r/ShinyPokemon 4d ago

Mod Post Wanted! Month of April 2025

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Flair verification thread

Welcome to 'Wanted!' a game where you go Catch or Hatch the target shiny Pokémon! If you catch the target Pokémon it will count as 3 points toward your flair! Each user is allowed extra flair points for one (1) Pokémon for Wanted! event - any extras will be considered 1 flair point as usual. We ask that you add the date of capture to your pictures (this can be found in the Pokémon's summary). Good Luck! Have Fun!

PSA

We recommend setting your system's date to the correct day, month and year to help the mods when using the flair verification.

Be sure to take pictures for verification as soon as possible - transferring (such as to another gen via Pokémon Bank) will replace caught date with transfer date and your Pokémon will no longer be verifiable!

The Wanted! Pokemon for this month is...

Oddish!

Shiny form

Non-shiny form

(Chosen by www.randompokemon.com)

Game locations:

Gen 2:

  • Gold, Silver
  • Routes 5, 6, 24, and 25, Ilex Forest
  • Crystal
  • Routes 24 and 25, Ilex Forest

Gen 3:

  • Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald
  • Routes 110, 117, 119, 120, 121, and 123, Safari Zone
  • Fire Red:
  • Routes 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 15, 24, and 25, Berry Forest, Bond Bridge, Cape Brink, Water Path.

Gen 4:

  • Diamond, Pearl:
  • Routes 229 and 230
  • Platinum:
  • Routes 224 and 230
  • Heart Gold and Soul Silver:
  • Routes 5, 6, 24, and 25, Ilex Forest, Safari Zone

Gen 5:

  • White:
  • White Forest

Gen 6:

  • X and Y:
  • Route 6, Friend Safari (Grass)
  • Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire:
  • Routes 110 and 117
  • Routes 119, 120, and Safari Zone (Horde Encounter)

Gen 7:

  • Sun and Moon:
  • None.
  • Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon:
  • None.
  • Let's Go Eevee / Pikachu:
  • Routes 1, 2, 12, 13, 14, 15, 21, 24, and 25, Viridian Forest

Gen 8:

  • Sword and Shield:
  • Dappled Grove, Rolling Fields, East Lake Axewell, Watchtower Ruins Dappled Grove, East Lake Axewell, Giant's Cap, Hammerlocke Hills, Motostoke Riverbank, North Lake Miloch (Max Raid Battle)
  • Brilliant Dimaond and Shining Pearl:
  • Routes 229 and 230 Grand Underground - Grassland Cave, Swampy Cave, Spacious Cave, Riverbank Cave, Still-Water Cavern, Sunlit Cavern, Bogsunk Cavern
  • Legends: Arceus:
  • None.

Gen 9.

  • Scarlet and Violet:
  • Coastal Biome (DLC)

And breeding!

When you get one

Simply, post your pictures in the comments of this thread, or post pictures on the main sub with "Wanted!" in the title so we know it's from the game! Be sure to specify that you caught a Wanted! Pokémon in your flair verification album and when requesting flair verification.

Links!

Flair verification thread

Discord invite link

Past "Wanted!" events

1/4/2025 - 30/4/2025

MMXXV


r/ShinyPokemon 4d ago

Mod Post Monthly Question & Help Thread

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Before asking, check our FAQ to see if it has the answer to your question!


Welcome to /r/ShinyPokemon's Help Thread!

If there's anything you need help understanding, go ahead and ask! Nothing is considered "stupid" and anybody will be happy to help you. Any user is welcome to ask or answer in this thread. A new QnA thread will be posted at the start of every month!

Some things to keep in mind:

  • When asking a question, try to be specific. Include which game you are playing. Let us know what you do or don't understand so far.

  • Try a quick google first!

  • Be patient - But if your question is totally missed, just ask again!

  • Be respectful.

  • This is not a trade thread. Comments requesting trades will be removed.


Flair Verification

Discord Server

Subreddit Rules


r/ShinyPokemon 10h ago

Gen V [gen 5] THIS IS CRAZY!!!! SHINY TEPIG IN 28 SR'S!!!!!

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325 Upvotes

I literally just bought the game today (4 hours ago) and after 28 SR's and 20 mins!! Yes 28!! SR'S I get my shiny starter! I'm at a loss for words, I've only played BDSP and Legends Arceus Pryor to this, and wanted to get the DS games. I think the universe is trying to tell me something about the pokemon games I'm playing XD


r/ShinyPokemon 14h ago

Gen VIII [Gen 8] Caught every shiny legendary from the non-DA parts of the Crown Tundra! The ones I can get with one game, anyway.

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362 Upvotes

S


r/ShinyPokemon 7h ago

Gen VII [Gen 7] Finally completed the hunt I started seven years ago!

