Pokémon GO Shiny Odds
The real shiny rates, measured from millions of live encounters — updated every few minutes. See what's boosted right now and how each species compares to its normal rate.
The short answer
The base shiny rate in Pokémon GO is about 1 in 512, but very few species actually sit there. Some are permanently boosted to several times better odds, and event species run better again while the event is live. Everything below is counted, not datamined — 574 species with enough real encounters behind them to publish a rate, refreshed every few minutes from our scanners.
🔥 Boosted right now
Being caught shiny more often than usual — normally a Community Day, Spotlight Hour or Raid Day.
Dewpidernormally 1 in 141 · 1.1M encounters1 in 128
Ducklettnormally 1 in 152 · 1.1M encounters1 in 129
Showing 50 of 574 Pokémon, sorted by Best odds first.
- 1
UxieAll-time12k encounters recorded1 in 21all-time - 2
AzelfBoostedAll-time10k encounters recorded1 in 22all-time - 3DewpiderBoostednormally 1 in 141 · 22.6M seen all-time1 in 1281.1M recent
- 4DucklettBoostednormally 1 in 152 · 25.0M seen all-time1 in 1291.1M recent
- 5
FomantisAll-time381k encounters recorded1 in 258all-time - 6
FeraligatrAll-time24k encounters recorded1 in 373all-time - 7
Bounsweetnormally 1 in 510 · 5.5M seen all-time1 in 37711k recent - 8
Croagunknormally 1 in 506 · 5.4M seen all-time1 in 37813k recent - 9
Farfetch'dnormally 1 in 510 · 11.3M seen all-time1 in 37913k recent - 10
SilcoonBoostedAll-time48k encounters recorded1 in 400all-time - 11
PiloswineAll-time10k encounters recorded1 in 402all-time - 12
AraquanidAll-time28k encounters recorded1 in 402all-time - 13
Helioptilenormally 1 in 510 · 10.3M seen all-time1 in 40424k recent - 14
Electabuzznormally 1 in 510 · 9.3M seen all-time1 in 40624k recent - 15
Ferroseednormally 1 in 501 · 5.2M seen all-time1 in 40717k recent - 16
Sobblenormally 1 in 513 · 12.0M seen all-time1 in 40930k recent - 17
VileplumeAll-time18k encounters recorded1 in 411all-time - 18
Sudowoodonormally 1 in 513 · 11.5M seen all-time1 in 41332k recent - 19
Snorlaxnormally 1 in 514 · 8.6M seen all-time1 in 41424k recent - 20
Turtwignormally 1 in 508 · 10.7M seen all-time1 in 41520k recent - 21
Impidimpnormally 1 in 242 · 4.5M seen all-time1 in 41613k recent - 22
KangaskhanAll-time63k encounters recorded1 in 419all-time - 23
Dedennenormally 1 in 498 · 4.7M seen all-time1 in 42413k recent - 24
GloomAll-time58k encounters recorded1 in 429all-time - 25
Skiddonormally 1 in 507 · 5.3M seen all-time1 in 42914k recent - 26
EelektrikAll-time49k encounters recorded1 in 430all-time - 27
Pumpkaboonormally 1 in 503 · 7.5M seen all-time1 in 43211k recent - 28
LokixAll-time12k encounters recorded1 in 432all-time - 29
Ledybanormally 1 in 507 · 5.6M seen all-time1 in 43311k recent - 30
Medititenormally 1 in 507 · 5.4M seen all-time1 in 43613k recent - 31
UrsaringBoostedAll-time43k encounters recorded1 in 437all-time - 32
Voltorbnormally 1 in 517 · 8.4M seen all-time1 in 43917k recent - 33
Trubbishnormally 1 in 520 · 5.1M seen all-time1 in 44114k recent - 34
Bellsproutnormally 1 in 511 · 17.2M seen all-time1 in 44233k recent - 35
Litwicknormally 1 in 513 · 81.8M seen all-time1 in 44210k recent - 36
Snovernormally 1 in 145 · 32.1M seen all-time1 in 44434k recent - 37
Lunatonenormally 1 in 506 · 7.4M seen all-time1 in 44595k recent - 38
MedichamBoostedAll-time106k encounters recorded1 in 446all-time - 39
Spritzeenormally 1 in 516 · 13.8M seen all-time1 in 44643k recent - 40
Caterpienormally 1 in 509 · 31.6M seen all-time1 in 44776k recent - 41
Spearownormally 1 in 516 · 28.4M seen all-time1 in 44762k recent - 42
Hoothootnormally 1 in 511 · 3.1M seen all-time1 in 44710k recent - 43
Minunnormally 1 in 511 · 11.8M seen all-time1 in 44733k recent - 44
CharizardAll-time66k encounters recorded1 in 448all-time - 45
Minccinonormally 1 in 514 · 15.2M seen all-time1 in 44861k recent - 46
Sandygastnormally 1 in 512 · 5.2M seen all-time1 in 44826k recent - 47
VictreebelAll-time30k encounters recorded1 in 450all-time - 48
Patratnormally 1 in 510 · 12.0M seen all-time1 in 45031k recent - 49
Gulpinnormally 1 in 516 · 16.8M seen all-time1 in 45160k recent - 50
Hakamo-oBoostedAll-time21k encounters recorded1 in 454all-time
Shiny not released yet (47)
These are in Pokémon GO but have no shiny form yet — checked against our released-shiny catalogue, and none has ever turned up shiny in our own encounters either.
