The FASTEST Way to Hunt Shiny Pokemon in Mass Outbreaks - Pokemon Scarlet and Violet

The Pokémon Scarlet and Violet lets you hunt Shiny Pokemon via Mass Outbreak. Here is The FASTEST Way to Hunt Shiny Pokemon in Mass Outbreaks - Pokemon Scarlet and Violet
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0:00 Shiny Odds
1:15 Picking the Right Outbreak
5:03 Setting Up the Hunt
6:34 Increase Your Odds
9:32 The Hunt
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[@BarrelYT]

Austin is an absolute legend for helping us colorblind folks. Most people wouldn't even consider making an accessibility section for tutorials like this. Thanks man!

[@skydragonfire93]

I'm not colorblind myself, but I was coming down to the comments to express the same sentiment. It's an often forgotten issue and it's wonderful that he made sure to find a way to help.

[@chengyu1634]

GF did not consider it at all, and they removed the shiny effect as they had in Arceus, bruh

[@forbangpooonly]

Yeah. I'm like... kinda really emotional. This is beyond what any other poke-tuber could do. Austin John MVP.

[@babyjiren9676]

@@chengyu1634 major bruh moment I seriously can’t fathom why they removed the sparkle and sound effects. Such an incredibly braindead decision. I’ve probably missed a ton of shinies due to this considering the spawn rate.

[@KrazyRhino2410]

Just look for the sparkles.... Oh wait

[@lungboy8980]

The first time you get a pop-up about less pokemon spawning, it means you've knocked out 25. The 2nd pop-up means you've knocked out 50. Really good for keeping track if your counting is wrong or you just don't want to count at all.

[@ssscout]

thank you so much man, you got me through sword & shield from start to finish getting the shiny charm - here we go again, hopefully another fun year

[@ane3039]

What the hell are you doing herr sc6ut?! Love your edits btw

[@hivemindclips151]

i fw your edits bro

[@andrjsjan4231]

@@hivemindclips151what does fw mean in this context, and sorry for my bad english grammar by the way?

[@ThaPhantomGamer-cj5pj]

Just got the game and wondering why there is ZERO information on when you can start doing this in the game. None of the KZbinrs state when you unlock these and it’s kinda frustrating. I really want to do a blind shiny nuzlocke

[@robertgrah5309]

Austin, I just wanted to let you know your a positive role model in our home. This is my sons first Pokémon game (after a few years of TCG collecting and playing) and we watch your videos together. We’ve had multiple conversations about how following your passions WITH a lot of hard work and thoughtfulness can lead to success. My 8 year old considers you a professional Pokémon trainer and is coming for your job 😂 Thanks for all you do!

[@jharris3110]

That's so cute, Austin better watch out for his title lol

[@kaeldrarhiannon]

This is so cute 🥹❤️

[@FlareUaot]

This is so wholesome

[@cassianolelis]

Part off the hype for a new Pokémon game is receiving 200 videos from Austin! What a man ❤

[@longsteven88]

Not just Pokémon but also Zelda games

[@mickeymckibbles613]

He's the best Poketuber imo

[@cassianolelis]

@@longsteven88 I’m not a huge Zelda fan but I know he has a ton off content in that too

[@VirgilHawkinsIs]

@@mickeymckibbles613 He likes to be called a NintendoTuber but you right.

[@wesleybaldwin1999]

Gaaaaaayyeeeee. Jk lol

[@jamesperrott1]

Very useful tip for this and general gameplay Press L to instantly rotate the camera to where your character is facing, you can turn the character round 180° in an instant and press L to rotate the camera fully, SO much faster

[@aapanic0811]

Ooo nice tip thanks

[@pokaay3163]

Ive been using this button ever since I learned you could do that. The joystick is way too slow for me so that trick helps sooo much when traversing the region looking around for pokemon.

