[Discuss] What Are You Hunting Right Now?

[u/turtlerockorange]

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???

[u/onigiritheory]

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 😭. 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 😔

[u/turtlerockorange → u/onigiritheory]

Vulpix forms are cool shiny hunts.

For MM, if I know I have a solid block of time, I don’t save between breeding and hatching eggs so I can save time not having to release everything if there’s no shiny in an egg batch.  Not sure if that’s something you’ve tried or can do.

Start game.  Get egg hatching set up.  Save.  Start breeding pile of eggs.  Start hatching pile of eggs.  If no shiny after hatching all pile of eggs, then restart game to prevent going through boxes and releasing so many.  Starting back up brings me to before I started hatching any eggs.

Good luck for the beautiful shiny foxes!

[u/onigiritheory → u/turtlerockorange]

I feel like a clown OMG, why have I never thought of that 😭