Twitter dataminer and self-described “efficient” Pokémon player @Sibuna_Switch has shared Pokémon Scarlet and Violet’s “shiny” rates, determined for the soon-to-be-released game, and a vital decree: “all static encounters, NPC trades, and NPC gifts are shiny-locked.” Meaning you won’t be immediately getting a shiny starter.
NPC gifts this day trip include the starters, Sibuna_Switch indicated, so constantly soft or hard-resetting your game won’t impact them. Static encounters, too, include the “4 sublegendaries, Koraidon/Miraidon, the ex-Titans, and all Gimmighoul,” in order that’s numerous shiny red tape. But you’ll be able to fast-forward to shinies of every kind through the use of what fans solemnly check with because the Masuda method or by making chance-boosting sandwiches.
Shiny? Sandwiches? Yes, I’m confused, too. Let’s break it down.
What’s a shiny Pokémon?
A “shiny” Pokémon doesn’t gleam like a diamond ring, but as a substitute appears in a rare colorway. The hearth-type starter Pokémon Fuecoco is normally tubby red dinosaur, but its shiny version is a tubby taffy pink dinosaur. Yes, that’s the one difference between a standard Pokémon and a shiny Pokémon, the colour. It ain’t much, however it’s an honest difference. And so-called shiny hunters are willing to labor for it—one Redditor said it took them 35,000 soft resets and five years to get a shiny Torchic in Pokémon Sapphire.
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Collecting shinies mostly comes down to having this type of humble patience and a lucky touch. If you’re hoping to nab some of your own shinies in Scarlet and Violet, come prepared with both—it’s reported that Scarlet and Violet shinies have that familiar one out of 4,096 base rate.
But I can use the Masuda method to breed Pokémon Scarlet and Violet shinies, right?
Correct—with the Masuda method, which refers to breeding two Pokémon from two foreign copies of the game, your base rate improves to one out of 683. You can also introduce a shiny charm to the combo, an item that enhances shiny odds, in order that the speed gets even higher, one out of 512.
You said something about…sandwiches?
Scarlet and Violet are maintaining the cooking mechanic also present in Generation III, IV, and Pokémon Sword and Shield. Just arrange a picnic and start your 10-minute window to create a certain form of sandwich which, when consumed, should enable you to obtain certain forms of shiny Pokémon within the wild (sandwiches don’t work on Tera Raids or eggs, Sibuna_Switch said). One batch of Cherry Tomatoes combined with two Salty Herba Mystica should enable you to discover a shiny bug-type, for instance. Yummy.
Now we’re all on the identical shiny page. Great. Your hungry hunt begins when Pokémon Scarlet and Violet is out, on November 18 at 12 am Eastern time.
