Encounter Power Affects Mass Outbreaks Appearing in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet

[@matthewgennarelli7850]

So, bit of a tip for anyone hoping to get a shiny Eevee, don’t reset at the city shown here, reset at the bug gym town. It can also appear there. It still can spawn the outbreak in a bad spot, BUT, it can also spawn north of the olive roll field or in the plots of farmland next to the west Pokémon center, which when they are there, actually are normal outbreaks with large amounts of spawns. I guess they REALLY wanted to make Eevee hunting hard since both of these spots have chances of attempting to spawn them partially or entirely inside towns

[@dreadnox7970]

im pretty sure he is resetting at the bug gym town

[@rajimus]

@@dreadnox7970 it spwns north of there often better outbrek

[@matthewgennarelli7850]

@@dreadnox7970 He does go there in the video, but he gets the outbreak and shiny at the normal gym town, the only other place Eevee can be, I probably should have clarified time when I said “at the city shown here” I think it could spawn in either town regardless of where you reset, but either way the bug gym town has a better shot at better outbreaks, in my experience at least (which unfortunately is more experience than I’d like, Eevee hunts, even with a good outbreak, can still take ages and many tries on many outbreaks)

[@AttentionPaidMe]

Thanks for doing the work that we don’t want to do lol we love you Austin

[@Essman614]

You give game freak far too much credit. The spawn location is sometimes on the field because they overlooked that or didn't playtest it.

[@jare3959]

I like how much sandwiches are becoming more well known to be helpful. I've recently started a habit of making Raid power sandwiches while farming Herba Mystica and XP Candies, and its really made a huge difference. Those 2 extra rolls have given me 4 HMs from a single den, and that was insane. It only has happened like twice? But that's still an hour of shiny hunting from ONE tera raid.

[@lucky88711]

Could you drop the raid power sandwich recipe if you don’t mind? Thanks

[@SelkiesSong]

Is the raid power based on the mon's regular typing, or is it based on the tera type of the raid? I assume it's based on the former but I haven't seen it confirmed anywhere

[@jare3959]

@@lucky88711 There are 3 levels of raid power for each type, so there isn't just 1. I basically just scroll through the recipes to find a lvl 2.

[@jare3959]

@@SelkiesSong It is the tera type of the raid. So if I found an ice type Gengar 5-star, I would go in the recipe list and try to find an Raid Power: Ice LVL 2 sandwich before entering the raid. That would give me 2 extra rolls to possibly get more Herba Mystica.

[@the4bestgame]

@@lucky88711 sECONDED

[@BoshiYoshi]

I just wanted to point out that you don't even have to move the day forward to reset the outbreaks. All you have to do is set the timer to 12:00 PM and they'll automatically reshuffle. If you don't like the ones you get, you can immediately go back into settings and if the clock is still at 12:00 PM, all you have to do is click "ok" without even changing any numbers and the outbreaks will reshuffle again. Otherwise, all you have to do is roll the clock back to 12:00 once more. It saves just a bit of time not having to change the day.

[@lintree]

This could not come at a better time! It's my brother's birthday soon and I'm trying to get him a shiny eevee for his playthrough. Thank you for all your hard work! Edit: his birthday was today, managed to get him the shiny and he was very happy! Her name is Petra and she's now on his playthrough team♡

[@DaneOrschlovsky]

What an awesomely thoughtful present!

[@wonderlandzer0]

Thats so sweet of you!! Good luck on your Eevee hunt!

[@spacerace1448]

Yooo I’m doing the same for my older brother. I’m trying to get him a shiny larvitar for his birthday

[@ventiamericano9100]

I really hope you get it. Best of luck.

