33 EASY Shiny Hunts in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet

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3:10 Torkoal, Rolycoly, & Carkol
4:00 Salandit
4:45 Oricorio
5:32 Pyroar & Litleo
6:30 Growlithe & Arcanine
7:08 Numel, Camerupt, Talonflame, Iron Moth, & Slither Wing
8:39 Charcadet
9:14 Pawmi & Pawmo
9:51 Shinx & Luxray
10:24 Mareep
11:17 Kilowattrel
12:56 Magnemite & Magneton
13:20 Iron Hands & Area 0 Lap Route
16:06 Tarountula, Spidops, Heracross & Fortress
17:14 Rellor
18:06 Venomoth
18:34 Masquerain
19:24 Vivillon, Combee, & Vespiquen
20:19 Chansey & Blissey
20:54 Yungoos & Gumshoos
21:24 Squawkabilly
22:53 Da Dunsparce & Da Dudunsparce
24:37 Marill & Azumarill
25:38 Kirlia
26:16 Impidimp & Morgrem
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[@AustinJohnPlays]

For 22 Easy Shiny hunts in the Teal Mask, check this out! kzbin.info/www/bejne/iofPfXeefN59Y7c&ab_channel=AustinJohnPlays

[@AleSsiuCcU]

You Said at The Beginning of the video it comes another video for the steal type and so on but it doesn’t come since the Teal Mask video, why that? 1:08

[@Flannel_Pops]

I feel like this could become a mini series of Austin showing us a handful of mons a week till we have the entire Dex of isolated encounters.

[@switchblade6]

Koraidon isolated encounter hunt when

[@Hallow6262]

@@switchblade6 can’t get that shiny

[@FlashKillerX]

Not every mon can be isolated (cries in no isolated dodonzo hunt)

[@Axqu7227]

@@FlashKillerX *commiserates in Cetitan line*

[@switchblade6]

@@Axqu7227 Would Cetoddle not be able to be isolated at the bottom of dalizapa passage? It's the only ice type there from what I recall

[@cherrycordiaI]

That’s what I like about you, dude. No fluff, no stuff. Just straight information plainly set out for us. You’re a godsend when new Pokémon games release.

[@DMSwordsmaster]

Important note about Kirlia near Levincia, make sure you do your hunt during the day. I was running around with my remaining time after catching a Marill and they weren't showing up at night.

[@Jamie_Ashe]

For those who try and shiny hunt Dratini (got one after 17 minutes doing laps around Cassaroya), don’t worry if the Shiny Dratini dives underwater with the rest of its family! Just initiate a battle and stay in it for a few seconds and they’ll resurface. This might be common knowledge, but I accidentally saved when it dove and thought I lost it forever!

[@Akivafyi]

Well damn that would've saved me an hr of my life 🤣

[@shinyhntr4878]

Lol this happened to me yesterday! Considered it gone and saved and moved on but this sucks to know 😢😅

[@Jamie_Ashe]

@@shinyhntr4878 I was pouting, then a Veluza forced me into battle, and while I was googling to see if I lost it forever, it came back up. If I hadn’t sat there for a sec, I would’ve left in rage 😂😂

[@jackirific3600]

Darn!! I lost the one I found because I thought it was gone forever. Thanks for the tip in case this happens again

[@Jamie_Ashe]

@@jackirific3600 honestly, if it weren’t for me pouting for 10 minutes, I probably would’ve just swam away and lost it lol

[@Glowmus]

The Chansey hunt can also be done in Area Zero in the cave where you can find Iron Valiant/Roaring Moon. Higher level too if you're just there to XP farm.

