I was looking into the mechanics of Poké balls, and there's a lot of conflicting information about how the bonus from timer balls is calculated.
Earlier than Gen 5, everywhere agrees that the bonus starts at 1 and increases by 1 every 10 turns, to a maximum of 4 at t = 30
.
Bulbapedia gives a continuous formula:
C = (10 + T) / 10
but it's not clear whether that's supposed to be rounded down to the nearest integer.
From Gen 5 onwards, some places claim the calculation has changed to:
C = (1 + X * 1229/4096)
However, the majority of sites only mention the other formula.
So are these two formulae correct for their respective generations? Are either of them rounded?
Best Answer
Generation III and IV
This means:
These are all rounded values.
As explained on Dragonflycave:
Generation V and VI
This means you get approximately a 0.3 bonus each turn passed, up to 4x.
Other sources: Bulbapedia, Smogon, Thonky