[@-solus-]

@@spacerace1448 if you can't find you I have one for trade

[@TheAntiburglar]

Once again, the sheer joy you feel every time you find an unexpected shiny makes me so incredibly happy as well. It's so infectious and you deserve it for all the ridiculous hard work you do :)

[@imaboorrito6518]

Oh definitely love that feeling just the other day I was trading to my other account to complete the pokedex on there and while I was trading a random shiny lechonk just chilling

[@LuckyBenjamin_]

Agreed I got 3 completely random shinies in the span of an hour yesterday they where shiny charm boosted but thats it I was so excited and bewildered to see each of them

[@lucky88711]

Yes I was walking around and a blue bisharp walked right by me! It was awesome

[@jacobprice3411]

So many hidden systems, It’s actually great. Love these games.

[@Red-hw5ue]

If only it was shipped finished

[@zimzim7255]

I think that there’s a cave in there where it goes underground, and where you’ll find the outbreak

[@dubz-dibzthereaper3511]

@@sogeking5396 as much I would agree with you, if this is the finished product, it surely needs touch ups. However I love the game and play with happiness so that's what important right? ^.^

[@WSilvermane]

Yeah hidden features isnt always great. There are a lot of basic things that should be readily shown and told but are dropped aside.

[@notquitekeanu]

@@sogeking5396 I love this game but if you seriously believe this is finished then you are delusional

[@CorynSilver]

16:41 it was actually a Zorua according to the pop-up, makes sense as Pineco only spawn in trees

[@scelestion]

That's what I was going to write. Pineco on the ground is always Zorua.

[@olly_da_fwog2122]

i spent almost 30 minutes trying to find myself a pineco and every time i saw a pineco on the ground i got my hopes up then realised it was gonna be a zorua.

[@dirtywhitellama]

Pineco was something like my 320th dex entry. Ridiculously hard to spot. I got its evolution way before that from the area in the northwest 😂

[@WallysBro369]

Ditto is an assache that same way lulz

[@AustinJohnPlays]

i realized that for Applin in the Thicket, but not pineco... still NOT A NORMAL trype! lol

[@sunkfnf2406]

17:27 Finally somebody who calls Eevee a fox. You have NO idea how long I've been waiting for someone to call Eevee a fox.

[@ZeroFate643]

I appreciated the Eevee hunting section. It's one thing to hear about what happened, but way better to see and experience it with you.

[@thescribblequeen]

Poor Austin! I'm so sorry recording and spreadsheets haven't been going your way this past few videos. Pressed like, and hoping things get less exhausting. Thanks for all the work you do!

[@SebastiamEyzaguirre]

The eevee bug happened to me as well with Lokix right by Alfornada. It was a Lokix outbreak on a mountain bordering the town, zero spawns morning day or night.

[@575snake]

4:35 igglybuff be like "DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD Im right here, I sparkle, pick me"

[@bodaugherty9654]

You really captured the stress of shiny hunting Eevee in your video by videoing the stress of you capturing shiny Eevee.

[@TheTempestFunk]

2 things: 1- Do shiny pokemon not get blown away by storms? You can even see a jiggly puff get blown away right before the igglybuff encounter. But the igglybuff stays grounded. If true, this could be a useful trick for sandwich hunting igglybuff. 2- you really need a control group for testing. If you ran 20 resets without any sandwich would the encounter table look different? If you want to say sandwiches make a difference a baseline should be established first.

[@laxusdreyar5590]

Austin, i found your channel only when scarlet and violet came out, and i’ve binge watched all of these vids. multiple times. you are a saint for this community. i/we appreciate you so much more than you know. because of this vid alone, i got a half dozen shiny eevees outside of medali in a day. so thank you!!

[@paperpoke123]

On my experience, I found that using encounter power helps out a ton, I was shiny hunting earthworm during an outbreak and ate a steel encounter power 1 and all of a sudden, there were a ton of earthworms spawning in and within a half hour, I was able to find a shiny earthworm with no shiny charm as well

[@Mitch7297]

Yeah I did that with a shiny killowattral did electric encounter lv 2 shiny charm 10 mins in 1st gen 9 shiny

[@thomasdreisch1135]

I’m sorry this hunt was so painful. For what it’s worth, your videos are great and I absolutely love your humor during them. Keep doing what you’re doing!

