Is Wurmple Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Honey Trees and Route 204 from level 5. One of the few Hoenn natives freely available during Platinum's story. Evolves randomly into Silcoon or Cascoon at level 7, then Beautifly or Dustox at 10.
Roark's Pokemon outpace and outclass Wurmple here.
Beautifly has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Gardenia:
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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Catchable
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 Wurmple in Platinum
Wurmple is one of the most widespread bug catches in the game. It turns up under nearly every honey tree across Sinnoh plus the grass in Eterna Forest, with low single digit levels making it a very early grind option.
19 locations to catch Wurmple
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Badge 5
Badge 6
Badge 7
Badge 8Where To Catch Wurmple in Pt
Wurmple is the chain's first catch. You'll find headbutt and walking encounters from Lv. 4-15 across 25 total spots in the chain.
- Step 1Wurmple ✓Eterna 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
Available in-game· 2 pathsPick one
Bring the right balls: check Wurmple catch odds in the Platinum Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Wurmple in Platinum
Wurmple wriggles through the morning grass of Eterna Forest and Route 204, so chain it to 40 for a shiny. Compare Shiny Wurmple odds across every game
Shiny Wurmple Evolution
Multi-Path
Platinum Shiny Wurmple 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.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Wurmple in the Platinum Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Wurmple Weakness
Fire, Flying, and Rock moves hit Wurmple 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 |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Wurmple Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Wurmple
 Monferno FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Route 201 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Wurmple View Monferno builds →Fire Blast 2x211-250%KO Rock Tomb 2x56-67% | ||
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Surfing | ||
 Noctowl Normal | C | |
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Wurmple View Aerodactyl builds →Wing Attack 2x126-150%KO Rock Tomb 2x107-128%KO Fire Fang 2x91-107%KO | ||
 Growlithe Fire | C | |
 Cranidos Rock | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Wurmple View Cranidos builds →Rock Tomb 2x122-144%KO Fire Blast 2x81-96% | ||
 Doduo Normal | C | |
 Staravia Normal | C | |
 Solrock RockPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Wurmple View Solrock builds →Rock Tomb 2x98-117%KO Fire Blast 2x113-133%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 | ||
Wurmple Evolutions
From here, Wurmple's line branches into Silcoon and Cascoon. That's 2 possible evolutions, each with its own method. The evolved forms gain up to 200 total stats over Wurmple. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Wurmple easily with 48 breeding partners from the Bug egg group.
Pt Wurmple Best Moveset
Stats in the 20-45 range with no competitive moves or any role for the moveset. Silcoon or Cascoon depending on personality.
Best Build
Wurmple best EVs are Attack and Sp. Def
Physical Attacker Moveset
- Poison Sting
- Tackle
- String Shot
- Bug Bite
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Not a lot to pick from. Wurmple gets Bug Bite for same-type damage, and Normal and Poison 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.
- 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
Base Stats
Often targeted by bird Pokémon, it desperately resists by releasing poison from its tail spikes.
Wurmple Platinum Guide
For Platinum, you can run Wurmple through the first few routes without issues. 195 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Silcoon as fast as you can.
Game Availability
Available in 14 titles since its debut in Ruby & Sapphire, Wurmple spans 7 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through catching or hatching as a base form 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
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