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So I've got pretty good at landing curveballs. Well, according to How to throw a curveball that's what I think I'm doing. But I never seem to get the 10xp bonus for curveball, whether I hit inside the target or not (in my example I happen to get a great throw).
I know for a fact the curveball bonus stacks with the others, so what am I doing wrong?
On the Capture Screen (where you see the Pokémon and the Pokéball), you may throw a curveball by following the below steps:
The Pokéball will curve back in the same direction that it was spun, so spinning the ball counter-clockwise will result in the ball curving left. As a result, you want to aim right of the Pokémon.
This method requires some practice, but is rather easy after getting the hang of it.
If a curveball is successfully thrown, the catch bonus multiplier for the Pokémon increases by a factor of x1.7, making it as effective as a straight Excellent throw.
In addition to the +100 XP for catching a Pokemon, there are three throw bonuses in the game:
Nice Throw - 10 XP
You must hit the Pokemon anywhere inside the shrinking circle to be eligible for this reward.
Great Throw - 50 XP
You must hit the Pokemon within the shrinking circle when the diameter of the circle is no more than 70% the diameter of the white outer ring.
Excellent Throw - 100 XP
You must hit the Pokemon within the shrinking circle when the diameter of the circle is no more than 30% of the diameter of the white outer ring.
Throw bonuses do not stack, and you are only given credit for the last one you are eligible for in this list (For example, a Great Throw will give you the Great Throw bonus, but not the Nice Throw bonus).
These throw bonuses will grant a catch bonus as determined by the size of the circle. The equation for this is catchBonus = 2 - circleRadius, where 0 is the circle at its smallest possible point, and 1 is the white maxiumum radius.
In addition, there are three (stacking) bonuses that may be granted:
Curve Ball - 10 XP
These require you to throw a curveball and hit the Pokemon anywhere. There is a how-to available on this site. A curveball will increase your catch rate by x1.7 for every successful throw.
Bonus - 100 XP
This bonus is conferred on every 100th catch of a specific type of Pokemon. This bonus may be repeated. [Source, line 258]
New Pokemon - 500 XP
This bonus is conferred upon the first catch of any Pokemon, and is only given once per species.
First Throw - 50 XP
This bonus is conferred upon catching a Pokemon with the first Pokeball thrown. Berries do not negate one's ability to get this bonus.
Additionally, throw bonuses will confer a boost to the base catch rate for that Pokemon for that throw and all future throws.
There are also now catch streak bonuses that are applied upon the first catch of every day in a row:
Note that the streak will automatically reset after the seventh day. In other words, the eighth day of the streak will only confer a 500 XP bonus. The streak counter is also (obviously) reset if a day is missed. This reward can only be gotten once per day, and seems to reset at midnight in a player's local time zone.
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Update August 8th
Curveballs seem to work only by themself. They still don't stack consistently.
Curveball + Throw Bonus yields only the Throw Bonus
Curveball by itself yields only the Curveball Bonus
Update July 31st
This seems to have been partially fixed. I am consistently getting 10XP bonuses for every curveball. However.. it seems now if you throw a curveball with a Nice! Great! or Excellent! throw you only get the curveball 10XP. Seems Niantic just can't get it right, can they?
This seems to be exclusively a game problem.
Once the Pokeball is spinning as I showed in my question, that constitutes the 10XP Curveball bonus. However, according to a few people in the comments, the curve ball bonus gets awarded with normal throws as well.
Over the past couple days I kept my eye closely on my bonuses and noticed I did get the 10XP Curve ball bonus once or twice, proving that the bonus is still in the game, however broken — completely.
I have yet to get the Cureball Bonus along with a Nice/Great/Excellent throw bonus, but until proven otherwise this has been shown to be in the game.