[@ALilSparrow]

A note regarding caves and valleys: Caves and valley areas do decrease the spawn zone but they can also spawn Pokémon inside of walls and ceilings (if you’re in a cave). Though this is something Nintendo or Gamrefreak is probably going to patch up in future updates, for the time being you should scan the walls for any hidden Pokémon and/or hidden shinies which may be inside of the walls and ceilings. You can do this by holding down ZL and simply looking at the wall and moving around so that you can see the entire length of the wall or ceiling; most of the time you can lock onto Pokémon through walls.

[@FluffyBlanket]

This is a great shout

[@slightlyuncomfortable]

I did this with a glimmet outbreak. It really does help.

[@1990Floh]

Still waiting for the patch xD

[@hungoverkitty]

Just got my shiny purple dolphin!!! Been looking for Finizen for nearly 30 mins using this method, was about to give up and start over but waited... And there it was! Thank you so much Austin!!

[@necrozain4747]

but how did you picnic in the water? or did you just swim around

[@hungoverkitty]

@@necrozain4747 I picnicked on the cliff above where I wanted to hunt and just dropped down

[@DaMaster012]

Congrats! I Caught a regular Palafin in a tera raid, named her "Finquisitor." If I ever catch a shiny, if it's a female, I'll name her "Flipaladin," if male, "LeroyJenfins."

[@benthecrusherofbooty676]

​@@DaMaster012 I named mine dolphaclese

[@polarbroomega7263]

A note that helps a great deal, at least for me, on counting how many you've killed. Your "The outbreak has less pokemon" or w/e message is your 50th, so you can just not count until you see that message, then count the next 10. It's infinitely easier to pay attention for the message than keep track of 60 individual kills.

[@OmNommSnom]

TY :)

[@reimichacha]

Yes! Thank you for this critical information!

[@bmoney668]

No the message saying "the number of pokemon SEEMS to be getting lower" means you've KO'd 30. When it says "the number of pokemon is certainly/forsure getting lower" means you've killed all 60. there is no message for 50 KO'd outbreak pokemon

[@feynxwright2117]

On Serebii it says every 20-30 Pokémon killed you get a notification, so It would probably be best to count 20 after the second notification to be sure

[@sdub607]

I came to this vid JUST for this info. But great vid too. He's great.

[@thepokepixel]

I love how mass outbreaks are now so much bigger. We use to have up I think 15 in Pokemon Legends Arceus. Now, I think it's up to like 80

[@yveltal1071]

My largest was 112

[@arkking552]

@@yveltal1071 geez

[@Miguel-Red]

Max is 120

[@tobysceptiman7058]

Yes, these are insane now.

[@Final_Starman]

Does anyone if tinkatink has an outbreak?

[@lethe.archive]

i like using the picnic method cause it lets me count how long it took but it has occurred to me that i could just walk away to despawn them. glad to hear that’s correct. also for people who have trouble with counting without getting distracted and forgetting your number (me) i use a free counter app

[@zebulonbigelow2989]

Thank you for this Austin. I really appreciate how you speak in a regular voice that isn’t obscenely high pitched or cringe inducing. It makes it easy to spend 16 minutes watching this in depth tutorial!

[@DarwizzyGoats]

Hey Austin, you’ve been really helpful with my shiny hunting in my violet save file so I just wanted to say thanks. Keep working hard (Edit: That’s a lot of likes)

[@jackojoyce2008]

You could of just said you’ve been helping me with shiny hunting, the whole ‘Violet save file’ thing was really unnecessary, really cringe thing to say

[@ranruun]

@@jackojoyce2008 And you could have used the proper term 'could have' instead of 'could of'

[@zeid8804]

@@jackojoyce2008 bros just on the internet looking for anyway possible to hate LMFAOOOO get a grip dude

[@redd5773]

@@jackojoyce2008 How was that unnecessary? not every sentence has to be simplified. The only unnecessary thing here is you making that comment. Stop criticizing others on little things and do something better with your life. Lmao.

