Bug Catching Area

Bug Catching Area - Johto

Overview

Location

A positional vantage point of Bug Catching Area in Johto.

Bug Catching Area is a Johto area exclusive to the Bug Catching Contest in National Park. Due to the contest's cooldown, the daily version of the Bug Catching Contest can only be accessed for 20 minutes every day, making it difficult to hunt for a specific Pokémon. However, the rewards from the contest makes it worthwhile.

The Daily version of the Bug Catching Contest is strictly PVE as you are only competing against NPCs. The Weekly version is available on Saturdays and is a competition amongst all players who show up.

Bug Catching Contest (Single)

The Bug Catching Contest is an activity in which the player can take part once every day by talking to the Contest Judge inside the southern Stop House of National Park. You may bring in any Pokémon you like to assist in catching bug Pokémon. Parasect, Breloom and Smeargle are recommended due to their access to both False Swipe and Spore. You may also want to bring in a Pokémon with the Synchronize ability.

Once in, the player has 20 minutes to catch the best bug Pokémon possible. There are a number of NPCs inside the Bug Catching Contest that can help:

Nurse Joy, located south of the bug catching area, will heal the player's Pokémon at the price of 2,500.
Bug Pokémon Manager, located north from the place the player is initially teleported to, as well as inside the Judge room, will allow the player to manage his catches. He can either release a Pokémon in the player's party or withdraw one of his or her catches that was sent to the boxes due to a full party. Of course, releasing the Catcher Pokémon is not possible.
Great Ball Seller, located in the south-east, will sell 30 Great Balls for the price of 20,000, in case the player has ran out of Pokéballs to use. It is slightly more expensive than in regular shops, as such it is not recommended to purchase unless really needed.
Contest Pokémon Evaluation, located in the south-west, will evaluate any Pokémon and tell how much a particular Pokémon is worth in contest points.
The police officers at the very south will allow the player to finish the contest early, should he or she feel satisfied with one of his or her caught Pokémon. It is also possible to disqualify, which means no reward will be given.

Once the Bug Catching Contest is over, it will be necessary to speak to the Contest Judge and submit the desired Bug Pokémon. It will then be necessary to speak to every other contestant and hear what Pokémon they caught, in order to continue. The Contest Judge will announce the winner and hand over the prizes, concluding the Bug Catching Contest.

Bug Catching Contest (Multiplayer)

The multiplayer version of the Bug Catching Contest is held every Saturday at either 12:00 GMT+0 or 00:00 GMT+0. To participate, head over to the Bug Contest Hall found in the same stop house the regular Bug Catching Contest is accessed in. From there, wait until the contest begins, walk into the hunting area on the top right of the contest hall, and you will be a participant. You will not be able to enter the hunting area if the contest is not open. Note that you can exit the hunting area to access the PC, but exiting the contest hall map will disqualify you from the contest. The contest lasts 60 minutes and, once over, each participant will receive their rewards based on their placement. If a player did not submit any bug, they will not be given any rewards.

Score System (Daily)

Each Pokémon caught in the Bug Catching Contest is given a score. The better the Pokémon, the higher the score. To hope for a win, it is expected to aim for at least 200 points. The score is decided by four different factors:

Level. Each level of the Pokémon is worth a point, and caps at level 25 for 25 points.
IVs. Each IV point of the Pokémon is worth a point.
Rarity. In the Bug Catching contest, each catchable Pokémon is given a Rarity Tier between 1 and 4:
- Tier 1 Pokémon are worth 50 points.
- Tier 2 Pokémon are worth 75 points.
- Tier 3 Pokémon are worth 100 points.
- Tier 4 Pokémon are worth 130 points.
Shiny. If the caught Pokémon is a Shiny Pokémon, the total score is multiplied by 1.5

The total score can then be summarized by the following formula:

Score = (level + totalIV + tierBonus) * 1.5(if Shiny)

Tier 1 Pokémon

Pokédex Number	Pokémon	Type 1	Type 2	Rarity Tier
#010	Caterpie	Bug		Common
#165	Ledyba	Bug	Flying	Common
#046	Paras	Bug	Grass	Common
#167	Spinarak	Bug	Poison	Common
#048	Venonat	Bug	Poison	Common
#265	Wurmple	Bug		Common

Tier 2 Pokémon

Pokédex Number	Pokémon	Type 1	Type 2	Rarity Tier
#415	Combee	Bug	Flying	Uncommon
#314	Illumise	Bug		Uncommon
#401	Kricketot	Bug		Uncommon
#664	Scatterbug	Bug		Uncommon
#313	Volbeat	Bug		Uncommon
#193	Yanma	Bug	Flying	Common

Tier 3 Pokémon

Pokédex Number	Pokémon	Type 1	Type 2	Rarity Tier
#412	Burmy	Bug		Uncommon
#557	Dwebble	Bug	Rock	Rare
#595	Joltik	Bug	Electric	Rare
#290	Nincada	Bug	Ground	Rare

