_{My Starter My First Special My First Special Mega My First Melan My First Special Legend}

Sometimes you just get those random specials outta nowhere. These are them.

Relaxed - Male 2023-08-21	Bashful - Male 2023-08-24	Bashful - Female 2023-08-28
Jolly - Male 2023-08-28	Bashful - Male 2023-08-29	Brave - Female 2023-09-02
Naughty - Male 2023-10-21	Brave - Male 2023-10-21	Quirky - Male 2023-11-06
Naughty - Male 2023-11-21	Relaxed - Male 2023-11-22	Timid - Female 2023-11-23
Serious - Female 2023-11-24	Serious - Male 2023-12-17	Quiet - Male 2023-12-19
Modest - Female 2023-12-23	Rash - Female 2024-01-28	Relaxed - Male 2024-02-15
Bold - Female 2024-02-27	Lax - Female 2024-03-28	Mild - Male 2024-04-24

Intro

This is my first hunt that I am doing here on PFQ! I like Tyrunt a lot and stumbled across a Prehistoric Tyrantrum in the Shelter and thought the opportunity was too good to pass up. I'm really new to this so I didn't have Hypermode, Shiny Charm or Uber so I was having massive gaps between specials, which obviously isn't great for my odds for getting a Melan. Oh looooord I love me some dinosaurs!!!!!!!!

Update: 2023-10-18

IT'S OVER! THE CURSE IS LIFTED. After a super long hunt, followed by a long break to hunt other things for Type Races, I decided to return to Tyrunt, and on a Niet Shazi Sei bonus day, I got it... I can finally move on... I am FREE! Named it after the Carnotaurus from Disney's Dinosaur since it has a similar colour scheme and I have a lot of nostalgia over that dino because I had a big toy of it.

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Hard "Working" Parents

EXP King

Intro

In the midst of my Tyrunt hunt, I decided that I would take part in my first Type Race! I hadn't done one before so I thought I'd give it a try. So I PR Sticked my Tyrunt chain and prepped for this. I chose Early Bird Natu because I initially was gonna go for just Natu when I was informed that this PFQ Variant existed. It's a little harder to hunt since you have the chance to spawn normal Natu eggs when breeding these, but I'm looking forward to it! Early Bird gets the shiny, or albino, or melan... I hope...

Update: 2023-07-15

After going through the Type Race, I realised I'm not quite prepared for this hunt yet as I needed to be a lot more set up than I already was. It was a good learning experience. I'll PR this hunt and return to it in the future but in the meantime I will stick to hunts that I find more achievable for myself in the early stages.

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Busy in the Nest

Intro

Again I am taking a break from my super unluck and long Tyrunt hunt, to do some Type Race! This time I am on team Normal so I thought why not do Castform! I am a fan of this funny little fella and its weather formes. Unsure whether I want 1 melan total or 1 for each forme... but I'll start at just 1 for now. Don't wanna aim too high!

Update: 2023-08-16

WHAT???????????? FIRST SPECIAL OF THE CHAIN AND IT'S MELAN????? MY FIRST EVER MELAN???? WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT

Update: 2023-08-20

That was a super successful Type Race for me. Not only did I just have a better target that didn't suffer from the E/V egg/shelter shenanigans, but I also got my first ever melanistic Pokémon. Really happy with how this went. Gonna do some dexing before I return to Tyrunt (or September TR, whichever comes first) !

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Making Weather

Intro

Type Race is coming back round, and after I took a break from hunting I was ready to get back in! This month I'm on the Grass team, so I thought why not do one of my favourite and, in my opinion, one of the most underrated Pokémon designs, Dhelmise! This one will be my first non-gendered hunt, so I did an OT Swap and prepared a Ditto. I also didn't realise that non-gendered pairs have varying maximum percentages, with Dhelmise being only 60% (72% at MAX Level & Happiness), so hopefully the RNG is kind to me. I decided to start this one early as I realised that, despite getting the Melan super early in my Castform hunt, I actually got really lucky because I was barely getting any Shiny hatches due to my chain being short. So I thought it would be best to increase my chances and start the hunt now so that when Type Race begins I can get its full benefits!