[@DarwizzyGoats]

@@jackojoyce2008 Its not a save apple, what do you expect me to say

[@vjplays6]

What a huge coincidence. I was just looking through many videos of shiny hunting in Pokémon scarlet since I’ve reached the end of the game, and you just so happen to release a video about it a couple minutes ago! You’re very helpful, and I love your channel. Thanks!

[@viperleviathan9021]

Dude!!!! I tried your method and in a little over half an hour got my Shiny Noivern - a mon I've been hunting since SwSh came out!!! I don't have the shiny sandwiches or charm yet, so I found a mass outbreak of noivern using your re-set method and made an encounter power 2 dragon sandwich and then, funnily enough, got a noibat!!! I then evolved her and boom!! One dream shiny down!!! Thank you so much for the detailed explanations AND how to change the screen color for better help distinguishing colors. I used to play hockey and got more than my fair share of concussions so I can't stare at a screen for long periods of time without migraines or extreme headaches, so I was worried about shiny hunting when I found out you had to look for them instead of listening. You're the best!!! off to hunt Riolu and Varoom next

[@RhiShadows]

Thank you so much for this video, Austin!! It helped me get my Shiny Sneasel! Now I have my favourite ice type and she’s so pretty - I caught her in a matching Heal Ball, too!

[@abyssal14]

The amount of quality videos you pump out is insane. Been getting most of my shinies from outbreaks and this video will definitely help with that, thx for the hard work.

[@bigeast34]

it is really thoughtful and well done you took the time to include others and their vision differences in your videos. You’re a gem and a benefit to the whole community.

[@tenglei2]

this is the best video i found by far. i had a few questions i tried asking on reddit or in youtube comments and never really got answered. this video actually clarified every single question i had. thanks for this!

[@biggentastee]

Did this on a Psyduck outbreak, thanks to my hard save i had a Psyduck and an Azuril spawn at the same exact time. Had to lure them close because if i engaged one or the other the other would wander and despawn 😂

[@15kinz]

you’ve done it again austin! i can’t even tell you how helpful you’ve been in all of my pokémon journeys!

[@jda41589]

This man turned playing Pokemon into a career, much respect. Love all the content

[@AndrewD1461]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I remember when Sw/Sh came out I just HAD to get a shiny G. Yamask. That took me probably 20+ hours (at least) before finally getting lucky, and that was before any actually good hunting methods were out. This time, only with the boost of 60 K/Os from a mass outbreak, I got a shiny P. Wooper in at most 20 MINUTES!!! Obviously a lot of that is luck, but I just had to say thank you so much for always bringing us the best guides on KZbin. You're the best!

[@benjaminposey6470]

As per usual, great advice explained and understood easily. Just hunted a shiny Glimmet with this method. You are a huge help to our community, mate. Keep doing what you're doing, you are greatly appreciated! Happy hunting!

[@pokefan5882]

Haven’t got a single shiny my whole play through. Thanks Austin, I really needed this!

[@itr8609]

Thank you for your thoroughness and the having the completest disease lol the work you put in for these charts and research is unmatched. I have long since retired from video games but I still tune into for entertainment but most importantly it’s the respect you have for your craft and audience. Thank you for all the work you do you are a pillar of the community

[@TheBlessedRed]

Caught my first ever legitimate shiny this morning at about 4:30 am. I was at the 59th hour of playtime. And I actually was NOT looking for it at all. Just moving through area zero and I see something blue. I've played pokemon since red and blue (I know neither of which has shinies) but after over 20 years... I've finally caught a shiny. And I'm actually very happy that it was a gen 1 pokemon, Venomoth, as my first ever shiny (not counting pokemon go). 11/27/22 Besides that, thanks for this video and running through the entire process of shiny hunting and answering some questions I had. It made things very easy to understand.

[@get-yoinkd7400]

I’ve played Pokémon for years and I’ve finally found my first shiny! After just 22 minutes of the picnic method!!!!

