笔辞办é尘辞苍 Legends: Arceus has been out for less than 24 hours, and players have already started dissecting the art of the shiny hunt. Of course, some players have had more than a few hours to check out the game — 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Legends: Arceus leaked last week, and early adopters have been pulling the game apart since.
Shiny 笔辞办é尘辞苍 are rare iterations on 笔辞办é尘辞苍 that spawn in the world. They’re rare — if you’re not looking for them, you might not ever spot one. Shiny 笔辞办é尘辞苍 have the same stats as the regular counterparts, but they come in unique colors: like a Gyarados that’s red instead of blue, or a Chancey that’s light yellow. Players have been searching for shinies for years, but 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Legends: Arceus is a fundamentally different game than the mainline series. And that means there are new methods for shiny hunting.
笔辞办é尘辞苍 Legends: Arceus has an in-world event called Mass Outbreaks: Basically, they’re relatively large clusters of the same 笔辞办é尘辞苍. Earlier last week, players on Reddit began speculating that this is a good way to shiny hunt, pointing to an NPC interaction: “I could’ve sworn one of the 笔辞办é尘辞苍 in that mass outbreak was a different color from the others ...” In Mass Outbreaks, shiny 笔辞办é尘辞苍 rates are upped, which make them ideal for hunting.
From there, players started experimenting. Two days ahead of 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Legends: Arceus’ release, Reddit user Pat-Man15 posted a method designed to exploit the Mass Outbreak feature to look for shinies. The steps basically allow players to “chain” together outbreaks using fast travel and saves from the village and outbreak locations. The steps are outlined on Reddit, but some users have created videos detailing the method.
YouTube creator PhillyBeatzU uploaded a video Thursday describing his three preferred methods of shiny Mass Outbreak hunting. The 21-minute video shows all the steps, with demonstrations.
“The biggest takeaway that I would recommend before heading into shiny hunting is to learn about the behavior of the 笔辞办é尘辞苍 they are planning to hunt,” PhillyBeatzU told Polygon. “Knowing if the 笔辞办é尘辞苍 will attack, runaway, or not react at all to you will help you prepare to bring the right items to each Mass Outbreak.”
Polygon hasn’t independently confirmed that this method works, but there seems to be ample evidence of it working for people on social media, on YouTube, and across Reddit. If you want stats on shiny rates, the internet’s got that for you, too.
Shiny hunters will enjoy 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Legends: Arceus! Along with the Shiny Charm, many new mechanics can further improve your chances of finding a shiny from the base 1/4096 rate.
— Anubis (@Sibuna_Switch) January 27, 2022
Here are your shiny rates as of version 1.0.1. pic.twitter.com/gw4dswDMHS