Making use of one useful trick in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet’s Indigo Disk DLC can give people access to an unending supply of Master Balls. In addition to a variety of new Pokémon, The Indigo Disk offers several new features with a variety of uses. Taking advantage of one of these allows people to earn more of the Pokémon franchise’s most powerful Poké Balls. It is unsurprising that Master Balls are typically in short supply in any Pokémon game, given that they render a core part of the gameplay loop effectively redundant.

With the inescapable Master Ball, there is no need to consider how best to weaken a Pokémon, whether to risk one more attack or begin throwing the best Poké Balls available in earnest. Of course, they are also incredibly convenient, especially when facing Legendaries with low catch rates. As The Indigo Disk features many Legendary Pokémon from across the franchise to find, extra Master Balls can save plenty of time when trying to catch them all.

In order to prevent players from abusing this convenience, though, Master Balls are incredibly rare, and can normally only be obtained through scripted story events or random chance. However, some players have discovered a way to gain seemingly infinite Master Balls using a new feature introduced in The Indigo Disk DLC.

The Item Printer Offers Unlimited Master Balls When Upgraded In The Indigo Disk

How To Exploit The Poké Ball Lotto For Infinite Master Balls

One of the upgrades available for the League Club Room at Blueberry Academy is the Item Printer, which converts TM Materials and BP into various items. The Item Printer itself can be upgraded several times as it is used, with its second "Ultra Ball" upgrade unlocking the Poké Ball Lotto. As the name suggests, this is a randomized collection of Poké Balls which has a 1% chance of replacing the usual Item Printer results. The Poké Ball Lotto has a small chance to produce some very rare Poké Balls, including the Master Ball with a draw rate of approximately 0.75%, according to Serebii.

In order to obtain the second Item Printer upgrade, players will have to use the Printer 80 times and spend 500 BP. Besides unlocking the Poké Ball Lotto feature, it also decreases the BP and material cost of all items printed.

The Item Printer mainly relies on random number generation in order to determine its output. However, it is possible to exploit the Item Printer's RNG with a simple method that boosts the likelihood of rolling a Master Ball. In order to use this method, players will need to have the properly upgraded Item Printer, then walk up to it and interact with it to see the option, "I want to print something." Players will need to click on that option at an exact time to maximize their chances of getting a Master Ball.

The times below were determined by Game8 to be the most effective at spawning Master Balls. With that dialogue still on the screen, navigate to the Switch's Date and Time settings, under System. Turn off "Synchronize Clock via Internet," and then set the date and time manually to a time shortly before one of the following (note that these dates use month/day order). A full minute before should provide plenty of time.

• 8/7/2052, 7:58:29 AM (07:58:29)
• 9/19/2056, 7:55:31 PM (19:55:31)

Synchronize a stopwatch with the Switch's clock, and determine what the exact time on the stopwatch will be when the Switch reaches the desired time. Open Scarlet or Violet again, and activate the Item Printer at the exact right second for a chance at finding a Master Ball. Note that once the Printer has been activated, the item it'll return has already been determined, so players can take as much time as they need to add materials. This trick can then be repeated infinitely until a Master Ball spawns.

The Indigo Disk Makes Even The Toughest Of Pokémon Captures Simple

Other Ways To Find Master Balls In Scarlet & Violet's DLC

There are three Master Balls that can be acquired simply through regular play of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet and its DLC. One is obtained from Director Clavell after completing "The Way Home," and two more are available in The Indigo Disk DLC: one for defeating Kieran, and another for filling 240 entries in the Blueberry Pokédex. Of course, that is not nearly enough to capture all the Legendary Pokémon in the game, but investing in the Item Printer can make up the difference. And with BBQs encouraging people to defeat and capture a variety of Pokémon, it is easy to gather plenty of BP and materials to use the Item Printer and take advantage of the lotto.

Even a single Master Ball can be an incredibly valuable resource in any Pokémon game, so the Item Printer’s capabilities are understandably a notable boon. With all that is included in the Indigo Disk DLC, having the ability to capture even the strongest of Pokémon with ease is an incredible advantage. Of course, there is a notable level of time, effort, and luck involved in working the Item Printer, but for such potent items, this only seems fair. The Poké Ball Lotto is a small but incredibly useful feature for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, with the potential to give people an unlimited number of Master Balls.

Sources: Serebii, Game8