Despite the name, this isn't a claw machine — it's a fish-then-battle event. You cast a rod into a stocked pool to reel in a battle-ready Pokémon, then fight other players in a battle tournament using what you caught.

Joining is free — there's no entry cost configured; you just need an open slot in the lobby.

Joining

Open the browser with /cg alias: /cranegame, /crane, or jump into an arena with /cg join <arena>. A game needs 2 players minimum and takes up to 8. You can also get there from the Minigames menu → The Arena → Crane Game.

Fishing

Once the game starts, players cast for Pokémon in rounds of 2 at a time — casting the rod pulls a random catch from the pool into your bucket. You can catch up to 6 Pokémon this way before you're capped for the game.

The pool holds 35 fully-evolved Pokémon — the final-stage starter from every generation (Kanto through Paldea) plus all eight Eeveelutions — each with an equal chance of about 1 in 35; there are no separate rarity tiers. Each comes pre-built at a fixed level (30–50 depending on the line) with a held item and a four-move set already set — you don't get to customise what you catch.

The tournament

Once fishing ends, up to 3 of what you caught enter the tournament — not your whole catch. Arena01 has manual selection turned off, so the game picks your tournament team for you rather than letting you choose; how it picks if you caught more than three isn't clear. Battles run 1v1.

Rewards

Broadcast announcements

Two events go out to the whole server in chat:

• A game opens — announced with a one-click join link the moment an arena becomes joinable.
• A game ends — the tournament winner is announced by name once the final battle is decided.

When it runs

The Crane Game shares a daily event rotation with Racing and Soccer — nine time slots fire every day (UK time), split three ways between the three games, and which game gets which slots changes by day. Arena01's three slots for each day:

Check the Event Schedule item in the Minigames menu for what's next.

See also

• Racing, Soccer — share the Crane Game's daily event rotation
• Sumo, Games Corner — the rest of the Minigames menu
• Currencies — what Minigame Tokens are and what else earns them
• Pokemart — the Minigame Shop, where Minigame Tokens spend