Where can I find Shiny Pokémon in BDSP?

How To Find and Catch Shiny Pokemon in Pokemon BDSP
  • Defeat the Elite Four and the Champion Cynthia.
  • See all 150 Pokemon in the Sinnoh region.
  • Head to Sandgem Town.
  • Speak to Professor Rowan inside the lab to acquire the National Pokedex and Poke Radar.
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How do you get easy Shinies in BDSP?

You increase your odds of encountering Shiny Pokemon in tall grass by chaining together encounters with a single Pokemon species via the Poke Radar. By increasing the chain up to 40, you're more likely to encounter the shiny grass patch.
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Where can I find a Shiny Pokemon?

Shinies are found by simply trying to catch Pokémon and seeing if they display as an alternate colour in the battle and post-battle screens. They won't appear as a different colour in the field, so you have to attempt to catch them first.
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Can you find Shiny Pokemon in the Grand underground?

Pokemon will not show up as Shiny in the Grand Underground overworld and this can only be determined in battle. If it's not Shiny, run away from battle. Turn around and exit the room entirely, and re-enter it. Shinies are pre-determined for every Pokemon as soon as you go into a room.
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Are Pokemon shiny in the overworld BDSP?

You cannot see shinies in the overworld: Unlike Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, which allowed you to see if a Pokémon was shiny in the overworld, Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl only let you see if a creature is shiny by engaging it in battle.
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How to Get Shiny Pokemon



Do statues increase shiny odds?

However, they, unfortunately, do not have a direct impact on encountering real Shiny Pokémon. Instead, Shiny Statues have the exact same effect as a regular statue, only with each one having a greater effect, roughly double that of a regular statue.
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What are the shiny odds in BDSP?

Shiny Pokémon, in general, are incredibly rare to find through normal means. The odds of capturing one in Pokémon BDSP is 1/4096.
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What happens when you collect 40 Diglets?

Players can collect them by wandering around in the caverns with friends. Finding 40 Digletts in the Underground will give players a special reward in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.
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What happens when you find 40 Diglett in Brilliant Diamond?

Finding 40 Digletts will unlock one of the Grand Underground's best bonuses, and once the meter has been filled, a message reading “Something good may happen in the Grand Underground!” will appear.
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Is there a trick to getting Shiny Pokemon?

When you're just searching for shinies you're not really trying to catch 'em all. Instead, you just want to look at as many Pokémon as possible that could be shiny, so you can keep rolling the dice until you hit the jackpot. Eventually the law of large numbers wins out.
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How rare is a shiny Ditto?

As of this moment, the chances of getting a Ditto are very low, close to 3%. There were some problems a while ago, where an encounter with a Shiny Pokemon would turn out to be a Ditto upon catching it.
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What is the hardest Shiny Pokemon to get?

The 10 Hardest Shiny Pokemon To Catch
  1. 1 Munchlax in Sinnoh.
  2. 2 Pokemon Ranger Manaphy. ...
  3. 3 Pokemon In The Gen 1 Games. ...
  4. 4 An Authentic Sinistea. ...
  5. 5 Feebas (in Generations 3 and 4) ...
  6. 6 Roaming Legendaries. ...
  7. 7 Dynamax Adventure Zygarde. ...
  8. 8 Faraway Island Mew. ...
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Who should I shiny hunt?

Pokemon: The Best Games To Shiny Hunt In, Ranked
  1. 1 Pokemon Legends: Arceus.
  2. 2 Pokemon Sword And Shield. ...
  3. 3 Pokemon Let's Go. ...
  4. 4 Pokemon GO. ...
  5. 5 Pokemon X And Y. ...
  6. 6 Pokemon Omega Ruby And Alpha Sapphire. ...
  7. 7 Pokemon UltraSun And UltraMoon. ...
  8. 8 Pokemon Sun And Moon. ...
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What is the best Pokémon to shiny hunt BDSP?

The 10 best Shinies you should catch in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
  • 10) Lopunny. Image via pokemondb.net. I mean, come on, it's a pink and brown bunny. ...
  • 8) Honchkrow. Image via pokemondb.net. ...
  • 6) Giratina. Image via pokemondb.net. ...
  • 4) Drifloon. Image via pokemondb.net.
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Are the starters shiny locked in BDSP?

BDSP's Starter Pokémon Are Not Shiny Locked

Thankfully, Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl does not shiny lock the starter Pokémon. In order to receive a shiny starter Pokémon, players are advised to save their progress before entering Lake Verity for the first time with Barry.
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Is Dialga shiny locked?

Unsurprisingly, all available Legendaries are Shiny locked in Pokémon Legends: Arcues, including Dialga and Palkia (and their new forms).
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Is Shaymin shiny locked BDSP?

Shaymin is not Shiny locked in Pokemon BDSP. This was confirmed to wondering Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl players on Reddit. In order to catch a special version of the mythical creature, you will want to keep respawning it until the special version emerges.
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What happens if you find all 151 Diglett?

151 Diglett Quest Rewards

The last reward you get after collecting 151 alolan diglett is Alolan Diglett with 6 Best IVs. It also has Hidden Ability "Sand Force".
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What happens when you fill the bar in the underground?

Once the gauge is filled, a notice will come up saying “Something good will happen!” With this bonus, you're more likely to dig up special green glittering statues from the walls and you'll have double the chance of finding a Shiny Pokémon underground.
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What happens when you fill the bar in the Grand underground?

Collecting Digletts in the Grand Underground fills the gauge at the top left corner of the players' screen. Once this bar is filled completely, users will have a higher chance to encounter shiny Pokémon in the Grand Underground. Digletts wander around the tunnels of the Grand Underground and are easy to amass.
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Can you shiny hunt Mew in BDSP?

Yes. Unfortunately, both of these Mythical Pokemon are shiny-locked, which means you cannot get a shiny variant of them.
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Is darkrai shiny locked?

- Darkrai also isn't shiny-locked, apparently. I suppose we'll be able to catch mythicals in game, like in oras with Deoxys.
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Can you shiny hunt Jirachi BDSP?

Fortunately, very few Pokemon in BDSP are shiny locked - you can't get shinies from the in-game trades (though gifts like the postgame Eevee can shine), and the gift Mew and Jirachi you receive for having played previous Pokemon games on the Switch are also shiny locked.
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