I got THREE Shiny Arceus in One Night with this INSANE Method

[@graysonharpertx]

Don't be intimidated by how complex it looks, I almost resigned myself back to the endless "soft resetting at the top of the stairs" method, I don't have a capture card and I wasn't sure I could do all of this by myself. However, I ended up using my laptop webcam and got a shiny on my second try. He presents the tutorial brilliantly, the only things that are not mentioned in this video, one of which is mentioned in another, is that when you start the preview box, by default the blue box will be in the corner, find the x and y coordinate boxes and use the keypad to scroll up instead of typing in the number. As x and y increase, the box will shift horizontally and vertically, do this until it is centered around your character's eye. The other piece of advice is that when installing python, make sure to leave the box that installs it for all users checked, when you run the install.bat and run.bat it will be depending on the version that is installed under the admin user of the pc, not your user. If you only install it for your user it will not work.

[@shinigami7230]

How did you use your laptop webcam to do it?

[@graysonharpertx]

@@shinigami7230 I'm not gonna lie it's been a while and I don't think I entirely remember the setup on the virtual side of things, but I had to prop my laptop up on some stuff and turn on a whole bunch of lights so it was as focused and clear as it could be for the tracking.

[@downbeatdialga1341]

i don't have a windows computer, so I honestly might try to do something similar if I can. @@graysonharpertx

[@lucky_mcgee799]

is a capture card necessary

[@graysonharpertx]

@@lucky_mcgee799 no I used my laptop webcam

[@supernerdcal122]

Phenomenal work. Your google doc was spot on - got it first try! You made the process a lot more easy to comprehend, and the setup being streamlined in a .zip was extremely helpful. Thank you so much!

[@MrCowboy6588]

THANK YOU for these vids - been going through my living shiny dex and updating as many legends and mythics as possible to my OT instead of rando genned mons from wonder trade and the GTS over the years, and it feels incredible to hit a shiny frame after putting in the work to learn the science behind how the RNG seed works. Was able to get my shiny starter in 2 tries in both BD and SP, shaymin in 31 tries, palkia and dialga in 2 each, arceus on my first shot, the lake trio within 10 attempts each, all the fossils, and most of the ramanas legends within 5-6 tries with some calibration. My biggest regret is not getting into BDSP sooner, since I missed the darkrai window entirely - for now he and manaphy will have to remain the only legends/mythics that don't have my OT. You (and the RNG community) are the GOAT! Now I need to learn Gen 7 and Gen 5 RNG before they shut down bank and transporter next year....

TALK TO EM 😤

[@AP2W]

how do i get the stupid fucking boxes to align with my player model on my switch with a webcam?! its just stuck in the fucking corner @

[@MyCat521]

@@AP2W i understand but is there a way to do it with giratina

[@davidbritt5020]

Thank you so Much! I got my Shiny Arceus on the first attempt, and just barely caught it with a premier ball before it killed itself with struggle. No way I would have risked that if I didn't have your method to find another one

*ALERT:* I pushed an update to the BDSP RNG Zip this morning that hopefully fixes some errors people were having involving the opening of the Video Preview. Redownload if you're having this issue. **INFO & Resources** RNG Tools Pack: github.com/jjaldridge2009/Project_Xs/releases/ BLINK TIMER CALC: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mE3UH2lAJBV-VZaaFh5cJMt0tiVH-x43T5YnrNxDYxc/edit?usp=sharing Affordable Capture Card Recommendation: amzn.to/36h71J0

[@raskitampati3558]

This can be on mac ?

[@DiscordedHaru]

I clicked this version of the RNG tools and it STILL tells me I'm using the wrong version. On top of that, when I try to upgrade, I just can't do it. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong.

[@Brookesey]

I watched this video 4 times and I'm still so confused by literally all of it. I don't think I'd be able to do this.

[@AlanACarlson]

Same... I absolutely cannot understand this. I'm already extremely angry because I'm at 36,703 sr's for Arceus.

[@fnazhuntz4255]

@@AlanACarlson nooo WAAAYYYYYY!!!!

[@AlanACarlson]

@@fnazhuntz4255 Its okay. I finally got it. I'm happy now.

[@fnazhuntz4255]

@@AlanACarlson iknooow but DAMNNNNN

[@Bleazzy]

@@AlanACarlson damn that’s hella tries

[@SlyAceZeta]

I gave up on Shiny Shaymin because the programs just weren't working for me, it was much too complex. But with Arceus, it's a lot simpler, and you explained it a lot better in this video--after soft-resetting exactly 1,002 times, and failing the first attempt, the second attempt at RNG worked and I got my Shiny Arceus! Thank you so much for this video!

[@SCP--rj8hm]

Wait you're the guy who made the ribbon tracker right?

