I would love to get me some shinys but my head starts to spin when I look at all the complex "sandwich mechanics"

[Redopmico]

I was wondering if anyone could maybe simplify a way for me to get herba mystica and do raids solo since I don´t have money for Switch Online subscription. I looked at all the guides and it just raised more questions.

Could I also shiny hunt without raiding and herba mystica? Like ... getting level 2 Sparkling power or something? I always wanted a shiny Sylveon and I tried for hours 1st via fairy power , then via Eevee eggs but no shiny Eevee hatched... I probably created 100s of Eevees though lol.

Some personal clarification would be much appreciated! Thank You!

 

[Devalue]

No raids or DLC
Look for an Eevee outbreak. When playing for the first time each real-life day, check the outbreaks. Restart the game without saving if you do not see Eevee (or Sylveon). Should see new outbreaks upon loading back in. May take a while to find Eevee, however, even with this method.

In the event of seeing an Eevee outbreak: save. Grab a high level Pokemon and head over to the outbreak. (Personally likes Chien-Pao for this. Acts aggressively. Manages fine with just about any Pokemon, though.) Send out your Pokemon with the Let's Go feature and faint Eevees. (Do not worry about killing a shiny. Will not do that in Let's Go mode.) Keep going until you see a message that says "There are not many Eevee left from the original outbreak". Avoid fainting any Eevees from this point onwards.

Look around. Do you see a shiny Eevee? If no, start a picnic and immediately end it. Clears all the Pokemon around you and spawns new ones. Continue until you find a shiny. Be careful not to start a picnic if a shiny is there. Will despawn it, just like any other Eevee.

Supposedly finds a shiny at a 3/4096 chance (5/4096 with the Shiny Charm) with this method.

Without raids, but with DLC
Head to the Blueberry Academy cafeteria. Buy the Academy Special for 150 BP. Yields Sparkling Power Level 1. Save before buying it, also. Allows you to reset if you do not find the shiny Eevee before the power expires. Spends less time doing Blueberry quests that way.

Recommends looking for an Eevee outbreak first with this method.



With raids and Herba Mystica
Do you have any Pokemon at level 100? If not, try doing some 4-star raids with Koraidon/Miraidon. Recommends grabbing the one from the bottom of Area Zero, rather than the one you traveled with. Hopefully allows you to build up some EXP Candies to tackle some 5-star raids.

• For Koraidon: Drain Punch, Swords Dance (TM move), Collision Course, and Dragon Claw. Prioritize raids that are weak to Fighting. Give it a Shell Bell (from Levincia's Delibird Presents) or a Big Root (near a big tree near Cortondo, apparently).
  
  General strategy during raids: Lead with Swords Dance 3 times. Maximizes your Attack. Use Drain Punch in-between if you ever need a heal. Terastallize if you are not close to dying and launch a bunch of Collision Courses. May need to use Swords Dance again (ideally 3 times) if the raid boss clears your stats.
  
  
• For Miraidon: Parabolic Charge, Electro Drift, Metal Sound, and Calm Mind (TM move). Focus on raids weak to Electric. Give it a Shell Bell (from Levincia's Delibird Presents) or a Big Root (near a big tree near Cortondo, apparently).
  
  General strategy during raids: Hit the opposing Pokemon with Metal Sound while the Tera Shield is not up (3 times at most). Consider a few Calm Minds if the Tera Shield is up and you are not dealing big damage (6 times at most). Fire off a Parabolic Charge if you ever need healing. Terastallize when you can if you are not about to faint. Blast it with Electro Drifts from there.

For all Pokemon: Never use any cheer besides Heal Cheer. Typically reserves a Heal Cheer for a very immediate heal OR to remove status like Sleep.

Do you have lots of money? Purchase vitamins at the Chansey Supply in Levincia (and several other locations).

• Feed Koraidon up to 26 Protein and 26 HP Up.
• Feed Miraidon up to 26 Calciums and 26 HP Up.

