Is Kakuna Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Kakuna follows the LeafGreen Dual Slot path. Beedrill at 10 is fast, but it's the lesser of the two Bug cocoons since Beedrill can't match Butterfree's AbilityCompound Eyes utility.
Roark's Pokemon outpace and outclass Weedle here.
Beedrill has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Beedrill trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Beedrill trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Beedrill trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Beedrill trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Beedrill has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Beedrill trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Beedrill trades roughly evenly with Aaron's team.
Beedrill trades roughly evenly with Bertha's team.
Flint's team hits Beedrill's weaknesses hard.
Beedrill trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Beedrill trades roughly evenly with Mars's team.
Beedrill trades roughly evenly with Jupiter's team.
Beedrill has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Beedrill trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Weedle
Catch Weedle on Route 204 (walking, Lv 6, rare). Pokémon LeafGreen in GBA slot.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 6)
- LV 6PoisonPoison StingPower 23Accuracy 100%PP 35
Evolve Weedle to Beedrill
Kakuna evolves into Beedrill at Level 10. Your Weedle should hit Level 10 before you reach Gardenia, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM89BugU-turnPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Veilstone Game Corner
- TM62BugSilver WindPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Route 212
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- After Fantina
- TM81BugX-ScissorPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Route 221
- LV 37PoisonPoison JabPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Candice
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Galactic HQ B2F in Veilstone City
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Kakuna in Diamond & Pearl
Kakuna appears rarely in Eterna Forest when LeafGreen is in the GBA port for dual-slot mode. Skip the hunt and evolve a Weedle at level 7 instead.
1 location to catch Kakuna1 location to catch Weedle
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 1Catch Weedle at any of the 1 location below, then level it up to 7 — it evolves into Kakuna.
Badge 1Where To Catch Kakuna in DP
The path to Kakuna starts with Weedle at Lv. 6 via walking encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 3Evolve into BeedrillBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Weedle egg.
Not landing the catch? Calculate Kakuna catch rates for Diamond & Pearl by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Kakuna in Diamond & Pearl
Kakuna turns up inside Eterna Forest, where a long PokeRadar chain is what lands its shiny at the 1 in 200 rate. Compare Shiny Kakuna odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Kakuna 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.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Diamond & Pearl with Kakuna preloaded.
Kakuna Weakness
Type-wise, Kakuna takes extra damage from Fire, Flying, Psychic, and Rock. The Bug/Poison typing picks up 4 resistances to work with. Kakuna's physical bulk (base 50 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Flying, Psychic, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Poison, Bug |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass, Fighting |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Kakuna Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Kakuna
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Kakuna View Aerodactyl builds →Wing Attack 2x100-119%KO Rock Tomb 2x83-98% Fire Fang 2x69-83% | ||
 Monferno FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Kakuna View Monferno builds →Fire Blast 2x228-269%KO Rock Tomb 2x43-52% | ||
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Surfing | ||
 Growlithe Fire | C | |
 Kadabra Psychic | A | |
 Murkrow Dark | C | |
 Vespiquen Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Kakuna View Vespiquen builds →Power Gem 2x90-107%KO Gust 2x83-98% | ||
 Lunatone RockPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Kakuna View Lunatone builds →Confusion 2x114-134%KO Rock Tomb 2x52-62% | ||
 Doduo Normal | C | |
 Solrock RockPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Kakuna View Solrock builds →Rock Tomb 2x78-93% Fire Blast 2x119-141%KO Confusion 2x78-93% | ||
 Staravia Normal | C | |
 Anorith RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift | ||
 Beautifly Bug | C | |
 Drifloon Ghost | C | |
Obtain MethodValley Windworks Interact Encounter | ||
Kakuna Evolutions
Kakuna sits between Weedle and Beedrill in this three-stage line. Not the final form yet. For breeding, quick to hatch with a decent partner pool via one egg group. Defense has grown the most so far (+20), but there's still another 190 stats to gain in the final evolution. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Kakuna to get Weedle eggs easily using 48 partners from the Bug egg group.
DP Kakuna Best Moveset
Harden and String Shot. That's the full moveset. 25 Attack and 25 Sp. Atk mean nothing takes damage. Evolve immediately.
Best Build
Kakuna best EVs are Sp. Atk and Sp. Def
Utility Moveset
- Bug Bite
- String Shot
- Iron Defense
Moves List
A compact toolkit overall. The offense runs through Poison Sting for Kakuna, with limited coverage doing what it can. Don't expect versatility from this one.
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
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
While awaiting evolution, it hides from predators under leaves and in nooks of branches.
Kakuna Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, for a casual playthrough, Kakuna works as a placeholder. Bug/Poison coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Beedrill. That's where the stats start mattering.
Game Availability
Present since Red & Blue, Kakuna appears in 19 games spanning 9 generations. Gen 1 originals like Kakuna have the longest track record of availability in the series.
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 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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