How To Catch Shiny Pokemon In Pokemon Legends: Arceus, And How Mass Outbreaks Work

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Shiny Pokemon are the stuff of legend, special variants that are the rarest monsters of in the entire series. You can tell a Shiny by its special color, but it's not uncommon for even the most dedicated of Pokemon fans to go entire games without finding one. That incredible rarity continues in Pokemon Legends: Arceus, but there are a few ways to boost your odds including seeking out Mass Outbreaks. Here's how to catch Shiny Pokemon in Pokemon Legends: Arceus.

Shiny Pokemon are distinguished by their special coloring, but you'll need to be familiar with what a certain Pokemon's regular color looks like to identify a Shiny. You'll also hear a distinct «sparkle» sound when a Shiny Pokemon appears in the world.

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Pokemon Legends: Arceus does explain the basic concept of a Shiny through an early side quest, called «A Peculiar Ponyta.» That quest will guarantee you a Shiny Ponyta, as well as show you the types of visual distinctions you can expect. The Shiny Ponyta in that quest burns with a blue flame instead of red.

Any other Shiny Pokemon will need to be discovered organically, and as you might expect, this is much more difficult.

The standard Shiny odds in any Pokemon game, including Arceus, is 1 in 4096, according to Serebii. That's an extremely low chance, but Arceus gives you a few ways to boost your odds. Your odds are referred to as Shiny checks, meaning the statistical chances that the game will spawn a Shiny when encountering a wild Pokemon.

First, if you