Pokemon Go New Feature Capture Bonus Announced

Another new feature is coming to Pokemon Go announced by Niantic. Those medals you've been earning by catching pocket monsters will soon translate to a catch bonus, which will give you a better chance of capturing even more Pokemon!

Pokemon Go gives trainers a catch bonus when you earn medals based on catching certain types of Pokemon (Kindler, Psychic, Gardener, etc.). These new bonuses will give you a better chance of capturing Pokemon with a related type. For example, as you reach a higher tier for the Kindler Medal, your bonus to catch Fire-type Pokemon such as Charmander, Vulpix and Ponyta increases.

Prior to this feature being announced, some trainers complained that the medals were essentially pointless, as they did not give players any XP or really serve any purpose other than to be fun collectibles. Now, trainers are given an incentive to earn these medals, as doing so will actually make the game easier.

Trainers can work their way to a new tier by catching many Pokemon of the same type. If a Pokemon has multiple types, your bonus will be the average of your bonuses for each type. For example, Pidgey is both Normal and Flying type. Your bonus in this case would be the average of your Normal-type and Flying-type bonuses.

Here is what the developer explains about walking to gain the new tier,

"We are adding a new feature which grants a catch bonus when you earn medals based on catching certain types of Pokemon(Kindler, Psychic, Gardener, etc.). These new bonuses will give you a better chance of capturing Pokemonwith a related type. For example, as you reach a higher tier for the Kindler Medal, your bonus to catch Fire-type Pokemon such as Charmander, Vulpix and Ponyta increases."

This new feature will likely be added to the game in the next update which, seeing as Niantic has generally released updates every two weeks, should hit the app stores sometime within the next few days.

Are you excited about the new feature as it can help you catch more pokemon and rare pokemon, let's wait and see.