r/ShinyPokemon • • 19d 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


r/ShinyPokemon • • 19d ago

Mod Post Wanted! Month of October 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...

Swablu!

Shiny Form

Non-shiny Form

(Chosen by www.randompokemon.com)


Game locations:

  • Gen 3:

  • Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald:

  • Routes 114 and 115.

Gen 4:

  • Diamond and Pearl:

  • Route 211* (Poké Radar).

  • Platinum:

  • Route 210.

  • Heart Gold and Soul Silver:

  • Route 45 (Swarm).

Gen 5:

  • Black and White:

  • None wild.

  • Black 2 and White 2:

  • Route 14 and Abundant Shrine.

Gen 6:

  • X and Y:

  • Route 21 (Horde Encounter).

  • Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire:

  • Routes 114 and 115, Soaring in the sky, Sky Pillar (Horde Encounter).

Gen 7:

  • Sun and Moon:

  • None.

  • Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon:

  • None wild.

  • Let's Go Eevee / Pikachu:

  • None.

Gen 8:

  • Sword and Shield:

DLC ONLY:

  • Slippery Slope, Frostpoint Field, Giant's Bed, Path to the Peak, Giant's Foot, Frigid Sea, Three-Point Pass, Ballimere Lake, Slippery Slope, Frostpoint Field, Giant's Bed.

  • Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl:

  • Route 211* (Poké Radar), Grand Underground - Spacious Cave, Whiteout Cave, Icy Cave, Fountainspring Cave, Glacial Cavern.

  • Legends: Arceus:

  • None.

Gen 9.

  • Scarlet and Violet:

  • South Province: Area Three, Area Four, Area Five, Area Six. East Province: Area One. West Province: Area One. North Province: Casseroya Lake. Tera Raid Battles (1★)

  • DLC: Canyon Biome.

  • Legends: ZA:

  • Vert District: Vert Sector 3, Vert Sector 9. Bleu District: Bleu Sector 7, Bleu Sector 8. Magenta District: Magenta Sector 6, Magenta Sector 8, Wild Zone 18 (day). Rouge District: Rouge Sector 1, Rouge Sector 8. Jaune District: Jaune Sector 5, Wild Zone 6.

  • DLC: Hyperspace Lumiose (1★ & 3★ Flying-type wild zones, 3★ Dragon-type wild zones, 5★ unknown hyperspace wild zones via special scan).

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


1/6/2026 - 31/10/2026

MMXXVI


r/ShinyPokemon • • 6h ago

Gen V [5] I am 23 years old. I have not felt this excited for a shiny in more than a decade. First encounter shiny virizion while setting up for the triple swords of justice hunt.

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124 Upvotes

Im still pacing around my room. This is the greatest thing that has happened to me in my decade long shiny hunting career.


r/ShinyPokemon • • 15h ago

Gen IV [Gen 4] Shiny 5% Pinsir from the HGSS Bug Catching Contest after 17,048 encounters!! First phase!

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346 Upvotes

Decided that my last hunt for the Halloween bingo event in the discord would be something from the bug catching contest. I was actually hoping for Nincada so I could get a sports ball Shedinja, but got this instead!! Definitely one of the coolest shinies I could’ve gotten. Super happy with this! Back to Jirachi I guess. About to be 3x over odds for it :’)


r/ShinyPokemon • • 6h ago

Gen III [3] Faraway Island Mew after 8268 RAs

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52 Upvotes

I had everything planned to try and catch it in a certain ball, but I almost had a heart attack and threw a masterball instead 😂. So happy to find this before bank shuts down. Dream hunt completed!


r/ShinyPokemon • • 9h ago

Gen V [5] only two hunting sessions needed for dtq #4! 1129

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69 Upvotes

r/ShinyPokemon • • 12h ago

Gen IV [IV] Shiny Waninoko after 2324 SR's

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121 Upvotes

Decided to hunt a starter on what I am dubbing, my 'Scizor save' (Trainer ID 21200). Always enjoy these resets.

