Introducing the Area Zero Platform bot. This is the first (and hopefully not the last) of the SV paradox hunting bots.
The concept here is similar to Blaines' video on the Flutter Mane glitch (https://youtu.be/5NeLVaE7t8c). That is, we abuse the fact that this specific platform in Area Zero is just large enough to spawn things indefinitely, yet just small enough that few things can walk far enough to despawn. Thus by sending out your lead Pokémon in Let's Go, it will kill off everything that's not shiny - leaving behind only the shinies which will eventually wander close enough to battle you where the program will be able to detect it.
This bot covers 9 of the 14 paradox mons - which up until now, could not be shiny hunted with automation since they cannot be bred:
- Great Tusk
- Scream Tail
- Brute Bonnet
- Flutter Mane
- Iron Treads
- Iron Bundle
- Iron Hands
- Iron Jugulis
- Iron Valiant (requires sandwich)
Like the SwSh and BDSP encounter bots, it supports auto-catching. Though be aware that you will need a specially built lead Pokémon to be able to wall anything you might encounter. (read the wiki for recommendations)
For those of you who have been following our developments, this program has existed for quite a while now. It took many weeks to develop and test, then held back to see what patch version 1.2 would do to it. (fortunately, the patch did nothing)
We are interested to see if the concept that this bot uses can be applied elsewhere as there are still 5 paradox mons that remain untouched by automation. 3 of these (Sandy Shocks, Iron Thorns, and Roaring Moon) seem unapproachable without full machine learning. Maybe if we draw some more attention to this, someone will find a way to cheese them as well.
As you all know, SV has proven itself to be extremely resistant to classic automation techniques. Virtually all methods of shiny hunting the past games have completely fallen flat. Even eggs, which are normally considered a safe bet, became a horrific mess involving sandwiches. Overall, the situation is so bad that in retrospect, even Legends Arceus feels like child's play. But while the automation community has taken a huge hit, we do seem to be faring better than other related technical communities such as the RNG community.