[@gurzeh8787]

I got a shiny wooper and gible earlier today when i was follow your isoleted incounter method and i just wanted to say that you're like a godsend to the pokemon community and i hope you have a great rest of your day

[@gurzeh8787]

*following

[@t6homs]

I’ve been trying to get Mimikyu for over an hour 🥲still don’t have it yet

[@hunterredmond9330]

Ikr i captured shiny Iron Valient and shiny Iron hands in the same 20 min segment

[@pidgey3734]

*isolated encounter

[@lyricistproductions2174]

Anyone who doesn’t have shiny gible, the area zero cave is an easy way to find them after you have dragon encounter power just run through the cave and look for blue ones

[@Okie92]

For the Gardevoir/Gallade line i just use the path from Montenevera to the ice gym it spawns Gardevoir and ralts packs. You can use the same path for sneasel packs as well

[@RaptinDinon-mn4ps]

I use the lighthouse near the marketplace.

[@immortaliron2475]

If anyone’s interested in the iron paradoxes specifically, these are the iso encounters I used. For all but one, it was just the paradox that can spawn with its type sandwich Treads- steel, underground by the lab (most will be here) Bundle- ice, underground by the lab Hands- fighting, underground by the lab Jugulus- dark, underground by the lab Moth- fire, in the area by the second research station Thorns- the sandwich doesn’t really matter, as both rock and electric types spawn, as the nacli line and the pawmi line and raichu spawn here so it can’t be isod, I’d honestly recommend electric, so you can double hunt hands, but it only spawns on that rock face by the second station Valiant- fairy, the cave with the four circles. Houndstone will still spawn because I think the cave counts as multiple biomes, but you can also do this underground by the lab

[@MediumDSpeaks]

AJ is the perfect youtuber. Doesn't make unnecessary filler videos to feed the insatiable content beast and spends time with his family and self, but works insanely hard on the highest tier evergreen content that will be watched a lot during the entire lifetime of the new games and beyond when they come out. Nobody wants him to make extra filler trash, and he's gigachad enough to never even think to waste time on that in his off time so he doesn't get burnout. Just pure passion and dedication and self care. Unironically most mentally healthy youtuber

[@gigifabulous]

I'm sharing my happiness for a sec: I got two shiny Froslass back to back yesterday. As in the second spawned behind me as I was catching the first.

[@woodysimoh]

Happened to me with Iron Valiant last night! My first encounter was taking a bit long because I’m picky about balls. He was running around me the entire time I was fighting the first one, and when I finally caught it he was gone :( at least I found another one like 2 mins later.

[@fallenaster]

i just had the same thing happen with vaporeon a few hours ago

[@Sajjad09]

I was trying to level up my tandemaus to maushold for the dex in area zero, and i found a shiny glimmora I named Comet

[@masterwizardwither7444]

The exact same thing happened to me a few days ago. I already have one from PLA, but getting another or two is always nice. The second even has the Snow Frolicker mark.

[@defenseducc3529]

that’s so cool and funny and shows how good austin is for coming up with this method. this happened to me with dratini too ^-^

[@kbishop151]

Thank you for helping me to finally have the patience to shiny hunt. I’ve gotten 8 shiny Pokémon after 15+ years of never having any. More videos with this method please!

[@TheMidnightwolf15]

Honestly, these videos are just super helpful - and I love the way Austin explains things, instead of rushing through like I see in other 'tutorial' type videos. Plus I just find them chill to have in the background as I play my own game. Managed to get the shiny charm just before the end of 2022 which I was really happy with after using his guide on finding the remaining stakes needed to unlock the shrine Pokemon. Managed to get a decent handful of shinies to - including some of the hard to spot ones like Paldanean Toruos in Violet. Almost ran past that one! Plus used the isolating method to get two shiny Charcodet in Tangtree forest and have evolved them both into their respective forms

[@okoyedoramilaje7091]

Clicked faster than light

[@HopefulBlue]

bros got ftl response speed

[@Oisimations]

But my lamp doesn’t walk.

[@Oisimations]

:(

[@breadboy3546]

Same

[@animationxtreme1258]

I clicked faster than I would ahead expected of myself

[@MW2Ranger2k11]

4:00 I actually used the sparkling lv3 sandwich for the first time at that spot cause there was a salazzle outbreak there. Managed to get two shinies thanks to your videos!

