Pokemon GO debuted Shiny Sandygast and Shiny Palossand with the 2024 Holiday Part 1 event. Events featuring Sandygast offer multiple ways to get the monster in the game. Some lucky players might get to encounter a Shiny Sandygast.
You can get Shiny Sandygast and Shiny Palossand from the start of the Pokemon GO Holiday Part 1 event on Tuesday, December 17, 2024, at 10 AM Local Time. Both the Standard and Shiny Sandygast share identical stats and maximum CP. Evolving a Shiny Sandygast can turn it into a Shiny Palossand, but there are requirements. That said, this guide details the best ways to get Shiny Sandygast and Shiny Palossand.
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Pokemon GO: Get Shiny Sandygast As A Wild Spawn
You can encounter wild Standard Sandygast and Shiny Sandygast in Pokemon GO during featured events. While there is no fixed method for a guaranteed Shiny encounter, matching the monster’s Shiny odds might help. The more wild Sandygast you encounter, the quicker Shiny Sandygast might spawn.
Different Pokemon GO items can increase the frequency of wild Sandygast spawns. The in-game elements are Lure Modules, Incense, and the Weather Boost effect. Systematical use of these elements during events featuring Sandygast can notably increase its wild spawn rate.
- Sandygast’s Weather Boost triggers in places with foggy and sunny weather.
- Find a PokeStop with foggy and sunny weather.
- Attach a Lure Module to that PokeStop.
- Activate a Pokemon GO Incense and walk around the Lure Module’s area of effect.
This strategy can stack their effects and significantly boost the wild Sandygast spawn rate, which might help match its Shiny odds.
Pokemon GO: Get Shiny Sandygast By Winning Raids
Sandygast comes as a 1-Star Raid Boss during featured Pokemon GO events. Winning against it rewards a Sandygast encounter; there is a chance of it being a Shiny Sandygast. Since the Raid Boss is a dual Ghost and Ground-type Pokemon, you need monsters with powerful Dark, Ghost, Grass, Ice, and Water-type moves.
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Sandygast Counters |
Fast Move |
Charged Move |
|---|---|---|
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Dawn Wings Necrozma |
Psycho Cut (Psychic-type) |
Moongeist Beam (Ghost-type) |
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Sky Forme Shaymin |
Magical Leaf (Grass-type) |
Grass Knot (Grass-type) |
|
Zarude |
Vine Whip (Grass-type) |
Power Whip (Grass-type) |
|
Kartana |
Razor Leaf (Grass-type) |
Leaf Blade (Grass-type) |
|
Yveltal |
Snarl (Dark-type) |
Dark Pulse (Dark-type) |
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Pokemon GO: Get Shiny Sandygast By Completing Research Tasks
In-game events featuring Sandygast bring it as a Research task completion reward. Those who complete the 2024 Holiday (Part 1) Research tasks get a guaranteed Sandygast encounter. There is a chance that a Pokemon GO Shiny Sandygast might spawn instead of a Standard variant.
Pokemon GO: How To Get Shiny Palossand
Once you catch a Shiny Sandygast, you can then evolve it. Evolving a Shiny Sandygast into a Shiny Palossand costs you 50 Candy. You can fulfill the Pokemon GO Candy requirement by catching/transferring several Sandygast, using it as the Buddy Pokemon, and more.