Gonna play up to National Park and stay there till I find a shiny Scyther! Good luck in your hunts!


r/ShinyPokemon • • 4h ago

Gen IV [gen 4] Shiny Timid Cyndaquil 🔥

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19 Upvotes

Started to replay SS for some nostalgia and decided I’d sr for a little while looking for timid/shiny. Wasn’t counting but it only took an hour!


r/ShinyPokemon • • 11h ago

Gen VIII [8] I was playing this game again, and he decided to show up to be on my team. 😅

51 Upvotes

r/ShinyPokemon • • 7h ago

Gen III [Gen 3] Got Rick Ratted

19 Upvotes

Wasn’t keeping track of encounters but the in game clock has 17 hours on a new save file. Phase 1 for Mankey


r/ShinyPokemon • • 4h ago

Gen VIII [gen8] Found and caught my golden boy in the Grand Underground! Had to use a Ultra Ball because of the color match ✨💛

11 Upvotes

I was just exploring the Underground and stumbled upon this absolute unit. It took a few anxious moments, but the Ultra Ball was totally worth it for the golden matching aesthetic!


r/ShinyPokemon • • 22h ago

Gen VII [Gen 7] Type: Null #17/19 FOUND! TWO MORE LEFT! #BeatTheBank

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315 Upvotes

Hey folks, we got ANOTHER ONE! This has been a long 38-day drought. After a month in which I found four shiny Type: Null, #17 made me work hard for it. Nearly daily triple hunting resulted in a drought of 15732 encounters between shiny Type: Null, collectively between my three remaining cartridges. I averaged 414 encounters per day during this stretch. When RNG gives you fits, volume is king! This Type: Null shined after 5753 encounters on this cartridge. It's only my 5th shiny Type: Null out of my 19 hunted that went over odds - pretty nuts. Although, all three of my last ones have gone over odds. They won't let me #BeatTheBank easily!

Just two more Type: Null to go and then I'll finally have all 19! One shiny Type: Null and 18 shiny Silvally, one for every Memory Type, to cap off this section of my Shiny Living Form Dex! See you for #18! 😎🎮

Stats:

Current EU system hunt: 21555 encounters

Current JP system hunt: 4441 encounters

Total global encounters for Type: Null: 74838


r/ShinyPokemon • • 10h ago

Gen IV [Gen 4] Shiny Chikorita!

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31 Upvotes

Got sick of resetting ho-oh so i bought a copy of soul silver to reset for lugia. had to hunt another shiny and got this bad boy 🤩 definitely gonna try for totodile now before lugia. wish me luck


r/ShinyPokemon • • 4h ago

Gen VIII [gen8] My shiny luck continues!

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10 Upvotes

I’ve been on a roll lately! This month, I’ve gotten a shiny Onix and Celebi on Crystal, and now this!


r/ShinyPokemon • • 4h ago

Discussion [discuss] I’m 3x over odds on this hunt, please help me find motivation

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10 Upvotes

I’ve been hunting Ho-oh for the better of a week or so and i’ve gone triple over odds at 4111 encounters so far. It has been getting to me since my odds are 1/1365 and this was gonna be my last hunt before I took a break from legendaries/ultra beasts. Has anyone else been in a similar situation in regard to ultra sun/moon.


r/ShinyPokemon • • 9h ago

Gen VIII [Gen 8] Shiny Feebas Masuda Method

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19 Upvotes

14 boxes plus 4. So 424 before on my 425th was shiny. So happy. Only my second hunt this method. I am enjoying this method.


r/ShinyPokemon • • 15h ago

Discussion [Discussion] it's been exactly 1 hear since I found my first 1/8192 shiny. Here's the shines I found within 1 year

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59 Upvotes

r/ShinyPokemon • • 12h ago

Gen III [Gen 3] My two grails!

