Unlike most other Pokémon games, players in Pokémon Go do not have to battle wild Pokémon to capture them. During a wild Pokémon encounter, a player can throw a Poké Ball at it by flicking it from the bottom of the screen up toward the Pokémon.
If the Pokémon is caught, it will become the player’s property. The catch rate of a Pokémon, timing, the type of Poké Ball used, and other factors all contribute to the success rate of catching a Pokémon.
The player receives two types of in-game currency after capturing a wild Pokémon: Candies and Stardust. The Candies awarded by a successful catch are determined by the evolutionary chain of the Pokémon.
A player can use Stardust and Candies to increase a Pokémon’s level and thus Combat Power. However, unless a Pokémon requires special items, only Candies are required to evolve it.
Each Pokémon evolution tree has its own Candy type that can only be used to evolve or level up.
Is Pokemon free on PC?
Pokémon TCG Online, a free-to-play card battle game that offers both single-player and multiplayer challenges for Pokémon card game fans, is an official Pokémon online game on PC.