Pokemon Scarlet and Violet’s first week of release has been plagued with bugs, glitches, and performance issues, some frustrating, some fun, and some that have come in handy for creative players. Two new exploits have been discovered that maximize a player’s chances of encountering Shiny Pokemon: one that allows you to duplicate a Shiny Spawn, another that increases the chance of a Shiny Spawn.
The first, as reported by Video Games Chronicle, was discovered by YouTuber Austin John Plays and allows players to capture the same shiny Pokémon multiple times when done correctly. To work, you must be in an area near an open city or another area that doesn’t require a loading screen to enter.
If players find and catch a Shiny Pokemon or another Pokemon they want to duplicate in an area that matches this description, they can walk into the city and, at the point where the city’s name appears on the screen, save and restart the game. When they reload, the Pokémon they caught will still be stored, but the wild version will have loaded back into the area it was first found in, ready to be caught again.
This exploit can be seen in action in Austin John’s video above, though unfortunately it requires finding a spawned Shiny Pokemon in a very specific location. If another group of Pokemon appears between the shiny and the city, this method will not work. It’s also likely to crash at some point, so try it now while you still can.
The other exploit discovered this week was found by YouTuber PhillyBeatzU, as picked up by Kotaku , and it basically involves spawning a large number of Pokémon to increase your chances of finding a Shiny one.
Dubbed the “Shiny Picnic Reset Method” by PhillyBeatzU, the exploit makes use of Pokemon Violet and Scarlet’s picnic table. To use this method, players must travel to a Pokémon spawn, which will be marked on the map with a flashing red icon.
PhillyBeatzU says to first make sure you have a Pokemon that knows False Swipe, to make sure you can easily catch any shine you come across. Then go to a sprout and start battling the Pokemon there. After defeating 60 Pokemon, your shine rate will increase to 1 in 1365, PhillyBeatzU claims.
Removing the picnic table will cause the outbreak Pokémon to disappear, only to reappear when it’s full. PhillyBeatzU uses this quirk to repeatedly reset the outbreak, making use of the higher shine rate to increase the chance of a shiny Pokemon appearing. In the demo video, he encounters a shiny Drifblim after 15 resets.
Again, this exploit may be fixed if it makes it too easy to farm shiny Pokemon, but for now it’s time for a shiny picnic.
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