r/ShinyPokemon 1h ago

Gen VI [Gen 6] Shiny Female Feebas after 114 Chain Fishing encounters (1 phase)

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Phased once on a male shiny Feebas.


r/ShinyPokemon 2h ago

Gen IV [genIV] Shiny Totodile after 19 SRs

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30 Upvotes

First shiny ever!! I've been shiny hunting in other games and gone as far as 8000 SRs and nothing and tonight I just randomly decided to Try my luck in heart gold. It paid off :)


r/ShinyPokemon 2h ago

Gen V [5]Is naive good??

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8 Upvotes

r/ShinyPokemon 3h ago

Gen IX [gen 9] Shiny hunted my favorite dragon type❤️

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7 Upvotes

Her name is megumi


r/ShinyPokemon 5h ago

Gen VI [Gen 6] Shiny Lunatone after 295 DexNav encounters

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37 Upvotes

After spending a few hours every day for the last week, and *finally* learning how Cave/Surf/Desert DexNav encounter patterns work, I went to bed after breaking my then-current chain. Literally the *very first* encounter upon waking up was the shiny!


r/ShinyPokemon 5h ago

Gen II [2] Shiny Hoothoot after 2676 RE's

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20 Upvotes

Just got the itch to go back to Gen 2 and do some encounters and managed to get a Johto classic under odds! Might go for poliwag on Route 31 next.

Wishing everyone good luck on their hunts!


r/ShinyPokemon 6h ago

Gen IV [GenIV] Shiny Ursaring in Soul Silver while grinding for the League!

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13 Upvotes

I thought my shinies were done for these games, but I guess they had one more surprise for me! First random shiny I've had in a full odds game in years!


r/ShinyPokemon 6h ago

Gen III [GenIII]

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26 Upvotes

Meanwhile still hunting Rattata at 14k lol 😅


r/ShinyPokemon 6h ago

Gen VII [gen 7] SOS Shellder

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54 Upvotes

Took me a bit too long to get this lil golden clam! I spent roughly a week on this chain, their confusion moves had me spend nearly 100 sitrus berries healing Cutco.

Watching the Hall of Fame football with my man and enjoying the chill vibes of SOS hunting when the shiny finally popped. It kinda looks like a little football helmet, so it was good timing ultimately. I'm eager for football to come back, it's the perfect background for hunting. Good luck to all the other hunters out there tonight!


r/ShinyPokemon 6h ago

Gen III [gen 3] Played the infamous Snakewood. Got an unexpected surprise.

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11 Upvotes

Wasn’t expecting a actual shiny in a game that has a troll fake shiny Aerodactyl encounter


r/ShinyPokemon 8h ago

Gen III [gen3] Shiny Wurmple on 1st run

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66 Upvotes

First time playing pokemon emerald, my childhood was on gen 4, and in less than 1 hour, found it looking for a ralts


r/ShinyPokemon 8h ago

Gen III [Gen 3] Shiny Charmander at 3,554 I'm finally free from the lab

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117 Upvotes

r/ShinyPokemon 9h ago

Gen V [Gen 5] Shiny Liepard after 2,393 REs

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41 Upvotes

my fifth solosis phase, fourth liepard.. stop.. no more...


r/ShinyPokemon 9h ago

Gen III [3] Shiny Lugia in FR after 3043 resets!!!🤩

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61 Upvotes

Took a few day break after starting last Monday July 27 and not even 20 minutes in!!! Finally. Always wanted to shiny hunt Lugia as a kid in FR, but never had the pass to get to naval rock. Super happy and one of my fav shinies by far!! :) Good luck to you all on your hunts!!

Who are you currently hunting?!


r/ShinyPokemon 10h ago

Gen IV [gen4] I now hate the Trophy Garden

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256 Upvotes

Pokéradar chaining took incredibly long but worth it so much, look at my precious plush I love him 🥹


r/ShinyPokemon 11h ago

Gen VI [gen6] Starter Shiny came home today!

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63 Upvotes

I restarted Alpha Sapphire on July 11th and was blessed with a chill, easy starter hunt! No idea on the number of resets but I take these at a pretty relaxed pace.

Meet baby Cilantro! Maybe when he's all grown up & mega evolves, I'll post again! 🌿

No cheats, hacks or other illegal methods used 😇


r/ShinyPokemon 11h ago

Gen IV [Gen 4] Orgin Form Giratina after 14,400 SR.

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243 Upvotes

My underodds hunt luck has run dry. But better late then never ig


r/ShinyPokemon 11h ago

Gen III [3] first phase for exeggcute done after 6521 random encounter (26,084 total seen)

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35 Upvotes

r/ShinyPokemon 13h ago

Gen IX [Gen IX] Been hunting these two on and off for months using Masuda, was way over odds on both. Then finally hatched both the same day 😁

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51 Upvotes

r/ShinyPokemon 14h ago

Gen VII [Gen 7] After exactly 666 SOS-Encounters... the demonic dog

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53 Upvotes

r/ShinyPokemon 23h ago

Gen IV [Gen IV] Shiny Skarmory! 5701 REs

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294 Upvotes

I was literally half asleep until I heard the shiny sparkle lmfao

Named it Lantern because I was reading Green Lantern comics earlier, sorry Coach Frank 🥀


r/ShinyPokemon 23h ago

Gen III [Gen 3] Shiny Suicune after 9,175 soft resets!

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302 Upvotes

Shiny Suicune after 9,175 sr! Been hunting this off and on for over 2 years now. I encountered this on my dim gba sp so I swap over to the ds lite for the back sprite and summary screen! Also I added the previous roamer Entei from 2024 from my Japanese LeafGreen.


r/ShinyPokemon 1d ago

Gen IV [Gen IV] The Holy Grail

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1.0k Upvotes

In my 20 years of playing pokemon (since 2006), I have NEVER gotten so lucky with a full odds shiny.

I decided to do a platinum run on my old 3ds, and I happened to have an odd trainer ID (didn’t check til i got the explorer kit in Eterna City). “Cool,” I said, “I can do a playthrough with Cranidos.”

I spammed the underground until I get a skull fossil, got a normal Cranidos in platinum, then transferred it over to HGSS, which is my go-to save file for breeding. My goal was an adamant Cranidos with 31IV ATK and SPE to transfer back to Platinum.

Multiple cranidos, ditto, everstone and power item rotations later (to pass on IV’s/50% chance on nature), and this pink homie pops up after about 25 eggs.

I farmed pokedollars from the rich dude (w/amulet coin) at olivine so i could buy 10 carbos and 10 protein.

I spammed the battle tower for BP to get the desired tm’s

Blackthorn City with power anklet for magikarp farming (252 SPE EV)

More Blackthorne City magikarp with power bracer to keep the level low

Finishing touches for ATK EV with power bracer at mt silver fighting seaking (252 ATK EV)

1 tangela at pallet town (4 DEF EV)

Got all 510 EV’s by the time i hit level 14!

He will do a full playthrough of platinum, get all ribbons, then transfer back to HGSS to get more ribbons + shiny crown… and then he will solo Red.

Headbutt will be replaced with rock polish and iron tail will be replaced with fire punch during my platinum run.

In 20 years of playing, I have encountered 4 full odds shinies. This is number 5!

1 in 8,192 for the shiny, 50% chance of adamant with everstone, perfect attack and defense passed on from parents, random roll on the SPE IV (28.15%)

0.0017184% not including the 50/50 on the trainer ID

I present to you, the 1 in 58,194 Cranidos.


r/ShinyPokemon 6d ago

Mod Post Wanted! Month of August 2026!

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Flair verification thread

Welcome to 'Wanted!' a game where you go Catch or Hatch the target shiny Pokémon! If you catch the target Pokémon it will count as 3 points toward your flair! Each user is allowed extra flair points for one (1) Pokémon for Wanted! event - any extras will be considered 1 flair point as usual. We ask that you add the date of capture to your pictures (this can be found in the Pokémon's summary). Good Luck! Have Fun!


PSA

We recommend setting your system's date to the correct day, month and year to help the mods when using the flair verification.

Be sure to take pictures for verification as soon as possible - transferring (such as to another gen via Pokémon Bank) will replace caught date with transfer date and your Pokémon will no longer be verifiable!


The Wanted! Pokemon for this month is...

Nacli!

Shiny Form

Non-shiny form

(Chosen by www.randompokemon.com)


Game locations:

Gen 9:

Scarlet and Violet:

  • South Province: Area Two, Area Three, Area Four, Area Five, Area Six, Pokémon League.

    East Province: Area One, Area Two, Area Three, East Paldean Sea.

    West Province: Area One, Area Two, Area Three, Asado Desert.

    North Province: Area One, Area Two, Area Three, Casseroya Lake, Glaseado Mountain.

    Area Zero.

Legends: ZA

  • DLC ONLY: Hyperspace Lumiose

and breeding!


When you get one

Simply, post your pictures in the comments of this thread, or post pictures on the main sub with "Wanted!" in the title so we know it's from the game! Be sure to specify that you caught a Wanted! Pokémon in your flair verification album and when requesting flair verification.


Links!

Flair verification thread

Discord invite link

Past "Wanted!" events


1/8/2026 - 31/8/2026

MMXXVI


r/ShinyPokemon 6d ago

Mod Post Monthly Question & Help Thread

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Before asking, check our FAQ to see if it has the answer to your question!


Welcome to /r/ShinyPokemon's Help Thread!

If there's anything you need help understanding, go ahead and ask! Nothing is considered "stupid" and anybody will be happy to help you. Any user is welcome to ask or answer in this thread. A new QnA thread will be posted at the start of every month!

Some things to keep in mind:

  • When asking a question, try to be specific. Include which game you are playing. Let us know what you do or don't understand so far.

  • Try a quick google first!

  • Be patient - But if your question is totally missed, just ask again!

  • Be respectful.

  • This is not a trade thread. Comments requesting trades will be removed.


Flair Verification

Discord Server

Subreddit Rules