Do Shiny Pokémon lay shiny eggs?

When you have two Pokémon of different languages breed, the Egg has a 1 in 682.7 chance of producing a Shiny Pokémon. If you have the Shiny Charm we mentioned above, this gets reduced even further to 1 in 512.
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Do shiny Shinies breed?

@qwertyk31 Breeding shinies together does not increase your chance of getting a shiny kid. About the Masuda method, both parents must come from a game with different language. For instance, if your game is in English and both parents are Japanese, the Masuda method will not work.
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Can an egg be a shiny in Pokémon?

In Generation IV, it adds +4 to the chances of an egg being Shiny: 5 in 8192, or 1 in 1638. Can Shinies hatch from eggs? You can also hatch Shiny Pokémon from Eggs when breeding two Pokémon at one of the Day Care centres in the Galar region (one can be found on Route 5 and the other is in the Wild Area).
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Does shiny Ditto breed Shinies?

They can, but it's not an effective way to breed a shiny pokemon. The chance of breeding a shiny would still be 1/8192 (or 1/4096 in Gens 6 and 7), parents being shiny does not affect that*.
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Can shiny be passed through breeding?

For breeding Shiny Pokémon, most people will use the Masuda Method, a strategy named after Game Freak's Junichi Masuda, the director who added the method to the game. This involves getting a parent Pokémon from a player playing the game in another language and breeding it.
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How To EASILY Breed For Shiny Pokemon - Masuda Method



Do Shinies evolve into Shinies?

Shiny Pokémon's evolutions will be Shiny too - the good news, at least, is that Shiny Pokémon will evolve into Shiny Pokémon.
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What happens if you breed two dittos?

Ditto is able to breed with other Pokémon ostensibly because of its ability to transform into other Pokémon. If it was paired with another Ditto, it wouldn't have anything to transform into, and since Ditto are genderless, would therefore have no reproductive organs.
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Do Shiny Pokémon eggs look different?

No, the egg will look exactly the same as a normal egg. You can only find out whether it's shiny when it hatches.
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Is Shiny Ditto rare?

Ditto is known to be the rarest Pokemon of them all, and it can transform literally into any Pokemon that exists in the Pokemon universe. Besides that, if you happen to encounter a Ditto, it might even turn out to be a Shiny Ditto, which is even rarer than its regular form.
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What is the best Shiny Pokémon?

Pokemon GO: The 20 Best Looking Shinies In The Game
  1. 1 Shiny Ditto.
  2. 2 Shiny Shuckle. ...
  3. 3 Shiny Wailord. ...
  4. 4 Shiny Gardevoir. ...
  5. 5 Shiny Rayquaza. ...
  6. 6 Shiny Delibird. ...
  7. 7 Shiny Politoed. ...
  8. 8 Shiny Lapras. ...
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Can Shinies hatch from eggs?

You can also hatch Shiny Pokémon from Eggs when breeding two Pokémon at one of the Day Care centres in the Galar region (one can be found on Route 5 and the other is in the Wild Area). Any hatched Pokémon can be Shiny - just like any wild Pokémon can - but there's a way to dramatically increase your chances.
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How rare is a shiny from an egg?

Even with Flame Body or Magma Armor, the odds are against you; it's still a 1 in 4096 (or 1 in 8192 in older games) chance of getting a Shiny to hatch from the egg, which is not good.
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Does a shiny Ditto increase shiny odds?

They can help you breed Pokémon, but only a Ditto from another country will increase your Shiny chances.
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Is it better to breed or catch Shiny Pokémon?

Since Ditto can breed with almost every Pokemon and is the main way of breeding for eggs, once you've got a Ditto in a different language, you don't have to worry about anything else. Breed the Pokemon you've caught with it and voila, your chances of finding a shiny through breeding will be vastly improved.
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Is Ditto a failed Mew?

Mew is said to be the ancestor of all Pokémon, which would explain why it carries their DNA. If carrying the DNA is a requirement to use Transform, it adds credence to the idea that Ditto is a failed clone after all.
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How rare is a shiny magikarp?

3. Rarity of the Shiny, Perfect Magikarp. According to Reddit, two 100% perfect Shiny Magikarp have been caught since Shiny Magikarp began existing. The rates of these Pokemon appearing are all wonky because of the increased spawn rate of Magikarp around the world.
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Can you soft reset eggs?

Can you Soft Reset for hatching eggs? Yes but this isn't the most optimal way of hatching shinies as it actually takes a longer time to go through the process. Soft Resetting for eggs is when you save prior to receiving the egg from the Nursery worker.
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What are the odds of Masuda method?

Once you leave two compatible Pokémon from different regions, there's a chance that Pokémon will hatch as a Shiny. The rate for a Masuda Shiny Pokémon is 1 in 682.7 and 1 in 512 with the Shiny Charm. Pokémon Sword and Shield is available now for Nintendo Switch. Which Shiny Hunting method is your favorite?
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Does Masuda method only work with Ditto?

Yes. The Masuda Method still works in this generation and with Ditto(s/es). In fact, you don't even have to use a Japanese Ditto. So long as one of the Pokemon is from a different region than the other, then they have an increased chance of breeding a shiny Pokemon.
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What Legendaries can breed with Ditto?

Ditto is a very special Pokémon. It can breed with most Pokémon, regardless of gender (or lack thereof), and the egg produced will always belong to its partner. Ditto is also the only Pokémon that can breed with a legendary Pokémon or its offspring, as well as the only one who can breed with genderless Pokémon at all.
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Can you breed legendary?

Pokemon need to be of opposing sexes and coupled with either a member of their species or a Ditto, which can take the form of any Pokemon. Even knowing this information and setting everything up just right, unfortunately, Legendary Pokemon cannot be bred in either Pokemon Sword or Pokemon Shield.
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Can I breed type null?

Unfortunately, you can't breed Type: Null so you're stuck to just having one for your playthrough. It does evolve into Silvally when it has high enough friendship though, which you can check by visiting the first house on the right in Hammerlocke and speaking to the old woman.
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What's the rarest shiny in Pokemon GO?

Pikachu Libre can be found in its shiny variant, making it the rarest Shiny Pokemon players can still catch in Pokemon GO.
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