Caterpie
Artwork
Names
- English: Caterpie
- Japanese: キャタピー (Caterpie)
- German: Raupy
- French: Chenipan
Number(s)
- National: 10
- Hoenn: 212
- Johto: 24
Gender
♂ 50% - ♀ 50%
Egg Group(s)
Bug
Evolution
| Basic | Stage One | Stage Two |
|---|---|---|
 CaterpieBase form |  MetapodLevel 7 |  ButterfreeLevel 10 |
Size
- Height: 0.3 m / 1’00”
- Weight: 2.9 kg / 6.4 lbs.
Damage Taken
- ×½: Fighting, Ground, Grass
- ×2: Flying, Rock, Fire
Ability effects are not included.
Base Stats
| Stat | Rank | E.P. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sum | 195 | ||
| HP | 62 | 1 | |
| Attack | 72 | 0 | |
| Defense | 70 | 0 | |
| Sp.Atk | 73 | 0 | |
| Sp.Def | 72 | 0 | |
| Speed | 51 | 0 | |
Ability
- Shield Dust
- Game's description
- Blocks the added effects of attacks taken.
- Battle effect
- Damaging moves used by the opponent will not have an additional effect.
Wild Item
- NONE
Pal Park
- Area: Forest
- Points: 30
- Encounter rate: 50
Miscellaneous
- Species: Worm Pokémon
- Steps to hatch: 3,840
- Color: Green
- Catch Rate: 255
- Base Tameness: 70
- Growth Group: Medium Fast
1,000,000 exp. points to Lv100
Location
- Diamond
- Route 204-South (FR Inserted into DS) [Uncommon]
- Pearl
- Route 204-South (FR Inserted into DS) [Uncommon]
Pokédex Flavour (description)
- Red/Blue
- Its short feet are tipped with suction pads that enable it to tirelessly climb slopes and walls.
- Yellow
- If you touch the feeler on top of its head, it will release a horrible stink to protect itself.
- Gold
- For protection, it releases a horrible stench from the antenna on its head to drive away enemies.
- Silver
- Its feet have suction cups designed to stick to any surface. It tenaciously climbs trees to forage.
- Crystal
- It crawls into foliage where it camouflages itself among leaves that are the same color as its body.
- Ruby
- CATERPIE has a voracious appetite. It can devour leaves bigger than its body right before your eyes. From its antenna, this POKéMON releases a terrifically strong odor.
- Sapphire
- CATERPIE has a voracious appetite. It can devour leaves bigger than its body right before your eyes. From its antenna, this POKéMON releases a terrifically strong odor.
- Emerald
- Its voracious appetite compels it to devour leaves bigger than itself without hesitation. It releases a terribly strong odor from its antennae.
- Fire Red
- It is covered with a green skin. When it grows, it sheds the skin, covers itself with silk, and becomes a cocoon.
- Leaf Green
- Its short feet are tipped with suction pads that enable it to tirelessly climb slopes and walls.
- Diamond
- It releases a stench from its red antenna to repel enemies. It grows by molting repeatedly.
- Pearl
- It releases a stench from its red antenna to repel enemies. It grows by molting repeatedly.