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Posted by: Roscoes Wetsuit Jan 20 2014, 07:16 PM

What's the longest (time) hunt you've ever completed, or is underway?

I've had some trouble with being active on the site, so I've had at least 2 years of inactivity within the last 2.5 years, and I have awful shiny luck, so my longest hunt is still underway. I have a Gastly hunt that I started on the 2nd of October, 2010! Hahahaha! I have two hunts from 2011 and two from 2012, also!

Posted by: Snowsky Jan 20 2014, 09:28 PM

http://gpxpl.us/bGUav

Shiny race with PkmHunter, took about 18 months and 441 eggs.

Posted by: Roscoes Wetsuit Jan 20 2014, 10:44 PM

Jeez that's a long time! Fair amount of eggs too! I always expect a shiny to hatch within the first 50 eggs, and when one doesn't, I slowly loose interest in that particular hunt haha!

Posted by: Keruso Jan 20 2014, 11:20 PM

Species: Crystal Onix Eggs Hatched: 237 Date Started: Dec 21/12


............ Does not want to end

Posted by: Walking On Sunshine Jan 20 2014, 11:41 PM

Species: Easter Buneary
Eggs Hatched: 411
Date Started: Aug 19/13

This hunt's currently the oldest one in my recorder. I stopped breeding for SWSHs because of that.

Currently, this hunt is the longest:
http://gpxpl.us/GcKXa
This Pokémon was egg #1453 in Walking On Sunshine j's 159-
day shiny hunt started on November 25th, 2011.

Posted by: Stardrop Jan 21 2014, 12:12 AM

http://gpxpl.us/AJsOh
This Pokémon was egg #319 in Stardrop 's 980-day shiny hunt started on January 9th, 2011.

Also because of inactivity. XD

Posted by: Chewsky Jan 21 2014, 01:42 AM

Species: Grimer
Eggs Hatched: 1,693
Date Started: Mar 10/12

Still going :|

Posted by: Esc Jan 21 2014, 02:14 AM

Species: Flaming Zorua Eggs Hatched: 253 Date Started: Feb 10/12

Still on it unfortunately x.x

Posted by: Bobdapeach Jan 21 2014, 04:43 AM

My longest past hunts have been Sandile (1,339 eggs) and Scraggy (1,332 eggs)

My longest current hunt is Trubbish (729 eggs)

As for days...
My Hoppip hunt went from Apr 9/12 - Jan 20/13 (1,144 eggs) and Sentret from Feb 1/11 - Jan 4/12 (1,149 eggs).


Yeah, I really don't have much shiny luck :|
My eggs average is 333 (though it feels more like 500 at times), and my time average is around the 8 month mark.

But dams, some of these hunts...

Posted by: Loulybob Jan 21 2014, 05:11 AM

The largest amount of eggs was the Porygon shiny hunt at 779 eggs.

I was inactive on the site until recently so my Shinx hunt stands at 251 eggs hatched and date started Feb 25/13

My egg hatch ratio used to be really high but it got pulled down a lot by my 10 egg Houndour hunt |D

Posted by: Margo Jan 21 2014, 08:06 AM

Time-wise, my longest hunt so far has been Weedle, which took me 129 days to complete (1319 eggs).

Egg-wise, my longest hunt has been Beldum, which took me 1813 eggs to complete (in 100 days).

My longest currently ongoing hunt is Volbeat, which started October 26th and is currently at 1161 eggs.

Posted by: Tyranisaur Jan 21 2014, 11:22 AM

Time wise I could probably say that my longest hunt was Crystal Onix, which I started before you could shiny hunt novelties with the shine recorder and I also took a considerably long break from breeding them. The fact that they are novelties means that the time it takes to hatch eggs will be longer, which is one of the reasons why comparing that hunt to regular pokemon seems like comparing apples to oranges. But anyway, the hunt can pretty much be summed up by the daycare offspring.

My longest hunt eggs wise is Magikarp at 2191 eggs, which I completed within 8 days or so. This is also why I don't like to think too much about the time it takes to complete a hunt, since that will in most cases reflect mostly how fast you were hatching eggs during the period it took. That is obliviously being being affected by other factors, like how active you are and whether or not it's easy to hatch a lot of that egg.

Posted by: DrSnap Jan 21 2014, 11:51 AM

My longest hunt eggs wise was Feebas, 2317 eggs.... A tiny bit frustrating at the end, I'll say. A year and a half, roughly.

And time wise, I guess it's that :
Species: Zergoose (Feral)
Eggs Hatched: 232
Date Started: May 14/12

Yup, he doesn't want to come xD

Posted by: Maria1 Jan 21 2014, 01:44 PM

Time wise, my longest hunt was Pudgy Pidgey (278 days, 27 eggs), longest non-novelty was Ducklett (262 days, 656 eggs).

The most eggs was Litwick (34 days, 1050 eggs).

My longest currently active hunts are Feral Zergoose (Eggs Hatched: 108, Date Started: Jan 7/13) and Chinchou (Eggs Hatched: 1,002, Date Started: Jun 25/13).

Posted by: Galahawk Jan 22 2014, 10:42 AM

Species: Latios, Eggs Hatched: 14, Date Started: Nov 26/11

/RIPS OUT HAIR
(the worst part is that this is only the RECORDED time, I've been hunting sans recorder for much longer than this)
And yeah I know that's not a lot of eggs but I have basically no time to earn the prize points to keep buying soul dews.

Posted by: Samoo Jan 22 2014, 04:13 PM

My longest:

http://gpxpl.us/uMlVg
This Pokémon was egg #1504 in Samoo's 242-day shiny hunt started on May 22nd, 2011.
Species: Porygon Eggs Hatched: 1,504 Date Started: May 22/11 Date Ended: Jan 18/12

Most time and eggs atm lol. Thankfully nothing else has gone over 1k..

Posted by: desbrina Jan 22 2014, 06:30 PM

My longest completed hunt egg wise was Pichu with 1,421 and almost 10 months hunting. I think my longest time wise was Icy Horsea with 15 months
My current longest egg one is Magnemite at 281 eggs, though till this morning it was Houndour at 563, and time wise is Remorage which was started in April 13.

