Gen VIII Catch Rate Calculator

Other catch rate calculators: Gen I, Gen II, Gen III/IV, Gen V, Gen VI/VII, Gen IX

This tool will calculate your chances of capturing a Pokémon in the eighth-generation games. If you want to know how it works or more about what the results mean, you want the Gen VIII capture mechanics page.

Note that Sword and Shield will not allow you to catch a Pokémon above a certain level determined by the badges you have, as explained here. The calculator will show you the numbers for what happens if you do throw a Pokéball at it; if you can't do that, obviously you can't catch it regardless of what the calculator says.

Game: Sword/Shield Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl

Is this a raid battle?

Pokémon:

Pokémon's level:

Approximation of current HP:
% HP left
Exactly 1 HP (using False Swipe or Hold Back)

Ball:

Status:

Pokémon's form:

Current turn (in a raid, this is the turn after you win - if you win turn 1, you throw the ball turn 2):

Are you fishing?

Are you fighting on or in water?

Do you have this Pokémon registered in your Pokédex?

Is it nighttime or are you inside a cave (raid dens are NOT caves)?

Event raid?

Gigantamax raid?

Raid host?

Event raid catch difficulty:
You can find this under "Host/Non-Host Catch Rate" on Project Pokémon.

Your Pokémon's level:

Story incomplete? (if you have NOT yet obtained the eighth badge, check this box)

Do you have the Catching Charm item?

Total Pokémon registered caught in Pokédex (if you're playing Sw/Sh with the Expansion Pass, unfortunately this number is not visible in-game, but if you've completed all three Pokédexes it's 584; in BD/SP, it's the National Pokédex caught number)

In mystery terrain? (still unknown; you probably aren't)

Show detailed report? If checked, you will see the results for each possible HP IV if they would yield different results; otherwise, you'll see the overall chance assuming you know nothing about the IV. This is only very meaningful at full or exactly 1 HP, since the approximation of the Pokémon's current HP is not exact.

Page last modified March 2 2025 at 14:10 UTC

Comments

My own messages will be signed as Butterfree, with the Admin label below my name. If someone signs as Butterfree without that label, it's probably not me.

Pages: 1

Thomas

There is no possible way this is even remotely accurate. Swablu and Croagunk consistently takes me at least like 5 Pokeballs to catch at 10% HP.

[11/02/2025 16:43:20]

Butterfree
Admin
Website: The Cave of Dragonflies

This is based on the actual game code, so it ought to be. Which game are you playing, what ball are you using, where are you encountering them, what level are they and what level is the Pokémon you're using when you try to catch them? And do you have all eight badges?

[11/02/2025 21:04:35]

Harrison R

honestly, this has helped me a lot. Saved me a whole heck of a lot of poke balls.

[24/02/2025 23:05:16]

Emily

"if you're playing Sw/Sh with the Expansion Pass, unfortunately this number is not visible in-game"

Would it be possible to add what the total would be if you know you've completed the full dex (base game plus DLC)?

[01/03/2025 15:33:10]

Butterfree
Admin
Website: The Cave of Dragonflies

Sure, it's 584.

[02/03/2025 09:09:06]

Gah

Yeah here to say this isn't accurate at all. A level 13 Wooper in West Lake Axwell is in the red, and it's broken out of 5 PokeBalls. So the "100%" catch rate is wrong.

[31/03/2025 20:11:31]

Butterfree
Admin
Website: The Cave of Dragonflies

@Gah: Do you have all eight badges, and what level the Pokémon you are using?

[31/03/2025 20:53:51]

Goomba

10.04% catch rate and I still waste 40 balls… Typical.

[05/04/2025 22:46:10]

George

Thanks a lot for this tool!
Was doubting a lot of pokeball mechanics related to raids in sw/sh.
And now I can finally be certain which pokeball to use :)

[08/04/2025 09:42:39]

Ignacio

¿Does this apply to safari zone? If not, it would be cool if you create something for it :)

[13/04/2025 22:38:31]

Pages: 1

Post comment

Inflammatory or off-topic comments will be deleted; please go to the guestbook for discussion unrelated to this page. You can use BBCode (forum code) to format your messages.

[b]Bold[/b]
[i]Italic[/i]
[u]Underlined[/u]
[s]Strikethrough[/s]
[url=http://www.dragonflycave.com]Link[/url]
[spoiler]Spoiler[/spoiler]