Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver/Shiny Leaf

The Shining Leaf is an item found in HeartGold and SoulSilver. It is a very rare item that can be found by the player's Pokémon when walking around. When it is found by a Pokémon, it will have no apparent presence other than in that Pokémon's status screen. When a Shining Leaf is shown to the player's friend Lyra or Ethan, she/he will explain about them and request for the player to bring four more. When the player shows her/him a single Pokémon with five Shining Leaves attached to it, she/he will then award the player with star for his or her Trainer card, and then craft the leaves into a Leaf Crown.

A Pokémon can find a Shining Leaf while being in the grassy area of a route, but the specific route a certain Pokémon can find one depends solely on its nature. However, because of its rarity, a Pokémon is not guaranteed to find a Shining Leaf, even when the route and nature match. Therefore, the player should check their Pokémon frequently to make sure a Leaf can be found in that area. Whenever a Shining Leaf is found, upon examination, the Pokémon will 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.

Following is a list of all the Shining Leaves found in the games, with sections for each family, as well as the routes where they are found.

Spontaneous

• Natures: Hasty, Mild, Quirky, Rash

1. Route 44
2. Route 39
3. Route 26
4. Route 18
5. Route 11

Carefree

• Natures: Calm, Gentle, Lax, Relaxed

1. Route 32
2. Route 35 , Route 48
3. Route 2, Route 28
4. Route 4
5. Route 6

Energetic

• Natures: Impish, Jolly, Naive, Naughty, Sassy

1. Route 31
2. Route 34, Route 47 (Flying-types cannot obtain the Shining Leaf on this route.)
3. Route 1
4. Route 3, Route 18
5. Route 5, Route 12

Careful

• Natures: Careful, Docile, Modest, Quiet, Serious

1. Route 33 (Water-, Fire-, Ground-, and Rock-types cannot obtain the Shining Leaf on this route.)
2. Route 36
3. Route 45
4. Route 7
5. Route 8, Route 13, Route 14

Brave

• Natures: Adamant, Bold, Brave, Hardy

1. Route 42
2. Route 37
3. Route 22 , Route 46
4. Route 15
5. Route 9, Route 24

Lonely

• Natures: Bashful, Lonely, Timid

1. Route 43
2. Route 38
3. Route 27
4. Route 16
5. Route 10, Route 25