Pokemon Legends: Z-A Shiny Odds

Pokemon Legends Z-A brings shiny hunting to Lumiose City at the modern 1 in 4096 base rate. With no breeding, the Shiny Charm cuts your odds to 1 in 1024, and the Mega Dimension DLC's Sparkling Power donuts push the best odds to 1 in 585.

Shiny Odds Calculator

Every shiny check is an independent roll, so your per-encounter odds never move no matter how long you've hunted. What climbs is your cumulative chance, the odds you'd have found one by now, and that's the curve the ring below tracks.

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Shiny Locked Pokemon

Shiny-Locked Pokemon in Legends: Z-A

Z-A shiny-locks every legendary, mythical and story gift, with only five DLC legends spared. Everything else you want shiny, you hunt its wild copies.

Shiny-locked, do not waste the hunt12 locked shown

ZygardePost-game catch under Prism Tower, Wild Zone 20

XerneasPost-game quest catch, Wild Zone 11

YveltalPost-game quest catch, Rouge District

ChikoritaStarter pick, wild ones still shine

TepigStarter pick, hunt it wild instead

TotodileStarter pick, hunt it wild instead

RayquazaMega Dimension story catch

GroudonMega Dimension story catch

KyogreMega Dimension story catch

DarkraiMega Dimension mythical, story catch

HoopaMega Dimension mythical, story catch

GimmighoulSide Mission gift, wild Hyperspace ones shine

The lockout also covers the rest of the Mega Dimension legends and mythicals, plus Genesect, Magearna, Marshadow, Zeraora, Volcanion, Heatran, Keldeo, Meloetta, Meltan and Melmetal, and every story gift and in-game trade. Where a locked species also spawns wild, like the starters or Gimmighoul, those copies can still shine.

Safe to hunt

Latias5-Star Unknown Distortion, random legend inside

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LatiosSame distortion, Mega Dimension post-game

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CobalionSwords of Justice, soft reset to reroll

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TerrakionOne of five random legends, DLC only

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Virizion is the fifth of the group. All five share one Unknown Distortion: Philippe's Special Scan costs 25,000 Survey Points and you never know which legend is inside, so build your odds before you enter. Everything wild counts too, Alphas and post-game starters included.

Shiny Charm

How to Get the Shiny Charm in Legends: Z-A

Permanent key item, +3 extra shiny rolls on every eligible hunt.

Shiny CharmKEY ITEM · +3 ROLLS

Reach Level 50 in Mable's ResearchNo full Pokedex needed, just her research requests

Mable, at the Pokemon Research LabZ-A Royale wins and trainer battles rank you up fastest

What it changes in Legends: Z-A

Wild EncounterEvery wild spawn, Alphas included

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Hyperspace LegendariesThe five huntable legends in the DLC

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Quadruples your full odds to about 1/1,024, a bigger jump than the usual +2 charm. It does nothing for Fossils, which stay at flat 1/4,096.

Reach Level 50 in Mable's ResearchMable, at the Pokemon Research Lab

Wild EncounterEvery wild spawn, Alphas included

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Hyperspace LegendariesThe five huntable legends in the DLC

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Best Shiny Hunt Targets

Best Shiny Hunt Targets in Legends: Z-A

Every wild spawn can shine, so the best targets are the ones with fast reset loops.

DratiniWild Zone 8 rooftop

Wild reroll–

Dragonair shares the roof, reset by fast travel

RaltsMagenta Sector 7 rooftops

Bench reset–

A shiny Eevee shares the bench radius

GibleWild Zone 8

Wild reroll–

Rarest spawn in the zone, Drilbur shares it

LarvitarWild Zone 15

Bench reset–

Three spawns to reroll on a timed save

SalamenceWild Zone 18 Alpha

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Bagon and Fennekin share the reset

TotodileWild Zone 20, post-game

Bench reset–

Water and Grass starters here, Fire at Centrico Plaza

Each spot is a wild reroll, so fast travel or rest on a bench to respawn it; the Charm switch up top sets the odds.

Shiny Mechanics and Quirks

Legends: Z-A Shiny Mechanics and Quirks

Lumiose rewrote the hunt: no RNG tricks and no breeding, but shinies that patiently wait for you.

REROLLHow you actually reroll

Spawns roll fully at random, so the frame-timing tricks from the last Legends game do not work. You reroll a spot by fast traveling to it, resting on a bench to skip time, or saving before a fixed spawn and reloading if it is not shiny. Only Pokemon within about 50 meters of your reset point re-roll.

MEMORYShinies wait for you

A shiny you spot in Lumiose does not vanish when you walk away. The game holds up to ten unclaimed shinies in place and plays a sound cue when one is near, so you can hear a shiny you cannot see. Shinies inside a Hyperspace portal are the exception, clearing once the portal closes.

DONUTDonuts are the only stacking boost

The base game has no breeding, chaining or outbreaks, so the Charm is the only lasting boost. Inside a Hyperspace portal you can layer a Sparkling Power Lv 3 donut on the Charm for about 1/585, and at Lv 3 the first matching-type spawn is a guaranteed shiny.

Shiny Hunting FAQ

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How many encounters does it take to find a shiny in Legends Z-A?

Does the Shiny Charm work in Legends Z-A?

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