[@SlyAceZeta]

@@SCP--rj8hm ...wow, I didn't expect a KZbin reply asking that O.o I am indeed. From your bio, I see you're already in the Discord server for it :P

[@SCP--rj8hm]

@@SlyAceZeta ....I should remove that lol It's cool to see you in other parts of the community, though I guess it makes sense

[@pimpswagonist6726]

Papa Jefé you're a gentleman and a scholar, I've been resetting 2 weeks straight with no dice and then came across your video. It took a few tries but I was able to get it with this method. Thank you so much for this, I have subscribed.

[@Straitlace]

Just wanted to say I used this method today and successfully acquired my shiny. It took a while to actually get the steps right (I accidentally turned off the monitoring, jumped past my target step a few times, walked up the stairs instead of running and missed my final mark), but on my second properly executed attempt it worked. Thanks for this tutorial.

[@starrman9490]

Damn! Okay I did this too, I used the d-pad and wondered why the timing was off - next time I’ll make sure to use the joycon!

[@Gamelover882]

Update: I've attempted this all the way through about 10 or 11 times. It's so frustrating because I keep getting one advance frame off. Usually 1 frame too late even when I adjust for that extra second. For me the final press is around -131 Edit: I did it! I finally hit it. Took about maybe 20 tries in all after getting used to all the programs, the timer, the calibrations, and my own timing

[@jimcarlobatalla1492]

Thank you for this!! I did like more than 20times.. tried between 133, 134, 135 and none worked.. after reading your comment of 131, in just 1 try.. viola! Shiny Arceus!! Mine is 131 as well.. thank you again for this tip! 131 is the key!

[@DiscordedHaru]

I can't even get the fucking thing to recognize my El Gato, so I'd like to know wtf people were doing to mitigate this.

[@Gamelover882]

@@DiscordedHaru I used a 720p logitech webcam USB. I did it for this shiny Arceus and Darkrai

[@andrewjones6583]

I can’t even get the player blink to preview my game it only shows a preview of me and my room

[@storm_fling1062]

@andrewjones6583 1 year later but you have to point the camera at the screen 💀

[@daidai7699]

i got it first try ! and by using a 20$ old camera ! i just followed your tutorial and used a copy of your google sheet and arceus in one go, i'm shaking ! this was so simple it tooks just a couple minutes to setup but it was so worth it thanks man

[@JPeugh_]

Just want to give you a huge shout out, and THANK YOU for this video and program! There’s no way I would have got this without your help! I had to adjust the calculator to 134! Calibrating the eye was definitely the most difficult part of this whole process, but once I got past the 40 blinks, within 6-10 tries and making sure I hit the A button on que just right. It spawned like clock work! Again, I couldn’t have got this without you brother! You’ve gained a subscriber for life! THANK YOU!

Congrats! Love to see it.

[@AP2W]

is it possible to do this RNG manipulation without a capture card?@

[@Flametix]

I got the shiny Arceus today pretty handily in 2 tries. Some helpful tips from the discord include starting the blink checks in the cave and starting the timeline from when you close the key item message and running out of the cave. Also remember to turn off autosave. Overall relatively convenient for a RNG method even with a laptop camera.

Unbelievably based viewer right here.

[@Flametix]

@ Thank you papa. This is actually one of the first RNGs I've done that I just found out it was possible on BDSP today and I like that the blinks are really lenient, beats soft resetting for sure.

[@Ochrehorns]

could you elaborate on this?

[@Flametix]

@@Ochrehorns It's been a while, but my first attempt was pretty far off trying to calibrate outside the cave, so I searched in the discord about Arceus and found some discussion about how it was more consistent to calibrate inside the cave. In that case the timer reaching 0 is the point you have to exit the textbox and hold up so you leave the cave, and then waiting for the last A press on the cry text before the battle begins. I also used slightly different settings based on someone in the Discord using a 130 delay and 225 buffer.

[@mcnectar3196]

Whoo! it works, your delay and timeline buffer worked perfectly for me! took me about 15 tries, as soon as didn't lose focus while clicking on timeline it came with 2 tries! Really appreciate the fine details of your videos!

[@JapanguyGM2500]

After almost a year of trying to hunt this thing the normal way on and off, and a couple of failed attempts of understanding how to do this and getting it to work- I finally decided to give this method another shot and after two tries...I finally got my shiny God Pokemon. Thanks a ton Papa Jefe!!! Keep up the excellent work!

[@kanseethehootz551]

Thank you so much for this detailed guide! I haven't gotten Shiny Arceus yet, but I did some RNG stuff back in Gen 7 with Ultra Beasts and Legendaries in USUM, and right now I'm only a couple frames off on Arceus. I'll get there soon, but thank you again, Papa Jefe! EDIT: Just got it on my first attempt after commenting this! Thank you so much again!

