How to shiny hunt using Dark grass in Pokémon White.
Encounters in the darker patches of grass, which spawn slightly different species.
Odds with charm
1 / 8,192
Odds no charm
1 / 8,192
Per encounter
~11s
Expected hunt
25.0 hours
How the hunt works
Dark grass tables differ from normal grass and often include the rarer species, so check whether your target is better here than in the light grass next to it. Loop in and out of the dark patch and flee anything that isn't shiny.
The base rate in Pokémon White is 1 in 8,192. There is no Shiny Charm in this game, so the base rate is the best you can get.
Tips
- •Doubles battles from dark grass count as two encounters at once.
Pokémon you can find with Dark grass in White
86 species, sorted by best encounter rate.
| Pokémon | Best rate | Levels | Locations |
|---|---|---|---|
 Raticate | 20% | 47–50 | 2 |
 Fearow | 20% | 58–60 | 1 |
 Clefairy | 20% | 62–64 | 1 |
 Vulpix | 20% | 57 | 1 |
 Jigglypuff | 20% | 58 | 1 |
 Golduck | 20% | 57–59 | 3 |
 Marowak | 20% | 57 | 1 |
 Tangela | 20% | 57–59 | 2 |
 Sunkern | 20% | 57 | 1 |
 Piloswine | 20% | 62–64 | 1 |
 Swellow | 20% | 57 | 2 |
 Chimecho | 20% | 57–59 | 1 |
 Bibarel | 20% | 57–59 | 1 |
 Kricketune | 20% | 47–50 | 2 |
 Combee | 20% | 57 | 1 |
 Patrat | 20% | 10 | 1 |
 Watchog | 20% | 31–60 | 5 |
 Herdier | 20% | 25–39 | 4 |
 Liepard | 20% | 23–47 | 4 |
 Pidove | 20% | 10–15 | 2 |
 Tranquill | 20% | 23–60 | 6 |
 Tympole | 20% | 14–17 | 1 |
 Swadloon | 20% | 22–27 | 3 |
 Petilil | 20% | 22–58 | 3 |
 Crustle | 20% | 34–35 | 1 |
 Scraggy | 20% | 32–35 | 2 |
 Minccino | 20% | 22–37 | 4 |
 Solosis | 20% | 22–25 | 2 |
 Duosion | 20% | 36–39 | 1 |
 Vanillish | 20% | 35–37 | 2 |
 Deerling | 20% | 26–30 | 2 |
 Sawsbuck | 20% | 34–36 | 2 |
 Karrablast | 20% | 26–59 | 2 |
 Cubchoo | 20% | 30–32 | 1 |
 Rufflet | 20% | 39–41 | 2 |
 Braviary | 20% | 58–60 | 2 |
 Metapod | 10% | 59 | 1 |
 Golbat | 10% | 58–60 | 2 |
 Rapidash | 10% | 59 | 1 |
 Kangaskhan | 10% | 59 | 1 |
 Ditto | 10% | 63–65 | 1 |
 Noctowl | 10% | 58–60 | 1 |
 Ledian | 10% | 49 | 2 |
 Ariados | 10% | 49 | 2 |
 Gligar | 10% | 57–60 | 2 |
 Stantler | 10% | 58 | 1 |
 Altaria | 10% | 59 | 1 |
 Zangoose | 10% | 58–60 | 2 |
 Seviper | 10% | 58–60 | 2 |
 Lunatone | 10% | 58–65 | 3 |
 Solrock | 10% | 58–65 | 3 |
 Tropius | 10% | 58–60 | 1 |
 Cherrim | 10% | 58 | 1 |
 Drifblim | 10% | 59 | 3 |
 Lillipup | 10% | 11 | 1 |
 Purrloin | 10% | 11 | 1 |
 Munna | 10% | 48–49 | 2 |
 Blitzle | 10% | 10–13 | 1 |
 Zebstrika | 10% | 31–33 | 1 |
 Timburr | 10% | 15–26 | 2 |
 Throh | 10% | 14–59 | 5 |
 Venipede | 10% | 23–24 | 1 |
 Whirlipede | 10% | 23–24 | 1 |
 Trubbish | 10% | 22–24 | 2 |
 Garbodor | 10% | 36–38 | 1 |
 Vanillite | 10% | 24–29 | 2 |
 Foongus | 10% | 27–33 | 2 |
 Amoonguss | 10% | 38–58 | 3 |
 Beartic | 10% | 37 | 2 |
 Mienfoo | 10% | 34–37 | 2 |
 Mienshao | 10% | 59 | 1 |
 Pawniard | 10% | 36–39 | 1 |
 Bouffalant | 10% | 39–40 | 2 |
 Venomoth | 5% | 48–50 | 1 |
 Pinsir | 5% | 60 | 1 |
 Misdreavus | 5% | 58 | 1 |
 Shuckle | 5% | 59 | 1 |
 Heracross | 5% | 60 | 1 |
 Pupitar | 5% | 58–59 | 1 |
 Absol | 5% | 58–60 | 2 |
 Metang | 5% | 63–65 | 1 |
 Bronzong | 5% | 58–60 | 1 |
 Beheeyem | 5% | 58–60 | 1 |
 Druddigon | 5% | 35–37 | 1 |
 Bisharp | 5% | 60 | 1 |
 Dunsparce | 4% | 59 | 1 |