Pokemon GO is featuring Charmander and its evolutions for the Community Day Classic event. The monster is a regular feature and has appeared in multiple past events. The lizard-like Pokemon’s Shiny variant has been available for years, and featured events boost its spawn rate, further helping to encounter Shiny Charmander.
Pokemon GO players have multiple ways of acquiring Shiny monsters, either in the wild, through raids, by completing Research tasks, or through other methods. Every monster has a Shiny spawn rate, and players must catch up with the odds for a Shiny to spawn. While some events offer Shiny encounters with boosted original variant’s spawn rates, the Shiny encounter is still not guaranteed. That said, this guide explores how to acquire Shiny Charmander, Shiny Charmeleon, and Shiny Charizard.
Pokemon GO: How to get Shiny Charmander
The solo Fire-type Charmander is one of the Pokemon GO starter monsters, and players can get it through regular events or as a wild spawn. The monster and its evolutions fall under some of the franchise's most loved and famous Pokemon. Primarily due to the love-hate relationship it developed with the protagonist Ash Ketchum in the series.
Regarding its Shiny variant, although the monster abundantly spawns in the wild, encountering a Shiny Charmander is challenging. The original variant's spawn rate gets a dramatic boost on occasions featuring it, such as the recent Community Day Classic event. These events serve as an excellent opportunity to hunt Shiny Charmander.
One needs to catch up to its Shiny spawn rate; the chances to encounter its Shiny variant increase when Charmander spawns at a high rate. There are multiple ways to improve its wild spawn rate.
Pokemon GO players can use the Weather Boost function to achieve this feat. Since Charmander’s spawn rate increases in sunny weather, one can Shiny hunt in areas with such weather conditions.
There are also Pokemon GO items like Lure Modules and Incense that can boost Pokemon spawn rate. To use them effectively, attach a Lure Module to a PokeStop or Gym during sunny weather conditions and activate an Incense while walking around the area.
This method stacks the effects of these items upon the weather boost function and works even well when Charmander is a featured monster in a Pokemon GO event. The already increased spawn rate gets a further boost with this strategy, helping players to catch up to its Shiny spawn rate.
How to get Shiny Charmeleon and Shiny Charizard in Pokemon GO
The only way to get a Shiny Charmeleon is to catch a Shiny Charmander first and evolve it into a Shiny Charmeleon. Players must collect 25 Pokemon GO Candy to initiate the Shiny evolution process.
Like Shiny Charmeleon, one can only obtain Shiny Charizard through evolution. Evolving a Shiny Charmeleon into a Shiny Charizard requires 100 Charmander Candy. Players can get the required Candy from Research tasks or by catching numerous Charmander. Pokemon GO events like the Charmander Community Day Classic offer various ways to get Charmander and also reward Charizard Mega Energy upon participation.
Players can also Mega Evolve their Shiny Charizard into a Shiny Mega Charizard. The Pokemon GO Mega Evolution has two separate options: Shiny Mega Charizard X and Shiny Mega Charizard Y. These Mega Evolutions have distinct maximum combat power, stats, and attribute types.
Pokemon GO is available now for iOS and Android mobile devices.