Poké Ball

A **Poké Ball** is among the most important items in a trainer's journey, capable of capture, transport, and storage of any species of Pokémon. While the term "Poké Ball" can be used to refer to the baseline Poké Ball, it can also be used as an umbrella term to refer to the 30 different variations of Poké Balls present in Swirling Seasons. While the trainer can carry a nearly unlimited amount of Poké Balls in their bag for use on wild Pokémon, only 6 containing Pokémon can be carried at any given time. These 6 can be used for various activities, the most common of which being battling with other trainers and wild Pokémon.

## Mechanics

While catch rate is a complex mathematical equation, one of the most important variables is Poké Ball strength (listed as Catch Rate Modifier, or CRM for short.) Depending on the Poké Ball used, this strength can be effected by a wide variety of different factors, including but not limited to;

* Light Level
* Turn Order
* Pokédex completion
* Location
* Weather

In some, limited, scenarios in Swirling Seasons, you will be unable to use Poké Balls in the first place. The most common of these scenarios are boss battles, in which you will need to defeat the Pokémon in order to be able to obtain it.

## Poké Ball Variants

In Swirling Seasons there are 30 variants of Poké Ball planned to be available, all differing from each other in one way or another.

A bred Pokémon will be in the same variant of Poké Ball as its mother, unless its mother was in a Cherish Ball or Master Ball, in which case the Pokémon will be in a standard Poké Ball.

Regardless of which Poké Ball is held, Pokémon holding a Poké Ball in battle will fail to use the move Fling.

All Poké Balls are stored in the Poké Balls pocket of the player's bag.

All Poké Balls besides the Beast Ball and Master Ball have a CRM of 0.1× when used on an Ultra Beast.

### Poké Ball

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The Poké Ball is a type of Poké Ball present in Swirling Seasons. It is the most basic form of Poké Ball, an item used to catch a wild Pokémon. It's top half is a standard red, with no extra design.

When used in a wild Pokémon encounter, it will attempt to catch a wild Pokémon with a CRM of 1×.

### Great Ball

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The Great Ball is a type of Poké Ball present in Swirling Seasons. It is a slightly improved variant of the Poké Ball. It's top half is blue with two line-like red bumps on either side of the middle button.

When used in a wild Pokémon encounter, it will attempt to catch a wild Pokémon with a CRM of 1.5×.

### Ultra Ball

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The Ultra Ball is a type of Poké Ball present in Swirling Seasons. It is the most powerful of the basic Poké Balls. It's top half is black with an H-like yellow pattern painted on.

When used in a wild Pokémon encounter, it will attempt to catch a wild Pokémon with a CRM of 2×.

### Master Ball

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The Master Ball is a type of Poké Ball present in Swirling Seasons. It is the most powerful Poké Ball, capable of catching any Pokémon with 100% certainty. It's top half is purple with two pink bumps and a white 'M' painted on.

When used in a wild Pokémon encounter, it will catch a wild Pokémon without fail.

### Premier Ball

 Acquisition:

The Premier Ball is a type of Poké Ball present in Swirling Seasons. It is no more powerful than a standard Poké Ball, and acts as a gift for buying 10 or more Poké Balls at a time in a Poké Mart. It is a pure white ball with a red band.

When used in a wild Pokémon encounter, it will attempt to catch a wild Pokémon with a CRM of 1×.

### Amaze-Ball

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The Amaze-Ball is a new type of Poké Ball present in Swirling Seasons. It is no more powerful than a standard Poké Ball, and acts as a gift for buying 10 or more Poké Balls at a time on the Amaze-All Shop. It has an orange top and a blue bottom.

When used in a wild Pokémon encounter, it will attempt to catch a wild Pokémon with a CRM of 1×.

### Quick Ball

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The Quick Ball is a type of Poké Ball present in Swirling Seasons. It is one of the many special Poké Balls, more likely to succeed in catching a Pokémon if used on the first turn. It's a solid blue ball, with a yellow striped pattern.

If used on the first turn of the encounter, the Quick Ball has a 5× catch rate modifier; otherwise, it has a 1× modifier.

### Dusk Ball

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The Dusk Ball is a type of Poké Ball present in Swirling Seasons. It is one of the many special Poké Balls, more likely to succeed in catching a Pokémon if used in the dark. It's a solid black ball, with green circles and an orange band.

If used at night or in a cave, the Dusk Ball has a 3× catch rate modifier; otherwise, it has a 1× modifier.

### Dawn Ball

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The Dawn Ball is a new type of Poké Ball present in Swirling Seasons. It is one of the many special Poké Balls, more likely to succeed in catching a Pokémon if used in the daylight. It's a solid blue ball, with white circles and a yellow band.

If used outdoors in the day, the Dawn Ball has a 3× catch rate modifier; otherwise, it has a 1× modifier.

### Heavy Ball

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The Heavy Ball is a type of Poké Ball present in Swirling Seasons. It is one of the many apricorn Poké Balls, more likely to succeed in catching a Pokémon if that Pokémon is unusually heavy. It has a grey top adorned with blue bumps of varying size.

The Heavy Ball is more effective against heavier Pokémon and less effective against lighter Pokémon. Please check Bulbapedia for the full (SMUSUM) numbers.

### Net Ball

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The Net Ball is a type of Poké Ball present in Swirling Seasons. It is one of the many special Poké Balls, more likely to succeed in catching a Pokémon if it is Water or Bug type. It has a dark teal top with a black lattice pattern.

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.

### Nest Ball

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The Net Ball is a type of Poké Ball present in Swirling Seasons. It is one of the many special Poké Balls, more likely to succeed in catching a Pokémon if it is lower level. It has a green and yellow swirled top.

If used against a lower level Pokémon, the Nest Ball has a higher catch rate modifier; otherwise, it has a 1× modifier. The exact math of this is rather complicated, and you should check Bulbapedia for the full (Gen VI) numbers.

### Dive Ball

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The Dive Ball is a type of Poké Ball present in Swirling Seasons. It is one of the many special Poké Balls, more likely to succeed in catching a Pokémon if it is encountered in the Water. It has a full ball light blue water-like pattern.

If used while surfing, fishing, or underwater, the Dive Ball has a 3.5× catch rate modifier; otherwise, it has a 1× modifier.

### Whirli Ball

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The Whirli Ball is a new type of Poké Ball present in Swirling Seasons. It is one of the many special Poké Balls, more likely to succeed in catching a Pokémon depending on the number of active weathergies. It has a transparent top and is full of fog, it's bottom is metal and it's button is a warm yellow.

Exact CRM yet to be determined

## Item Balls

In Swirling Seasons, Poké Balls in the overworld are used to hold items in the field, and act much like chests in other popular RPGs. These items can often be required to pick up in order to progress the story. Often times, other Poké Ball variants (as listed above) can be found inside these overworld Poké Balls. Hidden items are not represented by Poké Balls and are instead either completely invisible, or are represented by a small, faint glimmer of light.

Foongus and Amoonguss can often appear as item balls in the overworld across Kaskade, prompting a battle if interacted with.