Tier 4 Pokémon

Pokédex Number	Pokémon	Type 1	Type 2	Rarity Tier
#742	Cutiefly	Bug	Fairy	Rare
#214	Heracross	Bug	Fighting	Uncommon
#636	Larvesta	Bug	Fire	Rare
#127	Pinsir	Bug		Rare
#123	Scyther	Bug	Flying	Rare

Prizes

In the Bug Catching Contest, there are many rewards that can be obtained. The player can receive the following:

Shiny bonus: If the Pokémon the player submits is a Shiny Pokémon, on top of the above prizes, the player also receives an additional 100,000. This makes Shinies worthwile to submit even if they have scored low.
Volcarona Wings: If the Pokémon the player has submitted scored 290 points or over (400 if shiny), a pair of Volcarona Wings will also be awarded. This reward can only be received once, as the wings are not tradeable.

Item		Quantity
	Volcarona Wings	1

Genesect: If the Pokémon the player has submitted has 140 or more IVs, the player will be rewarded with the chance to catch Genesect. In the top right corner of the Contest Hall, there is a room that will open when that condition is met. It leads to the area where Genesect is found. Before entering, it is recommended to prepare a desired synchronize Pokémon and a Master Ball.
Golden Bug Net: If the Pokémon the player has submitted scored 230 points or more, there is a chance that a Golden Bug Net will also be rewarded.

Recommended Pokémon

Timid Alakazam with the ability Synchronize and with the move Thunder Wave in order to paralyze Genesect.
Timid Kadabra with the ability Synchronize and with the move Thunder Wave in order to paralyze Gensect.
Timid Mew with the ability Synchronize with the moves Thunder Wave and False Swipe.

Notes:

Though it is a reward, it is obtainable only once.
It is banned in PvP.

1st place rewards

For winning the contest, the Player is rewarded with 25,000 and 3 PvE Coins. Additionally the Player gets one of the following:

Item		Quantity
	Life Orb	1
	Rare Candy	6
	Focus Sash	6
	PP Up	6
	Toxic Orb	1
	Master Ball	1
	S Snom Hat	1
	Samurai Helmet	1
	Golden Bug Net	1

Pokédex Number	Pokémon	Type 1	Type 2	Rarity Tier
#214	Heracross	Bug	Fighting	Uncommon
#127	Pinsir	Bug		Rare
#123	Scyther	Bug	Flying	Rare

2nd place rewards

For being second in the contest, the Player is rewarded with 15,000 and 2 PvE Coins. Additionally the Player gets one of the following:

Item		Quantity
	Samurai Clothes Blue	1
	Samurai Clothes Green	1
	Samurai Clothes Red	1
	Samurai Helmet	1
	Rare Candy	4
	Focus Sash	4
	PP Up	4
	Ultra Ball	10
	Scope Lens	1
	Wide Lens	1

Pokédex Number	Pokémon	Type 1	Type 2	Rarity Tier
#204	Pineco	Bug		Rare
#543	Venipede	Bug	Poison	Rare
#616	Shelmet	Bug		Rare

3rd place rewards

For placing third, you will receive 7,500 and 1 PvE Coin.

Item		Quantity
	Rare Candy	2
	Focus Sash	1
	PP Up	2
	Quick Claw	1
	Wise Glasses	1
	Muscle Band	1
	Great Ball	6
	Beautifly Wings	1
	Dustox Wings	1
	Beedrill Wings	1

Mega Stones

Beedrillite, Pinsirite and Heracronite can be obtained once the player has a Mega Bracelet. Once obtaining the Mega Bracelet the player will need to win the Bug catching contest 3 times for the first stone, further 3 times for the second and another 3 times for the last one. The wins do not need to be in a row and they are randomly. These are also a 1 time only reward.

Item		Quantity
	Heracronite	1
	Beedrillite	1
	Pinsirite	1

Wild Pokémon

Land

Pokémon		Level range	Times			Rarity Tier
	Burmy	15-19	Morning	Day	Night	Uncommon
	Caterpie	15-19	Morning			Common
	Combee	15-19	Morning			Uncommon
	Cutiefly	15-19	Morning	Day	Night	Rare
	Dwebble	15-19		Day		Rare
	Heracross	15-19		Day		Rare
	Illumise	15-19			Night	Uncommon
	Joltik	15-19	Morning			Rare
	Kricketot	15-19			Night	Uncommon
	Larvesta	15-19	Morning	Day	Night	Rare
	Ledyba	15-19		Day		Common
	Nincada	15-19			Night	Rare
	Paras	15-19	Morning	Day	Night	Common
	Pinsir	15-19			Night	Rare
	Scatterbug	15-19	Morning			Uncommon
	Scyther	15-19	Morning			Rare
	Spinarak	15-19			Night	Common
	Venonat	15-19	Morning			Common
	Volbeat	15-19		Day		Uncommon
	Weedle	15-19		Day		Common
	Wurmple	15-19			Night	Common
	Yanma	15-19		Day		Uncommon
Pink-colored names denote that this Pokémon is exclusively encounterable for members in this area Emboldened levels indicate they are isolatable with the Repel trick