Posted by: Bonnie Clyde Jan 22 2014, 08:22 PM

I started this hunt on July 5th, 2011 and finally hatched the shiny on January 29, 2014.
"This Pokémon was egg #268 in Bonnie Clyde 's 929-day shiny race against Snivy21 started on July 5th, 2011."


One shiny hunt that's still going is one that I had started only a few days before the Happiny one:
Species: Vulpix
Date Started: Jul 1/11

Posted by: Zac11th Jan 23 2014, 12:02 AM

Eh I got a shiny Flaming Zoura hunt still going on from November 2011... I just havent gotten around to it and I dont want to cancel it XD

Posted by: Captain Epic Jan 23 2014, 02:27 AM

Still doing my shiny Summer Swinub hunt T_T

Shine Recorder says I've been doing it since 8th November 2011, but it was more like since Summer Swinub was first released... (because I added it to the Shine Recorder when that account upgrade was available).

363 eggs hatched so far, and no luck. Of course, it's hard to shiny hunt when your Daycare Pokés don't want to make the novelty, lmao. Good job we have that Pass Power now...

Posted by: Tamesis Jan 26 2014, 11:34 AM

Time wise, It's a tie between two Site wide Shiny hunts, Litwick and Eevee
Egg Wise Houndour... 311 eggs...

Posted by: Mysticman89 Jan 27 2014, 03:57 PM

I just finished a Shiny hunt for Valentacool started November 6th of 2011 after 735 eggs. Easily my longest hunt for time, and although not my longest for eggs, it's certainly up there.

Posted by: Honedge Jan 27 2014, 04:18 PM

Egg wise it's my Chikorita. (1644 eggs)

Posted by: Fate Jan 27 2014, 11:56 PM

Longest hunt that's been completed (as of today): This Pokémon was egg #208 in Fate 's 626-day site-wide shiny hunt started on May 11th, 2012. - shiny trapinch

Still going: Species: Vulpix
Eggs Hatched: 147 (and counting)
Date Started: Oct 5/10

Reasons: 1. inactivity.
Also for my shiny vulpix hunt I want a lab born shiny (picky yes but thats my goal)

Posted by: Morgoth Jan 28 2014, 05:48 AM

Time-wise: my koffing hunt, started it on the 2nd of July 2012 and ended it on the 6th of december 2013.
Egg-wise: My Omanyte hunt, hatched 1023 eggs before I got a shiny.

Posted by: Fire Trainer Ruby Jan 28 2014, 09:30 PM

Most eggs: Houndour at 521 eggs hatched.
Longest Time: Charmander ..started in like 2010 or 2011 and never bothered actually hatching many eggs or canceling it lol

Posted by: Matjes Feb 16 2014, 06:20 PM

Species: Cubone
Eggs Hatched: 749
Date Started: Jul 4/13
Date Ended: Feb 14/14

but only because I took a break from this game...



ongoing is
Species: Tyrogue
Eggs Hatched: 547
Date Started: Apr 28/13

Posted by: Snowsky Feb 16 2014, 06:30 PM

SWSH Houndour at 796 eggs, Solosis at 1 and a half years (I got lazy).

Posted by: Tamesis Feb 21 2014, 12:04 PM

Species: Houndour Eggs Hatched: 461 Date Started: Jan 17/14 Date Ended: Jan 27/14

I thought I'd get at least one of the achievements for the long hunts.

Posted by: Splasher Feb 21 2014, 06:47 PM

Longest time-wise was Riolu; started in November, forgot to do the "Continue my hunt after the SWSH ends" thing so I started another hunt. Ended Jan 14th.

Longest egg-wise that was completed is Houndour with 339 eggs; longest incomplete was Bulbasaur, with 461 eggs. He just doesn't want to hatch. :/

Posted by: Roscoes Wetsuit Mar 11 2014, 01:32 AM

1256-Day long hunt, completed! Took 629 eggs!

Posted by: Silberchen Mar 11 2014, 01:53 AM

By eggs:
Blitzle - Eggs Hatched: 1,857; Date Started: Sep 28/13

... and by time:
Winter Vulpix - Eggs Hatched: 736; Date Started: Nov 7/11

Yes, both are ongoing. My Winter Vulpix pair has 35,517 children. This is my longest completed hunt:
http://gpxpl.us/oWesm

Posted by: Birdinator Mar 15 2014, 11:22 AM

Species: Vulpix Eggs Hatched: 403 Date Started: Dec 29/10 Date Ended: Feb 19/14

Posted by: Birdinator Mar 15 2014, 11:22 AM

double post sorry

Posted by: Uchiha Sasuke Mar 15 2014, 01:40 PM

Species: Valentacool
Eggs Hatched: 213
Date Started: Apr 27/12

It is also ongoing hunt.

Posted by: Angelica Mar 20 2014, 05:51 AM

Time wise, Dratini and Zergoose which were started in January of 2012, and are still going. 227 Dratini eggs.
Egg wise, Barboach is killing me. 592 eggs and counting. I guess it's making up for the fact I got Yanma in 45 eggs.

Posted by: xrachelmareex Mar 22 2014, 08:51 PM

http://gpxpl.us/FvBFm

Most eggs hatched AND Longest hunt ... yet!! Lucky it has good IV's.
This Pokémon was egg #1056 in xrachelmareex 's 474-day site-wide shiny hunt started on November 15th, 2011.

Posted by: Nymphia Mar 31 2014, 01:27 PM

None of the individual hunts took over 1000 eggs, but it took me 2118 Spinarak eggs to hatch a shiny female. I got four males before I got my girl.

Posted by: Keruso Mar 31 2014, 04:30 PM

Species: Crystal Onix Eggs Hatched: 312 Date Started: Dec 21/12

Energizer Bunny

Posted by: Airenu Apr 1 2014, 05:51 AM

2 years to get a shiny female Glameow.
I've been inactive though.

Currently hunting for a shiny Easter Buneary since Christmas '12

Posted by: The Majestic Mr L Apr 2 2014, 10:16 PM

967 eggs. WHY BARBOACH. WHY!?!?

