Is Silcoon Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Eterna Forest at level 12. Beautifly at level 10 comes fast. Bug/Flying with AbilityShed Skin. Neither Beautifly nor Dustox competes with Scyther or Heracross long term.
Roark's Pokemon outpace and outclass Wurmple here.
Beautifly has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
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Beautifly trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
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Beautifly trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
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Beautifly trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
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Byron's team hits Beautifly's weaknesses hard.
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Beautifly trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
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Volkner's team hits Beautifly's weaknesses hard.
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Beautifly trades roughly evenly with Aaron's team.
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Beautifly has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
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Flint's team hits Beautifly's weaknesses hard.
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Beautifly has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
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Beautifly has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
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Beautifly has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
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Beautifly has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
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Beautifly trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
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Catch Wurmple
Catch Wurmple on Route 204 (walking, Lv 4, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 4)
- LV 4NormalTacklePower 35Accuracy 95%PP 35
- LV 5PoisonPoison StingPower 15Accuracy 100%PP 35
- LV 15BugBug BitePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Byron
- TUTORNormalSnorePower 40Accuracy 100%PP 15Snowpoint City
Evolve Wurmple to Beautifly
Silcoon evolves into Beautifly at Level 10. Your Wurmple should hit Level 10 before you reach Gardenia, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Fantina
- TM89BugU-turnPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Veilstone Game Corner
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 213
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Game Corner
- LV 41BugBug BuzzPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TUTORBugSignal BeamPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Wurmple to Dustox
Cascoon evolves into Dustox at Level 10. Your Wurmple should hit Level 10 before you reach Gardenia, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- 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
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Game Corner
- LV 41BugBug BuzzPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Candice
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Item ball on B2F of the Team Galactic HQ in Veilstone City
- 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 Silcoon in Platinum
Silcoon shows up wild in just two grass patches at low rates, with Eterna Forest being one of them. A Wurmple evolves into it at level 7, which most players reach long before they would stumble on a wild one.
2 locations to catch Silcoon19 locations to catch Wurmple
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 2Catch Wurmple at any of the 19 locations below, then level it up to 7 — it evolves into Silcoon.
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Badge 8Where To Catch Silcoon in Pt
To get Silcoon, start by catching Wurmple through headbutt and walking encounters at Lv. 4-15. The chain covers 3 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
- Step 1Catch WurmpleEterna ForestLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 14%Floaroma MeadowLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 14%Fuego IronworksLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 14%Route 205 - NorthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 14%Route 205 - SouthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 14%Route 206Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 14%Route 207Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 14%Route 208Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 14%Route 209Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 14%Route 210 - NorthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 14%Route 210 - SouthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 14%Route 211 - EastLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 14%Route 212 - NorthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 14%Route 212 - SouthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 14%Route 213Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 14%Route 214Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 14%Route 215Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 14%Route 218Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 14%Route 221Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 14%Route 222Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 14%Valley WindworksLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 14%Route 204 - SouthLv.4GrassRate 10%Morning/dayRoute 204 - NorthLv.9GrassRate 10%Morning/dayEterna ForestLv.10GrassRate 10%Morning/dayRoute 205 - NorthLv.13GrassRate 10%Morning/day
- Step 2Silcoon ✓or evolve from Wurmple (Step 1)
- Step 3Catch or Evolve into BeautiflyEterna ForestLv.14GrassRate 1%Route 205 - NorthLv.15GrassRate 1%Route 229Lv.48GrassRate 5%Route 224Lv.52GrassRate 5%or evolve from Silcoon (Step 2)
Not landing the catch? Calculate Silcoon catch rates for Platinum by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Silcoon in Platinum
Silcoon clings to the grass of Eterna Forest and Route 205, so chain it to 40 for a 1 in 200 shiny, or evolve a chained Wurmple. Compare Shiny Silcoon odds across every game
Shiny Silcoon Evolution
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Platinum Shiny Silcoon 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 Platinum with Silcoon preloaded.
Silcoon Weakness
Type-wise, Silcoon takes extra damage from Fire, Flying, and Rock. Silcoon'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 Silcoon Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Silcoon
 Monferno FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Route 201 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Silcoon View Monferno builds →Fire Blast 2x227-268%KO Rock Tomb 2x41-50% | ||
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Surfing | ||
 Noctowl Normal | C | |
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Silcoon 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 Silcoon View Cranidos builds →Rock Tomb 2x91-107%KO Fire Blast 2x84-100%KO | ||
 Doduo Normal | C | |
 Staravia Normal | C | |
 Solrock RockPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Silcoon View Solrock builds →Rock Tomb 2x71-86% Fire Blast 2x118-139%KO | ||
Beautifly Bug | C | |
 Anorith RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift | ||
 Drifloon Ghost | C | |
Obtain MethodValley Windworks Interact Encounter | ||
 Butterfree Bug | C | |
 Kabuto RockWater | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift | ||
Silcoon Evolutions
Wurmple can evolve into Silcoon and Cascoon. Silcoon sits before the split, so check the evolution methods below to pick your path. 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 Silcoon to get Wurmple eggs easily using 48 partners from the Bug egg group.
Pt Silcoon Best Moveset
Harden is the only move worth noting, and 55 Defense isn't worth hardening. The moveset has no role. Evolve to Beautifly.
Best Build
Silcoon 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 Silcoon, with Poison and 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
It wraps silk around the branches of a tree. It drinks rainwater on its silk while awaiting evolution.
Silcoon Platinum Guide
In Platinum, for a casual playthrough, Silcoon works as a placeholder. Bug coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Cascoon. That's where the stats start mattering.
Game Availability
Debuting in Ruby & Sapphire, Silcoon appears in 14 games across 7 generations. A reliable presence in a solid number of games, typically found through catching or hatching as a base form.
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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