[@Cheesemaster7Seven7]

This video is extremely useful! Another hunt I've found while going through some of yours that is fairly easy is lokix. While doing the venomoth hunt, if you continue down that path and get to the higher level of the rocky area in area zero, where iron thorns and sandy shocks usually spawn. There's gonna be a ton of lokix spawning now, and since the shiny is yellow it's hard to miss. You can just cycle between each area and hunt both lokix and venomoth at the same time. From my efforts this was the only place I could find that spawned a lott of lokix without any other bug types spawning. Thanks man for all your helpful videos, keep them coming!

[@cadenallred967]

For Pokémon you can’t isolate, i have compelling evidence that you can influence outbreaks with encounter power sandwiches. I would love to see you test that Austin!

[@RoxUnlimited]

Definitely works! That’s how I’ve been getting most of my outbreaks

[@TimDoesGaming-]

@@RoxUnlimited Hey! I'd love to hear how you use encounter power sandwiches to change the mass outbreaks! Do you just eat the sandwich and then roll the time?

[@RoxUnlimited]

@@TimDoesGaming- yep eat the sandwhich and combine it with the biome you want the Pokémon to spawn from like Austin’s other video. Make sure to use an encounter lvl 2 sandwhich. I had better luck using lvl 2 instead of lvl 1 encounter

[@AustinJohnPlays]

i've been trying that out and while I haven't gone through the numbers, I *feel* like it works. I pinned a comment on my video about it yesterday

[@hollowpistol2378]

Yeah I have rhe shiny charm. And did encounter for vaporeon through an outbreak. Made water shiny chance sandwiches on top of it and found nothing. I did it for over an hour and gave up. My luck sucks lol

[@skyblue-feather3989]

For the Area Zero bug type hunts in Scarlet you will find Slither Wing as well! It is actually a bug/fighting type, not a fire type at all! So yeah, if you want Slither Wing, fire won't help ya! I got one myself, they are super easy to spot at least 🌟 to everyone scrolling through, best of luck on your hunts and have a wonderful day!

[@HazbinCovenWitch]

I just threw a quick ball at it after I snuck up on it and I caught it. 😐

[@DanteChichizola]

I hope that in the DLC we get the over world sparkle noises like in Legends Arceus because it’s a bit hard to find shinies when you’re colourblind, I always got faked out by Dunsparce and Scream Tail thinking that they had their slight colour differences, but it was just the light from the Zero Lab messing with me :’)

[@TopSchierke]

Man I’m so happy that we got sparkle noises in the teal mask! ;-;

[@dortman2445]

Isn't there a mode you can put on?

[@shutthetrickup]

@@TopSchierke bruh we literally did not.... what

[@rocherkoendjbiharie5527]

@@TopSchierke wait really???

[@andrjsjan4231]

@@TopSchierkewhat does teal mask mean in this context?

[@polarbroomega7263]

Your joy making these videos honestly makes them that much better past just the informational aspects :']

[@Wreaknatter]

Dropping a Dragon sandwich at the base of Fury Falls, is great. It allows you to go into the Firescourge Shrine cave where the shrine is to spawn a ton of Noibat and Noivern. Also the occasional Gibble and Gabite. I got three Noibat in 20 minutes this way. Just entered the cave, checked, then glided off the falls, and immediately looped back to climb a tiny bit and go back in the cave. Worked wonders.

[@FluidLegacyOnline]

I’ve been grinding for the past 2 days to get a shiny Charmander.. while watching this video I literally hatched 2 back to back. Austin is magical 😂

[@boringchelseafan]

Back to back!? Congrats!

[@henrywilson2999]

I like your videos and what game do you like more for Pokémon violet and scarlet

[@henrywilson2999]

I would want to play Pokémon scarlet with you same day

[@henrywilson2999]

I’m Henry s sister

[@henrywilson2999]

He does not like your videos I think

[@kaylathehedgehog2005]

I'd just like to say that I appreciate just how much time and effort Austin puts into these vids. You know someone is dedicated to something when they start seeing it in their sleep.

