Pokemon GO World Championships 2025 event: Exploring the shiny odds of every spotlighted Pocket Monster

The Pokemon GO World Championships 2025 event kicked off at 10 am local time on Friday, August 15, 2025, and will last until 8 pm local time on Sunday, August 17, 2025. The event marks the debut of Varsity Jacket Pikachu, which will be both shiny-eligible and shiny boosted.

A bunch of other rare and common critters can be found in their shiny form during the Pokemon GO World Championships 2025 event. This article covers the list as well as their respective shiny odds.

Note: The shiny rates mentioned in this article are all estimations based on the average shiny rate of Pocket Monsters based on their appearance patterns in the game. Therefore, a shiny rate of 1/512 doesn't mean that you are guaranteed one shiny for every 512 encounters you have with that critter.

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All Pokemon GO Pokemon GO World Championships 2025 event shiny Pokemon and their shiny odds

Nidoran♀

• Can be found in the wild.
• Shiny rate: 1/512

Mankey

• Can be found in the wild.
• Shiny rate: 1/512

Marill

• Can be found in the wild and in Field Research (Battle in the GO Battle League)
• Shiny rate: 1/512

Paldean Wooper

• Can be found in the wild and in Field Research (Battle in the GO Battle League)
• Shiny rate: 1/512

Spoink

• Can be found in the wild.
• Shiny rate: 1/512

Inkay

• Can be found in the wild.
• Shiny rate: 1/512

Rookidee

• Can be found in the wild.
• Shiny rate: 1/512

Also check out the Pokemon GO World Championships Celebration 2025 Field Research and Timed Research.

Fuecoco

• Can be found in the wild.
• Shiny rate: 1/512

Male Frillish

• Can be found in the wild.
• Shiny rate: 1/512

Vullaby

• Can be found in the wild.
• Shiny rate: 1/64

Pikachu wearing a varsity jacket

• Can be found in one-star raids and Field Research tasks (Win a raid, Power up Pokemon 15 times, and Battle in the GO Battle League five times).
• Shiny rate: 1/64

Lapras

• Can be found in three-star raids and the Premium Timed Research
• Shiny rate: 1/64

Lickitung

• Can be found in the Premium Timed Research
• Shiny rate: 1/64

Sableye

• Can be found in the Premium Timed Research
• Shiny rate: 1/64

Carbink

• Can be found in the Premium Timed Research
• Shiny rate: 1/64

Guzzlord

• Can be found in the Premium Timed Research
• Shiny rate: 1/20

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Check out our other Pokemon GO guides:

• Ditto disguises
• Buddy Evolution Adventure Together guide
• Best Fast Attacks in Pokemon GO
• Sierra counters
• Cliff counters
• Arlo counters
• Giovanni counters
• Team GO Rocket Grunts
• Pokemon Go Evolution Calculator
• Pokemon Type Calculator