[@chrisellis5493]

If you're having trouble keeping track of how many Pokemon you've defeated using the Lets Go feature, you can always keep track of the specific Pokemon material they're dropping via your inventory. For example, if you're shiny hunting Florges - take note of how many Florges petals (or whatever they're called) you have in your inventory and how many each Florges is dropping when defeated. From there it's pretty easy math to figure out how many Florges' you've defeated via the material drops.

[@johnp6607]

I'm sure the amount of materials obtained when defeating a Pokémon can vary from 1 to 3 (and it's random after each defeat) so this isn't a good method. Instead, check for when the message pops up saying there are fewer Pokémon in the outbreak, it appears exactly when 50 Pokémon have been defeated, then just count to 10

[@SabsWhyNot]

@@johnp6607 It isn't always random but yeah. For example iirc one dropped 4 prior to the sandwich in the video

[@OwenKoford]

Thanks so much for the accessibility section Austin! It’s super helpful for people to address and help color blindness when most people forget about it!

[@alexrusso47]

Thank you so much for your helpful information to help us all out! I love your channel austin!

[@dragooryan]

Love everything you do thanks for the info especially for colorblind I never thought of using the TV settings for it

[@ecoKady]

I have no idea how your manage to put out this many videos, but they're so helpful, it's definitely improving my Pokémon Violet experience. Thanks!

[@mrbubbles6468]

Easy. It’s literally his job and they take very little editing. He mostly just records when he’s normally playing.

[@thegreatchrispy]

I watched this right after losing 2 shiny Forretress in a row to explosions. Didn't think about saving before encountering the shiny. I'll never lose another one again!!

[@Psyducklets]

Damp?

[@Mx_Mc]

I feel you, I just lost a shiny murkrow, full odds before post game

[@DiegoMiramontesHurtado]

Find a Pokemon with damp ability. Poliwag and evolutions for example. Pokemons you fight against can't "explode"

[@noahuchiha6992]

I love that you talked about how to do it if your color blind. The effort out into each video is amazing!

[@jordenshukla6873]

Thank you so much i was having trouble shiny hunting. I love watching your pokémon videos when a new game comes out!

[@saltadmin7829]

Thank to my 6 year old, I'm all in on pokemon just in time for the Scarlet & Violet series. Love the open world mechanics. Your video's have been so useful in figuring out all the intricacies of this game!

[@CarlosGonzalez-lc8tu]

I didn't think about saving at 60 kills then using lets go mode for harder to notice shinies. Would have made my hunts so much less tedious. I may do this next time I have a tatsugiri outbreak. Thanks for the tips!

[@ZZfighter97]

What exactly are you doing after 60 faints and what is the benefit of it?

[@fluffernutters5876]

@@ZZfighter97 bro watch the video

[@Blueninja5256]

Hi Austin, I was late to join pokemon scarlet but you have helped me with my quetions. During this i had just got my shiny charm(gholdengo took forever) and I desided to hunt for shiny bisharp. I got to the out break, killed 60 of them, and started pick-nick reseting. With in 8 minutes i was able to get it, I am so happy that you helped me learn how to shiny hunt. Thank you.

[@iamnotcameron]

I massively respect the colourblind part, thank you. It doesn't affect my life much overall, but I do have to ask other people when I wanna get suitable shiny aprimon and stuff

[@overlordzane3507]

I caught a shiny today and I wanna name it after you since you’ve been such a help for shiny hunting and other Pokémon game situations for me thank you so much!

[@paulkim5121]

I used this exact method and got 2 shiny drakloaks in 25 minutes!! So thrilled! Best of luck to everyone else hunting, and thanks Austin.

[@aromanticfranziskavonkarma]

A very belated congrats! The Dreepy line is one of my favorites.

[@hazzmattplays1100]

This guide is so helpful little tricks that I’ve learnt are doing outbreaks on the edge of towns is super quick if you can see them as soon as you cross the town border and the outbreaks in the ocean seem to spawn a lot more Pokémon and you can just ride a very short distance away to reset the spawns rather than do the picnic method. Just did it for finizen and caught 3 shinys in 20 minutes (first 10 mins I was doing picnic and found none) and also found a full odds shiny sandygast on the beach while riding back and forth to reset the spawns which has a really nice black evolution when you turn it into palossand

[@combatking9985]

This is a first, just found a shiny whilst watching the vid 😊. Very in-depth descriptions thank you!

