How to shiny hunt Magcargo.

The fastest known Magcargo shiny hunt is Walking in grass at Friend Safari Rock in X — roughly 12.6 hours of active hunting. Every other game and route is ranked below.

Magcargo

13 shiny-huntable encounters

Best huntWalking in grass

Friend Safari Rock

Friend Safari Slot 2

12.6 hr

estimated time to shiny

Encounter rate: 33%
Shiny odds: 1/1365
Encounters: 4,136
Level: 30

#212.6 hr

Friend Safari Rock

Friend Safari Slot 2

Method: Walking in grass
Encounter rate: 33%
Shiny odds: 1/1365

#32.6 days

Stark Mountain Inside

Platinum

Method: Walking in grass
Encounter rate: 40%
Shiny odds: 1/8192

Poke Radar chaining can reach ~1/200 in grass patches.

#43.5 days

Stark Mountain Entrance

Diamond

Method: Walking in grass
Encounter rate: 30%
Shiny odds: 1/8192

#	Game	Location	Method	Rate	Shiny odds	Encounters	Est. time
1	X	Friend Safari Rock Friend Safari Slot 2	Walking in grassLv 30	33%	1/1365	4,136	12.6 hr
2	Y	Friend Safari Rock Friend Safari Slot 2	Walking in grassLv 30	33%	1/1365	4,136	12.6 hr
3	Platinum	Stark Mountain Inside	Walking in grassLv 53–55	40%	1/8192	20,480	2.6 days
4	Diamond	Stark Mountain Entrance	Walking in grassLv 55–56	30%	1/8192	27,307	3.5 days
5	Pearl	Stark Mountain Entrance	Walking in grassLv 55–56	30%	1/8192	27,307	3.5 days
6	Diamond	Stark Mountain Inside	Walking in grassLv 57–58	30%	1/8192	27,307	3.5 days
7	Pearl	Stark Mountain Inside	Walking in grassLv 57–58	30%	1/8192	27,307	3.5 days
8	Ultra Sun	Ultra Space Wilds Cave	Static encounter (soft reset)Lv 60	15%	1/1365	9,100	4.7 days
9	Ultra Moon	Ultra Space Wilds Cave	Static encounter (soft reset)Lv 60	15%	1/1365	9,100	4.7 days
10	Platinum	Stark Mountain Entrance	Walking in grassLv 54	20%	1/8192	40,960	5.2 days
11	XD: Gale of Darkness	Citadark Isle 3f	Snag battle (soft reset)Lv 38	100%	1/8192	8,192	8.5 days
12	FireRed	mt Ember B3f	Rock SmashLv 25–45	10%	1/8192	81,920	24.7 days
13	LeafGreen	mt Ember B3f	Rock SmashLv 25–45	10%	1/8192	81,920	24.7 days