Caterpie
bug
Front
Normal
Shiny
Animated
Shiny Animated
Back
Normal
Shiny
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
Base Exp
53
EV Yield
None
Wild Held Items
None
Weak To
fire ×2rock ×2
Resists
grass ×0.5fighting ×0.5ground ×0.5
Evolution Chain
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)
| Level | Move | Type | Cat. | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TackleLevel: 1 | ||||||
| normal |  | 40 | 100 | 35 | ||
| A full-body charge attack. | ||||||
| String ShotLevel: 1 | ||||||
| bug | | 0 | 95 | 40 | ||
| A move that lowers the foe's SPEED. | ||||||