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Kakuna

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General

Kakuna
bug poison

Abilities

Shed Skin
Each turn, this Pokémon has a 1/3 chance of its status becoming normal.

Damage Taken

Dex Numbers

Generation
Red/Blue/Yellow RBY
Red/Blue/Yellow Kanto
14
Gold/Silver/Crystal Johto
28
Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald Hoenn
n/a
Diamond/Pearl Sinnoh
n/a

Names

Japanese
コクーン
Romaji
Kokuun

Flavor

Height
1'11.6" or 0.6 m
Weight
22 lb or 10 kg
Species
Cocoon
Color
yellow
Cry
mp3 here
Fire Red/Leaf Green Habitat
Forest
Pawprint

Misc

R/B/Y code
113 or 0x71

Breeding

Gender
½ male; ½ female (code: 127 or 0x7f)
Breeding groups
3: Bug
Steps to hatch
3,840
Compatible with
25 families; 50 total Pokémon

In the Wild

Base EXP
71 or 0x47
Capture rate
120 or 0x78
Base happiness
70 or 0x46
Growth rate
medium
Effort points
2 Defense
Wild held items
n/a

Evolution Chain

See also: Comparison of this evolution chain

BasicStage 1Stage 2
13 Weedle Base form 14 Kakuna Raise to level 7 15 Beedrill Raise to level 10

Stats

Stat Base Max Stat %ile
L50 L100
HP
45
 152 294 16.6
Attack
25
 77 149 3.2
Defense
50
 102 199 24.9
Special Attack
25
 77 149 3
Special Defense
25
 77 149 1.2
Speed
35
 87 169 12.4
Average
34.2
 - - 2.8

Flavor

See also: All versions' flavor text and sprites

Diamond/Pearl While awaiting evolution, it hides from predators under leaves and in nooks of branches.

Locations

Eterna Forest

Note: this ONLY shows Diamond locations for the moment. (New Pokédex with all three games' encounters is in the works.)

Area Section Level Method
Eterna Forest 12 Leaf Green 8%

Move List

See also: This list in the move search

See also: Contest list

Kakuna gets the STAB from bug and poison moves.

Red/Blue Yellow Gold/Silver/Crystal Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald/Fire/Leaf Diamond/Pearl/Platinum Move Type Dmg PP Power Acc.* Pri. Description
-- -- Harden normal none 30 -- 100% Raises the user's Defense.
-- 7 7 7 7 Harden normal none 30 -- 100% Raises the user's Defense.
Red/Blue Yellow Gold/Silver/Crystal Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald/Fire/Leaf Diamond/Pearl/Platinum Tutored moves
Platinum Iron Defense steel none 15 -- 100% Raises the user's Defense by two levels.

Kakuna in other Pokédexes