[@ShadowRoxas10]

Finally got him! Took about ten tries, and really my frames were all over the place, I actually used a delay of 134 and then subtracted 5 frames off the final a press just given my tracking but it WORKED! Thank you for such a helpful vid - now to learn how to do this for other pokemon in this + other games.

[@ggSaturn]

Unbelievable, i actually made it in my first try! Well made guide and video, you're absolute legend Papa! Ty so much :)

[@maileesaeya3614]

Thank you so, SO much! It took me several tries (pinning down the frame advances was a little hard) and I had to borrow a webcam for it, but I was able to get Shiny Arceus thanks to this! So thank you for saving me from wasting months of my life. 😊

[@Jazzaroful]

For anyone wondering how to get a Recycle/Switheroo pokemon for hunting; get a smeargle ( located on route 212 with pokeradar) it has sketch and can learn Recycle(munchlax/porygon) and Switcheroo(persian,etc). Easiest way is to rebattle the double battle trainers on route 210. Last moves can be spore/false swipe if you like. These sets are my examples of how I got the smeargle the way I wanted.

[@jonahcicon]

Where are the trainers on 210 that have munchlax and persian?

[@kingofkings4845]

recycle and switcheroo are useless cause u cant recover berries if u switched them

[@jaxstrida8281]

You need Fling, not Switcheroo/Trick. Problem is, Fling does damage so it's not ideal for False Swipe strats.

[@Luna-Lux]

@@jonahcicon that's just for the double battle Bring your own recycle/switcheroo user and copy the move with smeargle

[@trickrubyvgc]

Tried again this morning after 5 failed attempts last night. Opened the config and a took a new eye pic, but every time I monitor blinks I get "failed to deduce seed from monitored blinks" any ideas Jefe?

[@BlazingTyphlosion]

Hi there, BD or SP? Digital or Cartridge?

[@PokeProExpertMode]

I finally got it with your guide. I just stuck to the 133 and took me 5 ish attempts. It's just hard sometimes since the Framerate is wonky as it is. I was legitimately SR 2.300 times and didn't get a single Shiny encounter, then I found your video. It took me a couple hours to understand the algorithm before getting the hang of an entire new concept and calculation, but it's 100 times better than standard 1/4096.

[@jorge_trujillo]

133? I’ve been off by 133 every time is that what you’re referring too? I don’t know how to fix it

[@unoriginalname771]

That depends on if you're 133 too late or too early. If it's 133 advances late, then you'll want to add 133 to whatever your delay already is. This will make it so that the spreadsheet shows your target advances 133 advances earlier. It's just an offset to correct the difference @@jorge_trujillo

[@jorge_trujillo]

yeah i got the shiny arceus thanks@@unoriginalname771

[@roh430]

I don't usually comment, but just wanted to say this method works. Thank you Papa Jefe. It may take a bit to get the correct timing, but legit just follow the guide, it works 100 percent as long as you don't skip anything in the video. A few things that may help others that helped me. 1. If you are using a pro controller for the switch while doing this manipulation, when it comes time to walk up the stairs, do not use the d-pad. Use the joystick. The joystick lets you move slightly faster to hit the timing better and also if you press up on the dpad, you will glitch out and move left or right rather than up. That messed me up on a few attempts and I haven't seen anyone mention the dpad issues. Not sure if this glitch is present if you are using the switch directly, but I would imagine it may be the same issue. 2. If you used your masterball like I did before this fight, I highly recommend having a pokemon at level 80 with Thunder Wave. Also a pokemon(s) with light screen, flash and drain punch is a great stalling method. I bought 80 or so timer balls and 100 ultraballs. Ultimately, I think I had higher success with the Ultra Balls, so probably use those even if 20 turns have passed, ultra seems to be more consistent. Orange health is fine, just make sure its afflicted with Paralysis. Usually on average, it took me about 10-15 balls to catch Arceus. I had to catch him about 6 or 7 times to figure out how close I was to the time I needed, so I got pretty good at catching him the old fashioned way. My main two pokemon was Electivire and gallade for my method of catching him with out an Master Ball. Keep in mind, even with this strat, you can have him struggle to death. I had that happen twice, so this is not fool proof. 3. Remember you can run away and re-use the seed you setup previously as long as you reidentify after entering and reexisting the cave. He mentions this near the end of the video, but I feel its a very useful thing to know from the get go to save some time. Hope my experiences help!

[@squeebers]

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!! I did about 6 hours of attempts and got him when I told myself that this is the last attempt tonight! I can't believe it! I caught him in a premier ball, too! Your guides are life savers!

[@jackmutsers5794]

thank you so much for your video, i spend 4 days soft resetting until I saw your video, after which I managed to get my shiny arceus on my second attempt using the method that you showed in your video.

BEAUTIFUL! Congrats!!

