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[[File:Grand Underground mining BDSP.png|thumb|300px|A Green Sphere L and a Blue Sphere L in the Grand Underground]]
A '''sphere''' (Japanese: '''タマ''' ''sphere'') is a special type of [[currency]] that can be found by mining and used to trade with vendors in the [[Underground]]{{sup/4|DPPt}} and the [[Grand Underground]]{{sup/8|BDSP}}.

The term "Sphere" is treated as a proper noun in Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, but is capitalized normally in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.

==In the core series games==
Spheres come in five varieties: {{color|{{red color}}|'''Red'''}}, {{color|{{blue color}}|'''Blue'''}}, {{color|{{green color}}|'''Green'''}}, {{color|{{diamond color}}|'''Prism'''}}, and {{color|{{pearl color}}|'''Pale'''}}. Red, Blue, and Green Spheres are more common than Prism and Pale Spheres; Prism Spheres are more common in Pokémon Diamond, while Pale Spheres are more common in Pokémon Pearl.

In {{game2|Diamond|Pearl|Platinum}}, they range in size from 1 to 99. Mined Spheres can range in size from 1 to 23. When mining, small Spheres take up 2×2 tiles and range in size from 1 to 13, while large Spheres take up 3×3 tiles and range in size from 11 to 23. Bigger sizes are more common if the player mines carefully and does not let the wall collapse. In {{g|Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl}}, spheres come in two discrete sizes: S and L.

In Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, players can only carry a total of 40 Spheres at any time. A full Sphere inventory will prevent acquiring any more Spheres, with any newly mined spheres in excess of their Bag space being automatically discarded. If a player attempts to dig up one of their buried Spheres with a full Bag, the game prevents them from doing so, saying that the player left it where it is. In Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, players can carry up to 999 of each type of sphere.

===Exchange===
====Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum====
[[File:Underground merchant locations DPPt.png|thumb|300px|Location of the {{tc|Hiker}}s who sell and buy Spheres from players in Generation IV]]
{{main|Underground#Vendors|Underground → Vendors}}
Spheres can be used to exchange for {{gdis|list of decoration goods|IV|goods}} to decorate the player's [[Secret Base]], as well as [[Trap]]s which can be set up throughout the Underground. There are three types of vendors in the Underground:
* Treasure vendors will accept the player's treasures and give them spheres in return.
* Goods vendors will trade Spheres for goods and vice-versa.
* Trap vendors will trade Spheres for Traps and vice-versa.

The price that an item is listed for is the minimum-size Sphere that the Hiker will take for it, though larger ones may be used.

====Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl====
{{main|Grand Underground#Merchants|Grand Underground → Merchants}}
Spheres can be used to exchange for {{DL|Grand Underground|List of pedestals|pedestals}} and various items, such as [[TM]]s. There are three types of vendors in the Grand Underground:
* Small-sphere vendors allow the player to purchase additional [[Digger Drill]]s, small or medium pedestals, and TMs which change daily.
* Large-sphere vendors who offer large or extra-large pedestals, and a different set of TMs.
* The item exchange vendor will give spheres in exchange for items that can be dug out. Additionally, he can also be paid spheres to expand the player's [[Secret Base]].

===Burying Spheres===
In Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, the player can bury Spheres to combine or grow them, up to the maximum size of 99. A player can only bury 99 Spheres at a time; attempting to bury more causes the oldest buried Sphere to disappear. A Sphere Radar can be unlocked for a player's base, which can be used to help the player find the Spheres they have buried.

====Growing Spheres====
{{incomplete|section|needs=What is the probability of a Sphere growing its larger or smaller amount?}}
Buried Spheres grow naturally over time. Red, Green, and Blue Spheres grow faster than Pale and Prism Spheres, growing 3 or 4 sizes every day, while Prism and Pale Spheres grow either 1 or 2 sizes a day.

====Combining Spheres====
Spheres of the same color can combined by burying them in the same spot, in order to produce a single larger Sphere.

When combined, the size of the resulting Sphere is determined by the following formula (capped at 99):

<math>newsize = size_{buried} + \left(\left\lfloor{size_1 \over 5}\right\rfloor + 1\right) + \left(\left\lfloor{size_2 \over 5}\right\rfloor + 1\right) + \left(\left\lfloor{size_3 \over 5}\right\rfloor + 1\right) \ldots</math>

Where:
* <math>size_{buried}</math> is the current size of the Sphere buried in the spot you are burying other Spheres in, including any growth it has undergone
* <math>size_n</math> are the respective sizes of the buried spheres (excluding the previously-buried or grown Sphere)

=====Example=====
Burying a Prism Sphere 15, a Prism Sphere 12, a Prism Sphere 7, and two Prism Sphere 1s yields a Prism Sphere 22.

