Effect

Timer Balls are a type of Poké Ball. For every ten turns that pass in a battle with a wild Pokémon, the chances of capturing the Pokémon increases. On the first turn, the Timer Ball is no better than that of a standard Poké Ball. In the Generation III and Generation IV games, for each turn passed, the Timer Ball becomes 0.1x more effective at catching a Pokémon, for up to 4x the catch rate at thirty turns and onward, nearing that of a Master Ball. In Generation V onward, the Timer Ball reaches its highest catch rate of 4x sooner, once it is the tenth turn.

Timer Balls have a black, white, and red top with the sides of the top half being black and along with what appears to be a cooking timer type handle in orange pointing toward the button.

Description

Games	Sprite	Pocket	Buy	Sell	Description
Pokémon Ruby Version and Pokémon Sapphire Version		Poké Balls	1,000	500	More effective as more turns are taken in battle.
Pokémon Emerald Version
Pokémon FireRed Version and Pokémon LeafGreen Version		Poké Balls	1,000	500	A somewhat different Ball that becomes progressively better the more turns there are in a battle.
Pokémon Colosseum		Poké Balls	1,000	500	A Ball that gains power in battles taking many turns.
Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
Pokémon Diamond Version and Pokémon Pearl Version		Items	1,000	500	A somewhat different Ball that becomes progressively better the more turns there are in a battle.
Pokémon Platinum Version
Pokémon HeartGold Version and Pokémon SoulSilver Version
Pokémon Black Version and Pokémon White Version
Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2
Pokémon X and Pokémon Y		Items	1,000	500	A somewhat different Poké Ball that becomes progressively more effective the more turns that are taken in battle.
Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire
Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon
Pokémon Ultra Sun and Pokémon Ultra Moon
Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee!
Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield		Poké Balls	1,000	500	A somewhat different Poké Ball that becomes progressively more effective at catching Pokémon the more turns that are taken in battle.
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Pokémon Shining Pearl		Poké Balls	1,000	500	A somewhat different Poké Ball that becomes progressively more effective at catching Pokémon the more turns that are taken in battle.
Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet		Poké Balls	1,000	250	A somewhat different Poké Ball that becomes progressively more effective at catching Pokémon the more turns that are taken in battle.

Locations

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Scarlet and Violet locations

Trivia

• In Generation III and IV, the catch rate is determined by the formula: ${\displaystyle rate = \frac {x + 10}{10}}$, where x is the number of turns passed.
  • In Generation V, the formula has been altered: ${\displaystyle rate = \frac {y + 1229}{4096}}$, where y is the catch rate (x1 is the default).

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