Cacturne

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Cacturne

Types

Grass

Dark

Generation

III

Abilities
Ability 1 Sand Veil	Hidden Ability Water Absorb

Rarity Tier

Rare

Catch rate

60/255 (7.84%)

Base stats
HP 70	Atk 115	Def 60	Sp.Atk 115	Sp.Def 60	Spd 55
Base-stat total: 475

EV Yield
HP 0	Atk 1	Def 0	Sp.Atk 1	Sp.Def 0	Spd 0
EV-yield total: 2

Base Experience

177

Gender Ratio

50% 50%

Height

1.3m

Weight

77.4kg

Cacturne is a Grass and Dark-type Pokémon. Having evolved from Cacnea at level 32.

Obtainability

Land

Location	Levels	Times			Rarity Tier
Abandoned Desert Village	35-40		Day		Common
Forest Maze Underground	19-23	Morning	Day	Night	Common
Illusory Forest	25-30	Morning	Day	Night	Common
Route 111 Desert	20-24	Morning	Day	Night	Common
Route 228	40-45	Morning	Day	Night	Common
Tower of Flow Entrance	24-28	Morning	Day	Night	Common
Pink-colored areas denote that this spawn is membership-exclusive Emboldened levels indicate they are isolatable with the Repel trick

Moves

Level Up

Level	Moves	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
1	Absorb	Grass	Special	20	100	25
1	Destiny Bond	Ghost	Status	—	—	5
1	Growth	Normal	Status	—	—	20
1	Leer	Normal	Status	—	100	30
1	Poison Sting	Poison	Physical	15	100	35
1	Revenge	Fighting	Physical	60	100	10
1	Spiky Shield	Grass	Status	—	—	40
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	Needle Arm	Grass	Physical	60	100	15
19	Feint Attack	Dark	Physical	60	100	20
22	Ingrain	Grass	Status	—	—	20
26	Payback	Dark	Physical	50	100	10
30	Spikes	Ground	Status	—	—	20
35	Sucker Punch	Dark	Physical	80	100	5
38	Pin Missile	Bug	Physical	25	95	20
44	Energy Ball	Grass	Special	90	100	10
49	Cotton Spore	Grass	Status	—	100	40
54	Sandstorm	Ground	Status	—	—	10
59	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.

On-Evolution Moves

Move

Type

TMs/HMs

TM		Moves	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
	TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	—	90	10
	TM60	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	60	100	15
	TM61	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	—	5
	TM15	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90	5
	TM67	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—	10
	TM22	Solar Beam	Grass	Special	120	100	10
	TM130	Return	Normal	Physical	—	100	20
	TM81	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100	15
	TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—	15
	TM87	Sandstorm	Ground	Status	—	—	10
	TM92	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
	TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—	10
	TM03	Energy Ball	Grass	Special	90	100	10
	TM75	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	—	—	20
	TM143	Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	80	100	20
	TM138	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—	10
	TM50	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—	16
	TM76	Dark Pulse	Dark	Special	80	100	15
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.

TM-tutors

Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
Venoshock	Poison	Special	65	100	10
Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100	20
Attract	Normal	Status	—	100	15
Round	Normal	Special	60	100	15
Focus Blast	Fighting	Special	120	70	5
Fling	Dark	Physical	—	100	10
Embargo	Dark	Status	—	100	15
Payback	Dark	Physical	50	100	10
Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90	5
Grass Knot	Grass	Special	—	100	20
Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90	15
Nature Power	Normal	Status	—	—	20
Confide	Normal	Status	—	—	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. Read to the move tutors article for tutorship information for all moves hereon.

Move tutors

Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
Block	Normal	Status	—	—	5
Drain Punch	Fighting	Physical	75	100	10
Focus Blast	Fighting	Special	120	70	5
Foul Play	Dark	Physical	95	100	15
Giga Drain	Grass	Special	75	100	10
Low Kick	Fighting	Physical	—	100	20
Role Play	Psychic	Status	—	—	15
Seed Bomb	Grass	Physical	80	100	15
Snore	Normal	Special	50	100	15
Spite	Ghost	Status	—	100	20
Stomping Tantrum	Ground	Physical	75	100	10
Superpower	Fighting	Physical	120	100	5
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. Read 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

1× Neutral to

½× Resistant to

0× Immune to

Fire	Ice
Fighting	Poison
Flying	Bug
Fairy

Normal	Rock
Dragon	Steel

Water	Electric
Grass	Ground
Ghost	Dark

None

All darkened weakness types have a 4x weakness due to the multiplicative damage-modifiers of both of the Pokémon's type weaknesses.
All darkened resistance types have a 1⁄4x resistance due to the multiplicative damage-modifiers of both of the Pokémon's type resistances.

Special Counterparts

Main article: Pokémon Counterparts

Shiny Cacturne
Halloween Cacturne

External Links

Cacturne

Contents

Obtainability

Land