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Bagon is a Dragon-type Pokemon that can evolve into the pseudo-legendary Salamence, making it a decent choice for battling inPokemon GO. Bagon and its evolutions have been a part ofPokemon GOsince the “Hoenn Celebration” event in 2018, and Shiny Bagon was added a year later on Jun 15, 2025 for Community Day. While Community Days are the best way to Shiny Hunt, you should also take advantage of events that have increased spawn rates of specific Pokemon. For example, the “Ultra Unlock: Steel and Scales” event (July 2025) marks the debut of Honedge and its evolutions. However, you’ll also see increased encounters of certain Steel-type and Dragon-type Pokemon, one of these being Bagon. Thus, it’s recommended you Shiny Hunt the Rock Head Pokemon while the event is active.
Where to Find Shiny Bagon
Ultra Unlock: Steel and Scales, July 2025
“Ultra Unlock: Steel and Scales” has an increased chance of Shiny Bagon and Shiny Beldum appearing. Being a Dragon-type, Bagon’s appearance rate isn’t influenced by certain Lures like the Magnetic Lure or Glacial Lure. However,you can place a Lure Moduleon a nearby PokeStop during the “Steel and Scales” event to potentially increase Bagon spawns. Incense is also useful while Shiny Hunting. You’ll also have better luck encountering multiple Bagon if you walk around rather than stay in one place.
Bagon won’t appear in hordes like it did back on its Community Day in April 2024, but you should still see them more often from June 05, 2025 (10am local) to June 09, 2025 (8pm local). Select any Bagon that appears on your map, and one could be Shiny.
To help with your Shiny Hunting, you can get rid of the loading time for Pokemon encounters by turning on AR. Go into Settings, then AR, and switch the slider to “on.” Alternatively, you can select a Pokemon and switch to AR mode with the slider in the top-right corner of the screen.
Shiny Bagon appears in the wild, not from raids, since it’s not a 1-star or 3-star Raid Boss for “Ultra Unlock: Steel and Scales.”
Should You Evolve Shiny Bagon?
How to Get Shiny Shelgon and Shiny Salamence
You can evolve Shiny Bagon into Shiny Shelgon by using25 Bagon Candy. Evolving Shiny Shelgon into Shiny Salamence costs100 Bagon Candy. If you want to go further, you can Mega Evolve your Salamence into Mega Salamence with300 Mega Energy, and 60 Mega Energyafter the first time it mega evolves.
Not enough Bagon Candy? Try feeding it a Pinap Berry or a Silver Pinap Berry before catching it. This will increase the Candy amount a little.
Evolving Shiny Bagon will unlock Shiny Shelgon and Shiny Salamence in the “Shiny” Pokedex. If you’re going to use Shiny Salamence for Leagues/Trainer Battles, then you may want to evolve a 3-star Shiny Bagon instead of a 0/1-star.
As a Dragon/Flying-type, Salamence is weak to Rock, Ice (4x weakness), Dragon, and Fairy-type moves. You may want to equip it with Fast Attacks and Charged Attacks thattake advantage of its typingorgive it coverage.
*Outrage (Dragon-type)
Bite (Dark-type)
Fly (Flying-type)
