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National Pokédex #0011 · Generation 1

Metapod

bug

The shell covering this Pokémon's body is as hard as an iron slab. Metapod does not move very much. It stays still because it is preparing its soft innards for evolution inside the hard shell.

Natural spawnEvolution chain

Quick answer

How do you get Metapod?

Metapod can spawn in Forest, Flower Forest, Birch Forest, and 40 other eligible biomes (Light: Bright). Check the complete conditions below; these routes reflect AshRun's installed ATMons files.

AshRun ATMons 1.3.0 · Data updated · Sources & limitations

AshRun locations

How to obtain Metapod

3 places to look

Where to look in the wild

Eligible biomes (43)

Forest + 42 more

  • Forest
  • Flower Forest
  • Birch Forest
  • Old Growth Birch Forest
  • Dark Forest
  • Grove
  • Flashing Forest
  • Blazing Forest
  • Cascading Forest
  • Flourishing Forest
  • Vexing Caves
  • Archwood Forest
  • Birch Taiga
  • Blooming Valley
  • Cloud Forest
  • Lavender Forest
  • Lavender Valley
  • Moonlight Grove
  • Moonlight Valley
  • Sakura Grove
  • Sakura Valley
  • Snowy Cherry Grove
  • Temperate Highlands
  • Yosemite Lowlands
  • Cherry Grove
  • Alpha Islands
  • Alpha Islands Winter
  • Forested Highlands
  • Mirage Isles
  • Dyna Plains
  • Plains
  • Sunflower Plains
  • Meadow
  • Alpine Highlands
  • Arid Highlands
  • Blooming Plateau
  • Highlands
  • Brushland
  • Steppe
  • Shrubland
  • Valley Clearing
  • Skyroot Forest
  • Skyroot Woodland

Expanded from server categories: Forest, Plains

Level7-21RarityCommon
  • Light: Bright
Eligible biomes (10)

Bamboo Jungle + 9 more

  • Bamboo Jungle
  • Jungle
  • Sparse Jungle
  • Flourishing Forest
  • Amethyst Canyon
  • Amethyst Rainforest
  • Jungle Mountains
  • Rocky Jungle
  • Tropical Jungle
  • Cave Underground Jungle

Expanded from server categories: Jungle, Tropical Island

Level7-21RarityCommon
  • Light: Bright
Eligible biome

Floral Meadow

Level7-21RarityCommon

Battle profile

Base stats

205 total
Hp50
Attack20
Defence55
Special Attack25
Special Defence25
Speed30

Abilities

  • Shedskin
  • Shedskin Hidden

Training

Base experience
72
Growth
Medium Fast
EV yield
Hp: 0 · Attack: 0 · Defence: 2 · Special Attack: 0 · Special Defence: 0 · Speed: 0
Friendship
50

Progression

Evolution & forms

Complete installed learnset

Moves

12 entries
Level moves (2)
Lv. 1 · HardenLv. 1 · Tackle
Tm moves (5)
BugbiteElectrowebIrondefenseStringshotTerablast
Tutor moves (4)
BugbiteElectrowebIrondefenseStringshot
Legacy moves (1)
Snore

Useful extras

Drops & breeding

String

Quantity 0-2

Wepear Berry

2.5% chance

Egg groups
Bug
Egg cycles
15
Catch rate
120
Maximum drops
3
Technical server dataRaw records, internal IDs, source files, presets, and full JSON

Source summary

Base species: Cobblemon-neoforge-1.7.3+1.21.1.jar. Installed additions: none.