Hoopa
Volcanion
Comfey
Blipbug
Dottler
Gossifleur
Eldegoss
Yamper
Boltund
Rolycoly
Carkol
Applin
Flapple
Appletun
Cramorant
Arrokuda
Barraskewda
Clobbopus
Stonjourner
Dreepy
Kubfu
Urshifu
Zarude
Enamorus
Tarountula
Spidops
Squawkabilly
Nacli
Naclstack
Garganacl
Wattrel
Kilowattrel
Shroodle
Grafaiai
Klawf
Flittle
Espathra
Glimmet
Glimmora
Greavard
Houndstone
Flamigo
Tatsugiri
Dipplin
Poltchageist
Sinistcha
Hydrapple73 more species are hidden — we haven’t met them 10,000 times either recently or all-time, so any rate we printed would be noise rather than a measurement.
Base rate in Pokémon GO is about 1 in 512.
How these rates are measured
Every figure on this page is a count, not an estimate pulled from game files. Our scanners see millions of wild encounters a day and record which of them were shiny; the rate for a species is simply the shinies divided by the encounters.
- A species needs at least 10,000 recorded encounters before we show a rate. At that sample size you'd expect around 20 shinies, so ordinary luck still moves the ratio by a third — anything thinner would be noise dressed up as a measurement.
- “Normally”on each row is our own all-time rate for that species, over every encounter we've ever recorded. The contrast between that and the live figure is what reveals a boost.
- When a species is too rarely seen lately for a live figure — most evolved Pokémon barely spawn in the wild — we show its all-time rate instead, marked as such, rather than dropping it.
- A species is only labelled not releasedwhen it's absent from our released-shiny list andhas never once appeared shiny. “We haven't seen one lately” is not the same claim, and treating it as one would wrongly brand long-released shinies as missing.
- Regional and seasonal forms are pooled into their species, so a rate answers “what are the odds on the next one I meet” rather than being split across form variants.
Shiny odds FAQ
What are the shiny odds in Pokémon GO?
The base shiny rate is roughly 1 in 512. Our own scanner data across hundreds of millions of encounters puts the overall average close to that. Individual species vary: some are permanently boosted to far better odds, and event species run better still while the event is on.
How are these shiny rates measured?
They aren't datamined — they're counted. Our scanners record the outcome of millions of real encounters, and this page reports shinies seen divided by encounters seen, per species, refreshed every few minutes. A species needs at least 10,000 recorded encounters before we publish a rate, because below that ordinary variance moves the number more than the truth does.
What does 'boosted' mean here?
It means the species is currently turning up shiny more often than its own long-term average — which in practice means a Community Day, Spotlight Hour, Raid Day or a limited event is running. The flag clears automatically once the live rate falls back in line.
Why do some Pokémon show no odds at all?
Two different reasons. For 47 species the shiny genuinely isn't in the game yet — they're absent from our released-shiny list and have never once turned up shiny. The rest simply haven't been encountered often enough to measure, and we'd rather show nothing than a made-up number. Note that a species having no shiny in the WILD isn't the same thing: plenty of evolved Pokémon like Charmeleon or Machoke have shiny forms you get by evolving rather than catching, and those are listed with their all-time rate.
Are Community Day shiny odds really 1 in 25?
Community Day boosts are dramatic but the exact figure varies by event, and what players actually experience is what this page measures. During a Community Day the featured species will appear in the boosted section with its live measured rate, so you can see the real number rather than a rumoured one.
Hunting them down
Knowing the odds is half of it — the other half is meeting enough of them. Track which shinies you've already caught with the Shiny Checklist, and get a DM the moment a rare spawn appears near you with PokéXperience notifications.