If you're looking for something specific (such as Astral Traffikrab), checking the Unstable Fusions is another viable option. The Anathema tends to not be shiny, and the beast it is fused with is tends to be set. For example, if a Traffikrab is part of the Unstable Fusion, you can flee, sac a tape of the type you want, then restart the fight. The Traffikrab will be the type that you sacrifice. Not exactly the most reliable method, as you have to have a decent understanding of what spawns in what areas for potential Unstable Fusions, on top of finding the one you want in the first place, but it is another method.
Thank you so much man, this actually worked for me and saved me hours of my life. I'm literally gonna turn this into a guide video myself, because I'm amazed this comment is the only place I've seen this advice. As a sidenote, I've not only confirmed this seems to work consistently via save scumming to check it wasn't just luck that it worked, but I've also discovered it works on Traffikrab Swarms as well. On normal Rogue Fusions it can sometimes "reroll" the Traffikrab half of the fusion into a new unwanted species, but on Swarms the species can't change I think, so it changes to match the type instead.
So far without any shiny hunting, in my play through which is about 35+ hours so far, I have encountered Two bootlegs early game that I accidentally murdered And the ones I have obtained are Bootleg poison Kuniko! Bootleg glitter palygolin (baby form I don't remember any of their real names 😅) and one other that I can't remember right now, but my favorite one is Kuniko because I didn't realize the legendary encounters could be bootleg!
Had a similar experience sort of, right around the time where you learn about bootlegs (so very, very early), I encountered like 3 in quick succession. Inadvertly murdering one of them, whoops. After that, I never saw another for the rest of the playthrough even if I've been on the look-out for the noticeable static they emit. Now that I'm basically at endgame for the main quest (or what I assume to be that, at least), I decided to do a bit of bootleg hunting for fun.
Wow I feel dumb I ran into a fusion with a red name but since I had no knowledge of what the fusion monsters looked like beforehand I didn’t know they were bootleg🤦🏾♂️
My first non-gift bootleg was a Steel type Puppercut, who naturally occurs as a Steel type. As close to a 1-to-1 pokemon shiny as you can get, since now I'm rocking a Grey Furred Southpaw
I wasn't expecting to see any bootlegs until late in the game, and I just ran into one right after seeing this video! Though... its an air type Domimoth, so that's disappointing! I was so excited to figure out what typing it was, and I didn't realize the typing could match their original, lol
Nice tip, not the best. You can also try to find areas where you can go in and out ( like a cave or building ) that will respawn the monsters. It's limited to some areas where you walk in and there are beasts, no shiny, step out and come back in, (respawn). I get a shiny every 15-25 minutes, but limited to the beast and level for that niche area
Once I found out my partner's get a huge bonus for using their specific monsters they started with Id make my partner use them every time. My character would be the one using the extra types.
Hi there, I have a question I was wondering if there is a way to static hunt legendary cassette beasts in the game for a chance to encounter their bootleg forms? And can you encounter bootleg legendaries while playing through the story, or is it a post game thing? Thanks
Was playing last night and found a Glitter Carniviper in a rogue Fusion. Wasn't using candles or anything, just grinding for XP and found it full-odds.
so weird though...... has anyone tried using the candle to sacrifice a bootleg and seen if that does anything extra/Special? like make it easier to hunt for Astral Trafficrab or something weird like that?
I don’t know if bootleg odds are boosted in the post game but within about 5 hours of beating the game I found 4 with no candles or anything, just knocking out Rogue fusions. 2 of them were over wold also. didn’t find a single one the entire story
Ritual Candles only work on fusions, so it shouldn't work on legendary encounters. That being said, they will have the same static effect that regular monsters have when even when they are static. A fire bootleg averevoir will also be red in the overworld for example.
I remember seeing a video of someone going in and out of a cave to reset the visible encounters to bootleg hunt fast ; I tried that for a bit going in and out of the house nearby to the trafikrab spawn then checking the 2 nearest spawns then going back, but after 20 minutes I didn't find anything and I wasn't sure if it was actually working because their positions were staying the same. Would love more info on this if anyone has it
that method worked in the demo...they changed the de-spawn radius to a larger circle in the full release which is why fleeing or fighting them is quicker way to de-spawn the area currently (could change in a future update tho)
@@BerryBandit For caves it worked for sure for me after release. And it's easy to deteremine when the spawns change (e.g. from 2 Faucetear to Terracooka and Carnviper). Not sure if all spawns follow the rule though.