Acquisition records

{
  "questGuides": [],
  "structureEncounters": [],
  "naturalSpawns": [
    {
      "id": "metapod-1",
      "pokemon": "metapod",
      "presets": [
        "natural",
        "foliage",
        "treetop"
      ],
      "type": "pokemon",
      "spawnablePositionType": "grounded",
      "bucket": "common",
      "level": "7-21",
      "weight": 2,
      "condition": {
        "minSkyLight": 8,
        "maxSkyLight": 15,
        "biomes": [
          "#cobblemon:is_forest",
          "#cobblemon:is_plains",
          "aether:skyroot_forest",
          "aether:skyroot_woodland"
        ]
      },
      "anticondition": {
        "biomes": [
          "#cobblemon:is_freezing",
          "#cobblemon:is_spooky"
        ]
      },
      "source": "Cobblemon-neoforge-1.7.3+1.21.1.jar",
      "sourceFile": "data/cobblemon/spawn_pool_world/0011_metapod.json",
      "resolvedBiomes": [
        "minecraft:forest",
        "minecraft:flower_forest",
        "minecraft:birch_forest",
        "minecraft:old_growth_birch_forest",
        "minecraft:dark_forest",
        "minecraft:grove",
        "ars_elemental:flashing_forest",
        "ars_elemental:blazing_forest",
        "ars_elemental:cascading_forest",
        "ars_elemental:flourishing_forest",
        "ars_elemental:vexing_caves",
        "ars_nouveau:archwood_forest",
        "terralith:birch_taiga",
        "terralith:blooming_valley",
        "terralith:cloud_forest",
        "terralith:lavender_forest",
        "terralith:lavender_valley",
        "terralith:moonlight_grove",
        "terralith:moonlight_valley",
        "terralith:sakura_grove",
        "terralith:sakura_valley",
        "terralith:snowy_cherry_grove",
        "terralith:temperate_highlands",
        "terralith:yosemite_lowlands",
        "minecraft:cherry_grove",
        "terralith:alpha_islands",
        "terralith:alpha_islands_winter",
        "terralith:forested_highlands",
        "terralith:mirage_isles",
        "legendarymonuments:dyna_plains",
        "minecraft:plains",
        "minecraft:sunflower_plains",
        "minecraft:meadow",
        "terralith:alpine_highlands",
        "terralith:arid_highlands",
        "terralith:blooming_plateau",
        "terralith:highlands",
        "terralith:brushland",
        "terralith:steppe",
        "terralith:shrubland",
        "terralith:valley_clearing",
        "aether:skyroot_forest",
        "aether:skyroot_woodland"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "metapod-valencian-2",
      "pokemon": "metapod valencian",
      "presets": [
        "natural",
        "treetop"
      ],
      "type": "pokemon",
      "spawnablePositionType": "grounded",
      "bucket": "common",
      "level": "7-21",
      "weight": 2,
      "condition": {
        "minSkyLight": 8,
        "maxSkyLight": 15,
        "biomes": [
          "#cobblemon:is_jungle",
          "#cobblemon:is_tropical_island"
        ]
      },
      "source": "Cobblemon-neoforge-1.7.3+1.21.1.jar",
      "sourceFile": "data/cobblemon/spawn_pool_world/0011_metapod.json",
      "resolvedBiomes": [
        "minecraft:bamboo_jungle",
        "minecraft:jungle",
        "minecraft:sparse_jungle",
        "ars_elemental:flourishing_forest",
        "terralith:amethyst_canyon",
        "terralith:amethyst_rainforest",
        "terralith:jungle_mountains",
        "terralith:rocky_jungle",
        "terralith:tropical_jungle",
        "terralith:cave/underground_jungle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "metapod-valencian-3",
      "pokemon": "metapod valencian",
      "type": "pokemon",
      "spawnablePositionType": "grounded",
      "bucket": "common",
      "level": "7-21",
      "weight": 1,
      "condition": {
        "biomes": [
          "the_bumblezone:floral_meadow"
        ]
      },
      "anticondition": {
        "structures": [
          "#the_bumblezone:sempiternal_sanctums"
        ]
      },
      "source": "Cobblemon-neoforge-1.7.3+1.21.1.jar",
      "sourceFile": "data/cobblemon/spawn_pool_world/0011_metapod.json",
      "resolvedBiomes": [
        "the_bumblezone:floral_meadow"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "raids": [],
  "fossils": []
}