[@michaelmcneill1622]

Thanks man, just did my first shiny hunt with this method. Nabbed myself a shiny rotom in about 45 minutes 😁

[@Board_Stiff]

The amount of effort, consideration and advice given here to help players with vision disabilities is just top notch! Very well done 👍

[@PlainSquiffy]

Followed this guide and, even without a shiny charm, caught a red Gyarados within 1 minute of eating my sandwich. Thanks so much Austin, my wife and I watch your vids all the time and they really help!

[@Razar51]

Depending on the terrain (and how difficult it is to tell the shiny apart), it can actually be better to do the ride away and back method as it can generate new pokemon faster and you can ride up next to them and get a closer look. You can ride in a circle around the mass outbreak causing the non-outbreak pokemon to despawn, freeing those spawn slots for the outbreak mons. Also if you are shiny hunting on the cheap, it can be helpful to make a cheap encounter power sandwich to reduce the spawn rate of surrounding pokemon.

[@Septembergirl10]

LOVE that you helped make shiny hunting more accessible❤️ seriously that’s amazing thank you for doing that

[@patricktiangco6235]

This worked for me even on water! You just have to open picnic while in the water and it automatically brings you to the last land area you've been in, and no need to do a proper picnic as this automatically generate new pokemons.

[@mikescott5412]

Do you have to use the lets go feature to defeat the 60 or can you normal battle too?

[@patricktiangco6235]

@@mikescott5412 I did some normal battle too, but like in 65 battles, prolly around 3 to 7 times only.

[@dougdoggington9281]

So when it says I scramble out of the water or something it resets Mon spawns?

[@talktoem5045]

@@dougdoggington9281 I believe so, I’m gonna try to get a shiny drakloak doing it

[@DavidPBartels]

Thank you for this comment! I finally got the shiny curly tatsugiri from this outbreak with 30 seconds left on the sandwich. After getting both other tatsugiri, a dratini, and even a frigibax when i took a momentary break.

[@Jarhead402011]

I love you and Blaines for all the helpful info on Pokémon games you guys out out. Thank you!

[@clutchbacon6356]

Thanks for making your videos bro. They’re super helpful, straight to the point and the best Pokémon videos out ‼️

[@john-wiggains]

I’m not color blind. But mad respect for you being considerate of those that are! This is why I subscribe. I wanna support loving people like you. Making the world a better place for everyone.

[@orfeastube]

Just finished the game. Great game, it really felt like an adventure. Pretty decent plot with a few twists. I would really love to see a video with spoilers about the deferences between the two games

[@blaken1353]

i honestly only watch this channel whenever new pokémon games come out but holy hell does he put out the most cohesive and to the point information about the games i love it

[@marklee9123]

I don't have a shiny charm, but I followed through your methods including the sandwich and got a shiny noivern in 29 mins and 40 seconds exactly. Thanks Austin!!

[@UrAvgConsumer]

Very helpful! I was able to get a shiny Noibat with this method. Any ideas if the chance to catch resets if you caught a shiny during the outbreak? Can you keep trying for more with the same odds?

[@abidmabdelaziz]

Pretty sure you can, gona try a second shiny dracloak

[@Kisuuchan]

I'd love to know too as im currently hunting combee and i propably won't get a shiny female first try

[@abidmabdelaziz]

Just confirmed got my second shiny dracloak in under 1.5 hours with no shiny charm or herba mystica

[@humanperson3932]

Caught 2 shiny from the same mass outbreak within 2mins of each other

[@AustinJohnPlays]

You can keep going in that outbreak until the time of day or number of Pokémon runs out. All of them after the 60th have the same odds. Catching a shiny, saving, and picnicing will only decrease the full spawnable amount by 1.