<math>
\begin{align}
newsize &= 15 + \left(\left\lfloor{12 \over 5}\right\rfloor + 1\right) + \left(\left\lfloor{7 \over 5}\right\rfloor + 1\right) + \left(\left\lfloor{1 \over 5}\right\rfloor + 1\right) + \left(\left\lfloor{1 \over 5}\right\rfloor + 1\right) \\
&= 15 + \left(\left\lfloor{2.4}\right\rfloor + 1\right) + \left(\left\lfloor{1.4}\right\rfloor + 1\right) + \left(\left\lfloor{0.2}\right\rfloor + 1\right) + \left(\left\lfloor{0.2}\right\rfloor + 1\right) \\
&= 15 + \left(2 + 1\right) + \left(1 + 1\right) + \left(0 + 1\right) + \left(0 + 1\right) \\
&= 15 + 3 + 2 + 1 + 1 \\
&= 22
\end{align}
</math>

Burying a Blue Sphere 15, Blue Sphere 3, Blue Sphere 22, on top of a Blue Sphere 3 that has grown by 2 (i.e. now a Blue Sphere 5) yields a Blue Sphere 15, which will announce that it has grown by 2 once it is dug up.

<math>
\begin{align}
newsize &= (3 + 2) + \left(\left\lfloor{22 \over 5}\right\rfloor + 1\right) + \left(\left\lfloor{15 \over 5}\right\rfloor + 1\right) + \left(\left\lfloor{3 \over 5}\right\rfloor + 1\right) \\
&= 5 + \left(\left\lfloor{4.4}\right\rfloor + 1\right) + \left(\left\lfloor{3}\right\rfloor + 1\right) + \left(\left\lfloor{0.6}\right\rfloor + 1\right) \\
&= 5 + \left(4 + 1\right) + \left(3 + 1\right) + \left(0 + 1\right) \\
&= 5 + 5 + 4 + 1 \\
&= 15
\end{align}
</math>

===Description===
{{movedesc|cynthia}}
{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev4|DPPt}}|
*{{color|{{red color}}|'''Red Sphere'''}}: A red sphere that glows like fire. It slowly grows when buried.
*{{color|{{blue color}}|'''Blue Sphere'''}}: A blue sphere that glistens like ice. It slowly glows when buried.
*{{color|{{green color}}|'''Green Sphere'''}}: A green sphere glowing like sunlight in leaves. It slowly grows when buried.
*{{color|{{diamond color}}|'''Prism Sphere'''}}: A crystal clear, hard sphere. It slowly grows when buried.
*{{color|{{pearl color}}|'''Pale Sphere'''}}: A white sphere that glows in seven colors. It slowly grows when buried.
}}
{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev8|BDSP}}|
*{{color|{{red color}}|'''Red Sphere S'''}}: A small red sphere that glows like fire.
*{{color|{{red color}}|'''Red Sphere L'''}}: A large red sphere that glows like fire.
*{{color|{{blue color}}|'''Blue Sphere S'''}}: A small blue sphere that glistens like ice.
*{{color|{{blue color}}|'''Blue Sphere L'''}}: A large blue sphere that glistens like ice.
*{{color|{{green color}}|'''Green Sphere S'''}}: A small green sphere that glows like sunlit leaves.
*{{color|{{green color}}|'''Green Sphere L'''}}: A large green sphere that glows like sunlit leaves.
*{{color|{{diamond color}}|'''Prism Sphere S'''}}: A small sphere that's clear enough to see through.
*{{color|{{diamond color}}|'''Prism Sphere L'''}}: A large sphere that's clear enough to see through.
*{{color|{{pearl color}}|'''Pale Sphere S'''}}: A small sphere that glows in seven colors.
*{{color|{{pearl color}}|'''Pale Sphere L'''}}: A large sphere that glows in seven colors.
}}
|}
|}

