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.
==In the core series games==
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===Effect===
====Generation I====
When used in a encounter, it will attempt to catch the wild Pokémon with a catch rate modifier of 2×. The can only have these Poké Balls in their possession during a Safari Game.
====Generation II to VII====
The Safari Ball's catch rate modifier is now 1.5×.
====Generation VIII====
Starting in 's The Isle of Armor Expansion, the Safari Ball can now be obtained outside of a Safari Game and used in regular wild encounters. The Safari 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. If used in a Trainer battle, the opposing Trainer will bat the ball away, wasting the player's turn.
The Safari Ball's catch rate modifier is 1× in Pokémon Sword and Shield, but was changed back to 1.5× in .
====Generation IX====
The Safari Ball's catch rate modifier is once again 1×.
===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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====Distribution====
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Games	Event	Language/Region	Distribution period
 	 	Japanese 	November 20, 2020 to April 30, 2021
 	 	South Korea 	April 26 to September 30, 2021
 	 	All 	March 15, 2024 to April 30, 2026
===Cameo appearances===
====Pokémon X and Y====
Despite being unobtainable as an item in Generation VI, a Safari Ball appears in the in Lumiose City.
Kiloude City's Friend Safari building contains a Safari Ball on its sign. However, the Friend Safari does not act like a typical Safari Zone and Safari Balls are not legitimately obtainable or used in the game.
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==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon GO===
In , the Safari Ball is called the GO Safari Ball, a special, event-exclusive Poké Ball with a higher catch rate than other Poké Balls. Its only visual difference from other Safari Balls is the word "GO" on the top of the ball.
The GO Safari Ball is available in Pokémon GO during GO Wild Area events. When a Wild Area event is active, players can receive GO Safari Balls by spinning Photo Discs at PokéStops and s. Players with an event ticket can also receive GO Safari Balls from hourly Timed Research. All unused GO Safari Balls expire and disappear from the player's Bag at the end of each day of the event.Event Gameplay – Pokémon GOPokémon GO Wild Area: Global
Pokémon caught in GO Safari Balls are unable to be transferred to via the GO Transporter or to Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! via GO Park.
GO Safari Balls cannot be used during and encounters. They also cannot be used during Legendary encounters from research tasks.
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
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In EP035, Kaiser gave and 30 Safari Balls to be used within the Kanto Safari Zone. Ash attempted to various rare Pokémon with them, but he ultimately 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 has been sent out from a standard .
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A Safari Ball appeared in Which One ~ Is It?, a Japanese ending theme from , also marking the debut of the Ball's in-game design in the .
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In A Frenzied Factory Fiasco!, while Safari Balls themselves did not appear at the Poké Ball Factory, was briefly painted on with the Safari Ball's camouflage pattern, revealing that these Balls are made at the factory. This is also the first time that the games' design of Safari Balls has appeared in the animated series, outside of openings and endings.
===Pokémon Origins===
In File 4: Charizard, was seen catching a with a Safari Ball.
===POKÉTOON===
In PT14, multiple s tried to catch the troublemaking with Safari Balls, but failed.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
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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.
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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.
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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 .
===Pokémon Zensho===
In Fuchsia City, received some Safari Balls while entering the Safari Zone.
==Trivia==
* The Safari Ball is the only Poké Ball type introduced in Generation I not to be present in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!.
==In other languages==
==References==
==Related articles==
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