Cacnea

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#331	Cacnea
Types Grass	Generation   III
Abilities Ability 1 Sand Veil Hidden Ability Water Absorb
Rarity Tier   Uncommon	Catch rate   190/255 (24.84%)
Base stats HP 50 Atk 85 Def 40 Sp.Atk 85 Sp.Def 40 Spd 35 Base-stat total: 335
EV Yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 1 Sp.Def 0 Spd 0 EV-yield total: 1
Base Experience   97	Gender Ratio     50%     50%
Height   0.4m	Weight   51.3kg

Cacnea is a Grass type Pokémon.

It evolves into Cacturne upon reaching level 32.

Obtainability

Land

Location	Levels	Times			Held Item	Rarity Tier
Hoenn Safari Zone Area 3	28-32	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Route 111 Desert	20-24	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Route 228	40-45	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Tower of Abundance 1F	24-28	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Unholy Sands	24-30	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Unholy Sands Pyramid East Chamber	24-30	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Pink-colored areas denote that this spawn is membership-exclusive Emboldened levels indicate they are isolatable with the Repel trick

Headbutt Trees

Location	Levels	Rarity Tier
Littleroot Town	5-10	Common
Mauville City	5-10	Common
Oldale Town	5-10	Common
Petalburg Woods	5-7	Common
Route 102	2-4	Common
Route 102	2-4	Rare
Route 103		Common
Route 111 North	5-10	Common
Route 113	14-18	Common
Route 115	20-25	Common
Route 117	13-16	Common
Pink denotes a Membership requirement for the area or spawn.

Moves

Level-up

Level	Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
1	Leer	Normal	Status	—	100	30
1	Poison Sting	Poison	Physical	15	100	35
4	Absorb	Grass	Special	20	100	25
7	Growth	Normal	Status	—	—	20
10	Leech Seed	Grass	Status	—	90	10
13	Sand Attack	Ground	Status	—	100	15
16	Bullet Seed	Grass	Physical	25	100	30
16	Needle Arm	Grass	Physical	60	100	15
19	Feint Attack	Dark	Physical	60	100	20
19	Power Trip	Dark	Physical	20	100	10
22	Ingrain	Grass	Status	—	—	20
26	Payback	Dark	Physical	50	100	10
30	Spikes	Ground	Status	—	—	20
34	Sucker Punch	Dark	Physical	80	100	5
38	Pin Missile	Bug	Physical	25	95	20
42	Energy Ball	Grass	Special	90	100	10
46	Cotton Spore	Grass	Status	—	100	40
50	Sandstorm	Ground	Status	—	—	10
54	Destiny Bond	Ghost	Status	—	—	5

* Emboldened moves denote this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it.

• Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information.
• All moves subsumed on this list are relearnable via the Move Relearners if lost.

TMs and HMs

TM		Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
TM93		Attract	Normal	Status	—	100	15
TM08		Body Slam	Normal	Physical	80	100	15
TM81		Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100	15
TM83		Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	60	100	20
TM82		Bullet Seed	Grass	Physical	25	100	30
TM79		Captivate	Normal	Status	—	100	20
TM330		Confide	Normal	Status	—	—	20
TM77		Curse	Ghost	Status	—	—	10
TM76		Dark Pulse	Dark	Special	80	100	15
TM28		Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100	10
TM32		Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—	15
TM64		Drain Punch	Fighting	Physical	75	100	10
TM308		Encore	Normal	Status	—	100	5
TM237		Endeavor	Normal	Physical	—	100	5
TM51		Endure	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM03		Energy Ball	Grass	Special	90	100	10
TM92		Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
TM141		Fling	Dark	Physical	—	100	10
TM98		Focus Punch	Fighting	Physical	150	100	20
TM288		Foul Play	Dark	Physical	95	100	15
TM131		Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100	20
TM101		Giga Drain	Grass	Special	75	100	10
TM151		Grass Knot	Grass	Special	—	100	20
—		Grassy Glide	Grass	Physical	55	100	20
TM202		Grassy Terrain	Grass	Status	—	—	10
TM200		Helping Hand	Normal	Status	—	—	20
TM60		Hidden Power	Normal	Special	60	100	15
TM318		Leaf Storm	Grass	Special	130	90	5
TM285		Low Kick	Fighting	Physical	—	100	20
TM186		Magical Leaf	Grass	Special	60	—	20
TM315		Nasty Plot	Dark	Status	—	—	20
TM136		Natural Gift	Normal	Physical	—	100	15
TM110		Nature Power	Normal	Status	—	—	20
TM140		Payback	Dark	Physical	50	100	10
TM143		Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	80	100	20
TM167		Power-Up Punch	Fighting	Physical	40	100	20
TM67		Protect	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM68		Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	—	5
TM44		Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—	10
TM130		Return	Normal	Physical	—	100	20
TM270		Round	Normal	Special	60	100	15
TM87		Sandstorm	Ground	Status	—	—	10
TM170		Scary Face	Normal	Status	—	100	10
TM133		Secret Power	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
TM290		Seed Bomb	Grass	Physical	80	100	15
TM248		Skitter Smack	Bug	Physical	70	90	10
TM138		Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM22		Solar Beam	Grass	Special	120	100	10
TM293		Spikes	Ground	Status	—	—	20
TM218		Spite	Ghost	Status	—	100	20
TM50		Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—	16
TM61		Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	—	5
TM124		Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90	15
TM39		Swift	Normal	Special	60	—	20
TM75		Swords Dance	Normal	Status	—	—	20
TM09		Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85	20
TM214		Tera Blast	Normal	Special	80	100	10
TM96		Thief	Dark	Physical	60	100	25
TM329		Throat Chop	Dark	Physical	80	100	15
TM126		Thunder Punch	Electric	Physical	75	100	15
TM06		Toxic	Poison	Status	—	90	10
TM294		Toxic Spikes	Poison	Status	—	—	20
TM179		Trailblaze	Grass	Physical	50	100	20
TM158		Venoshock	Poison	Special	65	100	10
HM01		Cut	Normal	Physical	50	95	30
HM05		Flash	Normal	Status	—	100	20

* Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it.

• Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information.
• Refer to TMs and HMs for information on each move's obtainability.

Move Tutors

Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
Block	Normal	Status	—	—	5
Body Slam	Normal	Physical	80	100	15
Counter	Fighting	Physical	—	100	20
Dark Pulse	Dark	Special	80	100	15
Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100	15
Drain Punch	Fighting	Physical	75	100	10
Dynamic Punch	Fighting	Physical	100	50	5
Endure	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Focus Punch	Fighting	Physical	150	100	20
Fury Cutter	Bug	Physical	40	95	20
Giga Drain	Grass	Special	75	100	10
Headbutt	Normal	Physical	70	100	15
Low Kick	Fighting	Physical	—	100	20
Mega Punch	Normal	Physical	80	85	20
Mimic	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Mud-Slap	Ground	Special	20	100	10
Role Play	Psychic	Status	—	—	15
Seed Bomb	Grass	Physical	80	100	15
Seismic Toss	Fighting	Physical	—	100	20
Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Snore	Normal	Special	50	100	15
Spite	Ghost	Status	—	100	20
Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—	16
Sucker Punch	Dark	Physical	80	100	5
Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90	15
Swords Dance	Normal	Status	—	—	20
Synthesis	Grass	Status	—	—	5
Thunder Punch	Electric	Physical	75	100	15
Worry Seed	Grass	Status	—	100	10

* Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it.

• Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information.
• Refer to the Move Tutors article for tutorship information for all moves hereon.

Egg Moves

Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
Acid	Poison	Special	40	100	30
Belch	Poison	Special	120	90	10
Block	Normal	Status	—	—	5
Counter	Fighting	Physical	—	100	20
Disable	Normal	Status	—	100	20
Dynamic Punch	Fighting	Physical	100	50	5
Fell Stinger	Bug	Physical	30	100	25
Grass Whistle	Grass	Status	—	55	15
Low Kick	Fighting	Physical	—	100	20
Magical Leaf	Grass	Special	60	—	20
Nasty Plot	Dark	Status	—	—	20
Power-Up Punch	Fighting	Physical	40	100	20
Rototiller	Ground	Status	—	—	10
Seed Bomb	Grass	Physical	80	100	15
Smelling Salts	Normal	Physical	70	100	10
Switcheroo	Dark	Status	—	100	15
Teeter Dance	Normal	Status	—	100	20
Worry Seed	Grass	Status	—	100	10

* Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it.

• Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information.
• For more information on egg-move-tutors, refer to: Egg Moves.

Type Effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions, this Pokémon is:
2× Weak to	Fire Ice Poison Flying Bug
1× Neutral to	Normal Fighting Psychic Rock Ghost Dragon Dark Steel Fairy
½× Resistant to	Water Electric Grass Ground

Notes

Water Absorb will grant an immunity to Water.

Special Counterparts

Main article: Pokémon Counterparts

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  Shiny Cacnea
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  Halloween Cacnea