Pokémon Legends: Z-A launched yesterday, and inside just a few hours, gamers had cracked the code on Shiny hunting. This time round, these rare, alternate-colored monsters don’t despawn after they present up within the overworld, and meaning they received’t disappear till you both knock them out or seize them. That’s, in and of itself, an enormous change that takes loads of the chance out of Shiny looking, so for those who bump into one within the wild, you may breathe a bit simpler than in previous video games. However as a result of the gamers who spend hours trying to find these guys are the hardest-working individuals in Kalos, they’ve already discovered an extremely environment friendly approach to make use of this new system to their benefit. They’re discovering Shinies with out even touching their controllers.
In Wild Zone 3, there’s a constructing that, if you stroll via its entrance, takes you to its roof. In each of those areas, the exit might be behind your character when the loading display screen ends. So for those who rig up your left persist with push backward with a hair tie or rubber band, your character will stroll backwards and forwards between the doorway and the roof with out you having to the touch your controller in any respect. While you undergo the doorway, new Pokémon will spawn, however Shinies will stay. You possibly can go away the sport working for hours and return to a number of Shinies awaiting seize.
In someday, gamers have already been posting clips of themselves utilizing this exploit to get a number of Shiny Pokémon in only a few hours. Some even have a number of copies of Legends: Z-A going with this setup directly.
✨Yeh shiny looking in #PokemonLegendZA is by far the simplest and most forgiving recreation ever made.✨
Right here’s a clip of me getting 4 completely different shiny Pokémon all in the identical space 😌
(They by no means despawn) (ever) #ShinyPokemon https://t.co/LJCW7KOif1 pic.twitter.com/EIet3hAxLx
— Ella Menta (@EllaMentaVT) October 16, 2025
I’m posting this video trigger I’m not seeing the large shiny looking content material creators submit about this. That is me getting shiny alpha Litleo all afk. It doesn’t despond till you attempt to catch it. I received all of the shiny mons in wild zone 3 in 2 hours afk https://t.co/lkRgYAKCYe pic.twitter.com/wt5xgEm86w
— ItachiVGC (@ItachiVgc) October 16, 2025
That is what shiny looking appears like in 2025 pic.twitter.com/LhqwLyQQ2R
— Professor Rex🇨🇦 🔜 KALOS (@RexProfessor) October 17, 2025
I anticipate this to trouble individuals who felt the despawn adjustments had been cheapening the Shiny looking expertise, as a result of now we all know you may rack up Shinies with out doing something in any respect. I do anticipate this can be a fast strategy to make your Pleasure-Cons begin drifting, although. So tie up your analog sticks at your personal danger.
