Utility
Attacker
395Low
65Moderate
CTier

Beautifly's Bug/Flying typing gives it an immunity to Ground. The 5 weaknesses are the tradeoff, but that immunity creates real opportunities. Relies on priority moves or Scarf to keep up. Known as the Butterfly Pokemon.

Beautifly's built around special offense. Sp. Atk leads the charge, Defense pays for it. Tough to catch, worth 3 Sp. Atk EVs. Follows a medium-fast 1M XP curve.

Base Stats
395Avg
HP60
C
Attack70
C
Defense50
D
Sp. Atk100
B
Sp. Def50
D
Speed65
C
Total395
Low <60
Avg 60-89
High 90-149
Top 150+
EV YieldDefeating Beautifly yields +3 SpA
HPAtkDefSpA+3SpDSpe
Details
Catch45Challenging•Medium Fast1M XP•1m / 3'03"•28.4kg / 62.6 lbs•178Base XP
Pokedex Entries

Vibrantly patterned wings are its prominent feature. It sucks sweet flower nectar with its long mouth.

Heart Gold / Soul Silver

Beautifly Weakness

Vulnerable

Beautifly's Bug/Flying typing leaves it vulnerable to Rock, Fire, Electric, Ice, and Flying moves. Rock hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. It shrugs off Ground-type attacks completely.

Gen IV Type Chart
  • Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
  • Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
4xCriticali
Rock
2xWeaki
FireElectricIceFlying
½xResisti
Bug
¼xResisti
GrassFighting
0xImmunei
Ground
STAB (5)i
GrassPsychicDarkFightingBug
5Weak
3Resist
1Immune
Scorei-4
Stealth Rock50% on switch
4x Rock — Stone Edge, Rock Slide, Stealth Rock
Abilities
SwarmStrengthens bug moves to inflict 1.5× damage at 1/3 max HP or less.
RivalryHAIncreases damage inflicted to 1.25× against Pokémon of the same gender, but decreases damage to 0.75× against the opposite gender.

Out of 2 evolutions from Wurmple, Beautifly comes from the level-up path. The method you use determines which form you end up with. Breed through Wurmple to get eggs. Evolving from Wurmple gave Beautifly the biggest boost in Sp.Atk (+80), bringing the total to 395 stats.

How to Evolve

5 Forms
Wurmple
#265Wurmple
Silcoon
#266SilcoonLevel 7 (Random)
Beautifly
#267BeautiflyLevel 10
Cascoon
#268CascoonLevel 7 (Random)
Dustox
#269DustoxLevel 10
Stat Comparison 5 Forms
Wurmple
Bug
Silcoon
Bug
Beautifly
BugFlying
Cascoon
Bug
Dustox
BugPoison
HP
45
50+5
60+10
50+5
60+10
ATK
45
35-10
70+35
35-10
50+15
DEF
35
55+20
50-5
55+20
70+15
SP.ATK
20
25+5
100+75
25+5
50+25
SP.DEF
30
25-5
50+25
25-5
90+65
SPE
20
15-5
65+50
15-5
65+50
BST
195D-Tier
205D-Tier+10
395C-Tier+190
205D-Tier+10
385D-Tier+180
ROLE
Balanced
Balanced
Attacker
Balanced
Balanced
TYPE
Physical
Utility
Special
Utility
Utility
Breeding
Very Easy

Breed with Beautifly to get Wurmple eggs easily using 47 partners from the Bug egg group.

Egg Groups
Bug
Gender
♂50.0%♀50.0%
Hatch Time
15 cycles·3,855 steps
Quick~4 min with Flame Body
Breed With (best first)
flygondrapionmasquerainvolbeatillumiseparasectvibravaskorupiparastrapinchsurskitshuckle
12 of 47·

Best Build

No build content available for this Pokemon in Gen 4.

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Without TMs, Beautifly's movepool is bare bones. With them, you get coverage across 7 types on top of Bug Buzz and Signal Beam for STAB. The natural kit handles basics, but TMs are doing the real work.