==Gallery==
===Underground===
These are sprites of the Spheres as seen in the [[Sinnoh]] [[Underground]].
{| class="roundy c" style="margin:auto; background: #{{cynthia color dark}}; border: 5px solid #{{cynthia color}}"
|- 
| style="width: 96px; height: 72px; background: #{{red color}}; {{roundytop|5px}}" | [[File:Mine Small Red Sphere.png]]
| style="width: 96px; height: 72px; background: #{{blue color}}; {{roundytop|5px}}" | [[File:Mine Small Blue Sphere.png]]
| style="width: 96px; height: 72px; background: #{{green color}}; {{roundytop|5px}}" | [[File:Mine Small Green Sphere.png]]
| style="width: 96px; height: 72px; background: #{{diamond color}}; {{roundytop|5px}}" | [[File:Mine Small Prism Sphere.png]]
| style="width: 96px; height: 72px; background: #{{pearl color}}; {{roundytop|5px}}" | [[File:Mine Small Pale Sphere.png]]
|- 
| style="background: #{{red color light}}; color:#{{red color dark}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" | Red Sphere<br><small>Small</small>
| style="background: #{{blue color light}}; color:#{{blue color dark}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" | Blue Sphere<br><small>Small</small>
| style="background: #{{green color light}}; color:#{{green color dark}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" | Green Sphere<br><small>Small</small>
| style="background: #{{diamond color light}}; color:#{{diamond color dark}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" | Prism Sphere<br><small>Small</small>
| style="background: #{{pearl color light}}; color:#{{pearl color dark}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" | Pale Sphere<br><small>Small</small>
|- 
| style="width: 96px; height: 72px; background: #{{red color}}; {{roundytop|5px}}" | [[File:Mine Large Red Sphere.png]]
| style="width: 96px; height: 72px; background: #{{blue color}}; {{roundytop|5px}}" | [[File:Mine Large Blue Sphere.png]]
| style="width: 96px; height: 72px; background: #{{green color}}; {{roundytop|5px}}" | [[File:Mine Large Green Sphere.png]]
| style="width: 96px; height: 72px; background: #{{diamond color}}; {{roundytop|5px}}" | [[File:Mine Large Prism Sphere.png]]
| style="width: 96px; height: 72px; background: #{{pearl color}}; {{roundytop|5px}}" | [[File:Mine Large Pale Sphere.png]]
|- 
| style="background: #{{red color light}}; color:#{{red color dark}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" | Red Sphere<br><small>Large</small>
| style="background: #{{blue color light}}; color:#{{blue color dark}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" | Blue Sphere<br><small>Large</small>
| style="background: #{{green color light}}; color:#{{green color dark}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" | Green Sphere<br><small>Large</small>
| style="background: #{{diamond color light}}; color:#{{diamond color dark}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" | Prism Sphere<br><small>Large</small>
| style="background: #{{pearl color light}}; color:#{{pearl color dark}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" | Pale Sphere<br><small>Large</small>
|}

===Grand Underground===
These are sprites of the Spheres as seen in the [[Sinnoh]] [[Grand Underground]].
{| class="roundy c" style="margin:auto; background: #{{cynthia color dark}}; border: 5px solid #{{cynthia color}}"
|- 
| style="width: 96px; height: 72px; background: #{{red color}}; {{roundytop|5px}}" | [[File:Mine Red Sphere S BDSP.png|32px]]
| style="width: 96px; height: 72px; background: #{{blue color}}; {{roundytop|5px}}" | [[File:Mine Blue Sphere S BDSP.png|32px]]
| style="width: 96px; height: 72px; background: #{{green color}}; {{roundytop|5px}}" | [[File:Mine Green Sphere S BDSP.png|32px]]
| style="width: 96px; height: 72px; background: #{{diamond color}}; {{roundytop|5px}}" | [[File:Mine Prism Sphere S BDSP.png|32px]]
| style="width: 96px; height: 72px; background: #{{pearl color}}; {{roundytop|5px}}" | [[File:Mine Pale Sphere S BDSP.png|32px]]
|- 
| style="background: #{{red color light}}; color:#{{red color dark}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" | Red Sphere S
| style="background: #{{blue color light}}; color:#{{blue color dark}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" | Blue Sphere S
| style="background: #{{green color light}}; color:#{{green color dark}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" | Green Sphere S
| style="background: #{{diamond color light}}; color:#{{diamond color dark}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" | Prism Sphere S
| style="background: #{{pearl color light}}; color:#{{pearl color dark}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" | Pale Sphere S
|- 
| style="width: 96px; height: 72px; background: #{{red color}}; {{roundytop|5px}}" | [[File:Mine Red Sphere L BDSP.png|48px]]
| style="width: 96px; height: 72px; background: #{{blue color}}; {{roundytop|5px}}" | [[File:Mine Blue Sphere L BDSP.png|48px]]
| style="width: 96px; height: 72px; background: #{{green color}}; {{roundytop|5px}}" | [[File:Mine Green Sphere L BDSP.png|48px]]
| style="width: 96px; height: 72px; background: #{{diamond color}}; {{roundytop|5px}}" | [[File:Mine Prism Sphere L BDSP.png|48px]]
| style="width: 96px; height: 72px; background: #{{pearl color}}; {{roundytop|5px}}" | [[File:Mine Pale Sphere L BDSP.png|48px]]
|- 
| style="background: #{{red color light}}; color:#{{red color dark}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" | Red Sphere L
| style="background: #{{blue color light}}; color:#{{blue color dark}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" | Blue Sphere L
| style="background: #{{green color light}}; color:#{{green color dark}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" | Green Sphere L
| style="background: #{{diamond color light}}; color:#{{diamond color dark}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" | Prism Sphere L
| style="background: #{{pearl color light}}; color:#{{pearl color dark}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" | Pale Sphere L
|}