Posted by: mimmi Apr 13 2014, 03:53 PM

Ive also been on and off on this site, so most of my shiny hunts are ca 2 years long. Hahah

The longest one have to be Mudkip. June 6th 2010 to September 2nd 2012. Just like... Woooow

Posted by: The Blood Moon Apr 23 2014, 06:09 AM

Just completed Totodile, which was 733 eggs. Bulbasaur is 959 eggs.

Posted by: Samoo Apr 23 2014, 08:29 AM

Species: Ekans Eggs Hatched: 985 Date Started: Jun 6/13
Cancel
Species: Dracowymsy [Regular] User: PokemonEnforcer (hatched 0 eggs) Goal: Fewest eggs hatched

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I haven't had a hunt go over 1k, apart from Porygon. I can Ekans going over 1k AND possibly even higher than Porygon of 1504.. >_>

Posted by: Yuni Apr 23 2014, 10:36 AM

Eggs hatched: Shiny Mareep, 1,588 eggs. I didn't think I was EVER going to get one.

Actual TIME: Petilil. Started on February 8, 2013. STILL ONGOING. Granted, I've spent some time away on hiatus, but still, it's my longest hunt time-wise even if I take the hiatus time out of the equation.

Posted by: Crysta Blade Apr 24 2014, 02:49 AM

Eggs hatched: 779 with Magikarp. Only took a week, though.

Time taken: 497 days with Growlithe.

Posted by: mimmi Apr 24 2014, 07:25 AM

In numbers of eggs my longest shiny hunt so far is Charmander, took 525 eggs

Posted by: Nyara May 9 2014, 05:41 AM

New longest hunt:

http://gpxpl.us/lRnhf
This Pokémon was egg #1816 in Nyara's 496-day shiny hunt started on December 26th, 2012.

My previous record was a 1,680 egg Mareep hunt.

Posted by: Mars Adept Enten May 12 2014, 11:48 AM

Number of eggs wise, it'd be my Snivy hunt at 626 eggs. As for number of days spent, my still-ongoing Seviper hunt, started waaaay back on 5/2/11. That's 3 years and 10 days.

Posted by: Mamanator May 14 2014, 11:58 AM

Loving these statistics! I like to keep a record in my profile of proving longest shiny hunts so I'm going to keep an eye on this thread for updates and changes. *blush*

As for my personal best... I mean worse...

Eggs: http://gpxpl.us/qeXJv


Days: http://gpxpl.us/aOavQ

Posted by: ChineseMethDragons May 15 2014, 08:27 PM

"Species: Rufflet Eggs Hatched: 1,739 Date Started: Jul 11/12 Date Cancelled: Aug 2/12"
Rufflet is my favorite Pokemon but I just couldn't take it anymore, I had to quit...I regret it though because now I don't have the Achievement. (Persistent is it?)

Posted by: Crestfallen May 16 2014, 04:52 AM

My longest ever still remains at 1392 with Alomomola.

Right now my longest is 825 with Stantler.

Nightmare. Haha

Posted by: Wanyuudo May 17 2014, 02:21 AM

July 22/2011 because of the Cherubi and not knowing how to do things I dropped off of GPXPlus.
Came back and I am determined to finish it come water or handbaskets. 128 hatched so far~!

Posted by: ebec20 Nov 9 2014, 03:21 PM

Today I finished my first shiny recorder hunt (had a random one before this), and Chespin took 565 eggs I'm hoping that the next few will be a bit quicker!

Posted by: Bonnie Clyde Nov 9 2014, 03:52 PM

http://gpxpl.us/DpjwR
This Pokémon was egg #354 in Bonnie Clyde 's 1185-day shiny hunt started on July 1st, 2011.

Also the longest completed hunt egg-wise. Though I have a Bagon hunt still going with 626 eggs hatched currently.

Posted by: Kamizard Nov 9 2014, 05:20 PM

http://gpxpl.us/nzqAR
This Pokémon was egg #878 in Kamizard 's 195-day shiny hunt started on March 12th, 2014.

My longest ongoing hunt right now is Dratini at 685.

Posted by: Lucca Majere Nov 9 2014, 06:17 PM

Longest ongoing:

Species: Solrock Eggs Hatched: 974 Date Started: Jan 30/13

Longest complete is Tropius at 864 eggs, followed closely by Mareep at 862 eggs.

Those are all in terms of eggs hatched. Time is a little weirder since I've taken two major hiatuses since I joined the site so =_=

Posted by: Redtha Nov 11 2014, 07:30 AM

Yeah, I didn't count time either for the same reason.

Longest ongoing is Amaura from the September SWSH which is at 1,363.

Longest complete was Staryu at 2,364. My second hunt for it was 586 which was nice after the first one.

I hope none of you have hunts that last that long, especially my first Staryu one.

Posted by: RubyMoon Nov 16 2014, 07:28 AM

Longest complete (time-wise) was Gulpin which took me 69 days to complete.
Longest complete (egg-wise) was Fennekin from September's Shiny Site Wide Hunt with 757 eggs.
Longest ongoing (time-wise) is Girafarig which I started on November 8th 2014.
Longest ongoing (egg-wise) is Espurr with 287 eggs and counting from November's Shiny Site Wide Hunt

Posted by: Nyara Nov 19 2014, 12:17 AM

http://gpxpl.us/lRnhf

496 days, and 1816 eggs. Though my ongoing Clone-mander hunt has exceeded it time-wise.

Posted by: Redtha Nov 19 2014, 07:43 AM

Now at 1,469.

Time wise my longest ongoing is Absol which I started February 16th. But that's because it's a 6400 egg and I usually focus on the 5120 ones. Hence why it's only at 607 eggs despite it being 9 months.

Longest ever was Miltank. This Pokémon was egg #527 in Redtha's 766-day shiny hunt started on May 20th, 2011. Ended on June 24th, 2013. So over two years. But I was gone for about 15 months of it. In fact, I think I got this shiny shortly after returning so it was a nice welcome back present. ;D

My longest when I was active the whole time seems to be my first Gastly hunt which was six and a half months. So even excluding my long absence, Miltank took about 10 months and I guess is still my longest. Though Absol is probably going to surpass it.

