If you are very lucky, you can catch a Shiny Kangaskhan, Tauros, Mr. Mime or Porygon in Pokémon GO right now. But how much luck do you actually need? We show you the shiny chances for the regional Kanto Pokémon here.
What are the chances now? In Pokémon GO, Week 2 of the big Ultra Bonus is currently running. There are more effective incubators and regional Kanto Pokémon from the 7 km eggs. The Pokémon are:
- Tauros
- Kangaskhan
- Mr. Mime
- and Porygon.
To make the event even more exciting, Niantic added the chance for you to hatch these Pokémon’s shiny forms or encounter them in the wild. Trainers are rightfully asking: What are the chances that I find such a shiny?
How many Kanto eggs do you need for a shiny?
Who researched this? The experts from the Pokémon GO community “TheSilphRoad” examined the shiny chances of the regional Kanto Pokémon in detail. Together, they compiled their results and can announce a first chance.
Keep in mind that these are preliminary figures and the results may still change slightly over the next few days.
As you can see, the chances of shinies from Porygon, Kangaskhan, Mr. Mime or Tauros are low. As TheSilphRoad reports, there are no different shiny chances for a Pokémon caught in different ways. Thus, the same values should apply to encounters in the wild or hatching from an egg.
You can now encounter these new Pokémon in the wild as shiny.
This is the result: In summary, it can be stated that the chance of a shiny Porygon, Kangaskhan, Mr. Mime or Tauros lies between 1/31 and 1/51. For this chance, it must be ensured that one of these Pokémon hatches. Roughly, the community estimates the chance to be 1/50.
The general chance of receiving a Kanto Pokémon from a 7 km egg that is also shiny is significantly lower.
A player writes on Reddit: “So a chance of 1/120 to even get a regional shiny from a 7 km egg or a 1/480 chance for a specific one? With limited chances based on randomness? No, thanks!” Niantic specifically increased the shiny rate of Skorgla.
Have you already received one of the regional Kanto Pokémon as shiny? This event is currently causing players concern for other reasons. The gift mechanics are bothering them:
