Items / Poké Ball
Poké Balls

Poké Ball

A device for catching wild Pocket Monster.

Properties

Buy
180
Sell
Stack
×9999
Consumable
Yes
Usable while farming
Yes
Tradeable
Yes
Cooldown
2.6s (ball)

Effect

Catch rate ×0.65

Chance of catching

You only throw once a wild is beaten, so the odds come down to its capture rate and the ball. Every throw is a roll, and a miss spends the ball.

Target Chance With a type medal
Common pocket monster (capture rate 255) 20.7% 41.4%
Most species (capture rate 45) 1.9% 3.8%
The toughest you can meet (capture rate 25) 1.1% 2.1%

A shiny is far harder — its chance is cut to a twentieth of these. Catching while you are away is slightly worse, since the idle farm leaves a wild a little healthier. Only the Master Ball ignores all of it.

How to obtain

Shops

  • 🛒 Poké Mart — 180 Gold

Zone drops

Rolled on top of the material drop each time a wild is defeated in that zone. The chance shown is per defeat, and it is the same whether you are watching or idling — an idle hunt rolls exactly the same table. An idle hunt simply gets through fewer defeats, because it stops when your party is down.

Zone Qty Chance
Arredores de Pallet Lv 1–8 4–6 5.7%
Rota 2 Lv 4–10 4–6 5.7%
Viridian Forest Lv 5–12 4–6 4.64%
Rota 3 Lv 8–15 4–6 4.55%
Mt. Moon Lv 10–18 4–6 4.59%
Cerulean Cape Lv 12–19 2–4 4.67%
Rota 24 (Nugget Bridge) Lv 12–20 2–4 4.49%
Rota 5 Lv 15–22 2–4 4.54%
Porto de Vermilion Lv 18–25 2–4 4.67%
Diglett's Cave Lv 18–26 2–4 4.58%
Rota 10 Lv 20–28 2–4 4.16%
Rota 9 (Mid-Evolutions) Lv 20–30 2–4 4.16%
Rock Tunnel Lv 22–30 2–4 4.2%
Pokémon Tower (Andares Inferiores) Lv 25–33 2–4 4.23%
Rota 8 Lv 25–32 2–4 4.16%
Viridian Depths Lv 25–35 2–4 4.14%
Evolution Grove (Rota Específica) Lv 25–35 2–4 4.14%
Rota 12 (Silence Bridge) Lv 28–38 2–4 4.07%
Safari Zone (Área Leste) Lv 30–40 2–4 4.07%
Celadon City (Arredores) Lv 30–42 2–4 4.08%
Safari Zone (Área Central) Lv 30–40 2–4 4.07%
Rota 17 (Cycling Road) Lv 35–45 2–4 4.07%
Rota Marítima 19 Lv 35–45 2–4 4.17%
Cinnabar Lab (Laboratório P/ Restauração) Lv 40–50 2–4 4.03%
Seafoam Islands (Entrada) Lv 40–50 2–4 4.14%
Pokémon Mansion (1º Andar) Lv 45–55 2–4 4.1%
Power Plant (Entrada) Lv 45–55 2–4 4.07%
Seafoam Islands (Subsolo) Lv 45–55 2–4 4.14%
Evolution Grove (Estágio 2) Lv 45–55 2–4 4.14%
Power Plant (Gerador Central) Lv 50–62 2–4 4.07%
Pokémon Mansion (Subsolo) Lv 50–62 2–4 4.1%
Rota 21 Lv 50–60 2–4 4.07%
Victory Road (1º Andar) Lv 55–65 2–4 4.03%
Dragon's Den (Entrada Oculta - Rota 23) Lv 55–65 2–4 4.17%
Victory Road (2º Andar) Lv 58–68 2–4 4.03%
Victory Road (3º Andar) Lv 60–70 2–4 4.03%
Cerulean Cave (Entrada) Lv 62–72 2–4 4.09%
Cerulean Cave (Labirinto) Lv 65–75 2–4 4.09%
Cerulean Cave (Profundezas) Lv 68–78 2–4 4.09%
Indigo Plateau (Montanhas) Lv 70–80 2–4 4.07%
Indigo Plateau (Lago Central) Lv 70–80 2–4 4.14%
Apex Dragon Cave Lv 72–80 2–4 4.14%
Apex Grove (Santuário Final) Lv 72–80 2–4 4.1%

Rewards

  • Starter kit (new character) — ×15
  • A friend you referred reaches level 20 — ×20
  • Daily gift, from trainer level 1 — ×3
  • reward.quest — ×10

🔁 Tradeable — you can also buy this from other players on the exchange.