Cherish Ball

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Cherish Ball
プレシャスボール
Precious Ball
Cherish Ball
Pokémon Global Link artwork
Introduced in Generation IV
Pocket
Generation IV Poké Balls
Generation V Items (Poké Balls)
Generation VI Items
Generation VII Items (Catching PocketPE)

The Cherish Ball (Japanese: プレシャスボール Precious Ball) is a type of Poké Ball introduced in Generation IV. Event Pokémon are often contained in a Cherish Ball.

In the core series games

From Generation IV onward, event Pokémon are usually distributed inside a Cherish Ball, unless they are distributed as Eggs. This is the only way to obtain a Pokémon in a Cherish Ball.

Price

Games Cost Sell price
DPPtHGSS
BWB2W2
XYORAS
SMUSUM
N/A N/A

Effect

Manual activation

The Cherish Ball cannot be obtained, so cannot normally be used. If it were to be obtained, when used from the Bag in a wild encounter, it would attempt to catch the wild Pokémon with a catch rate modifier of 1×.

As a Pokémon's Poké Ball

From Generation VI onward, bred Pokémon inherit their Poké Ball from their parents. However, the Cherish Ball and Master Ball cannot be passed down via breeding; instead, they act as a regular Poké Ball for inheritance purposes.

Description

Games Description
DPPtHGSS
BWB2W2
A quite rare Poké Ball that has been specially crafted to commemorate an occasion of some sort.
XYORAS
SMUSUMPE
A quite rare Poké Ball that has been crafted in order to commemorate a special occasion of some sort.

Appearance

Artwork

Artwork by
Ken Sugimori

Sprites

Summary sprite from
Generations IV and V
In-battle sprite in
Generation IV
In-battle sprite in
Generation V

Models

In-battle model from
X, Y, Omega Ruby,
Alpha Sapphire
, Sun, Moon,
Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon
Model from
Let's Go, Pikachu! and
Let's Go, Eevee!

In the TCG

File:CherishBallTagTeamGXStarterSet18.jpg
Cherish Ball
Main article: Cherish Ball (Tag Team GX Starter Set 18)

The Cherish Ball, first found in the Japanese Espeon & Deoxys-GX Tag Team GX Starter Set, allows the player to search their deck for a Pokémon-GX, reveal it, and add it to their hand. The player then shuffles their deck.

Trivia

  • The first event Pokémon to be distributed in a Cherish Ball was Shokotan's Tropius.
  • The Cherish Ball is the only Poké Ball that the player cannot use to catch a Pokémon in any game.

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 貴重球 Gwaijuhng Kàuh
Mandarin 貴重球 / 贵重球 Guìzhòng Qiú *
珍貴球 Zhēnguì Qiú *
寶物球 Bǎowù Qiú *
French Mémoire Ball
German Jubelball
Italian Pregio Ball
Korean 프레셔스볼 Precious Ball
Russian Драго-Болл Drago-Boll*
Охраняющий Шар Okhranyayushchit Shar*
Spanish Gloria Ball
Thai พรีเชียสบอล Precious Ball



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