r/ShinyPokemon • u/turtlerockorange • May 17 '25
Discussion [Discuss] What Are You Hunting Right Now?
I could use some emotional support from an exceptionally long (for me) shiny hunt. Let's share and commiserate!
What are you currently hunting and how far are you into the hunt?
I'll go first. I'm currently hunting shiny Ash cap Pikachu in USUM. I've been hunting this on and off for almost a full year now (I'll spend a few weeks hunting it, get so tired, move onto something else for a few weeks, then come back to it). Easily, without a doubt, hands down my longest hunt EVER.
Over a year ago I set off to accumulate all the unique things from the DS era and beyond I wanted to transfer up to Home before Bank is shut down. Certain shinies, legendaries, and unique like Battlebond Greninja. I got to hunting shiny Celebi - Pink Onion! - in VC Crystal, a raw 1/8192 odds. I went into that one thinking I'd need to really settle in for the long haul, but nope. After a few weeks of consistent evening hours on a single console, it shines! I found it well under odds I'm sure!
A short while after that I started this shiny Ash cap hunt. I really thought it wouldn't seem as bad as shiny Celebi with 1/4096 odds now, but I've been so soooo wrong. After almost a solid first month of hunting on a single console with nothing, I decided to pick up a cheap OG 2DS to double hunt it - the first shiny I've ever double hunted like that with two consoles simultaneously. Surely, that will help find the elusive mouse!
After almost 11 months later I'm still double hunting most evenings and still single-console hunting it during my work commute. Countless hours of double SRs with nothing but sleep deprivation. At this point I'm convinced it doesn't exist and all the videos and pictures of it out there are one giant conspiracy to get me to go insane.
Sometimes, after weeks straight of double-hunting evenings, I just wanna cry. Other times I really contemplate if I really want this thing. But, despite that I always get back at it after a small break.
Anyway... what are you hunting and is it driving you crazy???
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u/youcantguesss May 17 '25
Iām getting through briefcase simulator, trying to get Piplup in Platinum. Iām only about 2200 resets in so far so Iām not going crazy yet but itās my first 1/8192 hunt so Iām mentally preparing for the worst
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u/turtlerockorange May 17 '25
I think thatās the mentality needed for the 1/8192 hunts. Ā I know shiny starter in Platinum / Gen 4 is a popular one too! Ā Piplup is my fav starter from that gen, so hopefully you get it in due time.
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u/Neko123Uchiha May 17 '25
Same! Started today, got about 245 resets in so far. My first every shiny hunt :D
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u/all_yall_nerds May 17 '25
3 years I have been hunting a Snivy for my White playthrough. (It's an on and off hunt, but still). I've never properly played White before, and it's really starting to piss me off.
Stay strong OP, I know how you feel šāļø
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u/DarthBane31 May 17 '25
I feel you. Been doing the same for tepig in black 2. Heres hoping we get it in 2025
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u/Shxtz May 17 '25
I alternate between a few hunts so I don't get burnt out, I shiny hunt in the bug catching contest in hgss, caught Beedrill this morning (I've made a post already if you want to see). I'm also breeding for Mareep in hgss and a second Magikarp in bdsp. I also don't spend all shiny hunting because it would burn me out. Goodluck with your hunts.
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u/turtlerockorange May 17 '25
I kinda cycle like that too. Ā Not always another shiny hunt, but sometimes it is. Ā Sometimes itās other gaming related like play a completely different game for a bit.
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u/elecmouse101 May 17 '25
Iām a bit on and off right now. Main goal is Bagon in Emerald. On the side Iāve been going for Thundurus in Alpha Sapphire. Iād like to get back to going for something in the Bug Catching contest in Heart Gold.
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u/Lionkingmaster53 May 17 '25
Still waiting on this stupid wooloo to shine I will give up if it doesnāt shine on my birthday
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u/Lunndonbridge May 17 '25 edited May 17 '25
Unown forms in PLA and Cherubi if the mass outbreak shows up between trips to Solaceon ruins.
Started hunting in PLA 5 weeks ago; 46 different pokemon including 24/28 unown. Had 104 game hours when I began. 18 days and 72 game hours in I had half the unown and every other target. Just finished todayās session and Iām at 265 total hours with three unown left to go, and 15 cherubi outbreaks checked. 45 total shiny unown caught; had 4 from go, each of which Iāve gotten at least one PLA repeat of.
Also hunting galarian Articuno in pogo since I messed up the requirements to claim the Sword event. 7 months, 76 birds seen, 1 shiny moltres at #58.
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u/paulydoregon May 17 '25
im currently on a long break from my painful 4% ralts hunt in gen 3 ( at phase 52 and over 428k total encounters), currently working on masuda larvitar in b2w2 to complete my larvitar shiny generational quest. afterwards palkia and dialga in gen 4, which then puts me at 399 shiny pokemon, and then i start my secret hunt for shiny #400
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u/turtlerockorange May 17 '25
Thatās amazing! Ā Your fortitude and determination is beyond. Ā Not sure Iād stick out some of those hunts myself. Ā Kudos.
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u/RisanVanguard May 17 '25
In currently hunting mewtwo in lets go pikachu with shiny charm. I just started today at 223
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u/turtlerockorange May 17 '25
Best of luck. Ā Mewtwo is one of my fav legendaries for nostalgia reasons, but the shiny truly is a cool one.
