Catch 'Em Cord

Patch Notes

Every update or change for Catch 'Em Cord is held here. They go from Newest to Oldest!

The new battle screen, animated for supporters.
Sep 22, 2026

The Visual Overhaul. Almost every screen in the game is new!

Fishing, battles, the fight menu, your party, level ups, the catch card, trades, evolutions, your box and your Trainer Card have all been redrawn, and the free cards are in colour now. Everyone gets the new screens. Supporters get them animated! Along with a whole bunch of more changes!

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  1. A supporter's battle is now fully animated!
    Sep 13, 2026

    You can support the Bot now! Plus some new changes and fixes!

    Catch 'Em Cord stays free to play. If you want to help support the development, you can now support it for $5 a month, and everything you get is cosmetic. This includes animated battles and catches, your Pokémon shown where you caught it with a special background, your own card color and a gold badge.

  2. Unova arrives, and the Trainer Circuit Opens!
    Sep 2, 2026

    Unova arrives, and the Trainer Circuit Opens!

    156 new Pokémon, a five-division battle campaign, doubles battles, challenges for your whole server, and the biggest research update yet is now here.

  3. Training, Forms, and a lot of fixes
    Aug 17, 2026

    Training, Forms, and a lot of fixes

    Some huge quality of life changes in this update along with some new features!

  4. Lose the encounter and it'll return shortly based off of chat activity!
    Aug 13, 2026

    Losing a legendary isn't the end anymore!

    Lose a legendary and it keeps coming back until somebody actually catches it. No more waiting a week for another shot for it to return. Plus a few battle fixes!

  5. Aug 12, 2026

    Two turn moves no longer look like a frozen battle

    Dig, Bounce, Fly and Shadow Force made a trainer battle look like it had locked up. It hadn't, but the move screen gave you no way to tell. Plus a fix for move PP showing the wrong numbers after Hyper Beam.

  6. Aug 12, 2026

    Legendaries: rarer to find, and they stay until someone catches them

    Finding a legendary is now a much bigger deal, but once one shows up in your server it keeps coming back until somebody lands it. No more waiting a week for another shot at the one that got away.

  7. The Legendary Rework
    Aug 6, 2026

    The Legendary Rework

    Running into a legendary is supposed to be an insane moment. It had started to feel too frequent and not rewarding enough, so we rebuilt how they show up, how they leave, and what happens when you lose one.

  8. The Sinnoh Update
    Jul 31, 2026

    The Sinnoh Update

    107 new Pokémon, Special Research, fishing, formes, incense babies and a week of boosted Sinnoh spawns. The Pokédex now runs 1 to 493.

  9. Wild Spawn Level Fix
    Jul 24, 2026

    Wild Spawn Level Fix

    A progression trick let players force much stronger wilds to appear. The whole progression system got looked into and changed, and Training Level is the result.

  10. Legendaries got a whole lot more LEGENDARY
    Jul 23, 2026

    Legendaries got a whole lot more LEGENDARY

    Every legendary got its own personality and a celebration card, Pickup started working, and the caught marker arrived on the battle screen.

  11. The Ability Update
    Jul 21, 2026

    The Ability Update

    Every Pokémon now has its real ability from the games, weather is visible on screen, and a defeated legendary can return to your channel.

  12. Gen 3 is Officially LIVE. Welcome to Hoenn!
    Jul 14, 2026

    Gen 3 is Officially LIVE. Welcome to Hoenn!

    135 new Pokémon, Field Research, wild held items, and the legendaries of Hoenn including Rayquaza at the top of the real Sky Pillar.

  13. Spawn update, evolution scenes and a /config rework
    Jul 8, 2026

    Spawn update, evolution scenes and a /config rework

    Ignored encounters wander off so busy channels flow better, evolutions got a rendered scene, and /config got a full rework.

  14. Jul 5, 2026

    Voting is LIVE

    Catch 'Em Cord got approved on top.gg. Voting every 12 hours earns coins that grow with your streak, Great Balls, and a Rare Candy on every 7th vote.

  15. Gen 2 is live. Welcome to Johto!
    Jul 2, 2026

    Gen 2 is live. Welcome to Johto!

    100 new Pokémon, a real day and night cycle, friendship, held items, breeding, and the roaming legendary beasts.