Shiny Pokémon

Shiny Pokémon, often called shinies, are alternate colorations of Pokémon. Shiny Pokémon are a feature that existed starting in PMU 6, and to staff in early PMU 7. They were discontinued, and then re-added to PMU 7 on the 19th of September in 2019. Using a cosmetic item on a shiny Pokémon will in turn make the disguise Pokémon appear shiny as well.

PMU 6
In PMU 6 select wild Pokémon had a chance of being shiny. Shiny Pokémon were most commonly available to players during Holiday Cave and other events.

PMU 7
In PMU 7, shinies were first available during the anniversary Holiday Cave of 2019, with shiny rates for recruitable Pokémon added in other dungeons over time. All Generation 1 to Generation 4 Pokémon (excluding Rotom due to forms), as well as Fossil Pokémon, Phione, and certain Generation 5-6 Pokémon are able to be shiny. Pokémon hatched from Mystery Eggs cannot presently be hatched shiny. The shiny rate of a Pokémon is manually added and determined on its rarity and the difficulty of the dungeon. Pokémon in the overworld that can be recruited cannot spawn shiny.

Shiny Pokémon while visibly different also have an asterisk (*) to the right of their name, only visible in the battle log and recruitment window. If a shiny Pokémon is on a floor or has spawned, a sound effect (magic838.ogg) will play across the entire map. When in a party, only the party leader will hear this if the shiny Pokémon spawned on floor entry. A player can also turn their active Pokémon shiny with use of a Sparkle Token, a single-use item that was available in the shop of anniversary Holiday Cave 2019 and sold during auctions.

Trivia

 * The sound effect for shiny spawns was added on the 21st of October in 2019.