Summary
With a new outbreak inScarlet and Violetoffering a few baby Pokemon at boosted shiny rates, the state of shiny hunting the baby Pokemon is at the forefront of many players' minds. While baby Pokemon are usually found when breeding certain Pokemon sometimes holding specific items like Pikachu or Snorlax holding the full incense, Paldea offers a wide array of thesediminutive Pokemonin the wild.
Although not every baby Pokemon is available inScarlet and Violet, with the entire Togepi line missing from the game, the ones available are not inherently simple to shiny hunt despite the name potentially implying. The easiest and hardest to spot shiny baby Pokemon are obvious.
13Toxel
Location: South Province Area One, Two, Four
Going from purple to a fiery magenta, Toxel is one of the easier shiny forms to spot among the baby Pokemon. With Toxel also being an electric and poison type, it’s fairly simple to single out the toxic lizard, making it one of the easier-to-obtain babies.
The most recent baby Pokemon, Toxel is one of the few Pokemon where players wanting a complete collection of shinies need two to achieve. For players wanting both Toxtricity and a shiny Toxel, it won’t be too much of a hassle to find.
12Riolu
Location: South Province Area Two, Four, North Province Area One
It is practically impossible to miss a shiny Riolu. Even with its original form being a shade of blue, the stark bright yellow against usually green landscapes makes it one of the easiest, if nottheeasiest, shinies to spot in the entire game.
With Riolu being apure fighting type, actually hunting it outside of an outbreak can be trickier than other Pokemon. Since Pawmi and its evolutions are extremely common throughoutScarlet and Violet,the real challenge with hunting a shiny Riolu is hoping another shiny doesn’t appear first.
11Tyrogue
Location: Canyon Biome
Like Riolu, it is exceedingly difficult to completely miss a shiny Tyrogue. With dull brown legs switching to a vibrant and bold blue, in a distinctly dull and brown environment in the Terrarium of the Indigo Disk, Tyrogue is an easy choice for shiny hunters.
Since Tyrogue is only foundin the Indigo Disk DLC, it is inherently locked off for some players. Beyond that stipulation, however, Tyrogue is a breeze to hunt, with much of the canyon biome having rock and ground types in that region.
10Azurill
Location: East Province Area One, South Province Area One, Two, Five
The baby form of one of the most divisive Tera Raid Pokemon, Azurill is a pretty easy shiny to spot given its usual spawning locations and its base form. With the typical blue swapping to green and with the buoyant bunny being found mostly in water, spotting this Pokemon shouldn’t be a challenge.
Additionally, as Azurill is a normal and fairy-type Pokemon, despite all signs pointing to it being part water, it’s usually an easy Pokemon to find with sandwich powers for either type.
9Bonsly
Location: South Province Area One, Two, Kitakami
While the main body of Bonsly remains more or less the same, the sticking point to this shiny Pokemon is within the fake tree’s “leaves.” Swapping from a typical green to a deep magenta, Bonsly isn’t exactly blending into the natural world.
Most of the time, rock types are often too plentiful in the given region they’re found in. Thankfully for Bonsly, given the whole premise behind the Pokemon, the grassy areas it’s found in don’t often feature other rock types, making it an easier hunt.
8Magby
Location: Coastal Biome, Savanna Biome, Torchlit Labyrinth
One of the original baby Pokemon introduced, Magby is perhaps the easiest among the original bunch. While not as drastic of a change as other Pokemon, the swap from a red to a fiery orange shouldn’t add too much tedium for most players.
Found throughout several biomesin the Indigo Disk, Magby isn’t a difficult Pokemon to find for players that have the DLC. Unfortunately, fire types aren’t especially rare, meaning outbreaks might be the key for this baby Pokemon.
7Cleffa
Location: Crystal Pool, Infernal Pass, Kitakami Hall, Oni Mountain, Reveler’s Road
In theory, and certainly in older games with different lighting, shiny Cleffa should be a fairly easy shiny Pokemon to spot. And while it will definitely contrast against non-shiny Cleffas, the swap from brown ears or horns to green isn’t as obvious as it sounds.
From a distance and at most times of day, telling the difference between a shiny Cleffa and a standard Cleffa can be tedious and difficult. For players hunting down the star-shaped Pokemon, going after outbreaks or choosing caves over open areas may be easier.
6Munchlax
Location: Kitakami, Oni Mountain, Paradise Barrens, Timeless Woods, Wistful Fields
Beyond the Munchlax gifted as areward for the Ogre Oustin minigame,actually spotting a shiny Munchlax from a normal Munchlax is indicative of a shockingly common trend among baby Pokemon.
While the saturated shiny Munchlax is just distinct enough from the paler standard variant, there’s a distinct split between baby Pokemon and their shiny forms. Part of the group has the typical, seemingly random color swaps, but for a notable subset of these Pokemon, the shiny forms are basically the exact same as the usual appearance.
5Chingling
Chingling has a similar change to Bonsly, where part of its main design swaps to a different color, but unlike the tree mimic, Chingling’s ribbons seem to barely change at all in certain lighting.
Going from red and white ribbons to orange and white, the best way to shiny hunt Chingling is to either wait for nighttime or expect to use the Let’s Go function constantly.
4Happiny
Location: Pokemon League, South Province Area One, Two, Three, Five, West Province Area One, Coastal, Savanna Biome, Torchlit Labyrinth
Happiny’s normally pink form cools slightly into a more purple tone for the shiny variant, and while the outrageous green colors of its evolution, Chansey’s shiny may be preferable only for the sake of hunting,at the very least the purple looks nice.
For outbreaks and sandwich methods, comparing a shiny Happiny to a normal Happiny is somewhat manageable, but certain lighting and weather conditions can confuse the two easily. One of the few shiny forms easier to spot during the day, Happiny is only the start of the eye strain.
