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[Sword & Shield] Have you gotten any Galar shinies?

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    I got a shiny Rookidee in my second playthrough, right before Professor Magnolia's house, no less!
     

    Palamon

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  • No, I haven't... I'm surprised I haven't run into a Shiny Greedent yet, considering how many of them I've battled at this point. I'm not too disappointed I haven't found a shiny yet, though. I know I'll get a Galar one someday.
     
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  • I've been really trying for a shiny Helioptile in my copy atm, about 200 encounters in, and no luck yet. Once I get to around 500 I should get a better chance...right? Glad to hear people are finding some nice Galar shinies though!
     
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    Nope, no galar shines yet. Just got the Magikarp from that event. Granted, I lent out my switch and then Covid happened.
     

    Daymos

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  • Nope, I have a shiny Skorupi and the Chandelure and strangely enough it says I've seen 3. I think I might have released one never even knowing I had it. Nothing native to galar though.
     

    PlatinumDude

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  • Vulpix, Drilbur, and Noibat in my Sword save; Vulpix and Noibat by running into them in the overworld by pure accident, and Drilbur while trying to catch one for the Pokedex anyway. Nothing in my Shield.
     
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    I have a shiny zekrom or shiny black kyrum

    no galars though
     
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    Palamon

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  • No, I haven't... I'm surprised I haven't run into a Shiny Greedent yet, considering how many of them I've battled at this point. I'm not too disappointed I haven't found a shiny yet, though. I know I'll get a Galar one someday.

    Still no shiny Galar Pokemon, but I found a Shiny Bounsweet today. Completely random 1 in 4096 encounter.
     

    Lucifer

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  • I bred a shiny Sobble, Scorbunny and Rookidee and intend to breed a Grooky at some point when I finish with the Isle of Armor (I have a Japanese Grookie from a Surprise Trade ready to go in my box).
    I also bred two shiny Eevees (the second one was actually an accident) and intend to breed a shiny Gigantimax Charmander now that I can convert any capable Pokemon to G-max on the Isle of Armor.

    I was told on Youtube 5 months ago whilst attempting to hunt Rookidee and Wooloo on routes 1 and 2 that the wild odds are glitched into near non-existence.
    Apparently the increased odds only affect 3% of encounters meaning each time you encountered the Pokemon your hunting you'd have a 3% of it having the increased odds.

    I can confirm that something was up at the time of this exchange as I'd chained at least 1000 Rookidee and never encountered a shiny when statistically I should have encountered at least one.

    Breeding odds, however, are fine and each one took me a couple of weeks or so which compared to some unsuccessful shiny starter hunts I've done in older generations is not bad at all.
     
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    Shiny Corviknight, G.Weezing, Duraludon, Orbeetle, and Polteageist! All caught in raids expect for the Corviknight which was a wild encounter.

    Still hunting for shiny Obstagoon and Snom tho. :'(
     

    icycatelf

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  • I hunted a Shiny Snom back in November, but I'm thinking about hunting it again since I'm not 100% certain if it was full-odds (I already had at least 2 battles registered in the Dex). In SWSH, your chances of finding a Shiny are boosted based on the total number of times you've battled (that is, fainted/caught) that species in the wild.

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    Based on Serebii's chart above, one could assume that the boost doesn't take effect until that number reaches 50. However, I can't help but wonder if even one battle would boost your odds by 0.03%. Just in case, on my current save, I've made sure not to faint or catch any wild Snom (or any other Pokémon I think I'd want to Shiny-hunt in the future).

    I also got a couple Shiny Dottler (again, not 100% if full-odds). Evolved one of them into Orbeetle.

    (I prefer hunting my Shinies at full odds, if you couldn't tell.)
     
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    Iceshadow3317

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  • I haven't had much luck with Shinies as of late. I also haven't really been looking for Galar Shinies. I will say that I got a random Shiny Comfey while I was running around Isle of Armor. I also haven't really looked at Galar Shiny Pokemon to see if there are any that I really really want.

    I've been trying to hunt for a Shiny Noctowl, but my encounters have been terrible
    And I have been trying to get Shiny Riolu in an egg, but again, with little luck.
     

    Hocus_Pokemon

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  • I've got two already. First was Hattrem. I found her when I was looking for a Shiny Ponyta. That was the 3rd Hattrem that I battled. I finally got a Shiny Ponyta after battling 542. 😊
     
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