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The Net Ball (Japanese: ネットボール Net Ball) is a type of Poké Ball introduced in Generation III. It can be used to catch a wild Pokémon, being more likely to succeed against - or Pokémon. It was developed in Mossdeep City.
==In the core series games==
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===Effect===
====Manual activation====
When used from the Bag in a encounter, it attempts to catch the wild Pokémon. If used against a - or Pokémon, it has an increased catch rate modifier (no additional bonus is applied if the Pokémon is both of these types). If the wild Pokémon's type has been changed (e.g. due to ), the Net Ball checks the Pokémon's current type.
=====Generations III to VI=====
If used against a Water- or Bug-type Pokémon, the Net Ball has a 3× catch rate modifier; otherwise, it has a 1× modifier.
=====Generation VII onward=====
If used against a Water- or Bug-type Pokémon, the Net Ball has a 3.5× catch rate modifier; otherwise, it has a 1× modifier. If used on an Ultra Beast, the catch rate modifier is instead always set to 410/4096× (~0.1×).
====Held item====
 fails if the user is holding a Net Ball.
===Description===
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===Acquisition===
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| Mossdeep City
| Poké Mart
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| Rocket Hideout, Rocket Warehouse
| (reward for a record-breaking )Hidden recurring item (Outcast Island)
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| Outskirt Stand
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| Eterna Forest
| , , , , , and Poké MartsPokémon News Press
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| , , , Frontier Access, and Poké MartsGoldenrod Department Store lottery (second place)
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| (5000+ steps), (4000+ steps)
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| Pinwheel Forest, Cold StoragePasserby Analytics HQ (complete "The first Pokémon you picked?" survey)
| , , , and Poké Marts, Shopping Mall Nine
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| Lostlorn Forest, Mistralton City, Pinwheel ForestPasserby Analytics HQ (complete "The first Pokémon you picked?" survey)
| , , , , and Poké Marts, Shopping Mall Nine
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| Routes , , , and 
| Lumiose City (North Boulevard), , and Poké Marts, 
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| Mossdeep City
| Poké Mart (after speaking to the on )Petalburg Woods (20% chance after a rematch with James), (20% chance after a rematch with Brandon)
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| (all levels)
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| , Melemele Meadow, Kala'e Bay, Brooklet Hill
| Paniola Town Poké MartHidden recurring item ()
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| Hulbury
| Central Motostoke Poké MartAll Wild Area Watt Traders (50 )Reward from Ball Guy for clearing Champion Cup tournament during post-game (×3, 5% chance)
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| Cram-o-matic (Blue Apricorn)
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| Snowslide Slope Watt Trader (50 )Hidden recurring item (Old Cemetery, Giant's Foot, Ballimere Lake)Reward from Ball Guy for clearing Galarian Star Tournament during post-game (×3, 5% chance)
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| , , , , and Poké MartsPokémon News Press
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| Glaseado Mountain, East Province (Area One), South Province (Area One), South Province (Area Five)Reward for registering 70 Pokémon in the Paldea Pokédex (×10)
| All Poké Marts (after earning 2 Gym Badges), Porto Marinada auction
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| Infernal Pass, Kitakami Wilds, Oni's Maw
| (after earning 2 Gym Badges)
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| Vending machines (Terarium)Item Printer (Poké Ball Lotto)
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====Distribution====
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Games	Event	Language/Region	Distribution period
 	 	Japan 	November 18, 2022 to March 7, 2023
 	 	Japanese 	April 13 to October 2, 2023
===NPC usage===
====Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon====
Lana keeps her Pokémon in Net Balls.
==Artwork==
 	
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===Sprites===
 	 	 	
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===Models===
 	
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==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
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A Net Ball appeared in Which One ~ Is It?, a Japanese ending theme from Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl.
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In A Frenzied Factory Fiasco!, multiple Net Balls were seen at the Poké Ball Factory. In addition, was also briefly painted with Net Ball pattern.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
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In Stick This in Your Craw, Crawdaunt! I, Mr. Briney used Net Balls to a trio of he reeled in.
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A Net Ball appeared in A Sketchy Smattering of Smeargle while was thinking which of his Poké Balls he should use to catch .
More of Emerald's Net Balls were seen in Sneaky Like Shedinja II, The Final Battle III, and The Final Battle V.
==In the TCG==
The was first printed in the English set and the Japanese set. It allows the player to search their deck for a or a Energy card and put it into their hand.
==Trivia==
* In , a in the Mossdeep City Poké Mart mentions that Dive Balls and Net Balls are only made in Mossdeep. In , the Sailor instead mentions that they used to be Mossdeep's specialties.
==In other languages==
==Related articles==
Category:Poké Balls
de:Netzball
es:Malla Ball
fr:Filet Ball
it:Rete Ball
ja:ネットボール
zh:捕网球（道具）