[@namenlos3298]

Thanks so much for this guide! I caught a shiny Glimmet a few minutes ago using a method very similar to this.

[@insertclevernamehere1186]

I cqught one last night! Mine even had the Early-riser mark (ironic, considering it was in a cave)...

[@sortasamm]

Thank you so much for the guides you post!! I’m only about halfway through the game, but I was just able to get a shiny Dreepy through a mass outbreak in about 20 minutes. So stoked!!

[@skarfacegaming243]

It’s cool that you considered the color blind. Gaming can be way harder for them than anyone can think. I used to play eso and we had a tank that struggled with blues and we were doing something where the bosses ability would turn the boss transparent blue and to him. The dude literally went invisible and he sadly dropped the progression mostly because of this issue. It was a sad moment. So yeah it’s awesome you consider that

[@MadD10]

I believe the message notice reminds you each time you defeat 25 Pokémon from the outbreak so after the second notice you just need to defeat 10 more to have 60 kills.

[@kl6782]

Best videos out there. So much clearer and considerately explained than others.

[@SH1N1ES]

This is a guy that inspires me to be a better content creator. Austin, thanks for everything you do.

[@enbykenz]

I’m moving so slowly through the story, but I’ve found two shinies just walking around without even trying?? I’m so happy 🥰 and so glad they made it more attainable for people with less dull grinding. I could never get shinies in the past, so this is really nice!!

[@enbykenz]

got a third one like right after posting this 😎

[@CryoSting520]

Same!

[@jessicamagri8211]

Same thing happened to me! I got two shiny Pokémon randomly (full odds) before I hit the fifth gym. Did not think that was going to happen with full odds lol

[@muninn92]

Also a little note. If you fail the shiny and reload and the Pokemon isn't there. Reload the game again. I had a shiny Falinks juke me by not respawning when I reloaded my game the 1st time!

[@jakee.austin1012]

Thanks again for the video! I'm waiting on the Tera Raid Pokemon tier list so I can bulk EV train for them. Thanks again for your content

[@chayselee5176]

Gotta love coming home from work to see a new video up

[@Steph11e]

One tip with terrastalized Pokémon walking on the overworld, they may be shiny and you may not notice! Due to all the glittering I didn't realise my elektross was shiny and thought the green colour was normal (just forgot I guess) I caught him only because he had a dragon terra, and I didn't have his final Evo in my Dex. Noticed later I battled a shiny, mourned thinking I killed it without noticing. But found it in my boxes when I was choosing my 6 Pokémon for elite 4. Just a heads up.

[@notchpoodles5864]

This was a rollercoaster of emotions tbh

[@Steph11e]

@@notchpoodles5864 it was xD 50+ hrs and not one shiny. Then apparently I did encounter one, only to find it safe and snug in my boxes xD

[@chestergreen8895]

I actually encountered my first shiny in Scarlet this way, it was a shiny drifloon! I also found a shiny gabite on accident today

[@sylvy.]

lmao my only shiny is a shiny luxray my older brother traded me while i was helping him get violet exclusives

[@aemankheidi6983]

We all appreciate your grind and hard work! Huge help to the community bless you man

[@spelunkymaster]

I remember i got a shiny hisuian voltorb in PLA from a mass outbreak. It was awesome

[@bluedart]

You probably don't want to save AFTER making your super-rare sandwich-before finding a shiny-as he recommends at 13:45. All meal buffs vanish upon reloading, which would eschew the bonus rate for Pokémon other than just the dozen or so static ones present when saving. I hope this doesn't mess up too many people.

[@Kaiji...]

Yeah, it sucks we can't soft reset the timer so we can run around & get like 3 shinies every sandwich. If I get a shiny within a couple mins, I always have 2 more I want & speedrun to their areas. I got a Jumpluff literally 10 seconds after a sandwich yesterday.

