Ultimate Pokemon Shiny Hunting Guide (6th Gen.) 

My little sister was once a littler sister, and she decided to start playing Pokemon Ruby. BEFORE she got the chance and ability to catch Pokemon, she encountered a shiny Wurmple. She knew about shinies and how crazy rare they were, and it was completely impossible for her to catch! I'll always remember what she said. "I guess this is how my life is gonna go, huh?"

I feel like this is what they teach in school in the Pokemon world

Time stamps for mobile users, if someone hasn’t already done this. If someone sees this I hope it can be of use to you. Intro- 1:15 Horde Hunting- 4:59 Soft Resetting- 6:25 Masuda Breeding- 8:32 Chain Fishing- 12:08 Friend Safari- 15:03 Radar Chaining- 16:40 DexNav Hunting- 21:34

Dude I was hunting shiny Kyoger for 5 YEARS and saw this video for help, didnt realise it was shiny locked

In X and Y, I found a shiny Woobat, but didn't know what Shiny's were, so I didn't catch it. I still cry

Your WIFE?!?! Damn I remember when she was your girlfriend

I've been playing Pokemon for nine years. Never have I once found a Shiny in the wild unless I was actively looking for one.

6:23 Says “more powerful Pokemon” Shows Regigigas

The true way to get shiny Pokemon in gen 6: Spend 10 minutes on wonder trade

I have a shiny spinda, one of the most unique shinies you can get since it's VERY unlikely that anyone will have that same exact shiny spinda since their body spots are randomly generated

A few years ago when Sun and Moon were new, I got a random shiny Zubat in Diglett's cave or whatever it was. I said, "oh that's cool," Quickballed it, and then left it in my box for the rest of my playthrough.

When you find a shiny Gurdurr while grinding for the Elite 4: “A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.”

thanks for having me in this epic video!!! Shiny H-Y-P-E!

I remember my first encounter with a shiny Pokémon, it was a Graveler that knew self destruct. Need I say more?

I did the radar chaining today, and found shiny flabebe on the first encounter! Shiny HYPE!

make one of gen 7

I only ever use Masuda method. You always have direct control over exactly what Pokemon you're hunting for, the range of WHAT you can hunt for is limitless bar legendaries, and unlike most wild shinies, chances are you'll get a shiny with near or even perfect stats and movesets. The only downsides are it is slower than some other methods, and when you do get a shiny there's no sparkle fanfare upon encountering it.

I watched the entire thing without even having the game That's how bored I am

You actually do need Deoxys for the Shiny Charm in ORAS, but that's not a huge deal considering it's available in the Delta Episode.

22:25 The acro bike tip to trigger hidden pokes is an absolute game-changer!

For those who are considering Poke Rader as your method of shiny hunting I have a few more tips. First of all, it is NOT easy at ALL. Poke Rader chaining requires concentration, a lot of time, and TREMENDOUS PATIENCE. I cannot stress enough how much patience you will need. On average, it takes an hour and a half to reach the chain of 40. And since you will probably fail more than you succeed, be prepared to have hours worth of time and effort go to waste. Sometimes it will only take a day or two to successfully chain a shiny, other times it can take WEEKS. One time it only took me one try. It depends on whether the game wants you to get it or not. Or just plain luck. And when they say you will need LOTS of repels, they means HUNDREDS. Trust me, you do NOT want to run out. In a chain, there is no such thing as too many repels. Don't have any eggs in your party, when they hatch they WILL break your chain. Also, if you need a break from chaining, it's okay to close your 3DS, it won't break the chain. Just try closing it in the middle of a battle. That way when you resume your chain you won't have to remember which grass patch was rustling last. To keep track of your chain, use a pokemon that has lot of PP for it's moves. Like 20, 30, or 35. This way, you can remember which chain number you're on by deducting the number of moves you have used. Because of this, a strong pokemon, that can quickly defeat opponents in one hit, is preferred. Some grassy areas are better for chaining then others. It has nothing to do with chance, but bigger grass areas are much easier to work with. The larger, the better. When choosing grass patches, as it was said in the video, always pick the strongest ones. Avoid grass patches on the edges. Because when the chain starts again after the battle, there is a chance no patches will shake, and the chain may break. Always pick patches that are strong and not close to you. The farther a patch is from where you are, the better your chances of keeping the chain are. NEVER pick a patch that is right next to you, even if it is strong. There is a chance it will break your chain. Also avoid patches that are rustling right next to eachother, they aren't bad choices, but they aren't the best. As said in the video if there are no desirable patches, just run around and try again, it won't break your chain. Just avoid the rustling patches as you run. If you thought you saw a good patch, but you weren't quite sure, just try again. It isn't worth breaking your chain. Don't use your skates or your bicycle. Bringing them out will break your chain at once. You've been warned. When you finally do see a sparkling patch, it doesn't matter where it is, go straight toward it. You don't have be picky anymore. If you are lucky, you'll see a sparkling patch before you even get to 40. But it's unlikely, so don't count on it. It's only ever happened to me twice. Keep your ears open, they are just as important as your eyes. If your working in a big patch of grass, you might hear the sparkling patch before you see it. Overall, stay FOCUSED. One false move could destroy your chain. Never let your guard down for a second until you've caught your shiny pokemon. No matter how hard this may seem, trust me, when you see the sparkle of that shiny pokemon you want, all your pain and effort will be worth it. Don't be intimidated by this method. It may be challenging, but I have successfully chained and caught over 20 shiny pokemon this way. Good luck, and keep trying! If you have anymore questions, let me know.

