To all the Pokemon fans out their hoping to start Pokemon Sword and Shield with a Shiny Grookey, prepare to be disappointed a recent datamine has revealed that it is impossible for the new starter Pokemon to be Shiny Pokemon dataminer Kaphotics uncovered many surprising things, including the fact that the starter Pokemon in Pokemon Sword and Shield (Grookey,Shiny Pokémon are extremely rare every time you encounter a Pokémon there is a 1 in 4096 chance it will be shiny (1/8192 in Generations 15) See this Pokébase question for more information This is the complete shinydex for Generation 8 (up to Sword/Shield/Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl/Legends Arceus), which shows the shiny version of the 905 Pokémon How the game decides if your encounter will be shiny is right before the encounter starts the game rolls your chance at the encounter being a shiny The base rate for Pokmeon Sword & Shield is 1 in 4096 (0024%) Can all Pokemon be shiny in Sword and Shield? Buy All Shiny Starters For...