How to claim Shiny Chien-Pao in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
After a week of hard-fought event Tera raids, it was announced that players were ultimately successful in their attempts to defeat 1 million Chien-Pao, surpassing the goal with great ease.
As a result, players around the world are now free to claim a shiny Chien-Pao in-game — the first time the Pokémon has become available in its shiny form to date. Shiny Wo-Chien is also available right now, after the last successful raid attempt, and Ting-Lu will likely follow soon.
In this guide we’ll go over how to claim your shiny Chien-Pao in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, including who is eligible for the gift Pokémon.
Pokémon SV: How to get shiny Chien-Pao
Players are now able to claim a free shiny Chien-Pao through the Mystery Gift feature in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. At the time of writing this is the only way to get a shiny Chien-Pao, as the Pokémon is shiny-locked in-game and cannot be legitimately found in the wild in its shiny form.
To claim the gift, first open up the menu and navigate to the Poké Portal option in the menu. From there, scroll down to Mystery Gift, and select “Get via Internet”.
The game will spend a little bit of time loading, and connecting you to the internet if you’re not connected already, and then search for gifts. In the list, you’ll see two new gifts: a shiny Chien-Pao, and a “Ice Tera Shards and More Gift”. Both gifts are worth grabbing, but the shiny Chien-Pao is obviously the drawcard here.
The Ice Tera Shards gift will give all players 100 each of Ice, Water, Flying, and DragonTera Shards, which can be used to change the Tera type of a Pokémon.
There are a few things worth noting about these gifts. Firstly, anyone can claim the shiny Chien-Pao gift — not just players who participated in raids for the Pokémon. This should hold true for future shiny raid gifts, too, so players don’t need to stress too much about missing out if they don’t have time or can’t access their console.
Secondly, the shiny Chien-Pao gift is only available to claim until September 30, 2025. If you don’t claim the gift – or the Tera Shard gift – before this date, you risk missing out altogether, so make sure you grab it before then.