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Gengar’s Pokédex · Kanto · Generation I
#010 Caterpie
Bug
- SpeciesWorm Pokémon
- Japanese nameCaterpie
- PronunciationCAT-ER-PEE
- Height1′ 0″ 0.30 m
- Weight6.0 lb 2.70 kg
- Gender♂ 50% · ♀ 50%
PokédexWhere to findType matchupsMovesBreedingStats
Pokédex entries
| RedBlue | Its short feet are tipped with suction pads that enable it to tirelessly climb slopes and walls. |
|---|---|
| Yellow | If you touch the feeler on top of it’s head, it will release a horrible stink to protect itself. |
| Stadium | It has large, eye-like patterns on its head as protection. They are used to frighten off enemies. |
| GoldStadium 2 | For protection it releases a horrible stench from the antenna on its head to drive away enemies. |
| Silver | Its feet have suction cups designed to stick to any surface. It tenaciously climbs trees to forage. |
| Crystal | It crawls into foliage where it camouflages itself among leaves that are the same color as its body. |
Where to find Caterpie
| Game | Where to find it | Time | Rarity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Viridian Forest, Routes 2, 24, 25 | NA | Many |
| Red | NA | Few | |
| Yellow | Viridian Forest | NA | Many |
| Gold | Ilex Forest, National Park, Routes 2, 30, 31 | Any | Many |
| Silver | National Park | Any | Event |
| Crystal | Ilex Forest, National Park, Routes 2, 24, 25, 30, 31, Johto (Headbutt) | Mostly Morn. or Day | Many |
How to catch
| Ground | Surf | Fishing | Forest Tree | Mountain Tree | Rock Smash | Breed | Evolve | Event | BugCatch | Game Corner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R/B | ✓ | ||||||||||
| Yellow | ✓ | ||||||||||
| G/S | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
| Crystal | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
✓ marks how you can get it in each game. Shaded boxes are methods that didn’t exist in that game.
Type matchups
Defence: damage taken from each attack type
- Normal×1
- Fire×2
- Water×1
- Electric×1
- Grass×0.5
- Ice×1
- Fighting×0.5
- PoisonG/S/C ×1R/B/Y × 2
- Ground×0.5
- ×2
- Psychic×1
- Bug×1
- Rock×2
- Ghost×1
- Dragon×1
- Dark×1
- Steel×1
- Gold, Silver & Crystal: 3 weaknesses and 3 resistances out of 17 types. Defence ratio 1 : 1 (100%).
- Red, Blue & Yellow: 4 weaknesses and 3 resistances out of 15 types. Defence ratio 4 : 3 (133%).
- This Pokémon has less weaknesses in GSC than RBY, because in RBY it has a weakness to POISON.
Offence: same-type attacks against each type
- NormalNormal
- FireBad
- WaterNormal
- ElectricNormal
- GrassGood
- IceNormal
- FightingBad
- PoisonG/S/C BadR/B/Y Good
- GroundNormal
- Bad
- PsychicGood
- BugNormal
- RockNormal
- GhostBad
- DragonNormal
- DarkGood
- SteelBad
- Gold, Silver & Crystal: 3 advantages and 6 disadvantages out of 17 types. Offensive ratio 1:2 (50%).
- Red, Blue & Yellow: 3 advantages and 4 disadvantages out of 15 types. Offensive ratio 3:4 (75%).
Moves learned by levelling up
| R/B/Y | G/S/C | Move | Type | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | Start | Tackle | Normal | Physical |
| Start | Start | String Shot | Bug | Status |
“Start” means it knows the move from level 1; a dash means it doesn’t learn the move by levelling up in that game.
Move Tutor Crystal
None.
TMs & HMs Gold, Silver & Crystal
None.
TMs & HMs Red, Blue & Yellow
None.
Breeding Gold, Silver & Crystal
| Egg groups | Bug group 2 |
|---|
Compatible Pokémon
- Caterpie Family
- Gligar
- Heracross
- Ledyba Family
- Paras Family
- Pineco Family
- Pinsir
- Scyther Family
- Shuckle
- Spinarak Family
- Venonat Family
- Weedle Family
- Yanma
Egg moves
None.
Stats
| Stat | Base | Range at Lv. 100 | G/S/C rank | R/B/Y rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP | 45 | 263-293 | 35/4522.70% | 32/4224.20% |
| Attack | 30 | 128-158 | 45/496.68% | 41/454.97% |
| Defense | 35 | 138-168 | 47/5512.54% | 39/4410.60% |
| Speed | 45 | 158-188 | 36/4721.19% | 33/4218.41% |
| Special Attack G/S/C | 20 | 108-138 | 44/464.46% | — |
| Special Defense G/S/C | 20 | 108-138 | 41/413.59% | — |
| Special R/B/Y | 20 | 108-138 | — | 29/294.03% |
| Total | 195 G/S/C 175 R/B/Y |
903-1083 795-945 |
86/872.04% | 65/652.04% |
Ranges are the lowest and highest the stat can be at level 100. Ranks compare the base stat with every other Pokémon in those games (1 is the highest), with its percentile underneath.
Restored from Gengar’s Online Pokédex v4.2, one of the first Pokédexes on the web, created by Curtis Alumbaugh (Gengar) with Ian Alumbaugh (Haunter) and kept by Pokémon Dungeon. How to read this page · Red, Blue & Yellow moves · The Library