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==Improving Chances== | ==Improving Chances== | ||
To further increase your chances of hatching a Shiny, you'll need the [[PokéRadar]] and be in [[Hypermode]] to chain a certain Pokémon. The PokéRadar alone lets you chain up to one Pokémon, raising your chances quite a bit. With Hypermode, you can reach the maximum odds after consecutively hatching 40 Eggs of the same Pokémon species. This greatly boosts the odds a Pokémon will hatch Shiny. At this point, hatching more of the same Egg will not increase you chances, but can result in hatching a Shiny eventually. This also has a lot to do with luck, however, so don't give up after reaching max chance! It might take hundreds of Eggs before you hatch a shiny, or it might hatch very early in the chain. | To further increase your chances of hatching a Shiny, you'll need the [[PokéRadar]] and be in [[Hypermode]] to chain a certain Pokémon. The PokéRadar alone lets you "chain" up to one egg of a Pokémon, raising your chances quite a bit. With Hypermode, you can reach the maximum odds after consecutively hatching 40 Eggs of the same Pokémon species. This greatly boosts the odds a Pokémon will hatch Shiny. At this point, hatching more of the same Egg will not increase you chances, but can result in hatching a Shiny eventually. This also has a lot to do with luck, however, so don't give up after reaching max chance! It might take hundreds of Eggs before you hatch a shiny, or it might hatch very early in the chain. | ||
Further boosts can be obtained with a '''Shiny Charm''', which doubles your boost for a full 24 hours. Shiny Charms disappear after 24 hours, unless the user owns a Shiny Charm Box. However, the Shiny Charm will still need recharging to be used again. Shiny Charms can be bought and recharged with [[Gold Poké]]. It costs 100 GP to recharge a Shiny Charm, which takes five days. Multiple Shiny Charms can be recharged at once, with each Charm reducing the cost and time needed, capping out at 24 hours. | Further boosts can be obtained with a '''Shiny Charm''', which doubles your boost for a full 24 hours. Shiny Charms cost 150 [[Zophan_Canisters|Zophan Canisters]] in the [[Shop#Black_Market|Black Market]] and disappear after 24 hours, unless the user owns a Shiny Charm Box. However, the Shiny Charm will still need recharging to be used again. Shiny Charms can be bought and recharged with [[Gold Poké]]. It costs 100 GP to recharge a Shiny Charm, which takes five days. Multiple Shiny Charms can be recharged at once, with each Charm reducing the cost and time needed, capping out at 24 hours. | ||
'''Übercharms''' also double the chance of finding Shiny Pokémon, as well as another category of Pokémon that has yet to be released. They can be bought in the Black Market for 200 Zophan Canisters. Alternatively, they can be bought and gifted to other users to other users on the [http://pokefarm.org/ubercharm Übercharm page]. | |||
All boosts stack with the Pokémon of the Day and Sei's Counter. | All boosts stack with the Pokémon of the Day and Sei's Counter. | ||
==Difficult Hunts== | ==Difficult Hunts== | ||
Unown cannot easily be chained. This is due to the Egg sprite and Name being the same, despite containing different formes of a Pokémon. The chain will break if a different forme of Unown is hatched. Different Flabébé colors do not count as separate formes and can be safely chained. | |||
Revision as of 23:39, 16 September 2014
Shiny hunting refers to the act of attempting to hatch a specific Shiny Pokémon by hatching the same type of Egg repeatedly. You cannot "chain" a certain Pokémon without upgrades, so hatching the same kind of Egg in a row does not increase the chances of finding a Shiny. Users without Hypermode and a PokéRadar who are on a hunt may hatch as many different kinds of Eggs as they like and have the same chance to have an Egg hatch Shiny every time.
There are special circumstances as to when everyone gets a shiny boost.
Improving Chances
To further increase your chances of hatching a Shiny, you'll need the PokéRadar and be in Hypermode to chain a certain Pokémon. The PokéRadar alone lets you "chain" up to one egg of a Pokémon, raising your chances quite a bit. With Hypermode, you can reach the maximum odds after consecutively hatching 40 Eggs of the same Pokémon species. This greatly boosts the odds a Pokémon will hatch Shiny. At this point, hatching more of the same Egg will not increase you chances, but can result in hatching a Shiny eventually. This also has a lot to do with luck, however, so don't give up after reaching max chance! It might take hundreds of Eggs before you hatch a shiny, or it might hatch very early in the chain.
Further boosts can be obtained with a Shiny Charm, which doubles your boost for a full 24 hours. Shiny Charms cost 150 Zophan Canisters in the Black Market and disappear after 24 hours, unless the user owns a Shiny Charm Box. However, the Shiny Charm will still need recharging to be used again. Shiny Charms can be bought and recharged with Gold Poké. It costs 100 GP to recharge a Shiny Charm, which takes five days. Multiple Shiny Charms can be recharged at once, with each Charm reducing the cost and time needed, capping out at 24 hours.
Übercharms also double the chance of finding Shiny Pokémon, as well as another category of Pokémon that has yet to be released. They can be bought in the Black Market for 200 Zophan Canisters. Alternatively, they can be bought and gifted to other users to other users on the Übercharm page.
All boosts stack with the Pokémon of the Day and Sei's Counter.
Difficult Hunts
Unown cannot easily be chained. This is due to the Egg sprite and Name being the same, despite containing different formes of a Pokémon. The chain will break if a different forme of Unown is hatched. Different Flabébé colors do not count as separate formes and can be safely chained.
