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Metapod
Metapod in Pokemon Origin HeartGold: Bug typing, base stats, Abilities, evolution requirements, learnsets and where to find it.
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Bug
wild: Route 2, Route 2 East, Route 30, Route 31 and 4 more
Base stats Total 205
HP50
Attack20
Defense55
Sp. Atk25
Sp. Def25
Speed30
Abilities
Where to find Metapod
wild: Route 2, Route 2 East, Route 30, Route 31 and 4 more
| Location | Method / time | Level | Chance / weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Route 2 | Grass/cave, morning | 5 | 10% |
| Route 2 | Grass/cave, day | 5 | 10% |
| Route 2 | Grass/cave, night | 5 | 10% |
| Route 2 East | Grass/cave, morning | 5 | 10% |
| Route 2 East | Grass/cave, day | 5 | 10% |
| Route 30 | Grass/cave, morning | 4 | 5% |
| Route 30 | Grass/cave, day | 4 | 5% |
| Route 31 | Grass/cave, morning | 7 | 5% |
| Route 31 | Grass/cave, day | 7 | 5% |
| Ilex Forest | Headbutt: Common trees | 3–5 | 10% |
| National Park | Grass/cave, morning | 8 | 20% |
| National Park | Grass/cave, day | 8 | 20% |
| National Park | Grass/cave, night | 8 | 20% |
| National Park | Bug-Catching Contest: Set 1: Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays | 9–18 | 50 (raw weight) |
| Route 47 | Headbutt: Special trees | 25–28 | 50% |
Encounter notes
- National Park: During the Bug-Catching Contest, the wild Pokémon come from the contest sets listed below, not from the park's normal table.
- Bug-Catching Contest: The contest runs once per day, with one Pokémon and 20 Sport Balls, and uses the same species set on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays in this hack. The additional National Pokédex species sets are not active.
Evolution & forms
Evolves from
Caterpie · Lv 7at Lv 7
Evolves into
Butterfree · Lv 10at Lv 10
Moves Metapod can learn
Level-up (2)
TMs & HMs (2)
| Method | Move | Type | Category | Power | Accuracy | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM27 | Return | Normal | Physical | var. | 100 | 20 |
| TM104 | Electroweb | Electric | Special | 55 | 95 | 15 |
Move tutors (1)
Egg moves (0)
No moves recorded for this method.
Training & breeding
- Catch rate value
- 120 (not a catch percentage)
- Gender ratio
- 50.0% female
- Egg groups
- Bug
- Growth rate
- Medium Fast
- EV yield
- 2 Defense
- Possible held items
- None recorded