Offers advice for any other high-level Pokemon you may have too.

 

[Redopmico]

No raids or DLC
Look for an Eevee outbreak. When playing for the first time each real-life day, check the outbreaks. Restart the game without saving if you do not see Eevee (or Sylveon). Should see new outbreaks upon loading back in. May take a while to find Eevee, however, even with this method.

In the event of seeing an Eevee outbreak: save. Grab a high level Pokemon and head over to the outbreak. (Personally likes Chien-Pao for this. Acts aggressively. Manages fine with just about any Pokemon, though.) Send out your Pokemon with the Let's Go feature and faint Eevees. (Do not worry about killing a shiny. Will not do that in Let's Go mode.) Keep going until you see a message that says "There are not many Eevee left from the original outbreak". Avoid fainting any Eevees from this point onwards.

Look around. Do you see a shiny Eevee? If no, start a picnic and immediately end it. Clears all the Pokemon around you and spawns new ones. Continue until you find a shiny. Be careful not to start a picnic if a shiny is there. Will despawn it, just like any other Eevee.

Supposedly finds a shiny at a 3/4096 chance (5/4096 with the Shiny Charm) with this method.

Without raids, but with DLC
Head to the Blueberry Academy cafeteria. Buy the Academy Special for 150 BP. Yields Sparkling Power Level 1. Save before buying it, also. Allows you to reset if you do not find the shiny Eevee before the power expires. Spends less time doing Blueberry quests that way.

Recommends looking for an Eevee outbreak first with this method.



With raids and Herba Mystica
Do you have any Pokemon at level 100? If not, try doing some 4-star raids with Koraidon/Miraidon. Recommends grabbing the one from the bottom of Area Zero, rather than the one you traveled with. Hopefully allows you to build up some EXP Candies to tackle some 5-star raids.

• For Koraidon: Drain Punch, Swords Dance (TM move), Collision Course, and Dragon Claw. Prioritize raids that are weak to Fighting. Give it a Shell Bell (from Levincia's Delibird Presents) or a Big Root (near a big tree near Cortondo, apparently).
  
  General strategy during raids: Lead with Swords Dance 3 times. Maximizes your Attack. Use Drain Punch in-between if you ever need a heal. Terastallize if you are not close to dying and launch a bunch of Collision Courses. May need to use Swords Dance again (ideally 3 times) if the raid boss clears your stats.
  
  
• For Miraidon: Parabolic Charge, Electro Drift, Metal Sound, and Calm Mind (TM move). Focus on raids weak to Electric. Give it a Shell Bell (from Levincia's Delibird Presents) or a Big Root (near a big tree near Cortondo, apparently).
  
  General strategy during raids: Hit the opposing Pokemon with Metal Sound while the Tera Shield is not up (3 times at most). Consider a few Calm Minds if the Tera Shield is up and you are not dealing big damage (6 times at most). Fire off a Parabolic Charge if you ever need healing. Terastallize when you can if you are not about to faint. Blast it with Electro Drifts from there.

For all Pokemon: Never use any cheer besides Heal Cheer. Typically reserves a Heal Cheer for a very immediate heal OR to remove status like Sleep.

Do you have lots of money? Purchase vitamins at the Chansey Supply in Levincia (and several other locations).

• Feed Koraidon up to 26 Protein and 26 HP Up.
• Feed Miraidon up to 26 Calciums and 26 HP Up.

Offers advice for any other high-level Pokemon you may have too.

Yeah thanks for the reply. I was doing the no raids no DLC method already but... oh well. Also I caught an eevee in a special ball and was kinda hoping to breed out a shiny one so I could evolve it into a Sylveon. Special balls seem to be very rare in this game? Or I don´t know where to get them . So catching a Sylveon would be fine but I probably don´t have the Pokéball I would wanna catch it with...

