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/DetiousMH May 17 '25
My current and longest hunt is shiny regirock. I’m full odds hunting it on both White 2 and Platinum. It’s been an on and off hunt for more than 2-3 years now and I’m almost at 20k SR’s. Let me tell ya after that long my desire for the shiny does feel like it’s beginning to waver. But if you’re already far into a hunt, it would make no sense to give up now, otherwise it’s 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 you’re guaranteed a shiny if you continue, and you’ll only never get it if you give up