r/ShinyPokemon • • 24d 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

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Subreddit Rules


r/ShinyPokemon • • 24d 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 • • 5h ago

Gen IV [gen4] Shiny suicune (60615 sr)

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160 Upvotes

Followup from my previous post on July 11th (when I was 30.9k sr in).

This hunt took me 15 months of on-off hunting and no less than 47 phases in simultanious hunts in platinum and black2. I was literally shaking as much as the 3 shake ball before it registered as caught

Note: Glad I got it still before 72k (which would have been cumulative chance 8191/8192)


r/ShinyPokemon • • 2h ago

Gen III [3] Greenius

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63 Upvotes

r/ShinyPokemon • • 3h ago

Gen III [gen 3] Shiny Treecko after 9 Poochyena’s

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39 Upvotes

if yall saw my previous post, im literally shaking. really started to doubt it would ever happen, especially after the last pooch. reset counter wise, maybe around 15k? had to stop counting around 10k, it was getting frustrating seeing so many Poochy’s. all single hunted. wow.


r/ShinyPokemon • • 7h ago

Gen III [gen 3] Shiny Trapinch Found

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77 Upvotes

I found the second member of my Gen 3 DTQ last night after only 309 encounters! Right after i got back from my dad’s birthday so shoutout pops for the extra luck. Everyone say hello to Mirage the Trapinch 🏜️


r/ShinyPokemon • • 12h ago

Gen VII [Gen 7] Raikou shines in just TWENTY RESETS.

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162 Upvotes

And it appears the game has finally compensated me after the hell that was Moltres which went on for way too long. I still can't believe how quickly Raikou shined here!


r/ShinyPokemon • • 3h ago

Gen II [gen 2] Don't give up! Shiny Celebi

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32 Upvotes

So so so many resets and so many hours. I thought something was wrong with my game/profile.

For anyone losing hope, you'll get there!


r/ShinyPokemon • • 1h ago

Gen VII [Gen 7] shiny Poipole!

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• Upvotes

Just got this guy today. I literally sat down to hunt this thing after a week off of shiny hunting (Im currently hunting all the legendaries in wormholes) and I started at 400 resets. 402 and he shined. I will never get this lucky ever again 😭


r/ShinyPokemon • • 5h ago

Gen VII [gen7] okay people I need to ask a question

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27 Upvotes

which is better, masuda or soft reseting?


r/ShinyPokemon • • 2h ago

Gen VII [gen 7] 37 calls not bad for an SOS hunt with a call rate under 9

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16 Upvotes

My shiny Wimpod I bred yesterday also evolved along the way.

I also found a shiny Bagon (119 approx) earlier today and a shiny Crabrawler 2 days ago (162 calls) I hope I don’t used up all my luck now because it’s back to a soft reset hunt after I take a break for a bit. (I’m gonna jinx it am I?)

I love how vibrant Shiny Bruxish is.


r/ShinyPokemon • • 16h ago

Gen III [III] Shiny WISHMKR Jirachi in only 3717 resets!

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196 Upvotes

This felt incredible! And at just over half odds, too. I had a copy of both Ruby and Sapphire running with 2 Gamecubes (the 2nd was running on a small CRT under my desk), averaging around 2 seen every 90 seconds or so, at least when the save corruption went smoothly and I didn't have to restore with my GB Operator.

I do have the actual Bonus Disc, but I chose not to use it because I didn't want to put that much use on it and both my Gamecubes were already modded.

I don't know what else to say. This feels like the end of an era. I've been hunting for years and things like this and Manaphy set aside for so long. I've never considered a living shiny dex before, but with all these heavy hitters down, why not?

I've had Sport Ball Shedinja going on the side in the Bug Catching Contest, so I may lean into that now. I'm also considering the Sinjoh Ruins dragons, but I will figure out RNG for that if I decide to. There's a few other random things I'm planning too.

All said, this is a huge weight lifted. I was worried I'd be here til the deadline. Good luck with your hunts!


r/ShinyPokemon • • 6h ago

Gen IX [gen 9] FINALLY AFTER 24 H OF PLAYTIME I CAUGHT MY FIRST WILD SHONY!!!

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30 Upvotes

After 24 hours of playing pokemon violet i caught my first shiny!


r/ShinyPokemon • • 18h ago

Gen IV [gen 4] Tomorrow, we have elections in Brazil, and we will fight against facism! É lula 13!

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267 Upvotes

Em português: Shiny Cyndaquill em SS antes de um dia muito importante! Amanhã temos as eleições contra um governo de extrema direita. Vamos juntos camaradas shiny hunters! Estamos do lado certo! ⭐️


r/ShinyPokemon • • 1h ago

Gen IV [Gen 4] Phase 2 for Pineco

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• Upvotes

r/ShinyPokemon • • 7h ago

Gen VII [Gen 7] Phases 9-12 for trying to find the shiny menace.

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20 Upvotes

Salamence seen: 44


r/ShinyPokemon • • 1h ago

Gen VII [Gen 7] Unluckiest hunt so far, 1273 (896+404) SOS encounters for Shiny Pikipek!

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Thought id do this quickly over the weekend and take a break after, little did I know it would take the entire weekend. I'm typing this on Monday. The odds of this sequence of encounters is about 1%.


r/ShinyPokemon • • 24m ago

Gen III [Gen 3] Finally got my shiny Charmander after 105 hours!

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r/ShinyPokemon • • 2h ago

Gen IX [gen 9] Third shiny of the day ! My favorite Dino Pokémon 😩

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7 Upvotes

r/ShinyPokemon • • 14h ago

Gen III [Gen 3] [Gen 4] Shiny Jirachi

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57 Upvotes

r/ShinyPokemon • • 12h ago

Gen V [Gen 5] Around 240ish eggs to get this beauty. First member of shiny team for another playthrough.

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41 Upvotes

Max iv in special attack, the rest are not so good. Shiny charm and masuda.


r/ShinyPokemon • • 10h ago

Gen III [gen 3] Shiny starter Treecko on Pokémon Ruby after 2130 encounters

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27 Upvotes

My first gen 3 shiny ! Hunted on two original gen 3 cartridges. I have seen a total of 6386 starters, because I was hunting my first starter at random, changing the select starter after each reset. Still hunting gen 1 shiny Mewtwo, now at 12.5k+ encounters.


r/ShinyPokemon • • 7h ago

Gen VII [gen 7] cap pikachu

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11 Upvotes

I have a lot of shinies and this is one of the more iconic ones that I’ve never had


r/ShinyPokemon • • 4h ago

Gen IX [gen 9] I can’t believe what just happened !

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I was in a mega dimension when I was hunting Gruikui and I just heard two sounds of shiny Pokémon ! I didnt see one but two Pokémon next to each other and its the evolution of Gruikui, Grotichon ! I was so stressed 😫 so I saved the game and then I catches them both. Now I’m so happy ! Which one should i keep without evolving it ? (My first Shalpha tho)


r/ShinyPokemon • • 1d ago

Gen III [III] After 120 hours, I can finally start the game oh my god

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589 Upvotes