Pokémon Shiny Hunter since year 2009, during the GameFAQs message board days. An old hermit shiny hunter in the shadows....
As of March 11, 2023 - I am seeking to complete a 'shiny living Dex' in Pokémon GEN 2: Gold, Silver, & Crystal. I calculate it could take up to 3k hours single hunted. Most will be through 1/64 shiny egg odds. Once I complete the shiny living Dex, I will probably go back and 1/8192 hunt the ones I hatched.
CURRENT PROGRESS in 2024: 17/251
As of March 11, 2024 - I will also probably try to complete a shiny 'Johto Dex' in GEN 3, 4, BDSP(maybe) too, just to mix up playing GEN 2 only.
I had a modded 3ds with Crystal on it. I started this save file in the video from the 3ds and transferred the save to my OG Crystal cart. Then I played through the game and got to the E4. Sent the save file back to the 3ds & beat the E4 on the 3ds to set the GS Ball event in the save there. Transferred the save back to my OG cart, beat the E4 again now on my OG cart to re-trigger the event at Goldenrod and then it was ready to go after that with the Nurse giving me the GS Ball. Edit, this reddit link may explain it better: www.reddit.com/r/pokemoncrystal/comments/1ax7a8f/how_to_activate_the_celebi_event_on_a_pokemon/?
I might be able to help you out with this. I just need to dig back into my old JP. Crystal save files. I'll comment back this weekend and let you know. If I do have the save file, I'll make a quick video clip for you to see what the message will look like! edit: sorry checked everywhere but I don't have my old JP Crystal save file. If I playthrough again in the future, I will report back.
Yeah exactly, in this file I had multiple master balls, so it just speeds up the process a tad not having to battle or wait for it to pop out of an ultra ball, etc.
Why would the one that says its not intersted or briniming with energy be the right one im just a lil confused tbh if its not intersted in the pokemon does that mean it would say that with all pokemon? Sorry 😅 ive read the description so i get what to do and what to look for
Hey great questions! "Brimming with energy" means that the two Pokémon in the daycare share the same DV # in Defense and either share the same DV # in Special, or otherwise has a difference in that # of +/- 8. Since Gyarados is shiny, that means its DVs in both Defense and Special have to be 10. All shiny Pokemon in GEN2 have DV's #'s of '10' in Defense, Special, and Speed. The Attack can be the 10, but doesn't have to be. Attack can be one of seven other different numbers between 0-15. If you have a Ditto that is brimming with energy when placed in daycare with a Gyarados then that means that Ditto also has Defense DV's of 10, and a Special DV of either 10 or 2 (10-8). This is important b/c when breeding the Male Parent OR Ditto always passes their Defense DV, and a 50% chance of passing their Special DV (the other 50% chance is always +/-8 of that number). So a Ditto that was brimming with energy with a shiny Gyarados when breeding will always pass down 1 shiny DV gene, and a 50% chance of passing down the other. So the only DV stats left that need be '10' for the egg when breeding is Speed, which is a random number between 0-15. So, there's a 100% chance of getting a '10' for Defense, 50% chance of getting a '10' for Special, a 50% chance of getting one of 8 different shiny DVs out of 16 for Attack, and 1/16 chance of getting '10' for Speed. So 1/1 x 1/2 x 8/16 x 1/16 = 8/512 chance of a shiny egg, which simplifies to a 1/64 chance (~1.5%), when you use a Ditto that is brimming with energy with a shiny Gyarados (or any breedable shiny, but that's typically the universal easiest one to get).
the explenation considering this video, since shinys in gen 2 where dependant on dv's (iv) they needed both a 2 or 10 in defense and a special (one stat not two) of 2 or 10, since you get a shiny gyarados in gen 2's story you have a pokemon with these stats already. and due to some funky coding in the games when the a pokemon shares a defense dv the same or differing by 8, the pokemon will not breed and will instead say its bursting with energy, if that happens when its trying to breed with a shiny gyarados it means it has 2 or 10 as their defense and special, meaning it has the stats to pass down when trying for a shiny.
The Ditto's defense needs to be exactly 10, and the Special needs to be either 2 or 10. It's because when breeding if one parent is a Ditto, it will ALWAYS pass down its defensive stat, in this case 10. It will have a 50% chance of passing down its Special or otherwise it will pass down that number +/-8. That's why it can be 2, because there is a 50% chance it will pass down 2+8= 10. When you have two Pokemon with the same Defensive DV's and the same Special or if the Special is different by 8, then they won't breed by design b/c they are considered too closely related internally. Then the other 10 needed for an egg is in the Speed stat out of 0-15. Attack can be one of 8 different numbers out of 16 total options between 0-15. Thus, [1/2 chance of passing a '10' stat in Special] x [1/2 chance of passing one of the 8 correct Attack stats] x [1/16 chance of getting exactly a '10' in the Speed stat] = 1/64 total chance a Ditto produces a shiny egg.
