees
Bulbasaur
HA Litten
Porygon
Sawk
Throh

Im most proud of my Scorbunny however
First Egg, Hidden Ability and Female Shiny
It was like a sign how lucky it was

Currently working on
Squirtle
Torchic

 

[TheMaster327]

So a good start to Crown Tundra for me!

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1319660823208357889

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1319662149564649473

Just started going through Dynamax Adventures now.

 

[Drake Pokétrainer]

Zigzagoon finally shone after 2216 eggs. That took a really long time.

I'll see what the next target is. I'm thinking of Torchic since Hoenn starters are now available and it's the only one of the three I'm still missing. Might be one of the new Regis too since I've read you can only catch one per game so I'll have to SR right off the bat for them instead of using my Shield to hunt them. I'll probably go for Regidraco on Sword and Regieleki on Shield but I'll see when I'll do those.

 

[jssr903]

Hi everyone!

Yesterday I finally found that shiny Mareep I was hunting for my HeartGold badge quest! Unfortunately I missed the initial shine as I wasn't paying attention and was playing while charging my DS, so was at an awkward angle. I almost ran away, but then I noticed it looked different. After seeing 2715 regular Mareep, I found my shiny! Pics under the spoiler. I'm training Zeus up before I challenge Bugsy, and then I'll try my hand at a headbutt hunt. Not sure what pokemon I'll be hunting, but I want it to be a pokemon introduced in gen 2. Could do Heracross, Hoothoot, Pineco, or something else. Feel free to offer suggestions!

Congrats to everyone who's gotten a shiny since I last posted!

Spoiler: Pictures

 

[TheLink]

Kind of cross-posted from the general Crown Tundra thread, but I just completed the first mandatory Dynamax Adventure as part of the DLC, and ended up with Hitmontop, Aurorus, Slowbro, and Suicune to pick from at the end. Both the Hitmontop and the Suicune were shiny and I didnt realize it until I checked their natures.

 

[Mega Altaria]

The Eeveelution hunt is done for good! This one took the longest, at 1440 Eggs! Finally I can take a good break from Masuda method hunting.

 

[TheMaster327]

So today was pretty successful as I got my first Dynamax Adventure shiny!

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1319999141481648129

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1320000132062953474

Liking this method!

 

[Everlasting]

I'll try to make this shorter than my last post, ahah!

Spoiler

I fished up a shiny Skrelp on my Y BQ, so that's #6 for this BQ! I'm especially proud of this one because this is full odds! It started off as me moving in between reels, but I soon learned that backing away from my fishing spot and returning to it wasn't breaking the chain, as I found a shiny Shellder and a shiny Skrelp very quickly. I released both once I found out they weren't full odds started over, this time purposefully missing a reel in between fish.
I love that Skrelp is female!! I wanted to nickname her Olga from the start (since that was the nickname of my chain fishing Skrelp I had found too easily). Quiet natured, which is an amazing nature!
Next target for this BQ specifically will be Spewpa in Berry Fields! It's a pretty unique and fun hunt, and I want to take advantage of the fact that my native Vivillon pattern is the Polar pattern. <3

Good luck!

 

[Genos]

Completed a night of dynamax adventures

Spoiler

Found this shiny Flareon after a failed Rayquaza run. Least I got to keep this one!

It was a choice between this or a shiny Crawduant. Went with the legendary, because shiny Groudon is way cooler.

 

[Drummerdude]

I got two shinies in Shield this morning! First a Morpeko which is my only shiny from Dynamax Adventures so far. Secondly I encountered a Shiny Amaura after only 102 encounters! I may try Tyrunt next to complete the 6th gen fossil set.

 

[KierTronik]

I (Someone without any shiny hunting experience) am going to start a Pokemon sword badge quest!
And I don't know any way to hunt at the beginning of the game other than just encountering pokemon.

 

[Drake Pokétrainer]

Decided to start a Regidrago hunt. Which is the first time I'm SR hunting on the Switch, which takes a bit longer than on the 3DS.
Luckily it's not in a too hard to reach place (like the Ultra Wormholes) so I can always take breaks if I feel like it.

Also looking forward to the Dynamax Adventures. Especially the Tapus and Necrozma since they were shiny locked in gen 7. Too bad Sword has the same version exclusives as Ultra Sun where I've already finished hunting all the legendaries.

Also a quick question, does anyone know if you can see if Regigigas is shiny? I've read it's not a part of the Dynamax Adventure but is fought in a max raid battle after you get all the regis. But I'm wondering if it can be seen in the battle itself or after a capture as is the case with Dynamax Adventures. Wondering if it'd be a good idea to hunt in Sword or if I'd better complete Ultra Moon and hunt it in there.

 

[TheMaster327]

Well today has been quite the successful day in Adventures!

Spoiler: Lots of shinies

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1321054384763981825

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1321103176091586561

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1321109945941520386

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1321125685830639617

Armaldo is a Brave nature, where Torkoal is Relaxed. Metang is Mild, and the main attraction here is a Naive natured Solga!

