Timer Ball

Timer Ball タイマーボール Timer Ball

Artwork by Ken Sugimori

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

The Timer Ball (Japanese: タイマーボール Timer Ball) is a type of Poké Ball introduced in Generation III. It can be used to capture wild Pokémon.

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price RSEFRLG DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 XYORAS SMUSUM $1000 $500

Effect

When used from the Bag in a wild encounter, it will attempt to capture the wild Pokémon with a catch rate modifier that increases with the number of turns passed in battle, calculated as follows:

• ((number of turns passed in battle + 10) ÷ 10)×, maximum 4×^{Gen III-IV}
• (1 + number of turns passed in battle * 1229/4096)×, maximum 4× ^{Gen V-VII}

Description

Games Description RSE More effective as more turns are taken in battle. FRLG A somewhat different Ball that becomes progressively better the more turns there are in a battle. ColoXD A Ball that gains power in battles taking many turns. DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 A somewhat different Ball that becomes progressively better the more turns there are in a battle. XYORAS A somewhat different Poké Ball that becomes progressively more effective the more turns that are taken in battle. SMUSUMPE A somewhat different Poké Ball that becomes progressively more effective the more turns that are taken in battle.

Acquisition

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Games Finite methods Repeatable methods RSE Rustboro City Poké Mart* FRLG Two Island vendor* Colo Outskirt Stand, The Under Subway XD Outskirt Stand, Citadark Isle DPPt Celestic Town Poké Mart, Canalave City Poké Mart, Snowpoint City Poké Mart, Pokémon League Poké Mart, Pokémon News Press HGSS Goldenrod Department Store lotterySa Pokéwalker: Sinnoh Field (2500+ Steps) BW Shopping Mall Nine, Opelucid City Poké Mart, Pokémon League Poké Mart B2W2 Opelucid City Poké Mart, Shopping Mall Nine, Victory Road Poké Mart and Icirrus City Poké Mart XY Coumarine City Poké Mart, Snowbelle City Poké Mart, and the Poké Ball Boutique and South Boulevard, Route 19, Route 17, Geosenge Town, Poké Ball Factory, PokéMileage Club (Mine Cart Adventure) ORAS Rustboro City Poké Mart*, PokéMileage Club (Mine Cart Adventure), Route 119 (rematch with Pokémon Ranger Catherine and Pokémon Ranger Jackson) SM Blush Mountain, Festival Plaza, Paniola Town, Royal Avenue USUM

In the TCG

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Timer Ball

Main article: Timer Ball (Sun & Moon 134)

In other languages

Language Title Japanese タイマーボール Timer Ball Chinese Cantonese 計時球 Gaisìh Kàuh Mandarin 計時球 / 计时球 Jìshí Qiú French Chrono Ball German Timerball Italian Timer Ball Korean 타이마볼 Timer Ball Brazilian Portuguese Bola Tempo Russian Хроно-Болл Khrono-Boll Spanish Turno Ball Vietnamese Bóng Time

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