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The '''Poké Ball ''' (Japanese: '''モンスターボール''' ''Monster Ball'') is a type of [[Poké Ball]] introduced in [[Generation I]]. It is the most basic form of Poké Ball.

In a {{pkmn2|wild}} encounter, has a x1 modifier to the [[catch rate|chance to capture]] a Pokémon (with the exception of the [[Marowak (ghost)|ghost Marowak]] in [[Pokémon Tower]], {{p|Kyurem}} while it is under [[Ghetsis]]'s control, Dusk Mane{{sup/7|US}}/Dawn Wings{{sup/7|UM}} {{p|Necrozma}} at the [[Altar of the Sunne]]{{sup/7|US}}/[[Altar of the Moone]]{{sup/7|UM}}, and Ultra Necrozma at the [[Megalo Tower]]).

A Poké Ball can be held, but it will have no effect. {{m|Fling}} will fail if used while holding a Master Ball.

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On [[Days of the week|weekends]], twenty Poké Balls can be exchanged for a [[Full Restore]] at [[Anville Town]].

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Once a day, a Poké Ball can be exchanged for a [[Great Ball]] at with a {{tc|Roughneck}} at [[Virbank Complex]].

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Once a day, a Poké Ball can be exchanged for a [[Dive Ball]] in [[Ambrette Town]].

| [[Professor Oak's Laboratory]]{{tt|*|Only if the player has defeated the rival on Route 22 and obtained no Poké Balls or new Pokémon besides their starter}}, [[Viridian Forest]]

| {{ci|Cherrygrove}}{{tt|*|After the catching tutorial}}, {{ci|Violet}}, {{to|Azalea}}, [[Goldenrod Department Store|Goldenrod]], {{ci|Ecruteak}}, {{ci|Viridian}}, and [[Celadon Department Store|Celadon]] [[Poké Mart]]s, {{DL|Mahogany Town|Just a Souvenir Shop}} (before meeting [[Lance]])<br>{{rt|44|Johto}} (random gift from {{tc|Fisherman|Fisher}} [[Wilton]]){{sup/2|C}}

| {{to|Oldale}}{{tt|*|After obtaining the Pokédex}}, {{ci|Petalburg}}, {{ci|Rustboro}}, {{ci|Slateport}}, and {{ci|Mauville}} [[Poké Mart]]s, [[Lilycove Department Store]]

| All [[Poké Mart]]s

| All [[Poké Mart]]s (after learning how to catch Pokémon), {{DL|Mahogany Town|Just a Souvenir Shop}} (before meeting [[Lance]])

| {{pw|Town Outskirts}} ''(0+ Steps)''

| All [[Poké Mart]]s, [[Shopping Mall Nine]], [[Join Avenue]] ({{DL|Join Avenue|Antique Shop}}, {{DL|Join Avenue|Souvenirs|souvenir}})<br>[[Hidden Grotto]]es

| All [[Poké Mart]]s

| {{gameabbrevss|PMC}}{{tt|*|No longer in service}}

| Mine Cart Adventure

| [[Route]]s {{rtn|3|Kanto}}, {{rtn|4|Kanto}}, {{rtn|9|Kanto}}, {{rtn|10|Kanto}}, and {{rtn|22|Kanto}}, [[Viridian Forest]], [[Silph Co.]], [[Cerulean Cave]]<br>Received from {{tc|Youngster}}s, {{tc|Lass}}es, {{tc|Bug Catcher}}s, {{tc|Gentleman|Gentlemen}}, {{tc|Sailor}}s, {{tc|Beauty|Beauties}}, {{tc|Gamer}}s, {{tc|Super Nerd}}s, {{tc|Rocker}}s, {{tc|Hiker}}s, {{tc|Black Belt}}s, {{tc|Poké Maniac}}s, {{tc|Engineer}}s, {{tc|Fisherman|Fishermen}}, {{tc|Bird Keeper}}s, {{tc|Punk Guy}}s, {{tc|Roughneck}}s, {{tc|Swimmer}}s, {{tc|Channeler}}s, {{tc|Juggler}}s, and {{tc|Burglar}}s after defeating them outside of [[Gym]]s.<br>Packaged with Pokémon Center 2019 Birthday Chansey

| All [[Poké Mart]]s, [[Cerulean Cave]]

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Poké Balls can be used during wild Pokémon encounters to attempt to capture a wild Pokémon with a {{OBP|catch rate|GO}} modifier of 1.0×.

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In the {{pkmn|anime}}, the basic Poké Ball is the most commonly used of all varieties, with other varieties appearing either very few times or not at all. A vast majority of Pokémon are shown to be stored in regular Poké Balls, to the point that large collections of Poké Balls can be seen with no variation among them. Even [[Ash's Pikachu]], the most prominent Pokémon in the anime which spends all its time [[walking Pokémon|outside with Ash]], has a plain Poké Ball that differs from others only by the small yellow lightning bolt symbol on it, as seen in ''[[EP001|Pokémon - I Choose You!]]''.

Despite this, the various other types of Poké Ball have been seen in the anime, usually to illustrate a special property about that particular ball. The lack of the different types is unsurprising, however, due to the fact that, when the anime was first created, the games themselves did not even keep track of the Poké Ball that a Pokémon was caught in, and thus, it made no difference in sending a Pokémon out. This has recently become less common as of the {{series|Sun & Moon}}, possibly to reflect the fact that NPC Trainers in [[Generation VII]] have certain types of [[Poké Ball]]s associated with them.

In [[Pokémon Origins]], when {{OBP|Red|Origins}} was starting out, he typically caught and stored his Pokémon in Poké Balls. As he, his Pokémon, and the Pokémon around him grew stronger, he eventually graduated to {{ball|Great}}s, then {{ball|Ultra}}s.

In the various [[Pokémon manga]], Poké Balls have been shown to appear differently, as an attempt to explain how a Trainer knows which Pokémon is in which ball, as most Pokémon manga series were, like the anime, developed at a time when the games could not keep track of the ball a Pokémon was contained in.

In the manga [[The Electric Tale of Pikachu]], the rules are more similar to the anime; however, Poké Balls are numbered on the outside, on the button, so that a Trainer knows which member of their team they are sending into battle. In The Electric Tale of Pikachu, Trainers must obtain a license before they are legally allowed to purchase Poké Balls.

In the [[Pokémon Adventures]] manga, the tops of Poké Balls are semitransparent, allowing the Pokémon inside, which is miniaturized, to be seen through the ball, while the Pokémon can likewise see out of the ball it is contained in. In this manga, unlike in the anime, Pokémon already captured can be recaught in another Poké Ball, as is seen when {{adv|Red}} recatches Misty's Gyarados (though {{adv|Blue}} states that catching a Pokémon that belongs to another is not possible in ''[[PS050|Lapras Lazily]]''). Like in the games, but unlike the anime, Pokémon placed in their balls don't recover from status conditions nor regain lost health, no matter how much time passes. Additionally, the three original types of Poké Ball are used to identify the Trainer's rank; most Trainers keep their Pokémon in Poké Balls, [[Gym Leader]]s use Great Balls, and [[Elite Four]] members and [[Frontier Brain]]s use Ultra Balls.

* [[Poké Ball]]

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