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Caterpiein Pokémon Sour Crystal

bug
Pokemon #24

Pokédex Entry

Worm Pokémon

It crawls into foliage where it camouflages itself among leaves that are the same color as its body.

Caterpie in Pokémon Sour Crystal

Caterpie is #24 in the Pokédex for Pokémon caterpie. This page covers its bug typing, base stats, abilities, level-up and TM/HM moves, evolution chain, and where to find it across 15 encounter locations.

Type
Bug
Dex
#024
Growth Rate
Medium Fast
Gender Ratio
50% Male, 50% Female
Egg Groups
bug
Hatch Rate
Fast (15 cycles)
Catch Rate
255
pokeball
Poké Ball19.4%
greatball
Great Ball26.7%
ultraball
Ultra Ball33.0%
Base Exp
53
EV Yield
None
Wild Held Items
None
Weak To
fire ×2flying ×2rock ×2
Resists
grass ×0.5fighting ×0.5ground ×0.5

How to Obtain

Caterpie can be found common in Ilex Forest while walking or headbutting trees in the morning and day-time, common in Route 2 South in the morning and day-time, and common in Route 30 in the morning and day-time, among three other areas. Wild ones range from level three to 18.

Wild Encounters (13)

Level Up Moves (2)

TackleLevel: 1normal
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A full-body charge attack.
String ShotLevel: 1bug
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A move that lowers the foe's SPEED.

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