[@SplitSniper7]

Austin, we don't deserve the level of patience and commitment you endure doing these tests. Thank you😆😆

[@NinjaNerdy24]

I have had so many outbreaks that just don't spawn! Have also had a few that spawn into cliff and mountain sides. As for the shiny eeveelutions, I think I will just use this method to spawn outbreaks of the specific eeveelution I want. As always, thanks for the super helpful info.

[@Slapnutz_XD]

Yeah today I got a donphan outbreak that spawned on a cliffs edge and only 4 or 5 would spawn

[@Fidodo]

I watched probably like 5 videos on sandwich mass outbreaks and you're the first person to actually crunch the numbers and provide proof that it makes a difference. Everyone else was just going off feelings. Thanks for properly confirming this!

[@ZDC66]

I love your dedication to researching shiny hunting. You’ve helped me end successful in every shiny hunt I’ve started in this game using all of your guides. Just caught myself a chrome Iron Valiant last night and was thrilled. This video just reassures me that jumping back into the Go app last year for the shiny Eevee event was the right call. Once Home is active for SV, I’ll just transfer the 14 I caught in Go from Home lol

[@PatrickNelson-fz3ik]

That Tandemous moment had me cracking up! "If you can't be bothered by checking if Tandemous is shiny, just treat them like batman's parents." Haha so dark!

[@levelseamstress9412]

I have definitely seen the effects of this. I made an encounter boost 2 for dragon trying to find applin. To which I promptly fell asleep because I’m sick, but when I woke up there was an applin outbreak right on top of where I was.

[@nighttimeserenity2447]

When that music plays just before you realise its actually a legit shiny, it just... -click- Turns on that Instant Satisfaction and Amusement level to Max. I NEVER tire of it! The sensation is just so pleasant. Gotta love Shiny findings to the highest amount! Love this entertainment Austin! Love it!

[@CP-yo6dd]

A trooper and a hero. Hopefully I can finally find a Cetoddle or Charcadet outbreak now. Thanks for all you do, man!

[@opalumbre]

The central western area one (i think) with a fire encounter sandwich is full of charcadets ^^ it was in his isolated encounter method video

[@jpk25_]

I got a cetoddle outbreak when I was standing at the peak of the mountain

[@jacobclem8774]

Charcadet outbreak is extremely frustrating. I got one and gave up hunting the shiny because you have to focus so hard on their eyes

[@ng_reed]

Cetoddle and cetitan are some of the best new shinies! I really lucked out and found a random shiny cetoddle in the wild (shiny charm probably helped out)

[@WallysBro369]

@@ng_reed same here and before i even got my shiny charm, was headed to a gym on top of a snowy mountain and i popped over the hill and there it was a lil grey one stood out like a sore thumb luckily! So the good news is its not very likely you will miss em when they show up shiny on account of how noticeably grey they are.

[@georgedimi7930]

“Didn’t realising I was muted” that made me laugh much more than it should have love your videos, thanks for all your time and effort my guy, you’re doing Arceus’s work

[@bickybunting]

Thank you for working so hard on your videos, Austin. I know so many of us in the pokemon community appreciate it more than you could ever know :"] (PS: loving the Stardew shirt)

[@Morgan_Rt]

Hi Austin John! And anyone who reads. Don't know if you'll see this comment, but in regard to 12:43 bug with the Eevee outbreak, I can confirm that this happens in several different locations for ANY outbreak. I had a sinistea outbreak spawn just on the corner of Alfornada, right where the game despawns/spawns pokemon from transitioning from town name to area province. If an outbreak spawns on any one of these events, the pokemon will NOT spawn! If it is too close to a town or in this case, an event where the player character can interact with NPC's/ in-game events such as the olive run, then the outbreak is basically non-existent. Would save you time and stress to just reroll and hope an outbreak spawns in a nice, open and unpopulated area. Hopefully this is helpful!

