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[@Sibuna_Switch](/creator/twitter/Sibuna_Switch)
"In Legends: Z-A every Pokmon is generated with a new cryptosecure seed. This means there is no opportunity to manipulate the RNG like we were able to do in Legends: Arceus to select for shinies e.g. with permutations"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Sibuna_Switch/status/1978526956875399567) [@Sibuna_Switch](/creator/x/Sibuna_Switch) 2025-10-15T18:22Z 27.3K followers, 111K engagements


"LZA has special behavior to keep shiny Pokmon from despawning This looks to be intentional. The game stashes up to XX shiny Pokmon and keeps them from despawning if you leave the area. Essentially nonshinies are rerolled but shinies are not as you can see here in this clip"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Sibuna_Switch/status/1978821040026329409) [@Sibuna_Switch](/creator/x/Sibuna_Switch) 2025-10-16T13:51Z 27.3K followers, 936.3K engagements


"@ShinyGlaceon3 What zone is this I'm not familiar with the area to know how many fixed alphas are there"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Sibuna_Switch/status/1979252102162514105) [@Sibuna_Switch](/creator/x/Sibuna_Switch) 2025-10-17T18:24Z 27.3K followers, 2108 engagements


"@AugustLaveau @LuPuMu tbh I would hunt shinies AFK just to spite people who want to be elitist about it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Sibuna_Switch/status/1978844211802747382) [@Sibuna_Switch](/creator/x/Sibuna_Switch) 2025-10-16T15:23Z 27K followers, XX engagements


"@Erurudite Pokmon can only spawn in a fixed radius around the player. They are not spawning across the map. If you hit XX stashed shiny Pokmon and find another shiny Pokmon older stashed ones will be replaced"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Sibuna_Switch/status/1979261655826506039) [@Sibuna_Switch](/creator/x/Sibuna_Switch) 2025-10-17T19:02Z 27.1K followers, XXX engagements


"@DarkKrimson I think a lot of people have not tried anything before asking me to explain but there are also videos out there by people who did do testing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Sibuna_Switch/status/1979292125117431883) [@Sibuna_Switch](/creator/x/Sibuna_Switch) 2025-10-17T21:03Z 27.2K followers, 1544 engagements


"Amendment to my original tweet and also to clarify questions people were asking about what if you hit your limit. Once you fill up your shiny storage of XX Pokmon you can still find additional shiny Pokmon but the game will not store them anymore"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Sibuna_Switch/status/1979935128106189305) [@Sibuna_Switch](/creator/x/Sibuna_Switch) 2025-10-19T15:38Z 27.1K followers, 31.3K engagements


"@oshigoto_0529 I made an amendment to my original answer: If you find XX shiny Pokmon and fill up your storage you can still find additional shiny Pokmon but the game will not store them anymore"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Sibuna_Switch/status/1979936961147154914) [@Sibuna_Switch](/creator/x/Sibuna_Switch) 2025-10-19T15:45Z 27.1K followers, XXX engagements


"And no a shiny Pokmon despawning because you scared it doesn't mean you have XX shinies elsewhere on the map. It means you need to git gud"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Sibuna_Switch/status/1979941478676726129) [@Sibuna_Switch](/creator/x/Sibuna_Switch) 2025-10-19T16:03Z 27.1K followers, 2937 engagements


"It is worth noting that in SWSH Eternal Flower Floette was under the "Legendary" category which combined Legendary + Mythical. It was removed entirely in SV and is still absent in LZA. SWSH: SV: LZA:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Sibuna_Switch/status/1978523035041775832) [@Sibuna_Switch](/creator/x/Sibuna_Switch) 2025-10-15T18:07Z 27.3K followers, 12.2K engagements


"@Erurudite An amendment to my previous answer: Pokmon can only spawn in a fixed radius around the player. They are not spawning across the map. If you hit XX stashed shiny Pokmon and find another shiny Pokmon older stashed ones will NOT be replaced"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Sibuna_Switch/status/1979936339194782092) [@Sibuna_Switch](/creator/x/Sibuna_Switch) 2025-10-19T15:43Z 27.3K followers, XXX engagements


"@RexProfessor Is it possible the Pokmon in the lab are too far away to be spawned in and stashed So far we definitely have evidence of overwriting from different parties"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Sibuna_Switch/status/1980071531150762334) [@Sibuna_Switch](/creator/x/Sibuna_Switch) 2025-10-20T00:40Z 27.3K followers, XXX engagements


