Even if shiny hunting in 笔辞办é尘辞苍 games isn’t your cup of tea, it’蝉 always exciting to randomly happen upon one of these uber-rare, alternately colored pocket monsters. Fortunately, 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Legends: Arceus makes achieving this feat easy by reviving an old series tradition and giving players one guaranteed shiny by way of a straightforward mission.
Early into 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Legends: Arceus, you’ll unlock the ability to take on requests from the inhabitants of Jubilife Village, the small settlement that serves as your home base throughout the story. One such request comes from an NPC named Yota. Within the first few hours of the game, Yota will task you with hunting down a “peculiar” Ponyta in the game’蝉 first area, the Obsidian Fieldlands, specifically a northern portion of the region fittingly known as the Horseshoe Plains.
If it wasn’t obvious already, you soon find out that what makes this Ponyta unusual is its coloring. Yes, it’蝉 a shiny, sporting a bright, blue mane of flames instead of the species’ usual red. Upon finding the Ponyta, it’蝉 simply a matter of sneaking up, catching it by whatever means you prefer, and returning to Yota. He lets you keep the Ponyta and even gives you five Razz Berries—which you can feed to wild 笔辞办é尘辞苍 to make them easier to catch—for your trouble.
This isn’t the first time the 笔辞办é尘辞苍 series has given players a free shiny. 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Gold and Silver’蝉 red Gyarados is probably the most notable since part of the games’ story focuses on capturing the raging monster, but 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Black 2 and White 2 also rewarded folks with a shiny Gible, Dratini, and Haxorus for completing special post-game challenges. That said, 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Legends: Arceus differs from previous installments in that its shiny Ponyta comes very early into the game and requires almost no effort to obtain.
笔辞办é尘辞苍 Legends: Arceus’ guaranteed shiny is also perfect for seeing the changes made to Rapidash. When shinies were first introduced in 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Gold and Silver, the Ponyta evolution sported vibrant, violet flames that were inexplicably changed to gray in subsequent releases. But with Arceus, Rapidash’蝉 original shiny coloring returns, marking the first time its purple mane has been seen in-game since Gold and Silver follow-up 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Crystal released in 2000. I’m probably the only person who cares about this!
That’蝉 all to say that you should definitely keep your eye out for this 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Legends: Arceus mission. The free Ponyta might not feel like much of an accomplishment when compared to a rarity won through legitimate shiny hunting, but the generous reward will put you that much closer to completing a full shiny Pokédex should that happen to be one of your goals. Like the old saying goes, don’t look a gift Ponyta in the mouth.
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