Ultra Ball
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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 more effectively than a Great Ball.
In the core series games
In Pokémon Sun, Moon Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon, Trainers who have belonged to any of the following Trainers classes at least once keep their Pokémon in Ultra Balls:
- Ace Trainer
- Veteran
- Black Belt
- Firefighter
- Trial Captain (except Lana)
- Island Kahuna
- Elite Four
- Aether Branch Chief
- Aether President
- Pokémon Trainer (except Hau, Gladion, Kukui, Red, Blue, and Lillie)
Price
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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 catch rate modifier of 2×.
Description
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Acquisition
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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 repeatable obtained by
- Spinning 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
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
- 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
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This item article is part of Project ItemDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on all items. |
