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Where to Find Shiny Gyarados in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Who would’ve thought at first that the most useless Pokemon of all time would turn into the badass that is Gyarados? And do you know what’s even more badass? A blood-red Shiny Gyarados.

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The most obvious method of finding a Shiny Gyarados is encountering Gyarados in the wild until you come across a Shiny one.

If you want to make your job of getting Shiny Gyarados easy, then below is a list of places that you can fish for Gyarados in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl:

With the Good Rod

  • Great Marsh Area 1
  • Great Marsh Area 2
  • Great Marsh Area 3
  • Great Marsh Area 4
  • Great Marsh Area 6

With the Super Rod

  • Canalave City
  • Celestic Town
  • Eterna City
  • Fuego Ironworks
  • Great Marsh Area 1
  • Great Marsh Area 2
  • Great Marsh Area 3
  • Great Marsh Area 4
  • Great Marsh Area 6
  • Iron Island Outside
  • Lake Acuity
  • Lake Valor
  • Lake Verity After Galactic
  • Lake Verity Before Galactic
  • Mt. Coronet 4F
  • Mt. Coronet B1F
  • Oreburgh Gate B1F
  • Pastoria City
  • Pokemon League
  • Ravaged Path
  • Resort Area
  • Route 203
  • Route 204 North
  • Route 204 South
  • Route 205 North
  • Route 205 South
  • Route 208
  • Route 209
  • Route 210 South
  • Route 212 North
  • Route 212 South
  • Route 213
  • Route 214
  • Route 218
  • Route 219
  • Route 220
  • Route 221
  • Route 222
  • Route 223
  • Route 224
  • Route 225
  • Route 226
  • Route 227
  • Route 228
  • Route 229
  • Route 230
  • Sendoff Spring
  • Sunyshore City
  • Twinleaf Town
  • Valley Windworks
  • Victory Road B1F
  • Victory Road Nat Dex Area B1F

Keep in mind that when fishing for Gyarados in these areas, you will be using the base shiny odds of the game, which is 1/4096.

If you want to speed up the process of encountering a shiny Gyarados, you should first obtain the Shiny Charm to boost your base odds.

You can also breed your Gyarados with the Shiny Charm charm to obtain a shiny Magikarp that you can level up into a Shiny Gyarados, using breed techniques like the Masuda method to drastically speed up the process of hatching a Shiny Gyarados egg!

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