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Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl (BDSP)
How to Get Shiny Statues
✬ Pokemon HOME Dex Completion Shiny Rewards:
┗ Meloetta | Manaphy | Enamorus | Keldeo | Meltan
☆ All Maps & Pokemon Locations
★ Best Battle Tower Team (100 Win Streak!)
☆ How to Complete the National Dex
★ Tier List and Movesets for Online Battle
Get Shiny Statues by digging up Gorgeous Stone Boxes in the Grand Underground. Read on to learn what are Shiny Statues, what do Shiny Statues do, and how to get Gorgeous Stone Boxes in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl (BDSP).
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How to Get Shiny Statues
Collect 40 Digletts to Increase Rate
Collecting 40 pink sparkles causes a message to appear on the top right of the screen that says: Something good may happen in the Grand Underground!
This starts an effect that gives a 100% chance to dig up a Gorgeous Stone Box that contains a Shiny Statue!
Effect Lasts for Around 4 Minutes
This dig chance bonus lasts for around 4 minutes before it expires. During this time, you can get up to 6 Gorgeous Stone Boxes if you act quickly. Once the timer starts, quickly run around to find the closest digging spots and refresh them when they run out by entering and exiting Hideaways.
Digging in Grand Underground
You obtain shiny Statues by digging out Gorgeous Stone Boxes in the Grand Underground.
Press the R Button to search for yellow digging spots on the walls. Once you find a digging spot, press A to start digging!
What Does a Gorgeous Stone Box Look Like?
| Stone Box Comparison | |
|---|---|
 (Normal-type) |
 (Ghost-type) |
Gorgeous Stone Boxes have a purple or violet color scheme with glowing patterns decorating its sides. In contrast, Pretty Stone Boxes have a brown color scheme. Both boxes have a symbol engraved on the lid that denotes the type of Pokemon statue you'll find inside.
Digging for Treasures and Spheres
What are Shiny Statues?
| Statue Comparison | |
|---|---|
 |
 |
Shiny Statues are statues of Pokemon that are colored a shiny green instead of the regular grey. They also have a more considerable effect on the appearance rate of Pokemon types in Hideaways compared to regular Statues.
Pokemon BDSP Related Guides
Grand Underground Guides
| Grand Underground Maps & Data | |
|---|---|
| All Underground Pokemon | Grand Underground Map: Items & NPC Locations |
| Grand Underground Guides | |
| Pokemon Hideaways | Underground Man Missions |
| List of Statues and Effects | How to Get Shiny Statues |
| Digging for Treasure | All Treasures and Appearance Rates |
| How to Make a Secret Base | How to Find Diglett |
| Sphere Trader Locations | List of Spheres |
| List of Pedestals | |
| Removed Features | |
| Capture the Flag | Traps |
| Decorations | |
Grand Underground Pokemon Locations
| Hideaways and List of Pokemon | ||
|---|---|---|
 Fountainspring Cave  |
 Stargleam Cavern(Various types) |
 Dazzling Cave(Various types) |
 Grassland Cave |
 Spacious Cave(Various types) |
 Big Bluff Cavern  |
 Riverbank Cave(Various types) |
 Volcanic Cave |
 Sandsear Cave |
 Rocky Cave |
 Bogsunk Cavern |
 Still-Water Cavern |
 Whiteout Cave |
 Icy Cave |
 Glacial Cavern |
 Swampy Cave |
 Typhlo Cavern |
 Sunlit Cavern(Various types) |
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How to Get Shiny Statues
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They have literally nothing to do with shiny Pokémon they just double the chances of finding its type