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Pokémon TCG Pocket Shinedust explained

Umito November 15, 2024

Shiny dust is an item that you can collect through a variety of different activities in Pokémon TCG Pocket.

Once you have collected enough Shinedust, you can use it to obtain Flairs to your Pokémon TCG Pocket card collection. However, since some cards have a higher Shinedust cost than others, it’s always a good idea to have a plan in mind when it comes to obtaining Flairs. (No one really wants to farm Shinedust, do they?)

Below we look at how to get Shinedust in Pokémon TCG Pocket.

How to get Shinedust in Pokémon TCG Pocket

There are several ways to get Shinedust in Pokémon TCG Pocket, which, in turn, will help you get Flairs for your cards. Let’s take a look…

Duplicate cards

The main way to get Shinedust is to get duplicate cards by opening booster packs, Wonder Pick, or purchasing trainer cards from the in-game store. Each time you get a duplicate card, you will get a small amount by Shinedust. At first this will seem like a small amount, but, as your card collection grows, the more chances you have of getting duplicate cards and the more Shinedust you will collect.

We do not I actually recommend buying trainer cards as a Shinedust farming method. This just wastes your Shop Tickets because, unless you want to add a style to them, you only need a maximum of two, as each card can be reused in multiple decks.

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Achievements

There are achievements in Pokémon TCG Pocket and they can be found by selecting your profile before scrolling down. These achievements range from celebrating how many booster packs you’ve opened to how many cards of a specific Pokémon type you’ve collected. Aside from being a record of your time in Pokémon TCG Pocket, these achievements will also reward you with Shinedust every time you reach a new rank.

The only exception is the achievement corresponding to the number of cards you have saved in your card dex, which only contains one trophy.

The amount of Shinedust you will earn per rank is:

Bronze- 30 Shining Dust
Money – 50 shiny dust
Gold – 70 Shining Dust
Platinum – 100 shiny dust

A nice little reward to accompany the trophy that you will also unlock!

Events

Some in-game events will also offer you the opportunity to earn Shinedust. However, it is important to note that not all events will have Shinedust as a reward and, if they do, then you need to collect the Shinedust before the event ends, otherwise you will get nothing.

An example of a Pokémon TCG Pocket event that offered Shinedust as a reward is the Meowth Wonder Pick Part 2 event. Here you can exchange event shop tickets for 50 Shinedust up to 20 times, which means that the he event offered you the chance to win 1,000 Shinedust. . The former Lapras Drop Event also gave players the chance to earn Shinedust, but this was a reward given randomly after winning a match.