[@gabiball7280]

Eeey, I‘m so glad that I found your Video. After 2 trys, I got the shiny Arceus. Can‘t imagine the time I would have needed by reseting the game xD

[@TFXyt]

I followed your instructions and sure enough I got my shiny Arceus! I actually used my phone’s camera via DroidCam because I didn’t have a webcam! Can’t believe it, thank you!!

[@Bram_Weijgers]

You are a hero. I had 1000+ resets on this and decided to try this with my phone as a webcam. Took a couple of attempts to get the seed because the eye wouldn’t be quite right. But finally got an attempt in about 10 minutes ago and got it first try thanks to your guide and spreadsheet. Amazing work! I’ll for sure be trying other legendaries with this method.

[@omegamyr3531]

Amazing stuff Jefé! I needed like 8 tries to finally hit the right frame but given that this was my first time using RNG manipulation to hunt for a shiny I would say that the method is fantastic. Thank you very much for the showcase and my gratitude to everyone making the tools and developing this method!

[@NoApplePie4u]

Incredible. I tried to do this a few months back and didn't have any success in coming close. Fast forward to today and I get it working and pull it on my first attempt! THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[@casualgamingdad2424]

I just want to say that after 13439 SRs to find Shiny Arceus and FAILING (accidentally ran away- RIP to me) I found this video. It took me 4.5 hours (most of which was configurations and getting set up for actual attempts) and 3 total attempts (first two were sloppy) I managed to find this Pokémon using this method. Took over 30 turns to catch it but I got in a timer ball and I couldn’t be happier about it. Thank you for your very detailed and user-friendly explanations/instructions. It was 2:30am and my family was sleeping, which is the only reason I didn’t scream out loud when it showed up. You got subscription for your efforts. Cheers mate!

[@Lakrix]

Got it within a few hours of fiddling around and actually one proper attempt. I am absolutely baffled how smart people are to figure out all the math and algorithms to create those amazing tools. Thanks a lot for showcasing this method to the public/ casual players.

Congrats! Love that people are still doing this.

[@himotion]

I can't believe I've passed 10days soft resetting for shiny Palkia and, when I found out about RNG, I found all shiny legendary Pokémons (Arceus included) in one week 😅 glad I found out RNG manipulation with your videos at Ranamas Park! It saved me a lot of time and a lot of sanity. Now I'm too lazy to try the Shaymin method ahaha Just waiting for Darkrai

[@masierity2917]

doesn't that kill the point of shiny hunting? just saying

@@masierity2917 The rabbit hole just goes one level deeper, and you wind up like me... only going for Perfect Competitive Shiny Pokemon, which is basically impossible when SR'ing, but doable with RNG manipulation (but still difficult).

[@himotion]

@@masierity2917 I just don't want to spend weeks waiting for a shiny Pokémon to show up just because of "luck". I was shiny hunting for Registeel in SWSH weeks after weeks (almost four days a week, for too many hours) still nothing and it's not funny at all. For me at least, it was just frustrating. I understand why people like to do that, I've done it for a while now, but I have a job now and I found more interesting and fun to do it with rng manipulation, that saves me so much time. I personally find this method much more fascinating than soft resetting and hoping for (my bad) luck.

[@tehsiutsai7363]

Waiting for Darkrai! Hoping it will not be as hard as shaymin.🤣

[@jamie36]

Got shaymin in 2 hours. Arceus tho..

[@easy.peasey]

I personally dont like RNG manipulation, but this is crazy! very detailed video, as for me, im currently over 9300 SRs hunting it the old fashion way

[@christopherbrooks5548]

I know this video is over a year old but, I was finally able to get a shiny Arceus today. I had spent two weeks soft resetting before actually finding this video. Thank you so so so much!

[@Hank39]

I had a similar experience, this video is a life saver

Glad to hear it! Love to see people successfully RNG 😍

[@christopherbrooks5548]

@ Im hooked. Got it again today on my Shining Pearl copy. Starting to RNG in Sword tonight.

[@milkdrinker7]

14:43 can you explain this leppa berry recycle action? Everything I've read says recycle can't recover items transferred to others with the likes of trick or switcheroo.

[@hugosoto9203]

Thank you so much! First I took a lot completing the pokedex and getting the Shiny Charm and than I read that it doesn't work in BDSP, I was fumed. But on a reddit post I read somebody mentioning your method and I had to try. After hours of getting the hang of it clicking on the right time I finally caught it. Thank you so much!!!

[@liltrompas99]

Question: did you use a capture card? I’m having trouble using my phone and the epocCam method

[@navinhaider6492]

I can confirm that this method still does work as I did it recently, and got it on my first try!