"For the people pestering for shiny rates/locks I will be looking into them because I think sharing them for the community is more important than my work being stolen for clout/attention/profit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Sibuna_Switch/status/1978488799694110777) [@Sibuna_Switch](/creator/x/Sibuna_Switch) 2025-10-15T15:51Z 27.3K followers, 16K engagements


"Three of the Mega Stones look to be future Mystery Gift distribution events The Side Mission data is currently available in game but can't be triggered without the event gift🎁 Both lead to encounters where you can capture special Pokmon with your OT. They cannot be shiny 👀📸"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Sibuna_Switch/status/1978558090162151580) [@Sibuna_Switch](/creator/x/Sibuna_Switch) 2025-10-15T20:26Z 27.3K followers, 83.9K engagements


"@k2basior 70"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Sibuna_Switch/status/1978583970682974624) [@Sibuna_Switch](/creator/x/Sibuna_Switch) 2025-10-15T22:09Z 27.3K followers, 3928 engagements


"Here are your shiny rates for Legends: Z-A version 1.0.1 Similar to Legends: Arceus the Shiny Charm is a little stronger at +3 shiny rolls instead of +2 like in other games. I'm sure full odds hunters are glad to know that it's very hard to accidentally boost the shiny rates"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Sibuna_Switch/status/1978816201141723357) [@Sibuna_Switch](/creator/x/Sibuna_Switch) 2025-10-16T13:32Z 27.3K followers, 219.9K engagements


"This doesn't stop you from scaring away a shiny Pokmon however. I recommend that you stop and manually save the moment you see a shiny. If you fail to catch it you can also try the backup save to see if it's still present (DUP + X + B on title screen)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Sibuna_Switch/status/1978821042236711266) [@Sibuna_Switch](/creator/x/Sibuna_Switch) 2025-10-16T13:51Z 27.3K followers, 67.4K engagements


"Fellow rare ball fans the Master Ball and Apriballs are available in the Infinite Z-A Royale postgame. This is fairly grindy. The game decides the rewards in advance for the next battle so no save scumming. Safari Sport Dream and Beast Ball are nowhere to be seen sorry"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Sibuna_Switch/status/1978838694711677194) [@Sibuna_Switch](/creator/x/Sibuna_Switch) 2025-10-16T15:01Z 27.3K followers, 50.9K engagements


"Guess we'll have to see if the ones that aren't naturally found in game are all released through ranked"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Sibuna_Switch/status/1978839805623410688) [@Sibuna_Switch](/creator/x/Sibuna_Switch) 2025-10-16T15:05Z 27.3K followers, 14.3K engagements


"As far as I am aware no"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Sibuna_Switch/status/1978843237319053789) [@Sibuna_Switch](/creator/x/Sibuna_Switch) 2025-10-16T15:19Z 27.3K followers, 30.7K engagements


"I'm getting many questions about how to reset spawns in LZA. This kind of question is easy to test in-game and hard to datamine so I'm leaving it to the community to test it out and share their findings. You can monitor spawns by watching their levels genders and alpha-ness"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Sibuna_Switch/status/1979183660713521424) [@Sibuna_Switch](/creator/x/Sibuna_Switch) 2025-10-17T13:52Z 27.3K followers, 23.3K engagements


"Simply try an action such as flying or leaving a Wild Zone and see if spawns changed. You guys are many and I am one person. Together you can find this kind of stuff out way faster than I can Feel free to share your findings on this post for others to look at"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Sibuna_Switch/status/1979183661967659077) [@Sibuna_Switch](/creator/x/Sibuna_Switch) 2025-10-17T13:52Z 27.3K followers, 8368 engagements


"Pokmon spawns have a random chance to become alpha but they are tied to an activation condition that mentions "momiji" which is Mable's internal name. My question for the community is "Do you have to complete a zone's survey task for random alphas to start appearing there""  
[X Link](https://x.com/Sibuna_Switch/status/1979196759818531104) [@Sibuna_Switch](/creator/x/Sibuna_Switch) 2025-10-17T14:44Z 27.3K followers, 83.7K engagements


"This would make sense to me since a Pokmon first appearing as alpha would be harder to catch due to the 0.5x alpha penalty and the rank-level penalty. Please let me know if you have observed alphas before/after completing these survey tasks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Sibuna_Switch/status/1979196762125398108) [@Sibuna_Switch](/creator/x/Sibuna_Switch) 2025-10-17T14:44Z 27.3K followers, 15K engagements


"As another note the Ralts Mystery Gift data has the Classic Ribbon and the game even checks for it when you claim the gift. However the ribbon is not set on the Pokmon when it is created"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Sibuna_Switch/status/1979617582966526401) [@Sibuna_Switch](/creator/x/Sibuna_Switch) 2025-10-18T18:36Z 27.3K followers, 6717 engagements


"@flp_91 No when I say there is no ribbon I don't mean that it doesn't show up. I mean there is no flag on the Pokmon data to suggest it has any ribbons"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Sibuna_Switch/status/1979661542309462405) [@Sibuna_Switch](/creator/x/Sibuna_Switch) 2025-10-18T21:31Z 27.3K followers, XXX engagements


"@theSupremeRk9s I have X shinies from running through the game all this time and a shiny Spinarak in my save file's shiny stash that I can't find. IMO AFK shiny hunting is interesting if the goal is owning the Pokmon in the same way that a toaster is interesting if you just want some toast"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Sibuna_Switch/status/1979739856814448859) [@Sibuna_Switch](/creator/x/Sibuna_Switch) 2025-10-19T02:42Z 27.3K followers, 3954 engagements


"Many videos show that this mechanic is resistant to player KO flying sleeping rebooting etc. There is only room to store XX uncaught shiny Pokmon. If your entire uncaught shiny storage is filled you'll still encounter shiny Pokmon but they will no longer be stored"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Sibuna_Switch/status/1979934641894121688) [@Sibuna_Switch](/creator/x/Sibuna_Switch) 2025-10-19T15:36Z 27.3K followers, 59.5K engagements


"This concept of how the shiny stash overflow works is wrong. I definitely see the game erasing older saved spawns to store new ones. I suspect the issue is what exactly triggers stashing which needs manual testing. For now you should catch your shinies"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Sibuna_Switch/status/1979985372558848401) [@Sibuna_Switch](/creator/x/Sibuna_Switch) 2025-10-19T18:57Z 27.3K followers, 24.5K engagements


"@OffShinies Falls under this iow community testing is way faster than me trying to find it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Sibuna_Switch/status/1980020496344252606) [@Sibuna_Switch](/creator/x/Sibuna_Switch) 2025-10-19T21:17Z 27.3K followers, XXX engagements


"In Legends: Z-A the arrows next to a Pokmon indicate its estimated chance of capture Here's how to read it: 80-100% = X 50-79.9% = X 20-49.9% = X 0-19.9% = X You may notice it changes when a Pokmon turns around and becomes eligible for back strike bonus. Modeled by Flabb"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Sibuna_Switch/status/1980113345727299900) [@Sibuna_Switch](/creator/x/Sibuna_Switch) 2025-10-20T03:26Z 27.3K followers, 168.4K engagements


"@alexpiney @RexProfessor Are you saying you had free space in the shiny storage and the teleporter still didn't give you a shiny after X hours This would make me think you either had bad luck or all spawns are out of reach"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Sibuna_Switch/status/1980160800880029751) [@Sibuna_Switch](/creator/x/Sibuna_Switch) 2025-10-20T06:34Z 27.3K followers, XXX engagements


"@alexpiney @RexProfessor It's also possible that there aren't a lot of spawns compared to wild zones so it takes much longer to get a shiny and a few hours is too soon to believe it's not working"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Sibuna_Switch/status/1980169817739964572) [@Sibuna_Switch](/creator/x/Sibuna_Switch) 2025-10-20T07:10Z 27.3K followers, XXX engagements


"@Blacephalussy It's not really a random exception because the description even says it's for wild Pokmon and fossils/trades in past games like SWSH were always unaffected"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Sibuna_Switch/status/1980272400617951568) [@Sibuna_Switch](/creator/x/Sibuna_Switch) 2025-10-20T13:58Z 27.3K followers, XXX engagements

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@Sibuna_Switch "In Legends: Z-A every Pokmon is generated with a new cryptosecure seed. This means there is no opportunity to manipulate the RNG like we were able to do in Legends: Arceus to select for shinies e.g. with permutations"
X Link @Sibuna_Switch 2025-10-15T18:22Z 27.3K followers, 111K engagements

"LZA has special behavior to keep shiny Pokmon from despawning This looks to be intentional. The game stashes up to XX shiny Pokmon and keeps them from despawning if you leave the area. Essentially nonshinies are rerolled but shinies are not as you can see here in this clip"
X Link @Sibuna_Switch 2025-10-16T13:51Z 27.3K followers, 936.3K engagements

