Is Volbeat Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Route 117. Bug-type with AbilityIlluminate which increases wild encounter rate, the opposite of what most players want. AbilitySwarm for Bug boost at low HP. Stats too low to matter in trainer battles. One of the weakest Bug options in RS.
Roxanne's team hits Volbeat's weaknesses hard.
Volbeat trades roughly evenly with Brawly's team.
Wattson's team hits Volbeat's weaknesses hard.
Flannery's team hits Volbeat's weaknesses hard.
Volbeat trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Winona's team hits Volbeat's weaknesses hard.
Volbeat has the type edge here and should clean up Tate & Liza's team.
Volbeat has the type edge here and should clean up Wallace's team.
Volbeat resists most of Sidney's coverage and hits back hard.
Volbeat trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Volbeat has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Drake's team hits Volbeat's weaknesses hard.
Volbeat trades roughly evenly with Steven's team.
Catchable
Catch Volbeat on Route 117 (walking, Lv 13, rare).
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- LV 25BugSignal BeamPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Norman
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 115
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 10Lilycove Department Store
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Mt. Pyre
- LV 37NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Tate & Liza
- TM31FightingBrick BreakPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
Ruby & Sapphire Volbeat Locations
Two spots at a single route, levels 13 to 14, rare to uncommon. Volbeat shares its patch with Illumise but appears on the firefly side of that split, so expect to wade through a few wrong ones.
1 location to catch Volbeat
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 3Best Locations to Catch Volbeat in Ruby & Sapphire
How to Get Shiny Volbeat in Ruby & Sapphire
Volbeat flits through the grass along Route 117, so face down the wild ones and hope the next flash of color is a shiny. Compare Shiny Volbeat odds across every game
Shiny Volbeat Evolution
Does Not EvolveRuby & Sapphire Shiny Volbeat 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.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Volbeat in the Ruby & Sapphire Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Volbeat Weakness
Fire, Flying, and Rock moves hit Volbeat for super-effective damage. Standard number of weaknesses for the Bug typing.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Flying, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Grass, Fighting, Ground |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Volbeat Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Volbeat
 Combusken FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Volbeat View Combusken builds →Flamethrower 2x90-107%KO Rock Tomb 2x40-49% Peck 2x29-34% | ||
 Aron SteelRock | C | |
 Beautifly Bug | C | |
 Anorith RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodRustboro City Gift | ||
 Zubat Poison | D | |
 Taillow Normal | C | |
 Geodude RockGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Volbeat View Geodude builds →Rock Tomb 2x57-69% Flamethrower 2x31-37% | ||
 Wingull Water | C | |
Obtain MethodDewford Town Surfing | ||
 Lileep RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodRustboro City Gift | ||
Volbeat Evolutions
Breeding is the whole story for Volbeat. A decent partner pool through two egg groups, eggs are quick to hatch, and you won't need to evolve anything. It's got 3 egg moves worth looking into. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Volbeat with 37 breeding partners from the Bug and Human-Like egg groups. Pass egg moves like Baton Pass, Silver Wind, Trick to offspring.
RS Volbeat Best Moveset
MoveTail Glow triples Sp. Atk in one move, but 47 Sp. Atk tripled is still modest. AbilitySwarm boosts Bug at low HP. MoveBaton Pass can transfer the boost to a real attacker. Held ItemLeftovers sustains. Setup passer with a unique boosting move.
Best Build
Volbeat best EVs are Attack and Speed
Support Moveset
- Signal Beam
- Thunder Wave
- Trick
- Brick Break
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Don't skip the egg moves. Volbeat picks up Baton Pass and Silver Wind only through breeding, and both fill gaps the natural movepool can't. STAB runs through Signal Beam and Silver Wind while coverage across 8 types 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 25 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
With the arrival of night, VOLBEAT emits light from its tail. It communicates with others by adjusting the intensity and flashing of its light. This POKéMON is attracted by the sweet aroma of ILLUMISE.
VOLBEAT’s tail glows like a lightbulb. With other VOLBEAT, it uses its tail to draw geometric shapes in the night sky. This POKéMON loves the sweet aroma given off by ILLUMISE.
Volbeat Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Volbeat can be caught in the wild at Hoenn Route 117 in Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire.
Game Availability
Available in 14 titles since its debut in Ruby & Sapphire, Volbeat 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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