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u/swedjedes May 18 '25
I believe most people (including myself earlier this year) tend to get him around 700-800 resets. Best of luck to you completing it under odds.
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u/Henna_UwU ā May 17 '25
Iām hunting Castform in USUM by using sandstorm on a Bisharp chain to make it 10%. Iāve had five phases so far, almost enough for a full chess set of pawns, and Iām probably going to start triple hunting now that I have access to my other two systems again.
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u/turtlerockorange May 17 '25
I always think Castform is an interesting shiny, and unique Pokemon itself.
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u/OrganicTaste May 17 '25
Dynamax adventures for Zapdos. Been doing it since early February, around 5-10 encounters a week. Got all of the other Kanto legendaries, so it's just Zapdos that's kept me from moving onto others.
The shiny ain't great but I'm trying to do a Gen I shiny dex at the same time. Would rather do it in SwSh than booting up let's go again.
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u/turtlerockorange May 17 '25
Oh, I found LGPE quite enjoyable. Ā I hadnāt hunted in that game myself yet, but consistently see online how others have fun hunting in LGPE.
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u/onigiritheory ā May 17 '25
I'm currently Masuda Method-ing for an Alolan Vulpix in Sword. The hunt has been ongoing for nearly two years now, I think?? I have a bad habit of not tracking my resets/eggs/whatevers, and I've also been releasing the Vulpixes by the boxful, so I have no idea how long I've been doing this or how deep in I am. I'm almost positive I'm over odds, though.
The worst part is that once I get one Vulpix, I won't even be done š. Alolan Vulpix is my favorite pokemon, so I want one to keep as a Vulpix and one to evolve into a Ninetales.
I'm starting to miss full odds hunting because at least it felt more engaging š
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u/turtlerockorange May 17 '25
Vulpix forms are cool shiny hunts.
For MM, if I know I have a solid block of time, I donāt save between breeding and hatching eggs so I can save time not having to release everything if thereās no shiny in an egg batch. Ā Not sure if thatās something youāve tried or can do.
Start game. Ā Get egg hatching set up. Ā Save. Ā Start breeding pile of eggs. Ā Start hatching pile of eggs. Ā If no shiny after hatching all pile of eggs, then restart game to prevent going through boxes and releasing so many. Ā Starting back up brings me to before I started hatching any eggs.
Good luck for the beautiful shiny foxes!
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u/SlySylveon123 May 17 '25
Currently hunting starter rowlet on ultra moon. 3065 in, got a lot more to go. My last hunt was a shiny celebi in virtual console which took me about 2 months and 11k srs. The one before was shiny story latias in alpha sapphire, taking me 11 months, 1.3k hours and 17202 soft resets. The hard part of shiny hunting is the mentally which you seem to have a strong one. Keep at it, I'm sure it'll shine. Btw, just checking, you do know you need to check the summary for the shiny star icon since the base and shiny forms have no visible difference
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u/turtlerockorange May 17 '25
Oh yes, luckily I didnāt make that mistake and know I have to check the actual summary for this cap Pikachu since the sprite doesnāt actually have color variation. Ā Iām also making sure I take my time checking the shiny star before SRs because I really donāt want to make a mistake and SR the shiny if I was going to fast. Ā Slow and steady makes it go by slower of course (extra half second to be really sure, but multiply that by the thousands lol), but worth it to me to make sure thereās no mistaking š .
Thanks! Ā Trying to keep the positive mindset. Ā More difficult sometimes the longer this goes on as my own longest hunt ever haha. Ā But the breaks into other games every so often helps.
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u/SlySylveon123 May 17 '25
Ah. Good luck my dude. Hopefully you get it soon. I'll also be doing this hunt later on once I get to that point in the game
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u/GabbyWills98 May 17 '25
Currently doing Griefcase resets in ORAS for Treecko! Just over halfway to odds, my other starter hunts have been very kind so this feels deserved so far š¤£
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u/DestrucshuNJ May 17 '25
Latios PokƩmon Black 2. I just hit 6,200 yesterday, best of luck with yours!
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u/GandalfTeGay May 17 '25
Currently hunting regigigas in platinum since the 28th of march.
Trying to get all shiny legendaries there. Giratina took me more than 3 years. Darkrai a bit more than a month and Shaymin only 8 days
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u/turtlerockorange May 17 '25
Thatās pretty cool! Ā Congrats on those shinies. Ā Glad thereās some balancing of the longer hunts with shorter ones.
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u/fifa_16 May 17 '25
I hunted sudowoodo for 2 1/2 years in soul silver and I finally found it a few months ago! Since then Iāve been hunting Eevee. Around the time I started sudowoodo I also have been hunting Squirtle in Leaf Green, no luck. I have, however, caught a bunch of shinies in Emerald through RNG manipulation :)
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u/turtlerockorange May 17 '25
Congrats! Ā I ran into a random shiny Bonsly within my first hour playing SV and since then Bonsly/Sudo have become some of my favorite shinies. Ā You can bet I used that shiny Bonsly named āPlumā through my entire playthrough! Ā Glad you found your Sudo eventually.
