Catching Pokémon is the main part of Pokemon Goand to do that, you will need many Pokebolas.
The game has several reliable ways to keep your Pokeball supply topped up, with daily, weekly and seasonal methods all in the mix. Besides Pokeballs, the game has a few other varieties of Ball-catching Pokémon, and we cover those in this guide too.
Rotary stops
This is the most basic way to get Pokeballs is by spinning stops – these are the blue circles on your map. You can rotate as many stops as you like per day, and a stop can be rotated again after a five-minute cooldown. If you live or work close enough to a stop that you can turn it every time you pick up the phone, your supply of Pokeballs is unlikely to run out.
You can also spin gyms, but while these will reward Pokeballs, they tend to be more generous with Potions and Revive, and offer non-battle items less frequently than parries.
The store
If you don’t live close enough to a stop or gym to keep your supply full, you may need to visit the store. You can find the store by opening the pause menu and then clicking on the store. Here, you will spend the coins you earn defending gyms, but you can also buy coins for real money.
You can get 20 Pokeballs for 100 coins, 100 Pokeballs for 460 coins, and 200 Pokeballs for 800 coins.
If you desperately need the Pokeballs and don’t have a stop or a Gym at your fingertips, feel free to toss them the Coin, but compared to other items in the shop, Pokeballs don’t offer great value for money in Pokemon Go.
However, since the pandemic forced a big change in the way Pokémon Go is played, you can also get a free box in the store every day, which usually has Pokeballsl. There are also boxes that can be purchased for coins, which rotate frequently. These usually contain more premium items like incubators, star pieces, or lucky eggs, but they often include some Pokeballs as well.
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Rewards
The last way to get Pokeballs is through rewards. Each day, you can get up to three tasks from the rotary stops, and any tasks that you have not completed carry over to the next day. These are fairly straightforward tasks, such as “Evolve a Pokémon” or “Make a Big Throw”. These can reward Pokeballs, but also Berries, Potions, Revives, or even Rare Candy. With the pandemic, you also get a daily task just to log in, so even without stops, you will have them.
In addition to these daily tasks, Pokemon Go has several special investigation stories, which are unlocked chronologically or after reaching certain levels. These are usually for catching a Mythical Pokémon, but are sometimes only tied to an in-game event. These all have specific tasks attached to them, and several of these individual tasks will reward the Pokeballs.
Each week, you will also earn weekly rewards, which increase the more you have walked that week. In addition to the eggs and the occasional rare candy, you will get Pokeballs in your weekly rewards.
What are pokeballs for?
If you are completely new to the game, you may not even really know how Pokeballs work. With a couple of exceptions explained below, Pokeballs are the only way to catch Pokémon. Since catching Pokémon is the goal of the game, that makes Pokeballs very important. Pokéballs are red and white balls that you throw at an individual Pokémon in an attempt to catch it.
To do this, select a Pokémon on the map and then use your finger to throw the Pokeball at them. There will be a number next to the Pokeball that will tell you how many Pokeballs you have left, and you can click on the Pokeball symbol to change the type of ball you are using.
To catch the Pokémon, you just have to throw the Pokeball at them. You will have a better chance of catching them if you hit it inside the shrinking colored circle, and a better chance again the smaller the circle, but this is not necessary. You will also increase your chances with a curve ball toss, which happens if you move your finger over the Pokeball until it glows and then toss it in an arcing motion.
In the main Pokémon games, you are supposed to fight a Pokémon to weaken it, but this is not how it works in Pokémon Go. However, you can give a Pokémon a berry to make it easier to catch. A Razz Berry makes a Pokémon a little easier to catch, while a Golden Razz Berry makes them much easier to catch. A Silver Pinap Berry makes them easier to catch and doubles the candy catch (normal Pinap Berry offers a candy boost but doesn’t affect the catch), while Nanab Berries makes a Pokémon stay put, making it easier to aim, but not easier to actually catch.
Other balls
Apart from Pokeballs, there are three other types of balls in the game: Great Balls, Ultra Balls, and Premier Balls. Great Balls are blue, white and red, and are more effective versions of Pokeballs, while Ultra Balls are yellow and black and are more effective versions of Great Balls. These two cannot be purchased, but otherwise they can be won in the exact same way as Pokeballs. Despite not appearing in the store as standalone items, they will occasionally appear in boxes.
Premier Balls are completely different. These are white with a red border and are used to catch Pokémon at the end of raids or at the end of Team Rocket encounters. For Raids, you will get more Premier Balls depending on how fast you won the Raid, how much damage you did, how much damage your team dealt, if your team owned the Gym, and what your rating is for that Gym. . With Team Rocket Raids, the number of Premier Balls you get depends on how many of your Pokémon have passed out, your hero badge level, and your Purifier badge level.
Storage
As you progress through Pokémon Go, you will quickly discover that your initial storage space is a bit small. For 200 coins at a time, you can expand it by 50 item slots. It will probably also end up with a lot of Great Balls and Ultra Balls over time. In those cases, it might be best to toss in some Pokeballs and keep using the most effective versions, allowing you to free up item space to spin stops for Berries, Potions, Revive, Eggs, and useful evolution items.
With that, you know everything you need to know about Pokeballs in Pokémon Go. Now go catch them all!
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