This is artwork of the Spheres as seen in the Sinnoh Grand Underground.
{| class="roundy c" style="margin:auto; background: #{{cynthia color dark}}; border: 5px solid #{{cynthia color}}"
|- 
| style="width: 96px; height: 72px; background: #{{red color}}; {{roundytop|5px}}" | [[File:Bag Red Sphere S GU Obtain Sprite.png|64px]]
| style="width: 96px; height: 72px; background: #{{blue color}}; {{roundytop|5px}}" | [[File:Bag Blue Sphere S GU Obtain Sprite.png|64px]]
| style="width: 96px; height: 72px; background: #{{green color}}; {{roundytop|5px}}" | [[File:Bag Green Sphere S GU Obtain Sprite.png|64px]]
| style="width: 96px; height: 72px; background: #{{diamond color}}; {{roundytop|5px}}" | [[File:Bag Prism Sphere S GU Obtain Sprite.png|64px]]
| style="width: 96px; height: 72px; background: #{{pearl color}}; {{roundytop|5px}}" | [[File:Bag Pale Sphere S GU Obtain Sprite.png|64px]]
|- 
| style="background: #{{red color light}}; color:#{{red color dark}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" | Red Sphere S
| style="background: #{{blue color light}}; color:#{{blue color dark}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" | Blue Sphere S
| style="background: #{{green color light}}; color:#{{green color dark}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" | Green Sphere S
| style="background: #{{diamond color light}}; color:#{{diamond color dark}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" | Prism Sphere S
| style="background: #{{pearl color light}}; color:#{{pearl color dark}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" | Pale Sphere S
|- 
| style="width: 96px; height: 72px; background: #{{red color}}; {{roundytop|5px}}" | [[File:Bag Red Sphere L GU Obtain Sprite.png|64px]]
| style="width: 96px; height: 72px; background: #{{blue color}}; {{roundytop|5px}}" | [[File:Bag Blue Sphere L GU Obtain Sprite.png|64px]]
| style="width: 96px; height: 72px; background: #{{green color}}; {{roundytop|5px}}" | [[File:Bag Green Sphere L GU Obtain Sprite.png|64px]]
| style="width: 96px; height: 72px; background: #{{diamond color}}; {{roundytop|5px}}" | [[File:Bag Prism Sphere L GU Obtain Sprite.png|64px]]
| style="width: 96px; height: 72px; background: #{{pearl color}}; {{roundytop|5px}}" | [[File:Bag Pale Sphere L GU Obtain Sprite.png|64px]]
|- 
| style="background: #{{red color light}}; color:#{{red color dark}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" | Red Sphere L
| style="background: #{{blue color light}}; color:#{{blue color dark}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" | Blue Sphere L
| style="background: #{{green color light}}; color:#{{green color dark}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" | Green Sphere L
| style="background: #{{diamond color light}}; color:#{{diamond color dark}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" | Prism Sphere L
| style="background: #{{pearl color light}}; color:#{{pearl color dark}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" | Pale Sphere L
|}

==In the anime==
[[File:Red Shard Sphere anime.png|thumb|240px|Red, Blue, and Green Spheres in the {{pkmn|anime}}]]
Spheres first appeared in ''[[DP037|The Grass Menagerie!]]'' in {{TRT}}'s fantasy. They later found a Red Sphere and loads more Spheres of other colors, giving them money for a meal.
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==Trivia==
* The five colors of Spheres correspond to different versions of the [[Pokémon games]], with the first three matching the original colors of [[Pokémon Red and Green Versions|Red, Green]] and [[Pokémon Blue Version (Japanese)|Blue]] (or perhaps [[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire Versions|Ruby, Sapphire]], and {{v2|Emerald}}), and the Prism and Pale Spheres corresponding to {{2v2|Diamond|Pearl}} respectively.