Level-Up Moves

Lv 1
Absorb
2010025Grass
Lv 10
Absorb
2010025Grass
Lv 13
Gust
4010035Flying
Lv 17
Stun Spore
—7530Grass
Lv 20
Morning Sun
——5Normal
Lv 24
Mega Drain
4010015Grass
Lv 27
Whirlwind-6
——20Normal
Lv 31
Attract
—10015Normal
Lv 34
Silver Wind
601005Bug
Lv 38
Giga Drain
6010010Grass
Lv 41
Bug Buzz
9010010Bug

TM Moves

Src
TM40
Aerial Ace
60—20Flying
TM45
Attract
—10015Normal
TM78
Captivate
—10020Normal
TM32
Double Team
——15Normal
TM58
Endure+4
——10Normal
TM53
Energy Ball
8010010Grass
TM42
Facade
7010020Normal
TM70
Flash
—10020Normal
TM21
Frustration
—10020Normal
TM19
Giga Drain
6010010Grass
TM68
Giga Impact
150905Normal
TM10
Hidden Power
6010015Normal
TM15
Hyper Beam
150905Normal
TM83
Natural Gift
—10015Normal
TM17
Protect+4
——10Normal
TM29
Psychic
9010010Psychic
TM44
Rest
——10Psychic
TM27
Return
—10020Normal
TM51
Roost
——10Flying
TM20
Safeguard
——25Normal
TM43
Secret Power
7010020Normal
TM30
Shadow Ball
8010015Ghost
TM62
Silver Wind
601005Bug
TM82
Sleep Talk
——10Normal
TM22
Solar Beam
12010010Grass
TM90
Substitute
——10Normal
TM11
Sunny Day
——5Fire
TM87
Swagger
—9015Normal
TM46
Thief
6010025Dark
TM06
Toxic
—8510Poison
TM89
U-turn
7010020Bug

Egg Moves

Beautifly doesn't have any Egg moves

Tutor Moves

Src
Tutor
Air Cutter
559525Flying
Tutor
Bug Bite
6010020Bug
Tutor
Ominous Wind
601005Ghost
Tutor
Signal Beam
7510015Bug
Tutor
Snore
4010015Normal
Tutor
String Shot
—9540Bug
Tutor
Swift
60—20Normal
Tutor
Tailwind
——15Flying
Tutor
Twister
4010020Dragon

Reminder Moves

Src
Rem
Bug Bite
6010020Bug
Rem
Harden
——30Normal
Rem
Iron Defense
——15Steel
Rem
Poison Sting
1510035Poison
Rem
String Shot
—9540Bug
Rem
Tackle
3510035Normal

Transfer Moves

Src
Gen 3
Double-Edge
12010015Normal
Gen 3
Mimic
——10Normal

Beautifly sits at moderate rates across 2 spots in mid-game routes. Pick one from the sorted list and commit to it. Jumping between areas wastes more time than waiting in the right location.

Where To Catch Beautifly in HeartGold & SoulSilver

To get Beautifly, start by catching Wurmple through headbutt and walking encounters at Lv. 2-36. The chain covers 3 catchable stages before reaching the final form.

