Safari Ball
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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 capture wild Pokémon in the Safari Zone and Great Marsh.
In the core series games
Price
The Safari Ball cannot be legitimately bought or sold.
Effect
When used in a wild encounter at the Safari Zone or Great Marsh, it will attempt to capture 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, Ash was given 30 Safari Balls in order to compete in the Safari Game. With these 30 Safari Balls, Ash attempted to catch various rare Pokémon; however, he only managed to capture an entire herd of Tauros. They appeared in Safari Balls in Showdown at the Po-Ké Corral; however, whenever Ash uses one of his Tauros in a battle, it is sent out from a standard Poké Ball.
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 have been seen being used by Red at the Kanto Safari Zone, by Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum at the Great Marsh, and by Silver at the Johto Safari Zone.
In other languages
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