The hunt for shiny Pokemon is equal parts vast and unforgiving. The reason people have created entire mathematic calculations for hunting these things is that you need to take advantage of every possible edge you can get just to find one. In Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, you’ve got a new edge to take advantage of: sandwiches! Here are all the shiny boost sandwich recipes in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet.
All Shiny Boost Sandwich Recipes in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet
While you’re out in the wild in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, you can settle down for a picnic with your Pokemon to get to know them better. You can play with them, clean them, and all that nice stuff, but the important part is the meal. At picnics, you can create sandwiches from ingredients sourced both from stores and in the wild that, when consumed, can confer all kinds of benefits.
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As it so happens, one of those benefits is a minor boost to rate at which shiny Pokemon appear in the wild! Specifically, there are different shiny boost sandwich recipes for every single type of Pokemon. For instance, if you were to eat a Steel-boosting sandwich, that’d improve the rate of shiny Steel types, while a Ghost-boosting sandwich would boost shiny Ghost types.
Sandwich Recipes
Here are the ingredients you’ll need to create each shiny boost sandwich:
- Normal: 1 Chorizo, 2 Salty Herba Mystica
- Fire: 1 Basil, 1 Sweet Herba Mystica, 1 Salty Herba Mystica
- Water: 1 Cucumber, 2 Salty Herba Mystica
- Grass: 1 Lettuce, 1 Salty Herba Mystica, 1 Sour Herba Mystica
- Flying: 1 Prosciutto, 2 Salty Herba Mystica
- Fighting: 1 Pickle, 2 Salty Herba Mystica
- Poison: 1 Noodles, 2 Salty Herba Mystica
- Electric: 1 Yellow Bell Pepper, 1 Salty Herba Mystica, 1 Spicy Herba Mystica
- Ground: 1 Ham, 2 Salty Herba Mystica
- Rock: 1 Jalapeno, 2 Salty Herba Mystica
- Psychic: 1 White Onion, 2 Salty Herba Mystica
- Ice: 1 Klawf Stick, 2 Salty Herba Mystica
- Bug: 1 Cherry Tomato, 2 Salty Herba Mystica
- Ghost: 1 Red Onion, 2 Salty Herba Mystica
- Steel: 1 Hamburger, 1 Sweet Herba Mystica, 1 Salty Herba Mystica
- Dragon: 1 Avocado, 2 Salty Herba Mystica
- Dark: 1 Smoked Filet, 1 Sweet Herba Mystica, 1 Salty Herba Mystica
- Fairy: 1 Tomato, 2 Salty Herba Mystica
Herba Mysticas, if you were wondering, are rare materials you can get by winning 5-star Raids. If the potential of powerful wild Pokemon didn’t incentivize you enough, consider the potential of shinies the cherry on top.
Eat the right sandwich for the right area, and you might just find yourself with a surplus of shinies! Is there anything sandwiches can’t do?
