Is Natu Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Not native to Hoenn. Trade from Colosseum. AbilitySynchronize for status reflection. Xatu at 25 is a Psychic/Flying option but RS has Gardevoir natively, which is stronger in every area.
Roxanne's team hits Natu's weaknesses hard.
Natu resists most of Brawly's coverage and hits back hard.
Wattson's team hits Natu's weaknesses hard.
Natu trades roughly evenly with Flannery's team.
Norman's team hits Natu's weaknesses hard.
Winona's typing presses Natu's defenses.
Xatu trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Xatu has the type edge here and should clean up Wallace's team.
Xatu trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Xatu trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Xatu has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Xatu trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Xatu trades roughly evenly with Steven's team.
Catchable
Catch Natu in the Safari Zone (walking, Lv 27-29, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- After Roxanne
- TM47SteelSteel WingPower 70Accuracy 90%PP 25Granite Cave
- After Wattson
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- LV 30PsychicFuture SightPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- After Norman
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Mt. Pyre
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- After Winona
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Winona
- LV 50PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
Evolve Natu to Xatu
Natu evolves into Xatu at Level 25. You get it at Level 27 or higher, past Level 25, so it evolves into Xatu the next time it levels up.
Recommended Moves
- After Norman
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 105Accuracy 95%PP 15Route 119
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Mt. Pyre
- After Winona
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Winona
- LV 35PsychicFuture SightPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- After Tate & Liza
- TM04PsychicCalm MindPower —Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Tate & Liza
- LV 65PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
How to Get Natu in Ruby & Sapphire
Natu paces the Safari Zone grass as an uncommon catch in the mid to high 20s. That gated reserve is the only ground the tiny psychic bird covers in Hoenn.
1 location to catch Natu
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 6Where To Catch Natu in RS
Natu is where the line starts, caught through walking encounters at Lv. 25-29. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into Xatuor evolve from Natu (Step 1)
To plan your throws, open the Ruby & Sapphire catch rate calculator with Natu preloaded.
How to Get Shiny Natu in Ruby & Sapphire
Natu appears while you walk the Safari Zone grass, so pace the fields and check every one you flush out for a shiny. Compare Shiny Natu odds across every game
Ruby & Sapphire Shiny Natu Calculator
2 MethodsBoth methods here share the same odds, about 1 in 8,192 on each try. Pick whichever fits how you play.
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.
| 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.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Ruby & Sapphire shiny odds calculator with Natu already selected.
Natu Weakness
Electric, Ice, Rock, Ghost, and Dark moves hit Natu for super-effective damage. The upside? Ground-type moves can't touch it at all.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Ice, Rock, Ghost, Dark |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Grass, Psychic |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Ground |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Natu Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Natu
 Banette Ghost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Natu View Banette builds →Shadow Ball 2x165-195%KO Thunderbolt 2x99-117%KO Feint Attack 2x63-74% | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Natu View Shiftry builds →Shadow Ball 2x97-115%KO Thief 2x70-83% Rock Tomb 2x61-72% | ||
 Magneton ElectricSteel | A | |
 Manectric Electric | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Natu View Manectric builds →Thunderbolt 2x181-214%KO Bite 2x78-91% | ||
 Absol Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Natu View Absol builds →Shadow Ball 2x120-143%KO Ice Beam 2x91-109%KO Thunderbolt 2x91-109%KO Bite 2x89-105%KO | ||
 Pikachu Electric | C | |
 Regice Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodRoute 105 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Natu View Regice builds →Ice Beam 2x173-204%KO Thunderbolt 2x115-136%KO Ancient Power 2x45-53% | ||
 Plusle Electric | C | |
 Electrode Electric | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Natu View Electrode builds →Thunderbolt 2x146-172%KO Thief 2x43-51% Rollout 2x23-28% | ||
 Minun Electric | C | |
 Dusclops Ghost | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Natu View Dusclops builds →Shadow Ball 2x111-131%KO Ice Beam 2x78-91% Rock Tomb 2x47-55% Pursuit 2x34-40% | ||
 Armaldo RockBug | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Anorith (Rustboro City Gift) | ||
 Sealeo IceWater | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Spheal (Shoal Cave Surfing) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Natu View Sealeo builds →Ice Beam 2x138-163%KO Rock Tomb 2x43-51% | ||
 Shedinja BugGhost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Natu View Shedinja builds →Shadow Ball 2x135-160%KO Thief 2x23-28% | ||
Natu Evolutions
Natu evolves into Xatu. It's a two-stage chain with the method shown below. A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 150 total stats over Natu. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
Breeding
Breed Natu easily with 25 breeding partners from the Flying egg group. Pass egg moves like Drill Peck, Feather Dance, Feint Attack and 5 more to offspring.
RS Natu Best Moveset
Psychic/Flying pre-evolution with MovePsychic and MoveThunder Wave at stats too low to compete. AbilitySynchronize bounces status back to the attacker. Xatu improves both Speed and Sp. Atk.
Best Build
Natu best EVs are Speed and Sp. Atk
Special Setup Sweeper Moveset
- Calm Mind
- Psychic
- Substitute
- Giga Drain
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Don't skip the egg moves. Natu picks up Drill Peck and Feather Dance only through breeding, and both fill gaps the natural movepool can't. STAB runs through Future Sight and Psychic while Ghost and Normal coverage and more adds range.
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 24 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
NATU cannot fly because its wings are not yet fully grown. If your eyes meet with this POKéMON’s eyes, it will stare back intently at you. But if you move even slightly, it will hop away to safety.
NATU has a highly developed jumping ability. The POKéMON flaps and leaps onto tree branches that are taller than grown-up people to pick at the tree’s new shoots.
Natu Ruby & Sapphire Guide
- Where in the Ruby & Sapphire Safari Zone can I find Natu?
See the Locations section above for where to find Natu in Ruby & Sapphire.
Safari rules: You can only use Safari Balls. No battling. Two tactical items shift the catch/flee trade-off:
- Throw bait to keep Natu from fleeing (flee rate cut to 1/4) but it becomes harder to catch (catch factor halved).
- Throw a rock to make Natu easier to catch (catch factor doubled) but it flees twice as often.
- Each effect lasts 2-6 random turns; throwing one cancels the other.
Game Availability
Natu first appeared in Gold & Silver and has been available in 16 games across 8 generations. Obtainable through catching or hatching as a base form in most titles where it appears.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GSDebut
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
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