[@andreina_sofia]

Your commitment and patience does not go unnoticed .. thank you for all you do !! I would’ve called it hours ago and called it a day😂

[@deviiwizard1324]

I love shiny Eevee. Instant click because of it lol

[@toxiccloak2065]

Same

[@Jamezno99]

Same lol

[@MrMelonGuy42]

love most of the shiny eeveelution

[@Crepe_Cat]

Lol Same

[@benbird9085]

I think that's most of us

[@KingSteve13]

12:25 Yep yep, Olive gym and a couple others have a retry mode for some prizes, nothing too fancy I think.

[@mortytheghost]

Fun fact, you don't have to change the date to have raids update if you go to the date settings, move your date up one day and then move it back you can change your raids while keeping the date current for the purposes of having caught the Pokemon on the right date.

[@KawaiiShiNeko]

To further add onto this actually. I found that you don't have to move anything, just keep pressing A on your date and time and even where it says OK, it will reset your Mass outbreaks and Raids without actually having to change anything.

[@mortytheghost]

@@KawaiiShiNeko I don't know why that makes me laugh so much. X ) I thought that I had found the minimum effort possible but you have the bigger brain.

[@APG93]

@@KawaiiShiNeko to even further add on to this, you don't even need to spam A on the boxes to get it to move to the next selection. You can just use the d-pad or joystick and move all the way to the right and just press okay. Still without changing anything. 😂

[@KawaiiShiNeko]

@@APG93 It keeps going omg lol

[@CoercedJab]

@@KawaiiShiNeko this is why god made people speak in different tongues lol

[@AlterPichu]

This video is just a diary of Austin’s descent into madness for a single shiny eevee

[@CAthroughTze]

Yeah, I've noticed that the outbreak spawn markers are totally random and can be placed in places like inside of mountains that you can't actually access. All of the rocky area around Area Zero counts as a cave encounter so you can get outbreaks around the mountainous ring, but they don't actually spawn.

[@theboom1694]

I had a noibat out break where all of them spawned in the mountain and when I went to battle one it put my Pokémon in there and I just saw a bunch flying around

[@CAthroughTze]

@Theboom1 maybe it depends on the species and if you can engage it. I haven't been able to find a single outbreak along the Areo Zero ridge myself, but my sample size is 4, so take that with a grain of salt haha

[@Ryoten2289]

To see Austin all giggly and excited about unexpected Shiny Pokemons puts a smile on my face. Charts be damned! *But are hyper appreciated*

[@catsoftheworld5623]

It seems fake to me when he did it. Especially when he walk back again. But I could be wrong

[@yaboipktendo]

Here's a Tipp for people searching for specific Outbreaks without switching the day *Save inside of Area Zero* For some reason when you're inside Area Zero the game will only Spawn new Outbreaks once you leave. This allows you to select Outbreaks to a very small degree

[@spindleblood]

Does this mean we don't need to do the date/time switch? Just come and go from Area Zero?

[@SPICYSHRIMPTACO]

I absolutely love how he plays that little flamenco guitar riff whenever a shiny pops up. It’s the little things

[@demongirlkisser]

Austin with the top tier content as always

[@reesember]

16:37 “Why is Pineco here?” Plot twist, it was a Zorua all along!

[@ScruffyMonk]

Austin John I have a tip for shiny hunting Tandimaus(or other hard to see shiny) . Using a mass outbreak, and the R button go feature. If you KO 60 or 30(for fewer resets) then save and sandwich, you can R button your poke to the rest of the outbreak. It will refuse to KO shiny, so you can then fight it. It took 10 mins per reset from 30 with this method, and odds are about 13% per reset for shiny. Not as good for easy to spot shiny, but way better than Masuda method.

