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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 is an improved variant of the Great Ball that can be used to catch wild Pokémon.
In the core series games
Price
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In Pokémon Crystal, an Ultra Ball costs $1000 during the Goldenrod Department Store rooftop sale.
Effect
Manual activation
When used from the Bag in a wild Pokémon encounter, it will attempt to catch the wild Pokémon with a catch rate modifier of 2×.
If used on an Ultra Beast, the catch rate modifier is instead set to 0.1×.
The Ultra Ball cannot be used in situations in which Poké Balls cannot be used, such as in wild battles with two or more opponents currently present or against a trial Pokémon. If used in a Trainer battle (except if used as a Snag Ball on a Shadow Pokémon), the opposing Trainer will deflect it, wasting the ball. If used on the ghost Marowak, it will dodge it, wasting the ball.
Held item
Fling fails if the user is holding an Ultra Ball.
Description
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Acquisition
Cameo appearances
Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon
In Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon, the following Trainer classes keep their Pokémon in Ultra Balls:
- Black Belt
- Firefighter
- Ace Trainer
- Veteran
- Trial Captain (except Lana)
- Island Kahuna
- Elite Four
- Aether Branch Chief
- Aether President
- Trainers who share the same model as any of the above (e.g. Eevee User and Principal)
Appearance
Artwork
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| Artwork by Ken Sugimori |
Sprites
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File:Ultra Ball III.png | 
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| In-battle sprite in Generation II |
Sprite from Furret Frolic's instruction screen in Stadium 2 |
In-battle and Summary sprite from Generation III |
Summary sprite from Colosseum |
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| Summary sprite from XD: Gale of Darkness |
Summary sprite from Generations IV and V |
In-battle sprite in Generation IV |
In-battle sprite in Generation V |
Models
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| Model from Furret Frolic in Stadium 2 |
In-battle model 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 spin-off games
Pokémon GO
Ultra Balls can be used during wild Pokémon encounters to attempt to capture a wild Pokémon with a catch rate modifier of 2×.
Description
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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 repeatably obtained by
- Spinning the Photo Disc of PokéStops or Gyms (Lv. 20+)
- Opening a Gift (Lv. 20+)
- Field Research
Ultra Balls are also sometimes available in limited-time boxes sold in the Shop.
In the anime
In the main series
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
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
In The Scoop, an Ultra Ball was used by a Trainer to catch a Deoxys in outer space.
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
In Holy Moltres, Team Rocket was shown to have caught the Legendary birds in Ultra Balls.
In the Pokémon Adventures manga, Elite Four members and Frontier Brains keep their Pokémon in Ultra Balls.
In the TCG
- Main article: Ultra Ball (Dark Explorers 102)
Before being printed as its own card, an Ultra Ball can be seen in the artwork of Rocket's Sneak Attack, from the Team Rocket expansion.
The Ultra Ball, debuting in Dark Explorers, has the player discard 2 cards from their hand to search the deck for a Pokémon.
Trivia
- The Ultra Ball includes a stylized H in its design. This is due to its Japanese name, Hyper Ball.
In other languages
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