'Pokémon Sword and Shield' Shiny Rates, Brilliant Pokémon and Chain Fishing Officially Revealed

Almost a week after the release of The Pokémon Company has revealed new information about Shiny Rates and Brilliant Pokémon, a new feature in the Gen 8 games.

The official Pokémon website posted information that trainers should know regarding a few features in Sword and Shield. There's stuff about the Wild Area and Max Raid Battles, but we're going to focus on the Brilliant and Shiny Pokémon for now.

Here's what was revealed in the latest blog post.

SHINY POKEMON HUNTING AND RATES

Before the release of Sword and Shield, dataminers discovered how Shiny Pokémon are determined with rates and a new form of Shiny Hunting.

However, The Pokémon Company revealed that the more Pokémon you battle/catch, the higher the chance a Brilliant or Shiny Pokémon will appear. For those that don't know the term, Brilliant Pokémon are Pokémon in the overworld that have a yellow aura around them.

Brilliant Pokémon have at least one Egg Move as well as some perfect IVs. Trainers will also receive some Watts for catching/defeating these Pokémon.

The Pokémon Company confirmed that the more of a specific species you battle, the higher the chance a Brilliant or Shiny Pokémon will appear. The blog post also confirmed that the battles don't have to be consecutive, so you can continue to rack up encounters on your playthrough without much fuss.

Here are the exact rates of finding Brilliant and Shiny Pokémon:

At least one Brilliant Pokémon may appear At least 20 Brilliant Pokémon have 1.3× the likelihood of appearing At least 50 Brilliant Pokémon have 1.6× the likelihood of appearing, and Shiny Pokémon have 2× the likelihood of appearing At least 100 Brilliant Pokémon have 2× the likelihood of appearing, and Shiny Pokémon have 3× the likelihood of appearing At least 200 Shiny Pokémon have 4× the likelihood of appearing At least 300 Shiny Pokémon have 5× the likelihood of appearing At least 500 Shiny Pokémon have 6× the likelihood of appearing

CHAIN FISHING

Chain Fishing was a Shiny Hunting method in Gen 6, but it's making a return in Sword and Shield but for Brilliant Pokémon.

Trainers will be able to fish in Sword and Shield early on their adventure, and, if they build a streak, Brilliant Pokémon are more likely to appear. Unlike the battle streaks, Chain Fishing in Pokémon Sword and Shield only works if you build a streak and it's lost once you fail to reel in a Pokémon. If you catch a Pokémon, leave the area or turn off the game, your streak will stop.

Here's the rate of Chain Fishing to get a Brilliant Pokémon:

Successful hooks Effects on future encounters 0–2 Brilliant Pokémon may appear 3–6 Brilliant Pokémon have 1.3× the likelihood of appearing 7–14 Brilliant Pokémon have 3.3× the likelihood of appearing 15–24 Brilliant Pokémon have 6.6× the likelihood of appearing 25+ Brilliant Pokémon have 16.6× the likelihood of appearing

Pokémon Sword and Shield are available now for Nintendo Switch.

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