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32 Upvotes

r/ShinyPokemon • • 6h ago

Gen VII [gen 7] S.O.S. chained my Spinda (saw about 400 total)

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11 Upvotes

Her name is Swiss because I got her during me and my partner watching Swiss Army Man

I really wanted a shiny spinda because it would be my rarest shiny -- statistically, nobody has a shiny spinda with the exact pattern mine has 💚


r/ShinyPokemon • • 3h ago

Gen VIII [gen8] Found and caught my golden boy in the Grand Underground! Had to use a Ultra Ball because of the color match ✨💛

7 Upvotes

I was just exploring the Underground and stumbled upon this absolute unit. It took a few anxious moments, but the Ultra Ball was totally worth it for the golden matching aesthetic!


r/ShinyPokemon • • 7h ago

Gen II [gen 2] Crystal Team Complete

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11 Upvotes

One of the ways I wanted to #beatthebank was through every shiny hunting method in gens 3-7! Just finished Crystal with a Horsea in a very very lucky 6 female (12 total) eggs at a 1/128 rate. So here’s the squad!


r/ShinyPokemon • • 12h ago

Gen IX [gen 9] Shiny alpha Totodile randomly spawned

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29 Upvotes

r/ShinyPokemon • • 19h ago

Gen III [GEN3] Unbelievable luck, Squirtle in just 11 resets. I feel so lucky.

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89 Upvotes

I’m also hunting Arceus at the same time, but that’s a different story – over 5,000 resets. I’m glad luck was on my side this time!


r/ShinyPokemon • • 3h ago

Gen VI [gen 6] Welcome back Elrics!

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4 Upvotes

Okay, wow. Didn’t think this would happen again, around 2 and half months ago I had posted that I got a double shiny from two sos chains I was doing at the same time to help fill out some spots in Pokemon home (a caterpie and rattata named cloak and dagger). In the wait for cyberpunk edgerunners season 2 I decided to go for chain fishing this time , lo and behold I struck out and I got double shinies once again! Although I didn’t name them after Cyberpunk characters I decided to name them after my favorite brothers in anime. Edward (short and hostile like a seadra) and Alphonse (big and gentle like a wailmer). So glad I got these two and thanks for reading!


r/ShinyPokemon • • 6h ago

Gen VII [7][6] Shiny Pikipek with a chain of 16 and 346 total calls, also got Remoraid (phase 5 for Clamperl)

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7 Upvotes

Was gonna go for Alolan geodude, but was not prepared for self-destruct so I’ll either Masuda it or train up a damp pokemon. Needed one last pikipek so I figured I’d grab it. Not much to say about the Remoraid, unfortunately can’t get the target. I want two Clamperl, but I’ll probably just SOS the second, this one I’m fully in the sunk cost fallacy.

My #beatthebank shinies
18 encounters -Partner Cap Pikachu
21 fishing chain (multiple broken chains) -Sharpedo (dupe)
4946 encounters -Poipole
11 SOS chain (and a bunch of eggs) -Spinda
258 encounters -Yveltal
157 SOS chain and 697ish total calls -Alolan Rattata
3 odd eggs -Magby (to be evolved to Magmortar)
2 odd eggs -Elekid (to be evolved to Electivire)
5 fishing chain- Feebas (lots and lots of broken chains) (evolved into Milotic)
1 odd egg -Pichu
3 odd eggs -Smoochum (to be evolved into Jynx)
3 odd eggs -Igglybuff (to be evolved into Wigglytuff)
3 odd eggs -Magby (to be evolved into Magmar)
5 odd eggs -Magby (dupe)
5 odd eggs -Smoochum (dupe)
6 odd eggs -Cleffa (to be evolved into Clefairy)
28 fishing chain (other chain breaks) -Horsea (to be evolved into Kingdra)
55 SOS chain and 310 total calls -Pom-Pom Oricorio
6 odd eggs -Igglybuff (dupe)
44 chain (a few breaks as well) -Luvdisc
36 chain -Remoraid
10 chain (with a couple breaks) -Remoraid (to be evolved into Octillery
21 SOS chain, 531 total calls -Alolan Rattata (evolved into Raticate)
100 SOS chains -Pa’u Oricorio
21 fishing chain (with a couple breaks)-Remoraid
11 fishing chain -Remoraid (dupe)
4120 encounters -Xurkitree
16 SOS chain, 346 total calls -Pikipek (to be evolved into Toucannon
46 fish chain (and some breaks) -Remoraid (dupe)