"@ShinyGlaceon3 What zone is this I'm not familiar with the area to know how many fixed alphas are there"
X Link @Sibuna_Switch 2025-10-17T18:24Z 27.3K followers, 2108 engagements

"@AugustLaveau @LuPuMu tbh I would hunt shinies AFK just to spite people who want to be elitist about it"
X Link @Sibuna_Switch 2025-10-16T15:23Z 27K followers, XX engagements

"@Erurudite Pokmon can only spawn in a fixed radius around the player. They are not spawning across the map. If you hit XX stashed shiny Pokmon and find another shiny Pokmon older stashed ones will be replaced"
X Link @Sibuna_Switch 2025-10-17T19:02Z 27.1K followers, XXX engagements

"@DarkKrimson I think a lot of people have not tried anything before asking me to explain but there are also videos out there by people who did do testing"
X Link @Sibuna_Switch 2025-10-17T21:03Z 27.2K followers, 1544 engagements

"Amendment to my original tweet and also to clarify questions people were asking about what if you hit your limit. Once you fill up your shiny storage of XX Pokmon you can still find additional shiny Pokmon but the game will not store them anymore"
X Link @Sibuna_Switch 2025-10-19T15:38Z 27.1K followers, 31.3K engagements

"@oshigoto_0529 I made an amendment to my original answer: If you find XX shiny Pokmon and fill up your storage you can still find additional shiny Pokmon but the game will not store them anymore"
X Link @Sibuna_Switch 2025-10-19T15:45Z 27.1K followers, XXX engagements

"And no a shiny Pokmon despawning because you scared it doesn't mean you have XX shinies elsewhere on the map. It means you need to git gud"
X Link @Sibuna_Switch 2025-10-19T16:03Z 27.1K followers, 2937 engagements

"It is worth noting that in SWSH Eternal Flower Floette was under the "Legendary" category which combined Legendary + Mythical. It was removed entirely in SV and is still absent in LZA. SWSH: SV: LZA:"
X Link @Sibuna_Switch 2025-10-15T18:07Z 27.3K followers, 12.2K engagements

"@Erurudite An amendment to my previous answer: Pokmon can only spawn in a fixed radius around the player. They are not spawning across the map. If you hit XX stashed shiny Pokmon and find another shiny Pokmon older stashed ones will NOT be replaced"
X Link @Sibuna_Switch 2025-10-19T15:43Z 27.3K followers, XXX engagements

"@RexProfessor Is it possible the Pokmon in the lab are too far away to be spawned in and stashed So far we definitely have evidence of overwriting from different parties"
X Link @Sibuna_Switch 2025-10-20T00:40Z 27.3K followers, XXX engagements

"For the people pestering for shiny rates/locks I will be looking into them because I think sharing them for the community is more important than my work being stolen for clout/attention/profit"
X Link @Sibuna_Switch 2025-10-15T15:51Z 27.3K followers, 16K engagements

"Three of the Mega Stones look to be future Mystery Gift distribution events The Side Mission data is currently available in game but can't be triggered without the event gift🎁 Both lead to encounters where you can capture special Pokmon with your OT. They cannot be shiny 👀📸"
X Link @Sibuna_Switch 2025-10-15T20:26Z 27.3K followers, 83.9K engagements

"@k2basior 70"
X Link @Sibuna_Switch 2025-10-15T22:09Z 27.3K followers, 3928 engagements

"Here are your shiny rates for Legends: Z-A version 1.0.1 Similar to Legends: Arceus the Shiny Charm is a little stronger at +3 shiny rolls instead of +2 like in other games. I'm sure full odds hunters are glad to know that it's very hard to accidentally boost the shiny rates"
X Link @Sibuna_Switch 2025-10-16T13:32Z 27.3K followers, 219.9K engagements

"This doesn't stop you from scaring away a shiny Pokmon however. I recommend that you stop and manually save the moment you see a shiny. If you fail to catch it you can also try the backup save to see if it's still present (DUP + X + B on title screen)"
X Link @Sibuna_Switch 2025-10-16T13:51Z 27.3K followers, 67.4K engagements

"Fellow rare ball fans the Master Ball and Apriballs are available in the Infinite Z-A Royale postgame. This is fairly grindy. The game decides the rewards in advance for the next battle so no save scumming. Safari Sport Dream and Beast Ball are nowhere to be seen sorry"
X Link @Sibuna_Switch 2025-10-16T15:01Z 27.3K followers, 50.9K engagements