[@benmummert9388]

I used a fairy sparkle and fairy encounter sandwich on for the Maril hunt and somehow got a shiny Dondozo and still got the Maril. This guide is somehow even better than you intended it to be.

[@CP_Consistency]

Just wanted to say thank you for all the work you put into each one of these videos it’s honesty incredible. The videos are also always incredible and everything covered in them is in such great detail. The amount of work you put is remarkable thank you so much.

[@jeeshwaa3215]

I love the personality Austin has been adding to his videos lately

[@EDFFencer]

Thank you Austin for this! I just got a shiny Larvesta and Marill today from following your guide!

[@SupJomu]

Just in case I missed him mentioning it. Time of day can affect some of these isolated encounters. Kirlia for instance will not spawn unless its daytime.

[@lucarudloff687]

Thank you. Iwas wondering why it wasn't spawning...

[@SHanimationArts]

austin is the most genuine youtuber i’ve ever watched. he doesn’t act fake for views and he gives straight forward tips without wasting time. and he actually cares about us having a better experience in scarlet and violet.

[@JGS1852]

caught him live streaming the other night for charizard raid. totally broke the view I had of him. dude has a ego like no other. not saying its not an earned ego. Just didnt match the personality I had in my head. good for him

[@hankjwimbleton6806]

@@JGS1852 what, really ???

[@caffeiinated]

@@JGS1852 i think its pretty normal , the live hype is real. when you can see so many watching you, you just want to do better than anyone , you pray for no mistakes. you want the spotlight on you . if anyone to blame. blame our expectations for thinking the person is perfect. am not fan of him but i just know he is a good person . and being ego doesnt make you a bad person.

[@JGS1852]

@@caffeiinated I agree totally. Dude has the fans and puts the work in. He earned it.

[@Jellie-hw6ef]

Well said

[@sushi287]

Love the isolated encounter method, helped me get really cool shinies like dachsbun and toedscruel

[@mariahsart]

Thank you!! Yesterday I was hunting with this method and thought it would be awesome if there was a guide like this! You are the best!

[@haileyjohnston8404]

thank you for the info!! I just caught a Shinx, Mareep and Pawmo all in one sandwich😊 would love to see more of these if there are any

[@ely_skye]

Hey Austin, For Iron Moth, i have found a very nice spot to despawn them. If you go to Area 1, Go behind the building after you exit, go all the way to the end where theres the "Fake" research centre, nothing spawns there when on fire sandwich. But infront of that theres a clearing which only spawns Iron Moth when on sandwich

[@nickgreen9080]

I love how just this past weekend I did a marill/azumarill hunt in the same place you showed in the video. Keep up the good work AJ

[@devinbalog123]

This is my first comment here and I have to say that learning your Isolated Encounter Methods from earlier videos has trained me to notice the specific Pokémon of each biome and I’ve YET to have a single isolated encounter fail. I’ve actually caught several mons from this video on my own beforehand using your method and I’ve got to thank you man- I’ve never had so much fun shiny hunting before 🎉

[@theycallmezen225]

Prolly late but a tip for shiny mimikyu at tagtree….they walk up to you out of curiosity and look at you without engaging. Shiny version does not have red checks. Just be careful when u start to move away from them. Also caught impimped in same area off the same “shiny fairy sandwich.” And Marill at the lake area.

[@KsLPraise]

im also arriving late but that exact same spawn area with a ghost sandwich is only mimikyu, took me like 4 mins to grab one

[@Aeroreido]

I really appreciate these kind of videos so much, its a "you wont need another video on that topic" I cant even imagine how much work goes into a video like this, thank you so much.

[@Aria_Skycress]

Thank you so much Austin, ever since your video on Isolated Encounters I have really been hoping you might make a video like this. It is so helpful and I really appreciate the work you do. I hope someone makes your day as nice, as you've made mine.

