How to shiny hunt using Walking in grass in Pokémon Yellow.
Running back and forth through tall grass until the Pokémon you want appears.
Odds with charm
No shinies
Odds no charm
No shinies
Per encounter
~11s
Expected hunt
Not huntable
How the hunt works
Pick a patch of grass where your target has the highest encounter rate, then run in a tight loop so you trigger battles as fast as possible. Check the sprite the moment the battle starts, and run from anything that isn't shiny.
Pokémon Yellow has no shiny Pokémon at all, so this method is listed for encounter data only.
Tips
- •Repels stop lower-level species spawning, which raises the share of encounters that are your target.
- •Keep a fast Pokémon in the lead so escaping takes one input.
- •Use the smallest grass patch you can — fewer steps between encounters.
Pokémon you can find with Walking in grass in Yellow
69 species, sorted by best encounter rate.
| Pokémon | Best rate | Levels | Locations |
|---|---|---|---|
 Caterpie | 20% | 3–6 | 1 |
 Metapod | 20% | 4–6 | 1 |
 Pidgey | 20% | 2–28 | 13 |
 Rattata | 20% | 2–43 | 18 |
 Raticate | 20% | 15–46 | 10 |
 Spearow | 20% | 2–23 | 6 |
 Fearow | 20% | 19–45 | 5 |
 Nidoran F | 20% | 2–36 | 8 |
 Nidorina | 20% | 18–44 | 4 |
 Nidoran M | 20% | 2–36 | 8 |
 Nidorino | 20% | 18–44 | 4 |
 Zubat | 20% | 6–45 | 12 |
 Golbat | 20% | 27–59 | 10 |
 Oddish | 20% | 12–28 | 6 |
 Diglett | 20% | 15–22 | 1 |
 Bellsprout | 20% | 12–28 | 6 |
 Geodude | 20% | 10–46 | 8 |
 Magnemite | 20% | 16–35 | 2 |
 Doduo | 20% | 22–28 | 3 |
 Grimer | 20% | 23–38 | 5 |
 Gastly | 20% | 18–29 | 5 |
 Krabby | 20% | 25–31 | 5 |
 Pidgeotto | 15% | 9–32 | 13 |
 Paras | 15% | 9–27 | 3 |
 Venonat | 15% | 13–27 | 4 |
 Mankey | 15% | 3–41 | 4 |
 Abra | 15% | 7–26 | 4 |
 Machop | 15% | 16–21 | 3 |
 Graveler | 15% | 41–55 | 6 |
 Magneton | 15% | 33–38 | 1 |
 Exeggcute | 15% | 20–26 | 4 |
 Sandshrew | 10% | 8–12 | 3 |
 Sandslash | 10% | 52–56 | 2 |
 Gloom | 10% | 29–58 | 6 |
 Parasect | 10% | 27–54 | 2 |
 Growlithe | 10% | 26–38 | 1 |
 Weepinbell | 10% | 29–58 | 6 |
 Ponyta | 10% | 28–32 | 1 |
 Slowpoke | 10% | 28–31 | 3 |
 Seel | 10% | 22–32 | 4 |
 Muk | 10% | 33–41 | 4 |
 Onix | 10% | 14–49 | 4 |
 Drowzee | 10% | 15–19 | 1 |
 Kingler | 10% | 28–32 | 4 |
 Voltorb | 10% | 33–37 | 1 |
 Cubone | 10% | 16–24 | 6 |
 Rhyhorn | 10% | 20–52 | 4 |
 Rhydon | 10% | 58–62 | 2 |
 Kangaskhan | 10% | 28–33 | 1 |
 Tauros | 10% | 21 | 2 |
 Ditto | 10% | 12–65 | 4 |
 Clefairy | 5% | 9–13 | 3 |
 Jigglypuff | 5% | 3–24 | 4 |
 Venomoth | 5% | 30–54 | 3 |
 Machoke | 5% | 39–45 | 2 |
 Marowak | 5% | 24 | 2 |
 Chansey | 5% | 7–56 | 3 |
 Dugtrio | 4% | 29–31 | 1 |
 Primeape | 4% | 41–46 | 1 |
 Kadabra | 4% | 20–27 | 1 |
 Farfetchd | 4% | 26–31 | 2 |
 Dewgong | 4% | 28–34 | 2 |
 Haunter | 4% | 20–29 | 5 |
 Lickitung | 4% | 50–55 | 1 |
 Tangela | 4% | 22–27 | 2 |
 Scyther | 4% | 15–25 | 2 |
 Pinsir | 4% | 15–25 | 2 |
 Slowbro | 1% | 31 | 1 |
 Dodrio | 1% | 29 | 1 |