How to shiny hunt using Overworld spawn in Pokémon Sword: Isle of Armor.
Pokémon visible in the overworld before you ever start a battle.
Odds with charm
1 / 1,365
Odds no charm
1 / 4,096
Per encounter
~8s
Expected hunt
3.0 hours
How the hunt works
You can see shinies without battling, so the hunt is really a spawn-reset loop: sweep the area, check every sprite, then despawn and respawn the group by moving away and back or by fast travel. Shiny models usually sparkle when they spawn.
The base rate in Pokémon Sword: Isle of Armor is 1 in 4,096. The Shiny Charm is available in this game and adds two extra shiny rolls.
Tips
- •Face away from a group, then turn back — that's the fastest reroll.
- •Look for size and colour differences from a distance to save time.
Pokémon you can find with Overworld spawn in Sword: Isle of Armor
67 species, sorted by best encounter rate.
| Pokémon | Best rate | Levels | Locations |
|---|---|---|---|
 Ditto | 82% | 40–60 | 1 |
 Wingull | 82% | 16–60 | 2 |
 Combee | 82% | 40–60 | 1 |
 Skwovet | 82% | 40–60 | 1 |
 Sandshrew | 56% | 16–60 | 1 |
 Magnemite | 56% | 10–60 | 1 |
 Whismur | 56% | 13–60 | 1 |
 Buneary | 56% | 10–60 | 1 |
 Skorupi | 56% | 10–60 | 1 |
 Lillipup | 56% | 13–60 | 1 |
 Roggenrola | 56% | 16–60 | 1 |
 Venipede | 56% | 10–60 | 1 |
 Sandile | 56% | 19–60 | 1 |
 Chewtle | 56% | 13–60 | 1 |
 Clobbopus | 56% | 16–60 | 1 |
 Jigglypuff | 32% | 10–60 | 1 |
 Psyduck | 32% | 10–60 | 2 |
 Cubone | 32% | 16–60 | 1 |
 Rhyhorn | 32% | 19–60 | 1 |
 Krabby | 20% | 10–60 | 2 |
 Ralts | 20% | 10–60 | 1 |
 Corphish | 20% | 10–60 | 2 |
 Shinx | 20% | 10–60 | 4 |
 Drifloon | 20% | 16–60 | 1 |
 Pawniard | 20% | 10–60 | 4 |
 Fletchling | 20% | 16–60 | 3 |
 Inkay | 20% | 10–60 | 4 |
 Fomantis | 20% | 10–60 | 5 |
 Silicobra | 20% | 10–60 | 4 |
 Poliwag | 16% | 13–60 | 1 |
 Exeggcute | 16% | 40–60 | 3 |
 Tangela | 16% | 10–60 | 1 |
 Tauros | 16% | 13–60 | 1 |
 Wooper | 16% | 10–60 | 1 |
 Dunsparce | 16% | 10–60 | 1 |
 Miltank | 16% | 13–60 | 1 |
 Woobat | 16% | 13–60 | 2 |
 Petilil | 16% | 40–60 | 1 |
 Foongus | 16% | 10–60 | 1 |
 Mienfoo | 16% | 16–60 | 1 |
 Mareanie | 16% | 16–60 | 1 |
 Salandit | 16% | 16–60 | 1 |
 Wimpod | 16% | 13–60 | 1 |
 Scraggy | 10% | 16–60 | 2 |
 Zorua | 10% | 10–60 | 1 |
 Jangmo O | 10% | 16–60 | 2 |
 Pikachu | 5% | 10–60 | 1 |
 Abra | 5% | 10–60 | 1 |
 Lickitung | 5% | 10–60 | 2 |
 Kangaskhan | 5% | 16–60 | 1 |
 Scyther | 5% | 13–60 | 1 |
 Pinsir | 5% | 13–60 | 1 |
 Skarmory | 5% | 16–60 | 1 |
 Azurill | 5% | 13–60 | 1 |
 Torkoal | 5% | 16–60 | 2 |
 Dwebble | 5% | 13–60 | 2 |
 Bouffalant | 5% | 10–60 | 1 |
 Rufflet | 5% | 19–60 | 1 |
 Dedenne | 5% | 10–60 | 1 |
 Klefki | 5% | 10–60 | 1 |
 Rockruff | 5% | 16–60 | 1 |
 Oranguru | 5% | 10–60 | 1 |
 Passimian | 5% | 10–60 | 1 |
 Pincurchin | 5% | 13–60 | 2 |
 Morpeko Full Belly | 5% | 10–60 | 1 |
 Chansey | 2% | 10–60 | 15 |
 Blissey | 2% | 10–60 | 15 |