[@grubfriend]

the Kilowattrel spot (and to the east of that lighthouse too) is pretty good for Eiscue. You can get Cloyster in the deeper water, but Eiscue spawns on the beach for Violet players, and is a super obvious shiny (it's bright pink)

[@MCCrackaZac]

Such an awesome guide! I got a shiny Fidough AND a shiny Dachsbunn to spawn in the same pack following it! So hyped!

[@angellambert1070]

I truly appreciate your candor. You even edit yourself in correcting your mistakes, even making jabs at yourself occasionally. Your candor is admirable :)

[@grunkleg.3110]

Without even trying, I've ran into 4 wild shinies. Psyduck, Mareep, Mudbray, and Veluza. Being able to see all your possible encounters helps a ton

[@sengarashreiik2015]

I find this a very strangely interesting thing. both me and my 7 year old son got a shiny Psyduck as our FIRST shinies in this game. at FULL odds at that. I got mine before I even got to school for the first time.

[@raven-xj4su]

3 segment dundunsparce is a 1/100 chance upon evolution; so i think it's set as soon as you catch it. So you likely cannot just save before your evolve it and try again. so good luck to everyone who tries for it!!

[@drugrichbae]

My very first shiny duns ended up with the 1/100 odds. Was very happy. Hoping for same with mouse family. Good luck!

[@raven-xj4su]

Just as you mentioned the scatterbug line at 19:38, I remembered how just a few days ago (i think 2-3) I had a vivilon become curious of my trainer while I was in the middle of saving after a blissey encounter. No specific/special meal power or anything (nor shiny charm); though I did had to run after him so he didn't despawn/ get stuck in the team star fence. I love my little guy. And the next day after I found him a friend; I got a shiny vroom in an outbreak (again while also saving). Congrats on all your shiny buddies! :)

[@alphaBLAZEdaroof]

Gotta say Austin because of your videos I've caught a whole box of pokemon in under 3 days massive thank you for making my time on this game so much better

[@bluesealol]

Thanks for working so hard on your scarlet and violet content Austin, it makes shiny hunting so much easier! By the way there’s a typo in the thumbnail 😅

[@Petalledflower]

literally having so much fun shiny hunting right now! These videos are so helpful ….. thank you!!

[@bronzevixen]

Thank you so so much for all your videos. I can’t believe the work you put into them. They are incredibly helpful, and you explain everything so clearly.

[@Celestialangel13]

Managed to get a shiny murkrow and meowth within five minutes of each other last week. Got a other shiny murkrow last night. All three were full odds. On another note, you sir, are the real MVP when it comes to these videos. Thank you for the work you put in to these.

[@Alonsituu]

Hi AJP, there's also an easy spot for Ralts, you just need to reset the spawn in the first town, in front of the Pokémon Center, if you have psychic sandwich just Ralts will spawn

[@isaac14ac]

Earlier today I wasn’t even trying to hunt a rockruff and tadbulb and I found both near each other. I love moments like that.

[@martingonzalez4417]

Thank you so much Austin, I followed your isolated encounter method to get Impidimp/Morgrem, I did not catch a single one of them, but I captured 5 Mimikyu instead 🥵

[@jameskaeser4605]

I just did the hunt for fidough, i think its much easier than first thought to spot Klefki (in the daytime) because of the new textures they have for metal pokemon... the second it spawned in I was able to tell it was shiny.

[@Tyrannotaur]

Austin has a great Squawkability to make awesome videos with information relative to my current in game goals. Thanks man!

[@AustinJohnPlays]

i see what you did there! but thank you

[@papapiplup]

Did a Fighting-type sandwich for Great Tusk and Slither Wing; caught the GT with ease, but then on SW, my Pokémon landed a critical hit, “wishing to be praised”, and I got too excited to remember saving in front of it 🙃. Now I’m up at 4am trying to redeem myself lol But man, your videos are always the most helpful, no one does it quite like you do! Keep making helpful and entertaining content!

