On each Pokeradar reset, a maximum of 4 patches may be shaking. **NOTE: The calculated shiny chance is per a patch. This means you could stop before a chain of 40 if you do not wish to risk breaking your chain, or you could run into a shiny Pokemon before reaching a chain of 40. The chance never gets any better than this, but 1/200 sure is better than 1/8,192.Īs mentioned previously, the highest shiny chance obtained with Pokeradar is 0.5% or 1/200, but even without a chain of 40, the chance of a shiny increases as the chain size increases. When you chain reaches a length of 40, the chance of seeing a shiny Pokemon becomes 0.5% or 1/200. However, you don't just want an infinitely long chain because -like all good things- the increase of shiny rate with Pokeradar has a limit. Remember when I mentioned how shinies can actually be caught with Pokeradar? Well, the longer your chain, the better your chance of seeing a shiny. If the top is empty, you don't have a chain.Īlright, so you know you can see like 100 of the same Pokemon in a row if you make a Pokeradar chain and keep on making it longer. This app shows your records of longest chains, and if you're currently chaining, it shows your current chain at the top. To easily check whether your chain is broken or not, check on Poketch App 20. Also, turning off your game will break your chain. This means running away will break your chain. In order to continue a chain, you must either catch or faint the last wild Pokemon of the chain you saw. That means when you've just fainted a wild Pokemon and don't see anymore moving patches of grass, you've broken your chain. And when you stop seeing the same Pokemon with Pokeradar, you've broken your chain.
Either way, chaining Pokemon with the Pokeradar is using the Pokeradar to see the same Pokemon over and over again. Okay, so maybe you already knew what chaining was. But wait, more patches are moving!Īnd you walk into another one of the moving patches, and you see the same Pokemon again! Or maybe not. Walk into a patch, faint the wild Pokemon, and everything seems normal. You use the Radar and some patches start moving.
This means one thing: yes, Pokeradar can catch shinies with a chance better than the typical 1/ 8,192.Īlright, so you have your brand new Pokeradar, and you walk into some random patch of grass. However, when asking Dawn or Lucas about Pokeradar tips, trainers may notice mention of special patches that contain different colored Pokemon. Therefore, the Pokeradar can be a useful tool in completing the Pokedex. There are many Pokemon from the other regions in Pokemon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum (DPPt) that can only be caught with the Pokeradar. The immediate suggested purpose of the Pokeradar is to catch rare Pokemon. In Diamond and Pearl, the Pokeradar is received from Professor Oak upon visiting the Pal Park for the first time.
A new feature incorporated into the Pokemon games with the release of Diamond and Pearl was the Pokeradar.