Shiny Leaf

A Shiny Leaf as seen in HeartGold and SoulSilver

The Shiny Leaf (Japanese: かがやくはっぱ Shining Leaf) is an item found in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver. It is a rare item that can be found by the player's walking Pokémon. When it is found by a Pokémon, it will have no apparent presence other than on that Pokémon's status screen. When a Shiny Leaf is shown to the player's friend (Lyra or Ethan), he or she will explain about them and request for the player to bring four more. When the player shows a single Pokémon with five Shiny Leaves attached to it, a star will be awarded for the Trainer card and a certificate that can be viewed when the player speaks to their childhood friend. He or she will then craft the Shiny Leaves into a Leaf Crown, which can be seen on that Pokémon's status screen in the same spot the Shiny Leaves were.

A Pokémon can find a Shiny Leaf while being in the grassy area of a route, but the specific route a certain Pokémon can find one depends on its nature, and occasionally its type. Due to its rarity, a Pokémon is not guaranteed to find a Shiny Leaf, even when the route and nature (and type) match. Whenever a Shiny Leaf is found, upon examination, the Pokémon will jump and have an exclamation mark above its head, do a dance swaying from right to left, then finish off with a green musical note above its head.

Each Pokémon can only find one Shiny Leaf per route.

Locations

Following is a list of all the Shiny Leaves found in the games, as well as the routes where they are found. While Shiny Leaves are programmed into the game for every route, not every route has the opportunity for Pokémon to follow the Trainer and not every route has tall grass.

The letters accompanying each route denotes the position of that route's leaf on the Pokémon's summary screen. A represents the leaf furthest to the left, E the furthest to the right. Each Pokémon needs all five Leaves (A through E) to get the Leaf Crown.

Nature	Route
Hasty	A: Route 44 B: Route 39 C: Route 26 D: Route 18 E: Route 11
Mild
Quirky
Rash
Calm	A: Route 32 B: Route 35, Route 48 C: Route 2, Route 28 D: Route 4 E: Route 6
Gentle
Lax
Relaxed
Impish	A: Route 31 B: Route 34, Route 47* C: Route 1 D: Route 3, Route 18 E: Route 5, Route 12
Jolly
Naive
Naughty
Sassy
Careful	A: Route 33* B: Route 36 C: Route 45 D: Route 7 E: Route 8, Route 13, Route 14
Docile
Modest
Quiet
Serious
Adamant	A: Route 42 B: Route 37 C: Route 22, Route 46 D: Route 15 E: Route 9, Route 24
Bold
Brave
Hardy
Bashful	A: Route 43 B: Route 38 C: Route 27 D: Route 16 E: Route 10, Route 25
Lonely
Timid

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