PokeBonk Shiny Pokémon: Encounters & Saved Progress

Confirm the encounter’s shiny state

Use the encounter’s shiny indication and the saved collection/profile record. Color alone in a recording or a dim scene can be misleading. Do not identify a species as shiny solely because a thumbnail uses an alternate color, outline or filter.

The current portal warning can ask you to confirm leaving a pending shiny behind. Read it before transitioning. A pending encounter is different from a completed capture; closing the page or leaving the area is not a capture method.

What affects encounters and capture?

The current Shiny Charm description increases shiny appearance frequency by 50% and extends the documented wild flee window from 120 to 150 seconds. This is a relative increase, not a 50% absolute shiny chance. Ordinary wild shiny base odds were not fully established; do not import the main-series 1-in-4,096 rate.

For legendary encounters, the current client contains a 3% base shiny roll multiplied by its shiny-rate modifier, excluding Survival. That scoped client rule is not a universal 3% rate for every wild encounter. The original notes describe a guaranteed throw after defeating the relevant legendary; ordinary wild throws can still fail. Capture types have different purposes.

Check saved progress before leaving

Patch #7 fixes an earlier issue that saved only the first three shinies and now supports up to six in the affected run/save path. It also says reported losses were restored for affected reporters. That is a dated fix and support action, not proof that every historical or future missing shiny can be recovered. Protect your save before changing browser profiles.

1. Read the shiny indication and finish the applicable capture interaction.
2. Resolve any pending shiny warning before taking a portal.
3. Check the saved collection/profile after the capture. The current patch says saving is immediate.
4. If an end-result submission is pending, retain the same device/browser data and use the offered retry path.

What this guide does not turn into a guarantee

A current client rule does not establish every server-side rate, luck interaction or encounter frequency. No shiny hunt was played or counted for this guide, and no expected number of runs is calculated from unverified wild odds. The sources also do not establish that every shown shiny is a permanently selectable League partner.

For a missing record, preserve the trainer identity, version, species, mode, approximate encounter time, whether the capture completed and the interruption details. Ask project support about that specific record instead of repeatedly resetting or creating new guests.