[@jamesmurdoch65]

I have a fix for the Cortondo mass outbreak - on the east side of the olive soccer field theres 2 rocks and a small tree and approx. 5 metres to the south of that theres a single tuft of grass. If you stand right next to that tuft and look at the cliff theres a single spawn point that pokemon keep spawning from, and if you've got the eevee mass outbreak they just keep spawning from that single point (got a shiny eevee just sitting on the grass and setting up a picnic to reset). Note - if an eevee spawns asleep you have to go wake it up to move it off the spawn point to get more to spawn. Thought this could make for a cool vid. Love your work mate.

[@jaysundj]

Once the HOME update drops we need Austin to show off his entire shiny collection.

[@KwehKwehKweh]

12:38 for the eevee you have to move farther away from the court when your next to that town, its kinda funky but if u look around you will find the spot, they spawn far away from it, that why I prefer the spawn behind the court where nothing else will spawn in the way. I have no idea why the outbreak shows it spawns in the town when it doesnt lol.

[@katierenee5699]

Awesome video as always! I have no where else to share this so Imma share it here. I was just roaming around, not doing anything in particular. Had no sandwiches on. I came arcross a random shiny Lyconrock. It's one of my favorite pokemon so I was pretty happy! I saved in front of it just in case. And as I did. A freakin shiny Mudbray ran onto the screen as well. I have pictures. Oh. My. Gosh. I had the charm but no sandwiches on Lmao. Had to share. Awesome moment

[@dylanoake]

I'm happy for you, what crazy luck! 😊

[@insideout096]

I've noticed you don't have to keep advancing the days, you can just restart the game, and as long as the time has jumped to the next day you can simply restart the game a load it in and every time you go back into the game it will reroll the outbreaks

[@wesleydavenport6659]

Hey Austin. I'd love to see a more in depth look at tera raids. Things like what exactly does it actually mean when it says it "removed negative effects" how to build a good set of raid killers, and what moves will always fail against a raidmon (apparently torment and trick always fail no matter what)

[@opalumbre]

I know it removes status conditions (confusion, sleep, etc.) but it would be nice to know if it included removing negative stat changes

[@ToxricityWithoutTheT]

Austin has already done effective raidkiller video

[@wesleydavenport6659]

@@ToxricityWithoutTheT oh? I'll have to re-check. Must have missed that one. Thanks!

[@APG93]

@@opalumbre you can press Y on the battle screen and see the stat buffs and debuffs on each mon. When it says "removed negative effects" it does include stats as well. And 6 star raids can even nullify abilities.

[@aradiamegido0u0]

"I just realized I was muted for this entire recording" Austin John proving to me why he is my favorite poke news/tips youtubers

[@Jadeshinyhunter22]

Can I just say you're by far my favourite pokemon youtuber! So informative and funny! Keep doing what you do, amazing 👏 😁

[@darthligma8592]

That eevee spawn is broken. Anyone looking to hunt shunt eevee you can get another spawn lower at the same town that’s not broken. Weird spawners for it though - I recommend just riding around to despawn and respawn the eevee

[@davidgardner8200]

The mechanics in this game are insane and I love it

[@chrischarles1812]

I love the joy in your voice and your face when you get an unexpected shiny is so great love seeing it thank you for all your help

[@smitpatel3971]

I can see the pain on your face, really appreciate all the grinding you do for the playerbase. =)

[@Zynnix]

I've found a lot of broken spawners for outbreaks. Usually they're in the middle of two or three different major changes in elevation like that top of a mountain, bottom of the mountain and a tiny little ledge and they either won't spawn at all, or you'll get like one spawn every 10 minutes which is not worth doing. It's pretty annoying actually. I wish the outbreaks would be set in actual proper places instead of being able to show up in such weird places. And the cave ones are always fun because 80% of the time most of the spawns are in the walls of the cave. It's a whole new type of shiny hunting where you have to smash your face against the walls to try and find the hidden pokemon lol.

