Is Beedrill Good in Crystal Playthrough?
Evolves early and falls off just as fast. Beedrill can't threaten any gym leader past Bugsy and the Poison typing adds weaknesses against Morty and Will. Crystal's expanded roster offers too many better options by mid-game.
Falkner's team hits Kakuna's weaknesses hard.
Beedrill trades roughly evenly with Bugsy's team.
Beedrill trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Beedrill trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Beedrill trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Jasmine's team hits Beedrill's weaknesses hard.
Beedrill trades roughly evenly with Pryce's team.
Beedrill trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Beedrill trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Beedrill trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Beedrill has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Janine's team hits Beedrill's weaknesses hard.
Beedrill has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Beedrill has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Blaine's team hits Beedrill's weaknesses hard.
Beedrill trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Beedrill has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Koga's team hits Beedrill's weaknesses hard.
Beedrill trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Beedrill has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Lance's team hits Beedrill's weaknesses hard.
Catch Weedle
Catch Weedle on Route 30 (walking, Lv 3, rare).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 3)
- LV 3PoisonPoison StingPower 23Accuracy 100%PP 35
Evolve Kakuna to Beedrill
Kakuna evolves into Beedrill at Level 10. Your Kakuna should hit Level 10 before you reach Bugsy, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Falkner
- TM39NormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Union Cave
- HM01NormalCutPower 50Accuracy 95%PP 30Ilex Forest
- After Whitney
- TM13NormalSnorePower 40Accuracy 100%PP 15Moomoo Farm
- LV 30DarkPursuitPower 40Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Jasmine
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Gift from an officer in the Route 43 gate
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner prize (7500 coins)
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 5Prize for defeating Erika
How to Get Beedrill in Crystal
Raising a Kakuna to level 10 is the practical route to a Beedrill. The wild option is just two rare encounters, one in National Park and one from a Headbutt tree in Ilex Forest.
Wild Beedrill may be holding when caught:
Poison Barb (2% chance) Powers up poison-type moves. (HOLD)2 locations to catch Beedrill2 locations to catch Kakuna
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 1
Badge 2
Badge 3Catch Kakuna at any of the 2 locations below, then level it up to 10 — it evolves into Beedrill.
Badge 1 Badge 2 Badge 3Where To Catch Beedrill in C
To get Beedrill, start by catching Weedle through walking and headbutt encounters at Lv. 3-18. The chain covers 3 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve KakunaIlex ForestLv.7GrassRate 10%Morning/dayNational Park - Bug Catching ContestLv.9-18FloorRate 10%Bug-Catching Contest only, on Tuesdays, ThursdaysIlex ForestLv.10Headbutting special treesRate 5%or evolve from Weedle (Step 1)
- Step 3Beedrill ✓Ilex ForestLv.10Headbutting treesRate 5%National Park - Bug Catching ContestLv.12-15FloorRate 5%Bug-Catching Contest only, on Tuesdays, Thursdaysor evolve from Kakuna (Step 2)
Not landing the catch? Calculate Beedrill catch rates for Crystal by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Beedrill in Crystal
Beedrill shows up rarely in National Park's grass at any hour and off Headbutt trees in Ilex Forest; settle in for a rare-spawn hunt or evolve a shiny Kakuna instead. Compare Shiny Beedrill odds across every game
Crystal Shiny Beedrill Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Breed w/ Shiny Parent, about 1 in 64 on each try.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breed w/ Shiny Parent: Eggs inherit stats from a shiny parent, so about 1 in 64 hatch shiny. A shiny Ditto helps every egg, and any other shiny parent (the red Gyarados works) helps only eggs of the opposite gender.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 7-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 19-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 45-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 147-- | -- |
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.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Crystal with Beedrill preloaded.
Beedrill Weakness
Beedrill's Bug/Poison typing leaves it vulnerable to Fire, Flying, Psychic, and Rock. It resists 4 types, giving it decent defensive coverage. Beedrill's special bulk (base 80 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Flying, Psychic, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Poison, Bug |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass, Fighting |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
- Special stat split into Sp.Atk and Sp.Def
What is Beedrill Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Beedrill
Beedrill Evolutions
Beedrill is the final form in a three-stage chain from Weedle through Kakuna. Breeding this form produces Weedle eggs (quick to hatch). Evolving from Weedle gave Beedrill the biggest boost in Sp.Def (+60), bringing the total to 385 stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Beedrill to get Weedle eggs easily using 23 partners from the Bug egg group.
C Beedrill Best Moveset
Bug and Poison TermStab remain offensively worthless in a format where neither type hits anything important. MoveSwords Dance can boost the Attack, but the types available to use it against don't justify the setup turn. Physical power without useful targeting.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Sludge Bomb
- Swords Dance
- Substitute
- Hidden Power Ground
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without TMs, Beedrill's movepool is bare bones. With them, you get Normal and Dark coverage on top of Sludge Bomb and Fury Cutter 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.
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
15 of 21 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
It uses sharp, poisonous stings to defeat prey, then takes the victim back to its nest for food.
Beedrill Crystal Guide
Mega Evolution isn't available in Crystal, but Beedrill does have a Mega form in Gen 6-7 games (X/Y, ORAS, Sun/Moon). Mega Beedrill hits 485 BST.
Yes. Wild Beedrill in Crystal can hold Poison Barb (2%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Poison Barb.
In Crystal, use Beedrill as a balanced. Physical side carries the damage. Speed is middling,
Game Availability
Beedrill first appeared in Red & Blue and spans 19 games across 9 generations. It later gained a Mega form in Generation 6, adding new dimensions to its competitive identity.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
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 6ORASMega
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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