Evolution and forms

{
  "evolutions": [
    {
      "id": "metapod_butterfree",
      "variant": "level_up",
      "result": "butterfree",
      "consumeHeldItem": false,
      "learnableMoves": [
        "gust"
      ],
      "requirements": [
        {
          "variant": "level",
          "minLevel": 10
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "forms": []
}

Behavior and drops

{
  "behaviour": {
    "resting": {
      "canSleep": true,
      "light": "0-4",
      "drowsyChance": 0.0333,
      "rouseChance": 0.0042
    },
    "moving": {
      "walk": {
        "canWalk": false
      },
      "swim": {
        "canSwimInWater": false,
        "avoidsWater": true
      },
      "canLook": false
    },
    "herd": {
      "maxSize": "9"
    },
    "combat": {
      "willFlee": false
    }
  },
  "drops": {
    "amount": 3,
    "entries": [
      {
        "item": "minecraft:string",
        "quantityRange": "0-2"
      },
      {
        "item": "cobblemon:wepear_berry",
        "percentage": 2.5
      }
    ]
  },
  "labels": [
    "gen1"
  ]
}

Complete installed species record

{
  "implemented": true,
  "nationalPokedexNumber": 11,
  "name": "Metapod",
  "primaryType": "bug",
  "maleRatio": 0.5,
  "height": 7,
  "weight": 99,
  "pokedex": [
    "cobblemon.species.metapod.desc"
  ],
  "labels": [
    "gen1"
  ],
  "aspects": [],
  "abilities": [
    "shedskin",
    "h:shedskin"
  ],
  "eggGroups": [
    "bug"
  ],
  "baseStats": {
    "hp": 50,
    "attack": 20,
    "defence": 55,
    "special_attack": 25,
    "special_defence": 25,
    "speed": 30
  },
  "evYield": {
    "hp": 0,
    "attack": 0,
    "defence": 2,
    "special_attack": 0,
    "special_defence": 0,
    "speed": 0
  },
  "baseExperienceYield": 72,
  "experienceGroup": "medium_fast",
  "catchRate": 120,
  "eggCycles": 15,
  "baseFriendship": 50,
  "features": [
    "valencian"
  ],
  "baseScale": 0.8,
  "hitbox": {
    "width": 0.8,
    "height": 0.8,
    "fixed": false
  },
  "behaviour": {
    "resting": {
      "canSleep": true,
      "light": "0-4",
      "drowsyChance": 0.0333,
      "rouseChance": 0.0042
    },
    "moving": {
      "walk": {
        "canWalk": false
      },
      "swim": {
        "canSwimInWater": false,
        "avoidsWater": true
      },
      "canLook": false
    },
    "herd": {
      "maxSize": "9"
    },
    "combat": {
      "willFlee": false
    }
  },
  "drops": {
    "amount": 3,
    "entries": [
      {
        "item": "minecraft:string",
        "quantityRange": "0-2"
      },
      {
        "item": "cobblemon:wepear_berry",
        "percentage": 2.5
      }
    ]
  },
  "moves": [
    "1:harden",
    "1:tackle",
    "tm:bugbite",
    "tm:electroweb",
    "tm:irondefense",
    "tm:stringshot",
    "tm:terablast",
    "tutor:bugbite",
    "tutor:electroweb",
    "tutor:irondefense",
    "tutor:stringshot",
    "legacy:snore"
  ],
  "preEvolution": "caterpie",
  "evolutions": [
    {
      "id": "metapod_butterfree",
      "variant": "level_up",
      "result": "butterfree",
      "consumeHeldItem": false,
      "learnableMoves": [
        "gust"
      ],
      "requirements": [
        {
          "variant": "level",
          "minLevel": 10
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}