@@pinkgeerough it’s little tougher when it’s all the same spawn like the beginning area with all Traffikrabs. I will have to take another look at the caves. Unless I remembered wrong.
I got a ice bootleg pombomb from barkley and i thought it was supposed to be like that. also my friend and i have a file and when we got into the game there was a glitter bootleg cluckster
I love the idea of bootlegs but it is a pain for sure. 50 fusion shards are a nightmare. And luck has been worthless for me. I've farmed for astral traffickrab for 20 hours with no luck. Every time I pick astral it's the monster. Everything I pick traffickrab it's plastic. Lol. A second item and specifically being type vs monster would have been better.
I’m 99% sure near the very start of the game I was roaming round and found a glittery Pombomb dog thing. I had no idea it was rare and didn’t catch it as I was unsure what I was doing at this point. So disappointed 🤣
I did the same thing! I don’t remember what it was but it was glittery. It’s wild going into the game not knowing any of the monsters cuz you really don’t know what’s going on. I found a poison traffikrab early game too, but didn’t fully know how recording worked yet so I failed it. I was very sad.
@@araej9293 same I was so disappointed with myself when I learnt about the game 🙈 I managed to find and record a sparkly bootleg springheel in the wild though!
Ok I love watching videos of "shiny hunting" and I know this video is a month old, but I gotta know, how rare is it that your partner in the game will get a bootleg? When I first partnered up with Barkley, his Pombomb was a bootleg of ice type....I need to know how rare that is!
20 minutes into the game I ran into a shiny traffickab, I killed it :( I knew something was fishy about the red lettering but I only had one catch thing.
does anyone know how to turn off the skills that damage opponents at start of turn? Inparticular im talking about the dash upgrade ability. It tends to kill the Krabs instantly :(
Thanks for having me Ed.
My MAN checked your channel out and first thing i saw was Jade Cocoon and instant SUB haha
@@kheaousdestra its a great game. Thanks for the sub!!
Yay it's out I've been so excited for this since you told me about this
Does any of the characters get bootlegs Because I got one from barkley.
If you're looking for something specific (such as Astral Traffikrab), checking the Unstable Fusions is another viable option. The Anathema tends to not be shiny, and the beast it is fused with is tends to be set. For example, if a Traffikrab is part of the Unstable Fusion, you can flee, sac a tape of the type you want, then restart the fight. The Traffikrab will be the type that you sacrifice.
Not exactly the most reliable method, as you have to have a decent understanding of what spawns in what areas for potential Unstable Fusions, on top of finding the one you want in the first place, but it is another method.
Why does everyone want astral trafikrab?
Bit of a spoiler, but grab one and evolve it for a surprise and an achievement ;)
@@Gio102897 Because it can remaster to Magikrab
Thank you so much man, this actually worked for me and saved me hours of my life.
I'm literally gonna turn this into a guide video myself, because I'm amazed this comment is the only place I've seen this advice.
As a sidenote, I've not only confirmed this seems to work consistently via save scumming to check it wasn't just luck that it worked, but I've also discovered it works on Traffikrab Swarms as well.
On normal Rogue Fusions it can sometimes "reroll" the Traffikrab half of the fusion into a new unwanted species, but on Swarms the species can't change I think, so it changes to match the type instead.
@@doublechindoge7 glad it worked!
Heck yeah brother, I just full odds got an Astral Thwackalope yesterday, excited to try a legit hunting session (and maybe stream) soon
🙌
holy crap this is well timed.
UA-cams actually doing its job.
I was looking for a video like this and noone seems to have worked it out yet.
Thanks for watching!
So far without any shiny hunting, in my play through which is about 35+ hours so far, I have encountered
Two bootlegs early game that I accidentally murdered
And the ones I have obtained are Bootleg poison Kuniko! Bootleg glitter palygolin (baby form I don't remember any of their real names 😅) and one other that I can't remember right now, but my favorite one is Kuniko because I didn't realize the legendary encounters could be bootleg!
