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An eligible ordinary wild spawn checks shiny at 1/4096. A border arrow points to an appearing shiny; reach it safely and defeat it to record the variant. Seeing it alone does not unlock it. Count eligible generated enemies, not elapsed minutes, and check that the species has shiny artwork.
A 4,096-check example
P(at least one)=1−(4095/4096)^n. At n=4,096 this is about 63.2%, so a player can still have none after the expected wait. The 50% point is about 2,839 eligible checks and the 95% point about 12,270. For a particular species multiply the shiny roll by its spawn/selection chance; do not assume every spawn is that target.
Turn an appearance into collection
- Follow the edge arrow without crossing a trapped route; remove nearby support or runners first if they block safe contact.
- Defeat the shiny, then inspect its owned/shiny collection entries before closing the game. Use a persistent account; the guide tracker cannot save the game itself.
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The linked game files show where these stats, costs and rules come from. Updates to the game may change them.
Data version: a9b21f09
- https://github.com/JPTER78/pokesurvivor/blob/a9b21f091d7e2e0b10bc9ef94836447bf63cddeb/js/entities/enemy.js
- https://github.com/JPTER78/pokesurvivor/blob/a9b21f091d7e2e0b10bc9ef94836447bf63cddeb/js/game.js
- https://github.com/JPTER78/pokesurvivor/blob/a9b21f091d7e2e0b10bc9ef94836447bf63cddeb/README.md
- https://github.com/JPTER78/pokesurvivor/blob/a9b21f091d7e2e0b10bc9ef94836447bf63cddeb/js/systems/rift.js
- https://github.com/JPTER78/pokesurvivor/blob/a9b21f091d7e2e0b10bc9ef94836447bf63cddeb/js/core/sprites.js