Posted by: Yuto Nov 30 2014, 11:50 AM

Time-wise would be me Sneasel (now completed and a Weavile), although I did leave for a long time.
Eggs would be Cyndaquil at 656

Posted by: Ignatios Nov 30 2014, 02:25 PM

These aren't long-runners egg-wise, but I've had two runs going for about two years, now.

Posted by: mimmi Dec 3 2014, 09:47 AM

Current hunts
Eggs: Pumpkaboo at 533 (followed by Blitzle at 473, and they are both SWSH )
Time: Valentacool at 2 and a half years

Past hunts
Eggs: Charmander at 525
Time: Swinub at 2 years and 1 month

Posted by: Keisuke Takahashi Dec 28 2014, 04:10 PM

Timewise: Spearow, August 30th 2013 to present.
Eggs: Bulbasaur, 1,265 eggs.

Posted by: Bilbo Baggins Dec 29 2014, 07:51 PM

In terms of actual time, it would be Mienfoo, which had 776 days, since I went on hiatus for a long time. Number of eggs-wise, it would be Phanpy, at 1085 eggs. @_@

Posted by: Jalakins Dec 30 2014, 04:25 PM

I'm still on my doduo from March 2014. I had older ones but I cancelled them because I got bored of hatching shinx over and over for like a year! Ugh. Though I haven't actually hatched that many eggs for doduo because I actually forgot I was doing it for a few months. xD

Posted by: TeeTop Apr 20 2015, 10:21 PM

Time: Dratini, 784 days (933 eggs)
Eggs: Snivy, 1,108 eggs (384 days)

Posted by: Inu Apr 21 2015, 03:03 AM

Timewise: Easily Autumn Tropius. Still ongoing, 637 eggs so far, evades me since October '12... (not counting the Legendary-hunts...)
Eggs: http://gpxpl.us/daHqK Tirtouga. 2,074 eggs, 2,033 in Shine Recorder. =_=

Posted by: Mornington Crescent Apr 21 2015, 04:29 AM

I'm still on my longest hunt-
Species: Trapinch
Eggs Hatched: 1,375
Date Started: Jul 22/12

Granted, I was away for two years of that, but still. I'm going to unlock Persistent at this rate.

Posted by: Teen Heat Apr 21 2015, 10:13 PM

Angel
—Sh. Zorua

This Pokémon was egg #1232 in Teen Heat's 788-day shiny race against chubby choco started on February 5th, 2013.

...plus a bunch of (counted: actually, only 3) others in the thousands range.

plus an uncompleted Litwick hunt from the sitewide race all those years ago. 991 eggs, before we could choose to continue as a regular hunt, and I hatched a Litwick on the 7th egg when I restarted it literally the day after the sitewide race had ended.

Posted by: PhoenixTears Apr 22 2015, 02:39 PM

For my completed hunts...
http://gpxpl.us/pAVXI This guy. 883 days (Oct 23, 2012 - Mar 24, 2015), 876 eggs.

Ongoing...
Cacnea. Started June 12, 2013, currently at 803 eggs.

Posted by: Synx Itax Apr 22 2015, 02:49 PM

My longest hunt was Pumpkaboo with exactly 1,500 eggs. My current longest hunt is Skrelp, and it's at 1,163 eggs.

Posted by: Daneh Apr 22 2015, 03:42 PM

http://gpxpl.us/CDMVf

This Pokémon was egg #1412 in Daneh 's 1005-day shiny hunt started on August 21st, 2011.

...yup.

Posted by: Banette Apr 23 2015, 07:55 AM

I'm always going on hiatus, so it's common for all of my hunts to go on for ridiculous amounts of time. My longest are the Ponyta and Shuppet hunts: both were started on Dec. 9, 2012; the Ponyta one finally ended on July 21, 2014; and the Shuppet one ended on Sept. 8, 2014. So, yeah, nearly two years. It's even sadder when you realized that the combined amount of eggs hatched still doesn't come close to the one with the most hatched (Shellder took 1,395 eggs and less time to complete).

Posted by: WaterUser May 2 2015, 10:42 PM

http://gpxpl.us/GhGtf

"This Pokémon was egg #614 in WaterUser's 1798-day shiny hunt started on May 28th, 2010."

First shiny hunt, on the day the recorder came out. Do I win?

Posted by: Gato May 3 2015, 03:52 PM

Species: Vanillite Eggs Hatched: 450 Date Started: Oct 15/12 582

Two. Years.

Who knew it was so hard to find grape ice cream?

Posted by: Erwan May 3 2015, 04:51 PM

1280 eggs with Ralts.
And my Nidoran F hunt is at 1023 ath the moment.

Posted by: KanaKyubii May 5 2015, 06:30 PM

Buneary. 400+ Eggs, counting all the times I've quit. Still no shiny. :c SOMEDAY

Posted by: Thalassa May 14 2015, 06:51 AM

Timewise my longest (and still on going) hunt is Charmander Clone. I started it on November 24/11.

As for the number of eggs, my shiny Squirtle hunt was the longest with 688 eggs hatched!

Posted by: Synx Itax May 14 2015, 11:09 AM

Skrelp is officially the winner now. 1,783 eggs.

Posted by: Haxorus May 15 2015, 12:21 AM

http://gpxpl.us/AgFkI

This Pokémon was egg #250 in Haxorus 's 1512-day shiny hunt started on March 8th, 2011.

Because I started the hunt, then soon after went inactive and stuff due to school. xD

Posted by: Mizael May 15 2015, 05:11 AM

http://gpxpl.us/oRmGK

This Pokémon was egg #1225 in Mizael's 798-day shiny hunt started on May 29th, 2010.

Thanks for the achievements, I guess.