The first bootleg I encountered I killed it was the snake beast (forgot name) and it's the only one I encountered
Had a similar experience sort of, right around the time where you learn about bootlegs (so very, very early), I encountered like 3 in quick succession. Inadvertly murdering one of them, whoops. After that, I never saw another for the rest of the playthrough even if I've been on the look-out for the noticeable static they emit. Now that I'm basically at endgame for the main quest (or what I assume to be that, at least), I decided to do a bit of bootleg hunting for fun.
Wow I feel dumb I ran into a fusion with a red name but since I had no knowledge of what the fusion monsters looked like beforehand I didn’t know they were bootleg🤦🏾♂️
My first non-gift bootleg was a Steel type Puppercut, who naturally occurs as a Steel type.
As close to a 1-to-1 pokemon shiny as you can get, since now I'm rocking a Grey Furred Southpaw
I just found my first random bootleg and it was an electric Cat-5. I was pretty confused as it has a different palette, but it's still electric type!
Thank you so much for the tips and methods to catch bootleg beasts! I can't wait to find my first bootleg in the overworld. Wish me luck!
Good Luck 🍀
@@BerryBandit thanks!
I found one super early in a rogue fusion and failed to record it without killing it. 😢
@@SanganY oh no! Hopefully you will find it again someday
@@magmaticbee9777 It was a poison Torasect, like an hour after you commented I found a full odds earth twirlig.
I wasn't expecting to see any bootlegs until late in the game, and I just ran into one right after seeing this video! Though... its an air type Domimoth, so that's disappointing! I was so excited to figure out what typing it was, and I didn't realize the typing could match their original, lol
Nice tip, not the best. You can also try to find areas where you can go in and out ( like a cave or building ) that will respawn the monsters. It's limited to some areas where you walk in and there are beasts, no shiny, step out and come back in, (respawn). I get a shiny every 15-25 minutes, but limited to the beast and level for that niche area
Hey I recently started playing and I’m trying to get a full team of bootlegs. Are there any caves/buildings that you recommend hunting in?
The changes they made from the demo make it so much easier to find these now.
Once I found out my partner's get a huge bonus for using their specific monsters they started with Id make my partner use them every time. My character would be the one using the extra types.
Hey can you make an video to find all the teleport areas
Hi there, I have a question I was wondering if there is a way to static hunt legendary cassette beasts in the game for a chance to encounter their bootleg forms? And can you encounter bootleg legendaries while playing through the story, or is it a post game thing? Thanks
Are there any shiny locks in the game? I.e. some of the legendaries that you can recapture?
Can't promise to follow him, but I can watch his channel for a while and when I like it, I will press the abbo button
Was playing last night and found a Glitter Carniviper in a rogue Fusion. Wasn't using candles or anything, just grinding for XP and found it full-odds.
My first playthrough, I found a Metal-typed Traffikrab and a shiny (Glitter) Nevermort.
That’s a video I’m revisiting once the game is released on switch and I finish the main story
Thank you so much for the guide!!! Ed
I love the candle but the grind is rough
The candle and the Optical laser tape is one use only? They are a bit expensive to buy all the time lol
Huge fan of the channel. This game is amazing
I didn't realize how rare they are. I got two Bootleg Traffikrabs about 10 minutes apart. I can't believe it in hindsight
Love this shiny cassette beasts video gym leader Ed.
so weird though...... has anyone tried using the candle to sacrifice a bootleg and seen if that does anything extra/Special? like make it easier to hunt for Astral Trafficrab or something weird like that?
Astral traffikrab is the only bootleg I found so far lolol, now I got a Magikrab
I don’t know if bootleg odds are boosted in the post game but within about 5 hours of beating the game I found 4 with no candles or anything, just knocking out Rogue fusions. 2 of them were over wold also. didn’t find a single one the entire story
How does it behave with legendary enocunters, such as averevoir?
Ritual Candles only work on fusions, so it shouldn't work on legendary encounters. That being said, they will have the same static effect that regular monsters have when even when they are static.
A fire bootleg averevoir will also be red in the overworld for example.