Great video! "There's a 1/128 chance of finding this Ditto. It could take up to 10 hours on average, but you could get lucky." I think there's a slightly faster method, but only if you have Pokemon Yellow and you have reached the Cerulean Cave. You need to go in there with just a level 63, 64, or 65 Pokemon (need Surf, so likely a water type) in the lead, as many repels as you can, and up to five Master Balls (if you know how to perform the MissingNo. glitch, if not, you can go in with one). Go to the basement level (where Mewtwo is), then spray a repel. You should only encounter level 65 Dittos at that point. Once you catch it, you can tell what its DVs are right away, so for a shiny gene, it needs a Defense stat of 80 and a Special stat of 80 or 70. Try to catch as many as you can, and if you don't get what you need, you can reset the game to try again.
Thanks for stopping by and the comment! It could be, but the same assumption could be made that someone already has Gold/Silver ready with a master ball + Red Gyarados caught and doesn't need to play about 3 hours to do that. But what you mentioned also requires trading. This was a more 'non-trade friendly' version. Lastly, and not that I care, but some people in the pokemon "community" (I use that term loosely) are hell-bent on not glitching, so this is a glitch free method too.
@@MasterRoninRAhh, yeah, the method I mentioned would be glitch free as well if you just had one Master Ball and saved it for the end. 5 was simply there to make catching more of them faster, and I assume the same would be for your method if you glitched 5 Master Balls so you could have 5 Dittos at once. Even so, it would still require trading from Gen 1 to Gen 2, which shouldn't be too hard to manage nowadays, which is indeed a bit more work to set up.
It's hard to tell right away since it's at such a low level. However, you can hunt for one in Pokemon Yellow in the Cerulean Cave. Go to the basement level (where Mewtwo is) with just a level 63 to 65 Pokemon, a bunch of repels, and a Master Ball (or more if you glitched them in). With the repel in effect, you will only encounter level 65 Dittos, so the shiny genes you want to look for are 80 in Defense (DV of 10) and either 70 in Special (DV of 2) or 80 in Special (DV of 10). If none of the five you caught match those stats, you can just soft reset and try again.
I believe there is a 25/256 chance per wild battle (assuming the Roamer is on your route) or a 9.7% chance. However the Roamer has a 1/16 chance to jump routes after each wild battle.
@@chase2527 Thanks, yeah I have a lot of experience with gen 2, and especially the roamers. [ let me know if you have any questions ] Hang in their with the ditto! took me like 8 hours but definitely worth it in the long run.
@Master Ronin R I really need to get playing I just made it too route 34 and can't get pass messing with the odd egg 🤣, I couldn't transfer the first shiny I got for some reason wanna try for a 2nd and test again b4 moving on with the game, then I'm hitting the grind
Awww no way! This is awesome I'm just getting back into crystal my self got a Shiny Cleffa from my odd egg! 😀 just yesterday, after this on that ditto hunt now 😋
@chase2527 I appreciate it! I've been mixing up my hunts. Doing some Entei/Raikou, wild encounters in Rt.35 for Ditto, and the egg breeding. Gligar is next on the list to be shiny bred!
@Master Ronin R That's awesome Gligar is one of my top 5 Favorite pokemon! And that hunt sounds crazy! My goal is to play through breed/Shiny hunt save some mons on here and transfer some for the gameboy emblem 😊 nerding hard feels Nostalgic 😋
I'm not sure if you come across ShinyCollector (LJ)'s channel? He created a week that starts around April Fools day where people shiny hunt uncatchable Pokemon. An example would be like the shinies in the Emerald tower you can encounter, but can't catch. So since that was happening this week from (3/31 - 4/9), I decided to make the Electrode KO itself and be uncatchable for me. To me for shinies its all about the experience of seeing one and not necessarily the catch. Although granted on this channel I'm going for the shiny living dex, but I'll just breed it as a shiny later on anyway.