Just a helpful tip for completing the national dex: Divide and conquer! Start with your games local Pokedex, besides a few exclusives which can be traded for easily (besides legionaries). The best way of doing this is going to every route in the game, and capturing every possible Pokemon. Once this is done, the oval charm is yours. Now start completing the Pokedex one region at a time, you will find that the Pokedex will already have a nice start thanks to finishing your local dex first. I started with Kanto, and went forward from there. If you have ether X/Y AND Omega/Alpha than things are much easier since you can get pretty much every non event Pokemon without the need to transfer them from previous generations. Now the difficult part, evolving all the Pokemon you own to their final form, or breeding them to get their baby forms. Again I recommend going in linear order to make this simple as possible. If you own Alpha/Omega than this part is far easier, because you can download Smogon secret bases and those are filled with level 100 Blissies that knock themselves out in a triple battle. Combine this with a lucky egg, and you should be able to evolve a Pokemon once per battle. As for breeding for baby forms, remember that since you got the oval charm earlier, this will speed things up. Use flame body as always (my favorite is Talonflame thanks to having both flame body and fly) Just take it slowly and do other things in the background, or hyper focus it in periodic sessions. One thing you will find is that the more region dexes you complete, the faster the next regions dex will be (seeing as things overlap) On a fairly casual level, I managed to do this in two weeks. Best of luck folks!

ok..once I started X and Y I choosed froakie as my starter, so when I battled Shauna, MY FROAKIE WAS A SHINY

I unintentionally got a Masuda-method Metagross while breeding for a competitive Metagross, so it has four perfect IVs and is basically competitive. Certainly one of my favorite shinies. Interestingly, one of its parents is also a shiny, as my breeding ditto is shiny since I got it from sos chaining

I found a shiny Zangoose in a horde of Sevipers while watching this video! Guess what happened? Life is good, man.

I GOT A RED GYARADOS!!!

I did a race with my friend to see who could get a shiny on Wonder trade first and I got a Lv 100 shiny Beedrill and won the contest. We did a round two and he got a shiny furfrou

I have no idea if you look at these comments anymore but I remember when you first released this video and I used it to catch my first few shinies. Rewatching it has given me a massive wave of nostalgia and brought back that part of my childhood. Thank you for making this video and I’m glad to have found it again

I got 7 boxes of normal snivy

I've been SRing for 3 weeks to find a shiny mudkip and I just SRed over one....R. I. P my Kip..

the shiny charm is so hard to get

My first shiny I caught was a shiny Spinda in a horde encounter. Without using any special methods. No, seriously, all I was doing was looking for a Scyther.

My first ligit shiny was a shiny gulpin in Pokemon y version. I actually nicknamed it "shiny gulpin". But then it evolved.

Several months ago, I Radar Chained for a Shiny Cherrim on one of the Mirage islands. It took me over 999 encounters to search for it all day to night time; I didn't mess up and I catched it!

