Is Metapod Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Evolves from Caterpie at level 7. Quick path to Butterfree if you can get Caterpie, but that's the harder step in Platinum.
Roark's Pokemon outpace and outclass Caterpie here.
Butterfree resists most of Gardenia's coverage and hits back hard.
Butterfree has the type edge here and should clean up Fantina's team.
Butterfree trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Butterfree trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Byron's team hits Butterfree's weaknesses hard.
Butterfree has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Volkner's team hits Butterfree's weaknesses hard.
Butterfree trades roughly evenly with Aaron's team.
Butterfree has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Flint's team hits Butterfree's weaknesses hard.
Butterfree has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Butterfree has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Butterfree has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Butterfree has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Butterfree trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Caterpie
Catch Caterpie on Route 204 (walking, Lv 5, rare). Pokémon FireRed in GBA slot.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 5)
- LV 5NormalTacklePower 35Accuracy 95%PP 35
- LV 15BugBug BitePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Byron
- TUTORNormalSnorePower 40Accuracy 100%PP 15Snowpoint City
Evolve Caterpie to Butterfree
Metapod evolves into Butterfree at Level 10. Your Caterpie should hit Level 10 before you reach Gardenia, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- LV 12GrassStun SporePower —Accuracy 75%PP 30
- 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
- LV 40BugBug BuzzPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- 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 Metapod in Platinum
Like its base form, Metapod needs FireRed in the GBA slot to spawn, surfacing rarely at level 13 in one forest. Otherwise just level a dual-slot Caterpie to 7 and let it cocoon.
1 location to catch Metapod2 locations to catch Caterpie
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 2Catch Caterpie at any of the 2 locations below, then level it up to 7 — it evolves into Metapod.
Badge 1 Badge 2Where To Catch Metapod in Pt
Caterpie is your first catch on the way to Metapod. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 5-13 across 4 total spots in the chain.
- Step 3Evolve into ButterfreeBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Caterpie egg.
To plan your throws, open the Platinum catch rate calculator with Metapod preloaded.
How to Get Shiny Metapod in Platinum
Metapod turns up only sparsely in Eterna Forest, so chain it there to 40 for a shiny, or simply evolve a chained Caterpie. Compare Shiny Metapod odds across every game
Platinum Shiny Metapod 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.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Platinum shiny odds calculator with Metapod already selected.
Metapod Weakness
Metapod's Bug typing leaves it vulnerable to Fire, Flying, and Rock. Metapod's physical bulk (base 55 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Flying, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Grass, Fighting, Ground |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Metapod Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Metapod
 Noctowl Normal | C | |
 Monferno FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Route 201 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Metapod View Monferno builds →Fire Blast 2x227-268%KO Rock Tomb 2x41-50% | ||
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Surfing | ||
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Metapod View Aerodactyl builds →Wing Attack 2x95-113%KO Rock Tomb 2x80-96% Fire Fang 2x66-79% | ||
 Growlithe Fire | C | |
 Cranidos Rock | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Metapod View Cranidos builds →Rock Tomb 2x91-107%KO Fire Blast 2x84-100%KO | ||
 Doduo Normal | C | |
 Staravia Normal | C | |
Butterfree Bug | C | |
 Drifloon Ghost | C | |
Obtain MethodValley Windworks Interact Encounter | ||
 Solrock RockPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Metapod View Solrock builds →Rock Tomb 2x71-86% Fire Blast 2x118-139%KO | ||
 Anorith RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift | ||
 Beautifly Bug | C | |
 Kabuto RockWater | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift | ||
Metapod Evolutions
Metapod sits between Caterpie and Butterfree in this three-stage line. Not the final form yet. For breeding, quick to hatch with a decent partner pool via one egg group. So far, Defense got the biggest boost (+20 from Caterpie). The final form adds another 190 stats on top. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Metapod to get Caterpie eggs easily using 48 partners from the Bug egg group.
Pt Metapod Best Moveset
No attacking options and 25 Sp. Atk mean this moveset can't deal damage to anything. Butterfree is the only reason to carry it. Butterfree has MoveSleep Powder at least.
Best Build
Metapod best EVs are Sp. Atk and Sp. Def
Utility Moveset
- Bug Bite
- String Shot
- Harden
- Iron Defense
Moves List
A compact toolkit overall. The offense runs through Bug Bite for Metapod, with Normal 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
A steel-hard shell protects its tender body. It quietly endures hardships while awaiting evolution.
Metapod Platinum Guide
In Platinum, for a casual playthrough, Metapod works as a placeholder. Bug coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Butterfree. That's where the stats start mattering.
Game Availability
Present since Red & Blue, Metapod appears in 19 games spanning 9 generations. Gen 1 originals like Metapod 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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