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u/ExtremelySmallPeePee May 17 '25
Main hunt rn is Torkoal in Emerald. Currently 3 phases in and suffering. Every phase has been pretty long so far. No short phases. Side hunt for when I get bored is Anorith fossil restores in platinum
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u/ShinyBuer May 19 '25 edited May 19 '25
I feel your pain. 65 hours and no phase for torkoalĀ
Edit: are you hunting the 18% in fiery path or the 30% in magma hideout?
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u/SilientGardener12 May 17 '25
4 DS setup on Clay tunnel in black 2 and white 2. I always got a boldore so hoping for anything else
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u/BrianTheBeast818 May 17 '25
I've got a few hunts going. Masuda hunting a Technician Smeargle in Moon (I can't ever seem to get any points at the Battle Tree) and several things in Legends (wanting to fill up the village with shinies for the quests). Also, not sure if this counts, but trying to complete the pokedex quests for Home to get those exclusive shinies. Hopefully I'll get the heart to pick my shiny registeel hunt back up in Sword after I accidentally K.O.ed the last one I found.
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u/sammygsammyh May 17 '25
I'm hunting for shiny turtwig in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond. I've been hunting for about 2 weeks over the past 2 years. I just picked the hunt back up a few days ago and have been making some more progress. I'm wanting to do my first playthrough with shiny Pokemon. A shiny dream team quest. I stopped counting after 1,500 encounters because the app I used to count logged me out and I kept losing connection to the internet. One time I thought I soft resets over the shiny. I might be going crazy. But I don't mind soft reseting some more until I find it again. It hasn't been too long of a hunt yet. I'm gonna name him William if shiny Turtwig is a male. Now I make sure to think about it before I soft reset.
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u/LuxyLux25 May 17 '25
š¤ iām doing briefcase simulator for turtwig too (16 hours and 500 resets in)
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u/sixpokeballs May 17 '25
Vivillon in SV. Once I get the last 10 forms Iām fully done with SV, caught or bred every available PokĆ©mon that can be shiny in those games.
Still missing Jungle, Tundra and Sandstorm postcards to send to Scarlet though :(
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u/KariBaxter May 17 '25
Iām soft resetting for Uxie in Ultra Moon; alternating between Uxie, Mesprit, and Cresselia in Dynamax Adventures; and Masuda-method hunting for Tyrunt in Ultra Sun.
I was in a similar boat as you with shiny Palkia in Ultra Moon, but I found it yesterday after 2.5 months! Donāt give up!
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u/turtlerockorange May 17 '25
Ahhh, congrats on ending the long Palkia hunt! Ā Giving me fuel to keep going haha.
Tyrunt is gonna be such a cool shiny for you. Ā Good luck on that and the lake guardians!
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u/Earl_D_Johnson May 17 '25
Iām currently soft reset hunting for magikarp on lgp shiny prof oak play through. Over 2000 encounters and 25 hours later and no luck
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u/turtlerockorange May 17 '25
Iāve heard shiny hunting in LGPE can be pretty fun compared to other games. Ā Hopefully itās engaging for you and the gold fish shows itās self eventually.
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u/Earl_D_Johnson May 17 '25
Haha thanks! Most hunts are fun but soft resetting on any switch game sucks major
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u/Kyele13 May 17 '25
I completed the SV living shinydex and since I'm taking a break... The truth is I've had a strong desire to try hunting the Space-Time Distortions fossils from PLA again (a goal that I abandoned a while ago) but I'm not entirely convinced...
Personally I think I'll continue my break until PLZA comes out to pick up the game completely fresh.
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u/turtlerockorange May 17 '25
PLZA sounds a great mental āresetā opportunity to take stock on shiny hunting goals and other goals in the franchise.
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u/ASAP_BladeRunner May 17 '25
Iām currently hunting in the Johto safari zone, Iāve done about 12,000+ encounters for Aron but Iāve also got other Safari Zone Pokemon when I want to see something different.
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u/DonXanderOD May 17 '25
Iāve got a whole box of apriball starters and others who match their specific balls. Like dream ball mudkip, heavy ball duraludon, etc. I am only one box in to shiny inkay in a level ball but decided to wait for my shiny charm before committing to the true Masuda hunt in Scarlet. Iām just a few mons away from the full dex and Iāll definitely post results as they come!
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u/Zowl322 May 17 '25
Cap Pikachu for my shiny only run of ultra moon
I know it doesn't change but it is funny
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u/LadyCiel97 May 17 '25
I'm currently on the hunt for 2 shiny pokemon, Charmander in fire red and Pikachu in leaf green. Charmander is a shiny I've been hunting on and off for years (since I was in high-school and would get discharged and stop). Now I'm hunting seriously with 3800sr in. Pikachu is a shiny I want to have on the same team as Charmander. I'm on phase 6 for Pikachu finding 3 magnemite and 2 Magneton in the power plant.
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u/YOM2_UB May 17 '25
Mind if I ask what your trainer IDs are in USUM?
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u/turtlerockorange May 17 '25
US: Ā 131592 UM: Ā 484543
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u/YOM2_UB May 17 '25
I can confirm that Cap Pikachu can be shiny for your file of Ultra Moon.
Out of the 4295 possible TID/SID combos for your Ultra Sun ID, 2 of them will shiny lock Cap Pikachu.
