Shiny Pokémon are special versions of a Pokémon with a different colour . Unlike the main serial publication games , shinies in Pokémon GO are much more common - the standard rate is1 in 512(compared to 1/4096 in the recent console table games or 1/8192 in elderly game ) . Many Pokémon have an even high-pitched lustrous rate : orchis / raid exclusives and other rarer Pokémon are around a 1/64 opportunity ; most legendaries in raid are around 1/20 luck ; and on Community Days , where one Pokémon appears everywhere in the wild , the glazed charge per unit is around 1/25 . See below for a full list .
However , in Pokémon GO not every Pokémon can be shining . When the secret plan first establish no shinies were available . Over time , more and more Pokémon have become shiny - eligible . In most cases only the base form may be shiny in the wild - for good example a Ratatta found in the wild could be glossy , but its phylogenesis Raticate can not . Sometimes those higher evos can be shiny in particular raid consequence ( for instance the Kanto starters ) , and since the introduction of Mega Evolutions any Pokémon whose Mega has been released ( like Beedrill or Ampharos ) can be shiny , even outside of Mega Raids .
Below we display every shiny Pokémon sprite that is in Pokémon GO . you’re able to compare with the Pokémon ’s non - lustrous fay by pink or hover your computer mouse over it . Pokémon marked with a headliner * next to the name have had their shiny free . In total there are997shiny Pokémon useable in the game .
mark : some Pokémon such as Zarude presently do n’t have lustrous faerie - or more specifically , the images mark as shiny in the game ’s data are duplicates of their regular sprites .