Not even exaggerating when I say that the Altaria is one of my favorite shiny hunting clips of all time. Gotta go big mode for the big bird

For Violet/Scarlet, if you let your Pokémon auto battle, they REFUSE to attack a shiny. It's a great way to find them when they're hard to distinguish.

"Why DON'T you like the other one?" "Because it's aggressive." 10/10 mom response.

Fun fact, there's a very easy way to get a shiny Ditto in Gold and Silver with a glitch. You need a Gen 1 game to trade with though. Take the Red Gyarados (or any other shiny) and trade it to a Gen 1 game, then teach it Mimic. Then encounter a Ditto in the wild and have it transform into the Pokemon you traded, have it use Mimic on you, then catch it. Trade the Ditto to Gen 2 and it will be shiny! Gen 1 is truly the gift that keeps on giving.

In BW2 you actually forgot an overlooked extra method: the use of Lucky Power 3 obtained via the Entralink, which doubles the odds to 1/4096 without the Shiny Charm or 1/2048 with Shiny Charm

One method that was missed out on was Friend safari back in XY which have a significantly increased odds because all mons in there get extra checks, I believe its around masuda method odds

Tips for chain fishing: surf first and then fish at a water tile surrounded by three rock tiles to increase the probablity of continuing the chain. Bringing a pokemon with an ability to help fishing (Suction Cups and Sticky Hold) is also important! The chain fishing works both in XY and ORAS.

I'm kinda sad not to see Horde hunting in the Gen 6 games, gotta be my favourite method even if it's not super efficient. Loved this though, was great to see!

I remember trying to 100% my Pokedex to get the shiny charm in Sun and Moon, I was having a nightmare catching this one pokemon and while fishing for it encountered a shiny Magikarp.

I like how when he encountered the multiple shiny Pokémon in HG/SS, all those shinies he encountered in that short time had the same color scheme goin on

The Wigglytuff thing caught me so off guard the first time I got it. I kept getting shinier and I’m just like “uhhhhhh am I the greatest?”

Black and white 2 do have a new method. If you use the lucky pass power it halves the shiny rate as well.

johnstone is awfully human-like. maybe he isn’t a stone after all

Tip for chain fishing: when you cast your rod, close your eyes so you can press A based on the audio instead of the audio and visual. Also in all gen 4 games, if your TID and SID aren't close, Cute Charm actually makes shiny Pokemon rarer

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for me the best part about shiny hunting in scarvio is the fact that it's pretty easy to max all your pokemon's IVs after catching, teach egg moves, etc

John's luck with the gen 6 hunts was insane. Banger content as always John :)

No joke, I've been soft resetting in Virtual Console Pokemon Crystal for a shiny Totodile starter for about a week now, and I put this video on to watch again because I like watching other shiny hunting stuff while I'm shiny hunting myself, and *while your totodile hatched on screen* I finally got my shiny starter after 3,982 resets. This video is good luck.

An even better feature of breeding in gen 2 is that Stadium 2 shows shiny eggs without having to hatch them. Between this and shiny hunting being possible in RBY, it's literally possible to get a shiny living dex in GSC.

You're the reason I started shiny hunting in the first place. As I watch this, I was soft resetting for a Shiny Regice in Ruby and found it! I've been searching for this thing since November! Thanks for the amazing content! Love your videos!

would love to see other shiny hunters take on this challenge. make "method quest" a thing!

surprised you didn't mention the friend safari in X and Y lol

Another absolute BANGER from Johnstone! Amazing finds, and great video!!

Glad to see this video is finally complete, I can't wait for your next big project! It was fun accompanying your journey.

I was surprised to not see a starter soft reset method. I thing that being able to hunt all 3 starters in HGSS would have been a nice addition to this video.

