How to shiny hunt using Gift (soft reset) in Pokémon Red.

A Pokémon handed to you, rerolled by soft resetting before you accept it.

Odds with charm
No shinies
Odds no charm
No shinies
Per encounter
~50s
Expected hunt
Not huntable

How the hunt works

Save just before the gift dialogue, accept, then check the Pokémon in your party. If it isn't shiny, reset and repeat. Some gifts are shiny locked and can never be shiny.

Pokémon Red has no shiny Pokémon at all, so this method is listed for encounter data only.

Pokémon you can find with Gift (soft reset) in Red

17 species, sorted by best encounter rate.

PokémonBest rateLevelsLocations
Bulbasaur100%51
Charmander100%51
Squirtle100%51
Nidorina100%171
Clefairy100%81
Abra100%91
Hitmonlee100%301
Hitmonchan100%301
Scyther100%251
Magikarp100%52
Lapras100%151
Eevee100%251
Porygon100%261
Omanyte100%301
Kabuto100%301
Aerodactyl100%301
Dratini100%181