Is Cradily Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Rock/Grass with AbilitySuction Cups. Cradily resists Water, Electric, Normal, and Poison while absorbing hits on the special side. Steven's team member. Handles Wallace and Glacia through type resistance. The late evolution at 40 means Cradily arrives late, but the unique defensive typing justifies the wait.
Lileep resists most of Roxanne's coverage and hits back hard.
Lileep trades roughly evenly with Brawly's team.
Wattson's typing presses Lileep's defenses.
Flannery's typing presses Lileep's defenses.
Norman's team hits Lileep's weaknesses hard.
Winona's team hits Lileep's weaknesses hard.
Cradily has the type edge here and should clean up Tate & Liza's team.
Cradily has the type edge here and should clean up Wallace's team.
Cradily has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Cradily trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Cradily has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Cradily trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Cradily trades roughly evenly with Steven's team.
Fossil Lileep
Lileep can be revived from a fossil obtained in Rustboro City. Revive Root Fossil. Revive from the Root Fossil at the Devon Corporation in Rustboro City. Find the Root Fossil in the Route 111 desert; taking either fossil there hides the other, so only one is obtainable per game.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 20)
- LV 20PoisonAcidPower 40Accuracy 100%PP 30
- After Wattson
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Fortree City
- After Norman
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Route 123
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Dewford Town
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- LV 43RockAncient PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5
Evolve Lileep to Cradily
Lileep evolves into Cradily at Level 40. Your Lileep should hit Level 40 before you reach Tate & Liza, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Wattson
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Rusturf Tunnel
- After Norman
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Route 123
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Dewford Town
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- After Tate & Liza
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- LV 48RockAncient PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5
How to Get Cradily in Ruby & Sapphire
Lileep grows into Cradily at level 40, with no wild ones anywhere. Everything hinges on which fossil you grabbed, since the revived Lileep is the only seed for this one.
Catch Lileep at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Cradily.
- 1Catch Lileep
- 2Evolve Cradilyat Lv.40
Badge 1How to Obtain Cradily in RS
- Step 2Cradily ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Lileep egg.
How to Get Shiny Cradily in Ruby & Sapphire
Soft resetting the Root Fossil revival in Rustboro City is the one path to a shiny Lileep, which then evolves into Cradily. Compare Shiny Cradily odds across every game
Ruby & Sapphire Shiny Cradily Calculator
2 MethodsBoth methods here share the same odds, about 1 in 8,192 on each try. Pick whichever fits how you play.
Soft Reset: Save in front of a static, gift, or legendary encounter, then reset until it sparkles.
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.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 864-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 2,357-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 5,678-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 18,862-- | -- |
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 Ruby & Sapphire with Cradily preloaded.
Cradily Weakness
Type-wise, Cradily takes extra damage from Ice, Fighting, Bug, and Steel. Cradily's overall bulk (86/97/107) lets it take a hit or two from most weaknesses before going down.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Ice, Fighting, Bug, Steel |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Normal, Electric |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Cradily Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Cradily
 Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cradily View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 2x138-162%KO Iron Tail 2x62-73% | ||
 Hariyama Fighting | B | |
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
 Combusken FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) | ||
 Skarmory Steel | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cradily View Skarmory builds →Steel Wing 2x47-55% Rock Smash 2x10-13% | ||
 Volbeat Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cradily View Volbeat builds →Focus Punch 2x57-68% Signal Beam 2x44-52% | ||
 Lairon SteelRock | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cradily View Lairon builds →Iron Tail 2x70-83% Rock Smash 2x10-13% | ||
 Illumise Bug | C | |
 Masquerain Bug | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Surskit (Route 102 Surfing) | ||
 Dustox BugPoison | C | |
 Anorith RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodRustboro City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cradily View Anorith builds →Metal Claw 2x25-29% Rock Smash 2x10-13% | ||
 Ninjask Bug | B | |
Cradily Evolutions
Evolved from Lileep. Cradily is the final form in this two-stage line. A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs are slow to hatch. Attack grew the most through evolution (+40 over Lileep), and Cradily peaks at 495 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Cradily to get Lileep eggs using 19 partners from the Water 3 egg group. Notable egg moves include Barrier, Mirror Coat, Recover and 1 more.
RS Cradily Best Moveset
Rock/Grass with high Sp. Def that can't be forced off the field. AbilitySuction Cups prevents MoveRoar and MoveWhirlwind from breaking the stall. MoveRecover sustains, MoveToxic poisons the target. Held ItemLeftovers stacks with Recover. Anti-phazing stall tank.
Best Build
Cradily best EVs are HP and Attack
Wall Moveset
- Recover
- Rest
- Toxic
- Earthquake
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The egg pool carries weight here. Barrier and Mirror Coat aren't available any other way for Cradily, and they meaningfully change what it threatens. Stack those on top of Solar Beam and Giga Drain for solid options.
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 21 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
CRADILY roams around the ocean floor in search of food. This POKéMON freely extends its tree trunk-like neck and captures unwary prey using its eight tentacles.
CRADILY’s body serves as an anchor, preventing it from being washed away in rough seas. This POKéMON secretes a strong digestive fluid from its tentacles.
Cradily Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Cradily is obtained in Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire by evolving Lileep under specific conditions.
Game Availability
Available in 14 titles since its debut in Ruby & Sapphire, Cradily spans 7 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through wild encounters in a solid number of games.
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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