Is Beautifly Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Bug/Flying at level 10 with AbilitySwarm. Decent special Attack but extremely frail. Outclassed by Butterfree's AbilityCompound Eyes accuracy trick for the same role. Replace quickly.
Falkner's Pokemon outpace and outclass Silcoon here.
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Bugsy's Pokemon outpace and outclass Silcoon here.
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Whitney's Pokemon outpace and outclass Silcoon here.
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Morty's Pokemon outpace and outclass Silcoon here.
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Chuck's team hits Beautifly's weaknesses hard.
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Jasmine's team hits Beautifly's weaknesses hard.
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Beautifly has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
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Clair's team hits Beautifly's weaknesses hard.
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Beautifly has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
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Beautifly has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
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Lt. Surge's team hits Beautifly's weaknesses hard.
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Beautifly resists most of Erika's coverage and hits back hard.
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Beautifly trades roughly evenly with Janine's team.
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Beautifly has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
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Blaine's team hits Beautifly's weaknesses hard.
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Beautifly trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
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Beautifly has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
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Beautifly trades roughly evenly with Koga's team.
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Beautifly has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
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Beautifly has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
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Lance's team hits Beautifly's weaknesses hard.
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Catch Silcoon
Catch Silcoon in the National Park (walking, Lv 25-32, uncommon). Post-National Dex - Thursday.
Recommended Moves
- After Pryce
- REMINDERNormalTacklePower 35Accuracy 95%PP 35
Evolve Silcoon to Beautifly
Silcoon evolves into Beautifly at Level 10. You get it at Level 25 or higher, past Level 10, so it evolves into Beautifly the next time it levels up. A lower-level Silcoon evolves when it reaches Level 10.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM89BugU-turnPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- After Morty
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- LV 34BugSilver WindPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Jasmine
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- LV 41BugBug BuzzPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Clair
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Mt. Mortar
Evolve Silcoon to Dustox
Cascoon evolves into Dustox at Level 10. Your Silcoon should hit Level 10 before you reach Chuck, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM89BugU-turnPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- After Morty
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- LV 34BugSilver WindPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Jasmine
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 43
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- LV 41BugBug BuzzPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
How to Get Beautifly in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Beautifly takes the Saturday slot in the National Park, a rare sighting that the National Dex unlocks. Show up any other day and it simply is not there, so the weekend is your shot.
Wild Beautifly may be holding when caught:
Shed Shell (5% chance) A tough, discarded carapace to be held by a Pokemon. It enables the holder to switch with a waiting Pokemon in battle.1 location to catch Beautifly1 location to catch Silcoon
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 3Catch Silcoon at any of the 1 location below, then level it up to 10 — it evolves into Beautifly.
Badge 3Where To Catch Beautifly in HGSS
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.
- Step 1Catch WurmplePallet TownLv.2-6Headbutting treesRate 20%Post-gameRoute 1Lv.2-6Headbutting treesRate 20%Post-gamePewter CityLv.3-9Headbutting treesRate 20%Post-gameRoute 2 - NorthLv.3-7Headbutting treesRate 20%Post-gameRoute 2 - SouthLv.3-7Headbutting treesRate 20%Post-gameRoute 22Lv.3-7Headbutting treesRate 20%Post-gameViridian CityLv.3-7Headbutting treesRate 20%Post-gameRoute 3Lv.6-10Headbutting treesRate 20%Post-gameFuchsia CityLv.21-34Headbutting treesRate 20%Post-gameRoute 15Lv.21-26Headbutting treesRate 20%Post-gameRoute 12Lv.22-25Headbutting treesRate 20%Post-gameRoute 13Lv.22-25Headbutting treesRate 20%Post-gameNational Park - Bug Catching ContestLv.24-36FloorRate 20%Post-game (Thu, Sat)Route 21Lv.24-30Headbutting treesRate 20%Post-gameRoute 14Lv.26-30Headbutting treesRate 20%Post-gameRoute 18Lv.26-30Headbutting treesRate 20%Post-game
- Step 2Catch or Evolve Silcoonor evolve from Wurmple (Step 1)
- Step 3Beautifly ✓or evolve from Silcoon (Step 2)
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in HeartGold & SoulSilver for Beautifly.
How to Get Shiny Beautifly in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Beautifly flits through the National Park, but breeding it Masuda-style is the quicker path to a shiny. Compare Shiny Beautifly odds across every game
Shiny Beautifly Evolution
Multi-Path
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Beautifly Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Masuda Method, about 1 in 1,639 on each try.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 173-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 472-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 1,136-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 3,773-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your HeartGold & SoulSilver shiny odds for Beautifly.
Beautifly Weakness
Beautifly's Bug/Flying typing leaves it vulnerable to Rock, Fire, Electric, Ice, and Flying. Rock hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. It shrugs off Ground-type attacks completely.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Rock |
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Electric, Ice, Flying |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Bug |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass, Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Ground |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Beautifly Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Beautifly
 Magnezone ElectricSteel | A | |
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
 Ampharos Electric | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Beautifly View Ampharos builds →Thunderbolt 2x152-179%KO Fire Punch 2x59-69% | ||
 Glaceon Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) | ||
 Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodUnion Cave Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Beautifly View Lapras builds →Ice Beam 2x120-141%KO Thunderbolt 2x79-94% | ||
 Arcanine Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Beautifly View Arcanine builds →Fire Blast 2x169-200%KO Thunder Fang 2x68-80% Aerial Ace 2x62-74% | ||
 Pupitar RockGround | C | |
 Magmar Fire | C | |
 Luxray Electric | C | |
 Rhyhorn GroundRock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Beautifly View Rhyhorn builds →Rock Tomb 4x129-152%KO Fire Blast 2x51-60% Ice Beam 2x40-48% Thunderbolt 2x40-48% | ||
 Dodrio Normal | C | |
 Noctowl Normal | C | |
 Plusle Electric | B | |
 Scyther Bug | C | |
Beautifly Evolutions
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 (+70), bringing the total to 385 stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Beautifly to get Wurmple eggs easily using 48 partners from the Bug egg group.
HGSS Beautifly Best Moveset
Bug/Flying at 100 Sp. Atk firing special Bug attacks from the highest special stat among early-route bugs. AbilitySwarm boosts Bug damage at low HP. The moveset hits hard from the special side. 50 in both defenses and 25% MoveStealth Rock tax are the costs.
Best Build
Beautifly best EVs are Sp. Atk and HP
Special Wallbreaker Moveset
- Tailwind
- Bug Buzz
- Hidden Power Ground
- Psychic
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without TMs, Beautifly's movepool is bare bones. With them, you get Grass and Normal coverage and more on top of Bug Buzz and Signal Beam for STAB. The natural kit handles basics, but TMs are doing the real work.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
All 20 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
Vibrantly patterned wings are its prominent feature. It sucks sweet flower nectar with its long mouth.
Beautifly HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
Yes. Wild Beautifly in HeartGold & SoulSilver can hold Shed Shell (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Shed Shell.
For HeartGold & SoulSilver, it depends on your team. Beautifly rates C-Tier. Not a powerhouse, but the Bug/Flying coverage might be exactly what you're missing.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, use Beautifly as a balanced. Special attacks are the main output. Not the fastest,
For HeartGold & SoulSilver, run Modest on Beautifly. +Sp. Atk is what matters, and the -Attack cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the balanced role.
Game Availability
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.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RSDebut
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
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