caterpie
bug

#010 caterpie

Worm Pocket Monster — Its short feet are tipped with suction pads that enable it to tirelessly climb slopes and walls.

Base stats

HP 45
Attack 30
Defense 35
Sp. Atk 20
Sp. Def 20
Speed 45
Total 195

Profile

Height
0.3 m
Weight
2.9 kg
Capture rate
255 / 255
Growth
medium
Gender
50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Egg groups
bug
Base EXP
39

Evolution

caterpie metapod (Lv 7)

How hard is it to catch

Its capture rate of 255 is an input to the formula, not a chance — so here is what that number is actually worth with each ball you can get, thrown the way the game throws: at a wild you have already beaten.

Ball Chance With a type medal Gold per catch
Poké Ball (×0.65) 21.5% 43.0% 836
Great Ball (×1.5) 49.7% 99.3% 1,087
Ultra Ball (×2.0) 66.2% 100.0% 1,631

Every throw is an independent roll, and a miss spends the ball anyway. The medal column is a maxed type medal for this species' type — the one multiplier here you can grow. A shiny is far harder than any of these, and only the Master Ball ignores the roll entirely.

Gold per catch is the ball's shop price divided by its chance — what an average catch costs you. A stronger ball is usually not the cheaper one: what it buys is fewer throws, which on a hunt you leave running is time and bag space rather than money.

Moves

Learned by leveling up

Level Move Type Class Power
1 String Shot String Shot bug status Power Accuracy 95% Cooldown 9.0s Range (px) 140 AoE (px) 90 SPE -2 Lowers the target’s Speed by two stages. bug status
1 Tackle Tackle normal physical Power 40 Accuracy 100% Cooldown 1.5s Range (px) 90 Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. normal physical 40

Where to catch

Zone Levels Spawn weight
Arredores de Pallet 1–8 100