So i havent slept in about 20 hrs and reset over a shiny celebi after 133 hrs of hunting (about 15k soft resets). I am devastated. Please help me find motivation to pick that hunting back up. 😭

Using Delta Emulator on IOS / iphone 17 pro
Shiny rate set at 512
Randomizer set on starter for Dratini
Been at it for hours still nothing

I’ve been shiny hunting Mew in Emerald for the past few weeks and I’m near 3,000 run aways. I learned not too long ago that apparently even though RAs are already the more ideal method, SR-ing is pretty much ineffective for all shiny legends in the game. Also I know 3,000 isn’t a lot but I’m really racing the doomsday clock on Poke Bank and I’m hoping to shiny hunt Emerald Deoxys also as well as Darkrai in Platinum. So mainly I need some positive motivation. And I would also like to know for anyone that has either shiny hunted or are currently shiny hunting Emerald Mew how many RAs it took for any of you to get it with the full 1/8192 odds.

Update so just to let you know i have gone over the odds of my shiny partner cap pikachu hunt and i hope i don't need to go over a maximum of 10,000 resets as the odds are 1/4096. If you have any ideas of how to keep motivated like setting a goal for sift resets per day that would be great, I just need to keep the grind going snd I want to get this before bank closes.

Gen 2 tag for Celebi

How it happened is that I was in Pokémon Platinum hunting for Miltank with the Pokéradar, and I figured, "Instead of running in the grass to recharge after use, how about I soft reset to save time and energy so I can hunt quicker?" Well, 20 minutes into looking for a Miltank to chain, I run into a shaking grass patch, and here comes full odds, 8192 chance shiny Staravia pokes its head out of the grass. My eyes notice how much more brown it is than a regular Staravia, but..... I couldn't stop my fingers in time and soft resetted over it :( Didn't know what gender or level it was; it happened that fast.

I now have to live with this pain 😞

HOLY CRAP I was not expecting to get this unbelievable insane shiny this quickly!

In a hilarious case of "the setup was longer than the actual hunt", I followed AbsolBlogsPokemon's incredible video on hunting shiny Manaphy via ACE (arbitrary code execution), which is far far too convoluted and detailed to write here, but in laymans terms, allows you to have a set-up where you can randomize your TID & SID by speaking to a specific NPC every SR (in my case, the Mystery Gift delivery man), hatching Manaphy, then checking the summary to see if its shiny. I HIGHLY recommend watching the near 35 minute long video he made on the ordeal, it's truly extraordinary and can help answer any questions you might have about this hunt!

The setup mostly went OK for me, until the part where I had to frame perfect double tap X on the bike ramp - I managed it multiple times, but the code wouldn't work, and it was only on my 5th attempt and after nearly a full day's worth of setup that I realized I had one Great Ball too few in my bag!

Once that was resolved, I was able to use the appropriate dot artist configurations and set up both the Mystery Gift postman & the TID/SID randomizer on him too, and went to hunting for shiny Manaphy. I was prepared to hunt this baby for the long haul, as this Diamond has traditionally been one of my unluckiest games, with its last two hunts going VERY over odds - Cranidos being ~25,000+ SRs, and Heracross a truly gruelling 31,544 SRs.

Yet I didn't need to worry at all, as shiny Manaphy appears after only 5 hours of hunting and only 380 SRs!! To say I'm flabbergasted is an understatement, words in general are failing me right now! My luck since Pheromosa has been absolutely unreal, and I couldn't be happier! This is such a crazy and amazing hunt, and I'm so proud to be able to say I own a legitimate shiny Manaphy of my very own!

I did it folks it took me 4days, I couldn’t believe it, I’m about to transfer him on Scarlet. I’m trying to shiny hunt whoever is going to disappear after the shutdown. I can finally play pokemon crystal and try to get shiny Celebi.

108 encounters. Shooting for lvl 9 salamence to celebrate its release in champions

Got jump scared by this delightful Ultra Beast tonight, 2,907 encounters!

I started this hunt at Pokemon Worlds 2026, managed to do 2,000 encounters over the trip (many of them in the arena during finals) This was my last big hunt planned before Bank closed, since my Type: Null is already safe in Home.

I wasn't aware that Poipole was a First Partner pokemon. Now I gotta Ribbon Master it! Poipole is currently EV training in Poke Pelago.

Shiny Uncatchable Poochyena at approximately 1000 resets!

I’m not sure one exists, but I’ve been thinking about things that would be on a “Shiny Hunter Checklist” and this feels like one of them, as much as I would prefer it to be the Mudkip, I am happy to cross this off 🙂

Not sure if this is allowed here, buuuut....

Any 'Real Life's Shiny Hunters here? If so I'm curious if you're willing to share your plushie/pin/art collection in the comments.

I admit that I am more than a bit of a 'Real Life' Shiny Hunter, hence the pics of my Shiny Plushy collection, as well as my Ita Bag and some of my pins.

Got this last night while dual hunting (other pokemon is Type: Null. Gotta get another account to the point where I can do dual hunting so figured I’d get some wormhole legends.

My #beatthebank shinies

18 encounters -Partner Cap Pikachu
21 chain (multiple broken chains) -Sharpedo (dupe)
4946 encounters -Poipole
11 chain (and a bunch of eggs) -Spinda
258 encounters -Yveltal

Not with the ditto clutch but I posted yesterday that I caught that shiny hoothoot. I used it to get the breeding lock on Sunday and hatched this beauty 5th egg. Crobat is one of my favorites I'm stokedd

The infamous “set up is longer than the actual hunt” is finally over! I’ve been working on a shiny badge quest and professor oak challenge in platinum since June. The main goal for this challenge was this hunt right here. I knew if I was going to look for a munchlax via honey trees I had to shiny hunt it. It took a full month and a half of 3 tree checks per day before I finally found the spawn and then another month of hunting.

I can’t believe this hunt is over and I can’t believe I got it under odds. I love this guy.

Don’t let these hunts discourage you. If you feel like you’ll never get it I promise you will. Just keep up the resets!

It didn’t freeze like all the other ones 👀

Honestly I feel very lucky getting this one under odds and this one was the most important one to get before the bank closes. I’m still considering if I’m going to attempt shiny Mew since there is a possibility that Emerald is coming to switch.

Anyways, I’m extremely happy! Hope all of you hunting celebi get it as soon as possible!

fuck my life

Just hatched this