Pokémon Officially Reveals a 6-Hour Shiny Hunting Event Starting This Saturday
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SandileImage via The Pokémon Company
Shiny hunting in Pokémon GO can turn a short walk into an afternoon of bargaining with a phone. Every encounter might be the one, and every ordinary-colored Pokémon feels slightly more personal after enough unsuccessful checks. Egg events add another complication, because players have to do the walking before finding out whether their luck has improved.
That makes preparation more useful than it is during a hunt built around wild spawns. A bag full of existing Eggs leaves less room for the event’s featured additions, while forgetting to claim research can mean missing something earned along the way. With a short event window, those are frustrating ways to lose opportunities before the actual hunt gets going. Sandile Hatch Day takes place tomorrow, Saturday, October 17, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. local time. During those six hours, Sandile will hatch much more frequently from 2 km Eggs, with an increased chance of finding its Shiny form. Players will also have a better chance of receiving 2 km Eggs when spinning PokéStops.
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Personality Quiz Which Sci-Fi Hero Are You Most Like? Paul Atreides · Captain Kirk · Princess Leia · Ellen Ripley · Max Rockatansky
Five iconic heroes. Five completely different ways of facing an impossible universe. One of them shares your instincts, your values, and your particular way of refusing to back down. Eight questions will tell you which one.
🏜️Paul Atreides
🖖Capt. Kirk
✊Princess Leia
🔦Ellen Ripley
🔥Max Rockatansky
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How do you lead when the stakes couldn’t be higher? The way you lead under pressure is the most honest thing about you.
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What is your greatest strength in a crisis? The quality that keeps you alive when everything else fails.
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What is the thing you’d sacrifice everything else for? Your deepest motivation is your truest compass.
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How do you relate to the people around you? Who you are to others under pressure is who you really are.
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You’re facing a threat that no one else believes is real. What do you do? How you respond when you’re the only one who sees it defines everything.
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What has your heroism cost you personally? Every hero pays. The question is what — and whether they’d pay it again.
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How do you feel about the rules of the world you’re in? Every hero has a relationship with the system. What’s yours?
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When everything is on the line, what keeps you going? The answer is the most honest thing about you.
Your Hero Has Been Identified Your Sci-Fi Hero Is…
Your answers point to the iconic sci-fi hero who shares your instincts, your values, and your particular way of facing the impossible.
Arrakis · Dune
Paul Atreides
You carry a weight most people would crumble under — the knowledge of what you’re capable of, and the burden of what you might have to become.
You see further ahead than others and you plan accordingly, even when the vision frightens you.
You are driven by loyalty to your people and a sense of destiny you didn’t ask for but can’t escape.
Paul Atreides is not simply a hero — he is someone who understands the cost of power and chooses to bear it anyway.
That gravity, that willingness to carry what others won’t, is exactly you.
USS Enterprise · Star Trek
Captain Kirk
You lead with instinct, warmth, and an absolute refusal to accept a no-win scenario — because you’ve always believed there’s a third option nobody else has thought of yet.
You take the mission seriously without ever taking yourself too seriously.
Your crew would follow you anywhere, not because you demand it, but because you’ve earned it.
Kirk’s genius isn’t tactical — it’s human. He reads people, bends rules with purpose, and wills outcomes into existence through sheer conviction.
That combination of warmth, audacity, and relentless optimism is unmistakably yours.
The Rebellion · Star Wars
Princess Leia
You are the kind of person who holds the line when everyone else is losing faith — not because you’re fearless, but because giving up simply isn’t something you’re capable of.
You lead through conviction. Your voice carries because your belief is unshakeable.
You gave up everything ordinary the moment you chose the cause, and you’ve never looked back.
Leia is not a supporting character in her own story — she is the moral centre of the entire rebellion.
That same fierce, principled, unbreakable core is what defines you.
The Nostromo · Alien
Ellen Ripley
You are not reckless, not grandiose, and not particularly interested in being anyone’s hero — you just refuse to stop when it matters.
You see threats clearly, you document the truth even when no one listens, and when the time comes you handle it yourself.
Ripley’s heroism is earned, not performed. She doesn’t have a speech — she has a flamethrower and a plan.
You share her composure under the worst possible pressure, and her refusal to pretend the monster isn’t there.
When it counts, you don’t flinch. That’s everything.
The Wasteland · Mad Max
Max Rockatansky
You have been through fire that would break most people — and what came out the other side is something the world underestimates at its peril.
You don’t ask for help, don’t need validation, and don’t wait for anyone to tell you the rules no longer apply.
Your loyalty, when it finally arrives, is absolute — but it’s earned in silence and tested in action, not in words.
Max is not a nihilist. He is someone who lost everything and found, against his will, that he still has something worth protecting.
That bruised, stubborn, ultimately human core is exactly yours.
‘Pokémon GO’ Is Cutting Hatch Distances for Sandile’s Event
Sandile Hatch Event in Pokémon GOImage via Scopely
The standard event bonuses include half Egg Hatch Distance and double Candy from hatching Eggs. That makes the afternoon useful for players who need Sandile Candy even if the Shiny continues avoiding them. More hatches provide more chances, but the increased Shiny rate still doesn’t guarantee that every player will leave with one. The focus on 2 km Eggs makes clearing space ahead of the event a sensible first step. Players can then collect the featured Eggs during the window instead of spending the afternoon working through a full inventory of older ones. A route with accessible PokéStops should also make replenishing that supply easier as Eggs hatch.
Free event-exclusive Timed Research awards an Incubator and XP, so buying a ticket is not required to take part. The important deadline is 5 p.m. local time on Saturday, when both completing the tasks and claiming the rewards must be finished. Leaving an earned reward sitting on the research screen until later can still mean losing it. An optional $1.99 ticket offers additional Timed Research and reduces Egg Hatch Distance to one quarter during the event. Its tasks involve earning Stardust and exploring 1 km, with rewards including two Super Incubators and a Star Piece. Players considering the purchase should also note that the distance bonuses do not stack with bonuses from other events or GO Passes.
The paid option makes the walking requirement smaller, but the boosted Shiny hunt itself is available without it. For anyone prioritizing Sandile, the most useful plan is to arrive with room for Eggs and enough time to hatch them. The event ends Saturday at 5 p.m. local time, taking its boosted opportunities and research deadline with it.
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