After launching Twitch, you may have seen a section named Pokemon Community Game under Trending. It has hundreds of viewers and thousands of followers. What is it and why are people watching it? How does it work? Here’s what you need to know to get started.
What is the Pokemon Community Game on Twitch?
Pokemon Community Game is a free-to-play extension for Twitch. Any streamer that adds this extension to their stream can have their chat catch, trade, and battle their favorite pokemon. It’s basically a way to play a Pokemon game among yourselves while you watch a stream.
How Does it Work?
Basically, viewers can type commands in chat and play the Pokemon Community Game. Through these commands, you can catch Pokemon, see your balance, buy items and even battle Pokemon.
Once you land up on a stream, you need to type !Pokestart which will give you a starter Pokémon. When a Pokemon spawns in the chat (which happens every 15 minutes), you need to use the !Pokecatch command to catch it. If you don’t have Pokeballs, you can use !Pokeshop <item name> <quantity> to buy it. A pokeball costs $300, a greatball costs $600 and an ultraball costs $1000.
Pokemon Community Game Commands List
Here’s the list straight from the official source linked below.
| Command | Effect |
| !Pokestart | Start the journey with your new partner. |
| !Pokebuddy | Show your buddy, and it’s IV. |
| !Pokepass | Show your balance. |
| !Pokecatch <ball type> | Catch a wild Pokémon when it appears in the chat. If no ball type is selected, you are using a Pokeball. If you don’t have a Pokeball, you will use a Premier Ball. |
| !Pokeshop <item name> <quantity> | Buy items in the shop. |
| !Pokeraid | Use !Pokeraid to see which raid is currently running. |
| !Pokedex <generation number / type> | See your pokedex completion. |
| !Pokedaily | Get your Daily reward on our discord. |
| !Pokecheck <Pokémon / Pokedex ID> | Check if you already caught a specific Pokémon. |
| Item | Description | Price | Sell |
| Poké Ball | A device for catching wild Pokémon. It’s thrown like a ball at a Pokémon, comfortably encapsulating its target. | $300 | $150 |
| Great Ball | A good, high-performance Poké Ball that provides a higher success rate for catching Pokémon than a standard Poké Ball. | $600 | $300 |
| Ultra Ball | An ultra-high-performance Poké Ball that provides a higher success rate for catching Pokémon than a Great Ball. | $1,000 | $500 |
| Empty Disc | Used to teach your Pokémon a full new move set. Use it with caution. | $5,000 | $3,750 |
| IV Reset | Completely changes the individual values of a Pokémon. | $10,000 | $7,500 |
| Mood Mint | Delicious mint, which completely changes the nature of your pokemon. | $7,500 | $5,000 |
| Wonder Pass | A rare pass that permits you to wonder trade again instantly. | $3,000 | $1,500 |
| Potion | A spray-type medicine for treating wounds. It can be used to restore 20 HP to a single Pokémon. | $150 | $75 |
| Revive | A medicine that can be used to revive a single Pokémon that has fainted. It also restores half of the Pokémon’s max HP. | $150 | $75 |
| Team enhancer | Increase your total amount of team slots | $2500 | $1000 |
| Ball | Effect | Catch Rate | How To Get |
| Poké Ball | 30% | Buy for $300 or !Pokedaily | |
| Great Ball | 55% | Buy for $600 or !Pokedaily | |
| Ultra Ball | 80% | Buy for $1000 or !Pokedaily | |
| Master Ball | 100% | Events or !pokedaily | |
| Premier Ball | 30% | Buy 10 or more pokeballs at once or !Pokedaily | |
| Cherish Ball | 10x shiny chance | 30% | Events or !Pokedaily |
| Great Cherish Ball | 10x shiny chance | 55% | Events or !Pokedaily |
| Ultra Cherish Ball | 10x shiny chance | 80% | Events or !Pokedaily |
| Heavy Ball | Works better on heavy Pokémon | Scaling with weight, min 20% max 80% | !Pokedaily |
| Feather Ball | Works better on lightweight Pokémon | Scaling with weight, min 20% max 80% | !Pokedaily |
| Timer Ball | Higher rate if used later | Scaling with passed time, min 10% max 90% | !Pokedaily |
| Quick Ball | Higher rate if used earlier | Scaling with passed time, min 10% max 90% | !Pokedaily |
| Repeat Ball | It works better if you already caught the Pokémon | 75% | !Pokedaily |
| Net Ball | More effective on water and bug Pokémon | 70% | !Pokedaily |
| Clone Ball | Catches 2 Pokémoninstead of 1 | 30% | !Pokedaily |
| Phantom Ball | Better on ghost Pokémon | 80% | !Pokedaily |
| Night Ball | Better on dark Pokémon | 80% | !Pokedaily |
| Frozen Ball | Better on Ice Pokémon | 80% | !Pokedaily |
| Cipher Ball | More effective on poison and psychic Pokémon | 70% | !Pokedaily |
| Buddy Ball | If a Pokémon shares a type with your buddy | 70% | !Pokedaily |
How to Get Money (Poke-Dollars) in Pokemon Community Game?
Players can participate in the chat to catch pokemon. Avoid using any bot to farm money because this will lead to penalties. If you are subscribed to the channel, you get 50% more money. You can also sell items to get money.
There are lots more questions that you may have and they are all addressed in this Google document.
If you are a creator, you can follow the steps mentioned in this video to set it up: