Poké Ball
Poké Ball is the handheld capture device thrown at a wild Pokémon
The standard ball has a 1 times modifier, the Great Ball 1.5 times and the Ultra Ball 2 times; the Master Ball catches any wild Pokémon without fail. Gold and Silver added Apricorn balls made by Kurt in Azalea Town. Generation III recorded the ball each Pokémon was caught in.
Main-series games; introduced in Generation I, Red and Green.
3 later changes
- Gold and Silver added Apricorn balls.
- X and Y let the mother pass her ball to the egg.
- Legends: Arceus used its own balls, made from materials with different modifiers.