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National Pokédex #0290 · Generation 3

Nincada

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Nincada lives underground. It uses its sharp claws to carve the roots of trees and absorb moisture and nutrients. This Pokémon can't withstand bright sunlight so avoids it.

Natural spawnEvolution chain

Quick answer

How do you get Nincada?

Nincada can spawn in Forest, Flower Forest, Birch Forest, and 36 other eligible biomes (Light: Dark; Height: Y 32–62). 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 Nincada

2 places to look

Where to look in the wild

Eligible biomes (39)

Forest + 38 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
  • Bamboo Jungle
  • Jungle
  • Sparse Jungle
  • Amethyst Canyon
  • Amethyst Rainforest
  • Jungle Mountains
  • Rocky Jungle
  • Tropical Jungle
  • Cave Underground Jungle

Expanded from server categories: Forest, Jungle

Level2-27RarityCommon
  • Light: Dark
  • Height: Y 32–62
Eligible biomes (2)

Skyroot Forest / Skyroot Woodland

Level2-27RarityCommon
  • Light: Dark

Battle profile

Base stats

266 total
Hp31
Attack45
Defence90
Special Attack30
Special Defence30
Speed40

Abilities

  • Compoundeyes
  • Runaway Hidden

Training

Base experience
53
Growth
Erratic
EV yield
Hp: 0 · Attack: 0 · Defence: 1 · Special Attack: 0 · Special Defence: 0 · Speed: 0
Friendship
50

Progression

Evolution & forms

Complete installed learnset

Moves

74 entries
Level moves (10)
Lv. 1 · ScratchLv. 1 · SandattackLv. 5 · HardenLv. 10 · FalseswipeLv. 15 · MudslapLv. 21 · AbsorbLv. 25 · MetalclawLv. 30 · FuryswipesLv. 35 · MindreaderLv. 40 · Dig
Egg moves (7)
BideBugbiteFeintattackFinalgambitFlailGustNightslash
Tm moves (30)
AerialaceBugbiteBugbuzzCutDigEndureFacadeFalseswipeFlashFurycutterGigadrainHoneclawsLeechlifeMetalclawMudslapProtectRestSandstormShadowballSilverwindSkittersmackSleeptalkSolarbeamSpiteStringshotStrugglebugSubstituteSunnydayTerablastXscissor
Tutor moves (14)
AerialaceBugbiteFalseswipeFurycutterGigadrainLeechlifeMudslapRestShadowballSkittersmackSleeptalkSpiteStringshotXscissor
Legacy moves (13)
ConfideDoubleedgeDoubleteamFrustrationHiddenpowerMimicNaturalgiftReturnRoundSecretpowerSnoreSwaggerToxic

Useful extras

Drops & breeding

Soft Sand

2.5% chance

Egg groups
Bug
Egg cycles
15
Catch rate
255
Maximum drops
1
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": "nincada-1",
      "pokemon": "nincada",
      "presets": [
        "natural"
      ],
      "type": "pokemon",
      "spawnablePositionType": "grounded",
      "bucket": "common",
      "level": "2-27",
      "weight": 10,
      "condition": {
        "minSkyLight": 0,
        "maxSkyLight": 7,
        "biomes": [
          "#cobblemon:is_forest",
          "#cobblemon:is_jungle"
        ],
        "minY": 32,
        "maxY": 62
      },
      "anticondition": {
        "biomes": [
          "#cobblemon:is_deep_dark"
        ]
      },
      "source": "Cobblemon-neoforge-1.7.3+1.21.1.jar",
      "sourceFile": "data/cobblemon/spawn_pool_world/0290_nincada.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:bamboo_jungle",
        "minecraft:jungle",
        "minecraft:sparse_jungle",
        "terralith:amethyst_canyon",
        "terralith:amethyst_rainforest",
        "terralith:jungle_mountains",
        "terralith:rocky_jungle",
        "terralith:tropical_jungle",
        "terralith:cave/underground_jungle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "nincada-2",
      "pokemon": "nincada",
      "presets": [
        "natural"
      ],
      "type": "pokemon",
      "spawnablePositionType": "grounded",
      "bucket": "common",
      "level": "2-27",
      "weight": 5.97,
      "condition": {
        "minSkyLight": 0,
        "maxSkyLight": 7,
        "biomes": [
          "aether:skyroot_forest",
          "aether:skyroot_woodland"
        ]
      },
      "source": "Cobblemon-neoforge-1.7.3+1.21.1.jar",
      "sourceFile": "data/cobblemon/spawn_pool_world/0290_nincada.json",
      "resolvedBiomes": [
        "aether:skyroot_forest",
        "aether:skyroot_woodland"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "raids": [],
  "fossils": []
}

Evolution and forms

{
  "evolutions": [
    {
      "id": "nincada_ninjask",
      "shedder": "shedinja",
      "variant": "level_up",
      "result": "ninjask",
      "consumeHeldItem": false,
      "learnableMoves": [
        "doubleteam",
        "screech",
        "furycutter"
      ],
      "requirements": [
        {
          "variant": "level",
          "minLevel": 20
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "forms": []
}

