HaliLee wrote:
Both of those shinies ended up being the exact same as the one I was already holding so I couldn't loot them. I had to leave those shinies sit there until someone else would come along and loot them.. which in the couple hours I was out there, did not happen.
The way it works currently is once a shiny is harvested, and not looted, it will decay after 2 minutes. So while it does slow you down (respawn wise) to not loot it, it will not sit there for hours as you stated above.
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