Shinies

Shinies are unique wild creatures with special abilities, varied rarities and outstanding stats. This guide covers every variant, the items involved and the tips to become a master hunter.

The hunt

Locate special Shinies with the Tracker.

What essences are for

To collect essences from a special Shiny, use a Shiny Spear Bolt or a Shiny Prod on it. This boosts it: you then have to kill it quickly to get its power.

The different Shinies and their effects

Every Shiny has a unique look and unique properties.

• Classic / Coloured: the base Shiny, whose colour changes depending on its name.
• Enraged: an overpowered version that has the Alpha creature buff. Cannot be tamed. Killing one drops special loot, Raw Shiny Essences and a large amount of XP for your Chibis.
• Shinobi: a stealthy predator wrapped in a dark tint. It reduces aggro.
• Fathomless: reduces the weight of resources by 80%.
• Endurant: unlimited sprint, it never loses stamina.
• Burning: constantly wrapped in flames, immune to fire and lava. When provoked, use the special attack (right click / Ctrl by default) to trigger an area fire explosion that knocks back and damages enemies.
• Frozen: its icy inner temperature acts as a natural fridge that keeps perishable food fresh. Very resistant to all attacks, but extremely vulnerable to fire.
• Spectral: a translucent, ethereal creature surrounded by a spectral glow. It can fall from any height without taking damage and walks in absolute silence. It does not poop, but will sometimes give you spectral dung channelled from the afterlife.
• Filthy: covered in mud, surrounded by flies and smelling awful. It has a high starting level boost, but it needs a good bath: submerge it fully in water or scrub it with soap to clean it and reveal its true combat power.
• Holographic: partly made of lines of code and pure light. Its rider spots nearby threats and high-level dinos more easily.
• Lunar: driven by a local gravitational anomaly. It partly defies gravity and moves as if on the Moon (big jumps and low-gravity bounces).
• Skeletal: made entirely of bones, straight out of a Halloween nightmare. It does not breathe, never eats (no need to feed it) and does not poop. Ranged projectiles pass through it, which reduces the effectiveness of enemy shots. Limited to some species (Rex, Spino, Giga, Wyvern, etc.).
• Taser: a creature crackling with static electricity. It periodically shocks and stuns its attackers, and the lightning chains to nearby enemies.
• Rubber: with unique swirling patterns, it squeaks when it walks. No fall damage, it bounces off obstacles and reflects some of the melee damage it takes.
• Psychotropic: a hypnotic rainbow runs across its body. Mostly a visual, psychedelic variant (do not lick it!). It also produces bio-toxin in its inventory.
• Dazzling: looks carved from polished gemstones that refract the light. It blinds its attackers so it can flee more easily, and is naturally immune to radiation.
• Radioactive: surrounded by a dangerous, toxic haze. Its radioactive pulse increases the chance of mutations by roughly 3x in babies born under its influence.
• Nightmare: a creature made of black ink with piercing white eyes. It absorbs ambient heat (a cold effect around it) and, once tamed, occasionally produces black pearls in its inventory.
• Crystalline: made of sharp crystals (a "Glass Cannon"). It deals more damage but also takes more. It reflects part of the melee damage it receives and drops crystals on the ground.
• Pygmy and Colossal (extreme sizes): the Pygmy is smaller than average, but more agile and faster to flee. The Colossal is a powerful giant (lots of health, heavy melee damage), but slower and hungrier for stamina.

Shiny Tinies (shoulder companions)

Only available for small shoulder dinos (Pegomastax, Compy, etc.), they give passive buffs directly to the player carrying them.

Tiny	Effect
Bolstering	Reduces the weight of the items in your inventory
Hydrating	Reduces your water consumption
Invigorating	Slowly and continuously restores your stamina
Obscured	Hides you from wild dinos (greatly reduces aggro)
Pyrethrous	Acts as a natural pesticide and keeps aggressive insects away
Revitalizing	Slowly restores your health
Serene	Improves your focus for crafting

Genetic variants

These variants have a strong genetic predisposition that boosts one specific stat from the wild state.

Variant	Stat
Hardy	Health
Stalwart	Stamina
Inspired	Oxygen
Satiate	Food
Hefty	Weight
Fierce	Attack (melee)