Getting started in Catch 'Em Cord: your first day

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Run /start, pick a partner, and start chatting. Wild Pokémon show up as your server talks, and everything you catch belongs to your Discord account, so it follows you to every server with the bot.

Pick your starter
Your first catch
First Steps
Where everything lives
One account, every server
Trainer Tips

The starter picker on the Kanto page: Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle, each with its type — Picking a starter

Pick your starter

/start lets you pick any starter from Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova or Kalos. It comes with 15 Poké Balls and ₽1,000 so you can start catching right away.

Already started in an older region? The Professor has a gift for you on the /start reply: one starter of your choice from every region you never picked one from. Gift starters are yours to keep but can’t be traded.

Your first catch

When a wild Pokémon lands in chat, guess what it is. Press Who’s That Pokémon? on the card or type /encounter name:. Stuck? Hint or /hint shows the first letter and how long the name is.

Get it right and you face it: weaken it with your lead, then throw a ball from the Bag. The full rundown is on Catching Pokémon.

First Steps

New trainers get First Steps, a short checklist in /menu: catch your first Pokémon, win a wild battle, and catch 3 different species. Each step pays ₽100, and finishing all three adds 5 Great Balls.

Where everything lives

/menu has buttons for your Pokémon, party, Pokédex, Bag, Shop, Market, Trainer Card and more.
/help explains every command, topic by topic.
/pokemon is your box, /party is your team, /bag is your items.
/daily pays every day. /research gives you three tasks with rewards.
Coming from an older region? New to Kalos? Start here is the tour of everything Gen 6 added.

One account, every server

Your Pokémon, ₽, bag and Pokédex are tied to your Discord account, so they go wherever you go. Catch in one server and battle in another.

Now go catch your first one!

Getting started