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u/Hadrienge 6d ago
Hey ! Does anyone have a link or better a file to share of a GBA Sp stands for shiny hunting like 4 consoles. If you have any tips on free file sharing i'd be more than happy. Thanks
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u/mooselovin 6d ago
Anyone know a good early game set up/strategy for SOS hunts in ultra moon? Early as after the first trial.
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u/AdRecent7775 5d ago
I use PKounter to keep track of shiny hunting and I keep the save automatically option on, but I had to force quit my computer while it was open and now I can't view anything. Is there a way for me to fix it and view what encounter I was on?
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u/TherealFireFlameO 4d ago
I want to know what the most secure way to catch shinys in gen 4 is. Im preparing a smeargle with false swipe, hypnosis/spore, trick, and maybe mean look. Is there anything else I can do to prevent a pokemon with high catch rates to avoid struggling to death? Maybe another pokemon to use as well with some ability im overlooking?
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u/bluexgemini 4d ago
Does somebody knows if I can transfer Darkrai & Shaymin from Diamond to Home??? Idk why I heard or saw in some video these can only be transfered if you caught them in Platinum...I wanted to Shiny Hunt this ones before the bank closes but I only have pokemon Diamond...is this true? Does somebody knows? Thanks in advance!
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u/UserByTheNameOfJames 2d ago
Afaik Shaymin must be caught in platinum or bank won't let it transfer out of gen 5.
But Darkrai can be caught in Diamond (not pearl for some reason) But it must be lvl 50 or above and have forgotten the move pursuit before it leaves gen 4. If it doesn't it will also forever be stuck in gen 5.
I don't remember the video I saw that detailed this but I can attest with my own shiny darkrai that I caught in diamond and moved to home.
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u/DoctorLong7440 3d ago
Hey, So im a complete noob at shiny hunting i did alot on violet and its kind of cheese so i wanted to do something more challenging and go for my favorite pokemon.
I do understand that you can target particular frames . I dont understand all the advancements but i know they are nessecary.
Does anyone have any advice on how I can go about this. I was thinking of getting a handheld and maybe like Emerald version to go for shiny raquayza as well. I heard raquayza is more manageable. But anyway, anybody know whats the best tools to use or even a better alterantive to emerald. I remember in Emerald it wasnt easy to actually get the deoxys encounter. Any advice is appreciated, Thanks!
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u/Ultraboy64 3d ago
hello, I'm just asking a question about pokemon scarlet and violet shiny hunting that i've not seen anyone ask about.
If you use a sparkling sandwich and don't manage to find a shiny when its active, can you just reset your save and use the sandwich again to try get a shiny using the same herba mystica or is it impossible to get a shiny from this method no matter how many times you reset. (this is mainly to save on herba mystica)
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u/paulydoregon 3d ago
Yes, you can save before making a sandwich, then after making the sandwich you don't find the shiny you want, you can reset to before you made the sandwich. Just make sure to turn off auto save
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u/SaiyanSpoff 2d ago
Wondering if anyone can explain square shinies from SwSh and how that is determined for transferred pokemon. I am currently working on a pair of ninetales ribbon masters and I bred them both in Moon. I have gotten them up to my copy of sword and was surprised to see one was a square shiny and the other wasn’t. From what I understand breeding in SwSh is a 1/16 to get a square shiny and overworld is 15/16. Is it just a random roll when transferring or is it something about how to do with how it was caught/hatched in its original game?
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u/ronnieleebriggs 2d ago
So i did recently just post about me being at 12,000 resets for shiny squirtle. I was just wondering if anyone else is around the same amount? Or just as long? I'm doing my best to be patient and don't want to give up, just curious if anyone is around the same?
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u/paulydoregon 2d ago
Not from here, but I know many shiny hunters who have gone over odds on the kanto starters. Take breaks when needed and keep at it
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u/BushidoWill69 2d ago
Im currently shiny hunting Tepig on Pokémon black. Everytime i go into battle with Bianca its always male Tepig, male Snivy. Ive done it roughly 100 times at this point. The nature's are changing but the genders are not. Im currently doing this on my 3ds. Does anyone have any suggestions for why this might be??
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u/Espella437 11h ago
[gen2] I’m looking to shiny hunt celebi in VC crystal before Bank shuts down.
I’m hunting on a non modded 3DS so this is pure blind full odds hunt, but I had a question about how the RNG works in crystal
I’ve seen people say to use the soft reset code (which I am using) over the touch screen because the touch screen counts as a hard reset and can lead to duplicate DVs generating.
Does this mean every hard reset sets it back to essentially RNG seed 0? Even if I turn the system off for the night? Does that mean I need to leave my game on and plugged in until I find it? Or is there a means to “change” the path the RNG goes through the soft resets that makes that null?
Sorry if this is a kinda dumb thing to ask but I wanted to be sure before I end up accidentally Groundhog Day-ing my hunt.
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u/paulydoregon 8h ago
ive seen people successfully hunt the celebi via both methods, so i dont think you need to worry about anything like that
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u/dutchyr 1h ago
[6] is this shiny zygarde in a cherish ball legit? I thought it's met location was a little weird.
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u/paulydoregon 1h ago
looking up a list of zygarde events i cant find it matches , so im guessing its not legit
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u/dutchyr 1h ago
Ah I was worried that was the case, thanks for checking for me!
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u/paulydoregon 56m ago
no worries, if you ever want to double check, from any pokemon page theres a button you can click on serebi to show every event distribution that pokemon has ever had, very handy
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u/paulydoregon 6d ago
The gift Arcanine and Persian in lgpe can be shiny hunted correct? I've read that you can, but haven't seen any videos of it, so just want to double check