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Finding Shiny

Just hit 200 Magicarps and still no shiny. Being in a rural area, gettin a shiny is probably the best thing I can get in the event seeing how there's been no Lapras, dratini, tododile yet. Just wondering if there's an update for android that I'm missing or something?

Asked by Buns6 years 11 months ago
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I live in a city and no shiny here either. They are rare.

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when you catch 4096th normal magikarp then you can complain

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by amac 7 years ago

Had 300 candies before the event, now I have 1400 and still no shiny either... will shinies still be there after the event?

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Yes, of course, it's likely that not just Magikarp would be a possible shiny pretty soon. The event is just about water spawn increase

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At best guess the odds are 1/4096 currently... don't get down on yourself for not finding one.

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I wonder how mamy people woild be going hard grinding magikarp if they realized the odds were so heavily stacked against them. Im at 200+ karp and no shiny. Will sti k to emd tje ebent without one, but a releif to see it end as well. Right now its a sliver of hope, after event it becomes nesr impossible. It will tale me.5 years to catch as much magikarp as I have in the past few dsys.

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Fwiw, the odds are definitely nowhere near as steep as the main series games. The number crunchers over at Silph Road are compiling data, and the odds seem to be anywhere from 1/300 to 1/500 or thereabouts.

FYI.

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This is true. I've read the same. Something like 1/350 is probably pretty close.

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Yeah it's totally worth it to grind Magikarps to find a shiny. I don't want people to get completely discouraged and give up trying when in reality the odds are pretty good if you catch enough.

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They're out there. Don't give up! It is very thrilling to catch one!

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So am the 1st who have caught a 100 percent IV shiny Karp on earth :D, i have been fishing 5 days and finally caught one, i was so hiped when i first saw the stars WOW

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so jealous it even has a useful moveset. my shiny was 64% and got bite/outrage only good as a trophy.

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I never thought I would get it, but I got two in the evening within one hour, so maybe you should try your luck in the evening? (Although I doubt it has anything to do with time of the day...)

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