Safari Ball

The Safari Ball (Japanese: サファリボール Safari Ball) is a type of Poké Ball introduced in Generation I. It can be used to capture wild Pokémon in the Safari Zone and Great Marsh.

Safari Ball サファリボール Safari Ball

Artwork by Ken Sugimori

Introduced in Generation I Pocket Generation I Items Generation II Poké Balls Generation III Poké Balls Generation IV Poké Balls Generation V Items (Poké Balls) Generation VI Items Generation VII Items

In the core series games

Price

The Safari Ball cannot be legitimately bought or sold.

Effect

When used in a wild encounter at the Safari Zone or Great Marsh, it will attempt to capture the wild Pokémon with a 1.5× catch rate modifier.

Description

Games Description Stad A Ball for catching wild Pokémon. More effective than a Poké Ball. GSC A Ball used in the Safari Zone for catching wild Pokémon. RSE A special Ball that is used only in the Safari Zone. FRLG A special Ball that is used only in the Safari Zone. It is finished with a camouflage pattern. ColoXD A special Ball that is used only in the Safari Zone. DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 A good, high-performance Ball that provides a higher Pokémon catch rate than a standard Poké Ball. XYORAS A special Poké Ball that is used only in the Great Marsh. It is recognizable by the camouflage pattern decorating it. SMUSUMPE A special Poké Ball that is used only in the Great Marsh. It is recognizable by the camouflage pattern decorating it.

Acquisition

In all the games where Safari Balls are obtainable, the player is given 30 Safari Balls for the duration of their Safari Game, never to be put into the Bag. All unused Safari Balls are returned at the end of the game.

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods RBY RGBY Safari Zone RSE Safari Zone FRLG Safari Zone DPPt Great Marsh HGSS Safari Zone

In the anime

In the main series

An early Safari Ball

In EP035, Ash was given 30 Safari Balls in order to compete in the Safari Game. With these 30 Safari Balls, Ash attempted to catch various rare Pokémon; however, he only managed to capture an entire herd of Tauros. They appeared in Safari Balls in Showdown at the Po-Ké Corral; however, whenever Ash uses one of his Tauros in a battle, it is sent out from a standard Poké Ball.

In Pokémon Origins

Red holding a Safari Ball

In File 4: Charizard, Red was seen catching a Chansey with a Safari Ball.

In the manga

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In other languages

Language Title Japanese サファリボール Safari Ball Chinese Cantonese 狩獵球 Sáulihp Kàuh Mandarin 狩獵球 / 狩猎球 Shòuliè Qiú * 原野區寶貝球 Yuányěqū Bǎobèi Qiú * 野生原野精灵球 Yěshēng Yuányě Jīnglíng Qiú * 野生原野寶貝球 Yěshēng Yuányě Bǎobèi Qiú * 丛林球 Cónglín Qiú * Finnish Safaripallo French Safari Ball German Safariball Hindi सफारी बॉल Safari Ball Italian Safari Ball Korean 사파리볼 Safari Ball Brazilian Portuguese Safari Ball* Bola Safári* Spanish Safari Ball Swedish Mästarboll* Tamil சஃபாரி பால் Safari Ball Telugu సఫారీ బాల్ Safari Ball Thai ซาฟารีบอล Safari Ball Turkish Safari Topu Vietnamese Bóng Safari

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