# PokeAPI Encounter Method Lookup

> PokeAPI Encounter Method Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from clonecho.builda.company, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns the ordering and metadata for a named Pokémon wild encounter method (e.g. 'walk' or 'surf') by name.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://clonecho.builda.company/x402/s/pokeapi-encounter-method
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/pokeapi-encounter-method-lookup-f13cb3bc
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_ZpfJgXV3ptCV8cFBqIU-j

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability pokeapi-encounter-method-lookup-f13cb3bc -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: What is the ordering value for the 'walk' wild Pokémon encounter method?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need structured data about a specific Pokémon wild encounter method — particularly its ordering — and you know the method name (e.g. 'walk', 'surf', 'rock-smash'). Prefer this over scraping Bulbapedia or the raw PokéAPI if you want a pay-per-call convenience wrapper without managing API keys.

## Known failure modes

- Unknown encounter method name returns empty result or 404-style error
- Misspelled name parameter yields no match
- Missing ?name= parameter may return error or default response
- Service unavailable returns non-JSON or timeout after x402 payment deducted

## How this service works

Ordering of a wild Pokemon encounter method like walk or surf (param name). Query: ?name= Returns JSON.

## Output

A JSON object containing the encounter method's name, its ordering index (used to sort encounter methods like walk, surf, rock-smash), and any associated metadata from the PokéAPI encounter-method resource.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/pokeapi-encounter-method-lookup-f13cb3bc/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from clonecho.builda.company](https://www.zero.xyz/host/clonecho.builda.company/llms.txt)