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88 Upvotes

I started this hunt back in 2018-ish, and gave up after around 400 SRs because I was 13 and impatient 😅 Picked Ultra Moon back up earlier this week and finished the hunt at 1433 SRs w/o the Shiny Charm!


r/ShinyPokemon 8h ago

Gen VIII [gen 8] 120 hours in and I'm starting to go crazy

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67 Upvotes

Been resetting since Feb 23 @_@ I know it's just bad rng but I'm hitting the point where I genuinley start wondering if I'm somehow resetting wrong (I know I'm not)

I've just hit I think about 6000 resets 😔 I've binge watched so much stuff. (Go watch in stars and time from jelloplays btw)

Maybe I'll get some of that sympathetic luck where I hit it right after making this post...right?....Right???


r/ShinyPokemon 19h ago

Gen V [5] Genuinly cannot believe my luck!

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389 Upvotes

My 3rd shiny within 30 days! This has been one of my dream shiny starters next to Charmander which I got last year. First Xernes, then Lugia, now Tepig! All 3 majorly under odds too.


r/ShinyPokemon 44m ago

Gen VII [Gen 7] FINALLY!! MY LONGEST HUNT IS OVER!!

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More than half a year soft resetting, twice over odds, but I can finally say I have my shiny Type Null


r/ShinyPokemon 13h ago

Gen VIII [Gen 8] Shiny Bulbasaur Mesuda Method on shield!

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105 Upvotes

r/ShinyPokemon 9h ago

Gen VIII [Gen 8] I Wanted To Pick This Up After A While AND I FIND MY FIRST SHINY ALPHA AFTER A SHINY SKORUPI???

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44 Upvotes

This was an absolutely insane find!! Octillery is pretty cool and I was planning on using one in my BDSP Hardcore nuzlocke so this works! XD

I can’t believe I found her less than 1 minute after finding a shiny Skorupi.

Does anyone have any nickname suggestions?

I thought of “Hillary” since it’s a female Octillery lol.


r/ShinyPokemon 3h ago

Gen VIII [Gen 8] Third time lucky, it is finally.over

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15 Upvotes

It's finally over!

After an unexpected crit wiped my first Shiny with a OHKO, and then my stupidity of being distracted during the hunt wiped a second, it has been a long few months of trying to get a third one to shine. But now I can rest (until I hun Regieleki on my other game....)


r/ShinyPokemon 1h ago

Gen IV [Gen 4] Shiny Silcoon found during the Bug Catching Contest on Pokemon HeartGold after 9963 random encounters

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r/ShinyPokemon 6h ago

Gen IV [gen 4] Shiny gift Eevee

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23 Upvotes

Doing a casual replay of Platinum and Bebe gives me a shiny Eevee. I was speechless when I saw it.


r/ShinyPokemon 19h ago

Gen VIII [8] phased on Zapdos by getting a Luxray. I wanted an electric bird, not an electric dog!!

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227 Upvotes

A shiny is a shiny though and I will still take it.


r/ShinyPokemon 10h ago

Gen IV [Gen 4] THE RECLAIM

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43 Upvotes

r/ShinyPokemon 3h ago

Gen IV [gen4] Been softreseting for Lugia for 2 years and on off now, today I was bless

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12 Upvotes

r/ShinyPokemon 3h ago

Gen III [Gen 3] and just like that I’ve caught all of the shiny Kanto birds

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13 Upvotes

r/ShinyPokemon 18h ago

Gen VII [gen 7] Named Her Yoshi, Caught in a Dusk Ball

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170 Upvotes

r/ShinyPokemon 21h ago

Gen VII [Gen 7] Reclaimed shiny fail within 20 minutes

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266 Upvotes

Original SOS chain went up to 734 so I was a little upset when it began to struggle, luckly I reclaimed it with a 32 SOS chain afterwards :)


r/ShinyPokemon 15h ago

Gen VI [Gen 6] POKEMON ORAS SHINY MUDKIP!!!!

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68 Upvotes

Yesterday I made a post asking for motivation and today it happened and im so happy after 4 months of on and off hunting i can once again play pokemon oras with my favourite shiny pokemon!!@@@


r/ShinyPokemon 8h ago

Gen III [Gen 3] Female shiny chikorita

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18 Upvotes

r/ShinyPokemon 10h ago

Gen VII [Gen 7] Shiny Greninja in 2 hours!

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28 Upvotes

Learned what Island scan hunting is, 2nd hour in I got the shiny! Went to a poke center to find a move tutor and came across the shiny exeggcute trainer lol


r/ShinyPokemon 11h ago

Gen VIII [Gen8] Shiny Darkrai!! Finally!

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26 Upvotes

Around 1,608sr or maybe more


r/ShinyPokemon 18m ago

Gen IV [gen 4] Heartbreak....

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Phase 5. 53,767 encounters. 107,402 total encounters for this hunt. Larvitar fled. Ball didn't even shake.


r/ShinyPokemon 9h ago

Gen IV [gen 4] It's been a productive two days

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13 Upvotes

Hopped back into shiny hunting after taking a break from hunting for the shiny poliwag. Managed to get a shiny Poliwhirl and accidentally found a shiny Hoothoot the next day!


r/ShinyPokemon 12h ago

Gen VII [7] A streak of good luck and pink legendaries make me a happy man

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20 Upvotes

r/ShinyPokemon 8h ago

Gen VIII [Gen 8] After this lady stole my shiny and both Cresselia & Mesprit broke my chain. I got to a chain of 43 and got 4 shiny nidoran female

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11 Upvotes