Complete Guide to Shiny Hunting in Pokémon Legends Z-A

Every time a Pokémon is generated in Pokémon Legends Z-A, the game runs a check to see if it should be shiny. The base odds of encountering a shiny Pokémon in Legends Z-A is 1 in 4096. This means that, on average, you would encounter one shiny for every 4096 Pokémon you see. However, with the shiny charm, these odds improve to 1 in 1024. This makes shiny hunting significantly more efficient once you have obtained the charm.

A night feature of the game is that it will save the last 10 shiny encounters you had. So if you find a shiny Pokémon you can return to that same location later and still have the same shiny Pokémon available to catch.

To get the Shiny Charm, you must complete all 50 Pokédex research missions from Mable. This involves catchings all the Pokémon in the Pokédex in addition to battling and smashing mega crystals.

Shiny hunting involves seeing as many different Pokémon as possible to trigger the shiny check. Here are the different methods you can use to force Pokémon to respawn:

• Going more than 70 meters away from the Pokémon and the go within 50 meters
• Fast traveling
• Going through a door (works well in Wild Zone 3)
• Waiting at a bench
• Going through a teleporter in the Lysandre Cafe