Shiny Seedot Pokemon GO: How to Catch

Shiny Seedot in Pokemon GO is one of the Pokemon chosen for a twist on Niantic Labs’ popular Community Day feature.

Niantic Labs took to the official Pokemon GO Twitter to announce that Seedot would join the cast of featured Pokemon for the unique December 2020 Community Day event. Much like previous Community Days, the Pokemon chosen will appear more frequently for the duration of the event—in this case, from Dec.12 through to Dec. 13. That’s not all, however, as this end cap to 2020 has much more in-store for participating trainers.

Here’s what you need to know to catch a shiny Seedot.

Shiny Seedot Pokemon GO

Seedot will be appearing at an increased rate in the wild alongside Charmander, Abra, Gastly, Rhyhorn, Magikarp, Porygon, and more, according to a post on the Pokemon GO updates blog. These choices are split up into two different blocks for Dec. 12 and Dec. 13, respectively. Seedot will be part of the first day. Additionally, trainers who evolve Seedot to its final form, Shiftry, will be guaranteed to have Bullet Seed in Shiftry’s moveset.

It should be noted that while Seedot’s spawn rate will increase, its shiny chance typically does not. The odds to catch a shiny Pokemon in Pokemon GO is around 450:1, or a 0.22% chance per encounter. Trainers won’t know if their Seedot is shiny until they enter the encounter.

Shiny Seedot exchanges its chestnut brown body for a burnt orange color. The rest of its coloring remains similar with a slightly paler top “hat” and bright yellow hue to its previously cream accents.

As a grass-type, trainers can find Seedot in open grassy areas during bright sunny days. Originally, this Pokemon was released with the bulk of its Hoenn siblings on Dec. 7, 2017. Its shiny form wouldn’t make its debut until its solo Community Day on May 24, 2020.

Seedot hails from the forests of the Hoenn region with a PokeDex number of 273. It is best known for attaching itself to tree branches with the stem atop its head and sucking moisture from the tree. Trainers can evolve Seedot into Nuzleaf using 25 candies, and then further into Shiftry using 100 candies.