Pokemon Legends: Arceus, like many Pokemon games before it, has a unique challenge for truly dedicated players to tackle. The Pokemon in the game all have what are called "shiny" variants, which are essentially re-skins where the Pokemon appear with different colors than usual. Shiny Pokemon are incredibly rare to find, but Pokemon Legends: Arceus does offer ways in which players can make finding and catching shiny Pokemon a little easier.
One of the ways that Pokemon Legends: Arceus players can speed up their shiny hunting is by acquiring an item called the Shiny Charm. Pokemon Legends: Arceus players can only get the Shiny Charm very late in the game, after they have already completed the Hisui region Pokedex. Unfortunately, there was a bug preventing some Pokemon Legends: Arceus players from getting the Shiny Charm at all, even after completing the Pokedex. In turn, this made getting all the shiny Pokemon in the game even more difficult.
Game Freak and Nintendo have now released Pokemon Legends: Arceus update 1.1.1, the primary function of which is to fix this bug. After downloading the new Pokemon Legends: Arceus update, players need to return to Professor Laventon in Galaxy Hall, located in Jubilife Village. Upon speaking with Professor Laventon, Pokemon Legends: Arceus players who were previously unable to get the Shiny Charm due to the bug should now be able to acquire it with no problem.
Pokemon Legends: Arceus Update 1.1.1 Patch Notes
- Fixed an issue where certain conditions would prevent players from obtaining the Shiny Charm even if they met the requirements. After updating the game, players who experienced this issue can obtain the Shiny Charm by speaking with Professor Laventon inside Galaxy Hall in Jubilife Village provided they meet the requirements.
This latest Pokemon Legends: Arceus update should definitely please fans who have reached the end of the game and were unable to get the Shiny Charm. However, some players may be anxious for more substantial new content updates for Pokemon Legends: Arceus. A previous Pokemon Legends: Arceus update actually added new content to the game, but there hasn't been any word on bigger updates beyond that.
There are some who are holding out hope for a Pokemon Legends: Arceus DLC expansion, but it's unclear if anything like that will actually materialize. After all, Game Freak and Nintendo are set to launch the Generation 9 Pokemon games later this year in the form of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, and continued support for Legends: Arceus may make the games compete with one another.
Then again, Pokemon Legends: Arceus gameplay is different enough from traditional Pokemon games that it seems like there's plenty of room for both styles of Pokemon game to exist. Regardless if Game Freak has more ambitious plans for Pokemon Legends: Arceus updates or not, fans can download update 1.1.1 and grab the Shiny Charm if they haven't already.
Pokemon Legends: Arceus is out now, exclusively for the Nintendo Switch.
Source: Nintendo Everything
