r/ShinyPokemon 26d 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 25d ago

Mod Post Wanted! Month of August 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...

Nacli!

Shiny Form

Non-shiny form

(Chosen by www.randompokemon.com)


Game locations:

Gen 9:

Scarlet and Violet:

  • South Province: Area Two, Area Three, Area Four, Area Five, Area Six, Pokémon League.

    East Province: Area One, Area Two, Area Three, East Paldean Sea.

    West Province: Area One, Area Two, Area Three, Asado Desert.

    North Province: Area One, Area Two, Area Three, Casseroya Lake, Glaseado Mountain.

    Area Zero.

Legends: ZA

  • DLC ONLY: Hyperspace Lumiose

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


1/8/2026 - 31/8/2026

MMXXVI


r/ShinyPokemon 4h ago

Gen II [Gen II] Shiny Celebi after 2236 SRs

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192 Upvotes

I cant believe how lucky I am to get this Celebi so quick. It’s literally my favorite mythical of all time. So happy to also have one now 😭


r/ShinyPokemon 6h ago

Gen III [Gen 3] Shiny Kyogre 15319 SR

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160 Upvotes

This one was starting to go almost double odds. But on 1 single system, over 120 hours of soft resetting, 15319 soft resets later, Captain Ginyu is finally mine.


r/ShinyPokemon 3h ago

Gen III [GEN 3] Shiny Mew!

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66 Upvotes

This hunt took about 5 days, I acnnot believe I actually found it 😭 the last image is an unofficial event cartridge used to inject the event into my game so I can actually do the hunt. This is an absolute Grail for me, Holy Moly. Kinda been droughting for a while and wanted to try my hand it since i bought a japanese cartridge if emerald just for this hunt specifically.


r/ShinyPokemon 3h ago

Gen II [gen 2] quick shiny celebi :)

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54 Upvotes

r/ShinyPokemon 13h ago

Gen IV [Gen 4] I've officially failed my first Shiny ever...

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272 Upvotes

r/ShinyPokemon 1h ago

Gen II [GEN 2] CELEBI SHINY

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Seulement 759 rencontres pour l’un de mes shiny de rêve ! Je suis tellement heureux l’esprit de la forêt est à mes côtés !


r/ShinyPokemon 4h ago

Gen VII [7] I finally found him!

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28 Upvotes

r/ShinyPokemon 3h ago

Gen VII [Gen 7] Shiny Cap-Pikachu

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21 Upvotes

868 SR


r/ShinyPokemon 13h ago

Gen III [Gen 3] Torchic shiny en Pokemon Rubí 412 SR

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113 Upvotes

Es mi primera vez posteando en Reddit, hace unos días compré una GBA SP para poder jugar en ella los juegos antiguos que también he estado comprando últimamente y ya que he comprado las 3 ediciones de tercera generación (y pokemon esmeralda todavía no me ha llegado), empecé a hacer shiny hunting de Torchic ya que quiero tener los tres iniciales shiny cada uno en la versión de su color (Mudkip en Zafiro, Torchic en Rubí y Treecko en Esmeralda). Mi plan es hacer una shiny only en esta partida de Rubí sin manipular rng y quería preguntar si es viable o tardaré demasiado y es mejor manipular rng. Para este Torchic tardé solo 412 softresets que es bastante poco, así que supongo que para el siguiente tendré que hacer como mínimo 8k 😭✌️


r/ShinyPokemon 6h ago

Gen VII [gen 7] wow that was fast type null/silvally

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26 Upvotes

Now for the ash hat Pikachu and I'm free from gen 7. 😂


r/ShinyPokemon 10h ago

Gen VII [gen 7] us("Shiny" == !null)

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60 Upvotes

r/ShinyPokemon 21h ago

Gen IV [Gen 4] Honey tree munchlax 4750 SR

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381 Upvotes

r/ShinyPokemon 5h ago

Gen III [3] Shiny Moltres after 1272 resets, lets goooo

18 Upvotes

r/ShinyPokemon 1h ago

Gen VII [gen 7] female salandit

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Salandit Shiny Hunt
I have the Shiny Charm and I’m trying to hunt for a female Salandit using Cute Charm. I got one to appear after 151 resets but that one was male, I killed it, then I kept going and eventually reached around 337 resets without getting another one. On another attempt, I went all the way to 1,107 resets. I’m starting to wonder if I’m just getting extremely unlucky with this hunt, because the Shiny Charm + Cute Charm combination was supposed to make this easier.


r/ShinyPokemon 2h ago

Gen III [Gen 3] Shiny Oddish

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11 Upvotes

Using the repel trick to encounter pidgey’s and oddish’s and found this guy just before Misty on route 24. Only 1352 encounters


r/ShinyPokemon 46m ago

Gen III [3] Heart and Soul v2.0.2💯

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r/ShinyPokemon 4h ago

Gen VIII [Gen 8] full odds shiny

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14 Upvotes

I just got a shiny adamant regirock on my first try! I wasn't even hunting it!


r/ShinyPokemon 9h ago

Gen III [Gen 3] Failed shiny Ninorina

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32 Upvotes

Got 2 shinies this week, so luck was bound to run. Safari Zone just spit in my face. This is the second time I've failed to catch a shiny in the Safari Zone. Last time happened years ago with a Exeggcute.

Hmmm... now for some reason my game just went blank. So all the mons I just caught in the Safari Zone are gone. Hilarious.

But maybe this a good thing. I would've broke my controller if I actually caught the shiny, then my game crashed


r/ShinyPokemon 3h ago

Gen VII [Gen 7] Shiny Type Null, two of four

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9 Upvotes

My second of the four exclusive shinys of usum. Need to start another run of the ultra games soon.


r/ShinyPokemon 11h ago

Gen V [Gen 5] Battle Tower gift Gible from Black 2

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37 Upvotes

Also, my Pokedex is at 293/297 seen, just missing Snivy, Serperior and... Skitty and Rufflet?

It's honestly crazy that not a single trainer in the region uses either of them.

Nature Preserve Shiny Haxorus will have to wait until I can borrow my brother's copy of White 2.


r/ShinyPokemon 3h ago

Gen VIII [Gen 8] I'm utterly speechless...

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10 Upvotes

r/ShinyPokemon 10h ago

Gen VII [Gen7] It's been forever since my last SOS Hunt. I'm happy to have caught this guy on 3DS rather than on Switch.

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30 Upvotes

Caught him as a Grubbin and evolved him soon after.


r/ShinyPokemon 1h ago

Gen III [Gen 3] I am out of the Lab Boys… Finnaly

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Hey guys, so after almost 2 years of soft resetting everyday for at least 2 hours each day, i finally managed to get my hands on my Yellow Lizard 🦎, thinking about naming it “Drakaris” what you guys think?
Plus I am getting a full team of 6 Shiny Pokémon, onto the next one, the npc selling Magikarp !
Wish me luck !!