Pokémon Legends: Arceus players find shiny Pokémon exploit

Shiny hunting makes it easier Pokémon Legends: Arceus than it has in past Pokémon games. But shiny Pokémon AreThey are still very rare and it can be difficult to find many of them. The art of shining hunt has been perfected by players, who now have to exploit glitches in order to create more creatures.

This method is limited to shiny Pokémon that spawn out of trees, rocks, and treasure chests. You still have to do the hard part in finding the initial shiny Pokémon, so start cracking open those rocks. But once you’ve found one, you can exploit that find and multiply those shinies. This method was first discovered by a Twitter user called @KqttlingThis video was created by PhillyBeatzU and is available on YouTube. You can see detailed instructions from those intrepid trainers, but here’s the gist of it.

Once you find a shiny Pokémon from an rock ore, treasure chest, or tree, catch it and move on — specifically, move on into a nearby cave that’ll take you out of your current environment, but not fully. (Leaving for Jubilife Village, for instance, will not work; you must stay in the area, but “refresh” with a screen load.)

The players say that you need to wait around for half an hour before returning out to the same treasure chest, rock ore or tree. It’ll be shaking again, denoting that a Pokémon is hidden inside. Send a Pokémon at it, and you should find that it’s the same exact shiny Pokémon you caught earlier, down to the same stats.

Then the shiny Pokémon is yours. You’ll get credit from the Professor for documenting them, but you’re also free to trade them as you will, meaning your friends may benefit, too.

The ethical question is: Are you cheating? Some players say so, considering that you’re using an exploit or glitch to get more rare Pokémon. But Pokémon Legends: Arceus, at this point, is a single-player game and players aren’t competing directly with each other, and this exploit isn’t necessarily giving players a more powerful Pokémon.