Swarm boosts Bug-type attacks when low, but Beautifly's stats are too fragile at F-Tier in Ruby & Sapphire to survive long enough to use it.
Ability 1SwarmAbility 1Strengthens bug moves to inflict 1.5× damage at 1/3 max HP or less.
385HP60Attack70Defense50Speed65Sp.Def50Sp.Atk90
Wurmple
Silcoon
Beautifly
Cascoon
Dustox
Weak to
Physical
Balanced
65Speed · Below Avg

Is Beautifly Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?

Bug/Flying with AbilitySwarm. Beautifly has decent Special Attack for early-game but Bug moves are Special in Gen 3, which helps here. Falls off hard after Wattson. The early contribution is real, the late-game relevance is not.

StrongGoodEvenToughBadETSGTTEETTTTEEGGGGETEETTTTRoxanneGym 1BrawlyGym 2WattsonGym 3FlanneryGym 4NormanGym 5WinonaGym 6Tate & LizaGym 7WallaceGym 8SidneyE4PhoebeE4GlaciaE4DrakeE4StevenChamp*
Roxanne
Gym 1
Even

Beautifly trades roughly evenly with Roxanne's team.

Even
Geodude
Lv 14
RockGround
Rock Head
TackleDefense CurlRock ThrowRock Tomb
Risky
Nosepass
Lv 15
Rock
Sturdy
TackleHardenRock ThrowRock Tomb
Roxanne
Gym 1

Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Roxanne:

Brawly
Gym 2
Strong

Beautifly resists most of Brawly's coverage and hits back hard.

Easy KO
Machop
Lv 17
Fighting
Guts
LeerKarate ChopSeismic TossBulk Up
Easy KO
Makuhita
Lv 18
Fighting
Thick Fat
Arm ThrustKnock OffSand AttackBulk Up
Brawly
Gym 2

Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Brawly:

Wattson
Gym 3
Tough

Wattson's team hits Beautifly's weaknesses hard.

Risky
Magnemite
Lv 22
ElectricSteel
Magnet Pull
SupersonicSonic BoomThunder ShockThunder Wave
Risky
Voltorb
Lv 20
Electric
Soundproof
RolloutSelf DestructSparkSonic Boom
Avoid
Magneton
Lv 23
ElectricSteel
Magnet Pull
SupersonicSonic BoomShock WaveThunder Wave
Wattson
Gym 3

Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Wattson:

Flannery
Gym 4
Even

Beautifly trades roughly evenly with Flannery's team.

Even
Slugma
Lv 26
Fire
Magma Armor
OverheatSmogLight ScreenSunny Day
Even
Slugma
Lv 26
Fire
Magma Armor
FlamethrowerRock SlideLight ScreenSunny Day
Risky
Torkoal
Lv 28
Fire
White Smoke
OverheatBody SlamFlailAttract
Flannery
Gym 4

Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Flannery:

Norman
Gym 5
Tough

Norman's typing presses Beautifly's defenses.

Risky
Slaking
Lv 28
Normal
Truant
EncoreFacadeYawnFeint Attack
Even
Vigoroth
Lv 30
Normal
Vital Spirit
SlashFeint AttackFacadeEncore
Risky
Slaking
Lv 31
Normal
Truant
Focus PunchSlack OffFacadeFeint Attack
Norman
Gym 5

Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Norman:

Winona
Gym 6
Tough

Winona's team hits Beautifly's weaknesses hard.

Risky
Swellow
Lv 31
NormalFlying
Guts
Quick AttackAerial AceDouble TeamEndeavor
Even
Pelipper
Lv 30
WaterFlying
Keen Eye
Water GunSupersonicProtectAerial Ace
Avoid
Skarmory
Lv 32
SteelFlying
Keen Eye
Sand AttackFury AttackSteel WingAerial Ace
Risky
Altaria
Lv 33
DragonFlying
Natural Cure
EarthquakeDragon BreathDragon DanceAerial Ace
Winona
Gym 6

Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Winona:

Tate & Liza
Gym 7
Even

Beautifly trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.