  1. Wurmple
    Step 1Catch Wurmple
    Pallet Town
    HeartGoldHeadbutting treesLv.2-10LimitedEarlyCityPost-game
    LEGENDARY
    Pallet Town
    SoulSilverHeadbutting treesLv.2-10LimitedEarlyCityPost-game
    LEGENDARY
    Pewter City
    SoulSilverHeadbutting treesLv.2-10LimitedEarlyCityPost-game
    LEGENDARY
    Pewter City
    HeartGoldHeadbutting treesLv.2-10LimitedEarlyCityPost-game
    LEGENDARY
    Route 1
    SoulSilverHeadbutting treesLv.2-10LimitedEarlyRoutePost-game
    LEGENDARY
    Route 1
    HeartGoldHeadbutting treesLv.2-10LimitedEarlyRoutePost-game
    LEGENDARY
    Route 2 - North
    HeartGoldHeadbutting treesLv.2-10LimitedEarlyRoutePost-game
    LEGENDARY
    Route 2 - North
    SoulSilverHeadbutting treesLv.2-10LimitedEarlyRoutePost-game
    LEGENDARY
    Route 2 - South
    HeartGoldHeadbutting treesLv.2-10LimitedEarlyRoutePost-game
    LEGENDARY
    Route 2 - South
    SoulSilverHeadbutting treesLv.2-10LimitedEarlyRoutePost-game
    LEGENDARY
    Route 3
    SoulSilverHeadbutting treesLv.2-10LimitedEarlyRoutePost-game
    LEGENDARY
    Route 3
    HeartGoldHeadbutting treesLv.2-10LimitedEarlyRoutePost-game
    LEGENDARY
    Viridian City
    SoulSilverHeadbutting treesLv.2-10LimitedEarlyCityPost-game
    LEGENDARY
    Viridian City
    HeartGoldHeadbutting treesLv.2-10LimitedEarlyCityPost-game
    LEGENDARY
    National Park - Bug Catching Contest
    SoulSilverGrassLv.24-36UncommonMidFacilityPost-game (Thu, Sat)
    EASY
    National Park - Bug Catching Contest
    HeartGoldGrassLv.24-36UncommonMidFacilityPost-game (Thu, Sat)
    EASY
    Fuchsia City
    HeartGoldHeadbutting treesLv.21-30LimitedMidCityPost-game
    LEGENDARY
    Fuchsia City
    SoulSilverHeadbutting treesLv.21-30LimitedMidCityPost-game
    LEGENDARY
    Route 12
    SoulSilverHeadbutting treesLv.21-30LimitedMidRoutePost-game
    LEGENDARY
    Route 12
    HeartGoldHeadbutting treesLv.21-30LimitedMidRoutePost-game
    LEGENDARY
    Route 13
    SoulSilverHeadbutting treesLv.21-30LimitedMidRoutePost-game
    LEGENDARY
    Route 13
    HeartGoldHeadbutting treesLv.21-30LimitedMidRoutePost-game
    LEGENDARY
    Route 14
    SoulSilverHeadbutting treesLv.21-30LimitedMidRoutePost-game
    LEGENDARY
    Route 14
    HeartGoldHeadbutting treesLv.21-30LimitedMidRoutePost-game
    LEGENDARY
    Route 15
    HeartGoldHeadbutting treesLv.21-30LimitedMidRoutePost-game
    LEGENDARY
    Route 15
    SoulSilverHeadbutting treesLv.21-30LimitedMidRoutePost-game
    LEGENDARY
    Route 18
    HeartGoldHeadbutting treesLv.21-30LimitedMidRoutePost-game
    LEGENDARY
    Route 18
    SoulSilverHeadbutting treesLv.21-30LimitedMidRoutePost-game
    LEGENDARY
    Route 21
    HeartGoldHeadbutting treesLv.21-30LimitedMidRoutePost-game
    LEGENDARY
    Route 21
    SoulSilverHeadbutting treesLv.21-30LimitedMidRoutePost-game
    LEGENDARY
    Route 22
    SoulSilverHeadbutting treesLv.21-30LimitedMidRoutePost-game
    LEGENDARY
    Route 22
    HeartGoldHeadbutting treesLv.21-30LimitedMidRoutePost-game
    LEGENDARY
  2. Silcoon
    Step 2Catch or Evolve Silcoon
    National Park - Bug Catching Contest
    SoulSilverGrassLv.25-32UncommonMidFacilityPost-game (Thu)
    EASY
    National Park - Bug Catching Contest
    HeartGoldGrassLv.25-32UncommonMidFacilityPost-game (Thu)
    EASY
    or evolve from Wurmple (Step 1)
  3. Beautifly
    Step 3Beautifly ✓
    National Park - Bug Catching Contest
    SoulSilverGrassLv.25-32RareMidFacilityPost-game (Sat)
    CHALLENGING
    National Park - Bug Catching Contest
    HeartGoldGrassLv.25-32RareMidFacilityPost-game (Sat)
    CHALLENGING
    or evolve from Silcoon (Step 2)

  • Beautifly has a 395 base stat total and ranks as C-Tier — a situational pick that fills a niche. It works best as an attacker. Base 100 Sp. Atk is where it shines.

  • Watch for Golem (Rock), Charizard (Fire), and Raikou (Electric) when using Beautifly. They all hit it super-effectively with STAB. Golem is the most dangerous since Rock moves deal 4x damage. Ice and Flying-type attackers are also a problem. With 5 weakness types, most competitive teams carry at least one counter.

  • Silcoon evolves into Beautifly at level 10. Beautifly is the final evolution in a 5-stage line starting from Wurmple.

  • Swarm strengthens bug moves to inflict 1.5× damage at 1/3 max HP or less — that's the one you want on Beautifly. Rivalry is the hidden ability. Niche, but it has its uses.

  • Beautifly fills the attacker role. It's leaning toward the special side (base 100 Sp. Atk). At base 65 Speed, it won't be moving first often. And it's fragile — can't afford to take many hits.

  • Beautifly appears in 14 games, including Ruby & Sapphire, FireRed & LeafGreen, and Emerald.

Beautifly first appeared in Ruby & Sapphire and has been available in 14 games across 7 generations. Obtainable through wild encounters in most titles where it appears.