[@myRNGsucks]

I’ve watched you shake your head at yourself for “squawkability” 5 times in a row just laughing. As usual, thanks for another amazing video!

[@zs1570]

2 for the steel type, bisharp is obviously incredibly easy to shiny hunt but you can also find 2 spawning cells just north of Porto Marinada where Varoom is the only steel type between the west light house and the pokemon center. Its a softer metallic gold color compared to Rellor's nugget, but still pretty easy to see. The only downside is they can literally zoom out of spawn range.

[@haunted_cheese6719]

You make everyone’s experiences so much better, we all really appreciate everything you do for the community!

[@josephberry7439]

Thank you John! Came back to this video today and using your method for Iron Valiant (possibly different video) and method for Azumarill I was able to finish my Az family and get my first iron valiant all with still 6 minutes left of my first sandwich!

[@josephgaul7763]

I audibly laughed when preparing for a Kilowattrel hunt and as soon as I left the picnic the first grouping had a shiny in it. Literally 2 seconds to find the shiny. Austin John you are the greatest! Thank you so much!

[@JoeWatts1113]

Really appreciate you for making this video! Thanks a ton for all your work

[@SamSommerz]

Was hunting for Dunsparce and Dundunsparce during this video and got 3 😂 It's so easy to get shinies of that Pokémon. Hopefully, one evolves into the three segment form!

[@nateparry8480]

I did a similar version of this method but with ultra ham sandwiches (I have no salty herbas 😢) and I got a Marill in 15 minutes and a kirlia in 1.25 hours. It’s slower but it still worked great. Austin is always the plug!

[@blueghost5167]

I’m super grateful for this video and all videos you’ve made Austin

[@joewinter237]

as an addition to this video, if anyone is looking for Eiscue shiny, the easiest way I found is the beach behind where you farm chansey. Just go back and forth on the sand and you should find them pretty quickly.

[@truf6117]

where is that?

[@howardyanow2883]

​​@@truf6117 North Province (Area Three). Right by the fairy Team Star base. Eat a ham sandwich for encounter power: normal. He goes there at 20:24 actually.

[@TheAir97]

So, we've learned 2 things in this video, 1. Some of the easiest pokemon that we can shiny hunt without drastically changing our odds 2. Austin has some of the craziest shiny luck ever

[@nakashima01]

One sparkling fairy sandwich with your suggested locations and I got a shiny Kirlia and 3 shiny Marills. Thank you very much, Austin!

[@taintedgemini5261]

Isolate Encounter method has been the best method 👌 Been using it since the Area Zero video! Thankful for all the work you've been doing!! Been subscribed since the Sword & Shield videos

[@Chestwolf]

I just bought Violet last night and after passing the lighthouse in the beginning I immediately encountered a shiny Psyduck in the first little creek. It was so easy idk whether to feel lucky or not lol.

[@jstar5566zax]

Me too 😂 like brought the violet version and open it up for the first time ever And literally the first route of the game Boom a shiny ✨ piggy 🐷 in the bank 😂 That went well for me as the second week I drop down from a cliff by the lighthouse of the electric city that I just went for Gyarados, but accidentally caught a shiny luvdisc instead 😅 Like you gotta love that man

[@invaderbeccal.3908]

Dreepy is a fun hunt too. If you go down to research base 4, and head to the VERRRYY BOTTOM where the water is it’s not necessarily an isolated encounter BUT they LOVE the watery area there. It was a lotta fun hunting a ton of them I am hoarding shiny dreepy 🤣

[@Vibetribe8]

As I casually went the through the story line I found skiddo, mareep, hawlucha, heracross without actually hunting them. Thanks to your research and insights hunting be made so much easier!

[@ferristhered1401]

I kind of stumbled onto this "sandwich -> isolated encounters" and "keep moving to keep despawning" method myself while going after, unsurprisingly, Larvesta - much faster than just entering/exiting picnic mode on repeat. Accidentally realising that an area only has one or two spawns of a given type, easily tuned with sandwich powers, makes shiny hunting *so* much more effective.

