#014 kakuna
Cocoon Pocket Monster — Almost incapable of moving, this POCKET MONSTER can only harden its shell to protect itself from predators.
Base stats
Profile
- Height
- 0.6 m
- Weight
- 10.0 kg
- Capture rate
- 120 / 255
- Growth
- medium
- Gender
- 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
- Egg groups
- bug
- Base EXP
- 72
How hard is it to catch
Its capture rate of 120 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)
|
10.1% | 20.3% | 1,777 |
 Great Ball
(×1.5)
|
23.4% | 46.7% | 2,310 |
 Ultra Ball
(×2.0)
|
31.2% | 62.3% | 3,465 |
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 |
Harden
Harden
status
DEF +1
Raises the user’s Defense by one stage.
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status | — |
Where to catch
| Zone | Levels | Spawn weight |
|---|---|---|
| Viridian Forest | 5–12 | 100 |