Even
Lunatone
Lv 42
RockPsychic
Levitate
Light ScreenPsychicHypnosisCalm Mind
Even
Solrock
Lv 42
RockPsychic
Levitate
Sunny DaySolar BeamPsychicFlamethrower
Tate & Liza
Gym 7

Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Tate & Liza:

Wallace
Gym 8
Good

Beautifly has the type edge here and should clean up Wallace's team.

You Win
Luvdisc
Lv 40
Water
Swift Swim
Water PulseAttractSweet KissFlail
Easy KO
Whiscash
Lv 42
WaterGround
Oblivious
Rain DanceWater PulseAmnesiaEarthquake
You Win
Sealeo
Lv 40
IceWater
Thick Fat
EncoreBody SlamAurora BeamWater Pulse
You Win
Seaking
Lv 42
Water
Swift Swim
Water PulseRain DanceFury AttackHorn Drill
Even
Milotic
Lv 43
Water
Marvel Scale
Water PulseTwisterRecoverIce Beam
Wallace
Gym 8

Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Wallace:

Sidney
Elite Four
Good

Beautifly has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.

You Win
Mightyena
Lv 46
Dark
Intimidate
RoarTake DownSand AttackCrunch
You Win
Shiftry
Lv 48
GrassDark
Chlorophyll
Fake OutDouble TeamSwaggerExtrasensory
Easy KO
Cacturne
Lv 46
GrassDark
Sand Veil
Leech SeedFeint AttackNeedle ArmCotton Spore
You Win
Sharpedo
Lv 48
WaterDark
Rough Skin
CrunchSwaggerSurfSlash
Even
Absol
Lv 49
Dark
Pressure
Aerial AceSnatchSwords DanceSlash
Sidney
Elite Four

Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Sidney:

Phoebe
Elite Four
Even

Beautifly trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.

Even
Dusclops
Lv 48
Ghost
Pressure
Shadow PunchConfuse RayCurseFuture Sight
Even
Banette
Lv 49
Ghost
Insomnia
Shadow BallSpiteWill O WispFeint Attack
Even
Sableye
Lv 50
DarkGhost
Keen Eye
Shadow BallPsychicAttractFeint Attack
Even
Banette
Lv 49
Ghost
Insomnia
Shadow BallPsychicToxicSkill Swap
Risky
Dusclops
Lv 51
Ghost
Pressure
Shadow BallIce BeamConfuse RayEarthquake
Phoebe
Elite Four

Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Phoebe:

Glacia
Elite Four
Even

Beautifly trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.

Risky
Glalie
Lv 50
Ice
Inner Focus
Light ScreenCrunchHailIce Beam
You Win
Sealeo
Lv 50
IceWater
Thick Fat
SurfBody SlamHailIce Ball
You Win
Sealeo
Lv 52
IceWater
Thick Fat
AttractDiveHailBlizzard
Risky
Glalie
Lv 52
Ice
Inner Focus
Shadow BallCrunchHailIce Beam
Even
Walrein
Lv 53
IceWater
Thick Fat
SurfBody SlamBlizzardSheer Cold
Glacia
Elite Four

Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Glacia:

Drake
Elite Four
Tough

Drake's team hits Beautifly's weaknesses hard.

Even
Shelgon
Lv 52
Dragon
Rock Head
Rock TombDragon ClawProtectCrunch
Risky
Altaria
Lv 54
DragonFlying
Natural Cure
Take DownDragon BreathDragon DanceRefresh
Risky
Flygon
Lv 53
GroundDragon
Levitate
DigDragon BreathFlySandstorm
Risky
Flygon
Lv 53
GroundDragon
Levitate
FlamethrowerCrunchDragon BreathSand Attack
Risky
Salamence
Lv 55
DragonFlying
Intimidate
FlamethrowerDragon ClawFlyCrunch
Drake
Elite Four

Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Drake:

Steven
Champion
Tough

Steven's team hits Beautifly's weaknesses hard.

