This page lists all the Shiny Pokemon you can encounter in the game Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX for Nintendo Switch. Read on to find out how to encounter Shiny Pokemon and how to get them on your team!

What is a Shiny Pokemon?

A Pokemon With a Different Color Scheme

Shinies are Pokemon whose colors are different from the usual Pokemon.

While shinies are rather rare compared to regular Pokemon, they aren't any stronger than Pokemon of the same species and level.

Shiny Pokemon Tend to Be Strong Foes

Shiny Pokemon tend to appear as Strong Foes in mystery dungeons. This also means that only a few kinds of Pokemon can be encountered as Shinies. For more information check out the article below.
List of Strong Foes and Rewards

How to Recruit Shiny Pokemon

You Need to Have Strong Pokemon

Since Shiny Pokemon tend to show up as Strong Foes, you're going to need a high-levelled team that can defeat them.

You Might Need a Friend Bow

Item	Effect
Friend Bow	When this item is equipped, Pokemon you battle will be more likely to join you. It's also said that Shiny Pokemon will want to join you, too. It's only effective when the leader equips it, though.

It hasn't been confirmed yet, but you might need to have a Friend Bow equipped in order to recruit Shiny Pokemon, especially since the Friend Bow's effect description explicitly mentions them.

However, even if it turns out that a Friend Bow isn't required to recruit Shiny Pokemon, we recommend having one equipped anyway as it increases the recruitment rate.

Other Conditions are the Same

Other than their color palette, every condition is the same with a Strong Foe pokemon of the same type. Equip a Friend Bow, hunt them down and they will join your team eventually.

List of Shiny Pokemon and Where You Can Find Them

Main Story Dungeons

Dungeon Name	Strong Pokemon
Mt. Steel	Rapidash
Sinister Woods	Ampharos
Silent Chasm	Metagross
Mt. Thunder	Dragonite
Great Canyon	Ambipom
Lapis Cave	Noctowl
Mt. Blaze	Azumarill
Frosty Forest	Spinda
Mt. Freeze	Lickilicky

Post-Game Dungeons

Waterfall Pond	Gyarados
Remains Island	Espeon
Desert Region	Sudowoodo
Southern Cavern	Shuckle
Wyvern Hill	Exeggcute
Grand Sea	Starmie
Far-off Sea	Corsola
Howling Forest	Butterfree
Murky Cave	Hoothoot
Pitfall Valley	Exeggutor
Northern Range	Ninetales
Western Cave	Zangoose
Mt. Faraway	Electrode
Solar Cave	Aipom
Buried Relic	Ditto

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