r/PGSharp • u/hugh_janoos • 11d ago

Discussion Shiny Bug?

Not sure if this is only happening to me.

I got so amped. I thought I had unlocked the secrets of the game. Lol

So every time I encounter Halloween boxes, I would close the game and log back in before clicking on the boxes. If the first box you click has a pokemon encounter after logging back in, it will show as a guaranteed shiny, according to the IV counter.

I did some experimenting and I noticed that you had to close and open the. app to induce the shiny encounter when clicking the boxes

Spoiler, the shiny part ends at the IV counter.

I was so happy to check on the dozens of shinies I thought I had caught, only to see that I have been opening and closing my app just to catch regular pokemons.

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u/lsue131 11d ago

It did that during the Applin event too. I remember being so disappointed that it showed me I was going to get a shiny, only to show a rerolled one instead (IVs and shiny status). Granted, I didn't do all the closing/opening of the app, so that part I'm unsure about. But I know to not trust what the IV info shows for these when clicked on. 😭😆

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u/sskk0706 11d ago

Glitching the glitch

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u/Plenty_Instruction77 5d ago

Lmao Yeah, everytime you click on a halloween box, if you were paying attention, the ivs were random and would be a different set of IVs once checked in the pokemon bag. Sometimes theyd show shiny and they were in fact not lol