Metapod

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#011    Metapod

Type(s)

Bug

Generation

  I  

Abilities
Ability 1
Shed Skin

Rarity Tier

  Common  

Catch rate

  120/255 (15.69%)  

Base stats

HP
50

Atk
20

Def
55

Sp.Atk
25

Sp.Def
25

Spd
30

Base-stat total: 205
EV Yield

HP
0

Atk
0

Def
2

Sp.Atk
0

Sp.Def
0

Spd
0

EV-yield total: 2

Base Experience

  72  

Gender Ratio

    50%  
  50%    

Height

  0.7m  

Weight

  9.9kg  

Metapod is a Bug-type Pokémon.

As a part of one of the earliest-evolvable level-designated evolutionary lines, Metapod evolves from Caterpie at level 7; thereafter, it will evolve into its final evolutionary stage in Butterfree at level 10.

Obtainability

Wild

Location Levels Times Held Item Rarity Tier
Bug Catching Area 15-19 Morning Day Night Common
Ilex Forest 5-9 Morning Common
National Park 10-14 Morning Day Common
Pattern Bush 10-15 Morning Day Common
Route 2 5-7 Morning Day Common
Route 30 3-5 Morning Day Common
Viridian Forest 4-8 Morning Day Common
Vulcan Forest 36-40 Morning Day Night Common
  • Pink-colored areas denote that this area or inhabiting spawn is strictly members-accessible
  • Emboldened levels indicate they are isolatable with the Repel trick

Headbutt Trees
Location Levels Rarity Tier
Cerulean City 5-10 Common
Route 8 18-22 Common
Route 13 24-30 Common
Route 14 25-30 Common
Route 15 30-34 Common
Route 22 30-34 Common
Viridian City 4-8 Common

Pink denotes a Membership requirement for the area or spawn.

Discontinued methods

Metapod previously spawned in these areas.

Region Location Levels Times Held Item Rarity Tier
Vulcan Island Vulcan Forest 36-40 Morning Day Night 3

Metapod is no longer accessible in this area—be it due to the area’s present inaccessibility or the Pokémon’s removal. This data exists strictly for archival purposes.

Moves

Level-up

Level Moves Type Category Base Power Accuracy PP
— Harden Normal Status — — 30
  • 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 Category Base Power Accuracy PP
Harden Normal Status — — 30
  • 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.

Pre-Evolution Moves

Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy PP
String Shot Bug Status — 95 40
Tackle Normal Physical 50 100 35
Bug Bite Bug Physical 60 100 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.
  • Read to the move tutors article for tutorship information for all moves hereon.

Move Tutors

Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy PP
Bug Bite Bug Physical 60 100 20
Iron Defense Steel Status — — 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.
  • Read to the move tutors article for tutorship information for all moves hereon.

Type Effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions, this Pokémon is:
 2×  Weak to  1×  Neutral to  ½×  Resistant to  0×  Immune to
Fire
Flying
Rock
Bug
Dark
Dragon
Electric
Fairy
Ghost
Ice
Normal
Poison
Psychic
Steel
Water
Fighting
Grass
Ground
None

Leveling Chart

This is a tabulated leveling chart of the amount of experience required to advance per level. It also comparatively generates the amount of experience required for its evolved forms, thereby allowing to handily cross-compare how much more experience its evolutions would need to reach the same level.

Level XP Level-Up Differential Metapod-Butterfree Differential
1 57 6 77
2 63 6 83
3 91 28 139
4 161 70 268
5 297 136 500
6 520 223 858
7 850 330 1369
8 1310 460 2062
9 1922 612 2961
10 2706 784 4093
11 3685 979 5485
12 4881 1196 7162
13 6314 1433 9150
14 8006 1692 11479
15 9980 1974 14172
16 12256 2276 17257
17 14857 2601 20759
18 17803 2946 24706
19 21117 3314 29124
20 24820 3703 34039
21 28934 4114 39478
22 33480 4546 45466
23 38480 5000 52031
24 43956 5476 59200
25 49929 5973 66997
26 56420 6491 75450
27 63453 7033 84587
28 71047 7594 94431
29 79226 8179 105011
30 88010 8784 116352
31 97421 9411 128481
32 107481 10060 141425
33 118211 10730 155210
34 129633 11422 169863
35 141769 12136 185411
36 154641 12872 201879
37 168270 13629 219293
38 182678 14408 237681
39 197886 15208 257070
40 213917 16031 277485
41 230792 16875 298954
42 248532 17740 321503
43 267161 18629 345159
44 286699 19538 369947
45 307168 20469 395896
46 328590 21422 423032
47 350987 22397 451381
48 374381 23394 480971
49 398794 24413 511828
50 424248 25454 543980
51 450765 26517 577452
52 478366 27601 612272
53 507076 28710 648469
54 536914 29838 686067
55 567905 30991 725097
56 600070 32165 765584
57 633432 33362 807556
58 668013 34581 851042
59 703837 35824 896071
60 740928 37091 942669
61 779307 38379 990866
62 818999 39692 1040692
63 860028 41029 1092175
64 902419 42391 1145348
65 946196 43777 1200238
66 991384 45188 1256881
67 1038011 46627 1315309
68 1086104 48093 1375554
69 1135690 49586 1437653
70 1186800 51110 1501645
71 1239465 52665 1567568
72 1293718 54253 1635465
73 1349596 55878 1705385
74 1407138 57542 1777377
75 1466387 59249 1851500
76 1527393 61006 1927821
77 1590212 62819 2006412
78 1654909 64697 2087364
79 1721561 66652 2170783
80 1790261 68700 2256797
81 1861123 70862 2345568
82 1934290 73167 2437299
83 2009943 75653 2532251
84 2088320 78377 2630769
85 2169734 81414 2733312
86 2254608 84874 2840506
87 2343525 88917 2953225
88 2437305 93780 3072708
89 2537126 99821 3200753
90 2644720 107594 3340029
91 2762697 117977 3494608
92 2895105 132408 3670871
93 3048412 153307 3879144
94 3233325 184913 4136756
95 3468301 234976 4474012
96 3786681 318380 4946547
97 4252160 465479 5662565
98 4994928 742768 6847681
99 6304291 1309363 9014608
100 8895326 2591035 13463101

Special Counterparts

Main article: Pokémon Counterparts

  • Original counterpart

  • Shiny Metapod

  • Pink Metapod

External Links

  • Metapod’s Bulbapedia
  • Metapod’s Serebii