
Is Weedle Good in Red & Blue Playthrough?
The Poison counterpart to Caterpie, but Beedrill doesn't pay off the way Butterfree does. Worth evolving if you want a Bug-type, but you'll probably replace it by mid-game.
Brock's typing presses Beedrill's defenses.
Beedrill trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Beedrill trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Beedrill has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Beedrill trades roughly evenly with Koga's team.
Beedrill has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
Beedrill trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Beedrill trades roughly evenly with Giovanni's team.
Beedrill trades roughly evenly with Lorelei's team.
Beedrill trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Agatha's team hits Beedrill's weaknesses hard.
Lance's typing presses Beedrill's defenses.
Beedrill trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Catchable
Catch Weedle on Route 2 (walking, Lv 3-5, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 3)
- LV 3PoisonPoison StingPower 23Accuracy 100%PP 35
How to Get Weedle in Red & Blue
Red and Blue swap which bug owns the early routes: Weedle is the common one in Red, where Caterpie goes scarce. Six wild spots, all clustered near Viridian Forest.
4 locations to catch Weedle
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Where To Catch Weedle in RB
The line opens with Weedle at Lv. 3-8 via walking encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
Step 2Catch or Evolve into KakunaViridian ForestLv.4-6GrassRedRate 40%Route 24Lv.8GrassRedRate 20%Route 25Lv.9GrassRedRate 20%Viridian ForestLv.4GrassBlueRate 5%or evolve from Weedle (Step 1)
Step 3Evolve into Beedrill
To plan your throws, open the Red & Blue catch rate calculator with Weedle preloaded.
Weedle Weakness
Fire, Flying, Psychic, Bug, and Rock moves hit Weedle for super-effective damage. 5 weaknesses means you'll want teammates that can handle the coverage gaps.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Flying, Psychic, Bug, Rock |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass, Fighting |
- Only 15 types exist — Dark, Steel, and Fairy are absent
- Ghost has no effect on Psychic (a known bug, fixed in Gen II)
- Special stat governs both offense and defense — no Sp.Atk / Sp.Def split
What is Weedle Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Weedle
Pidgey Normal | D | |
Charmander Fire | D | |
Obtain MethodPallet Town Gift | ||
Weedle Evolutions
You'll evolve Weedle into Beedrill the traditional way. This Bug/Poison type doesn't breed despite having a chain ahead. The evolved forms gain up to 200 total stats over Weedle. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
RB Weedle Best Moveset
Bug pre-evolution. Poison Sting and String Shot. No competitive use.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Poison Sting
- String Shot
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Not a lot to pick from. Weedle gets Poison Sting for same-type damage, and limited coverage rounds things out. You're building around what's available rather than choosing from a deep bench.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- 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.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM 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 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
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Often found in forests, eating leaves. It has a sharp venomous stinger on its head.
Weedle Red & Blue Guide
For Red & Blue, you can run Weedle through the first few routes without issues. 195 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Kakuna as fast as you can.
Game Availability
One of the original 151, Weedle has appeared in 19 games: most mainline games. From Red & Blue through the latest titles, it's rarely been left out of a regional Pokedex.
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
Explore
Where to go next after Weedle.