In Pokémon GO there is a chance for Shiny Unown during the current Enigma Week, but the Pokémon is quite rare. One trainer has now provided an analysis of the rarity of Shinies.
Here’s how to get Shiny Unown: Until Friday, you can find 5 letters of Unown in the raids (U, L, T, R, and A) as part of the Enigma Week. The raids are quite rare, and that’s where you currently have the chance for the Shiny.
Many trainers may be currently struggling with the raids. But how likely is it to find a Shiny Unown?
Trainer analyzes over 100 Unown raids
What the player shows: On reddit , the user Abraxxes analyzed his previous Unown raids. He has completed a total of 104 raids for the rare Pokémon. In the end, he managed to get all 5 different letters as Shiny.
This actually suggests a fairly high Shiny rate, but he himself says that he was likely very lucky. He spoke with other trainers who told him the following:
- Another player supposedly has 4 Shinies from about 90 raids
- He knows many trainers who have no Shiny after over 60 raids
- Most of his community has around 50-60 raids and at least one Shiny
So what is the Shiny rate? According to the trainer, it is about 1 in 50. After 104 raids, he had a roughly 4% chance of the 5 Shinies he has. At least over 27% would get 2 Shinies with that number of raids. Nearly 26% would get at least one Shiny.
Of course, it should be noted that this is just the theory of a single player evaluating his and his friends’ raids. However, it could indicate a rough direction.
The chance of 1 in 50 could also make sense because other Pokémon from raids have very similar Shiny chances. It is suspected that monsters like Dratini or Electabuzz also have a chance of 1 in 50 to become Shiny. Unown fits well into that.
What you need to consider: This is only about the pure theory. You could also get a Shiny right in the first raid. But you could also do 100 raids and not get a Shiny.
If you prefer to hunt other Shinies, you can take advantage of the field research in August. There are numerous Shinies waiting for you. We show you the 7 quests that are particularly worthwhile in August 2020.