[@RedMyCraft]

After 400 soft resets, I finally tried that method and got it first try !! Incredible :) I'm so happy, Thanks a lot

[@lordducky929]

After setting up and reading FAQ carefully, I am fairly sure? this isn't possible on mac using elgato to stream iphone camera to mac (no capture card). FAQ says mac can't use monitor window which is the only way elgato would've been relevant. basically problem is camera 0-10 are all just the default webcam and I can't run camera.bat because mac (although i not sure it would register iphone camera there anyway). Is there a way around this, like a command to run camera.bat on mac like how i got the playerblink UI to appear? Overall great guide and was working like a charm, I might just be missing compatible software/hardware. I believe this would work for mac users WITH a capture card or a bigger brain than me. edit: I believe being stuck on macos12 instead of 13 is also stopping me from directly using iphone camera as default webcam through usb. default webcam is also laggy and stuttery so wouldnt work. I watched a couple other videos and they were helpful troubleshooting, It's a user end issue unfortunately. Will try again in the future if I get better hardware. Thx!

[@davidbankert3269]

Finally got it after several attempts throughout the day. Not sure if there was some extra delay between my camera (it's pretty old with questionable resolution) and the switch, but I ended up with a 140 Final A-Press Delay to finally nail it. Much appreciated Papa Jefe!

[@unoriginalname771]

140 is what I set mine too as well. I didn't use the timeline feature at all but still nailed it

[@Hank39]

I have no clue if you’re still responding to comments but I have to say, thank you SO much! I hunted for this thing for 12 days, with 4500 resets on top of completing both PLA and BDSP, I tried this once and couldn’t get the eye to work, tried it again one week later and got it on my third try, I will definitely be using this method for the other legends if they go over odds.

i do still read comments. And I'm happy you were successful! gratz on the first manip

[@ivanzirka2386]

Thank you so much! I don't have a capture card so I used an old blurry webcam and it worked! Also, the program doesn't run on Windows 7, had to upgrade to Windows 8.1, but I got my shiny after a few hours! ✨

[@CannedWolfMeat]

Thanks for the tutorial! Might have to try this myself if I get tired of resetting this Arceus encounter 60 times an hour. Also sorry about hitting you with that poupon joke during your stream, I felt a little bad after doing it but im glad you found it funny lmao

No, it was actually so good. Never apologize 🤣

[@journeyofgames9578]

I like the grind of shiny hunts its what i mainly do in pokemon but i love watching other people Rng glitch pokemon its so fasinating to use the games to your advantage. im still hunting for Arceus, 900 resets in

[@jayc3350]

Just found your channel and the content is spot on I'm looking forward to trying this when I finally manage to get the last few mons i need in legends arceus, hoping it still works by then as finding them is taking forever 😂 appreciate all the content 😊

[@rubygem_8841]

I just finished Legends: Arceus today, and immediately looked to see if you had a shiny guide up em. Thanks to this, I now have the golden god of creation! Thank you for the guide! Much better than soft resetting for potentially weeks!

[@prixtn]

I named him golden god too 👹

[@vrachik]

It's amazing how you were able to be didatic and efficient in showing how to do this, and the content & guides you shared are gold. I´m so happy with my shiny Arceus after just 4 succssful tries. Thank you!!! :D

[@Warllensacnr]

it really really works, took me the whole day configuring and getting the delay right, then +10 attempts off by 1 frame, but i finally did it thank you so much seems complex but its so much better than reseting for months

[@NRTales]

I have a capture card now and I’m trying this. No matter how much I adjust the threshold or how many different snips I take if the eye, the program keeps giving me a failed to deduce seed from blinks. This never happens in ramanas park though, seemingly only Arceus

[@yharim180]

Bizzarely, I had to set mine to 89 instead of 133 to get the correct calibration, or at least i think it's correct. I've been trying for 2 days and I'm like, a whole minute late typically. I have everything set up right too, so idk whats happening, but it's pretty close to getting a shiny, so I'm not gonna complain. good guide Edit: setting it to 89 made me go from 44 seconds off to 60, I have no idea what to do Edit 2: I figured out the issue, I'm always 22 frames off for whatever reason, so I'll just subtract 22 from the final calculations. This should consistently yield me shinies. Again, thank you for the guide. Edit 3: got it down to 8 frames early, wish me luck Edit 4: I have it working consistently. The first shiny arceus struggled and crit so it died from half health

[@yharim180]

Can’t edit since I’m on mobile but a few days after this comment, I finally got what I was looking for. THANK You so much. It’s actually crazy how much skill this takes

[@ChinusX]

Thank you so much for this video! I had done like 30hrs worth of resetting and was starting to give up. This is the only shiny pokemon I really wanted to catch and I did it thanks to you! I wish I could like this video more than once!

[@feffermickel]

Brilliant guide, thank you! I got the god of piss on my first try, but took a couple hours of set-up and figuring out a stable way to prop my switch in front of my laptop camera (I had the laptop turned on its side). For anyone trying to use an iPhone; I couldn’t get the program to accept EpocCam. It insisted on only being accessed through the Elgato Camera Hub. Good luck to any others trying for shinies!