The expression on my 11 Yeats old face when I implemented the "chain fishing" method without knowing it, finding a completely random golden Magicarp, was ✨magic✨. I remember that I start to screaming SO loud and then, starting to jump like an idiot all over my room. I'm so Happy that i don't forget that moment AHAHAH

Since gen 7 has such a paltry post game, I've made shiny hunting pretty much the only thing I do in US. My shiny dragon team is well underway and I friggin love it.

I'm early, so let me make a joke. Shiny Garchomp

Video for why the ninetales is called Blissey or riot

THANKS FOR THE LUCK!! Was watching at 16:33 while practicing chaining, and caught a shiny foongus after 4 chains!!!

Thanks JWittz. I just started the Masuda method with no luck so far, but I'm keeping at it. I feel much more assured now that I know my odds, even without the shiny charm!

As soon as i heard "complete the national dex", i was gone.

Guess its now the noob shiny hunters time....to SHINE! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA (Im so sorry)

I had seen this video before, a long while ago, and I had entirely forgotten about the chain fishing method. So, about 4 days ago I was training up some mons in Victory Road in X to evolve, working on finishing the Kalos dex, and I was using the O-power for experience points. I figured that fishing would be a quicker way of getting wild pokemon to appear, completely forgetting that the whole chain fishing thing exists. Was facing a lot of poliwhirl and was thinking "oh come on, give me something different," then a shiny poliwhirl appeared. This was my absolute first random shiny in a main series game

HAHA pulled this video up again just to play in the background in 2021 cause I wanted to breed a shiny Fennekin, and hatched it while they were explaining Radar Chaining, after 226 eggs! It's my first time actually doing Masuda method hatching (with the Shiny Charm, no less), and I learned all that information for the first time when I watched this video when it first came out years ago. Thanks, JWittz!

My first Masuda Method shiny was a Starly. With the help of a friend, I was able to get a perfect IV Ditto & a perfect IV Staraptor with Jolly. I named the Shiny Starly Avius, and I hatched him before I even filled my first box. Now I'm trying to hatch a Shiny Turtwig. I'm currently on my 13th box and still counting...

I caught a Shiny Chansey by sheer, glorious coincidence. The most amazing part about it was that I caught it on Easter. And it's an egg-themed Pokémon. What do you guys think I should nickname my Blissey? (Yeah, it's a Blissey now.)

I remember watching this 4 years ago never having shiny hunted once. Back when I still had a life.

This was a pretty informative video to me! Fun story, I actually encountered a legit Shiny Pidgey while trying to complete my X National Dex. That was quite the surprise!

Thank you. Thanks to this, I got a shiny skrelp after only 5 chain fish encounters!!

My first shiny was a Cutiefly in Pokémon ultra sun. I still have it in my team to this day and never plan to get rid of it

I found a shiny boldore I've been hunting for for months while watching this, and got pokerus. This video is a good luck charm

Thank you TheJWittz!! with horde encounters i caught a shiny numel and shiny swablu! and using chain fishing i got a shiny remoraid! thank u 4 this helpful guide!

First shiny: Spinda How I found it: It was a random shiny encounter when I was collecting soot. Don't ask.

remembers playing pokemon emerald, found first shiny ever in my life, a shiny female rydon, it was lever 27, in the safari zone..... it ran away... i will never forget those odds of 8 thousand.... and how that shiny ran away... then found a random shiny zubat in pokemon moon, and caught it... wow it did get easyer...

very cool! will definently be trying these methods especially the dexnav feature I had no idea existed! love your stuff jwittz

Shiny luck with Tomato 1. First encounter in the game shiny Pansear 2. 4 encounter shiny wartortle 3. Random shiny electrike

When I found out about chain fishing 3 or 4 years ago, I got a shiny relicanth within 5 minutes. I was all like “whoa this is lit” and proceeded to waste several additional hours getting absolutely nothing. It was a fun day.

3:12 Who saw shiny phione

PokeRadar chaining is new to me, but it was very easy to learn, thank you for telling me what it is!

Much as I'd like to play a gen 6 Pokemon game when I haven't yet, my first shiny Pokemon was actually a Weedle in Fire Red. I initially beat the game with my starter as Squirtle, and decided to make a new game choosing Charmander. Found the shiny Weedle shortly after entering Viridian Forest.

