How to shiny hunt using Underwater seaweed in Pokémon Sapphire.
Diving underwater and moving through the seaweed to trigger encounters.
Odds with charm
1 / 8,192
Odds no charm
1 / 8,192
Per encounter
~16s
Expected hunt
36.4 hours
How the hunt works
Dive in an underwater area and swim continuously through the seaweed. The species pool is tiny, so your target's share of encounters is high.
The base rate in Pokémon Sapphire is 1 in 8,192. There is no Shiny Charm in this game, so the base rate is the best you can get.
Pokémon you can find with Underwater seaweed in Sapphire
3 species, sorted by best encounter rate.
