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Catching Pokémon

Every Poké Ball, catch rates, chains and outbreaks

🎯 How Catching Works

Catching in PokeWorld is simple to learn and deep to master. The loop:

Walk into a wild Pokémon on the map — the battle screen opens.
Weaken it. Lower HP means an easier catch — get it into the red without knocking it out.
Throw a ball and cross your fingers!

Catch chance depends on the species, its remaining HP, its status and — crucially — which ball you throw. Picking the right ball for the situation is the difference between a one-throw catch and an empty bag.

New trainers' #1 mistake: throwing at full HP. A few attacks first can double or triple your odds — just don't faint it!

🛒 Every Poké Ball — Full Comparison

All balls are sold in the Shop. Here's the complete lineup:

Item	Price	Best for
Poké Ball	200 coins	The standard. Fine for weak, common Pokémon.
Great Ball	600 coins	Better catch rate — solid mid-game workhorse.
Ultra Ball	1,200 coins	Best all-round rate — the most popular ball for anything rare.
Premier Ball	1,000 coins	Commemorative — for catches you want to feel special.
Heal Ball	300 coins	Heals the Pokémon fully after catching — straight into your team.
Net Ball	1,000 coins	4× rate on Water and Bug types.
Nest Ball	1,000 coins	Best on low-level Pokémon — the lower the level, the better it works.
Dive Ball	1,000 coins	3.5× rate while fishing.
Dusk Ball	1,000 coins	3.5× at night and in caves.

Specialty balls in their element beat an Ultra Ball for less money: a Net Ball on a Water type (4×) outperforms an Ultra Ball and saves 200 coins per throw.

🎒 Which Ball Should I Throw?

Quick decision guide

Common low-level mon? Poké Ball or Nest Ball — cheap and effective.
Water or Bug type? Net Ball, always — 4× is the biggest multiplier in the shop.
Hunting at night or in Mt. Moon / Cerulean Cave? Dusk Ball — 3.5×.
Fishing session? Dive Ball — 3.5× on everything you reel in.
Rare spawn, no specialty bonus applies? Ultra Ball — the best general-purpose rate in the game.
Want it battle-ready instantly? Heal Ball — full HP on catch.

Always carry a mix. Nothing hurts like meeting a rare spawn with only basic Poké Balls in your bag.

🔗 Catch Chains — Multiply Your Shiny Odds

Here's where catching turns into strategy. Catching the same species repeatedly builds a catch chain — and your chain multiplies your shiny odds. The longer the chain, the better your chances.

✅ Catch another of the same species → chain grows → shiny odds climb.
❌ Catch a different species → chain breaks → back to zero.

Chains + Outbreaks = best combo in the game

Outbreaks are swarms of 50–150 Pokémon of one species active for 2–4 hours somewhere in the world (3 are always running). They come with boosted spawn and shiny rates — and since everything around you is the same species, they're the perfect place to build a long chain without breaking it. See World Map & Exploration for how outbreaks work.

Chain discipline: while chaining, walk around other species, never into them. One careless catch resets all that progress.

💡 Pro Catching Tips

Weaken first. Red-HP targets are dramatically easier to catch than full-HP ones.
Status helps. Sleep, paralysis and other status conditions boost your catch chance on top of low HP.
Match the ball to the situation. Specialty multipliers (Net 4×, Dusk/Dive 3.5×) beat brute-force Ultra Balls when they apply.
Use your Elite trial. New accounts get 3 days of Elite with 2× shiny odds — chain during the trial and every catch is a lottery ticket. Full multiplier math in the Shiny Hunting guide.
Stock up before hunts. Battle wins pay +100 coins — a few wins funds a pocketful of balls.
Catch everything early. Even "junk" catches fill your Pokédex, feed your Collector Score and can be traded later.

🌟 Classic Catches to Chase

Some fan favorites every trainer hunts down sooner or later:

Eevee — one catch, many evolutions. A must for collection hunters.
Magikarp — easy to catch (a Net Ball makes it trivial), and patience turns it into Gyarados.
Dratini — head to Dragon's Den; its line ends in the mighty Dragonite.
Snorlax — a chunky wall for your battle team.

➡️ What's Next?

You know the balls, the chains and the outbreaks. Time to put it together:

✨ Shiny Hunting — stack chain, Elite, events and more up to a ×50 total multiplier.
⚔️ Battles & PvP — turn your catches into a winning team.
🗺️ World Map & Exploration — find the zone where your target actually spawns.

Shopping list for your first serious hunt: 10×

Poké Balls, 5×

Great Balls, a few

Potions — about 5,500 coins, or roughly 50 battle wins.

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