I cannot shiny hunt. I don't have the patience for it. The only tried to shiny hunt two Pokémon: Chespin and Cloyster. Weird combination, but they're my two favorite Pokémon. Anyway, I decided to go for the Cloyster first, because I just needed to chain fish for a shellder and give it a Water Stone, and JWittz is right: it's the best and the easiest method. It took me about 30 minutes to get it, and along the way, I also got two shiny Skrelps. After that, I felt confident to get a Shiny Chespin. I decided to go with the Masuda method because even though one my friends had Quilladin in their Friend Safari, I knew I'd have a higher chance of getting something I didn't want. I ended up hatching 432 eggs (I counted) in hopes of finding anything, and nothing. After that, I just gave up. I realized how much of my time would be put into finding that one elusive Shiny Chespin. I'm sure there are other people out there that probably soft reset a billion times to get one shiny, but I don't think I could ever do that.

The shiny slowpokes only difference is that its slightly lighter and a bit more purple. I ran into the shiny slowpoke and I wasn't paying attention so I killed it. Hate my life 😔👊

dude this is the one shiny guide that actually made clear perfect helpful sense to me Thank you!

Ive found a shiny feebas after only 84 encounters. There are spots where only feebas appear in ORAS. Using a headphone helped to not miss clicking the right time. And using a Pokemon with sticking hold also helps a lot.

Just in time! 6th gen only started almost 2 years ago!

my only shiny experience was a golden gravler that knew self destruct. :(

While watching this, I literally caught a shiny riolu on friend safari!!! Thank you so much!!

In X and Y the yellow and purple bushes right outside of the daycare can be circled to have the daycare man turn around. So you don't have to go back and forth from the cave to the town.

I got a shiny magikarp when using chain fishing! I named it butter boy! :D

I got a shiny wailmer out side team magmas hideout.

This video helped me understand how I got a shiny Kecleon while Dexnaving for shiny Elektrike

10:59 Just for anyone seeing this video later on, while this is entirely true in Generation 6, the video this is about, it's important to note that breeding changes with each generation and later generations can actually pass down balls at a 50% rate if the Pokemon match. So if you heard about the Masuda Method from this video but you decided to do it in, say, Generation 9, the rules have changed and you should look up more info to make sure you get your shiny exactly the way you want it. In fact, it's this change to Poke Ball status that makes it so easy to get say, a Hisuian Zorua in a different Poke Ball than the ancient options from Pokemon Legends Arceus. Since regional forms can breed with each other, you can put an everstone on the Hisuian Zorua and have it breed with an opposite-gender regular Zorua from Scarlet/Violet that you caught in, say, a Moon Ball, and then breed the two together. After you get the Hisuian Zorua in the Moon Ball, replace the Hisuian Zorua parent with that one and all of your Zorua eggs will hatch with a Moon Ball.

Your Chain will also break if you encounter a Legendary Bird.. Hope this helped :)

I got my first and only shiny Pokémon (Pikachu) by accidentally DexNav "chaining". Let me explain. I was in the safari zone in ORAS, and decided to catch a buttload of Pikachus for no reason. The thing was, I was using the DexNav to search for Pikachus, and I was so in the moment that I forgot that DexNav "chaining" was even a thing. Only roughly 30 Pikachu catches later -- BOOM -- shiny! I cannot express in words how I felt when I saw the sparkle and the altered palette. ✨

I found my first (and only) shiny Pokemon a few years ago, and it was a Spearow, I think. But what's funny is, I acquired Pokemon Y the day after Christmas. As I was healing at one of the Pokemon Centers, Nurse Joy started talking about Pokerus. I looked at my team, and one of my Pokemon had it. And just a few minutes afterwards, every single pokemon in my party had Pokerus, and I had already had 5 of my 6 teammates

I just came back to pokemon Y after a while and decided to start a new game. I picked fennekin because I rarely do, and it was shiny! I was so happy because I wasn’t even trying to go for a shiny

I can confirm that in chain fishing the streak is broken once you get a shiny!! yesterday i fished 80 times and got a shiny clauncher at attempt 13. I decided to keep fishin and got to 80. when i went to the fishing guy he told me my streak was 67!!

it took me 1 month to get the shiny charm. i need a life lmao

thanks jwittz im gonna use the horde encounter strategy cuz it seems the most practical.