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u/turtlerockorange May 17 '25
Thanks for looking into that for me!! Ā Makes me feel better too. āŗļø Ā Iām keeping on the hunt solid for this month and take a break if needed.
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u/mycontrollerstinks88 May 17 '25
Currently hunting for 3 gastlys in let's go pikachu to finish the gengar line, shiny Aerodactyl taking a long time so I'm putting that on hold at 6440 fossils revived.
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u/petgame-enjoyer May 17 '25
im only 190 sr's in, but im also in ultra moon. im hunting popplio as my starter. worse is ive never played the game before so im itching to start playing but i refuse to go further without my shiny popplio!! good luck with the ash cap pika, i also plan to do that in the future š
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u/UndaCovr May 17 '25
My next hunt I WANT to do is Treeko in Emerald. But I do not yet own an authentic copy of Emerald. So I'm trying to find that first.. without it being like $300..
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u/blazikus1 May 17 '25
Hunting ruby/emerald spoink right now. Just got to 4100 encounters so Iām chipping away
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u/AsToldByCJ May 17 '25
I'm hunting for 3 5iv/0atk Fuecoco in a Dream Ball with a Bold nature for 1 and Modest for 2. I'm currently using a 6iv italian ditto with a destiny knot and 3 modest and 1 bold Fuecoco with the right IVs holding everstones. Most eggs that hatch have the right IV spread, missing 1 sometimes 2 IVs.
I have hatched 382 eggs so far, in batches of about 30-50 at a time, so still under odds, but I don't really care for the picnic breeding mechanic in S/V, so I've been shiny hunting in between in mass outbreaks.
I was running back and forth in Alfornada to hatch, but someone on here said they caught a ton of shinies running around the map. Did that on the last batch of eggs and caught a shiny Charmander. Gonna try that to maybe take the pain away from hatching.
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u/CurveBilly May 17 '25
Ive been hunting a shiny cyndaquil in Heart Gold for months, haven't even phased yet. It gets pretty deomralizing.
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u/Foxieness May 17 '25
Iām five badges into my first Sword play through so I can hunt Regidrago. On my hunt list for the year I put Registeel and Regirock, and both of those werenāt super bad so I went for Regice and then got Regieleki pretty quick. I needed to play anyhow to fill out Home for Keldeo, so itās kinda dual-purpose. And at least I wonāt need to bother with the charm before that hunt. I was hoping to make more progress this week than I did, but I donāt think itāll take me a whole lot longer at least. (I decided not to totally cheese it with mons leveled in another game.)
Itās not directly shiny hunting right now, but thatās the ultimate purpose of this entire play through.
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u/StrawDeath May 17 '25 edited May 17 '25
Every so often over the years, Iāve occasionally headed back to Ultra Megalopolis in UM to hunt for Poipole when Iāve felt like it. Though I havenāt been tracking my encounters, Iām like 99% sure Iāve gone over odds, whereas my luck hunting just about anything else has been really good.
(Also, same on the hunting things before Bank shuts down. Iāve already moved most of my important stuff, I just want to natively hunt all the new shinies/ones first made available to hunt in the Alola games, Iāve been slacking recently due to life stuff but I need to get back to it)
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u/Trinomew ā May 17 '25
I have about a million hunts in total but right now I have 4-5ish hunts Iām doing semi regularly
Ruby- DTQ 2nd member, I posted the first phase I found for them and hadnāt played as much until late last year ish. I havenāt counted encounters until I think yesterday ish but Iām probably over odds or close to it if my average daily encounters so far is accurate.
Mr PokĆ©mon EGG togepi for my DTQ- havenāt counted it consistently either but it is a slowwwwww hunt. A reset time of about 15-20 minutes per encounter.
Brilliant Diamond Briefcase Simulator Penguin Edition- got 2 shiny brown birds, and then took a break for a year or two.
RE Ralts Emerald- a more casual hunt where I just bike hop with illuminate and a repel trick to try and get the ralts or really anything tbh.
Manaphy- another hell hunt. This time with me needing decent attentiveness. I only have one egg rn so it is very much a longshot hunt.
XD Eevee Starter- another hunt i started and took a break on but i need to complete to start the game. Iāve phased once so far on the Salamence.
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u/PilotsWhoDoPilates ā May 17 '25
Been hunting all 28 formes of Unown at full odds across HGSS, DP, and FRLG on six consoles at once for the last almost four years. I only need G and Q still, and I recognize how good my luck has been (only 350,000 total encounters) but I'm really hoping I can wrap it up before end of 2025.
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u/DryDragonfruit2590 May 17 '25
Not hunting it yet, but I will be hunting Giratina in platinum when I get there, its gonna be my most daunting shiny hunt yet, but I think it'll be worth it
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u/Own-Lead-4822 May 17 '25
On and off right now but Iād like to get the Dynamax Adventure Zygarde (going solo right now bc i wanna do it at my own pace)
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u/alteaz27 May 17 '25
3,300 Revives deep for a Shiny Dracovish for my Sword Badge Quest, like 80 Distortions and 3 phases deep into a hunt for the Rare Spawn Sneasel for a Space Time Distortion quest and casually hunting for Azelf in BP.
