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Sometimes I get a bonus when catching a Pokemon. When does this happen? It happened already multiple times to me.

(I don't mean curveball, great or excellent bonus here. I mean the undefined "bonus" visible in the screenshot)

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Jerry Penson
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  • I think it's because of your Lucky Egg – FoxMcCloud Jul 13 '16 at 15:58
  • Then there would be a bonus for the Curveball as well.. – Jerry Penson Jul 13 '16 at 16:17
  • I believe this may be the result of a good throw (Nice, Great or Excellent) with your pokeball. – Gizmo3k Jul 14 '16 at 15:55
  • I don't think so @Gizmo3k, it would say "Nice/Great/Excellent Throw" instead of "Bonus". Also, you can't get a Nice/Great/Excellent Throw along with a Curveball. – Ekmod Jul 14 '16 at 16:57
  • What level are you? What CP was the Pokemon? – Kaz Wolfe Jul 14 '16 at 18:38
  • Correction, I just had this happen. Pokemon Caught: 100 XP, Bonus: 100 XP, Curveball: 10 XP. It definitely wasn't a nice, great, or excellent throw because the throw was most definitely off to the left. This was on a 91 CP Pidgey at trainer level 17. So, not too difficult of a Pokemon to catch. – Ellesedil Jul 14 '16 at 18:44
  • Were you actually using a lucky egg? –  Jul 15 '16 at 01:58
  • Also, having another image that shows the exact same bonus is not actually helpful. It also lengthens the question, itself, considerably. Rolling back, we don't need a screenshot to confirm another screenshot. –  Jul 15 '16 at 02:00
  • Note that we can already see the bonus stacking with a throw bonus in the first screenshot. Curveball is a throw bonus, and will not stack with Nice Throw, Great Throw or Excellent Throw. –  Jul 15 '16 at 02:01
  • I just got this today. I got a +10 curveball bonus, and I also got a "+100 Bonus". The pokemon I caught was a 10cp pidgey, with my first regular pokeball. I did not have have lucky egg or incense active. It was only my second pidgey in a row. When I looked at my pokedex, however, apparently it was my 100th caught pidgey. Hopefully this information helps. – Pyritie Jul 15 '16 at 12:15
  • @Pyritie, thats a good theory. I believe I am getting close to my 50th, so I'll pay attention. Regardless, I would advise we redirect discussion to the broader version I asked, previously. Asker, I have un-accepted the current answer, as it only told me what I already knew. You are welcome to post a bounty, again, asking for specific information. If noone comes up with anything concrete, I may consider doubling/quadrippling it –  Jul 15 '16 at 15:27

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This bonus is from catching a Pokemon on your first attempt, regardless of catching it before or its CP.

Source: Just from testing. Edit: Being new this may be a coincidence.

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  • The amount of Pokemon I have caught on my very first attempt.. this is absolutely false. –  Jul 15 '16 at 03:35
  • I'm new to Pokemon-Go, so I may have run into a coincidence. – LampPost Jul 15 '16 at 04:01
  • If my answer is incorrect, maybe it could be the first Pokemon caught of the day. Just a thought, has not been tested. – LampPost Jul 15 '16 at 06:40
  • One or two users have already posted observations to suggest they received multiple bonuses in a day, so 'first of the day' would not be accurate. –  Jul 15 '16 at 06:42
  • Throwing out some more possibilities, just for conversation. Could it be a newly explored area or a certain distance away from where they started the game? – LampPost Jul 15 '16 at 06:52
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that bonus is based on if it's a new pokemon or not. if it's one you've already collected, the bonus will be 10 - 100. if it's a pokemon that you have not collected before, it's like 500.

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    Are you talking about the Pokémon catch bonus? That is labeled, and you don't get a bonus for catching the same Pokémon again, you just get the caught Pokémon xp – Dragonrage Jul 14 '16 at 18:14