For Gen 2, I wanna add that, if you use a shiny parent for hunting, you will have to continually breed through egg groups in order to hunt for the Pokémon you want. Say you start with the Lake of Rage Gyarados (100% shiny rate), and you want a shiny Eevee. You would have to calculate and find the correct chain to go from the Dragon egg group all the way down to the Field egg group, which from me doing that in the past, will take you about 6-7 different egg groups to breed down to. Plus, compatibility is HUGE for egg encounter rates. The easiest thing to do is trade a Pokémon with a different OT name. It’s complicated, but if you’re just going for random shinies, then you do you. (PS: starter Pokémon shinies, Eevee, and any Pokémon that has the 85%-15% male to female ratio can only be a male shiny. Which is good if you need a shiny parent to filter down to a specific Pokémon.

I remember being at work lurking and you getting a shiny every time I sat down and checked stream out that day. Loved watching these reactions live and great seeing them all come together. You killed it, dude. Pro streamer for sure!

"The entirety of Gen 3 didn't have a shiny method" *Laughs in Pokemon Emerald broken shiny odds*

The pokeradar method was my favorite method to shiny hunt. Super technical and rewarding ^^

Man I love your energy, you seem like such a genuinely nice person. Your smile and laugh is so contagious, you’re amazing and don’t you forget it

Absolutely loving all the shiny content! Looking forward to what shiny content you have planned for the future! :)

*Horde Encounters Left the Chat*

Can’t wait for the twenty hour complete living dex shiny video

This makes me want to do older gen shiny hunts again. Thank you for rekindling my love for shiny hunting!

I just wanted to finally say that your videos have helped me tremendously in not giving up on my shiny hunts.

John's nack for story telling is always my favorite part about the videos

We've been waiting for ages! Another banger from Mr. Johnstone.

horde hunt fans rn: 🤬🤬🤬

That was one of the most enjoyable videos I've watched in a long time. Full of laughs too. I'm gutted I missed it all live.

i like the simple hunting methods the most. soft resets and random encounters. thats so i can watch something while hunting. currently going for my last dream team member in black, pawniard.

Happy to see other content this weekend besides Zelda TOTK 😂 keep it up 👌

BW2 technically has another shiny increasing option with the lucky pass powers.

Love ur vids John! Always interested in the video and never getting bored. The amount of stuff you know is crazy. Might make YT vids someday and creators like you are the reason I might

You probably won't see this, but your videos are the most high quality videos on KZfaq. I have rewatched multiple of your videos over 5 times, they're AMAZING!!!

I was surprised not to see the Friend Safari for X and Y, since that was probably my go-to back then

Theres also Lucky Power+++ in gen 5 for increased shiny odds. And Masuda you could’ve done in gen 4.

Seeing the PokeRadar section of the video makes me happy because I learned a LOT about how that mechanic works in order to find my dream shiny which I got late March this year. I must have done 100+ Radar attempts to get it.

Amazing video! I haven't shiny hunted a while, so I haven't tried the newest methods. I liked the chain fishing, it was pretty easy. It was somewhat about luck, but pokémon with suction cup ability helped. Also closing your eyes and just listening helped too. Unfortunately, you obviously can catch just some water pokémon with it. I liked sos-method too. It was simple and you could watch videos or do something else while hunting. In newest gen I don't like that it doesn't give the shiny sound or show sparkles in overworld. I wonder how many shinies I have missed... (I haven't shiny hunted, but found a few when playing.)

I love alternate color pokemon a moderate amount 👍, Great video Mr.Stone

One of my first shiny Pokemon was Relicanth in Y. Nice to see him again :)

New subscriber! You’re very charming and I commend you for this challenge, living vicariously through you right now lol.

Glad you’re back John!

Another correction for radar hunting if you capture a Pokémon it only boosts the NEXT shakes similar to Let’s go Pikachu Eevee, any new “radar” launches resets it back to 88% instead of 98% after a capture

My sound volume watching someone like KSI: 20% My sound volume watching Johnstone: 150%

Fantastic video as always, John! My most recent shiny hunt in Violet yielded a shiny Eevee in, I kid you not, EIGHT EGGS. I used Masuda Method and the shiny charm and was kind of expecting it to take awhile but there he was! So I finally have my shiny Umbreon.

Ive definitely had the best luck with the ultra wormhole, but s.o.s. is still my favorite method because of how many more options you have in comparison.

I remember when I chain fished for days just catching shinies and such. So many Relicanths... but I ultimately got myself a wonderful shiny Skrelp LOL Chain Fishing was so much fun and I miss being able to do it. I had so much fun with it to XD Even more fond memories from Sun/Moon where I did an SOS hunt for a Shiny Rockruff before beating the game and ever getting the shiny charm. I named her Wind Tiger (After Tiger of the Wind from the Monster Hunter anime >>)

This video is amazing because it shows me all the easy hunts

Good job! I’ve had a friend say SOS battles were his favourite method, so I might just try it

I think my favorite way to Shiny hunt has to be Horde Encounters in Generation VI, especially when combined with the Shiny Charm. It's just so easy to do compared to basically every other method in the series─just stand there and keep using Sweet Scent until you find one!

it’s always a good day when John uploads

I feel like John missed swarm hunting in gen 6, yes it's just a better version of double battle grass for b/w but I think it was a very viable option for that gen if the pokemon you wanted could be found in swarms

Hi brother! Thank you for re igniting my inner pokemon trainer! saw your other vids and this makes me start over again and do all generations! Thanks for the inspiration!

Always love a good Johnstone upload

XY chain fishing gave me my first non red gyarados shiny. A corsola, I was fishing for dex completion when she appeared. Love her blueness to this day. Horde in XY was my second , a trevenant.

I say earning a shiny gibble/dratini via the black city/white forest facility in BW2 could’ve counted as a method. There’s not a lot of other places where you can obtain a shiny as a reward for battling. In generation 1 (and Let’s Go) there’s also the in game trade shiny hunting method. Which seems like something only a mad man would try.

Amazing video man, great job!

I did not know about the Crystal method, and am happy I have the VC version so I can go and grab one now! Super cool to see!

Every time I feel demotivated to shiny hunt or play the game at all, you show up and give me that motivation :)

You forgot one. Two words: friend safari. Combining shiny charm with kalos’ friend safari, you have about a 1/585 chance to find shiny pokemon of 2 or 3 different species that vary depending on varying factors. Also if youve unlocked the third pokemon, they will also have their hidden ability too, making them even more special!

The wigglytuff thing was wild, I imagine you need a bit of hacking to get your IDs right for it though which is why it wasn’t the number one option

I love johns videos so much. Everytime I see one pop up i get pretty keen

The amount of John luck he's getting that I'm surprised he hasn't complete a Shiny Living Dex

You missed out on three other methods: Horde Battles (XY) Shaking Grass/Wind/Water (Black/White) Isolated Encounters such as Paras in Mt. Moon and Zubat/Others in Altering Cave or Unown in the handful of places they appear. There is also the Abilities that draw out certain Pokémon based on their type example: Static to draw electric types 50% of the time. Has been around since Pokemon Emerald however Scarlet and Violet removed all abilities to have secondary effects outside of battle with the exception of Flame Body and Magma Armor for hatching eggs. Hilariously Illuminate, though in the system no Pokémon in the game will ever have it. Otherwise, there are two methods in which you can receive a shiny based on GIFT and Purchase. In Leaf Green and Fire Red you can buy a whole bunch of Abra and fill a few boxes with a chance they'll be shiny since it only costs 120 coins. This can be done in Gold/Silver however that method would take a much longer time to check. In Heart Gold and Soul Silver, you can get stuck in Cianwood City by depositing your flying Pokémon and Surfing Pokémon in the daycare and teleport back to Cianwood. A man will gift you a Tentacool which has the chance of being shiny.

Some of my favorite hunts were gen 4 pokeradar dongle hunts. It was so cool to chain for special pokemon you can't get any other way in the game!