[@Ash-kyun]

You don't need me to say it, but I think we can confirm that encounter power does influence the outbreaks. I got a Froslass outbreak, used an encounter recipe, got my shiny and skipped one day forward becaue I had enough time left and got Misdreavus, Mismagius AND a Mimikyu outbreak (never even knew it could be in an outbreak). This will make shiny hunting (hopefully) so much easier. As always, appreciate your commitment with these videos Austin. Cherish that Eevee =D

[@Dark_Ducking]

A big tip, you don't need to change the day, just put 12:59 am or pm, and just press ok, check the map, return and you will still have the same hour, so just press ok again and continue the cycle, I update my mass outbreaks really quicky in this form

[@WhineOtron]

4:23 This is exactly why we need sound/visual indication of a shiny spawning! Legends: Arceus had a perfectly fine 'shiny indicator system' and it baffles me why they would change it! I don't want to imagine how many people might have missed out on a shiny because they weren't paying attention, they straight up didn't see it or something like the Igglypuff in the video where the shiny is barely noticeable because the colour is slightly altered. I hope they'll patch in some sort of "shiny indicator" in the future because I would hate to see anyone miss out on a shiny. Story time: I was playing together with a friend yesterday in the same world, we were looking for each other's exclusive Pokemon together, and I got stuck in a battle so I told my friend to go ahead and I'd catch up. After battle, I paused to look at the map and ask my bud where he was and while I was idling in the game a shiny Skiddo spawned relatively close by but because there was no visual or sound indication I didn't notice it at first! So I start heading in the direction my bud is, which thankfully was in the same direction as the shiny Skiddo, and I drive right past it only to do a "wait a minute..." then turn around and take a ~3 second look at the Skiddo before finally realizing it was shiny! tdlr; almost missed out on a shiny because there was no visual indication!

[@omnigizmo]

I told myself before watching this that if Austin encounters another unexpected shiny Pokémon that I would subscribe. Low and behold, the surprise Igglybuff (was also my first shiny encounter).... I'm a man of my word, you've got my sub.

[@donovanmendez6281]

You are literally killing it on this game. Thanks so much for all the content and fun clips, it helps souch and is so much fun to watch!! Thank you!!!

[@recon1468]

Incase no-one was aware, you can change your time going one minute back and it'll generate new spawns with the game open, instead of moving a day forward or going 23:59.

[@godscalledwayne]

Didnt have any luck getting a Frigibax outbreak. Five minutes into making a Dragon encounter sandwich and BOOM, I got one. Thank you for making this guide.

[@nickolasdavis896]

Dude.... I love these types of videos. I know you're not a big fan of them, but watching you go through some of this stuff is funny. AF

[@old_man_dunsparce]

@10:40 I actually had the exact same thing happen to me during a Gardevoir outbreak!! There were *ZERO* Gardevoir spawning, even though the outbreak was in the middle of fecking nowhere.

[@atticussagemind]

I really really enjoy how well the Gerudo theme works for your shiny theme. I love hearing it while i lurk your vids. 🤣

[@Tea_Mist]

I love how many funny clips I can get out of Austin John's videos. xD Poor Tandumaus.

[@alexisj1526]

I did the Eevee hunt too, took me 6 hours to get an Eeevee outbreak. I got the one at Medali and it was in the exact same place as you. Their spawn rate is just awful. I got 3 shiny Fidough and a shiny Voltorb, but I did manage to get the 6 Shiny Eevee I was after. I found a Umbreon, Leafeon, and Espeon outbreak while looking for the Eevee outbreak and managed to grab those shiny. I wanted a shiny for every Eevee, plus some extra for my kids. Lol Took me an entire day, but I did it! Wish I knew about the sandwhich trick. Probably would have saved me some time, but then again after seeing how long it took you to get another Eevee outbreak, maybe not. Either way, great info and great video Austin John Plays! :)

[@SaiyanKnight]

I felt that "thank you so much for being here, goodbye" in my ancestors' souls.

