Question

What are all the shiny locked Pokémon in SwSh?

Comments

I know they include the first starter, but breeding them should be fair game.

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I’m pretty sure the mascot legends are also locked.

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Breeding them is fair game.

Answer 1

This answer ignores events, as you can get some shinies like the Galarian birds through now-defunct gifts.

Base game

• Every Pokemon above the current capture level
• Grookey, Scorbunny, and Sobble when selecting a starter at the beginning of the game
• The Charmander gift in Postwick
• The Gigantamax Pikachu and Gigantamax Eevee gift in Meetup Spot
• The Type: Null gift in the Battle Tower
• The Toxel gift on Route 5
• Zacian, Zamazenta, and Eternatus from the Energy Plant

Isle of Armor

• Bulbasaur and Squirtle in the Master Dojo
• Kubfu in the Master Dojo
• Porygon in the Master Dojo
• Meowth-Alola, Slowpoke, Vulpix-Alola, Sandshrew-Alola, Raichu-Alola, Marowak-Alola, Exeggutor-Alola, Diglett-Alola, Rowlet, Litten, and Popplio from the Diglett Man in the Fields of Honor

Crown Tundra

• The Cosmog gift in Freezington
• The Poipole gift in the Max Lair
• Keldeo at Ballimere Lake
• Articuno-Galar, Zapdos-Galar, and Moltres-Galar when roaming
• Glastrier, Spectrier, and Calyrex at the Crown Shrine

Shiny Locked Pokemon (Serebii)

Answer 2

All the shiny locked Pokemon in Sword and Shield are as follows:

• Your starter, though if you breed it, its offspring can be shiny
• The Charmander you get in Postwick
• The Gigantamax Pikachu and Eevee you get from having data from the Let's Go Games
• The Type: Null you get from the Battle Tower
• The Gift Toxel you get on Route 5
• The Box Legendaries
• Eternatus

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