Pokemon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Shiny Odds

Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire bring DexNav chaining alongside the Gen 6 rate of 1 in 4096. Layer the Shiny Charm on a high DexNav search level and read your real odds here.

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 Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire

Four legendary statics are locked, but the Regis and the deep Soaring legend roster are all fair game.

Shiny-locked, do not waste the hunt4 locked shown

GroudonCave of Origin story catch, Omega Ruby

KyogreCave of Origin story catch, Alpha Sapphire

RayquazaSky Pillar, the Delta Episode static

DeoxysSky Pillar post-game static, still locked

Cosplay Pikachu is locked too, and the scripted first-battle Poochyena never shines. Everything else, the starters and the whole Soaring roster included, is fair game.

Safe to hunt

Reshiram / ZekromFabled Cave via Soaring, one per version

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GiratinaSoaring Dimensional Rift, catch Dialga and Palkia first

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RegirockDesert Ruins Braille puzzle, soft-resettable

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Lugia / Ho-OhSea Mauville static, one per version

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Soaring and the Braille caves feed a deep past-gen legend pool into soft resets: the beasts, the lake trio, the Sinnoh and Unova dragons. The lock list never reaches them. Since X and Y locked every legendary they offered, Gen 6 hunters finally get legal shiny legends here.

Shiny Charm

How to Get the Shiny Charm in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire

Permanent key item, +2 extra shiny rolls on every eligible hunt.

Shiny CharmKEY ITEM · +2 ROLLS

Complete the National Pokedex, every non-mythical species ownedNo need for Mythicals like Mew, Jirachi or Arceus

The Littleroot Town lab is Professor Birch'sFly to Littleroot once the National Dex is done

What it changes in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire

Random EncounterEvery wild and static soft reset

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Masuda MethodForeign eggs, bred hunts

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Every random and bred encounter gets two more rolls, chain fishing included.

Complete the National Pokedex, every non-mythical species ownedThe Littleroot Town lab is Professor Birch's

Random EncounterEvery wild and static soft reset

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Masuda MethodForeign eggs, bred hunts

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Best Shiny Hunt Targets

Best Shiny Hunt Targets in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire

With the box trio and Deoxys locked, ORAS hunters live on the DexNav and a deep bench of soft-resettable legends.

Latios / LatiasStory gift

Soft reset–

The story gift rolls shiny and is not locked

RegiceIsland Cave

Soft reset–

Braille puzzle static, quick reset loop

RaltsRoute 102

DexNav–

Chain it, then evolve a shiny Gardevoir or Gallade

BagonMeteor Falls

DexNav–

High search level surfaces egg moves too

MagikarpAny fishing spot

Chain fishing–

Reel without moving; the chain caps near 1/100

MudkipRoute 101 gift

Masuda–

Starter is huntable, but foreign eggs go faster

Odds bend to the Charm button above, while the DexNav keeps its own boosted rate.

Shiny Mechanics and Quirks

Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Shiny Mechanics and Quirks

Two things define ORAS hunting: the DexNav, and how little it locks.

DEXNAVSearch Level never resets

Every time you see a species its DexNav Search Level ticks up and stays up, so your forced-shiny odds only ever climb. Build a chain on top by catching or beating hidden Pokemon, and the checks stack higher the longer you hold it.

LOCKEDFour statics stay grey

Groudon, Kyogre, Rayquaza and Deoxys are the four statics that can never shine, and the gift Cosplay Pikachu joins them. Every other legendary in the game is fair game.

SOARINGThe sky is a legend buffet

Soaring opens a deep past-gen roster, the beasts, lake trio, and the Sinnoh and Unova dragons, all soft-resettable at full odds. X and Y locked every legendary it offered, so ORAS is where Gen 6 hunters finally catch legal shiny legends.

Shiny Hunting FAQ

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