Location | Battle Frontier – Upper exterior area at Battle Frontier between 11:59 PM and 4:49 AM |
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Purpose | Sells rare services for Battle Points. This includes being able to change any Pokémon into its shiny form. |
Transaction Item | Battle Points |
Cost | Varies |
Location
Make sure the time is between 11:59 PM and 4:49 AM. Then fly to the Seaport City Pokémon Center and enter the connector to the north.

Exit the connector to reach Battle Frontier.

Continue north after exiting the connector.

The Shady Guy will be standing outside to the west of the main Battle Frontier building.

Function
The Shady Guy’s primary purpose is to change the selected Pokémon into its shiny form for 500 Battle Points. This is his “Special Offer”.

Additionally, the Shady Guy will also occasionally have an additional Limited Offer. The limited offer varies each day, but the special offer will always be available to convert any Pokemon into its shiny form.
Here is a small list of known limited offers that can appear:
- Reduce Speed or Attack IVs to 0 for any Pokémon
- Change any Pokémon’s gender
- Maximize any Pokémon’s IVs
- Maximize the EV of one random stat for any Pokémon
- Remove all EVs from one Pokémon

