Repeat Ball

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The Repeat Ball (Japanese: リピートボール Repeat Ball) is a type of Poké Ball introduced in Generation III. It can be used to capture wild Pokémon, being more likely to succeed if already registered in the Pokédex.

Repeat Ball
リピートボール
Repeat Ball
Bag Repeat Ball Sprite.png
Repeat Ball
Pokémon Global Link artwork
Introduced in Generation III
Pocket
Generation III Bag Poké Balls pocket icon.png Poké Balls
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

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price
RSEFRLG
DPPtHGSS
BWB2W2
XYORAS
SMUSUM
$1000 $500

Effect

When used from the Bag in a wild encounter, it will attempt to capture the wild Pokémon with a catch rate modifier of 3×Gen III-VI/3.5×SM if used on a Pokémon that is registered in the player's Pokédex as caught or 1× if otherwise

Description

Games Description
RSE A Ball that works better on Pokémon caught before.
FRLG A somewhat different Ball that works especially well on Pokémon caught before.
ColoXD A Ball that works better on Pokémon caught before.
DPPtHGSS
BWB2W2
A somewhat different Poké Ball that works especially well on Pokémon species that were previously caught.
XYORAS A somewhat different Poké Ball that works especially well on Pokémon species that have been caught before.
SMUSUMPE A somewhat different Poké Ball that works especially well on a Pokémon species that has been caught before.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods
RSE Route 116 Rustboro City Poké Mart*
FRLG Two Island vendor*
DPPt Route 224 Canalave and Pokémon League Poké Marts, Solaceon Town (Pokémon News Press)
HGSS Goldenrod Department Store lotteryTu
PW Sinnoh Field (3000+ Steps)
BW Driftveil City Pokémon League Poké Mart, White ForestW (Miki)
B2W2 Routes 23 and 2 Victory Road and Accumula Town Poké Marts
XY Routes 20 and 21, Anistar City Coumarine and Snowbelle Poké Marts, Poké Ball Boutique
ORAS Route 116 Rustboro City Poké Mart
Route 110 (rematch with Collector Edwin; 20% chance)
PMC* Mine Cart Adventure
SMUSUM Ula'ula Meadow, Poni WildsSM Paniola Town Poké Mart, Festival Plaza (Ball Shop)MUM

Cameo appearances

Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon

In Pokémon Sun, Moon Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon, Scientists keep their Pokémon in Repeat Balls.

Artwork

 
Artwork by
Ken Sugimori

Sprites

     
In-battle and
Summary sprite from
Generation III
Summary sprite from
Colosseum
Summary sprite from
XD: Gale of Darkness
     
Summary sprite from
Generations IV and V
In-battle sprite in
Generation IV
In-battle sprite in
Generation V

Models

 
In-battle model
X, Y, Omega Ruby,
Alpha Sapphire
, Sun, Moon,
Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon


In the anime

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In the main series

 
A Luxury Ball and Repeat Ball

The Repeat Ball and Luxury Ball appeared in the opening of Jirachi: Wish Maker. These balls contained Brendan's Shiftry and Aggron, respectively.


In other languages

Language Title
  Japanese リピートボール Repeat Ball
Chinese Cantonese 重複球 Chùhngfūk Kàuh
Mandarin 重複球 / 重复球 Chóngfù Qiú
  French Bis Ball
  German Wiederball
  Italian Bis Ball
  Korean 리피드볼 Repeat Ball
Portuguese   Brazil Bola de Repetição
  Portugal Repeat bola
  Russian Повтора-Болл Povtora-Boll
  Spanish Acopio Ball
  Swedish Uppreningsboll
  Vietnamese Bóng Repeat



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