[@joshuahall4488]

Just got mine after 10 tries, thank you so much! I found this after 8000 SR and I can finally stop trying lol

[@COscott13]

I was able to get an initial seed with 40 blinks my first try, but then had to close out and now I can't get an initial seed to save my life, tried adjusting the threshold and getting a new eye snip, tried getting the seed in the cave and just outside the cave. nothing seems to work right now. The only thing that looks different for me is that the blue box for the eye is much smaller for me than it looks in the video here... Any tips would be appreciated

[@starrman9490]

After messing up 2 times (not putting the correct values into the spreadsheet on google) then walking up the stairs and not running once, it took 2 more tries and I got it!

[@Dlow153]

Was an insane stream but u got the arkoos

[@MultiFirePrincess]

I finally got it after a couple of seed resets and adjusting my settings, boy did it feel excited when i finally saw Arceus sparkle. Thanks for making this vid!

[@andrewjones6583]

How do you even get the frame to monitor the blinks, I’ve done the method and it works just fine with Ramanas Park and Shaymin, but I can’t get it to monitor with Ho-Oh, Mewtwo, Mt.Coronet and Spear Pillar, it just won’t do it for those for some reason

[@H1WolfKing]

I fumbled my second setup so bad I clicked my timeline too early and clicked my finale a press 1 second too late and I managed to get my shiny arceus somehow. Thank you for this tutorial.

[@JRDNRDGRS]

5 attempts. Saw the video when I woke up before work and saved it for after. Finished work, got home, had dinner, and then began. Took about 3-4 full video rewatches and multiple times I had to go back and see what you did specifically for certain parts, but quickly it all became second nature and I found myself no longer needing to use it for help after about 2 hours. My webcam is awful, and I mean awful and it still was able to detect the blinks no problem, kept it at 0.9 and it only one time had an error finding the code or reidentifying. Then the attempts. First two attempts were just very bad, I was still trying to figure certain things out. I was late on "A" presses for textboxes first go and walked to slowly up the stairs to reach the advance I needed for the second. But third attempt I felt good and my heart was beating, but the Arceus did not shine. I punched in the stats and it told me I was 4 advances to late, but I felt good and I went for another one. I ended up overshooting almost every shiny advance until I landed on one up in the mid 30'000's and I finally got close and waited. I did everything to the best of my ability and felt really good again, but the Arceus did not shine. I checked the stats one more time and to my surprise I was exactly one advance too late. I was a little upset as it was nearing 11pm and I have too work the morning shift but decided I would attempt one more. Within 10 minutes I had my new seed and was looking up the advance I needed to get and the first was around 4200. I did some dex shuffling and reidentified only to see I overshot to 5500. I was used to this and went for my next advance which was 7199. This meant I needed to start my timeline at 6979. So once again, I did some dex shuffling and this time I ended up around 6600. I decided this was where I wanted to wait so I unzoomed the switch camera, help up and hit a three times total until it had the textbox saying I played the azure flute and I waited. My advances finally reached 6979 and I quickly hit "A" as I saw the numbers change. The cutscene slowly played out, the staircase slowly came down and I waited for the textbox. The textbox popped up and my first "A" press was too early, my second one also, but my third one cleared the box and I quickly ran up the stairs. I saw Arceus, exclamation point overhead. I approach Arceus, the roar textbox popping up. Now, I must hit "A" at advance 7066, but remembering my one frame to late from the attempt before I watch my advances go up, 7061, 7062, I think I have to hit "A" just the smallest amount earlier than last time, 7063, 7064, 7065.... I hit "A".. 7066. It was a late 7065 "A" press, so I keep holding hope and then it appeared. Shiny Arceus. I couldn't believe my eyes. Thank you Papa Jefé, you are incredible.

a heartwarming tale of success. nice work!

[@AlvaroTuKiko]

after all the blink proccess the cmd tells me: Exception: "Failed to deduce seed from monitored blinks." while threshold its at 0.8

[@jaganjayofficial5046]

Just used this Method to get my Arceus after all this time of not playing BDSP after finally getting it set up correctly. I literally got my shiny Arceus on the first try. 🤯

[@ppixxxels4159]

Okay, I finally got it. It took many tries, but today was the first time picking it back up after several fails. I was too persistent and since I knew how to set it up, it was just a matter of time of me hitting the 'timeline' and final A button press correctly. I did have doubt I would get it, but I looked over and there was shiny Arceus. Wow. I will say I did something different and I wonder if that had an impact on it. I have no way of telling. I forgot that if you use the directional pad, the character walks, so I was using that and pressing/holding B so they could run. But if you use the analog they automatically run. I'm not sure if me pressing B going up the stairs impacted any extra press or something (this could be me overthinking it), but this time I used the analog stick to run up the steps and didn't press A until the final button press like usual and got my shiny. Everything else was constant but that minor detail. I just thought I mention it. It probably means nothing at all. Anyways, thank you for sharing such breakthrough method. I got shiny Shaymin, but that was through SRs. I'll see what I can do with Darkrai now.

