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Friend Ball Location and How to Get
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Friend Ball is a Poke Ball in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV). See the effects of Friend Ball as well as how to find and obtain it.
List of Contents
| All Apriball Locations and Effects | |||
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 Fast Ball
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 Friend Ball
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 Heavy Ball
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 Level Ball
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 Love Ball
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 Lure Ball
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 Moon Ball
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Friend Ball Effect
| Friend Ball |
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| Effect | A Poke Ball that makes any wild Pokemon caught with it immediately friendly towards the trainer by setting its Friendship to 150. This does not have an increased capture rate. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Catch Rate | 1x | ||
| Buy Price | N/A | ||
| Sell Price | N/A | ||
How to Get Friend Ball
Catch and Register 260 Pokemon in the Paldea Pokedex
You can get Friend Ball as a reward for filling up the Paldea Pokedex and catching 260 Pokemon.
You can get this item on the Pokedex app's rewards menu by pressing the X button.
Paldea Pokedex: List of All Pokemon
Available at Porto Marinada Auctions
You can obtain Friend Ball from auctions that take place in the market area in Porto Marinada. You need to make the highest bid to obtain the item successfully.
Auctions in Porto Marinada are unlocked after clearing Cascarrafa's Gym Challenge, and the featured items will change daily both in-game and in real-time but can be manually rerolled by closing the game and advancing the time of your console by 72 minutes.
If the merchant doesn't sell any items, make sure to change the date on your Switch's system to refresh their inventory.
How to Win Porto Marinada Auctions
Obtain as Reward in Academy Ace Tournament
You can obtain Friend Ball as a reward for completing the Academy Ace Tournament. The Academy Ace Tournament is unlocked after completing the game and defeating all 8 Gym Leaders in a rematch..
A variety of items are rewarded to the player for each successful run at the tournament, with Friend Ball included in the reward pool.
Catch and Register 160 Pokemon in the Kitakami Pokedex
You can get Friend Ball as a reward for filling up the Kitakami Pokedex and catching 160 Pokemon.
You can get this item on the Pokedex app's rewards menu by pressing the X button.
Kitakami Pokedex: List of All Teal Mask DLC Pokemon
Random Chance of Obtaining It from the Poke Ball Lotto
There is a very high chance of obtaining a Friend Ball if the Poke Ball Lotto activates randomly as you do print jobs for the Item Printer.
Note that the Item Printer is available only on The Indigo Disk DLC.
Poke Ball Lotto Odds and How to Unlock
Exploit The RNG
| Date & Time mm-dd-yyyy hh:mm:ss |
Rewards |
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| 07-19-2045 00:08:56 |
・ Friend Ball
x5 |
Note that you need to have the Poke Ball Lotto active first before you can get any Poke Ball reward.
The Item Printer was found to generate items the second you press the "I want to print something" text. This can then be exploited by changing your Nintendo Switch's internal time and obtain prints that are consistent and can be replicated by anyone.
How to Do the Indigo Disk Item Printer RNG Exploit
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Related Guides
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