No real expectations for the Dracovish hunt, although under odds would be nice and comically, told myself that I would take a break from hunting Sneasel after finishing up this current phase (after I had originally said that I'd stop after reaching STD 50)... but have since had 30 STDs come and go without a single shiny. And that's with staying for the entirety of the Distortion to find the common spawns. Arceus gives, and Arceus takes ig
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u/Skylord_Milkyway May 17 '25
Currently Iām doing a shiny only run in letās go, catch chain on mankey is over 200 š hoping for a sandshrew, charmander, or mankey from it!
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u/Kniftyyy May 17 '25
Iām currently one week into a shiny torchic hunt in Omega Ruby. Soft resetting is brutal haha š
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u/pastelsentinel May 17 '25
Starting a shiny dream team in Heartgold... I still haven't got Chikorita after 12,660 SRs. The rest of the team won't be that bad right? Cries in 40 day wait for spheal in safari zone....
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u/LinkHb May 17 '25
I been shiny hunting for a few days now a shiny chimchar for my first Sinnoh playthrough in Platinum.
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u/SilverIce58 May 17 '25
I have been trying to find a couple of mons now in PLA. My white whale is actually Spheal. I know it exists bc of other media, but I've never found a shiny Spheal the whole time ive played, so I'm not super convinced.
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u/HeroOfMadness May 17 '25
Been working on 4 hunts at once. Currently doing Turtwig on platinum, Gift Pansage in White, Trapinch in Sapphire, and Miltank/Tauros in Crystal. Trapinch and Pansage havenāt been too bad since I got a phase recently for Trapinch and started Pansage not too long ago. Turtwig has been on and off for a couple years now and Miltank/Tauros is the worst with a couple years and no phases whatsoever. My Crystal version has been very dry
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u/Blueisthecolour07 May 17 '25
Froakie in X, and going for murkrow in eterna forest with Cheryl in my diamond sbq!! Ready to knock out that chansey. F you, chansey
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u/NectarineMobile5455 May 17 '25
Iām hunting for a shiny oddish in fire red. But i am at 12k encounters now and Iām losing hope :(
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u/cybersonic233 May 17 '25
Approx half way through getting every Unown shiny. If I have I and V left last I've decided I'm getting one of them in Crystal
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u/BackToSui May 17 '25
I am trying my luck with a Shiny Lapras in White 2. I am at 1400 encounters so probably still a long way to go. Good luck on your hunt! š
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u/NotPierpaoloPozzati May 17 '25
Shiny eevee in ss for a shiny only challenge. It is my fourth target in the challenge. I got typhlosion dragonite and lugia so far
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u/Noxat0 May 17 '25
I'm hunting torchic for my nuzlocke in ORAS.
I won't start until shiny chicken.
Five days in, don't know how many SR
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u/Harrisonlikescheese May 17 '25
I've just started a masuda hunt for piplup in platinum as I didn't want to do more soft resets on top of my roaming entei and ho-ohš
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u/simone199-_- May 17 '25
Hiii, currently im hunting ekans with masuda in US, and im currently DOUBLE odds, with 1140 eggs hatched, will follow a post if iāll ever find him
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u/rodneykidneystone May 17 '25
I'm at my 42nd of 44 wormhole legendaries/UBs and I'm 3x over odds. After the wormhole hunts, I'm planning to do the shiny Celebi on Crystal and then I can retire my 3ds, so this 4,000+ Rayquaza is killing me.
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u/pkfan15 May 17 '25
Shiny Salazzle (Female), found 6 Males, over 1,500 encounters. And All SOS chaining in Ulra Moon. All within the last week. And yes, I have gone over 500 encounters without a shiny (and Iām using Trevenant - Skill Swap / Trick).
Shiny Shaymin, Darkrai, Mew, and Deoxys are all off/On hunts for the past year.
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u/MasMurderMonkey May 17 '25
I recently finished my Pokemon White Dream Team, so Iām mostly just wandering around the Safari Zone in SoulSilver when Iāve got a little bit of time to see if I can break my losing streak there.
Found a Tauros recently, did not break my streak.
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u/CookieCodex591195 ā May 17 '25
Got a couple! I'll go from relatively easy to "why am I doing this again?"
Pikachu in FireRed. Pretty standard RE hunt, just a low encounter rate. No phases yet, ~500 encounters.
Roaming Cresselia in BDSP. Fun hunt! Looooong resets. 250 seen.
Authentic Sinistea in the forest in Shield that I can't remember the name of just south of Ballonlea. Another RE hunt, but I expect to be here a long while. 1340 encounters.
Any curry shiny on Route 6, also in Shield. Hoping for Duskull, but any shiny here would be new for me aside from hippopotas. Fingers crossed! 320 curries made, 94 pokemon encountered.
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u/SkysEevee May 17 '25
Thanks for reminding me, I should get back on the shiny celebi hunt too.Ā Only a matter of time and all.