Think it might be time to progress the Crown Tundra story now!

EDIT: Make that 5 in 1 day! Only 262 runaways!!!

Spoiler: Number 5???

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1321216104190996480

https://twitter.com/Medichampion328/status/1321222027861135360

https://twitter.com/Medichampion328/status/1321223441710678016

 

[Auraninja]

I got a Quiet/5 IV Mantine from Dynamax Adventures.

I must say, that is a mesmerizing shade of blue.

 

[RedJirachi]

I'm going to save the Dynamax Adventures shiny hunting for when I get to playing Sword. That way I have good experience to begin the hunt. On that note; is the shininess set when I first encounter a legendary or only when I decide to catch it

 

[Auraninja]

I'm going to save the Dynamax Adventures shiny hunting for when I get to playing Sword. That way I have good experience to begin the hunt. On that note; is the shininess set when I first encounter a legendary or only when I decide to catch it

You won't tell if the Pokemon is shiny until after the selection screen. I would imagine that you can keep not selecting the legendary and wait until you get it to shine in the selection screen. I've been doing that, albeit for good nature/IVs.

Also, since I was curious, say you caught a legendary but you would select a shiny Pokemon over it. You may ask yourself, "what's the probability that at least one of the other Pokemon I caught will be shiny?". Assuming you caught all three other Pokemon, the probabilty that at least one of those is shiny is 2.97%.

Edit: Also, this is presuming you have the shiny charm, which isn't too difficult to grab.
Edit 2: You can also minimize the condundrum by only capturing one other Pokemon if you wanted to.

 

[Master Leo]

YESSSSSSS!!!!!!! Finally, after 28,025 RE's, I have my 6th LG BQ shiny! Sloooooooooooooowpoke (First Movie reference )

Encounter:

Summary:

I can finally leave Seafoam Islands and train my team. Hoping to get Poliwag caught up with the rest of my team.

I have no idea where to hunt for my 7th BQ shiny. Any suggestions?

Ran across my SP today while cleaning and realized I never finished the badgequest I had going on. Came back here to see when I last posted about it and it was a whole 7 years ago lol.
Gonna try and get back into it, but its good to see this thread is still going.

 

[Mega Ampharos the Dragon]

Since today is the 3rd anniversary of my first successful shiny hunt, I thought I'd make a list of every shiny I've caught so far:

Spoiler: Shiny List

• October 31st, 2017 - Magikarp/Gyarados - Sun - Brooklet Hill - SOS
• November 4th, 2017 - Fomantis/Lurantis - Sun - Lush Jungle - RE
• November 19th, 2017 - Sneasel/Weavile - Sun - Mount Lanakila - RE
• July 12th, 2018 - Whismur/Loudred/Exploud - Alpha Sapphire - Rusturf Tunnel - RE
• July 13th, 2018 - Doduo/Dodrio - Alpha Sapphire - Safari Zone - RE
• November 1st, 2018 - Yungoos/Gumshoos - Ultra Sun - Route 1 - SOS
• November 2nd, 2018 - Magikarp/Gyarados - Ultra Sun - Brooklet Hill - SOS
• November 4th, 2018 - Roggenrola/Boldore/Gigalith - Ultra Sun - Ten Carat Hill - SOS
• February 13th, 2019 - Miltank - Sun - Paniola Ranch - RE
• March 4th, 2019 - Ferroseed/Ferrothorn - Black - Chargestone Cave - RE
• August 18th, 2019 - Paras/Parasect - Ultra Sun - Brooklet Hill - SOS
• October 23rd, 2019 - Comfey - Ultra Sun - Lush Jungle - SOS
• March 14th, 2020 - Bunnelby/Diggersby - Sword - East Lake Axewell - RE
• June 6th, 2020 - Pikachu/Raichu - Alpha Sapphire - Safari Zone - PokeNav
• June 12th, 2020 - Rayquaza - Ultra Sun - Cliff World - SR
• June 19th, 2020 - Jigglypuff/Wigglytuff - Sword - Fields of Honor - RE
• September 21st, 2020 - Virizion - Omega Ruby - Pathless Plain - SR

(Not including Events, Ultra Wormhole, Non-Hosted Raids, and Max Raid Adventures (that are not legendary))

I'm also probably gonna do a Shiny Poliwag hunt in Y today (or Registeel in Sword)

 

[Everlasting]

Ran across my SP today while cleaning and realized I never finished the badgequest I had going on. Came back here to see when I last posted about it and it was a whole 7 years ago lol.
Gonna try and get back into it, but its good to see this thread is still going.

It's good to have you back, Master Leo!! You pulled that post from WAAAAYYY back though! 2013 was my cringe year!

Munchlax is still giving me trouble and refusing to let me finish a badge quest. I'm hoping I can find it by the end of the year.
I've also been hunting Spewpa on the side a lot! I'm very excited to get my shiny Vivillon. :3

 

[Mega Ampharos the Dragon]

Just got my Shiny Poliwag in Laverre!!!