==In other languages==
{{langtable|color={{cynthia color light}}|bordercolor={{cynthia color dark}}
|zh_yue=玉 ''{{tt|Yuhk|Jade}}''
|zh_cmn=玉 ''{{tt|Yù|Jade}}''
|de=Sphäre
|es_eu=Gema
|es_la=Esfera
|fi=Kivi
|fr=Sphère
|it=Bilia
|ko=구슬 ''{{tt|Guseul|Sphere}}''
|pl=Kryształ
|pt=Esfera
}}

<div style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: top">
''Red Sphere''
{{langtable|color={{red color light}}|bordercolor={{red color dark}}
|ja=べにタマ ''{{tt|Beni Tama|Red Sphere}}''
|zh_yue=紅玉 ''{{tt|Hùhngyuhk|Red Jade}}''
|zh_cmn=紅玉 / 红玉 ''{{tt|Hóngyù|Red Jade}}''
|de=Purpursphäre
|es=Gema Roja
|fi=Punainen kivi
|fr=Sphère Rouge
|it=Bilia Rossa
|ko=빨강구슬 ''{{tt|Ppalgang Guseul|Red Sphere}}''
|pl=Czerwony Kryształ
|pt=Esfera Vermelha
}}
</div>
<div style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: top">
''Blue Sphere''
{{langtable|color={{blue color light}}|bordercolor={{blue color dark}}
|ja=あおタマ ''{{tt|Ao Tama|Blue Sphere}}''
|zh_yue=藍玉 ''{{tt|Làahmyuhk|Blue Jade}}''
|zh_cmn=藍玉 / 蓝玉 ''{{tt|Lányù|Blue Jade}}''
|de=Indigosphäre
|es=Gema Azul
|fi=Sininen kivi
|fr=Sphère Bleue
|it=Bilia Blu
|ko=파랑구슬 ''{{tt|Parang Guseul|Blue Sphere}}''
|pl=Niebieski Kryształ
|pt=Esfera Azul
}}
</div>
<div style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: top">
''Green Sphere''
{{langtable|color={{green color light}}|bordercolor={{green color dark}}
|ja=みどりタマ ''{{tt|Midori Tama|Green Sphere}}''
|zh_yue=綠玉 ''{{tt|Luhkyuhk|Green Jade}}''<br>青玉 ''{{tt|Chēngyuhk|Green Jade}}'' {{tt|*|Anime}}
|zh_cmn=綠玉 / 绿玉 ''{{tt|Lǜyù|Green Jade}}''<br>青玉 ''{{tt|Qīngyù|Green Jade}}'' {{tt|*|Anime}}
|de=Jadesphäre
|es=Gema Verde
|fi=Vihreä kivi
|fr=Sphère Verte
|it=Bilia Verde
|ko=초록구슬 ''{{tt|Chorok Guseul|Green Sphere}}''
|pl=Zielony Kryształ
|pt=Esfera Verde
}}
</div>
<div style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: top">
''Prism Sphere''
{{langtable|color={{diamond color light}}|bordercolor={{diamond color dark}}
|ja=こんごうダマ ''{{tt|Kongō Dama|Diamond Sphere}}''
|zh_yue=金剛玉 ''{{tt|Gāmgōngyuhk|Diamond Jade}}''
|zh_cmn=金剛玉 / 金刚玉 ''{{tt|Jīngāngyù|Diamond Jade}}''
|de=Prismensphäre
|es=Gema Prisma
|fr=Sphère Prisme
|it=Bilia Prisma
|ko=금강구슬 ''{{tt|Geumgang Guseul|Diamond Sphere}}''
|pt=Esfera Prisma
}}
</div>
<div style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: top">
''Pale Sphere''
{{langtable|color={{pearl color light}}|bordercolor={{pearl color dark}}
|ja=しらタマ ''{{tt|Shira Tama|White Sphere}}''
|zh_yue=白玉 ''{{tt|Baahkyuhk|White Jade}}''
|zh_cmn=白玉 ''{{tt|Báiyù|White Jade}}''
|de=Weißsphäre
|es=Gema Blanca
|fr=Sphère Pâle
|it=Bilia Tersa
|ko=하양구슬 ''{{tt|Hayang Guseul|White Sphere}}''
|pt=Esfera Pálida
}}
</div>
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