XY and ORAS are the best games to shiny hunt in Best methods, a lot to go for, and 3d models look sick

my first shiny was a geodude after i beat a chancey in pokemon diamond my second one was a poochyata (sorry miss spelled) in pokemon alpha sapphire as my first pokemon caught in tall grass after i got my treeko.

I caught a shiny wailmer while watching this video!!! Yesssss

My favorite shiny hunting methods are horde hunting and chain fishing. Though I haven't found a shiny yet in any game using these methods or any others, these are the easiest to do in my opinion. Ive been working towards getting a shiny charm since ORAS came out, but I still only have about 400 Pokemon caught so far. Maybe that will be when I finally encounter my first shiny. I've also hatched hundreds of eggs with no luck either

you should do an updated version of this Video, since Sword, Let's Go, Brilliant Diamond and Legends came out I feel it would be nice if you made an updated version of this video, also you're my favorite Pokemon youtuber

took me about 4 hours in total to get a shiny eevee (#Sylveon) But it took about 2 days since i accidentally ran the first day after accidentally running from a 70 chained eevee.. then i spent about another hour chaining.. broke my chain.. tried again... 8 chain - "Bling!* Me - *ARE U FRIGGEN KIDDING MEH!!!*

Am I the only one who doesn't play Pokemon anymore, but is still subscribed and enjoys his videos? lol

Some notes about DexNav chaining odds: -Chain doesn't matter, to an extent (I'll explain later) -The only dexnav encounter that is full odds is when you haven't seen said pokemon at least once -The shiny odds increase every 100 encounters added to the search level on the top right, capping out at 999 -The higher the search level, the more likely you are to find competitively-viable pokemon -Shiny charm DOES help -On the 50th encounter of a chain, you are 5x as likely to find a shiny. This applies only to the 50th encounter, not any encounter before or after -On the 100th encounter of a chain, you are 10x as likely to find a shiny. This applies only to the 100th encounter, not any encounter after -Since the chain shiny bonuses dont last long, its best not to stress about the chain. You're more likely to encounter a shiny while getting to a 50 chain than to find one on the 50th encounter itself. Same thing applies to the 100th encounter -The bigger the chain, the harder it is to track down pokemon while Cave or SurfNaving. This also increases the pkmn's level -Getting to a chain of 100 will reset the difficulty and level of chained pkmn

i started alpha sapphire today and the poochyena i got in the dex nav tutorial was shiny :) first shiny ever in any pokemon game

I was EXTREMELY lucky when it came to shinies in Alpha Sapphire, I started the game with a shiny Wurmple, found a shiny Baltoy while looking for Secret Bases, and a shiny Relicanth while I was diving. Although, I did trade the Baltoy after I evolved it into Claydol.

When I first started breeding, 2 of my newly hatched pokemon had Pokerus

The first and only shiny i found (except for the red gyarados) was a shiny on my way to catch lugia in soulsilver. God i was so hyped :D

I watch these videos... and then i think about how massive my luck must have been for getting a shiny Paras, on my first Paras-encounter xD Petalburg Forest is good to me it seems.

I dont give a crap about the "experience" or the "journey". A. I just feel proud about finding one, B. I dont own a cheating device. :D

Huge video!!!!! Great job Jish!!!

My first (non-wonder traded) shiny was a shiny vulpix that was Masuda breeded for in X & Y

Dude I love your channel! I always watch your videos for Pokèmon information! Keep it up :)

I found I shiny Pickachu once I didn’t have any pokeballs

Hey the comments are enabled again. Nice! In one hunting session, I caught a shiny Growlithe in 45 mins in the friends safari.

I'm excited to finally be able to horde, FS, and chain fish when I get pokemon X this weekend

My first shiny pokemon was shiny cottonee in gen 5. She is now a whimsicott and a battler for myself. I've also used masuda method in gen 7 to get my shiny abra and shiny mimikyu. Abra was in 12 eggs and Mimikyu in about 150 eggs. I didn't use the shiny charm though.