Picnic Shiny Farming Method: Picnic Recipes

Learn the Shiny Picnic Method in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet to maximize shiny Pokemon odds during mass outbreaks. Includes tips and a detailed odds chart.

This method uses the game’s own reset system to help you make the most of mass outbreaks. Below are the simple steps needed to farm shiny Pokemon using mass outbreaks and picnics to amplify your odds.

A few tips for this method are using methods to increase your odds of actually finding a shiny.

In addition, if you don’t like the available mass outbreaks on your map, you can move your Nintendo Switch clock forward a day in order to reset your mass outbreaks.

Mass Outbreaks are great for increasing your chance of finding Shinies!

Without increasing your odds of getting a Shiny Pokemon, you are looking at a 1/4096 odds of actually getting a shiny. To speed up this method, there are three things you can do:

• Get the Shiny Charm for filling the Paldea Pokedex.
• Making Sparkling Sandwiches using Herba Mystica.
• Defeat Pokemon during the mass outbreak.

You can combine all three of the methods above together to greatly increase your chance of finding a shiny Pokemon in the wild. Just make sure to save before starting each farming session in case something goes wrong and you need to reset to an earlier point.

Here is the chart that shows you the odds of catching a shiny Pokemon with each method.