Pokemon Sword & Shield Shiny Odds
Pokemon Sword and Shield stack the Masuda Method, the 500 KO Brilliant Aura method, and Dynamax Adventures. Dynamax Adventures give some of the best shiny odds in the whole series.
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.
Shiny Locked Pokemon
Shiny-Locked Pokemon in Sword & Shield
Shiny Charm
How to Get the Shiny Charm in Sword & Shield
Best Shiny Hunt Targets
Best Shiny Hunt Targets in Sword & Shield
Shiny Mechanics and Quirks
Sword & Shield Shiny Mechanics and Quirks
Shiny Hunting FAQ
The base rate is 1 in 4096. Sword and Shield stack the Masuda Method, the 500 KO Brilliant Aura method, and Dynamax Adventures, which offer some of the best shiny odds in the series.
At 1 in 4096 the 50 percent mark is near 2,840 encounters. Dynamax Adventures skip that grind entirely, reaching about 1 in 100 with the Charm, which the calculator above accounts for.
Yes. It adds two extra rolls and stacks with Masuda, the KO method, and Dynamax Adventures. Complete the Galar Pokedex to claim it.
Dynamax Adventures are the best, giving each of the four caught Pokemon an independent shiny chance near 1 in 100 with the Charm. The 500 KO Brilliant Aura method is a strong single-species alternative.
Every legendary you catch in a Dynamax Adventure has its own shiny roll near 1 in 300, improving to about 1 in 100 with the Shiny Charm. Because you see many legendaries per run, they are among the fastest shiny odds in the whole series.