Update: 2023-10-03

It is 1am local time. I had just realised that for Sei bonus day I completely forgot to activate charm, and it bummed me out a little so I activated it at 11pm ready for next morning... then it happened. First batch of a new day. The melan arrives. Named it "Mr. Krabs' House" since he y'know... lives in a large black anchor. Very fitting.

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Baby Making Mush

Intro

Time for Psychic Team Race! I wasn't too sure which Pokémon I wanted to hunt, but during my previous hunt I came across a good deal for a 99% Galarian Ponyta BP and thought it would be a fun hunt to do!

Update: 2023-10-14

Ohhhhh yeeeeaaaah! I can't believe it... I just popped a new Z Crystal, and decided to hatch a few eggs while at a gas station and I not only got a Shiny... I got an Albino... AND A MELAN IN ONE PARTY! My luck is insane! I will also add I'm kinda relieved it's female, because my only name idea was to name it after Sindel for Mortal Kombat because of the hair and colours. No ideas outside that.

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Friendship is Magic

Intro

I got my melan Tyrunt super early on a Niet / Shazi / Sei day whilst having a Dragonium Z active, so I thought why not start another Dragon hunt and see if I can get lucky! So here we are!

Update: 2023-10-18

WHAAAAAAAAAAT??????????? I JUST STARTED THIS HUNT TODAY???? IMMEDIATELY AFTER I GOT MY MELAN TYRUNT????? TWO MELANS IN ONE DAY THAT IS NUTS This was started just so I didn't waste my Dragonium Z on such a good bonus day but wow, this really paid off... I don't feel like starting a new hunt though so I'm gonna continue this chain until the end of my Z-Crystal. Named this melan after Narancia's warplane Stand from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure called Aerosmith as it matches the theme and the anime's colourings!

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Slingshotting Babies

Intro

Since my Type Race went very successfully and that I have also now finished my long-term hunt, I was looking into what I should hunt next and saw someone giving away FREE Tauros Breeding Pairs... and because I already am really fond of Blaze Breed Tauros, I grabbed one! Despite being a high compatibility pair, I do need to be wary that this pair will also breed Miltank and alternate Tauros eggs as well, which I don't have plans to hunt as of yet. So I just need to keep in mind that I won't be generating target eggs as quickly as I would with normal pairs.... Although I did hunt Dhelmise and that was 70% with a Ditto (so basically 35%) and any non-Ditto hunt is quick compared to that...

Update: 2023-11-05

All the boosts were lining up. I had Shiny Charm, Z Crystal, Hypermode, Ubercharm, Level 7 Albino Radar, and to top it off maximum Sei and x2.5 Niet power.... I put in all my currency and hatched over 600 eggs... only to end up getting the odd shiny and albino. And so the day ticked over, and I'm starting to prepare for my next move with no currency... Do I buy another Z Crystal for the next Sei day or do I buy a PR Stick because Type Race is next week... Oh wait I have no money... Well I might as well hatch the eggs that didn't get hatched from the last minute party yesterda- WHAAAAAT ARE YOU SERIOUS???? IT WAS A MELAN???? FIRST PARTY AFTER RESET???? This game plays intense mind games. I got my reward for my grind. Just a little later than anticipated lol

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The Rodeo

Intro

Type Race November 2023 is coming up, and this time I am on Team Ghost. Now I had already done my favourite Ghost type as a hunt for the Grass Type Race, so I took a look through the list of Ghost types and I noticed how good Sableye, specifically Mega Sableye, looked as a Melanistic. This will be my first Melan Mega hunt, and after my Blaze Tauros hunt, I think this one will be much more relaxing.

Update: 2023-11-14

I had feeling when I saw we were getting Sei and Shazi power on the same day that I would the Melan today. I am very glad that I did, albeit with only 40 minutes of the day remaining. I tapped into my Lucky Eggs to help fit in more eggs tonight, and I am happy I did. First Mega Melan yet and it is such a nice one too! Love this thing. Gonna continue hunting until Type Race ends as this is a fairly straight forward hunt. Hopefully I can hatch another to make some moolah >:)

Update: 2023-11-20

So I was just continuing the chain until Type Race and my Z-Crystal had fully expired and... Seems that was a good decision.

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Digging for Gems