Friend Ball

Poké Balls pocket · buy for $300, sells for $150

Effect

A Poké Ball that makes caught Pokémon more friendly.

Follow the linked quests for story requirements. A listed source does not always mean you can get the item more than once.

Item balls on the ground

• Route 7 (21 steps north and 2 steps east of the door to Route 7 gatehouse)

Gifts from people

• Slowpoke Well B1F ×5
• Route 29 ×2
• Pewter City ×2

Prizes and menu choices (you get one of several)

• Goldenrod Department Store 6F (one of several; paid with ₽300) · see Goldenrod City: small extras

Shops

• Goldenrod Department Store 6F · $300

Used or asked for in

Someone in these places asks for this item or takes it: Celadon Pokémon Center, Cerulean City, Cherrygrove Pokémon Center, Route 2 East.

Changes and uses in Origin HeartGold

to learn Ice Punch in Celadon City; starts the Nidoran♀ quest.; to learn Leech Seed in Cherrygrove City

Other uses

Move tutor payments

• Ice Punch · Friend Ball ×1 · Celadon Pokémon Center
• Leech Seed · Friend Ball ×1 · Cherrygrove Pokémon Center

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