[@MW_147]

I love how you always add in that sound when you encounter a shiny, really makes me wish we could have some sort of notification like in PLA. I aways wonder how many shinies people have walked past just cause some mons are so small and/or their shiny is so similar to their original colour.

[@lizzytheowl577]

Same here. I found a shiny mudbray early in my playthrough but I've gotten nothing since then so I'm positive I've just been missing them. There are so many shinies that are barely distinguishable from the base form too so it's extra frustrating

[@Tree1210_]

You'll have to do a vid of your boxes of shinys once you finishing all the testing and pumping out videos. Thanks for all you do man

[@AustinJohnPlays]

I only have like 14 left in the whole game that I need

[@Tree1210_]

That's dedication my guy

[@thesmikeyike]

For what it's worth, I love your vids and am in a few pokemon groups. And when people ask who's good to look at for accurate info on pokemon. Damn near everyone says you... So I feel you should know, cause I really appreciate the straight forward info vids that are focesd more on being informational then just Trendy content with a catchy thumbnail like alotta people do. And obviously I'm not the only one that realizes this if so many people suggest you over the thousands of other pokemon you tubers. So thanks for all you do.

[@knock0ut08]

This has helped me plan out my hunts more thoroughly. Thank you

[@DungForever]

Shiny Mareep is LITERALLY my favorite of all time!! I found my second one ever yesterday in the olive fields and I literally cried! 🤩🤩🤩

[@EeveeCoombs]

My first few hours into the game, like 4 hours in, I got a shiny Mareep 😍. It was an amazing feeling to have my shiny playing through the game

[@Amins88]

I think Mareep was my third shiny. It love how it looks like a big ball of cotton candy. But then I evolved it into Ampharos and it just looks like an awkward inflatable doll...

[@Terumimi]

I did a mimikyu isolated encounter in Thagtree Thicket, half of it will just be FILLED with mimikyus if you use a ghost sandwich (you can also find misdreavus and dreepy in violet, but those are only by the water so you should be good otherwise)

[@viangra607]

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[@showkick_shimura_5350]

Theres actually an area with isolated steenee, it's right next to artazon, if you have a level 3 grass encounter in that area, only steenee will spawn, it helps because steenee is a common so it's also easier to spawn outbreaks

[@britneysteward3801]

This method really is so good! Managed to get all the electric types from the list all from one sandwich. This makes shiny hunting way more fun

[@complainer406]

Instead of killing your eyes to spot a shiny, you can let your lead Pokemon out. They don't attack shines, so just look for any Pokemon they ignore

[@crewgar8294]

This works really well for zorua too, that's how I got mine, surprisingly, because there's multiple dark types spawning where I was, but for some reason it's almost exclusively zorua. Anyway, the place I did it was just North - North - West of Medali (literally just up the slope right there just out of town that direction, if you see lots of Maschiff after sandwiching you probably went too far), activate a dark sandwich, way better results with mystica (also better during day, still works at night, but you get lots of fake murkrow too at night), I used the hamburger version. Almost all the spawns will be Mabosstiff(actually zoruas) You should see hardly any Maschiff if you're in a good spot. The annoying part is you can't see the shiny, so just auto battle until your pokemon refuses. Hope this helps someone looking for the blue lad :]

[@crewgar8294]

For any wondering, with shiny charm and lvl 3 sammich I got it at about full odds and it took about an hour

[@greenmenace9666]

Thank you!! I wasn't going to bother looking for it because it can disguise itself, but the auto battle feature would work.

