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 wild Pokémon during a Safari Game.

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Effect
When used in a encounter, it will attempt to catch the wild Pokémon with a catch rate modifier of 1.5×.

The player can only have these Poké Balls in their possession during a Safari Game.

Description

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Acquisition
When the player participates in a Safari Game, they receive 30 Safari Balls exclusively for use within the Safari Game. They are not placed in the player's Bag, and any unused Safari Balls are returned at the end of the Safari Game.

In only, if the player does not have the required 500 to enter the Safari Zone, they can instead pay all of their money and receive a number of Safari Balls proportional to the amount paid. If they have no money, they can enter for free and receive a single Safari Ball.


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In the main series
In EP035, Kaiser gave and  30 Safari Balls to be used within the Kanto Safari Zone. Ash attempted to catch various rare Pokémon with them, but ended up using all of his Safari Balls on nothing but. The Safari Balls containing Ash's Tauros reappeared in Showdown at the Po-Ké Corral; however, for an unexplained reason, whenever Ash has subsequently used one of his Tauros in a, it's been sent out from a standard Poké Ball.

A Safari Ball appeared in Which One ~ Is It?, a Japanese ending theme from the, also marking the debut of the Ball's in-game design in the anime.

In Pokémon Origins
In File 4: Charizard, was seen catching a  with a Safari Ball.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Safari Balls first appeared in Long Live the Nidoking! and A Hollow Victreebel, where received some from the robotic  guide called Pidgebot, eventually catching a huge herd of Safari Zone Pokémon with them.

In A Skuffle with Skorupi,, , and entered the Great Marsh and received some Safari Balls to be used during the Safari Game, intending to catch a  Pokémon for Platinum to use against Crasher Wake. However, in the end, they failed to catch a single new Pokémon.

In Weavile Wobbles But It Won't Fall Down, received some Safari Balls while entering the Johto Safari Zone. He tried to use one on an, but Eusine stopped him, due to him having violated the Safari Zone's no-battling rule by attacking the Arbok with his.

In the Pokémon Zensho manga
In Fuchsia City, received some Safari Balls while entering the Safari Zone.

In other languages
Safariball Safari Ball Safari Ball Poké Ball サファリボール 狩猎球（道具）