Ultra Ball

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Ultra Ball
ハイパーボール
Hyper Ball
Ultra Ball
Artwork by Ken Sugimori
Introduced in Generation I
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The Ultra Ball (Japanese: ハイパーボール Hyper Ball) is a type of Poké Ball introduced in Generation I. It can be used to capture wild Pokémon.

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price
RGBY/RBY
GSC
RSEFRLG
DPPtHGSS
BWB2W2
XYORAS
$1200 $600
SMUSUM $800 $400
PE $500 $250

In Pokémon Crystal, a Poké Ball costs $1000 during the Goldenrod Department Store rooftop sale.

Effect

When used from the Bag in a wild Pokémon encounter, it will attempt to capture the wild Pokémon with a 2× catch rate modifier.

Description

Games Description
Stad A Ball thrown at wild Pokémon to catch them.
GSC An item for catching Pokémon.
RSE A tool for catching wild Pokémon.
FRLG A Ball thrown to catch a wild Pokémon. It is designed in a capsule style.
ColoXD A tool for catching wild Pokémon.
DPPtHGSS
BWB2W2
A device for catching wild Pokémon. It is thrown like a ball at the target. It is designed as a capsule system.
XYORAS A device for catching wild Pokémon. It's thrown like a ball at a Pokémon, comfortably encapsulating its target.
SMUSUMPE A device for catching wild Pokémon. It's thrown like a ball at a Pokémon, comfortably encapsulating its target.

Acquisition

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Reason: Finite methods
Games Finite methods Repeatable methods
RBY
RGBY
Viridian, Pewter, Cerulean and Vermilion Poké Marts
GSC Cherrygrove*, Violet, Azalea, Goldenrod, Ecruteak, Mahogany*, Viridian and Celadon Poké Marts
RSE Oldale*, Petalburg, Rustboro, Slateport, Mauville, Lilycove Poké Marts
FRLG Viridian, Pewter, Cerulean and Vermilion Poké Marts
Colo Outskirt Stand
XD Gateon, Agate, Pyrite and Phenac Poké Marts, Pokémon HQ Lab, Cipher Lab, Outskirt Stand
DPPt All Poké Marts
HGSS All Poké Marts (after learning how to catch Pokémon)

Pokéwalker: Town Outskirts (0+ Steps)

BW All Poké Marts, Black City shopB
B2W2 All Poké Marts, Join Avenue (Antique Shop, souvenir)
XY All Poké Marts, Poké Ball Factory, Couriway Town, Route 18, Santalune Forest, Route 2, PokéMileage Club (Mine Cart Adventure)
ORAS All Poké Marts, PokéMileage Club (Mine Cart Adventure)
SM All Poké Marts
USUM All Poké Marts
PE All Poké Marts

In spin-off games

Pokémon GO

A Ultra Ball in Pokémon GO

Ultra Balls can be used during wild Pokémon encounters to attempt to capture a wild Pokémon with a 2× catch rate modifier.

Description

Games Description
GO An ultra-performance Ball with a higher catch rate than a Great Ball.

Acquisition

The player is awarded Ultra Balls for leveling up to any level starting from 20. They may also be obtained by completing certain Special Research tasks.

Ultra Balls can also be repeatable obtained by

Ultra Balls are also sometimes available in limited-time boxes sold in the Shop.

In the anime

In the main series

Ultra Balls

The first proper appearance of the Ultra Ball was in A Frenzied Factory Fiasco!, where these it was seen being manufactured at the Poké Ball Factory, in addition to normal Poké Balls.

It was revealed in First Catch in Alola, Ketchum-Style! that James had been collecting Poké Balls. In Acting True to Form!, his collection was revealed to also contain an Ultra Ball.

Gladion keeps all of his known Pokémon in special Poké Balls. His Lycanroc is kept in an Ultra Ball (as first seen in A Glaring Rivalry!).

A pair of Great Balls and a pair of Ultra Balls appeared in Team Rocket's boss fantasy in Let Sleeping Pokémon Lie!.

In Pokémon Origins

An Ultra Ball

In File 3: Giovanni, it was shown that Giovanni kept his strongest Pokémon, Rhyhorn and Rhydon, within Ultra Balls. In File 4: Charizard, Red was seen using Ultra Balls to capture the Legendary Pokémon Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, and Mewtwo.

In Pokémon Generations

An Ultra Ball in Pokémon Generations

The only Poké Ball variant seen in Pokémon Generations was an Ultra Ball, which appeared in The Scoop. It was shown being used by a Trainer to catch a Deoxys in outer space.

In the manga

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In the TCG

The Ultra Ball
Main article: Ultra Ball (Dark Explorers 102)

The Ultra Ball can be seen in the artwork of Rocket's Sneak Attack, from the Team Rocket expansion. The 'H' on this Ultra Ball is derived from its Japanese name, Hyper Ball. The Ultra Ball itself would appear in Dark Explorers, with its effect requiring the player to discard 2 cards from the hand to search the deck for a Pokémon.


In other languages

Language Title
Japanese ハイパーボール Hyper Ball
Chinese Cantonese 高級球 Gōukāp Kàuh
Mandarin 高級球 / 高级球 Gāojí Qiú
Finnish Ultrapallo
French Hyper Ball
German Hyperball
Hindi अल्ट्रा बॉल Ultra Ball
Italian Ultra Ball
Korean 하이퍼볼 Hyper Ball
Polish Ultraball
Portuguese Brazil Ultra Bola*
Ultra Ball*
Ultrabola*
Portugal Bola Ultra
Russian Ультра-Болл Ul'tra-Boll
Spanish Latin America Ultra Bola
Spain Ultra Ball *
Ultraball *
Swedish Ultraboll
Tamil அல்ட்ரா பால் Ultra Ball
Telugu అల్ట్రా బాల్ Ultra Ball
Thai ไฮเปอร์บอล Hyper Ball
อัลตร้าบอล Ultra Ball *
Vietnamese Bóng Hyper


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