Pokémon Go Ditto disguises list for December 2023

Ditto is an elusive Pokémon in Pokémon Go, as it disguises itself and you can’t actually just catch one straight-up.

In order to find Ditto, you’ll want to find the Pokémon that it currently disguises itself as. For example, you may see a Diglett, and it’ll stay a Diglett once you tap on it, but it’s secretly a Ditto. Once you catch that Pokémon, you’ll be met with an “Oh?” prompt, and it’ll turn into a Ditto — if you’re lucky.

Ditto’s chosen disguises changes from time to time, so you’ll want to make sure you know what the disguises are currently if you’re Ditto hunting — specially if you are after a shiny.

Below, we’ve listed out the current Ditto disguises.

Pokémon Go Ditto disguises in December 2023

As of Dec. 11, 2023, Ditto can be any of the following Pokémon as part of the Adamant Time event:

• Oddish (Gen 1, Kanto)
• Koffing (Gen 1, Kanto)
• Rhyhorn (Gen 1, Kanto)
• Goldeen (Gen 1, Kanto)

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Whether these four will remain as Ditto disguises following the event’s conclusion on Dec. 15 remains to be seen. It’s also unknown whether the following list of previous Ditto disguises (which last updated on March 21, 2023) will return, and we’ll know more as we come towards the weekend:

• Diglett (Gen 1, Kanto)
• Grimer (Gen 1, Kanto)
• Snubbull (Gen 2, Johto)
• Corphish (Gen 3, Hoenn)
• Starly (Gen 4, Sinnoh)
• Roggenrola (Gen 5, Unova)
• Tympole (Gen 5, Unova)
• Litleo (Gen 6, Kalos)

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How to find shiny Ditto in Pokémon Go

There’s a few things to know about Ditto and shiny hunting. For one, if you encounter a shiny Pokémon that can be a Ditto, it will never be a Ditto. Don’t worry, you won’t lose your shiny.

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Finding a shiny Ditto is just the luck of the draw. Any Ditto you find and catch has a chance to be shiny and the shiny rates are higher than usual. Expert research group The Silph Road says it’s about a one in 64 chance to be shiny (via Wayback Machine). You’ll just have to get lucky when you find disguised Pokémon.

Shiny Ditto was initially made available to players via a paid Special Research Task set for the Kanto Tour back in 2021, but is now just a regular encounter.