Complete guide to capturing Shiny Pokémon in Pokémon Legends ZA

Following the release of Pokémon Legends: ZA, the community has put the focus on the shiny mechanics of the game: from how they appear, to whether they disappear, to guaranteed encounter quests and the impact of the Iris Amulet. Everything points to a system designed to make hunting easier without taking away the excitement.

In this article we review, in a clear tone and without embellishments, everything you need to know: probabilities, what is locked, a mission to get a guaranteed shiny Mareep and several practical tricks to not miss any, neither by carelessness nor due to a change in the day/night cycle.

Guaranteed Shiny Mission: Shiny Mareep

There is a secondary school that ensures a Shiny Mareep, very much in the vein of the famous shiny Ponyta from Legends: Arceus. It's proposed by NPC Duve and is perfect for opening up your Shiny Display Case without suffering from RNG.

1. Go to Duve, next to Wild Zone 1, and accept mission 17.
2. Enter the Wild Zone 1 from your position and move forward until you see a open door centered on the tour.
3. When you cross it, locate the ladder, upload it and jump onto the adjacent roof.
4. Go up another staircase to the right to activate one sequence short.
5. A will appear on the roof Mareep shiny. Duve will not capture him; the catch is yours.

This order confirms that the “Legends” deliveries they repeat the formula from missions with guaranteed shiny, a nod that simplifies the first special encounter without detracting from the free search.

How shiny items work in Pokémon Legends ZA

The key novelty is that Shiny ones are not lost from the game once they have generated on your map., since they are reserved and reappear at the same point when the same conditions are met. In this way, If you find a shiny and walk away, it won't disappear permanently.The title keeps up to ten shiny in memory, and if an eleventh appears, the oldest one is no longer reserved to make room for the new one.

The day and night cycle affects normal spawns, but the reserved shiny reappears in its corresponding slot; that is, If you saw it during the day, it will reappear during the day in the same place.. In addition, autosave works in your favor, because when recording activities such as capturing or exploring, prevents a shiny from fading due to zone changes or collateral events.

A useful trick is to manually save and go for it when you hear the Shiny beep. If you lose it by mistake, You can load the backup save from the title screen with the D-Pad Up + X + B combination.In short, once you've spawned it, it won't disappear forever unless you chase it away, weaken it, or capture it, so you can organize and return whenever it suits you without fear of losing it.

Odds and Shiny Charm

The base chance of finding a wild shiny is 1 in 4096, which remains the modern standard for the series. However, With the Iris Amulet active, ZA grants three additional rolls, which is approximately 1 in 1024,38 (i.e., four out of every 4096 encounters).

Also, although fossils can also come out shiny, The Amulet does not affect them and they remain at the base probability of 1/4096. To get the Iris Amulet, You must reach level 50 in Mable or Melia's research., moving forward through their tasks.

On the other hand, The blue Naria Charm improves the capture chance when throwing the Poké BallIt doesn't change the appearance rate, but it does help ensure the attempt when the decisive moment arrives.

What is locked (shiny-locked) and what is not

As in other games in the series, there are categories that cannot be shiny under any circumstances. In this case, they are shiny-locked legendaries, NPC gifts (except fossils), internal exchanges and script-guided meetings.

However, so-called fixed alphas that routinely reappear do not count as static in this context. The fossils are not locked, so they can come out shiny and even have a chance of independent alpha.

In specific cases, Eternal Blossom Floette (AZ) is blocked, while starters are available at the start, although they can be hunted in the postgame when they appear in the wild. Therefore, if you're going to invest hours, avoid restarts in static encounters, as blocking prevents Shiny results no matter how hard you try.

Hunting and trapping tips to avoid failure

Take advantage of the persistence of spawns and organize your routes wisely. With these Quick Tips You will gain efficiency from the first minute.

• Explore the Wild Areas with method: Clean the area and refresh spawns by changing the strip or by going in and out. after a while.
• Activate your hearing: The shiny “note” alerts you from a distance. As soon as it rings, save and delimit the area.
• Equip the Iris Amulet as soon as you get it; meanwhile, the Naria's Amulet blue gives you that extra capture.
• Carry various Poké Balls and status effects on hand: to sleep or paralyze goes up a lot the catch rate.
• If you see one on a roof or high area, don't worry: the shiny will return to its place when the conditions match.

As a community curiosity, many players report abundance of shiny Pidgey at the beginning by spawn density in their typical areas; It is normal to see repetitions at high points such as streetlights or rooftops.

Post-launch trends: Easier to see?

Several testimonies agree that shiny ones are more easily detected, not so much because of “inflated” odds, but by the set of factors: more simultaneous creatures on screen, the return of the jingle and, above all, the persistence of the spawn.

It has also been observed that the autosave plays in favor of the hunter, minimizing losses due to fast travel or weather changes. Even so, it is advisable save by hand when you hear the signal, in case you have to pull the backup copy of the game.

Between the secured Mareep, the spawn memory, and the Iris Amulet's push, Shiny hunting in ZA It's more accessible without breaking the charm: the base odds are still demanding, but the game no longer penalizes you if you were lucky enough to generate one and couldn't catch it the first time.