"Guess we'll have to see if the ones that aren't naturally found in game are all released through ranked"
X Link @Sibuna_Switch 2025-10-16T15:05Z 27.3K followers, 14.3K engagements

"As far as I am aware no"
X Link @Sibuna_Switch 2025-10-16T15:19Z 27.3K followers, 30.7K engagements

"I'm getting many questions about how to reset spawns in LZA. This kind of question is easy to test in-game and hard to datamine so I'm leaving it to the community to test it out and share their findings. You can monitor spawns by watching their levels genders and alpha-ness"
X Link @Sibuna_Switch 2025-10-17T13:52Z 27.3K followers, 23.3K engagements

"Simply try an action such as flying or leaving a Wild Zone and see if spawns changed. You guys are many and I am one person. Together you can find this kind of stuff out way faster than I can Feel free to share your findings on this post for others to look at"
X Link @Sibuna_Switch 2025-10-17T13:52Z 27.3K followers, 8368 engagements

"Pokmon spawns have a random chance to become alpha but they are tied to an activation condition that mentions "momiji" which is Mable's internal name. My question for the community is "Do you have to complete a zone's survey task for random alphas to start appearing there""
X Link @Sibuna_Switch 2025-10-17T14:44Z 27.3K followers, 83.7K engagements

"This would make sense to me since a Pokmon first appearing as alpha would be harder to catch due to the 0.5x alpha penalty and the rank-level penalty. Please let me know if you have observed alphas before/after completing these survey tasks"
X Link @Sibuna_Switch 2025-10-17T14:44Z 27.3K followers, 15K engagements

"As another note the Ralts Mystery Gift data has the Classic Ribbon and the game even checks for it when you claim the gift. However the ribbon is not set on the Pokmon when it is created"
X Link @Sibuna_Switch 2025-10-18T18:36Z 27.3K followers, 6717 engagements

"@flp_91 No when I say there is no ribbon I don't mean that it doesn't show up. I mean there is no flag on the Pokmon data to suggest it has any ribbons"
X Link @Sibuna_Switch 2025-10-18T21:31Z 27.3K followers, XXX engagements

"@theSupremeRk9s I have X shinies from running through the game all this time and a shiny Spinarak in my save file's shiny stash that I can't find. IMO AFK shiny hunting is interesting if the goal is owning the Pokmon in the same way that a toaster is interesting if you just want some toast"
X Link @Sibuna_Switch 2025-10-19T02:42Z 27.3K followers, 3954 engagements

"Many videos show that this mechanic is resistant to player KO flying sleeping rebooting etc. There is only room to store XX uncaught shiny Pokmon. If your entire uncaught shiny storage is filled you'll still encounter shiny Pokmon but they will no longer be stored"
X Link @Sibuna_Switch 2025-10-19T15:36Z 27.3K followers, 59.5K engagements

"This concept of how the shiny stash overflow works is wrong. I definitely see the game erasing older saved spawns to store new ones. I suspect the issue is what exactly triggers stashing which needs manual testing. For now you should catch your shinies"
X Link @Sibuna_Switch 2025-10-19T18:57Z 27.3K followers, 24.5K engagements

"@OffShinies Falls under this iow community testing is way faster than me trying to find it"
X Link @Sibuna_Switch 2025-10-19T21:17Z 27.3K followers, XXX engagements

"In Legends: Z-A the arrows next to a Pokmon indicate its estimated chance of capture Here's how to read it: 80-100% = X 50-79.9% = X 20-49.9% = X 0-19.9% = X You may notice it changes when a Pokmon turns around and becomes eligible for back strike bonus. Modeled by Flabb"
X Link @Sibuna_Switch 2025-10-20T03:26Z 27.3K followers, 168.4K engagements

"@alexpiney @RexProfessor Are you saying you had free space in the shiny storage and the teleporter still didn't give you a shiny after X hours This would make me think you either had bad luck or all spawns are out of reach"
X Link @Sibuna_Switch 2025-10-20T06:34Z 27.3K followers, XXX engagements

"@alexpiney @RexProfessor It's also possible that there aren't a lot of spawns compared to wild zones so it takes much longer to get a shiny and a few hours is too soon to believe it's not working"
X Link @Sibuna_Switch 2025-10-20T07:10Z 27.3K followers, XXX engagements

"@Blacephalussy It's not really a random exception because the description even says it's for wild Pokmon and fossils/trades in past games like SWSH were always unaffected"
X Link @Sibuna_Switch 2025-10-20T13:58Z 27.3K followers, XXX engagements

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