Posted by: mizutani May 15 2015, 07:42 AM

Completed : http://gpxpl.us/VDEgm

This Pokémon was egg #1128 in mizutani 's 967-day shiny hunt started on May 28th, 2010.

took way too long for my liking

Ongoing: Still looking for a shiny fenniken from when the Sept 2014 SWSH happened

Posted by: WingedWhiteTiger May 15 2015, 07:01 PM

Currently at 744 for Joltik, still on going. Started on March 15th, so exactly two months today. xD

Posted by: Leg Jun 23 2015, 01:43 AM

I think time-wise my longest hunt is the Eevee hunt I'm still trying to finish, which has been going on for 800-something days now.

But the most eggs I've hatched in one hunt was 2524, for this guy: http://gpxpl.us/oEndx

That's one record I hope I never get the privilege of beating...

Posted by: Wastelander Jun 23 2015, 06:17 AM

http://gpxpl.us/gWSCI

This Pokémon was egg #1160 in Wastelander 's 546-day site-wide shiny hunt started on November 15th, 2013.

The one hunt that will forever haunt me...I'm not even too fond of Milotic, but it was leftover from that SOTM hunt from a few years back, and I had hoped to get the hunt lasting over a thousand eggs out of it.

Posted by: Durppie Jun 23 2015, 12:25 PM

Still trying to finish the SWSH for Roggenrola. One day. One day...

Posted by: SCP 682 Jun 23 2015, 02:45 PM

My highest in terms of eggs was a Houndour at 714. I know it's not a lot, but maybe I should be grateful for that.

Posted by: D E A N Jul 27 2015, 05:13 AM

In the terms of most eggs hatched. There is this little Seadra..

And in the terms of "days used to hunt". These two are at tie.

Posted by: AppleSpider Jul 28 2015, 01:55 PM

http://gpxpl.us/QxgtR
This Pokémon was egg #1512 in AppleSpider 's 218-day shiny hunt started on February 2nd, 2014.
I'm glad that I managed to finish it. When I did, I thought that I was hallucinating.

The longest in terms of days, however...

http://gpxpl.us/xcJrQ
This Pokémon was egg #510 in AppleSpider 's 865-day shiny hunt started on February 2nd, 2011.
I did not enjoy that 2-year hunt.

Posted by: Spoovo The Pirate Aug 22 2015, 06:09 PM

Well, I'm not quite at record breaking levels, but I've just passed the 1700 mark for Chespin, and still no shiny in sight. In terms of days, I wouldn't know exactly. Very few of my hunts have gone past 500 days, although I (unofficially) hunted shiny Omanyte for over three years. The GPX deleted my old hunt for it because I went inactive.

I've also got a Ditto hunt that's been going since October 2012, but that doesn't really count, does it? Bcus Ditto?

Posted by: Targaryen Sep 5 2015, 09:47 PM

Tympole at 1,512 eggs
Wailmer at 1,410 eggs
Patrat at 1,085 eggs

Time-wise probably my Dracowymsy hunt: "This Pokémon was egg #861 in Targaryen 's 765-day shiny race against Stargaze started on January 12th, 2013."
Second longest was Sh. Clone Bulbasaur "This Pokémon was egg #291 in Targaryen 's 587-day shiny hunt started on January 7th, 2013."

Honestly novelty hunts are the worst. I'm only doing them for the achievement :/


oh and my current most eggs hunt is Staryu at 468 eggs and my current longest hunt (Crystal Onix ) is from April 2015

Posted by: Vande Sep 6 2015, 04:10 AM

Species: Tentacool
Eggs Hatched: 2,047

1283 for Purrloin (no longer on my recorder due to time but checked)

Species: Kangaskhan
Eggs Hatched: 1,224

Species: Slowpoke Eggs
Hatched: 1,150

Species: Koffing
Eggs Hatched: 1,115

Posted by: Ayy Lmao Sep 6 2015, 04:44 AM

771 Bronzor, 768 Shellder, and 587 Remoraid. Apparently, I've gotten off easy with these.

Posted by: Sniper Warrior Sogeking Sep 6 2015, 05:53 AM

Egg-wise, my longest hunt so far was my Klink hunt, which took 890 eggs. Though technically, I'm still hunting after a female shiny Eevee, which I still haven't found after over 2000 eggs (though I did complete several Eevee shiny hunts which were all male.)

Time-wise, it's any of the hunts I was on pre-hiatus. But I cancelled all of those before going on said hiatus 3 years ago and re-started them when I got back a couple of months ago. Longest continuous hunt seems to have been my Ponyta hunt (also the last completed hunt pre-hiatus), which took 308 days but only 190 eggs.

Posted by: Elenya Sep 6 2015, 03:53 PM

My longest hunt is already done.
I completed the hunt on 1st December 2013 and it took me 569 days and 1714eggs to complete it.
What pokemon it was?

This one
It was the SWSH in May 2012.

Posted by: Kelleo Sep 7 2015, 03:15 PM

Used to be my Seviper hunt which clocked in at 1,147 eggs, but it was recently surpassed by my Tyrunt hunt at 1,158 eggs. I don't ever have any hunts that last only 100 eggs or so anymore...

Posted by: Shiny MegaMareep Sep 7 2015, 03:27 PM

Eggwise: Noibat from the January 2015 SWSH (1143 eggs)
Time-wise: Bulba Clone (291 days).

On a second note, I was looking through my breedings to see what shinies I've bred and looks like I bred someone a shiny which they've been hunting for 859 days (2+ years!).

Posted by: coriopsis Sep 21 2015, 01:37 AM

My Amaura hunt is officially a year old this month; 1387 eggs and counting.

Posted by: AregularFrankiefan Oct 2 2015, 04:28 PM

With the Shine Recorder? Misdreavus. Like 900+ (I was lazy and kept forgetting to register it in the Recorder for a few months) Eggs and counting so far. It sucks that the Eggs don't spawn often in the Lab because of Misdreavus's sort of high rarity.

Ha, wonder if I'll be able to get Persistent. (Though it's not really like I'll be bummed if I don't.)

Posted by: shadowlarvitar Oct 2 2015, 11:43 PM

As of right now the longest is Duskull at 254, completed.

Fennekin is catching up at 116. Fennekin's been going on longer than Duskull however.

