shiny hunting!

A "shiny" is a rare Pokémon with a different colour palette to the regular version. From generations 2-5 the odds of finding a shiny Pokémon were 1/8192. In generations 6-8 this was halved to 1/4096, with additional methods to make the chances of finding a shiny Pokémon even greater.

I became interested in shiny hunting around 2020 after discovering AbsolBlogsPokemon on YouTube. After following a few more shiny hunters, such as TheSupremeRk9s and Sonikks, I was hooked. I wanted to join in so badly and feel the excitement of finding my own shinies, but I felt like the tedious and time-consuming nature of shiny hunting just wasn't something I could see myself taking part in. I started a few hunts off and on here and there but I mostly gave up after hitting a few hundred soft resets.

On the 13th of April, 2022, I embarked on my journey as a shiny hunter in Pokémon Black. I hoped to find a shiny Darumaka and start my quest with my favourite Pokémon, so I set out into the desert resort to claim my shiny.

Pokémon trainer standing in the Desort Resort in Pokémon Black version.

I began my hunt. I was searching full odds through random encounters, so my chances were 1/8192 to find my shiny. There were also other Pokémon on this route, so even though I was hunting for Darumaka I could've got a different shiny instead. I wasn't too put off by this though. I would've been happy with any shiny on this route - Sandile, Maractus, Scraggy, etc., so many cool Pokémon! - so I made a plan to hunt, find a shiny, then maybe take a break from the hunt until I felt like searching again. These plans never came to be, however, because that very same day, after less than 2 hours of hunting, I found my shiny!

Nickname screen for a shiny Darumaka

That is my cute little pink boi! In total it only took me 253 random encounters, an insanely fast hunt! Now I have my little guy I feel so excited to get hunting again. This page will be used to track my shiny hunts, both ongoing and completed. I hope you enjoyed my little background story and maybe even feel inspired to start a hunt of your own!