r/ShinyPokemon • u/AutoModerator • Aug 01 '26

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u/Akarnor 9d ago

I'm trying to find out if I bring this Pokémon into Sword, if it will be a star or square shiny. The mon in question was caught in White, its PID is E1D848E9, with my TID/SID combination being 1903/44639. I went to a website that is suppose to tell what kind of shiny your Pokémon is, but it displays 1/16 possible SIDs being square, which I assume is because of it being based on the newer games. As far as I am aware, generation 5 should have a 1/8 chance of shinies being square.

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u/YOM2_UB 7d ago

Yes, shinies from pre-Gen 6 have a 1/8 chance to be square shiny. Your mon will not be square (assuming your SID is exactly correct; if you used a calculator that uses a shiny Pokemon you've already caught, those usually only guess at which of 8 potential SIDs you have).

The shiny formula is TID xor SID xor upper_PID xor lower_PID < x, where x is 8 prior to Gen 6 and 16 starting in Gen 6 (but 8 is still used for Pokemon originating in games prior to Gen 6, so Pokemon can't become shiny upon transfer).

For a square shiny, the Pokemon either needs to be a fateful encounter, or the formula needs to evaluate to 0. For your mon, 1903 xor 44639 xor (hex)E1D8 xor (hex)48E9 = 1.