I don't have all the extra Shine Record slots yet so I haven't "officially" started hunts for things like Ditto who could possibly keep that slot "locked" for awhile.

Posted by: RubyMoon Nov 19 2015, 06:55 PM

My longest hunt is Cubone for SWSH with over 900 eggs so far.

Posted by: Cherubi Problematique Nov 20 2015, 04:35 AM

My longest so far was Snivy with 836 eggs.

Edit: I now realizes the thread asked for time, not egg numbers. Then my longest would still be Snivy, lasting from January 17 2012 until October 10 2015

Posted by: shiny mega charizard x Nov 20 2015, 10:09 AM

Charmander was my longest one

Posted by: Alex Mercer Nov 20 2015, 11:25 AM

I tend to measure length on eggs and not time, because I frequently take long hiatuses. Though with time, my longest complete hunt is Meowth; 3/14/13 to 9/19/15, 447 eggs. My longest incomplete hunt is Primal Dialga, which started on 11/6/11 and is still ongoing.

Posted by: ThunderMouse Jan 18 2016, 08:59 PM

My longest one is still going. It's a Shiny race for the Office Wars achievement and it has been going on for about 3 years. I am considering talking with her on calling this group quits and switching to see if we would have any better luck.

Posted by: Dr Electric Jan 25 2016, 01:49 AM

My longest complete hunt is a shiny Minun hunt which lasted for 69 days. My longest ongoing hunt is a Shiny Plusle hunt which I started 2nd September 2015.

Posted by: Lord Raven Jan 25 2016, 02:29 AM

Longest by length is my turtwig that took 1676 days - 326 eggs.

Longest by eggs hatched is an swsh Litleo that took 1592 eggs - 22 days long, went like a weeksover the swsh limit too.

Posted by: Nectaria Jan 25 2016, 05:21 PM

My longest shiny hunt is my Shiny Rattata hunt but it is not completed yet. I have hatched over 700+ eggs and I still didn't get a shiny Rattata .

Posted by: Breech Loader Jan 28 2016, 06:38 PM

Furfrou, with 1,210 eggs hatched.

Posted by: TimelordSnowy Jan 31 2016, 08:27 PM

My longest (And Only Shiny Hunt so far) Is my Froakie one started it in dec/2/15 and its still ongoing :P being mostly inactive the last month probably hasnt helped any :P

Posted by: Digital Feb 14 2016, 03:23 PM

Species: Gulpin Eggs Hatched: 1,189 Date Started: Nov 1/11 Date Ended: Feb 13/16

4 years and 3.5 months, finally finished this monster of a shiny hunt. Completed three achievements for me too--Pokii's Rage, Determined and Lucky Day (also hatched a shiny Phantump today). Glad to finally have this done.

Posted by: Sofia Feb 22 2016, 12:54 PM

When it comes to egg count, my highest is Caterpie at 1,492. I've had a couple come close to that (like Geodude at 1,447) but none quite so high.

But when it comes to time, I'm not going to count my Rayquaza hunt, which started in 2012 and only has 11 hatched. My longest non-Novelty, non-Legendary hunt is Tyrogue, which lasted from November 2013 to April 2015

Posted by: The Majestic Mr L Feb 27 2016, 07:03 PM

Deibot has been ongoing since May of last year. In just about three months it will have been a year.

Posted by: nokrow889 Feb 27 2016, 10:43 PM

longest in eggs is charmander at 1,860 time wise would be chikorita still on going from november of 2011 to be fair though 2 years of that i wasnt on the site

Posted by: LucarioGirl Feb 28 2016, 08:41 PM

Autumn Tropius. I've been searching since November 2012, breeding mine constantly, hatching every Autumn Tropius egg my pair lays, but even after 735 hatched, I still haven't found one.

Posted by: Crasyforce Mar 7 2016, 12:01 PM

Bisharp. I started it about 3-4 years ago but never attempted it really until not long ago.

This Pokémon was egg #263 in Crasyforce 's 1216-day shiny hunt started on October 18th, 2012.

Took way to long

Posted by: seanrc Mar 16 2016, 01:47 PM

My Froakie hunt, from June 10th 2015. (Though I wasn't active for most of it.)

Posted by: kieshara Mar 16 2016, 02:05 PM

Species: Tyrunt
Eggs Hatched: 542
Date Started: Jan 24/16
Date Ended: Mar 15/16

that was for me the longest hunt ever ... .and it ended up giving me a male tyrant and not a female

Posted by: WingedWhiteTiger Jun 27 2016, 06:59 AM

Update: That particular hunt ended up lasting 1096 eggs.

However, I just beat my own record today. I hatched a Shiny Mawile after 1478 eggs.
I'm not sure if I feel happy or at some sort of loss after two and a half months of diligent work. lol

Posted by: Digital Jul 6 2016, 12:40 PM

Species: Deino Eggs Hatched: 992 Date Started: Nov 6/11 Date Ended: Jul 6/16

Almost expected it to go to a thousand...but no, this thing had to ruin the big number. Oh well, hello thing.

http://r.gpx.plus/OTgUG

Posted by: Kurrudii Jul 26 2016, 12:44 PM

I just came back after a 5 year absence... All of my shiny hunts started in 2010 LOL

>BD

Posted by: Indigo chan Jul 28 2016, 01:52 AM

I decided to do my very first shiny hunt during this month's SWSH. 597 eggs later, I still haven't found my shiny yet... :/

Posted by: WaterMinx Jul 28 2016, 06:43 PM

Even though I've only been on this site for barely a Month. I've only done 1 complete Hunt.

http://r.gpx.plus/glkcG

Species: Gulpin

Eggs Hatch: 40

Start Date: June 28th

End Date: July 25th

As of right now I'm working on the Site hunt and have hatched 67 eggs so far.

Posted by: Necrotic Jul 29 2016, 09:21 PM

I've been hunting for a shiny Past Misdreavus since September 2011, with only seventeen eggs hatched thus far... so it's definitely my longest, even if it has one of the fewest egg counts.
I might have the worst luck in the history of novelty breeding.