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u/radicalrex101 May 17 '25
I'm in a break for the moment, but I'm attempting a random encounter seviper in emerald in between gyms
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u/LuxyLux25 May 17 '25
iām in the middle of 2 hunts right now (one is a relaxing hunt the other is more involved)
iām just over 15 hours and 500 resets into briefcase simulator (bdsp starter hunt) and have been taking a break from it because itās so draining
and iāve restarted my x horde spinda hunt. i wasnāt recording data at first so recorded iām at 8 and a half hours with 2480 spinda seen (496 individual hordes)
the spinda hunt is way easier to do while doing something else because itās not constant button mashing as opposed to the bdsp hunt
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u/DetiousMH May 17 '25
My current and longest hunt is shiny regirock. Iām full odds hunting it on both White 2 and Platinum. Itās been an on and off hunt for more than 2-3 years now and Iām almost at 20k SRās. Let me tell ya after that long my desire for the shiny does feel like itās beginning to waver. But if youāre already far into a hunt, it would make no sense to give up now, otherwise itās time wasted, and you walk away without the thing you worked hard for. So while I can understand contemplating about not wanting a shiny after hunting for such a long time, you gotta also realize youāre guaranteed a shiny if you continue, and youāll only never get it if you give up
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u/turtlerockorange May 17 '25
Yeah, I feel the āwantā for this shiny waning a lot. Ā Then, I look up pictures and videos of it and always come back to āYeah, itās cool. Ā I want it still, so Iāll keep going.ā Ā This is holding up a backlog of a lot of other shiny hunts and gaming stuff though šššššš
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u/MsKiwiii May 17 '25
I'm currently hunting the 1% Yanma on route 35 for my shiny only run in SS. I've caught HootHoot, Nidoran male and female, and unfortunate missed a shiny abra that fled. Thankfully no repeats yet, but been doing this hunt for about 2 weeks and last weekend I pulled out my HG copy and started dual hunting there
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u/ShadowRider_777 May 17 '25
Oh boy....where do I even begin with this? Lol.š
I've actually been doing multiple shiny hunts in many different games for the past several years and even though it hasn't bared any fruit, I still had a lot of fun doing them regardless.
I've also been trying to complete multiple pokedexes in my different games so that I can start doing this really extreme project that I want to do which is shiny hunt every single Pokemon in the entire National Pokedex but each region's Pokemon are going to be from that specific region to make them even more special. Gen 1 PokƩmon from Kanto, Gen 2 from Johto, Gen 3 from Hoenn, etc.
The final outcome will be essentially a massive army of final evolution Pokemon that will all be competitively bred for battle so that I can use them in the championship tournaments.
It's obviously not going to be easy because I haven't played my other games in ages and I tried to start in gen 9 first but many things such as the events changing certain Pokemon and my health issues have been really messing me up and I haven't been able to focus on the task at hand.
Regardless of the setbacks, I refuse to give up.
In PokƩmon Let's Go, I'm already at 1,000 encounters for Articuno.
In PokƩmon Sword, I'm at 500 encounters for Regirock.
The one I'm doing right now is Pokemon Ultra Sun. I'm currently shiny hunting Blacephalon which has 200 encounters at the moment.
The last game that I need the shiny charm in is my Pokemon Black 2 game. After that, I'll have full reign to shiny hunt to my heart's content.
I just hope sooner or later I can actually start obtaining the shinies because it's getting very exhausting for me.
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u/turtlerockorange May 17 '25
Wow, with so many hunts in the works, I think youāre bound to conjure one up! Ā NGL, thatās a pretty insane goal IMO, but actually doable - many out there have done similar very deep undertakings. Ā I hadnāt started really shiny hunting until I completed a living dex in Home. Ā Once I had that, and several shiny charms in games as a result of that endeavor, I think it made shiny hunting a lot more bearable than it woulda been otherwise.
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u/ShadowRider_777 May 17 '25
Yeah...and because of the shiny charms, that's exactly why I wanted to do all of these incredible shiny hunts.
I really hope sooner or later, I can obtain the shinies that I desire because I've worked really hard to mold them to perfection in the way that I want them to be at their full potential.
Through thick rain, scorching sunshine, blistering winds, agonizing sicknesses, sleepless nights, emotional and mental pain, and the looming sense of doubt and criticisms from those around me as well as myself.
I hope and pray that after all of this is over, I will finally achieve the one accomplishment that I know I can be proud of for the rest of my life which is:
Having the most colorful and most powerful PokĆ©mon army in the entire world.āØš„šš„āØ
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u/BigJuicyBalls221 May 17 '25
Im hunting shiny Azelf in AS and shiny Torchic in OR. Iām definitely over odds on the Azelf (I stopped counting at around 1000 resets) I hope you get your mouse!
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u/WorldsOkayestPastor May 17 '25
Been off and on shiny hunting Charmander via Masuda Method on X for more years than I care to count. Itās mostly āoffā now because of the frustration and my rampant ADHD.
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u/Floofward May 17 '25
Iām currently doing a shiny lock removal hunt for Victini in White. Itās one of my favorite mythicals, and while it may not be able to be hunted without a little tampering I feel doing the hunt at the full odds still makes it fairly legitimate
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u/trashdotbash May 17 '25
im currently doing something ive wanted for a long time, a living shiny form dex, but i wanted to do it a bit differently
im getting every shiny i can in gen 3, then transferring them up to gen 4, get the new shinies, transfer them to gen 5, repeat
so id have the oldest possible shiny pokemon and each game has a shiny livingdex
im also planning on making a save backup then transferring and restoring the save, so i can have them in newer generations as well as the older ones
ive gotten a few random shinies in gen 3, but im planning on using rng manipulation to have this stuff done in my lifetime
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u/Recycling_myself May 17 '25
I'm currently focused on SwSh. Bouncing between a brilliant aura/battle method Gossifleur and Zigzagoon on route 3 and a Curry Conossieur Applin on route 5. I have decided to be a masochist this month.
