Cherish Ball

The Cherish Ball (Japanese: プレシャスボール Precious Ball) is a type of Poké Ball introduced in Generation IV. Event Pokémon are often contained in a Cherish Ball.

Cherish Ball
プレシャスボール
Precious Ball
Bag Cherish Ball Sprite.png
Cherish Ball
Pokémon Global Link artwork
Introduced in Generation IV
Pocket
Generation IV Bag Poké Balls pocket icon.png Poké Balls
Generation V Bag Items pocket icon.png Items (Poké Balls)
Generation VI Bag Items pocket icon.png Items
Generation VII Bag Items pocket icon.png Items (Catching PocketPE)

In the core series games

From Generation IV onward, event Pokémon are usually distributed inside a Cherish Ball, unless they are distributed as Eggs. This is the only way to obtain a Pokémon in a Cherish Ball.

Price

Games Cost Sell price
DPPtHGSS
BWB2W2
XYORAS
SMUSUM
N/A N/A

Effect

Manual activation

The Cherish Ball cannot be obtained, so cannot normally be used. If it were to be obtained, when used from the Bag in a wild encounter, it would attempt to catch the wild Pokémon with a catch rate modifier of 1×.

As a Pokémon's Poké Ball

From Generation VI onward, bred Pokémon inherit their Poké Ball from their parents. However, the Cherish Ball and Master Ball cannot be passed down via breeding; instead, they act as a regular Poké Ball for inheritance purposes.

Description

Games Description
DPPtHGSS
BWB2W2
A quite rare Poké Ball that has been specially crafted to commemorate an occasion of some sort.
XYORAS
SMUSUMPE
A quite rare Poké Ball that has been crafted in order to commemorate a special occasion of some sort.

Appearance

Artwork

 
Artwork by
Ken Sugimori

Sprites

     
Summary sprite from
Generations IV and V
In-battle sprite in
Generation IV
In-battle sprite in
Generation V

Models

   
In-battle model from
X, Y, Omega Ruby,
Alpha Sapphire
, Sun, Moon,
Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon
Model from
Let's Go, Pikachu! and
Let's Go, Eevee!

In the TCG

Main article: Cherish Ball (Tag Team GX Starter Set 18)

The Cherish Ball, first found in the Japanese Espeon & Deoxys-GX Tag Team GX Starter Set, allows the player to search their deck for a Pokémon-GX, reveal it, and add it to their hand. The player then shuffles their deck.

Trivia

  • The first event Pokémon to be distributed in a Cherish Ball was Shokotan's Tropius.
  • The Cherish Ball is the only Poké Ball that the player cannot use to catch a Pokémon in any game.

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 貴重球 Gwaijuhng Kàuh
Mandarin 貴重球 / 贵重球 Guìzhòng Qiú *
珍貴球 Zhēnguì Qiú *
寶物球 Bǎowù Qiú *
  French Mémoire Ball
  German Jubelball
  Italian Pregio Ball
  Korean 프레셔스볼 Precious Ball
  Russian Драго-Болл Drago-Boll*
Охраняющий Шар Okhranyayushchit Shar*
  Spanish Gloria Ball
  Thai พรีเชียสบอล Precious Ball



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