Shiny Ninetales is Ninetales's shiny form: a different colour, and stronger, with 30% more health and move damage than a normal Ninetales. Shinies are the strongest Pokémon in the game.
How rare it is
Every Ninetales you defeat on a map has a 1 in 40,000 chance to drop Shiny Ninetales. A hunting chain on Ninetales makes it up to 4× likelier, and the Shiny Charm 1.5×.
Where to find it
Beat Ninetales on these maps (a shiny sometimes defends a map itself, stronger than its kind):
| Map | Region | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Cinnabar Volcano | Kanto | 17 |
| Professor Kukui | Alola | 80 |
| Motostoke Stadium (Kabu) | Galar | 84 |
Evolving it
A shiny evolves into the next form's shiny, which is rarer, so it also needs Glimmer Stones:
- Evolves from Shiny Vulpix with 4 Glimmer Stones
Past level 100
A shiny never becomes a Nightmare form: at 5★ and level 100 it Ascends instead, keeping its shine and its name, and climbs the Nightmare ranks to level 999. See The Nightmare World.