Posted by: Dragonmage Aug 4 2016, 04:03 AM

I tend to measure time by eggs hatched because dates get messed up when you go on hiatus. I would also put personal hunts on the back burner for SWSH so personal hunts are kind of distorted timewise.

Greatest number of eggs for an ongoing hunt - personal (SWSH Sept. 13, 2012)
Dratini - 400 - I will have a pink noodle if it kills me

Longest time for an ongoing hunt - personal
Shinx - since September 9, 2012 - only 75 eggs as it got put on the back burner for Dratini and Absol SWSH which became personal

Greatest number of eggs hatched for a complete hunt - SHWH
Rufflet - 604 eggs

Greatest number of eggs hatched for a complete hunt - personal
Hoppip - 448 eggs

Longest time for a complete hunt - personal
Relicanth - 562 days

Posted by: BlackBat09 Aug 6 2016, 08:32 PM

Due to two multi-year absences, my longest shiny hunt is the (ongoing) hunt for a shiny Absol, started April of 2012.

[EDIT] And I FINISHED IT!
http://r.gpx.plus/DtqBG
Egg 244, after exactly 1600 days. My beautiful girl, named after the Greek prophetess cursed by Apollo. Ah, she's so perfect~ ^-^

Posted by: Luxeon Sep 25 2016, 12:35 PM

My longest shiny hunt was with my Shiny Pichu. It took 239 eggs and 3 months to complete (when counting the one month I was absence).

Posted by: DraconicDM Sep 25 2016, 01:21 PM

So far my longest shiny hunt was this months Anorith SWSH with 257 eggs hatched.
Though this was only the second shiny hunt I finished, since I joined the site exactly 1 month ago. The first one was a very lucky Gothita hunt with only 53 eggs.
ed.: 3 minutes later I finshed my Budew shiny hunt with 133 eggs

Posted by: Larzsi Sep 27 2016, 11:23 PM

I just finished a hunt for shiny Vulpix that lasted four years and eleven months with 658 eggs hatched. Probably would've ended a long time ago had I not taken such a long break from the site though.... :P

Posted by: Sign Seven Oct 3 2016, 07:49 PM

Just finished my Tyrunt shiny hunt (yes, from the SWSH way back when) after 2,428 eggs in 628 days (about 1.75 years!) Too bad I couldn't reach 2,500, but I'm just relieved to be done. It took so long that I already got 5 Stone Shards!

Posted by: Vilela Oct 4 2016, 07:41 AM

The longest one would be my shiny Pichu and Eevee hunt, switching between them for no reason at all.
I think I've started my Eevee hunt in ... June (?) but my Pichu hunt started in August, hoping it won't last that long

Posted by: Wheat Oct 4 2016, 03:02 PM

Two weeks for a shiny charmander on an old account of mine. 200 eggs, none hatched into shiny charmander.

Posted by: Aether Oct 12 2016, 04:35 AM

Species: Mareep
Eggs Hatched: 1,066
Date Started: Feb 13/13

3 and a half years, and I'm still going. I'm so mad, my mareep and lunar larvitar gave out FOUR SHINY MAREEP IN 2 DAYS!

grrrr

Posted by: Snowsky Oct 12 2016, 08:12 AM

My shiny hunt with the most eggs is Chimchar (SWSH) at 1,168.

My shiny hunt that took the longest, I believe, is Solosis at 557 days or roughly 1.5 years. I'm too lazy to go back and check every single one.

Posted by: D E A N Oct 13 2016, 07:58 AM

I have already posted in this thread, but here are my new records..

Most egg hatched: shiny Seadra, 1381 eggs. Same as before. I still don't have anything even close to this (luckily!)

http://r.gpx.plus/ttGxx
This Pokémon was egg #1381 in D E A N 's 325-day site-wide
shiny hunt started on November 16th, 2011.

When I sort my PokeDex with Most Obtained (Egg) this is my top 10:

1. Horse 1500 eggs: 3 shinies (1381 eggs to get one shiny, 119 eggs to get two shinies)
2. Pichu 1490 eggs: 9 shinies (shiny ratio 1:161)
3. Charmander 1299 eggs: 3 shinies (ratio 1:433)
4. Sandshrew 1254 eggs: 2 shinies (ratio 1:627)
5. Eevee 1068 eggs: 9 shinies (ratio 1:119)
6. Weedle 994 eggs: 1 shiny (this one is the closest with 387 eggs less than Seadra)
7. Chikorita 909 eggs: 1 shiny
8. Numel 897 eggs: 1 shiny
9. Zorua 877 eggs: 2 shinies (ratio 1:438)
10. Luvdics 877 eggs: 1 shiny

Longest hunt in terms of days: shiny Festive Makuhita, 3 years and 24 days.
To be fair I did have a break between Oct. 2014 - May 2015 (not 100% sure about the months, took this info out of my shine recorder). And I'm fairly sure that there was another break too, but it was only like month or three.

http://r.gpx.plus/CJSJV
This Pokémon was egg #424 in D E A N 's 1119-day shiny hunt
started on January 8th, 2013.

My old post can be found in the spoiler below.

My old post (click to showhide)

QUOTE(D E A N @ Jul 27 2015, 01:13 PM)

In the terms of most eggs hatched. There is this little Seadra..

http://gpxpl.us/ttGxx
This Pokémon was egg #1381 in D E A N 's 325-day site-wide
shiny hunt started on November 16th, 2011.

And in the terms of "days used to hunt". These two are at tie.

http://gpxpl.us/HDrGO
This Pokémon was egg #542 in D E A N 's 419-day shiny hunt
started on April 16th, 2014.

http://gpxpl.us/GWGWO
This Pokémon was egg #632 in D E A N 's 419-day site-wide
shiny hunt started on May 16th, 2014.

This Pokémon was egg #1381 in D E A N 's 325-day site-wide shiny hunt started on November 16th, 2011.

Posted by: Aether Oct 16 2016, 10:40 AM

http://r.gpx.plus/TUwRA

This Pokémon was egg #1124 in Aether's 1341-day shiny hunt started on February 13th, 2013.

It's actually over...

