Permaboosted Shiny Pokémon and Shiny Odds in Pokémon GO

“Permaboosted Shiny Pokémon” are Pokémon that have a higher chance of being shiny when they are encountered. They are permaboosted because they have a permanently higher-than-usual chance of appearing as their Shiny variant.

These Permaboosted Shiny Pokémon have around a 1 in 64 chance to appear as shiny when encountered. This is unlike non-permaboosted Pokémon that have around a 1 in 512 chance of appearing as shiny. 1 in 512 is the standard shiny odds for all Pokémon.

The permaboost applies when these Pokémon are encountered in the wild, hatched, as a research reward, and when encountered as a raid reward.

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Explaining the Odds

Before we get to the list of the permaboosted Pokémon, a 1 in 64 chance to appear as shiny means you have about 1.56% opportunity to find a shiny variant of a particular Pokémon. This means one of the Pokémon out of 64 encounters of the same Pokémon may be shiny. It could also mean that you have 64 chances for one of the Pokémon encounters to appear as shiny.

I like how someone else explained it. “It is like rolling a 64-sided dice and hoping for a ‘1’.” However, you may need more attempts. This is because luck varies. Likewise, “it is not a guarantee that you get a ‘1’ as you’re just rolling the dice again each time.”

UPDATE: At the start of Memories in Motion Season!

“Any evolved Pokémon in the wild can be Shiny if it has already had its Shiny debut in Pokémon GO! In addition, Trainers will have an increased chance of encountering Shiny Pokémon from Raid Battles and hatching them from Eggs compared to wild encounters.”

What this means is that shiny odds now depend on the source rather than the Pokémon species. The shiny odds (during non-shiny boosted events) are as follows.

Wild (non-legendary): 1 in 512.
Wild (legendary): 1 in 20.
Non-legendary Raids/Max Battles (Tier 1 – Tier 4): 1 in 64.
Legendary Raids/Max Battles (Tier 5): 1 in 20.
Eggs: 1 in 64.
Research: 1 in 512.

The actual “permaboosted Pokémon” (i.e., 1 in 64 shiny odds) are those caught from Raids/Max Battles and those hatched from Eggs.

The shiny odds (during boosted events) are as follows.

Community Days: 1 in 25
Hatch Days: 1 in 10.
Research Days: 1 in 10.

When you see “Increased shiny chance,” this is not a fixed number. However, in practice, 1 in 64 is the baseline interpretation.

A few important caveats

These numbers are community research estimates, not officially confirmed by Niantic.
Event bonuses can override normal rates, and ticketed events often explicitly say there is an “increased chance” of shiny encounters.
Some special encounters, research, lure encounters, or raid days can have their own boosted odds.
Niantic can change the rates without notice.