Catching Pokémon

Catching Pokémon is a one of currently two methods of obtaining Pokémon, the other one is hatching Pokémon Eggs.

Pokémon can be caught in various situations including: finding it in the wild, luring it with either Incense or Lure Module or encountering it via Raid Battle Bonus Challenge - in case of the last one, encounter doesn't involve seeing Pokémon in the Map View.

Pokémon in the wild
Obtaining Pokémon in the wild involves two processes:
 * tracking it down, in the Map View
 * and then catching it in a Poké Ball, in the Encounter Screen.

Encounter screen
Once a found Pokémon appears in the Map View, player can tap on it, which will lead to the encounter screen.

Encounter screen is game mechanism that allows player to catch the Pokémon with currently owned Poké Balls.

The same encounter screen is used for catching wild Pokémon, Pokémon lured with Lure Module or Incense and Pokémon encountered in Raid Battle Bonus Challenge.

Ring Color
The Capture Rate of a Pokémon can be identified by the color of the Difficulty Ring.

Variables
The following variables and multipliers are used in calculating the Capture Rate of a Pokémon.

Capture rate formula
The capture rate factors in the CP and capture rate of the Pokémon along with the type of ball used and any multipliers that are applied i.e. throw style and berries.
 * $$CR ~ = ~ \frac{BCR ~ \times ~ BF ~ \times ~ M}{2 \times CpM}$$

Variables
 * CR - Capture Rate
 * BCR - Base Capture Rate
 * CpM - CP Multiplier
 * BF - Ball Factor
 * M - Multipliers (product of all multipliers)