Look at that beast!

Where to Find Shiny Gyarados in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Yash Nair

Published: Dec 3, 2021 09:17 am

Who would’ve thought at first that the most useless Pokemon of all time would turn into the badass that is Gyarados? And do you know what’s even more badass? A blood-red Shiny Gyarados.

With the Good Rod

Great Marsh Area 1
Great Marsh Area 2
Great Marsh Area 3
Great Marsh Area 4
Great Marsh Area 6

With the Super Rod

Canalave City
Celestic Town
Eterna City
Fuego Ironworks
Great Marsh Area 1
Great Marsh Area 2
Great Marsh Area 3
Great Marsh Area 4
Great Marsh Area 6
Iron Island Outside

Lake Acuity
Lake Valor
Lake Verity After Galactic
Lake Verity Before Galactic
Mt. Coronet 4F
Mt. Coronet B1F
Oreburgh Gate B1F
Pastoria City
Pokemon League
Ravaged Path

Resort Area
Route 203
Route 204 North
Route 204 South
Route 205 North
Route 205 South
Route 208
Route 209
Route 210 South
Route 212 North

Route 212 South
Route 213
Route 214
Route 218
Route 219
Route 220
Route 221
Route 222
Route 223
Route 224

Route 225
Route 226
Route 227
Route 228
Route 229
Route 230
Sendoff Spring
Sunyshore City
Twinleaf Town
Valley Windworks
Victory Road B1F
Victory Road Nat Dex Area B1F

Keep in mind that when fishing for Gyarados in these areas, you will be using the base shiny odds of the game, which is 1/4096.

If you want to speed up the process of encountering a shiny Gyarados, you should first obtain the Shiny Charm to boost your base odds.

You can also breed your Gyarados with the Shiny Charm charm to obtain a shiny Magikarp that you can level up into a Shiny Gyarados, using breed techniques like the Masuda method to drastically speed up the process of hatching a Shiny Gyarados egg!