Cacturne
Artwork
Names
- English: Cacturne
- Japanese: ノクタス (Noctus)
- German: Noktuska
- French: Cacturne
Number(s)
- National: 332
- Hoenn: 120
Gender
♂ 50% - ♀ 50%
Egg Group(s)
Plant / Humanshape
Evolution
| Basic | Stage One |
|---|---|
 CacneaBase form |  CacturneLevel 32 |
Size
- Height: 1.3 m / 4’03”
- Weight: 77.4 kg / 170.6 lbs.
Damage Taken
- Immune: Psychic
- ×½: Ground, Ghost, Water, Grass, Electric, Dark
- ×2: Fighting, Flying, Poison, Fire, Ice
- ×4: Bug
Ability effects are not included.
Base Stats
| Stat | Rank | E.P. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sum | 475 | ||
| HP | 42 | 0 | |
| Attack | 12 | 1 | |
| Defense | 50 | 0 | |
| Sp.Atk | 9 | 1 | |
| Sp.Def | 46 | 0 | |
| Speed | 44 | 0 | |
Ability
- Sand Veil
- Game's description
- Boosts the Pokémon’s evasion in a sandstorm.
- Battle effect
- Raises the Pokémon’s evasion during a sandstorm by one level.
- Map effect
- If the Pokémon is in the lead spot, chance of encountering a wild Pokémon during a sandstorm decreases to 50%.
Wild Item
- Diamond/Pearl
- Sticky Barb (5%)
Pal Park
- Area: Mountain
- Points: 70
- Encounter rate: 20
Miscellaneous
- Species: Scarecrow Pokémon
- Steps to hatch: 5,120
- Color: Green
- Catch Rate: 60
- Base Tameness: 35
- Growth Group: Medium Slow
1,059,860 exp. points to Lv100
Location
- Diamond
- Route 228 [Common]
- Pearl
- Route 228 [Common]
Pokédex Flavour (description)
- Ruby
- During the daytime, CACTURNE remains unmoving so that it does not lose any moisture to the harsh desert sun. This POKéMON becomes active at night when the temperature drops.
- Sapphire
- If a traveler is going through a desert in the thick of night, CACTURNE will follow in a ragtag group. The POKéMON are biding their time, waiting for the traveler to tire and become incapable of moving.
- Emerald
- After spending thousands of years in harsh deserts, its blood transformed into the same substances as sand. It is nocturnal, so it hunts at night.
- Fire Red
- It lives in deserts. It becomes active at night when it hunts for prey exhausted from the desert's heat.
- Leaf Green
- It lives in deserts. It becomes active at night when it hunts for prey exhausted from the desert's heat.
- Diamond
- It becomes active at night, seeking prey that is exhausted from the day’s desert heat.
- Pearl
- It becomes active at night, seeking prey that is exhausted from the day’s desert heat.