Is Beautifly Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Eterna Forest and Route 205 during the story. Bug/Flying with AbilitySwarm. Available early for a quick Grass counter against Gardenia. Falls off after mid-game as stronger options appear.
Roark's Pokemon outpace and outclass Wurmple here.
Beautifly has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Gardenia:
Beautifly trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Fantina:
Beautifly trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Maylene:
Beautifly trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Crasher Wake:
Byron's team hits Beautifly's weaknesses hard.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Byron:
Beautifly trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Candice:
Volkner's team hits Beautifly's weaknesses hard.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Volkner:
Beautifly trades roughly evenly with Aaron's team.
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Beautifly has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Bertha:
Flint's team hits Beautifly's weaknesses hard.
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Beautifly has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Lucian:
Beautifly has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Jupiter:
Beautifly has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Mars:
Beautifly has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Saturn:
Beautifly trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Cynthia:
Catch Wurmple
Catch Wurmple on Route 204 (walking, Lv 4, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 4)
- LV 4NormalTacklePower 35Accuracy 95%PP 35
- LV 5PoisonPoison StingPower 15Accuracy 100%PP 35
- LV 15BugBug BitePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Byron
- TUTORNormalSnorePower 40Accuracy 100%PP 15Snowpoint City
Evolve Wurmple to Beautifly
Silcoon evolves into Beautifly at Level 10. Your Wurmple should hit Level 10 before you reach Gardenia, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Fantina
- TM89BugU-turnPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Veilstone Game Corner
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 213
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Game Corner
- LV 41BugBug BuzzPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TUTORBugSignal BeamPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Wurmple to Dustox
Cascoon evolves into Dustox at Level 10. Your Wurmple should hit Level 10 before you reach Gardenia, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Fantina
- TM89BugU-turnPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Veilstone Game Corner
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Game Corner
- LV 41BugBug BuzzPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Candice
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Item ball on B2F of the Team Galactic HQ in Veilstone City
- Post-Game
- TUTORBugSignal BeamPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Beautifly in Platinum
Beautifly appears wild in four scattered grass patches, with a huge level gap between the low teens early areas and the high forties on the late Victory Road routes. Catch the timing that matches your team rather than grinding one spot.
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.4 locations to catch Beautifly2 locations to catch Silcoon
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 2
Badge 3
Badge 4
Badge 5
Badge 6
Badge 7
Badge 8Catch Silcoon at any of the 2 locations below, then level it up to 10 — it evolves into Beautifly.
Badge 2Where To Catch Beautifly in Pt
Wurmple is your first catch on the way to Beautifly. You'll find headbutt and walking encounters from Lv. 4-52 across 31 total spots in the chain.
- Step 1Catch WurmpleEterna ForestLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 14%Floaroma MeadowLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 14%Fuego IronworksLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 14%Route 205 - NorthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 14%Route 205 - SouthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 14%Route 206Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 14%Route 207Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 14%Route 208Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 14%Route 209Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 14%Route 210 - NorthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 14%Route 210 - SouthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 14%Route 211 - EastLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 14%Route 212 - NorthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 14%Route 212 - SouthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 14%Route 213Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 14%Route 214Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 14%Route 215Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 14%Route 218Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 14%Route 221Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 14%Route 222Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 14%Valley WindworksLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 14%Route 204 - SouthLv.4GrassRate 10%Morning/dayRoute 204 - NorthLv.9GrassRate 10%Morning/dayEterna ForestLv.10GrassRate 10%Morning/dayRoute 205 - NorthLv.13GrassRate 10%Morning/day
- Step 2Catch or Evolve Silcoonor evolve from Wurmple (Step 1)
- Step 3Beautifly ✓Eterna ForestLv.14GrassRate 1%Route 205 - NorthLv.15GrassRate 1%Route 229Lv.48GrassRate 5%Route 224Lv.52GrassRate 5%or evolve from Silcoon (Step 2)
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in Platinum for Beautifly.
How to Get Shiny Beautifly in Platinum
Beautifly flutters rarely through Eterna Forest and Route 224, so a Poké Radar chain held to 40 lands its shiny. Compare Shiny Beautifly odds across every game
Shiny Beautifly Evolution
Multi-Path
Platinum Shiny Beautifly Calculator
3 MethodsThe best route is PokeRadar Chain at full boosts, about 1 in 200 on each try. Tune it below.
PokeRadar Chain: Chain shaking-grass patches without breaking the combo. The rate peaks at a chain of 40.
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 | 22-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 58-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 139-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 460-- | -- |
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 Platinum 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
 Cranidos Rock | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Beautifly View Cranidos builds →Head Smash 4x521-613%KO Fire Blast 2x49-58% Ice Beam 2x39-46% Thunderbolt 2x39-46% | ||
 Rhydon GroundRock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Beautifly View Rhydon builds →Stone Edge 4x362-427%KO Avalanche 2x73-86% Fire Blast 2x64-76% Thunderbolt 2x50-59% | ||
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Beautifly View Aerodactyl builds →Rock Slide 4x227-267%KO Fly 2x136-160%KO Thunder Fang 2x67-79% Ice Fang 2x67-79% | ||
 Probopass RockSteel | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Beautifly View Probopass builds →Power Gem 4x162-191%KO Thunderbolt 2x73-86% | ||
 Armaldo RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Anorith (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Beautifly View Armaldo builds →Rock Slide 4x264-311%KO Aerial Ace 2x70-83% | ||
 Kabutops RockWater | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Kabuto (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Beautifly View Kabutops builds →Rock Slide 4x245-289%KO Aerial Ace 2x65-77% Ice Beam 2x65-77% | ||
 Regice Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Beautifly View Regice builds →Ice Beam 2x138-162%KO Ancient Power 4x118-139%KO Thunderbolt 2x92-108%KO | ||
 Magnezone ElectricSteel | A | |
 Bastiodon RockSteel | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Shieldon (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Beautifly View Bastiodon builds →Rock Slide 4x132-156%KO Fire Blast 2x65-77% Ice Beam 2x53-62% Thunderbolt 2x53-62% | ||
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
 Glaceon Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) | ||
 Staraptor Normal | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Beautifly View Staraptor builds →Brave Bird 2x201-238%KO | ||
 Infernape FireFighting | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Route 201 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Beautifly View Infernape builds →Fire Blast 2x179-211%KO Rock Slide 4x151-178%KO Aerial Ace 2x60-71% | ||
 Arcanine Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Beautifly View Arcanine builds →Fire Blast 2x173-204%KO Thunder Fang 2x69-81% Aerial Ace 2x64-76% | ||
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.
Pt Beautifly Best Moveset
Bug/Flying typing costs 25% HP to MoveStealth Rock every switch, and 50 in both defenses mean the moveset doesn't survive many hits. 100 Sp. Atk fires strong special Bug attacks, but the fragility limits how often it gets to attack.
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 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.
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
30 of 32 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
Despite its looks, it is aggressive. It jabs with its long, thin mouth if disturbed while collecting pollen.
Beautifly Platinum Guide
Yes. Wild Beautifly in Platinum 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 Platinum, 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 Platinum, use Beautifly as a balanced. Special attacks are the main output. Not the fastest,
For Platinum, 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
Winds & Waves
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