Posted by: Shadow Fennekin Oct 16 2016, 01:00 PM

Mudkip is my longest hunt atm, 902 eggs hatched at his completion
Squirtle might potentially beat him, currently at 847...... more than BOTH shiny Charmanders, and my Bulbasaur combined. Oh well, I need that achievement for going over 1000 anyways

Posted by: andy021156 Oct 30 2016, 10:05 AM

Sh. Hawlucha 's the longest shiny hunt. Don't know if anyone have more than me?

http://r.gpx.plus/ozsdA

This Pokémon was egg #3148 in andy021156's 695-day shiny hunt started on December 5th, 2014.

Posted by: Alicat Jul 18 2018, 01:36 AM

My current longest-running hunt is EB at 393 eggs hatched since feb 1/13... longest egg-wise is my litten SESH at 1398 and counting

Posted by: Natsume Reiko Jul 18 2018, 08:59 AM

Winter Vulpix for me over 400 eggs spanning forever.

Posted by: Nectaria Jul 19 2018, 04:14 PM

It was my Shiny Rattata hunt and today I finally have completed this shiny hunt after 973 eggs and I have also unlocked my Persistent achievement.

Posted by: YoRHa No9 Type S Aug 7 2018, 12:36 AM

https://r.gpx.plus/HPTSZ
This Pokémon was egg #1757 in YoRHa No9 Type S 's 445-day shiny hunt started on May 19th, 2017.

Posted by: AregularFrankiefan Aug 7 2018, 01:48 AM

Egg-wise, the longest was this: https://r.gpx.plus/rtJbY


On one hand, I never want to see another Misdreavus Egg again, but on the other I'm a little under 200 Eggs away from Hatching Insanity and since it's relatively low Maturity, Misdreavus won't be as painful to hatch as other Pokemon would be.


As for time, I've honestly no idea who's taken the longest.

Posted by: YoRHa No9 Type S Aug 7 2018, 01:32 PM

Time-wise, I have this one.

https://r.gpx.plus/JhrAI
This Pokémon was egg #680 in YoRHa No9 Type S 's 1271-day shiny hunt started on October 31st, 2011.

Posted by: Cytosine Aug 13 2018, 04:40 PM

As for time, it would be my shiny Vibrava:

https://r.gpx.plus/IhRka

This was 1008 eggs over 411 days. Apparently this pales in comparison to other people's record for longest time to finish shiny hunts.

As for eggs, it's my Masquerain:

https://r.gpx.plus/vaNSG

1538 eggs over 309 days.

Posted by: goldfishtails Oct 28 2018, 09:22 PM

my shiny feebas. i took a couple breaks from gpx while doing it, and actually only finished it when completing my second longest hunt. i grabbed a few feebas by accident


This Pokémon was egg #184 in goldfishtails's 1783-day site-wide shiny hunt started on November 15th, 2013.
https://gpx.plus/info/HNiZb

Posted by: timeerkat Dec 11 2018, 01:49 AM

Longest completed:

https://r.gpx.plus/SyoYI
This Pokémon was egg #877 in timeerkat's 1014-day shiny hunt started on June 29th, 2012.

Longest currently running:

Species: Squirtle Clone Eggs Hatched: 415 Date Started: Nov 7/11

Posted by: Gunnaka Dec 16 2018, 01:44 AM

This Pokémon was egg #1862 in Gunnaka 's 2588-day site-wide shiny hunt started on November 15th, 2011.

Posted by: Yerwasius Sep 7 2019, 08:56 PM

Too long, too much time, it lasted too much...

https://r.gpx.plus/dNfkk

This Pokémon was egg #1925 in Yerwasius 's 223-day shiny hunt started on December 31st, 2018.

Posted by: AregularFrankiefan Sep 8 2019, 12:52 AM

Okay, so, longest to hatch was still that Misdreavus. Longest time-wise was definitely her, since I rarely remember to put things on my Shine Recorder: https://r.gpx.plus/JqcQb

<i>This Pokémon was egg #933 in AregularFrankiefan's 544-day shiny hunt started on March 26th, 2017.</i>

Posted by: Jade Sep 8 2019, 11:27 PM

So, Jaden, my shiny Jolteon, is one of my longest - and with that maturity hatch for an Eevee, ridiculously painful.

BUUUUT.... he's actually second place.

Rufflet actually out beats him by 2,693 - granted, that was for two of them, but one of the Rufflets definitely went past my shiny Jolteon's mark. I was a bit silly about it, and ended up canceling and deleting the hunt off my shine recorder when it passed the other record.

Because I love Jolteon and wanted him to be the first in line not some silly bird xD


Of the rest of my hunts, I've had about 9 others go past the 1000 egg mark - one of them being Easter Buneary, which took ages to get. Man was I tried of breeding rabbits by that point.

Posted by: jeanmichel Sep 9 2019, 12:50 PM

My longest in number of eggs so far was:

https://r.gpx.plus/rGNfb

This Pokémon was egg #1122 in jeanmichel's 72-day shiny hunt started on October 22nd, 2018.

It allowed me to breed some Kryduck and Platipus. And I used a lot of Psyduck from others' Kryduck and Platipus breeding I guess.

And I got it on Ultra Sun not long after too.

Posted by: Mikaku Onchi Sep 10 2019, 06:56 AM

In terms of eggs my longest hunt was for Pidgey, in 2012. It took 2,269 eggs in total.
In terms of time it was Pink Caterpie, which not only was a 970 days hunt but also took an absurd amount of eggs for a novelty, 880!

My longest on-going hunt is for Pichu. I've hatched 993 eggs as for now and I still have more shiny pichu to get.

Posted by: Lady Yuki Sep 10 2019, 09:58 AM

I started a shiny hunt for Floral Togepi back in 2016, (251 eggs hatched so far) but I've put it on hold to concentrate on finishing the shiny hunt for Igglybuff, left over from the SWSH a year ago. (2462 eggs hatched. Any day now...)

Posted by: Breech Loader Sep 30 2019, 06:04 AM

The technically longest is Furfrou at 1210 eggs - although I have hunts that definitely feel longer.