RE: Pokémon X / Y : Playthrough Questions & Answers
You can use it in any Boutique, by selecting the "Redeem Coupon" option or something.
You can use it in any Boutique, by selecting the "Redeem Coupon" option or something.
XY Pokémon Playthrough Questions & Answers
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RE: Pokémon X / Y : Playthrough Questions & Answers
Just remember, shiny Pokémon are completely random. They can be found anywhere, anytime. You can hunt for two minutes before finding a shiny, or you could hunt three months before finding one.
I'd recommend keeping a Pokémon with the 'Illuminate' ability in your party if your looking for shinies in the friend safari. The ability increases the chances of wild encounters. If it helps, I found two shinies last week in the friend safari, and the first Pokémon in my party was a Starmie with Illuminate. So it wouldn't hurt to keep one by your side.
Happy hunting.
nebatis said:Cool thanks. So far it has been two hours and no shiny
Just remember, shiny Pokémon are completely random. They can be found anywhere, anytime. You can hunt for two minutes before finding a shiny, or you could hunt three months before finding one.
I'd recommend keeping a Pokémon with the 'Illuminate' ability in your party if your looking for shinies in the friend safari. The ability increases the chances of wild encounters. If it helps, I found two shinies last week in the friend safari, and the first Pokémon in my party was a Starmie with Illuminate. So it wouldn't hurt to keep one by your side.
Happy hunting.
RE: Pokémon X / Y : Playthrough Questions & Answers
Hey, so I heard that if I breed one of my own Pokemon with a foreign Pokemon (rather than one of my language and one of a different one) that the shiny hatching rate will be slightly increased. Is that different for starters? As I've hatched over apparently 792 Snivy eggs and yet to find a ★Snivy★. Also, in case you couldn't tell...
I like colors. Lol.
Hey, so I heard that if I breed one of my own Pokemon with a foreign Pokemon (rather than one of my language and one of a different one) that the shiny hatching rate will be slightly increased. Is that different for starters? As I've hatched over apparently 792 Snivy eggs and yet to find a ★Snivy★. Also, in case you couldn't tell...
I like colors. Lol.
RE: Pokémon X / Y : Playthrough Questions & Answers
I can confirm this. Although I had extremely good luck with 3 Pokemon Safari at first my luck dwindled after 5 or 6 shinies. I thought unrevealed safaris had bad luck but nah it's the same. I managed to find 3 shiny Oddish in less than 2 hours while playing Tales of Xillia (hunted during cutscenes)
Also found a shiny Metang and Shelgon in empty 3rd slot safaris. My luck has run out though haven't found a shiny in weeks!
Also terribly sorry about the Snivy sadly odds can stack against you but just keep at it's like 1 in 683 or 800 or something. I know it's less than 1/1366 which was Gen V MM odds.
Athena said:
I can confirm this. Although I had extremely good luck with 3 Pokemon Safari at first my luck dwindled after 5 or 6 shinies. I thought unrevealed safaris had bad luck but nah it's the same. I managed to find 3 shiny Oddish in less than 2 hours while playing Tales of Xillia (hunted during cutscenes)
Also found a shiny Metang and Shelgon in empty 3rd slot safaris. My luck has run out though haven't found a shiny in weeks!
Also terribly sorry about the Snivy sadly odds can stack against you but just keep at it's like 1 in 683 or 800 or something. I know it's less than 1/1366 which was Gen V MM odds.
RE: Pokémon X / Y : Playthrough Questions & Answers
I've now hatched apparently 998 eggs exactly now. I've only been hatching Snivy eggs besides one egg for each of the starters. Are you sure it's not lowered? I mean, my cousin never had to go over 125 eggs to get a shiny, and he doesn't even do the breeding properly. I mean, isn't it one foreign and one of your own?
I've now hatched apparently 998 eggs exactly now. I've only been hatching Snivy eggs besides one egg for each of the starters. Are you sure it's not lowered? I mean, my cousin never had to go over 125 eggs to get a shiny, and he doesn't even do the breeding properly. I mean, isn't it one foreign and one of your own?
RE: Pokémon X / Y : Playthrough Questions & Answers
Again, someone falling for the fallacy that they are guaranteed a shiny within a set number of eggs. That would imply shiny odds increased for each egg you hatched. On the contrary, the same chance applies to ALL eggs received under the same circumstances, so your 4000th egg is just as likely to be shiny as your first egg, which is just as likely as your 734th egg, etc.
Also note that once you pick up an egg from the daycare, everything about the egg is set except the OT, which can only be changed by someone else haching your egg for you
Again, someone falling for the fallacy that they are guaranteed a shiny within a set number of eggs. That would imply shiny odds increased for each egg you hatched. On the contrary, the same chance applies to ALL eggs received under the same circumstances, so your 4000th egg is just as likely to be shiny as your first egg, which is just as likely as your 734th egg, etc.
