How to shiny hunt Silcoon.

The fastest known Silcoon shiny hunt is Walking in grass at Eterna Forest in Diamond — roughly 5.2 days of active hunting. Every other game and route is ranked below.

Silcoon

29 shiny-huntable encounters

Best huntWalking in grass

Eterna Forest

Diamond

Swarm no

5.2 days

estimated time to shiny

Encounter rate: 20%
Shiny odds: 1/8192
Encounters: 40,960
Level: 10

#210.4 days

Sinnoh Route 205 East Towards Eterna City

Platinum

Radar Off

Method: Walking in grass
Encounter rate: 10%
Shiny odds: 1/8192

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

#310.4 days

National Park

HeartGold

National Dex:: Bug Catching Contest; Thursday

Method: Walking in grass
Encounter rate: 10%
Shiny odds: 1/8192

#410.4 days

National Park

SoulSilver

National Dex:: Bug Catching Contest; Thursday

Method: Walking in grass
Encounter rate: 10%
Shiny odds: 1/8192

#	Game	Location	Method	Rate	Shiny odds	Encounters	Est. time
1	Diamond	Eterna Forest Swarm no	Walking in grassLv 10	20%	1/8192	40,960	5.2 days
2	Platinum	Sinnoh Route 205 East Towards Eterna City Radar Off	Walking in grassLv 14	10%	1/8192	81,920	10.4 days
3	HeartGold	National Park National Dex: Bug Catching Contest; Thursday	Walking in grassLv 24–36	10%	1/8192	81,920	10.4 days
4	SoulSilver	National Park National Dex: Bug Catching Contest; Thursday	Walking in grassLv 24–36	10%	1/8192	81,920	10.4 days
5	Ruby	Petalburg Woods	Walking in grassLv 5	10%	1/8192	81,920	10.4 days
6	Sapphire	Petalburg Woods	Walking in grassLv 5	10%	1/8192	81,920	10.4 days
7	Emerald	Petalburg Woods	Walking in grassLv 5	10%	1/8192	81,920	10.4 days
8	Platinum	Eterna Forest	Walking in grassLv 12	5%	1/8192	163,840	20.9 days
9	Diamond	Valley Windworks Honey Tree Group a	Honey treeLv 5–15	20%	1/8192	40,960	170.7 days
10	Diamond	Eterna Forest Honey Tree Group a	Honey treeLv 5–15	20%	1/8192	40,960	170.7 days
11	Diamond	Fuego Ironworks Honey Tree Group a	Honey treeLv 5–15	20%	1/8192	40,960	170.7 days
12	Diamond	Sinnoh Route 205 South Towards Floaroma Town Honey Tree Group a	Honey treeLv 5–15	20%	1/8192	40,960	170.7 days
13	Diamond	Sinnoh Route 205 East Towards Eterna City Honey Tree Group a	Honey treeLv 5–15	20%	1/8192	40,960	170.7 days
14	Diamond	Sinnoh Route 206 Honey Tree Group a	Honey treeLv 5–15	20%	1/8192	40,960	170.7 days
15	Diamond	Sinnoh Route 207 Honey Tree Group a	Honey treeLv 5–15	20%	1/8192	40,960	170.7 days
16	Diamond	Sinnoh Route 208 Honey Tree Group a	Honey treeLv 5–15	20%	1/8192	40,960	170.7 days
17	Diamond	Sinnoh Route 209 Honey Tree Group a	Honey treeLv 5–15	20%	1/8192	40,960	170.7 days
18	Diamond	Sinnoh Route 210 South Towards Solaceon Town Honey Tree Group a	Honey treeLv 5–15	20%	1/8192	40,960	170.7 days
19	Diamond	Sinnoh Route 210 West Towards Celestic Town Honey Tree Group a	Honey treeLv 5–15	20%	1/8192	40,960	170.7 days
20	Diamond	Sinnoh Route 211 East Towards Celestic Town Honey Tree Group a	Honey treeLv 5–15	20%	1/8192	40,960	170.7 days
21	Diamond	Sinnoh Route 212 North Towards Hearthome City Honey Tree Group a	Honey treeLv 5–15	20%	1/8192	40,960	170.7 days
22	Diamond	Sinnoh Route 212 East Towards Pastoria City Honey Tree Group a	Honey treeLv 5–15	20%	1/8192	40,960	170.7 days
23	Diamond	Sinnoh Route 213 Honey Tree Group a	Honey treeLv 5–15	20%	1/8192	40,960	170.7 days
24	Diamond	Sinnoh Route 214 Honey Tree Group a	Honey treeLv 5–15	20%	1/8192	40,960	170.7 days
25	Diamond	Sinnoh Route 215 Honey Tree Group a	Honey treeLv 5–15	20%	1/8192	40,960	170.7 days
26	Diamond	Sinnoh Route 218 Honey Tree Group a	Honey treeLv 5–15	20%	1/8192	40,960	170.7 days
27	Diamond	Sinnoh Route 221 Honey Tree Group a	Honey treeLv 5–15	20%	1/8192	40,960	170.7 days
28	Diamond	Sinnoh Route 222 Honey Tree Group a	Honey treeLv 5–15	20%	1/8192	40,960	170.7 days
29	Diamond	Floaroma Meadow Honey Tree Group a	Honey treeLv 5–15	20%	1/8192	40,960	170.7 days