Avoid
Skarmory
Lv 57
SteelFlying
Keen Eye
ToxicAerial AceSpikesSteel Wing
Even
Claydol
Lv 55
GroundPsychic
Levitate
ReflectLight ScreenAncient PowerEarthquake
Risky
Aggron
Lv 56
SteelRock
Sturdy
ThunderEarthquakeSolar BeamDragon Claw
You Win
Cradily
Lv 56
RockGrass
Suction Cups
Giga DrainAncient PowerSludge BombConfuse Ray
Even
Armaldo
Lv 56
RockBug
Battle Armor
Water PulseAncient PowerAerial AceSlash
Risky
Metagross
Lv 58
SteelPsychic
Clear Body
EarthquakePsychicMeteor MashHyper Beam
Steven
Champion

Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Steven:

Catch Wurmple

Available before Badge 1
Type
Bug
Tier
F

Catch Wurmple on Route 101 (walking, Lv 2-3, common).

View Wurmple locations

Breed Beautifly

Post-Game (Breed)
Type
BugFlying
Tier
E

Beautifly can be obtained by breeding (post-game).

View Beautifly locations

Recommended Moves

Breed Dustox

Post-Game (Breed)
Type
BugPoison
Tier
E

Dustox can be obtained by breeding (post-game).

View Dustox locations

Recommended Moves

How to Get Beautifly in Ruby & Sapphire

Silcoon evolves into Beautifly at level 10, with no wild Beautifly to catch directly. Because Wurmple branches at random, you may raise a few before one lands on the Silcoon side.

Wild Beautifly may be holding when caught:

Silver Powder (5% chance) A hold item that raises the power of BUG-type moves.

Catch Wurmple or Silcoon at any of these 4 spots to eventually evolve into Beautifly.

Encountered via tall grass encounters

  1. 1
    Catch Wurmple
  2. 2
    Evolve Silcoonat Lv.7
  3. 3
    Evolve Beautiflyat Lv.10

How to Obtain Beautifly in RS

Wurmple is your first catch on the way to Beautifly. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 2-6 across 10 total spots in the chain.

  1. Silcoon
    Step 2Catch or Evolve Silcoon
    or evolve from Wurmple (Step 1)
  2. Beautifly
    Step 3Beautifly ✓
    BREEDING
    Available
    Leave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Wurmple egg.

How to Get Shiny Beautifly in Ruby & Sapphire

Beautifly is grown from a shiny Wurmple or Silcoon hunted in Petalburg Woods, so catch one there and evolve it up. Compare Shiny Beautifly odds across every game

Normal vs Shiny
Normal Beautifly in Ruby & SapphireNormal
Shiny Beautifly in Ruby & Sapphire Shiny
Color ShiftYellowtoPurple
Shiny TierB Tier Shiny

Shiny Beautifly Evolution

Multi-Path
Showing shiny artworkView Full Evolution Chart

Ruby & Sapphire Shiny Beautifly Calculator

2 Methods
Shiny Odds

Both methods here share the same odds, about 1 in 8,192 on each try. Pick whichever fits how you play.

Step 1 · Encounter Method2 in Ruby & Sapphire

Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.

Breeding: Hatch eggs of this line; each egg rolls at the base shiny rate (no Masuda before Gen IV).

How many you have done, or plan to do.

120,000
Shiny Odds Per Try1 / 8,192Full Odds
Chance By Now50.0%at 5,678 encountersAbout 5 in 10 hunters have one by now
What To Expect
ChanceEncountersTime
10%lucky few864----
25%one in four2,357----
50%coin flip5,678----
90%very likely18,862----
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.

Where these shiny odds come from: Read our full methodology

Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Ruby & Sapphire 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.

Beautifly Weakness and Resistance Chart
DamageTypes
4x (Critical)Rock
2x (Weak)Fire, Electric, Ice, Flying
0.5x (Resist)Bug
0.25x (Resist)Grass, Fighting
0x (Immune)Ground
Gen III Type Chart
  • Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
  • Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move

What is Beautifly Weak Against

Vulnerable
5Weak
3Resist
1Immune
Score-4
4xCritical
½xResist
¼xResist
0xImmune

What is Beautifly Strong Against

5Strong
1Resisted
0Immune
Score+4
½xResisted
0xImmune
None

Best Pokemon Against Beautifly

Aron
Aron
SteelRock
C
Geodude
Geodude
RockGround
C
C
Taillow
Taillow
NormalFlying
C
Wingull
Wingull
WaterFlying
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

