Beast Ball

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The Beast Ball (Japanese: ウルトラボール Ultra Ball) is a type of Poké Ball introduced in Generation VII. It can be used to catch a wild Pokémon, being more likely to succeed against Ultra Beasts and less likely against other Pokémon.
==In the core series games==
In Pokémon Sun and Moon, Beast Balls were developed by Faba of the Aether Foundation, building on the work of a predecessor. In Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, they were created through cooperation between the Aether Foundation and the Ultra Recon Squad.
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===Effect===
====Manual activation====
When used from the Bag in a encounter, it attempts to catch the wild Pokémon. If the wild Pokémon is an Ultra Beast, it has a 5× catch rate modifier; otherwise, it has a 410/4096× (~0.1×) modifier.
Beast Balls 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, the opposing Trainer will bat the ball away, wasting the player's turn.
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 fails if the user is holding a Beast Ball.
===Description===
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===Acquisition===
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| Routes , , and , Seafolk Village, Aether Paradise
| Routes , , and , Seafolk Village (during the UB Missions, if the player has no Beast Balls in their Bag)
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| Altar of the Sunne/Altar of the Moone, Poni Grove
| Aether Paradise
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| Stow-on-SideEvent
| Reward from Ball Guy for clearing Champion Cup tournament during post-game (0.125% chance)
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| Max Lair (after catching and keeping from a Dynamax Adventure)
| Max Lair (Dynite Ore trader)Snowslide Slope Watt Trader (39,980 )Reward from Ball Guy for clearing Galarian Star Tournament during post-game (0.125% chance)
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| Reward for registering 400 Pokémon in the Paldea Pokédex
| Academy Ace Tournament
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| Reward for registering 220 Pokémon in the Blueberry Pokédex
| Item Printer (Poké Ball Lotto)
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====Distribution====
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Games	Event	Language/Region	Distribution period
 	 	All 	December 20, 2019 to January 15, 2020
 	 	All 	May 29 to June 4, 2020
 	 	All 	July 30 to August 2, 2021
===NPC usage===
====Pokémon Sun and Moon====
Lusamine is seen releasing a from a Beast Ball in a cutscene before with it.
====Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon====
 members keep their Pokémon in Beast Balls.
====Pokémon Sword and Shield====
The the player obtains in the Max Lair is kept in a Beast Ball.
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==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon GO===
In , the Beast Ball is a special, event-exclusive Poké Ball used only during Ultra Beast encounters. They have a ×20 multiplier.bmenrigh on X The catch multiplier applies for catching too.
Currently, the Beast Ball is only available in Pokémon GO during specific in-game events. When these events are active, Beast Balls are the only kind of Poké Ball that can be used to capture an Ultra Beast. 
* For bonus challenges, players will be given a set of Beast Balls in place of Premier Balls. 
* For and GO Battle League reward encounters, players will have an infinite supply of Beast Balls.
** Due to a possible bug, Berries cannot be used during Ultra Beast encounter.
Like the Premier Ball, it is never put into the player's Bag and cannot be kept after the encounter.
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
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Beast Balls debuted in A Mission of Ultra Urgency!, where the Aether Foundation provided many of them for and to use during their Ultra Guardians missions. In the same episode, Ash used one of them to temporarily a .
In Love at First Twirl!, Ash used almost every Beast Ball provided to the group to try and catch a in order to take care of it until the location of its Ultra Wormhole could be discovered. He eventually succeeded with the last one in the box.
In Rise and Shine, Starship!, Ash and tried to use Beast Balls to catch a , but they both failed due to it being rooted down to the ground at the time.
In Twirling with a Bang!, and used a pair of Beast Balls to temporarily catch a and a , respectively.
In The Long Vault Home!, Ash, Lana, Kiawe, and each tried to catch a with multiple Beast Balls, but it effortlessly dodged them all. Eventually, Ash was able to successfully catch Stakataka after getting rid of the statue that had been placed on top of its body and convincing it that they were going to return it to its home.
In Beauty is Only Crystal Deep!, Ash used a Beast Ball to temporarily catch a so that it could be returned home.
In Living on the Cutting Edge!, Lana tried to use a Beast Ball to catch a , but it simply sliced the Ball to pieces.
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In The Homecoming Crown!, Lillie's family used a Beast Ball to catch a , nicknamed "", that had taken care of Mohn, with taking it under his care.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
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Beast Balls were created for Aether Foundation by Colress with help from the Ultra Recon Squad as a means of catching Ultra Beasts. They were first seen in Arrival at the Scientific Megalopolis, where , disguised as Colress, delivered 100 of them to Lusamine in preparation for her plan to catch the ultimate Ultra Beast: .
In Darkness!! The Mysterious Claws of Necrozma!, Lusamine used a Beast Ball to catch the that Phyco had used to ride through Ultra Space. In Madness!! Mother Lusamine!, after riding the Naganadel to Ultra Megalopolis, she started throwing her Beast Balls at Necrozma. While her attention was focused on Necrozma, used one of the Beast Balls that Lusamine had dropped to catch himself a . also tried to use a Beast Ball to separate Lusamine from the she had with, but she missed her target.
In Transcend!! Ultra Necrozma!, Anabel was revealed to be in possession of the last known Beast Ball, which she was delivering to Mount Lanakila, where Sun and were engaged in a battle with Necrozma. In Finale!! The Battle Against the Other Dimension!, Necrozma was defeated, but its last-ditch attack hit and Anabel's balloon, destroying the Beast Ball. Sun then revealed that the Beast Ball that Moon had tried to use on Nihilego earlier had ended up at Mount Lanakila through an Ultra Wormhole. He offered it to Anabel, but she believed that humanity couldn't be entrusted with Necrozma's power, and instead gave the Beast Ball to the Ultra Recon Squad, with Zossie using it to catch Necrozma. 
==In the TCG==
The , released in the expansion, allows the player to look at their Prize cards. If an Ultra Beast is found, they may reveal it and add it to their hand, replacing the Prize card with Beast Ball.
==Trivia==
* In Pokémon Sun and Moon only, and both have a catch rate of 255, meaning that Beast Balls can never fail to catch them in these games.
* In all European language versions of a promotional trailer for Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, is shown to be sent out from a Beast Ball. However, there is no legitimate way to obtain a Naganadel in a Beast Ball in these games, as it is exclusively available as a gift Pokémon in a standard and as a gender unknown Pokémon, even if it could be bred, there would be no way to pass down a Beast Ball.
* The Beast Ball's Japanese name (ウルトラボール) is a transliteration of the English words "Ultra Ball", the name of a different Poké Ball in English.
==In other languages==
==References==
==Related articles==
Category:Poké Balls
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