[@christianohst2888]

Lmao!!! I love how you explained squawkabilly and how you miss pronounce and inserted you shaking your head when you say it again. Now gonna lie made me belly laugh hahaha😂

[@amandagreene4990]

I've been incredibly lucky in this game! Thank you for so many great videos. 😄

[@prom00n]

Love the shiny videos they've helped me so much

[@kaeldrarhiannon]

It makes me smile every time you accidentally run into a shiny and geek out over it. You're so authentically excited about Pokemon and it shows. 😊

[@Donnmuney]

Thank you so much for this video! I’ve been using the masuda method for years and have been doing it for days trying to get a shiny Azurill but with this I got 2 in 15 minutes 😭❤️

[@TheDRAGOMANIA]

amazing video, can't wait for more! I got two larvestas this way in like 1 hour 30mins :D

[@yordisanders9859]

For the people still having trouble with the Slandit shiny, you can use a Sylveon with Cute Charm to make it so you have a 66% change of encountering the opposite gender, so with Salandit you would use a Male Sylveon with Cute Charm and for Gallade you would use a female Sylveon with Cute Charm for example.

[@slightlyuncomfortable]

Sadly, Cute Charm doesn't seem to work in these games :(

[@FetusDeletus1]

Thanks, I was about to hunt kirlia without this

[@amandacorbin6214]

Thank you for this. Sometimes I gaslight myself into thinking the shiny doesn't exist or I'm doing something wrong so seeing these things certainly helps.

[@zoesusername]

OMG I REALLY RELATE ive been shiny hunting for sprigatito for a few days now and sometimes i just gaslight myself into thinking im doing something wrong haha

[@taranpreetsingh5786]

@@zoesusername Ugh, the sprigatito hunt. I've hatched 700+ eggs, Masuda method with shiny charm. Still no luck.

[@zoesusername]

@@taranpreetsingh5786 dont give up! youll get it eventually!

[@taranpreetsingh5786]

@@zoesusername thanks. The worst part is I need 3 😂 going for a shiny living dex

[@just_vanille0064]

@@taranpreetsingh5786oh but one is enough you just need to evolve it?

[@niranicikunstzwergolin]

You can find a lot dedenne and jolteon around Medali. Dedenne is around Medali and Jolteon is directly left on the upper path when you leave the village to the east. (the path that leads to the river near the ice region).

[@cynthiagibson9801]

Also if you use a rock sand which instead where he does the tinkatuff hunt it’s a great spot for Lycanroc isolated encounter. Got three shinies within 12 minutes

[@thomasstraulina6180]

Dratini is another easy one if you go to the lake in the top right of the map it's the only dragon spawn there Edit: and Axew is the only dragon that spawns on top of the plateau south of the grass gym

[@florijanvolcansek6136]

I found the area around Zapapico better for Fidough and Dachsbun personally, but here's another suggestion! If you really want Nacli or Garnacl, go to the eastern part of the Glaseado Mountain (near the watchtower) and get the Rock sandwich in (also you could get a Chewtle or Drednaw as a bonus)

[@tombagley3281]

Austin i want to thank you so so much! This method is the best, i’ve caught so many shinies with this method. Its great!!! Houdour in the inlet cave is a good one for Fire type too!

[@Spartan0644]

Thanks for this video. Watching it showed me what a shiny Litleo looked like so I was able to spot it by complete random chance. Can't wait to start actually using the method

[@TheHobosSon366]

Iron Valiant can be hunted using fairy encounter power and fairy sparkling power using the same route as Iron Hands. I did it in ~5 minutes and only Iron Valiant spawned. Much better than the cave behind those rocks that most people use as nothing but Iron Valiant spawns so you don't have to worry about things like Greavard and Houndstone taking up spawns.

[@wwehurricane1]

Thanks for the info. I caught 3 shinies on my first hunt using your methods. Tonight i was unsuccessful with growlith and charcadet, but I won't give up.

[@UmbraStarWolf]

Thanks Austin I got two shiny Charcadet in less than a minute tried for Larvesta and Houndour but that was pushing my luck

[@blackscythe99]

Austin thank you so much! I have used your isolated method and have caught shiny heracross, marill, salandit (male unfortunately) and a shiny Swablu and Altaria. These are some of my favorite shines they’re so bright and flamboyant lol I’m gonna keep taking your advice thank you!