How to Get Shiny Pokémon in Pokémon GO
Updated
863 of the game's 1024 species have a shiny released. Where they come from, and what the odds are reckoned to be.
What a shiny looks like
Same Pokémon, different palette. The encounter screen adds sparkles and a shiny icon. The overworld gives you nothing, so you tap and find out.
Shiny odds and rates
No official source has ever published a shiny rate. The numbers below come from players logging encounters and working the rates back out, so read them as ranges.
| Encounter | Estimated odds | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Normal wild spawn | 1 in 500 to 1 in 512 | Floor, when nothing's running. |
| Event species, from home | 1 in 128 to 1 in 256 | Where featured spawns usually land. |
| Event species, in person | 1 in 64 | Ticketed events count higher than global. |
| Permanently boosted species | 1 in 64 | Short list that never drops back. |
| Community Day feature | 1 in 25 | Best the game runs, and only for three hours. |
| Five-star raid bosses | 1 in 20 | Few legendaries beat the rest of the pool. |
A shiny off a normal spawn is luck. Hunts run on events, and Community Day moves the rate furthest. What's running is on the calendar.
Every way a shiny can reach you
The roll happens when the encounter opens, not when you throw.
| Route | Species | How it works |
|---|---|---|
| Wild | 856 | Tap everything. One you walk past is a roll you didn't make. |
| Research | 860 | Field and timed research roll on the reward encounter. |
| Photobombs | 857 | Take a snapshot and something jumps in. See what a photobomb is. |
| Raids | 465 | Encounter after a win, and kindest odds going. |
| Evolution | 420 | Shiny stays shiny. Normal never turns. |
| Eggs | 59 | Rolled at hatch, and only a handful of species can. |
Shiny Eevee and its evolutions
A shiny Eevee stays shiny down every branch, so one lucky tap covers all eight.
One way in
Five species have a single route to their shiny.
The ones people ask about
| Pokémon | Shiny | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Mew | Released | Research only. |
| Mewtwo | Released | Wild, raids, research, photobombs. Armored Mewtwo is a separate form with no shiny; it ran in five-star raids September 5 and 6, 2026. |
| Solgaleo | Not released | No shiny in the data yet. Same for Lunala. |
| Celebi and Spiritomb | Released | Research only, like Mew. |
| Smeargle | Released | Photobombs only. |
| Regigigas | Released | Raids only. |
The shiny list
All 863 in shiny colors, filterable by type and generation, with the routes on each card: the shiny list.
Questions people ask
What are the shiny odds in Pokémon GO?
Nobody official has published them. Player counts put a normal wild spawn near 1 in 500, an event species between 1 in 128 and 1 in 64, and a Community Day feature at 1 in 25. They're estimates, not confirmed rates.
How many shiny Pokémon are there in Pokémon GO?
863 of the 1024 species in the game. The shiny list has every one in its shiny colors.
Does evolving change whether a Pokémon is shiny?
No. A shiny stays shiny down every branch, and a normal one never turns. That's 420 species whose shiny you can reach by evolving something you already caught.
Is there a shiny Armored Mewtwo?
No. It returned to five-star raids on September 5 and 6, 2026, without one.