How to shiny hunt Gulpin.

The fastest known Gulpin shiny hunt is Horde encounter at Kalos Route 5 in X — roughly 19.0 hours of active hunting. Every other game and route is ranked below.

Gulpin

35 shiny-huntable encounters

Best huntHorde encounter

Kalos Route 5

19.0 hr

estimated time to shiny

Encounter rate: 60%
Shiny odds: 1/1365
Encounters: 2,275
Level: 5

Five Pokemon per battle - very strong odds per minute.

#219.0 hr

Kalos Route 5

Method: Horde encounter
Encounter rate: 60%
Shiny odds: 1/1365

Five Pokemon per battle - very strong odds per minute.

#324.3 hr

East Province Area One — Near Town

Violet

Morning

Method: Overworld spawn
Encounter rate: 12.5%
Shiny odds: 1/1365

Paldea spawn chances are estimated: Scarlet and Violet use biome spawn tables, so the odds shown are an even share of the species that appear in this biome at this time of day.

#427.3 hr

South Province Area Three — Near Town

Violet

Morning

Method: Overworld spawn
Encounter rate: 11.11%
Shiny odds: 1/1365

Paldea spawn chances are estimated: Scarlet and Violet use biome spawn tables, so the odds shown are an even share of the species that appear in this biome at this time of day.

#	Game	Location	Method	Rate	Shiny odds	Encounters	Est. time
1	X	Kalos Route 5	Horde encounterLv 5	60%	1/1365	2,275	19.0 hr
2	Y	Kalos Route 5	Horde encounterLv 5	60%	1/1365	2,275	19.0 hr
3	Violet	East Province Area One — Near Town Morning	Overworld spawnLv 12–17	12.5%	1/1365	10,920	24.3 hr
4	Violet	South Province Area Three — Near Town Morning	Overworld spawnLv 12–17	11.11%	1/1365	12,286	27.3 hr
5	Violet	South Province Area Three — Grass Morning	Overworld spawnLv 12–17	7.69%	1/1365	17,750	39.4 hr
6	X	Kalos Route 5	Walking in grassLv 10	10%	1/1365	13,650	41.7 hr
7	Y	Kalos Route 5	Walking in grassLv 10	10%	1/1365	13,650	41.7 hr
8	X	Kalos Route 5	Purple flowersLv 10	10%	1/1365	13,650	45.5 hr
9	Y	Kalos Route 5	Purple flowersLv 10	10%	1/1365	13,650	45.5 hr
10	SoulSilver	Kanto Route 3 Swarm	Walking in grassLv 5	40%	1/8192	20,480	2.6 days
11	Violet	East Province Area One — Grass Morning	Overworld spawnLv 12–17	4.76%	1/1365	28,676	2.7 days
12	Violet	Casseroya Lake — Lake Morning	Overworld spawnLv 45–55	2.44%	1/1365	55,943	5.2 days
13	Ruby	Hoenn Route 110	Walking in grassLv 12–13	15%	1/8192	54,613	7.0 days
14	Sapphire	Hoenn Route 110	Walking in grassLv 12–13	15%	1/8192	54,613	7.0 days
15	Emerald	Hoenn Route 110	Walking in grassLv 12–13	15%	1/8192	54,613	7.0 days
16	Mega Dimension	Lumiose City — 1 Star or Higher (Hyperspace)	Overworld spawnLv 14–16	1.7544%	1/1365	77,804	7.2 days
17	XD: Gale of Darkness	Cipher Lab Outside	Snag battle (soft reset)Lv 17	100%	1/8192	8,192	8.5 days
18	Diamond	Great Marsh Area 1 National Dex: Great Marsh Daily Slot 1 of 32	Walking in grassLv 26	10%	1/8192	81,920	10.4 days
19	Pearl	Great Marsh Area 1 National Dex: Great Marsh Daily Slot 1 of 32	Walking in grassLv 26	10%	1/8192	81,920	10.4 days
20	Platinum	Great Marsh Area 1 National Dex: Great Marsh Daily Slot 2 of 32	Walking in grassLv 28–30	10%	1/8192	81,920	10.4 days
21	Diamond	Great Marsh Area 2 National Dex: Great Marsh Daily Slot 1 of 32	Walking in grassLv 26	10%	1/8192	81,920	10.4 days
22	Pearl	Great Marsh Area 2 National Dex: Great Marsh Daily Slot 1 of 32	Walking in grassLv 26	10%	1/8192	81,920	10.4 days
23	Platinum	Great Marsh Area 2 National Dex: Great Marsh Daily Slot 2 of 32	Walking in grassLv 28–30	10%	1/8192	81,920	10.4 days
24	Diamond	Great Marsh Area 3 National Dex: Great Marsh Daily Slot 1 of 32	Walking in grassLv 24	10%	1/8192	81,920	10.4 days
25	Pearl	Great Marsh Area 3 National Dex: Great Marsh Daily Slot 1 of 32	Walking in grassLv 24	10%	1/8192	81,920	10.4 days
26	Platinum	Great Marsh Area 3 National Dex: Great Marsh Daily Slot 2 of 32	Walking in grassLv 28–29	10%	1/8192	81,920	10.4 days
27	Diamond	Great Marsh Area 4 National Dex: Great Marsh Daily Slot 1 of 32	Walking in grassLv 24	10%	1/8192	81,920	10.4 days
28	Pearl	Great Marsh Area 4 National Dex: Great Marsh Daily Slot 1 of 32	Walking in grassLv 24	10%	1/8192	81,920	10.4 days
29	Platinum	Great Marsh Area 4 National Dex: Great Marsh Daily Slot 2 of 32	Walking in grassLv 28–29	10%	1/8192	81,920	10.4 days
30	Diamond	Great Marsh Area 5 National Dex: Great Marsh Daily Slot 1 of 32	Walking in grassLv 22	10%	1/8192	81,920	10.4 days
31	Pearl	Great Marsh Area 5 National Dex: Great Marsh Daily Slot 1 of 32	Walking in grassLv 22	10%	1/8192	81,920	10.4 days
32	Platinum	Great Marsh Area 5 National Dex: Great Marsh Daily Slot 2 of 32	Walking in grassLv 27–28	10%	1/8192	81,920	10.4 days
33	Diamond	Great Marsh Area 6 National Dex: Great Marsh Daily Slot 1 of 32	Walking in grassLv 22	10%	1/8192	81,920	10.4 days
34	Pearl	Great Marsh Area 6 National Dex: Great Marsh Daily Slot 1 of 32	Walking in grassLv 22	10%	1/8192	81,920	10.4 days
35	Platinum	Great Marsh Area 6 National Dex: Great Marsh Daily Slot 2 of 32	Walking in grassLv 27–28	10%	1/8192	81,920	10.4 days