[@volleydeck7010]

Man, the Batman joke almost had me covering my monitor with the ice tea I just took a sip of. Had me dying.

[@shydog7276]

This... Explains why I kept seeing Dragalge and Dratini outbreaks when I was using a lv 2 dragon encounter sandwich lol. And Rotom when I had a lv 2 ghost encounter. That's really neat!

[@Kaos835]

4:40 thats got to be the most accidental shiny pokemon of all time lmao

[@TheClutchUDF]

Sandwiches are literally god in this game : shinies, raid bonuses, mass outbreak, catching bonus, egg power

[@HakureiIllusion]

"Why is there a Pineco here?" War flashbacks to my Applin hunting before I realized that every one that spawned not in a tree was actually a Zorua

[@CynsEpic]

encounter power really helped when i was trying to do applin outbreaks

[@bragilbe12]

I'm finding Eevee outbreaks happen more with encounter power 3, had 2 show up within 20 resets. More testing is needed though

[@TheFluffyTheropod]

I was replying to another comment, but realised this would probably be useful information for a lot of people who don’t already know- but here’s a way to get a WORKING Eevee outbreak. Definitely change the date to reset the outbreaks while you’re standing around Medali *instead* of Cortondo- there’s at least one outbreak location there that can get an Eevee outbreak that’ll actually work normally, while it seems literally all of the Cortondo Eevee outbreak locations are broken. It can take a bit to get the outbreak to appear while near Medali, but it’s super worth it! The working one I found was behind the town, aka the opposite side of Medali to where Austin found his. It’s still quite close to the town, but it’s far enough that you’ll get TONS of Eevees. Just need to have the patience to get the outbreak to appear- it genuinely took me a whole day. But I got a bunch of shiny Eevees from it, even managed to find a female one!

[@Kt_Kat]

Austin, you have saved me so much time!! I never comment on videos, but I have to share that this video has saved me many more days of insanity trying to hunt a Hattena (which has odd lake spawns where the Encounter power doesn't work so well). I was able to finally find my Hatenna outbreak after less than 10 timeskips with this new discovery! Thank you for your time and dedication to testing all these features of the game!

[@EternalSeabed]

This came at a great time, I'm almost done with shiny hunting everything new for my livedex, running into difficulties spawning outbreaks

[@traverserred]

I find all this interesting and useful to know sandwiches might have an effect on outbreaks, but I’ve never switched the date on my games, I want my play throughs to be all natural.

[@helloluiis]

hey! Relatively new to your channel, I really appreciate how informative and how transparent you are with your findings, I also appreciate the steady level of energy in your content. Too many channels with explosive/loud energy that can be very over stimulating. Thank you for creating

[@teh_hoodster]

The first eevee outbreak did work on my game, but it spawned close to the cliff to the left of the olive ball court for some reason.

[@ArcticFoxAK]

Yes same here, glad to see others are experiencing the same. I think the icon could be getting misplaced I am going to check myself soon

[@eraiko12]

Dude thank you SO much. I reached out earlier on twitter asking for eevee hunt tips and its todays video. As i said I ve been real unlucky with eggs and no eevee outbreak in almost 300 date skips. THANK YOU

[@Ccorleone1609]

i did everything you do in your vids and yet it took me 3 literal days to shiny hunt a dratini. You must be the luckiest dude out there for having so many shinies my dude. Thats why i really enjoy watching your videos

[@kioshekat7931]

John not noticing the shiny until running into it, this is why I auto-battle every "slight" shiny species

[@MediumDSpeaks]

Bro you think you were seeing all these other Pokémon but seeing Pineco ESPECIALLY confirms it for me, those were ALL Ditto, AJ

[@connerwalker3230]

I love the part when you’re looking for an eevee you take out the igglybuff and an eevee is right behind it while you say where are these eevees 😂😂

[@JonnehSpaz]

16:42 That pineco was a Zorua , look at the items claimed after you killed it LOL

[@Nikolai5564]

This method was so effective for me. I popped a steel encounter 2 sandwich and rolled days just a few times. I got an Orthworm outbreak very quickly. KO'd the 60 and proceeded to get a shiny WITHOUT a shining sandwich. Oh and I did a 6 Star Dondozo raid in the middle of it all for that sweet sweet Herba Mystica. All of this before the initial sandwich expired.