I remember seeing a video of someone going in and out of a cave to reset the visible encounters to bootleg hunt fast ; I tried that for a bit going in and out of the house nearby to the trafikrab spawn then checking the 2 nearest spawns then going back, but after 20 minutes I didn't find anything and I wasn't sure if it was actually working because their positions were staying the same. Would love more info on this if anyone has it
that method worked in the demo...they changed the de-spawn radius to a larger circle in the full release which is why fleeing or fighting them is quicker way to de-spawn the area currently (could change in a future update tho)
@@BerryBandit For caves it worked for sure for me after release. And it's easy to deteremine when the spawns change (e.g. from 2 Faucetear to Terracooka and Carnviper). Not sure if all spawns follow the rule though.
@@pinkgeerough it’s little tougher when it’s all the same spawn like the beginning area with all Traffikrabs. I will have to take another look at the caves. Unless I remembered wrong.
Somehow I managed to find not one, but 2 Electric Bootleg Dominoths. No I did not use the candle they were completely organic finds
I needed this im shaking because i found one and now i freaking tf out
I got a ice bootleg pombomb from barkley and i thought it was supposed to be like that. also my friend and i have a file and when we got into the game there was a glitter bootleg cluckster
Thank you❤
I feel so lucky I cought like 3 bootlegs on my 30ish min of playing not including the gift one you get in town
I love the idea of bootlegs but it is a pain for sure. 50 fusion shards are a nightmare. And luck has been worthless for me. I've farmed for astral traffickrab for 20 hours with no luck. Every time I pick astral it's the monster. Everything I pick traffickrab it's plastic. Lol.
A second item and specifically being type vs monster would have been better.
I’m 99% sure near the very start of the game I was roaming round and found a glittery Pombomb dog thing. I had no idea it was rare and didn’t catch it as I was unsure what I was doing at this point. So disappointed 🤣
I did the same thing! I don’t remember what it was but it was glittery. It’s wild going into the game not knowing any of the monsters cuz you really don’t know what’s going on.
I found a poison traffikrab early game too, but didn’t fully know how recording worked yet so I failed it. I was very sad.
@@araej9293 same I was so disappointed with myself when I learnt about the game 🙈 I managed to find and record a sparkly bootleg springheel in the wild though!
@CazzleRazzle Nice! I just caught a sparkly masquerattle!
I fainted a shinny (bootleg) my 1stbaftwrnjust like 20 minutes of gameplay lol it was shinny in the overworld it was the traffic cone beast
Some monsters like Kuneko is gonna be rough.
Ok I love watching videos of "shiny hunting" and I know this video is a month old, but I gotta know, how rare is it that your partner in the game will get a bootleg? When I first partnered up with Barkley, his Pombomb was a bootleg of ice type....I need to know how rare that is!
That might be scripted, as I got the same ice doggo
That is in fact scripted. Barkley's partner is always an ice bootleg of Pombomb. Other partners will never come in with a bootleg.
Not me missing a shiny coal furnace guy cuz I though he was red since I’d just never seen him I was a lil confused now sad
20 minutes into the game I ran into a shiny traffickab, I killed it :( I knew something was fishy about the red lettering but I only had one catch thing.
I found a bootleg really early game and thought I would just find another one easily. I was wrong
I'm looking for grass type nevermort
I screwed up my first game and lost one of these
Thank you, so i need to rest okay, I need like three more types for 100%
I got my first bootleg today and I'm only 2 hours into the game
Mwahaha! Got an Ethereal Traffikrab while watching this!
I have only had the game for a day and already ran from two shinies
Ed make a video about the new digimon lobby
Couldn't find anything about it, what is it the tcg simulator?
Finding bootlegs isn't bad feels sorta fair
Is there a possibility of a character getting a bootleg?
The character that works alongside you.
Why call them shinies in the title? This isn't Pokémon, they're bootlegs.
Most people will call them shiny 🤷🏻♂️
does anyone know how to turn off the skills that damage opponents at start of turn? Inparticular im talking about the dash upgrade ability. It tends to kill the Krabs instantly :(
U can fix it with in option menu to match up your level with the mons 😊
Don't dash into the krabs then?
Stop and walk into them?
I’m so mad I just realized that the reason his name was red because he was a boot lee 😢
Bootleg
1 IN 1000???? I WOULDN'T HAVE KILLED THEM IF I KNEW THAT
mfw i kill a glitter bootleg bc i crit on a smack after missing 8 consecutive attacks on the fusion (i hate my life)