Is Catch 'Em Cord free?

Yes. Catch 'Em Cord is completely free to play with no pay-to-win, for everyone.

Are the battles accurate?

Yes. Battles run on Pokémon Showdown's engine, so damage, PP, natures, EVs, and IVs all work like the real games, in wild fights and PvP.

What makes Catch 'Em Cord different from other Pokémon bots?

Catch 'Em Cord renders the game instead of describing it: rendered spawn scenes, real battle screens with HP bars, and full stat cards, plus Showdown-accurate mechanics, breeding, a day and night cycle, and roaming legendary beasts.

Catch 'Em Cord — the Pokémon Discord bot that looks like the real games

See it in action

Game-style cards, right in chat

Every catch, collection screen, and battle shows up as a fully-rendered, clean pixel-art card inside Discord.

A rendered Pokémon battle: Charizard versus Dragonite with live HP bars and dialogue

Turn-based battles

Real battle scenes, rendered live

Battles run on Pokémon Showdown's engine and play out as actual game screens with HP bars and dialogue. Weaken wild Pokémon to boost your catch odds, or call out another trainer for a PvP duel.

Your collection

Every Pokémon on its own card

Full stat cards showing IVs, nature, gender, held items, EXP, and the ball you caught it in.

Deep training

Train a competitive team

Accurate IVs, EVs, natures, and held items, all built directly into the bot. All the things you need to build a competitive team!

Battle squad

Build a party of six

Assemble your party or competitive teams, set your lead, and send them out in real turn-based combat, both against wild Pokémon and other trainers in PvP.

Shiny hunting

Chase the rare ones

Every spawn has a shiny chance! Can you be lucky and find one?

Global marketplace

Buy & sell with trainers everywhere

List your spares or hunt for that perfect competitive mon on the cross-server market, or trade with other trainers in your server for Pokémon and ₽.

The full loop

Catch, train, battle, repeat

Spawns, evolutions, breeding, shinies, training, trading, and PvP. The whole loop runs right in your server.

Chat-driven spawns

Wild Pokémon spawn in as people talk. The busier the server, the more spawn.

Turn-based battles

Weaken wild Pokémon for better catch odds, or challenge a trainer to a PvP duel.

Shiny hunting

Rare shinies with a flashy reveal, always earned through play and never bought.

Trade & market

Swap Pokémon face-to-face or buy and sell on the global marketplace.

Living Pokédex

Breeding & eggs

Leave two Pokémon at the Day Care to hatch Eggs that inherit IVs, natures, and Egg Moves.

Daily & vote rewards

Earn coins just by chatting, plus daily and vote streaks to keep you going.

Always growing

New features, Pokémon, and events ship regularly.

Leaderboards & profiles

Climb your server's leaderboard and show off a slick trainer card.

Get started

Up and running in 30 seconds

Add the bot to your server, then run /start to pick your first partner.

An admin opens /config to pick spawn channels, or leaves it on everywhere.

Chat to make Pokémon spawn, then /encounter <name> to catch them!

New here? /help walks you through everything.

Good to know

Common questions

Is it really free?

Yep! Catch 'Em Cord is completely free to play, and it stays that way for everyone.

How do I get started?

Add the bot, run /start to pick your first partner, then have a server admin open /config to choose spawn channels. That's it. Start chatting.

How do Pokémon spawn?

Wild Pokémon appear in your spawn channel as people chat. The more active the server, the more spawn. Guess the species and use /encounter [name] to battle and catch it.

Which Pokémon are available?

Generations 1 to 3 (Kanto, Johto, and Hoenn), all 386 Pokémon, with more generations on the way as the bot grows.

Are the battles actually accurate?

Yes. Battles run on Pokémon Showdown's engine under the hood, so damage, PP, natures, EVs, and IVs all work like the real games, in wild fights and PvP.

What makes it different from other Pokémon bots?

Catch 'Em Cord renders the game instead of describing it. Spawns arrive on rendered routes, battles play out as real scenes with HP bars and dialogue, and every catch gets a full stat card. Add Showdown-accurate battle mechanics, breeding, a day and night cycle, and roaming legendary beasts, and it plays less like a chat bot and more like the games.

Is my data safe?

We only store the gameplay data tied to your Discord account: your collection, coins, and progress. See our Privacy Policy for the details.