How to hunt Shinys, using the Pokeradar.. ( More info here)

Right, Welcome to this guide, I got bored, so I'm gonna tell you how to chain shinys then you can tell me how good this guide is and say what you caught using the guide.

Firstly, this is not a copy of any other guide, I'm just typing as I go. Right, Shiny pokemon are pokemon of a different color for example, normal starly (Black and white) when turned shiny (red and white) looks completely different. Shiny pokemon have been around for many generations, but with a pretty pathetic 1/8192 chance of seeing one, with the pokeradar you can lower this down to a much better chance.

Right the Contents:
1) What you will need
2)Starting your chain[size=12][/size]
3)Getting the chain higher

1) What you will need
Right here we go then, to get your self a shiny you will need a pokeradar which can be gotten from Oak after completing the dex. You will also need the 20th pokeradar app which is also gotten from oak after going to pal park, this will tell you how far you are on your chain. Next is a pokemon with a lot of PP or some PP restorers, I believe there is berries, but not sure on their name, I use my lvl 100 staraptor, with 40 pp in one move. Finally you will need some max or super repels, you get more from super repels if you add it up.

2) Starting off the chain
Right so you've collected everything you need by now I hope. You can choose from chaining and ordinary pokemon or you can go to dawns house and speak to the younger girl ( dawns sister or Lucas' depending on who you picked) anyway she will tell you a pokemon is swarming, this will be a hard to get pokemon that changes everyday, and is apparently easier to chain. Anyway once you know what your chaining Go into a good patch of grass, a good patch is a patch with lots of grass, and can almost cover the screen, in most areas you will find one of these. there are four areas in which grass will shake. One that is one step form you one that is two steps form you and so on. There will be a few different shakes of grass, a normal one, a sparkly one and a very sparkly one that doesn't shake ( SHINY!!). You must stick with the first patch you choose, the shiny patch doesn't count, becuase after that appears you carry on in the same patch as before. So go into some grass and set off your radar.

3) Getting the chain higher

Ok, so you've started your chain killed the pokemon that you want to get in shiny. now some grass shook afterwards, go to the one four steps away from you, it will be safest, or if it didn't shake the same, reset the radar, run around avoiding shaken patches for 50 sets and use the radar again, your chain will continue. Make sure you don't go out of range though, your chain will be destroyed. So keep your chain going up until 40, sometimes it can break and you didn't do anything wrong, this is frustrating but just try again, it's worth it.

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The underscore is you and the numbers represent the patches around you, there will be one patch shake in each area, one in the area marked 1 one in the area marked 2 etc up till 4, the safest patch to pcik is in the 4 area
4) Getting the shiny

Now its up to 40 keep reseting until a shiny patch appears i will provide a video link so you can see what the patch will look like :
http://youtube.com/watch?v=HEdcXCkMRbA go into the patch and catch your shiny.


I hope this guide has helped, i will be updating it later, but short on time, this should help for now, ill give you some tricks and hints later.

Shadows? guide.


« Last edited by on Jun 21st 2008 »

Legitmate bump guys, not around for long, rate my info please

I like it it pretty good and it helps me so good job shadows

ive tripled the size of my chains thanks to this guide, i stil avent caught a shiny yet, but im sure i will get there eventually

Well thanks guys It took me a while to write, and took me ages to get it right , but ive cuaght over 40 shinys now and one chain got me 7 shinys!

i still havent caught one yet, the best chain ive had is a starly with 33, hey shadows, do you think if there is an electric pokemon swarming and you use a pokemon with static to make the chain your almost guarenteed a shiny, the odds will be greatly improved

by the way have you written a guide on ev training

« Last edited by Shave ya Head on Jun 21st 2008 »

No not yet I havnt sorry, I will get round to making an ev trainig guide

Right dont go fer starlys first there annoying, try shinx and use a pokemon with the ability static its gives the chance of the wild pokemon being electirc and gold shinx looks good also

its really hard to understand what you are saying in step 3..

diagram needed maybe ill update it

okay thanks, its just a little hard to understand, and i would really like to catch some shinies.

also, maybe you can expalin to me why, in the video, the guy didnt go for shinies 7 and 9??

Because by going in to number 7 and 9 this could end the chain, for the simpel reason because if the patches are meant to shake above that they cant as there is no grass so they dont appear, simply breaking the chain, understand, if not I understand its hard to get used to lol took me ages

okay, so if we went to the corner there would be less grass visible and more trees, and the less grass the less patches that shake righT??

mmkay.. lol

Correct, the less patches means the less chance of all 4 patches shaking as some may be in grass not shown so it means the chain does not continue if you go into a corner you almost guarentee your chain has broken and have a look at the new diagram

You should post one of these in Diamond

also, if i pick first off the patch that just wiggles, and i KO the pokemon, do i continue to pick the ptaches than just wiggle?

yes correct, any other patches will probably break the chain, if you do happen to mistakedly do this and the chain carries on which ever patch you last stepped in follow that and as for your advice ill do that because most people go to diamond dont they, also, Im writing an Ev training guide so should be up in a month probs when ive finished it

Okay thanks for all ur help.

yeah Diamond is more popular, and OMG totally do the EV quide, and IV i never understood those, they are so confusing.. OMG, i lufs you.

Iv will be included in ev guide since they kinda arwe the same sorta thing they both count towards stats and arrgh im scared from your name you sound like a guy * eek * arrgh :D

lol oj but the guide will be done sometime so check diamond and pearl in a few weeks

« Last edited by on Jun 21st 2008 »

Okay ill check every now and again.

and yeah imma guy :P lol just not gayy

Lol ok ima keeping you to that and do you think ev hotspots should be included etc?

thanks 4 this shadows i was so close no39 but then a scyther came and i had chained pidgy