[@wingnutlp2002]

Bro!!!! This works!!! Fourth time after some adjusting and the golden boi blessed me!! After 461 resets on my own, this guys method got me the shiny god in 4 more resets.

[@AnthonyGalba]

Thank you so much! Got my Golden God on my FIRST TRY thanks to your awesome videos!

[@ThisIsCSDX]

I have been at this for hours and have been off by anywhere from 4 advances to 76. Usually late rather than early, too. Okay, kinda, but I'm wondering if I'm doing anything wrong here, cause I feel like I'm checking all the boxes right, cause the setup was admittedly touch and go. Edit: Can officially confirm that even with the ability to manipulate RNG, RNGesus is not on my side. My internet just died on me so I panicked and got to my phone to open up the drive folder, had mere seconds to spare, and because mercy is but a dream it still isn't shiny. I think I was having more fun doing it the soft reset way, and I wasn't having fun with that, period.

If you've been 4 advances off, you were extremely close. Not sure what could be going wrong because it sounds like you're all over the place, but if you join the discord I guarantee we could help you get it!

[@ThisIsCSDX]

@ I appreciate it, but I spent 7 hours on this and am already just done with it. As in, I don't wanna do this anymore. I can't find a proper way to pass the time cause my Switch is already in use just waiting for the advances to pass by, I don't know how to properly set up the reidentify situation as it seems more advances pass by without being counted the longer I wait to reidentify and of course stopping it stops the advances completely, every instance had a completely different calculation error with said 4-76 advances off, it's just too much work and not enough results. I'm sorry, but I just can't after my experience last night.

@@ThisIsCSDX sorry to hear you had such a poor experience. I tried to make the method as approachable as possible, but at it's baseline its a technical and involved process that's not for everyone. I'd like to get things to the point where anyone can try and avoid getting stuck like you did, and will keep trying. I hope you're still able to get a shiny Arceus with traditional hunting methods. Best of luck!

[@ThisIsCSDX]

@ Thank you for the kind words. if I ever end up resorting to this method again, I'll be sure to take up your offer and join the Discord to check things out.

[@loganmitchell3453]

My command prompt keeps flagging me errors of “can’t grab frame” when I open the “Windowed Screen” from OBS? I have a Capture Card. I manage to get the seed info, but the screen froze on the RNG application and it would move but my game keep going?

[@essurio]

Great guide! It took me like 3 days to get it because my laptop overheated in a few hours when using the programs but it's really old so that's not a surprise :D

[@Shujao]

It just worked for me today exactly like you did in the video, thank you man you're a gentleman and a scholar

[@mark_eire]

Brilliant video. Your tools download is so incredibly useful, with instructions included and everything! Thanks to you and all the developers/researchers/programmers etc. out there. So cool that we can do this!

[@mikeullery2648]

Still works! just got my Shiny Arceus after about 2 hours of troubleshooting. Way easier than resetting and hoping.

[@BlackLevant]

Good video. Found the shiny on both games very fast after my blinks got tracked properly

[@wanderingtyphlosion7332]

So on my first attempt I didn't know whether I was one, two, or three seconds early. I got the exact same Arceus' stats for four frames in a row, including the shiny I was targeting. Same nature and IVs.

[@legendbaon8752]

You just have to do this on your pc? And how do you use your capture card to use the program

[@anthony5850]

got around to trying this today and it work. took me 4 tries. thanks for the video :)

[@TheEB1024]

Thank you bro I failed my first one after 5k resets, got this one on my second try!

[@thesuperbright]

for anyone who doesn't have a webcam or capture card, I was able to get this method working using an app that allowed me to use my phone as a webcam for my computer. all you need is a phone and a computer and you can do this method.

[@joshpapacek7882]

Hi Jefe, great video and easy to follow for someone new to this sort of rng setup. I'm running into an issue where I am reaching my target frame before the cutscene ends and I get to the final press A screen. Do you recommend just adjusting the timeline buffer by a few seconds, or should I try being quicker with buttons on the controller/the blink UI? I am not sure if maybe there's a visual delay with the capture card that's feeding into this.

Yep, totally fine to increase Timeline buffer by 5-10 seconds to give yourself more time

[@youngyung8354]

bro it really worked!! it took me like five hours but i got my shiny Arceus!! i used my iphone to record the blinks

AMAZING! If you don't mind me asking, what app did you use on iPhone for your camera feed? Lots of people with iPhones and I'd like to recommend a good solution.