5 Forms
Wurmple
#265Wurmple
Silcoon
#266Silcoon
Level 7 (Random)
Beautifly
#267Beautifly
Level 10
Cascoon
#268Cascoon
Level 7 (Random)
Dustox
#269Dustox
Level 10
Stat Comparison 5 Forms
Beautifly
BugFlying
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
195F-Tier
205F-Tier+10
395E-Tier+190
205F-Tier+10
385E-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 37 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)
flygonmasquerainvolbeatillumiseparasectvibravaparastrapinchsurskitshuckleforretressvenomoth

RS Beautifly Best Moveset

Bug TermStab hits nothing relevant, and AbilitySwarm boosting it at low HP doesn't change that. MoveMorning Sun provides HP recovery. Low stats across the board with no competitive niche. Grass-type moves and recovery can't overcome the stat limitations.

Best Build

Experimental
Special Tank
Ability
Swarm
Item
Lum BerryRECOVERY
Best Nature for Beautifly
Modest+SPA

Beautifly best EVs are Sp. Atk and HP

EVs

Special Tank Moveset

  • PsychicCoverage
  • Stun Spore
  • Hidden Power Ice
  • Giga Drain

Moves List

Without TMs, Beautifly's movepool is bare bones. With them, you get Grass and Normal coverage and more on top of Silver Wind and Aerial Ace for STAB. The natural kit handles basics, but TMs are doing the real work.

Level-Up Moves

Lv 1
Absorb
D2010020Grass
Lv 10
Absorb
D2010020Grass
Lv 13
Gust
D6010035Flying
Lv 17
Stun Spore
S—7530Grass
Lv 20
Morning Sun
———5Normal
Lv 24
Mega Drain
D4010010Grass
Lv 27
Whirlwind-6
C——20Normal
Lv 31
Attract
——10015Normal
Lv 34
Silver Wind
C901005Bug
Lv 38
Giga Drain
S751005Grass

TM Moves

All 20 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four

TM
TM40C90—20Flying
TM45
AttractVerdanturf Townbadge 2
——10015Normal
TM32
Double TeamRoute 113badge 2
———15Normal
TM42D7010020Normal
HM05
FlashGranite Cavebadge 1
——7020Normal
TM19
Giga DrainRoute 123badge 5
S751005Grass
TM10
Hidden PowerFortree Citybadge 3
—6010015Normal
TM15
Hyper BeamLilycove Department Storebadge 5
B150905Normal
TM17C——10Normal
TM29
PsychicMauville Game Cornerbadge 2
S9010010Psychic
TM44
RestLilycove Citybadge 5
C——10Psychic
TM27
ReturnFallarbor Townbadge 3
D—10020Normal
TM20D——25Normal
TM43
Secret PowerRoute 111badge 3
—7010020Normal
TM30
Shadow BallMt. Pyrebadge 5
C8010015Ghost
TM22
Solar BeamSafari Zonebadge 5
C12010010Grass
TM11
Sunny DayScorched Slabbadge 5
C——5Fire
TM46
ThiefSlateport Citybadge 1
D6010025Dark
TM06
ToxicFiery Pathbadge 4
C—8510Poison

Egg Moves

Beautifly doesn't have any Egg moves

Tutor Moves

Beautifly can't learn any Tutor moves

Base Stats

Base Stats
Avg
HP60
C
Attack70
C
Defense50
D
Sp. Atk90
B
Sp. Def50
D
Speed65
C
Total385
Details
Catch Rate
Challenging45 / 255
Growth Rate
Medium Fast1M XP
Height1.0 m
Weight28.4 kg
Base XP178
Abilities
Swarm
Strengthens bug moves to inflict 1.5× damage at 1/3 max HP or less.
EV Yield
HPAtkDefSpA+3SpDSpe
Strong Special Attack training target
Pokedex Entry

BEAUTIFLY’s favorite food is the sweet pollen of flowers. If you want to see this POKéMON, just leave a potted flower by an open window. BEAUTIFLY is sure to come looking for pollen.

BEAUTIFLY has a long mouth like a coiled needle, which is very convenient for collecting pollen from flowers. This POKéMON rides the spring winds as it flits around gathering pollen.

Beautifly Ruby & Sapphire Guide

  • Beautifly is obtained in Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire by evolving Silcoon under specific conditions.

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.

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