Q&A for How to Find Shiny Pokémon

This is when you repeatedly use Sweet Scent or Honey to encounter hordes of Pokémon. People view this as an efficient method, as there are 5 Pokémon in a horde, so it makes you find a shiny 5 times as fast!

In Oras and X/Y, yes. You'll get a herd of Pokemon, and your luck to find a shiny ups to 5/4096. I got some of my own shinies with this method, and those hunts were the shortest.

Yes.

Try breeding a starter. It might be expensive, but If you mange to get a female starter, you can use method two. You only have 1 in 8 chance to get a female starter though, so remember to use your SRs and save.

No. The Masuda method is simply breeding 2 Pokémon from different places in the world.

Yes. You cannot catch a shiny Groudon or Kyogre without hacking the game code or trading with someone who hacked the game code to get one.

No, they cannot. You have to either encounter one in the wild, or hatch one. However, shiny Pokemon do evolve into their next evolution's shiny form.

There's no "super easy" way to get a shiny Pokemon -- they'd be a lot less rare if there was. However, some of the easier ways are chain fishing (don't move from your spot while you fish, and have a suction cup/sticky hold Pokemon at the front of your party); horde encounters in X, Y, Omega Ruby, and Alpha Sapphire (use the move Sweet Scent or the item Honey); and the Friend Safari in X and Y (not the Safari Zone in other games. Pokemon in the Friend Safari have a 1/512 chance to be shiny, but you need to add friends on your 3DS). Additionally, the Shiny Charm raises your odds by 300%, but it can only be obtained after you've completed the National (not regional) Dex in Gens 5 and 6.

It means another country/geographical area outside of the one in which you live.

Yes.

DexNav chaining in ORAS would be the easiest option for a Zigzagoon.

Shinies can be found even without hunting, just with a very rare rate.

All Pokémon have the same shiny ratio.

Yes.

Shiny.

Magikarp is quite a rare shiny; however, due to it's common appearance on routes, it is easily obtained via Chain Fishing.

No. You may be thinking of the ability 'Illuminate,' which boosts wild encounters when the Pokémon with this ability is at the front of the party.

Yes, you can. You can hunt in a vast method of ways. Check out TheJWittz for more shiny hunting stuff.

DexNav Chaining, Chain Fishing, and Horde Battles are the easiest solutions for wild Pokémon on this game.

Yep! I tried to get a shiny Passimian with it, and it worked perfectly! If you do what the instructions say, you should get a shiny in no time.

Masuda Method breeding or Soft Resetting is the best choice for starters in all games.

Yes. You have to save the game in X/Y before you walk over to your friends in order to begin soft resetting for a shiny starter.

You just have to do a lot of binge catching and trading, and have dedication to the game. Eventually, you will obtain every Pokemon.

Unless the Event Pokémon is meant to be shiny, no.

No. DexNav chains are only broken via leaving a system in standby, leaving a route, or running away from a Pokémon.

No. The chances of the offspring being shiny will still be the same as if it is found in the wild.

If you mean catching it after KO (or it faints), then do the Pokemon League again after the "Delta episode" and Groudon will respawn. If you have already caught it, there is no way to get another one other than trade or restarting your game. (However, you can preserve Pokemon beforehand by putting them in the bank, but data, prize money, items, and everything else will be erased.)

You could always go to a public place that has WiFi, or play at a friend's house.

Eevees are found in the wild in both of the newest games, so DexNav chaining is the best option.

No Zygard, Yvetal, and Xerneas are shiny locked, which means they are unobtainable in their shiny form.