[@CAndranik]

Yep, found this out the hard way, unfortunately

[@stephenyates4271]

I find it interesting that the outbreak of Florges are all the same flower form and not random flower forms. That's going to make it much harder to hunt a Shiny white flower Florges.

[@mayuwu4408]

I have just gotten possibly some of the worst outbreak luck ever- I saw a glimmet outbreak and really wanted the shiny, but then when I got to the outbreak, it was under the city with the psychic gym in that big cavern. And the outbreak spawned on an overhang, so there might've be some spawning on top of the overhang and some spawning at the cave floor under the overhang, and there's no way I could be 100% sure some weren't spawning on the other side, it was a nightmare.. LOL But thanks for the great guide!! Will for sure be coming back to this whenever I find another outbreak I like!

[@BitByte1003]

thank you soooooo much austin!! using this method i found a shiny flittle before the first picnic reset (took 30 seconds real time, shaking as i type this$

[@wiz1414]

You don't have to change the date and time at the start of a new day. So if you make a save at 11:59pm, you can just close the game and everything will reset. You don't have to keep saving or changing the date. You only have to change the date once you save.

[@AustinJohnPlays]

the point of the first 11:59pm is to start at 12:00am for the hunt giving you a full 24-hour window.

[@Exolei]

@@AustinJohnPlays If you save the game it doesn't log the exact time, just the date. I've had my switch set to 11/25 the past 3 days because I'm shiny hunting a glimmet in a cave (some of the outbreak spawns underground) whenever the day "ends" i close the game and set the date back to 11/25 12:01 am and start the game again, the glimmet outbreak continues just fine for another 24 hours

[@idontknowwhattonamethis293]

Thank you so much for this tutorial! Decided on a whim I wanted a shiny magneton because of how cool their materials are and I saw an outbreak nearby. Took less than ten minutes and ONE ROUND of refreshing to get one! And it was so worth it- I love the colours with the materials!! Thank you again, Austin!

[@knock0ut08]

Bro, I needed a refresher on how to set this up and just found my shiny Dondozo, thank you so much

[@danomak]

thanks for sharing this! i'll do some shiny hunting post-game for sure. that said, i got real lucky with a shiny voltorb last night. i was *about* to stop playing, turned to my left, and there it was just floating by a tree. i snuck up on it, caught it by surprise, and got a crit throw with my final ultra ball. i thought for sure that it'd self-destruct before and during the battle.

[@alexs968]

I really hope they include the shiny sparkle sound in the future. Some mons have very subtle shiny forms (especially when they are small as well).

[@Toki412]

Thank you so much for this video lmao got my favorite shiny in 7 minutes

[@Toki412]

@Wisps Psyduck!

[@gavanator7]

Hey Austin, I just got to area zero and really like the paradox pokemon. I think a video on how to shiny hunt them would be great, as there's a lot of conflicting evidence out there.

[@monicaariesta7531]

I know that people are already expressing their regard because Austin is an absolute legend for making this video helpful even for those who are struggling to distinguish colors. But, I still want to send you a thankyou message because all of your videos have helped me throughout my pokemon journey since the first day I got my Nintendo switch for Let's Go in 2018. THANKS AUSTIN!

[@shadowdragon6271]

I love the amount of detail that went into this video, but I do have an advice request. What would be the best way to go about dealing with the outbreaks of Pokémon who not only fly, but seem to have a nasty habit of flying out of range? The Rufflet do this occasionally, but Noivern has been rather notorious for flying about 3 stories above my head. Lol 😅

[@deco4k677]

Noivern doesn't fly during the day, just during the night.

[@HiKylez]

Anyone know if shiny hunting a 2nd or 3rd evolution, would affect the other evolutions? I was hunting a Dragonair and I caught it, as I was leaving the area, I ran into a shiny Dratini, just like that.

