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.
The most obvious method of finding a Shiny Gyarados is encountering Gyarados in the wild until you come across a Shiny one.
If you want to make your job of getting Shiny Gyarados easy, then below is a list of places that you can fish for Gyarados in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl:
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!
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Where to Find Shiny Gyarados in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl