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 catch wild Pokémon in a Safari Zone and the Great Marsh.
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In the core series games
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Manual activation
When used in a wild encounter at a Safari Zone or the Great Marsh, it attempts to catch the wild Pokémon with a catch rate modifier of 1.5×.
Description
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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 challenge.
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Artwork
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| Artwork by Ken Sugimori |
Sprites
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| In-battle and Summary sprite from Generation III |
Summary sprite from Colosseum |
Summary sprite from XD: Gale of Darkness |
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| Summary sprite from Generations IV and V |
In-battle sprite in Generation IV |
In-battle sprite in Generation V |
Models
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| In-battle model X, Y, Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire, Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon |
In the anime
In the main series
In EP035, Kaiser gave Ash and his friends 30 Safari Balls to be used within the Kanto Safari Zone. Ash attempted to catch various rare Pokémon with them, but ended up using all of his Safari Balls on nothing but Tauros. The Safari Balls containing Ash's Tauros reappeared in Showdown at the Po-Ké Corral; however, whenever Ash has subsequently used his Tauros in battles, they've been sent out from standard Poké Balls, for unexplained reasons.
In Pokémon Origins
In File 4: Charizard, Red was seen catching a Chansey with a Safari Ball.
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Safari Balls first appeared in Long Live the Nidoking! and A Hollow Victreebel, where Red received some from the robotic Safari Zone guide called Pidgebot, eventually catching a huge herd of Safari Zone Pokémon with them.
In A Skuffle with Skorupi, Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum entered the Great Marsh and received some Safari Balls to be used during the Safari Game, intending to catch a Grass-type Pokémon for Platinum to use against Crasher Wake. However, in the end, they failed to catch a single new Pokémon.
In Weavile Wobbles But It Won't Fall Down, Silver received some Safari Balls while entering the Johto Safari Zone. He tried to use one on an Arbok, but Eusine stopped him, due to him having violated the Safari Zone's no-battling rule by attacking the Arbok with his Weavile.
In other languages
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