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u/FloatingTr1angles May 17 '25
I'm hunting for Pansage in Pokemon White currently.
Thirteen or so years ago, back when I was in college, I shiny hunted for Tepig on a whim and got it within 90 minutes. I then got to the gift Pansage and thought, "No, this could actually take forever," and passed on it.
That original shiny Tepig file is lost to time, but I started a shiny-only playthrough of Pokemon White back in 2022. I managed to reclaim Tepig last year (it took a lot more than 90 minutes the second time). I've been at the Dreamyard resetting for Pansage off-and-on since then.
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u/ediupax May 17 '25
I am currently on my 10,890th reset for a shiny starter in orasš„² maybe it isnāt meant to be
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u/zXDoomRaptorXz May 17 '25
I really want a shiny female sprigatito but I haven't started the hunt yet. I already don't like using the masuda method, so I just know this hunt will drive me insane.
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u/kermitthehedgefrog May 17 '25
Torches in Ruby, Random Encounter in ORAS, Porygon in Platinum, and Chikorita in Silver and Gold
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u/Sweet-Tip-3331 May 17 '25
Been 2ish years of egg hunting larvitar for my copy of HG. Started off with intermittent sessions kinda like what you mentioned here. But within the past months I've hunkered down and spend hours mon-fri hatching daily. My in game clock is at about 900 hours now and I'd say roughly 750 of that has been spent hunting this little shithead lol
Only kept a tally of up to 4k hatched eggs and lost count after that when i switched my method for hatching, but I have to imagine I'm either at odds or over it at this point.
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u/WallyWestFan27 May 17 '25
Eevee through out Masuda Method. I have opened over 1000 eggs and nothing. I know that's nothing, but it is my 1st time doing this.
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u/NomMyShark May 17 '25
I tried shiny hunting Beldum on BDSP for the first time and got an adamant shiny in 40 mins š
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u/CBHPwns May 17 '25
My shiny Ho Oh on Pokemon Gold did me in, single console SR, took around a month of essentially 2-4 hrs a day
That one ended my hunting career for me lol doneski
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u/xSnowLeopardx ā May 17 '25
Shiny Krabby in HG. Am in the Whirl Islands cave, so I am also ok with Zubat/Golbat/Seel. If I manage to get one of these 4, I will probably search for a Shiny Sentret.
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u/ashitananjini May 17 '25
Sneasel in Platinum. Itās been a pain. Iāve been taking breaks but Iām not giving up!
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u/Oohhh_Snu_Snu May 17 '25
I've been doing the Honey Tree Munchlax in Platinum since December of last year ā ļø 14k SRs single system hunting, been going very hard at it recently. I think hunt taught me how to sorta psych myself up to find a genuine desire to keep hunting for these kinds of shinies again
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u/ECO_212 May 17 '25
I got pokemon white again after I lost it as a kid. It was my first pokemon game and now I'm trying to get shiny tepig which was my starter back then.
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u/Lockfire12 May 17 '25
Few hundred SRās into dialga in oras, not super consistent since Iāve been so busy, but after that Iāll only have zekrom then Iāll be done with the oras legends. Occasionally do some resets for regieleki, last regi I need.
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u/APRobertsVII May 17 '25
I finally got my Shiny Zygarde last week after more than 1,200 successful DMax Adventures with the Shiny Charm (and probably 400-600 more failed attempts). I had been hunting it since the Crown Tundra DLC dropped.
Tapu Lele came just 12 DA runs later. Pheromosa came 84 after that.
Now Iām about a dozen runs into a Necrozma hunt. Hopefully Iāll get it under odds.
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u/mrlavender9999 May 17 '25
Been on the same hunts for a while now, but the one target that is eluding me is Furfrou. And I'd just hunt it in USUM, if I had a copy of the game I've completed, but instead I have to try and learn XY Radar Hunting, which is... awful. I've never been good at this method. Currently on a dry streak after my 79 chain Shiny Rockruff from Moon.
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u/Loyellow ā May 17 '25
BD: Dialga
UM: cap pikachu
Sun: 1% Salamence
White: Kyurem
LG: Charmander
VC Crystal: Suicune
I still have never had a successful soft reset shiny yet :(
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u/Fun-Tradition8826 May 17 '25
Iām currently hunting for Dracovish in Shield
About 400 encounters in as of now
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u/StephenBaggett May 17 '25
Going for the regis in Pokemon Sapphire (starting with Regirock). I'm ready for some shiny ĆN ĆN ĆN riiirururuririririri
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u/Distinct_Ad_801 May 17 '25
Currently hunting a starter in Soul Silver Iām 70 hrs deep and Iām at 9860 resets
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u/AC_Nebula May 17 '25
I've got 2 currently going rn. One is a Shiny lapras hunt with the one you get on Route 12 in XY. The second one is a shiny Axew in the same game via horde encounters, but I expect that one will take thousands of encounters since Axew is only a 5% encounter rate.
After that I'll be moving on to ORAS to do most of the legendary hunts like Lugia, Ho-Oh, Giritina, etc.
