Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl (BDSP)

Cacnea Location, Learnset, and Evolution

Cacnea in Other Pokemon Games
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Cacnea is a Pokemon available in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl (BDSP). Learn about how to get Cacnea with detailed locations, its full learnset with all learnable moves, evolution data and how to evolve, along with its abilities, type advantages, and more.

National Dex
Pokemon BDSP FlygonFlygon
(#330)
Pokemon BDSP CacneaCacnea
(#331)
Pokemon BDSP CacturneCacturne
(#332)

Cacnea Type and Abilities

Cacnea - Type and Basic Info

Cacnea
Cactus Pokemon
Pokemon - Cacnea
Type 1 Type 2
Grass Type Pokemon -
Hatch Steps Weight
5120 113.1 lbs.

Cacnea Weaknesses and Resistances

Type
Takes 4x damage
-
Takes 2x damage
Pokemon Fire Type Icon Pokemon Ice Type Icon Pokemon Poison Type Icon Pokemon Flying Type Icon Pokemon Bug Type Icon
Takes 0.5x damage
Pokemon Water Type Icon Pokemon Grass Type Icon Pokemon Electric Type Icon Pokemon Ground Type Icon
Takes 1/4x damage
-
Takes 0x damage
-

Cacnea Abilities

Name Description
Sand Veil Boosts the Pokemon's evasion in a sandstorm.

Cacnea Hidden Ability

Name Description
Water Absorb Restores HP if hit by an Water-type move.

Cacnea Egg Group

Egg Groups
Pokemon - Grass Egg GroupGrass Pokemon - Human-Like Egg GroupHuman-Like

Effort Values (EV) Earned

Effort Values (EV) Earned
HP EVs Attack EVs Defense EVs SpAtk EVs SpDef EVs Speed EVs
0 0 0 1 0 0

Held Item on Wild Encounter

Sticky Barb ImageSticky Barb
About 5% chance

Cacnea Base Stats

HP
50
Atk
85
Def
40
Sp. Atk
85
Sp. Def
40
Speed
35
Total Base Stats
335

Cacnea Evolution Chart

Evolution Line
Pokemon BDSP CacneaCacnea Lvl 32
Pokemon BDSP CacturneCacturne

Cacnea Location

Encountered in Tall Grass or Cave

Location Morning Day Night
Route 228 Very Rare Very Rare Very Rare

Encountered in Grand Underground

Location Requirement
Rocky Cave National
Grassland Cave National
Swampy Cave National
Sunlit Cavern National
Big Bluff Cavern National
Bogsunk Cavern National

All Underground Pokemon

Cacnea Learnset

Learnset by Leveling Up

Lv. Move Type Power Acc. PP
Base Poison Sting Poison Type Move 15 100 35
Base Leer Normal Type Move - 100 30
4 Absorb Grass Type Move 20 100 25
7 Growth Normal Type Move - - 40
10 Leech Seed Grass Type Move - 90 10
13 Sand Attack Ground Type Move - 100 15
16 Poison Jab Poison Type Move 80 100 20
19 Assurance Dark Type Move 60 100 10
22 Ingrain Grass Type Move - 100 20
26 Payback Dark Type Move 50 100 10
30 Spikes Ground Type Move - - 20
34 Sucker Punch Dark Type Move 70 100 5
38 Pin Missile Bug Type Move 25 95 20
42 Energy Ball Grass Type Move 90 100 10
46 Cotton Spore Grass Type Move - 100 40
50 Sandstorm Rock Type Move - - 10
54 Destiny Bond Ghost Type Move - - 5

Learnset by TM

No. Move Type Power Acc. PP
1 Focus Punch Fighting Type Move 150 100 20
9 Bullet Seed Grass Type Move 25 100 30
11 Sunny Day Fire Type Move - - 5
17 Protect Normal Type Move - - 10
19 Giga Drain Grass Type Move 75 100 10
22 Solar Beam Grass Type Move 120 100 10
31 Brick Break Fighting Type Move 75 100 15
32 Double Team Normal Type Move - - 15
37 Sandstorm Rock Type Move - - 10
42 Facade Normal Type Move 70 100 20
44 Rest Psychic Type Move - - 10
45 Attract Normal Type Move - 100 15
53 Energy Ball Grass Type Move 90 100 10
56 Fling Dark Type Move - 100 10
58 Endure Normal Type Move - - 10
60 Drain Punch Fighting Type Move 75 100 10
63 Nasty Plot Dark Type Move - - 20
66 Payback Dark Type Move 50 100 10
70 Flash Normal Type Move - 100 20
75 Swords Dance Normal Type Move - - 20
79 Dark Pulse Dark Type Move 80 100 15
82 Sleep Talk Normal Type Move - - 10
84 Poison Jab Poison Type Move 80 100 20
86 Grass Knot Grass Type Move - 100 20
87 Swagger Normal Type Move - 85 15
90 Substitute Normal Type Move - - 10
93 Cut Normal Type Move 50 95 30

Learnset through a Move Tutor

This Pokemon currently has no moves learned in this way.

Learnset via Egg Moves

Move Type Power Acc. PP
Worry Seed Grass Type Move - 100 10
Teeter Dance Normal Type Move - 100 20
Switcheroo Dark Type Move - 100 10
Seed Bomb Grass Type Move 80 100 15
Power-Up Punch Fighting Type Move 40 100 20
Magical Leaf Grass Type Move 60 - 20
Low Kick Fighting Type Move - 100 20
Fell Stinger Bug Type Move 50 100 25
Dynamic Punch Fighting Type Move 100 50 5
Disable Normal Type Move - 100 20
Counter Fighting Type Move - 100 20
Block Normal Type Move - - 5
Belch Poison Type Move 120 90 10
Acid Poison Type Move 40 100 30

Cacnea Pokedex Number

National Dex
Pokemon BDSP FlygonFlygon
(#330)
Pokemon BDSP CacneaCacnea
(#331)
Pokemon BDSP CacturneCacturne
(#332)

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Cacnea in Other Pokemon Games

Cacnea in Other Pokemon Games
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Pokemon by Generation

Pokemon Generations
Generation 1 PokemonGeneration 1 Generation 2 PokemonGeneration 2 Generation 3 PokemonGeneration 3 Generation 4 PokemonGeneration 4

Pokemon by Type

All Pokemon Types
Grass TypeGrass Water TypeWater Fire TypeFire
Electric TypeElectric Ice TypeIce Fighting TypeFighting
Ground TypeGround Poison TypePoison Flying TypeFlying
Psychic TypePsychic Bug TypeBug Rock TypeRock
Ghost Type,Ghost Dragon TypeDragon Dark TypeDark
Steel TypeSteel Fairy TypeFairy Normal TypeNormal

Pokemon by Egg Group

All Pokemon Egg Groups
Grass Egg GroupGrass Bug Egg GroupBug Flying Egg GroupFlying
Human-like Egg GroupHuman-like Monster Egg GroupMonster Fairy Egg GroupFairy
Dragon Egg GroupDragon Mineral Egg GroupMineral Field Egg GroupField
Amorphous Egg GroupAmorphous Water 1 Egg GroupWater 1 Water 2 Egg GroupWater 2
Water 3 Egg GroupWater 3 Undiscovered Egg GroupUndiscovered Ditto Egg GroupDitto

List of All Egg Groups

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