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Metapod


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General

Metapod
bug

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
11
Gold/Silver/Crystal Johto
25
Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald Hoenn
n/a
Diamond/Pearl Sinnoh
n/a

Names

Japanese
トランセル
Romaji
Toranseru

Flavor

Height
2'3.6" or 0.7 m
Weight
21.8 lb or 9.9 kg
Species
Cocoon
Color
green
Cry
mp3 here
Fire Red/Leaf Green Habitat
Forest
Pawprint

Misc

R/B/Y code
124 or 0x7c

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
72 or 0x48
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
10 Caterpie Base form 11 Metapod Raise to level 7 12 Butterfree Raise to level 10

Stats

Stat Base Max Stat %ile
L50 L100
HP
50
157 304 22.7
Attack
20
72 139 1.2
Defense
55
107 209 32.9
Special Attack
25
77 149 3
Special Defense
25
77 149 1.2
Speed
30
82 159 6.3
Average
34.2
- - 2.8

Flavor

See also: All versions' flavor text and sprites

Diamond/Pearl A steel-hard shell protects its tender body. It quietly endures hardships while awaiting evolution.

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 Fire Red 8%

Move List

See also: This list in the move search

See also: Contest list

Metapod's Special Attack is higher, so it will inflict more damage with special () moves.

Metapod gets the STAB from bug 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.

Metapod in other Pokédexes