Gen III/IV Catch Rate Calculator

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

To approximate your chances of catching any Pokémon in the third- and fourth-generation Pokémon games, enter the appropriate information below. To learn more about how this works, see the Gen III/IV Capture Mechanics page.

Shadow Pokémon? If you are playing Pokémon Colosseum or Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness for the GameCube and this Pokémon is a Shadow Pokémon, select the appropriate option.




Approximation of current HP:



Note that in Ruby and Sapphire only, if the Pokémon is badly poisoned, it does not count as poisoned.

(Adjust this box if the Pokémon has been affected by a move or ability such as Camouflage or Color Change.)

Gender:


Your Pokémon's gender:



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.

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162 Fun fact: The above sprite has a 1/8192 chance of being shiny. Feel free to brag if you get one.

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Maio
Website: I dont have one /what

95% chance to catch Raikou in 186 balls T_T

» Reply to this [27/07/2025 05:17:30]
Fedora

Catching Moltres

» Reply to this [26/07/2025 21:22:48]
cookie
In response to: post by Daniel

LMFAO same struggling with this

» Reply to this [24/07/2025 14:26:31]
kibble

Um… It was helpful ^_^ thx.

» Reply to this [20/07/2025 21:14:49]
Obziliestion

I have nothing to say i just want to brag that I got a shiny paras. It doesn't change mostly anything apart from the mushroom being a pale shade of pink

» Reply to this [17/07/2025 13:10:10]
Daniel

Great website thanks! Currently trying to get Lugia in Soul Silver with ultra balls. Apparently it's going to be a tough one!

» Reply to this [04/07/2025 22:09:02]
Nicole

Man I love this website. Currently trying to catch a level 4 darkrai with pokeballs bc of it being a randomizer T-T

» Reply to this [25/05/2025 22:25:06]
corndog

ty! would love if this had a safari zone capture calculator too

» Reply to this [19/05/2025 01:46:07]
River the Gremlin

As a shiny hunter, coming to this website is either a complete relief, or the dooming realization that I have majorly screwed up. Anyway thank you for making this!

» Reply to this [16/05/2025 18:47:40]
QPc_G17

The very moment I calculated the odds of catching Uxie (~3%) I caught it instantly. Thanks!

» Reply to this [13/05/2025 04:22:30]
rayray

marshtomp screaming happily

» Reply to this [27/04/2025 15:13:09]
DaBouse

This website is super useful!
It's helped me loads with completing the pokedex!

» Reply to this [21/04/2025 15:54:18]
Kprojects Kurt

This gives me hope

» Reply to this [12/04/2025 01:30:12]
Butterfree
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Website: The Cave of Dragonflies

@celestialVulpine: The raw formula and all the math involved are explained on the Gen III/IV capture mechanics page linked near the top of the page!

» Reply to this [24/03/2025 17:58:13]
celestialVulpine

This is awesome, thank you so much for making this!!

Do you think you could include the raw formula for people to figure out how it works?
I'm a nerd who loves this kinda math and I'd love to use this to learn how the catching formula works & where to plug things in at

» Reply to this [24/03/2025 00:08:32]
lucas

this helped me catch a regirock

» Reply to this [18/03/2025 23:44:56]
Tempor

Thank you for helping me catch Pokémon to catch a Pokémon. Wow.

» Reply to this [05/03/2025 07:26:36]
Ihateluckroll

I try to catch a registeel at level 50 and i only have a great ballz

» Reply to this [04/03/2025 22:21:59]
kroko

great! i love it, but i didnt catch it anyways hahah

» Reply to this [28/02/2025 19:01:54]
Olivia

Thank you so much for this! It’s been such a timesaver.

» Reply to this [25/02/2025 09:18:01]

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