@@MasterRoninR Well, I understood perfectly, I was just shocked. Why would someone spend time to let a full odds Shiny simply KO itself or can't be catched... But maybe I'm the one who is strange! XD I was going to wish you luck, but I.. I don't know. Anyway, good luck in your hunts! :)
@@Rafael_Oiticica Hahahaha I see what you're asking now. I guess one way to think of it is, it's kinda no different than catching a shiny and keeping it in your box forever 😂 But people shiny hunt for different reasons. It definitely wouldn't make sense to someone who shiny hunts to use them on their team. But I also wish you the best of luck in all your future shiny hunts too! 🍀😎👍👍
@@MasterRoninR Well, it is a enormous stretch to compare hunting for Shinies that can"t be caught with catching a Shiny and depositing it in a Box forever. In both you get something to show that the experience occurred (in the first, the video; in the second, the Shiny itself). In both you spend a long time. In both you find a Shiny. Despite all that, I really found it very funny for a April Fool's hunt! Maybe a alternate way to hunt for it is to go for a 1% Shiny in a specific game/route. If you don't find it, you're a fool; if you actually find it, the Poké itself is the fool. Lol
@Rafael_Oiticica I'll be doing that indirectly funny enough. I need a shiny Ditto for my shiny living dex. It appears on the same route with the 1% Yanma, so we'll see- maybe I'll be unlucky and find the 1% Yanma before the Ditto 😂
I do not just do egg hunts. I have/had different YT channels. I made this channel to specifically showcase and document a full GEN 2 Shiny Living Dex, single-hunted. From start to finish. One reason I decided to do this is because I find it funny lately that ppl have still been sh*tting on modern pokemon games for their easy shiny rates, when, in GSC, the games where shinies first appeared you can get easy 1/64 breedable shinies, by design. I'm doing it single hunted specifically because, well, thats how I've always played games as a kid. Additionally I find it humorous when full odds shiny hunters try to down-play lower shiny odds and then they go multi-stack systems for their hunts to ... drum roll... make their shiny hunts goes faster anyway. I don't have anything against multi-hunters in general, only those who are as I just described above. I disagree. The cool thing about Crystal isn't the full odds part. Its the fact that there is a hybrid between full odds AND method breeding. Meaning you have a choice to make, if you want to prolong your shiny hunts for some sh*tmon like a Goldeen, that's your prerogative- go ahead. But have a goal to showcase, so if its breedable, which 238 of the 251 are, you bet ill be hatching them shiny. Just like most full odds shiny hunters who want a Yanma aren't going to do the 1% hunt-they'll manipulate its swarm for a 30% hunt. Same idea.... completing the hunt as efficient as possible. Btw, recommending a static hunt for a full odds hunt? That's a clown recommendation bro. You realize I'll need to go after a 5% shiny Ditto? That hunt is expected to be about 680+ hours on average, 20 phases, single hunted. I've completed full odds static encounter shiny hunts on plane rides lol. Anyway, after its all said and done with the GEN 2 Shiny Living Dex, i'll probably re-hunt them all at 8192 odds in the wild. But one thing at a time. Stay tuned 😎👍
@@MasterRoninR lol I’m not reading all that sounds like a bunch of crying, I didn’t say full odds hunt a ditto to then breed everything reduced odds…that doesn’t even make sense. I said try some static hunts because, as a viewer, nobody wants to see a bunch of eggs hatched at 1/64 odds like it’s an accomplishment OR impressive 🤷🏼♂️ Snoreeee
@shinyhntr4878 btw I don't have any ill will towards you or anything. But that wasn't my point about the ditto. Basically since im doing a shiny living dex ill have to do 13 full odds hunts. You might enjoy the roaming Mew one. Will keep you posted
this viseo is exacly what I needed and at just the right time to! I just got back into crystal so to have this come out only like a week ago is just such a funny coincidence to me. deffinately gonna stick around, thanks for making this!
Thats awesome!! Glad you enjoyed. Let me know if you have any questions about Crystal . Pretty much making this entire channel dedicated to Gold Silver & Crystal!
@@MasterRoninR I got that ditto now! dose it have the same odds as a shiny ditto when it comes to breeding? I hope so, breeding for shiny cyndaquil is not gonn be fun otherwise haha
@@snuff3577 Yep!! As long as the Ditto you caught, when you deposited in the daycare with the Red Gyarados (or any other shiny) gave the message "It's brimming with energy" than that means it has the shiny genes, and any Pokemon bred with that Ditto will have a 1/64 chance of the egg pokemon being shiny ! Good luck on the Cyndaquil, I hope you get a quick one! I just hatched a shiny Aipom in 5 eggs, took less than an hour. Most of mine have been about 3-4 hours total.
