Nomads are bouncing special munzees that land on various types of munzees. They remain for 12 hours or until capped.
Capture points are 500 and the host munzee gives 250 cap on points. The exception is the mystery nomad.
Nomads were introduced in August 2015 with the physical and virtual nomads The physical nomad lands on greeenies. The virtual nomad lands on regular virtuals, mystery virtuals and white MVM. When introduced, there were 5 of each. That was increased to 10 when mystery nomads were released. The number of nomads was increased to 20 each in June 2018. At this time, MHQ changed the coding to allow players to cap nomad on their own deploys.
There is a badge line for capturing nomads.
In April 2016, the Mystery Nomad was introduced. It lands on Mysteries and Mini Mysteries.
The Jewel Thief Nomad was introduced in February 2017. It lands on physical jewel munzees.
The Bellhop Nomad was introduced in March 2017 and lands on Motels and Hotels.
The Pirate Nomad was introduced in April 2017 and lands on RUMS (Reseller Unique Munzees.)
The Warrior Nomad was introduced in May 2017 and lands on physical Clan Weapon munzees.
The Traveler Nomad was introduced in October 2018 and lands on virtual POI munzees.
The Seasonal Nomad was introduced in November 2018 and lands on the Seasonal Munzees.
The Flat Nomad was introduced in December 2018 and lands on Flat Friends.