[@youngyung8354]

@ EpocCam

[@als2450]

Was waiting for this, thanks!

[@alexisj1526]

Oh wow! I honestly didn't think I could do this after failing to get the Shaymin one(I did get a shiny Shaymin after soft resetting for 4 days straight >.

[@AlecNovoselsky85]

Got mine through this method after a couple of tries!! And in a Premier Ball after 3-4 balls!! Thank you so much for making this easy to understand and replicate. Takes a couple of tries but I’m so glad I got the hang of it. Will try it with the others. Thank you again!!!

[@nakano8412]

Tried doing this a bunch of times, and failed somehow (still not sure what I did wrong), tried again today after a brand new eye snip, got it on first try. Thank you very much for this guide, spent many days trying to soft reset for it, but gave up on that, now I got it.

[@calebhawks7317]

I have my capture card working and have my snip of the eye, but the program can’t seem to detect double blinks. Any advice??

Adjust your threshold probably. There's an FAQ linked in the description that might be of help.

[@rift3d]

Trying to set up preview is not working for me, set to camera 0 and i only have one capturing device, but preview doesnt show anything. Also using a camero number above 0 crashes the application.

[@jimcarlobatalla1492]

I did this and mine was 131.. it REALLY WORKS! THIS METHOD is LEGIT GUARANTEED! Thank you so much!! Now enjoying my Shiny Arceus!

[@StormbringersHeart672]

That's what I ended up getting mine at too. Took a couple of tries but it was worth it.

[@brickfiend3746]

For some reason the box that tracks the eye movement is always in the top right corner instead of where it should be so when I upload a snip of the eye and click monitor it never monitores any blinks. If someone has a solution to this issue please respond.

[@Philzwift]

Failed shiny arceus at 2519, giving RNG a go. 3 attempts in, lots of errors popping up between blinks, but only like half the time i hit monitor blinks? weird. will update if/when i get it.

[@Philzwift]

this is insane. i got a shiny arceus on what i believed to be the correct shiny frame, but when i caught it its nature and stats were totally different. this shiny arceus was nowhere in my rng seed, i checked. that means i messed up the rng detection and full-odds found a different one in another seed, in 6 encounters. so... 2nd full odds shiny arceus, 2525 encounters!

[@jeffreycampbell1306]

Hey man, I love the video! I got within 3 advances on my first go. After trying again, the program keeps freezing on me during monitoring. I have made sure to take it out of preview before going into monitoring, and I have closed and reopened the program a few times. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks! Again great video, it’s not easy to explain and you did it quite well!

[@PoyowenPoyo]

I have been trying to do this, but it tells me to start the timeline about 20 advances before the final A press, and as a result I only get to Arceus way after I was supposed to start the encounter! Is there something wrong with the spreadsheet, or with my execution? I notice that in the example you did the spreadsheet gave almost 80 advances between the start of the timeline and the final A press, so I am unsure what is wrong.

[@vagrant6890]

Hey Jefe! I recently started playing Pokemon Pearl (2007) on my DS Lite and was wondering if You know, if rng manipulation is possible on it without any capture card etc? Love Your vids btw :)

RNG manipulation on the DS games requires no capture card or anything. Its completely different. BDSP however do require a video feed of some kind. My friend Blisy has a great series of guides for the DS era. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYi3nZVnrciIbdU

[@vagrant6890]

Thank You !

[@Salvaleo143]

I am having an issue where my advances keep speeding up before I do the final A press, so I don't know when I'm actually supposed to do the final A press 🙃. Does anybody know how I can fix this. I have closed down and re-ran the Player blink, and the advances still speed up.

[@lugiaakashining9833]

after a lot of problems i finally managed to get a shiny arceus at the second try, congratulations for the tool and thanks.

[@venabre]

My birthday is tomorrow and I decided to gift myself RNGing shiny arceus. Wish me luck! Update: I didn't get it on my birthday because I hadn't realized that the spreadsheet's numbers were different. However I tried again at a later date with the correct numbers and got it on my first try!

[@AP4pro]

I got a shiny Arceus had to rewatch this to understand what went wrong

[@ryanfuentes4461]

Last night I was finding seeds fine, the next day it's always unable to fine seeds; even after confirming it is tracking all 40 blinks correctly. Do I just uninstall and install the program again?

[@darkpaladin21ph42]

Thanks Sire! I've been resetting for a week now for Suicune and hesistant to try this but it actually worked! On my third legendary doggo now. 🙂

[@trickrubyvgc]

First time actually trying blinks after watching many of your vids. I was lucky enough to have a seed in the low hundreds of frames so I just waited it out while watching. Unfortunately I was one frame too early pressing A on the first try. Thanks for this!

[@Chowder908]

This method just straight up doesnt work for me.... I have done multiple eye screenshots, multiple threshold tweaks I can't get a seed that works correctly