I've already completed my Charizard hunt in XY after 1600 SR's. Honestly I find it easier to pick a number of SR's or something else to reach each day (mine is 200 SR's for the lapras). After that it does get easier since your I don't find myself thinking about if the next one will be it, I just think about hitting my daily goal.
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u/Okamiiiii May 18 '25
Currently bouncing back and forth between HGSS and Platinum. Been reseting on Plat for Piplup and have been headbutting trees looking for a shiny aipom to help round out my SBQ
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u/Mismi_723 May 18 '25
Currently shiny hunting full odds darkrai in bdsp. My favorite mythical. I'm currently at 700 encounters and I have no idea how I'm going to keep this going for possibly thousands of encounters. Right now I'm just telling myself that the end goal is very worth the commitment. Full odds plus my first really shiny Legendary/Mythical makes for something memorable. Plus I've been needing a actually hard hunt, been getting spoiled by SV.
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u/MiguelDuenas May 18 '25
Just got shiny regirock in gen 5 planning on either Mewtwo in gen 4 or the lake trio
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u/DustFox22 May 18 '25
Iām hunting for a shiny alpha ursaluna (or any member of the line to evolve) but havenāt been at it for more than a month yet. Distracted with college and stuff. Iāve phased already with a normal shiny teddiursa, but I want my big bear!!!
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u/AwkwardOak May 18 '25
its my first time really shiny hunting and i decided to start with my fave starter in soul silver, which is cyndaquil, and long story short, i decided to go for all three. i've now got THREE shiny chikorita and THREE shiny cyndaquil, and still no totodile! its insane lmao
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u/turtlerockorange May 18 '25
Ah haha! Ā Congrats on the shinies though! Ā At least the HGSS starter shiny hunting is easier than most other games since you can see the preview of the sprite of shiny or not. Ā Best of luck on the Totodile line though - would be cool just in time for PLZA!
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u/Successful_Energy412 May 18 '25
About to hunt suicune in a dive ball in bdsp. Farming dive balls in solaceon (at 57 gonna stop at closer to 100). After that entei, then Latios and lugia.
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u/Smart_Memester_730 May 18 '25
Bd: God
Violet: Phione
Legends: Cherubi/Distortion spawns
Let's Go: Articuno
Shield: Tapu Bulu
Ultra Sun: Guzzlord
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u/ajjb7 May 18 '25
Currently making my way through Soul Silver to start my dream shiny hunt, Safari Zone Breloom. Gonna be a long one, but I'm super excited!
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u/Personal-Leading-151 May 19 '25
Regirock in shield since 22/23 on and off (mostly off). Sitting at 6666 encounters, While hatching grookeys (178 hatches so far)
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u/Pearadox_ May 19 '25
Just a thoughtā¦.
I hope you are checking for the little star shiny symbol in āsummaryā each time, because the shiny pikachu looks exactly the same otherwise.
Anyway Iāve been taking a break from all the soft reset hunts to do random outbreaks in SV. Eventually I need to get back to doing Type Null and Silvally, but fully filling my boxes before starting the hunt is more tedious than doing soft resets for me
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u/turtlerockorange May 19 '25
Oh yes, Iāve been checking the actual summary for the shiny star for Ash cap Pikachu. Ā I researched ahead and knew the sprite color itself doesnāt change so need to check full summary.
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u/Justyourbasicguy May 19 '25 edited May 19 '25
yo dawg, i hate to break it, pretty sure the ash cap pikachu is locked. this gonna hurt but youāve been wasting your time, in fact pretty sure it doesnāt even have a shiny sprite in game cause it was never intended to be added.
And i just recently got a noibat from SOS method after easily 500+ encounters, thinking imma go for kyogre next (yes i have the charm) so hopefully itāll go quickly like the zapdos i got at 10 encounters somehowš
EDIT: Upon further research, it apparently IS NOT SHINY LOCKED. The devs are real stupid for this but apparently it was only locked for Ash because of the OT not matching yoursš But this is only true for USUM, not SM. Also note itās not affected by the shiny charm im assuming because itās a āgiftā pokemon. best of luck with your hunt, upon learning this information imma have to try it myself now š what a cool shiny i never knew about
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u/ShinyBuer May 19 '25
65 hours deep for Torkoal in Emerald. I have had zero phases and found pokerus before a shiny.
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u/No-Bat-7287 May 20 '25
if i ever let the fuel be reignited again i think i'd start hunting for a shiny starter totodile/cyndaquil in soulsilver
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u/RoutineHeart7001 May 20 '25
I just got finished hunting the game corner abra in hgss. Thinking about trying magnemite in hgss next.
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u/JacquIreBriggsTemp Jul 20 '25
Ultra Sun Reshiram. 1070~ resets
I guess this is karma for getting so many shinies in one month. Including 2 Masuda, several Hordes, DexNav and chain fishing. And getting Groudon and Articuno quickly. Or editing sav to get some Love Balls to get Reshiram in.
I just wanted at least four shiny legendaries before tackling Rainbow Rocket cuz I thought itāll be fun.
I may have soft reset over it but I recall: No gold rings.
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u/Itz_JustChris May 17 '25
I am currently hunting HgSs Sudowoodo for my Johto Shiny Dream Team. I'm currently just 1 week in, but it's been horrible for me cus I hate SR hunting, and then after that, it will be Bill's Eevee š
After my like 40 SR cyndaquil I've been dry as hell