[@commentsectionghost441]

I wasn’t even entirely planning on doing much shiny hunting until I got my charm, and even then I had a mentality of “eventually one will be shiny” . Then today I was getting future forms and violet exclusives to eventually transfer for my scarlet dex and found a shiny Sneasel and Jumpluff and it flipped a switch

[@joerexhausen8897]

I may come back to this at some point later after i finish up my game but it was great that i encountered 3 shiny pokemon on my first day playing last Tuesday, though none were from the new gen.

[@galacticgardevoir9496]

My first two shinys were both complete luck, I had only finished the first two gyms and was on my way to do the first Titan and stumbled across a shiny shinx in a mass outbreak... as in like I walked past it and was like "oh look a shiny!" My second one was on my way to the third gym after doing the first two titans and the first team star raid and I went down to the beach to do a terra raid right before going into town and I saw a shiny Mareanie just hanging about. Pure dumb luck I guess lol. I want to get a shiny salazzle eventually, which will be a time

[@Metalchefkiwi]

After 125 hours in game i got my first shiny, a noibat, by doing this! Great content as always!

[@3ds4u90]

When I got to level 30, I got to cassarya lake (i don't remember how to spell it) and there was a lvl50 shiny Gyarados, I almost cried cause it was so high lvl, but I caught it!! Named him kratos😂

[@KenjuKizawa]

Kudos to Austin and to you all for your helpful comments! Not a single second is full of hyperactive annoying fluff! He's to the point, and you all truly have made this game so much fun to play

[@xxtomvanxx5030]

Always look around to see what other pokemon spawn in that area and change your sandwich to a secondary type (if they have one) thats not the same as other pokemon spawning... just found it helps more for me! :3

[@kurosuna]

Have you ever considered how the ability No Guard could affect in regards to the spawn rate of the wild pokemon?

[@aubroski3962]

I believe only a certain number of Pokemon can appear on the screen at a time (15 I think?) And they spawn rather quickly when you move far enough to despawn the others. So no guard shouldn't make much of a difference

[@jaypa2010]

Can we just appreciate how much Austin sacrifices time just to help us out?

[@mrbubbles6468]

I mean he makes alot of money doing it.

[@Quiscal]

I mean I'm pretty sure this is his source of income, so it's more like a job... a fun job that is.

[@jaypa2010]

@@mrbubbles6468 i know but he spends a ton of hours into it and some people hate for no reason

[@jaypa2010]

@@Quiscal yeah but he does it for hours only to help us. I know its a job but its just so nice how he’s putting time of his day away just to help us

[@overlord9081]

Bro thank you so much i was just hunting Marill (i got the mass outbreak with the other Video of you) at the and of the first 10 min i found shiny Chewtle and just after 2 resets i found Marill 2 shinys in 10 min thank you so much

[@martinhublar7887]

Thanks brother, your videos between Snap, Zelda, and Pokemon I love them

[@young_dracula4572]

How Austin didn’t get a free copy of every pokemon game before they released is beyond me…this guy literally puts more work into getting us info is more than anyone else, plus he makes it easy to understand 🎉

[@uniblack591]

THANK YOU SO MUCH I GOT A SHINY MAGICARP FINALLY 🥰✨💛💛💛

[@krimzonguardianx358]

Good video as always! I had an accidental shiny encounter when I was barreling through grass at Mach 3 and didn’t see a flabebe that ended up being shiny when the battle started 😂

[@tarvivor]

Fantastic explanation, really helpful, thank you!!!

[@roumdboi]

I had a Noivern outbreak, and I got a shiny one before I could even finish setting up the 60 count!!! 😱

[@Aqsticgod]

LIAR

[@amandagreene4990]

How were you able to get them while they're high in the air? I'm going to try getting a shiny Noivern today.

[@roumdboi]

@@Aqsticgod Not even!!!! 😱

[@roumdboi]

@@amandagreene4990 If you walk over to where they are and stand, they'll try to fly down to you! You may need to wait for them to get a little bit lower or jump up so they can see you and come to you. Once I started knocking them out, they started spawning closer to the ground!! ALWAYS save as soon as you see your shiny!