Pokémon Ultra Moon Shiny Hunting Guide
The best shiny hunting methods, odds, locations, setup, and game-specific targets for Pokémon Ultra Moon.
Pokémon Ultra Moon shiny odds at a glance
Quoted rates apply only under the conditions named here. A better rate changes the probability of each check; it never guarantees a shiny after a fixed number of encounters.
Setup for the recommended method
- Practice the Ultra Warp Ride controls and collect orange energy to maintain speed.
- Aim for long distances and portals with more rings; the rarest blooming portals offer the best non-legendary odds.
- After arriving in an eligible non-legendary world, save before walking into the encounter area so a shiny can be recovered after a failed catch.
How to shiny hunt in Pokémon Ultra Moon
1. Start the loop
Travel as far as practical and choose the rarest portal you can reach reliably.
2. Create the next check
Land, save, then enter the grass to reveal whether the resident non-legendary Pokémon is shiny.
3. Finish safely
If it is not shiny, leave and complete another ride; resetting the same arrival does not reroll shininess. If it is shiny, the arrival save protects another catch attempt.
Best places to shiny hunt
Ultra Space Wilds
Eligible non-legendary shinies scale from a 1% floor to as high as 36% with distance and portal rarity.
Alola SOS routes
SOS remains the better targeted method for species outside the wormhole pools.
Best Pokémon Ultra Moon targets
Use rare deep wormholes for boosted non-legendaries, then SOS or breed for Ultra Moon targets such as Oranguru.
Other methods worth using
SOS chaining
A 31-plus chain reaches about 1 in 315 without the Charm or 1 in 273 with it.
Masuda Method
Use different-language parents for targets unavailable through wormholes or reliable SOS calls.
Common mistakes and game-specific warnings
- The 36% maximum applies only to eligible non-legendary residents, not legendary Pokémon or Ultra Beasts.
- For non-legendaries, shininess is determined when the world is generated; reloading a save made after arrival preserves the same shiny or non-shiny result.
Sources and review notes
DraftCenter compares mechanics references and avoids presenting rounded community shorthand as a guarantee. Game updates, language versions, downloadable content, and shiny locks can change which method applies. See our editorial standards or report a correction there.