I love that you got your shiny zorua while giving us Pokémon trivia 17:06

I did a play through once of ORAS where I filled my party with a shiny from every method. Soft reset my starter, found a random encounter, fishing chained, dexnav chained, swarmed, and revived a fossil. I think it would be fun to watch you stream that + the play through.

So when are you shiny hunting Manaphy in gen 4?

Fantastic 🙌🏻 love the shiny videos especially

Amazing video again John! You're nuts!

This was extremely cool, but you should challenge yourself to get a full odds shiny in every game now

You can technically use ACE in RBY or GSC as a shiny hunting method. You just have to transfer the pokemon up if you're doing RBY

wish i was as dedicated as you, lol! every few months i continue my quest to get one of every shiny in legends arceus. i have around 180 currently, i think. it's my favorite method bc it's so involved and not nearly as repetitive as others, plus i can work on perfecting pokedex entries while i do it

Great video! I love seeing people post Shiny Pokémon videos that actually explain the hunts and methods rather than just cheap reaction videos. I did note a few things, though: -Gen II: the Ditto/Pokémon you use doesn’t have to be Shiny to shiny breed, but it does have to have the Shiny Gene (which is having a Defense IV of 10 AND a Special IV of either 2 or 10). The easiest solution for max odds is to catch a Ditto with the Shiny Gene, which is a 1/128 chance, and you can tell a Ditto has the Shiny Gene really easily. Just place it and the Shiny Gyarados into the Daycare and talk to one of the Pokémon. If it says it’s brimming with energy, you’ll know you have a Shiny Gene Ditto. -Gen IV: With PokeRadar, you have to go into the same patch type as the one you started with or your chain has a very high chance to break. Also, the 2% break chance only applies to the set of patches immediately after catching a Pokémon. If you reset the radar, your odds of breaking the chain randomly go from 2% to 12%. -Gen VI: DexNav’s a beast to understand, but you got the basics of it. For hunting anywhere where the Pokémon moves, the Pokémon will follow a pattern of where they’ll move to and when they’ll pop up (instead of being an empty dust cloud), and that pattern can be learned easily, so follow that. -Gen VII: Sun and Moon’s SOS odds are the exact same as Ultra Sun and Moon’s. What you stated in the video is old information. There is a difference between the two games, though. The odds will reset every 255 encounters and you’ll need to knock another 30 out to get back to 1/273. My personal favorite hunting method is PokeRadar in Gen IV. It’s so easy to complete entire lines of Shiny Pokémon with that method.

now hunt for a shiny costume on stadium

Can we take time to appreciate how much time and effort has been put into this video

This guy produces top quality content! Way above the level of his subscriber count. He deserves more.

Thank you for being the dopest Poke-Tuber ever🤙

A few shiny hunting methods that you missed: The gen 3 games have some pretty easy RNG manipulations you can do to hunt shiny Pokémon. Also Community Day in Pokémon Go is an extremely easy way to get Shiny Pokémon.

Haven’t watched yet but you only make bangers, excited to watch this when I’m done cleaning my moms garden for Mother’s Day

i got my first ever shiny in ultra sun (it was a yanmega) and i still love yanmega to this day just because of that. loved the video!

I would love to see all the shorts you’ve collected playing! Curious how many you have left to go.

It’s a good day when John uploads 🙌

Lol, watched this a few times but the life preserver scene always makes me laugh

Fun that I finally got around to watching this video the day after getting my own shiny vulpix in my shiny party playthrough of LGPE. Only 67 encounters and a chain of 9 lol

My current favorite Shiny Hunting method "gimmick" that I found was doing a Normal Type Sandwich and going to where Cyclizar spawn and standing in one spot until the shiny appears by itself!

New John video = great day

Always a good day when jonh uploads

You seem like youre having a lot of fun. Honestly, you have every console and I'm guessing every major installment of Pokemon. That chipper optimism is valid. Color me jealous.

My soul is melting at this man running from shinies