Behavior and drops

{
  "behaviour": {
    "resting": {
      "canSleep": true,
      "willSleepOnBed": true,
      "light": "0-4",
      "times": [
        "any"
      ],
      "drowsyChance": 0.0014,
      "rouseChance": 0.0042
    },
    "moving": {
      "walk": {
        "walkSpeed": 0.2
      },
      "swim": {
        "avoidsWater": true
      }
    },
    "herd": {
      "maxSize": "9",
      "toleratedLeaders": [
        {
          "pokemon": "nincada",
          "tier": 1
        }
      ]
    },
    "combat": {
      "willDefendOwner": true
    }
  },
  "drops": {
    "amount": 1,
    "entries": [
      {
        "item": "cobblemon:soft_sand",
        "percentage": 2.5
      }
    ]
  },
  "labels": [
    "gen3"
  ]
}

Complete installed species record

{
  "implemented": true,
  "nationalPokedexNumber": 290,
  "name": "Nincada",
  "primaryType": "bug",
  "secondaryType": "ground",
  "maleRatio": 0.5,
  "height": 5,
  "weight": 55,
  "pokedex": [
    "cobblemon.species.nincada.desc"
  ],
  "labels": [
    "gen3"
  ],
  "aspects": [],
  "abilities": [
    "compoundeyes",
    "h:runaway"
  ],
  "eggGroups": [
    "bug"
  ],
  "baseStats": {
    "hp": 31,
    "attack": 45,
    "defence": 90,
    "special_attack": 30,
    "special_defence": 30,
    "speed": 40
  },
  "evYield": {
    "hp": 0,
    "attack": 0,
    "defence": 1,
    "special_attack": 0,
    "special_defence": 0,
    "speed": 0
  },
  "baseExperienceYield": 53,
  "experienceGroup": "erratic",
  "catchRate": 255,
  "eggCycles": 15,
  "baseFriendship": 50,
  "baseScale": 0.45,
  "hitbox": {
    "width": 0.9,
    "height": 0.7,
    "fixed": false
  },
  "behaviour": {
    "resting": {
      "canSleep": true,
      "willSleepOnBed": true,
      "light": "0-4",
      "times": [
        "any"
      ],
      "drowsyChance": 0.0014,
      "rouseChance": 0.0042
    },
    "moving": {
      "walk": {
        "walkSpeed": 0.2
      },
      "swim": {
        "avoidsWater": true
      }
    },
    "herd": {
      "maxSize": "9",
      "toleratedLeaders": [
        {
          "pokemon": "nincada",
          "tier": 1
        }
      ]
    },
    "combat": {
      "willDefendOwner": true
    }
  },
  "drops": {
    "amount": 1,
    "entries": [
      {
        "item": "cobblemon:soft_sand",
        "percentage": 2.5
      }
    ]
  },
  "moves": [
    "1:scratch",
    "1:sandattack",
    "5:harden",
    "10:falseswipe",
    "15:mudslap",
    "21:absorb",
    "25:metalclaw",
    "30:furyswipes",
    "35:mindreader",
    "40:dig",
    "egg:bide",
    "egg:bugbite",
    "egg:feintattack",
    "egg:finalgambit",
    "egg:flail",
    "egg:gust",
    "egg:nightslash",
    "tm:aerialace",
    "tm:bugbite",
    "tm:bugbuzz",
    "tm:cut",
    "tm:dig",
    "tm:endure",
    "tm:facade",
    "tm:falseswipe",
    "tm:flash",
    "tm:furycutter",
    "tm:gigadrain",
    "tm:honeclaws",
    "tm:leechlife",
    "tm:metalclaw",
    "tm:mudslap",
    "tm:protect",
    "tm:rest",
    "tm:sandstorm",
    "tm:shadowball",
    "tm:silverwind",
    "tm:skittersmack",
    "tm:sleeptalk",
    "tm:solarbeam",
    "tm:spite",
    "tm:stringshot",
    "tm:strugglebug",
    "tm:substitute",
    "tm:sunnyday",
    "tm:terablast",
    "tm:xscissor",
    "tutor:aerialace",
    "tutor:bugbite",
    "tutor:falseswipe",
    "tutor:furycutter",
    "tutor:gigadrain",
    "tutor:leechlife",
    "tutor:mudslap",
    "tutor:rest",
    "tutor:shadowball",
    "tutor:skittersmack",
    "tutor:sleeptalk",
    "tutor:spite",
    "tutor:stringshot",
    "tutor:xscissor",
    "legacy:confide",
    "legacy:doubleedge",
    "legacy:doubleteam",
    "legacy:frustration",
    "legacy:hiddenpower",
    "legacy:mimic",
    "legacy:naturalgift",
    "legacy:return",
    "legacy:round",
    "legacy:secretpower",
    "legacy:snore",
    "legacy:swagger",
    "legacy:toxic"
  ],
  "evolutions": [
    {
      "id": "nincada_ninjask",
      "shedder": "shedinja",
      "variant": "level_up",
      "result": "ninjask",
      "consumeHeldItem": false,
      "learnableMoves": [
        "doubleteam",
        "screech",
        "furycutter"
      ],
      "requirements": [
        {
          "variant": "level",
          "minLevel": 20
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}