Vanillite, the fresh snow Pokémon from Unova, can be found in the wild in Pokémon Go. Yes, Vanillite can be shiny in Pokémon Go!
Graphic: Julia Lee/Polygon | Source images: Niantic
This delicious-looking Pokémon wasn’t available shiny until the 2023 Winter Holiday event. As yummy as it looks, Vanillite and its older siblings do not see any use in any meta, PvP nor PvE.
As per old research by the now-defunct website The Silph Road (via Wayback Machine), the shiny rate for Pokémon on a regular day is approximately one in 500. Vanillite is not a confirmed Pokémon that gets a “permaboost” (meaning that it’s a rare spawn and thus gets a boosted shiny rate).
Not much, unfortunately. It appears to be random chance. Shiny Pokémon catch rates are set by developer Niantic, and they are typically only boosted during special events like Community Days or Safari Zones, or in Legendary Raids. There are no consumable items that boost shiny Pokémon rates.
LeekDuck keeps a list of currently available shiny Pokémon. It’s a helpful visual guide that illustrates what all of the existing shiny Pokémon look like.
For more tips, check out Polygon’s Pokémon Go guides.
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