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!

For everyone

Battles#

Every battle is drawn on a new and updated HUD. When a stat change goes up or down, the arrows run over that Pokémon's own pixels, so you now have a visual indicator.

The fight menu shows your four moves with who is fighting up top, and each move says SUPER, NOT VERY or NO EFFECT against the Pokémon you're fighting. Level ups have their own updated card, with a new and improved stat rise plate.

Winning a wild battle ends on its own card: the Pokémon you beat, the EXP and coins you got, and anything that got EXP from an Exp. Share. Losing your whole party has a card too.

The Visual Overhaul. Almost every screen in the game is new!: The new HUD, and the arrows on a stat rise. — The new HUD, and the arrows on a stat rise.

The Visual Overhaul. Almost every screen in the game is new!: Four moves up top, and how each one will land. — Four moves up top, and how each one will land.

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

The Visual Overhaul. Almost every screen in the game is new!: Your six, on the new party screen. — Your six, on the new party screen.

The Visual Overhaul. Almost every screen in the game is new!: For supporters, with the special catch background. — For supporters, with the special catch background.

Catching and fishing#

The catch card got a full redesign, and it's in colour: your new Pokémon stands on its type's colour with the type's own symbol behind it, front and center with its IVs, nature and ability. Legendaries get the full card on their own scene, and shinies sparkle. /pokemon info uses the same card.

Fishing is a whole new scene now! Cast your line, wait for the bite, and reel it in. If the chat buries your cast, the bite comes in at the bottom, and /fish brings a dismissed line back. The Super Rod also hooks 77 Pokémon now, up from 51, same price and same odds. And every once in a while, something a lot bigger than a fish might bite.

The Visual Overhaul. Almost every screen in the game is new!: Catching and fishing

The Visual Overhaul. Almost every screen in the game is new!: A legendary, on its own scene. — A legendary, on its own scene.

The Visual Overhaul. Almost every screen in the game is new!: Your line in the water, a bite, the one that got away, and reeling it in. — Your line in the water, a bite, the one that got away, and reeling it in.

The Visual Overhaul. Almost every screen in the game is new!: A supporter's bite. — A supporter's bite.

Trades, evolutions and your Trainer Card#

Trades and evolutions got new cards too. A trade shows exactly what was traded, and an evolution shows what stats went up.

Your Trainer Card has been redone, with your partner in the middle on its type's colour and your Circuit divisions shown as balls.

The Visual Overhaul. Almost every screen in the game is new!: A finished trade, as everyone sees it. — A finished trade, as everyone sees it.

The Visual Overhaul. Almost every screen in the game is new!: A supporter's trade. — A supporter's trade.

The Visual Overhaul. Almost every screen in the game is new!: A supporter's evolution. — A supporter's evolution.

The Visual Overhaul. Almost every screen in the game is new!: The Trainer Card. — The Trainer Card.

The Visual Overhaul. Almost every screen in the game is new!: A supporter's card. — A supporter's card.

Your box, the Pokédex and the Day Care#

/pokemon list opens in one press, with sprites twice the size so it reads on a phone, and a picker so you can check any Pokémon on the page without leaving it, plus a 🎁 Holding an item filter. /pokedex has a picker too, and the Day Care deposit list has search and a flip.

New trainers get a new starter screen as well.

The Visual Overhaul. Almost every screen in the game is new!: Pick any Pokémon on the page and read it without leaving. — Pick any Pokémon on the page and read it without leaving.

The Visual Overhaul. Almost every screen in the game is new!: Where everyone starts. — Where everyone starts.

Shadows, and the one that got away#

Shadows follow each Pokémon's shape now, and in battle they follow its pose when its feet move. A Pokémon that runs off leaves on the scene it was in.

Two DMs to know about#

Hatch DMs are opt-in now. If the bot was DMing you when an Egg hatched, it stops until you turn it on with the 🔔 on /daycare or in /notifications.

Your vote streak gets a last call. One DM before it runs out. Same 🔔 as the vote reminder.

Updates don't cut you off any more#

The bot now finishes what it is doing before an update, so nothing gets cut off. A Deoxys fight, a move prompt and an evolve prompt live through a restart now too.

For supporters

Supporting the bot#

You can support the bot for $5 a month on Patreon. It is a donation, not a purchase. It keeps the bot running and it goes back into the game. Supporters get some nice visual bonuses on their side of the game, and none of them give them a benefit in real gameplay.

To get your perks, link your Discord account on Patreon and be in the official server. Without both, the bot has no way to give you your perks. You can also run /supporter in Discord.

Become a Supporter · $5 a monthConnect your Discord account on Patreon to get your perks.

The little things#

/invite adds the bot to another server.
A Shiny hatching says so.
Research steps that asked for a species you had never caught now ask for that many different species instead. Field Research and Special Research both.
/notifications says what each toggle actually covers now.
The vote rewards line says what actually doubles at the weekend: your coins.
catchemcord.com/review is a short link straight to the review page.
Battle gifs hold the Pokémon's own colours, so the sprites stay true. The backdrop behind them shifts a shade for it.
Spam and alt detection got stricter.

Fixes#

A Pokémon that used Dig, Fly or Phantom Force stays on screen for the whole turn.
A wild that knocks itself out no longer skips your move learning and evolutions.
Evolutions and trades use nicknames.
The restless note goes with the throw.
The Day Care board draws for every pair.
Searching with accented letters no longer breaks the box.
The box sort value is not hidden under the marks.
Pressing a research boss twice no longer starts two turns at once.
Long names fit on the fight screen.
Showing off a Pokémon twice in one second no longer posts it twice.
The Aurora Ticket leaves your bag when you win the finale.
Wild Pokémon don't go for moves that lower their own stats as often.
Dusclops stands on its feet instead of floating.
A few Pokémon that don't live in water, like Golbat and Grimer, are off the fishing list.

Voting, and what helps most#

You can vote for Catch 'Em Cord on top.gg every 12 hours. Every vote pays coins that grow with your streak, 3 Great Balls, and a Rare Candy on every 7th vote in a row. It warns you before a streak runs out now too.

Votes and reviews are how new trainers find the bot at all. If you have a minute, a review on the same page helps more than anything else, and I read them.

Vote on top.ggEvery 12 hours, and it pays.

If something looks off#

This is a lot of new art in one go. If a card looks wrong, or something is sitting where it should not be, tell me in the Discord and I will fix it.