[@inksmears]

Eevee outbreaks seem crazy rare so I feel like you were lucky to even get one. I stood at the normal town and the bug town, both with normal encounter power lvl 2, and skipped one year in each town and NEVER saw one. Meanwhile I saw the following outbreaks while standing in their spawn locations without encounter power: Flareon, Sylveon, Umbreon, Leafeon and Glaceon. All of these only took a handful of weeks or days. Wild.

[@KucingIndo]

i had the same experience of the bad spawn spot bug with charcadet that spawns behind the pokemon league building, smh the spot seemed to be inside the cliff so that was impossible get. thank you as always for the amazing video and guide!!! been following since around breath of the wild and honestly, you're the top 1 most reliable when it comes to tips and guides for nintendo games i also love your animal crossing playthough and would love to see more of your casual play like with stardew valley. i think people would be really interested if you have like a second channel where you just post some casual play and talk, i genuinely love hearing your casual talk in-between your guides hope you have a fantastic day!!

[@BigRheno]

This makes sense. I was farming a sinistea outbreak, finished and still had my ghost 3 up just to find driftloon and shuppet outbreaks going.

[@alphagalactic426]

16:41 thats not a pineco lol, thats a zorua

[@Dragonskull1057]

My spot for Eevee was plentiful with them but you have to get it at just the right spot around the normal town. I was at the North Pokemon Center and was rerolling near a tree since I saw a normal spawn Eevee there. After like half a year or more rerolling an Outbreak spawned in the corner between town and that cliff to the right of the North Pokemon center. Spawned a LOT of Eevee compared to other places and was easy to respawn by riding into two and then back out. I ended up getting 4 Shiny Eevee before running out of Herba and letting it go.

[@AJ_Universe]

I don't really shiny hunt, it isn't my thing. With a few exceptions I prefer my shinies to be spontaneous. But I am very happy for you and the other Shiny Hunters out there. This seems excellent.

[@ConnorJ18th]

I was getting worried that Austin's hair was going to turn into the same color as shiny eevee with how stressful and how long it was taking him to find one

[@RushedPhenom]

Pokemon is a science I should be able to major in.

[@jongatti8651]

Been looking for an indeedee outbreak for so long now. I did this exact method and stood northeast above bamboo forest and got it within a week. Thank you!

[@miguelsaenz3160]

This is fantastic! I roled Eevee outbreak on Wednesday after I saw your previous video n got 4 shiny eevees one marked as Cloud ☁️ watcher thx for all your hard work!!!

[@firedem0n5]

4:40 amber alert went off just at this time right before the beautiful sparkles 😆

[@shad0w7x56]

4:37 🥲 This scares me cause I’ve passed by so many igglypuffs and I never knew what the shiny form was.

[@FinalKaiserKami]

My friend mentioned this to me when I was trying to shiny hunt Tinkatink or Tinkatuff. Egg hunting didn't work, so I tried to roll the days. When he told me that encounter power may change it, he sent me this video. Sure enough Lvl 2 let me see a Gardevoir outbreak which I've never seen before, and eventually Tinkatuff MUCH easier than before. I was able to get one thankfully with the shiny lvl 3 food! Thanks for the video!

[@wowgek7]

your lucky it doesnt work anymore I tried an lvl 2 normal sandwitch in like 20 tries I got 1 normal pokemon at most and onlly 3 times not even 1 2 normal types. I am sure it worked at some point but most likely patched out

[@ChaoticGrip]

Just FYI regarding 12:09 : You can't actually play the challenge together in Union Circle. Each player sees the ball move differently :(