Shiny and Chroma

A shiny Pokémon has different colours from the rest of its species. Since version 1.7.0, some shinies are Chroma Shinies: an even rarer variant, with its own colours and 31 IVs in every stat.

Improving your odds

Three things improve the odds of meeting a wild shiny, and they stack:

• The chain: every encounter with a non-shiny Pokémon raises that species’ chain by one. Step encounters, fishing, Headbutt, Titans and event battles count; gifts, eggs, trades, the Lottery and trainers do not. A visible Pokémon only counts if you battle it. Each species has its own chain (all forms together), which resets when you find a shiny of that species.
• The Shiny Charm: it gives three rolls instead of one, about three times the odds.
• The Shiny emblem, reward of the “Shiny” quest tree: +20% odds on wild shinies.

The Pokégear’s “Shiny Chain” app shows, for each tracked species, your encounters, your shinies, your chain and your current odds.

Other ways to get a shiny

• Day Care eggs: 1/4096, or about 1/1366 with the Shiny Charm.
• Gifts, in-game trades, starters and gifted eggs: 1/4096, with no bonus.
• Shiny Ball: a Pokémon caught with it always becomes shiny. You find one during the adventure, and some gift codes give another.
• Miracle Lottery: every Pokémon won has a 1 in 30 chance of being shiny.
• Always-shiny Pokémon: a few Pokémon are guaranteed shiny (list below), and some gift codes give one too.

Chroma Shiny

• Every shiny has a 1 in 30 chance of being a Chroma, or 1 in 15 if you already own a shiny of the same species, all forms together, in your party, the Pouch, the PC or the Day Care.
• A Chroma has 31 IVs in all six stats, permanently.
• Titans, Pokémon hatched from eggs (Day Care eggs included) and trainers’ shinies can be Chroma. Always-shiny Pokémon also go through this roll.
• A Chroma sells for more: about 1.4 times the price of a shiny with perfect IVs, and nearly twice that of a shiny with ordinary IVs.
• The “super shinies” of saves made before 1.7.0 become Chromas when the game loads. Other Pokémon from those saves never become Chroma.

Spotting a shiny

• On the map: a visible shiny has a golden glow; a Chroma, a slowly turning rainbow glow. It stays visible even with the “All hidden” option.
• In battle: a shiny’s name is shown in turquoise, a Chroma’s in pastel colours, one per letter. The info screen shows “★ Chroma Shiny”.

Always-shiny Pokémon

These Pokémon are always shiny, and can also be Chroma (1/30, or 1/15).

Online and in Nuzlocke

• Online trades and battles require version 1.7.0. A Chroma must be shiny with 31 IVs in every stat, otherwise the server rejects it.
• In Nuzlocke, the shiny clause (on by default in the rules) always lets you catch a shiny, without using up the area’s capture.

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