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Catching Pokémon is one of currently three methods of obtaining Pokémon; the others are hatching Pokémon Eggs and trading. Pokémon can be caught in various situations including: finding it in the wild, luring it with either an Incense or a Lure Module, getting it from a Daily Encounter, being encountered by it after it photobombs in GO Snapshot, encountering it via Bonus Challenge after Raid Battle or Rescuing Shadow Pokémon after battle with any Team GO Rocket member, or as a reward from Resear
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Catching Pokémon, Pokémon GO Wiki
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