 

[Devalue]

Yeah thanks for the reply. I was doing the no raids no DLC method already but... oh well. Also I caught an eevee in a special ball and was kinda hoping to breed out a shiny one so I could evolve it into a Sylveon. Special balls seem to be very rare in this game? Or I don´t know where to get them . So catching a Sylveon would be fine but I probably don´t have the Pokéball I would wanna catch it with...

Are you using Egg Power Level 2 for breeding? Head to Gastronome En Famille in Alfornada, Levincia, Medali, or Cascarrafa, if not. Speeds up the rate you get eggs a lot (over not having any Egg Power). Hatch eggs with a Pokemon with the Flame Body, Steam Engine, or Magma Armor abilities in your party too. Halves the time it takes an egg to hatch. (May already know all that. Typed it all just in case.)

For special balls: Check out the auctions in Porto Marinada. Appears on the block infrequently. Be prepared to spend up to 200,000 per ball. Might be able to reset the auctions the same way you can change outbreaks. Has not done that enough to say with certainty, however.

Acquires these balls via the Item Printer in Blueberry Academy as well, as a note.

 

[Redopmico]

Are you using Egg Power Level 2 for breeding? Head to Gastronome En Famille in Alfornada, Levincia, Medali, or Cascarrafa, if not. Speeds up the rate you get eggs a lot (over not having any Egg Power). Hatch eggs with a Pokemon with the Flame Body, Steam Engine, or Magma Armor abilities in your party too. Halves the time it takes an egg to hatch. (May already know all that. Typed it all just in case.)

For special balls: Check out the auctions in Porto Marinada. Appears on the block infrequently. Be prepared to spend up to 200,000 per ball. Might be able to reset the auctions the same way you can change outbreaks. Has not done that enough to say with certainty, however.

Acquires these balls via the Item Printer in Blueberry Academy as well, as a note.

Thank you yeah when I get into the game I will check these options out. I already was using a fletchinder to hatch them and yeah I remember buying menus for eggpower. As I said got 100s of eevees so I got an egg what felt like every 5 seconds lol. So thats the only way for special balls huh? I liked it more in the older games where you could just buy every ball type an infinite time. I also kinda need to have a way to get money then in this game and I don´t think I can think of anything. Any advice on that?

Is the Item Printer DLC? Sounds interesting. I realy have to open up Violet again.

Thanks again!

 

[Devalue]

Thank you yeah when I get into the game I will check these options out. I already was using a fletchinder to hatch them and yeah I remember buying menus for eggpower. As I said got 100s of eevees so I got an egg what felt like every 5 seconds lol. So thats the only way for special balls huh? I liked it more in the older games where you could just buy every ball type an infinite time. I also kinda need to have a way to get money then in this game and I don´t think I can think of anything. Any advice on that?

No good advice, sadly. Maybe the Academy Ace Tournament with the Amulet Coin? Sees a chance to get special balls from that too, albeit at a very low chance.

Something more passive: when breeding, set up your picnic on a shining spot on the ground. Occasionally sticks that item in your basket. Forgets which places have good items for that. Try weather rocks (like Damp Rock) in the region that had Titan Orthworm or something like Pearls on the beach near Porto Marinada. Accumulates pretty slowly, unfortunately.

Is the Item Printer DLC? Sounds interesting. I realy have to open up Violet again.

Yes. Costs Blueberry Points and Pokemon materials to use. Basically gives you a bunch of random items. Unlocks the ability to get special balls at the Ultra Rank upgrade. Appears rarely, however.

 

[ReKoil]

I was wondering if anyone could maybe simplify a way for me to get herba mystica

If you have the DLC the easiest way by far is to collect the tablecloths and show them to the picnic chairs guy near the Kitakami festival place.

Chair Maker NPC Rewards and All Tablecloths Locations | Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV): The Teal Mask DLC｜Game8

The Chair Maker is an NPC who gives the player new chair designs for their picnics in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV). Read on to see where to find him, the Chair and Herba Mystica Rewards he gives, as well as all the chair designs and how to get them.

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