A big, friendly reminder if you missed yesterday's advent that you can still complete it today! I was actually concerned since mine was marked as complete and I didn't do the interactions part but thankfully I was able to claim the item prize still.

So, who wants to exchange gifts? First 3 people for now, one each.

For those who haven't seen, I am doing a giveaway! Either check out my last feed message or check the #SharkStuff original message for more info!


Now nothing has been, or will be, taken out of that box between when that original message went up until after the winners have been selected and they've made their choices. BUT, that doesn't mean nothing can be ADDED to the box! I went through the Recovery Tool with the Event filter and picked out some released event mons that had nothing for the line in the box. So I've added a Crystal Aron, Easter Buneary, and a Pichu (Spiky-eared). The latter being from originally FIVE years ago. In case those interest anyone as a prize if they win. 😁


Again, contest ends on the 17th with the winners being selected on the 18th. Good luck!

I am feeling generous this year. So I'm doing what I think is my first giveaway ever. But what's the prize?

Anything you'd like from my Extras box. ANYTHING. Shinies, Mega Ables, Legends, even the Ditto. Some of this stuff I've held onto not knowing what I wanted to do with it, now I'm gonna do something with it.

So to enter, just reply to this feed message. You can reply with anything, but you may only reply once, if you reply multiple times your entry will be removed. I will have 3 winners from a randomized list of the names, and the first 3 names will be the winners. First name gets first pick of their prize, second name goes second, third name goes third.

This contest will end at the end of the 17th server time. So 23:59:59 on the 17th. The winners will be chosen on the 18th with random.org, and I will contact them to pick their prizes. Good luck! 😊

Spread the word with #SharkStuff if you want.

So I opened Scarlet for the first time in some time to do the Tinkatink outbreaks as I needed one for the full line.


First outbreak, didn't even get to the final message and one showed up. Had the Dawn Mark too which isn't even the boosted mark for the event.


Welp, back to Sword Shiny hunting. 😂 Currently jumping around 4 different hunts there. DAs for Cresselia, aura hunting Swirlix and Stufful while also Masuda hunting for Clobbopus, and then Fossil restoring for Dracozolt.

Ok, so I noticed an interesting error or wrong info in my Sword game. I decided to check my Trainer Card since I know in Scarlet and Violet it tells you how many Shiny Pokemon you found, and I wanted to see if this game did that too.

My card says I found 0. The 5 Shiny Pokemon in my boxes that I caught in this game beg to differ.


And even if we want to say the Dynamax Adventure Shinies somehow don't count, my Dunsparce and Stufful are from wild encounters. 😂

I think my plan for the new event is just to try to get one last Brute Bonnet in hopes of it being Shiny, then jump into a Shiny ice hunt for something with one stage like Cryogonal or something. And I can start saving eggs with my egg storage until then.

So I've been waiting for a rumble mon to return from Route 102 since it had a Retro Egg. I was just hoping for it to be Shiny regardless of if it's Poochyena, Zigzagoon, or Taillow.

Turns out it's a Retro Celebi egg.

PlzBeShiny.

I actually don't know if I've ever had a worse selection of Pokemon from actual people than the ones who just joined my Scarlet raid from online.


They brought an Eiscue, a Dragonite, and a Mewtwo. To a 5 Star Rock type Snorlax raid. Yes they died multiple times. I think EACH.

You received a Plushie from Sharktibolt!


It has been SOOOOO LOOOOOONG! Finally I have this one! 😁

So an update on the Dream World Giratina plushie per Riako's feed. It is supposed to be Origin form in the Dream World, Riako will fix it when he can as he is sick.

YES, second Iron Hands is a Shiny!

I just saw what the next Dream World distribution Plushie is.


Let me just say it is WILD to use the same Giratina Plushie for both Trick or Treat and Dream World, when there's another form that's only had I believe one release to date.

LET'S GOOOOO, I finally got a Shiny Retro from Trick or Treating!

Congratulations! A shiny Magby hatched out of one of your eggs (Chain #106)!


Let's go, #3 and done with the line, I can move on to the new Paradox mons!

Not gonna lie, I totally expected the next pair to be Scream Tail and Iron Bundle just because those are the next two you encounter in the games after the Donphan ones, but I'm TOTALLY fine with Brute Bonnet and Iron Hands as Iron Hands is probably my favorite Paradox mon.


Plus if we have two months to do this I don't see a need to stop/pause my hunt when I'm just one Shiny away from being done anyway. 🙂

I just had the strangest not-Shiny encounter in Scarlet.

I am at a Blitzle outbreak and am just auto-battling. My Pokemon suddenly refuses to attack one. So I look at it, and it looks normal. I try auto-battle a few more times, each time my Pokemon won't fight it. I look at it REALLY close but it still looks normal. But I save and encounter it.

There's no Shiny sparkle. It is just a regular Blitzle. So I just run, and THEN my Pokemon will now fight it. 😵

Congratulations! A shiny Magby hatched out of one of your eggs (Chain #46)!


Yo let's GO! I had enough powerorbs for one egg hatch and picked the right one! 🤣

Submission #1, 9 days ago:

You scored Rank #77 with 10 Hoenn Tonic(s). Good job!
You won 500 Festival Points!

Submission #2, today:

You scored Rank #81 with 15 Hoenn Tonic(s). Good job!
You won 750 Festival Points!


I think personally I'm really not a fan of the berry events. There's a lot of luck and time needed to get good results and I personally have neither. The stupid Drash Berry especially seemed to keep not levelling up.

Congratulations! A shiny Rattata hatched out of one of your eggs (Chain #137)!


Well, that's it for that hunt. Now do I jump into another one or just get lab eggs?