Also note that once you pick up an egg from the daycare, everything about the egg is set except the OT, which can only be changed by someone else haching your egg for you
which negates any benefit to using the Masuda method. MMing uses "re-rolls" or additional recalculations of the hidden PID to give you more chances at getting a shiny, by trading the egg, you throw these extra chances to the wind and the chance of it being shiny for the other person is statistically (slightly) less than the nomal shiny rate, considering the slight chance it would be shiny for you, thus 99.999% likely not for them
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Is there any tips to finding shinies in Friend Safaris? I've battled hundreds of Audino/Chansey and caught all the Pokemon possible in all the other Friend Safaris I have yet I've never found one shiny. Do I need to use some special Pokemon/ability/something?
Is there any tips to finding shinies in Friend Safaris? I've battled hundreds of Audino/Chansey and caught all the Pokemon possible in all the other Friend Safaris I have yet I've never found one shiny. Do I need to use some special Pokemon/ability/something?
RE: Pokémon X / Y : Playthrough Questions & Answers
Nope. All my FS shinies are pure luck. I've caught 3 shinies now from it, Charmeleon, Munna, and Golurk.
Amphy23 said:
Nope. All my FS shinies are pure luck. I've caught 3 shinies now from it, Charmeleon, Munna, and Golurk.
RE: Pokémon X / Y : Playthrough Questions & Answers
Simple tip: Use a Pokemon with abilitie Illuminat (Laturn, Staryu, Illumise, Volbeat) have it for so far as I know. In FS, just hunt for 15 minute on your bike. On that way I getted more than 5 Shiny`s
Simple tip: Use a Pokemon with abilitie Illuminat (Laturn, Staryu, Illumise, Volbeat) have it for so far as I know. In FS, just hunt for 15 minute on your bike. On that way I getted more than 5 Shiny`s
RE: Pokémon X / Y : Playthrough Questions & Answers
Hey, that happened to me and I put it up on GTS. Some fool gave me his Aggron for it, so just put it up there and you may be able to get the attention of one of those "MUST GET ALL SHINIES" attitudes.
Hey, that happened to me and I put it up on GTS. Some fool gave me his Aggron for it, so just put it up there and you may be able to get the attention of one of those "MUST GET ALL SHINIES" attitudes.
RE: Pokémon X / Y : Playthrough Questions & Answers
All "illuminate" does is increase the chances of finding pokemon. With a illuminate pokemon (I didn't math) and Encounter o power 3 I'm guessing the chance of finding a pokemon in every square if grass is highly likely therefore increasing the shiny chance
ShinyVincent said:Simple tip: Use a Pokemon with abilitie Illuminat (Laturn, Staryu, Illumise, Volbeat) have it for so far as I know. In FS, just hunt for 15 minute on your bike. On that way I getted more than 5 Shiny`s
All "illuminate" does is increase the chances of finding pokemon. With a illuminate pokemon (I didn't math) and Encounter o power 3 I'm guessing the chance of finding a pokemon in every square if grass is highly likely therefore increasing the shiny chance
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Yea in the friend safari on a bike it takes like less than 5 seconds for an encounter so Illuminate probably only shaves off 3 seconds or so. I prefer saving that spot for Cute Charm or Synchronize. That's just my personal opinion though!
However Illuminate helps in areas you can't skate or bike in and surfing. You can rack up encounters for specific shinies like Carbink or Goomy using the repel trick, a level 31 Lanturn or Watchog with Illuminate and it saves you much more time.
Also a fun fact: Did you know that Chansey's in the Friend Safari will sometimes use Bestow to give their held item? I was trying to steal one and forgot to put Covet or Thief and decided to faint it for some exp but all of sudden she used Bestow and gave me a lucky egg! ...I ended up letting that Chansey live.
Yea in the friend safari on a bike it takes like less than 5 seconds for an encounter so Illuminate probably only shaves off 3 seconds or so. I prefer saving that spot for Cute Charm or Synchronize. That's just my personal opinion though!
However Illuminate helps in areas you can't skate or bike in and surfing. You can rack up encounters for specific shinies like Carbink or Goomy using the repel trick, a level 31 Lanturn or Watchog with Illuminate and it saves you much more time.
Also a fun fact: Did you know that Chansey's in the Friend Safari will sometimes use Bestow to give their held item? I was trying to steal one and forgot to put Covet or Thief and decided to faint it for some exp but all of sudden she used Bestow and gave me a lucky egg! ...I ended up letting that Chansey live.
RE: Pokémon X / Y : Playthrough Questions & Answers
...It would probably be less time consuming to look for a shiny Sligoo in FS.
Athena said:
...It would probably be less time consuming to look for a shiny Sligoo in FS.
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