Metapodin Pokémon Heart & Soul

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Pokédex Entry

Cocoon Pokémon

Its shell is as hard as an iron slab. A Metapod does not move very much because it is preparing its soft innards for evolution inside the shell.

Front

Normal

Shiny

Animated

Shiny Animated

Back

Normal

Shiny

Type

Bug

Dex

#025 Johto Dex · #011 National

Abilities

Shed Skin

Heals the body by shedding.

Growth Rate

mediumfast

Gender Ratio

50% Male, 50% Female

Egg Groups

bug

Hatch Rate

Medium Fast (20 cycles)

Catch Rate

120

Poké Ball10.9%

Great Ball14.9%

Ultra Ball19.0%

Base Exp

EV Yield

2 Defense

Wild Held Items

None

Weak To

fire ×2flying ×2rock ×2

Resists

grass ×0.5fighting ×0.5ground ×0.5

Evolution Chain

Caterpie

Base form

→

Metapod

Level up Caterpie to Lv. 7

→

Butterfree

Level up Metapod to Lv. 10

Related Guides

How to Obtain

Metapod appears in Ilex Forest (rare), in National Park Bug Contest (rare), and in Route 25 (rare), among two other areas. Wild ones range from level 12 to 45.

Wild Encounters (5)

Gen 7 Moves

The movepool a new game starts with.

Level Up (2)

Level	Move	Type	Power	Acc.	PP
0	HardenLevel: 0Harden	normal	PWR0	ACC0	PP30
0	HardenLevel: 0Harden	Stiffens the body's muscles to raise Defense.
1	HardenLevel: 1Harden	normal	PWR0	ACC0	PP30
1	HardenLevel: 1Harden	Stiffens the body's muscles to raise Defense.

Gen 3 Moves

Used when the “Pokémon Movepool” challenge setting is set to Gen 3.

Level Up (2)

Level	Move	Type	Power	Acc.	PP
1	HardenLevel: 1Harden	normal	PWR0	ACC0	PP30
1	HardenLevel: 1Harden	Stiffens the body's muscles to raise Defense.
7	HardenLevel: 7Harden	normal	PWR0	ACC0	PP30
7	HardenLevel: 7Harden	Stiffens the body's muscles to raise Defense.

Pre-evolution-only Moves (3)

These moves must be learned before evolving; Metapod cannot learn them through its own level-up, TM/HM, tutor, egg, wild, or evolution moves.

Level	Move	Type	Power	Acc.	PP	Learned from
1	TackleLevel: 1(Caterpie · Level 1)Tackle	normal	PWR35	ACC0	PP35	Caterpie · Level 1
1	TackleLevel: 1(Caterpie · Level 1)Tackle	Charges the foe with a full- body tackle.
1	String ShotLevel: 1(Caterpie · Level 1)String Shot	bug	PWR0	ACC95	PP40	Caterpie · Level 1
1	String ShotLevel: 1(Caterpie · Level 1)String Shot	Binds the foe with string to reduce its Speed.
9	Bug BiteLevel: 9(Caterpie · Level 9)Bug Bite	bug	PWR60	ACC100	PP20	Caterpie · Level 9
9	Bug BiteLevel: 9(Caterpie · Level 9)Bug Bite	Eats the foe's held Berry gaining its effect.