Barbaracle in Pokémon GO

Type	Rock / Water
Pokédex number	#689
Base Attack / Defense / Stamina	194 / 205 / 176
Max CP, level 40 / 50 / 51	2,675 / 3,025 / 3,061
Max HP, level 50	160
Buddy distance	3 km per Candy
Second Charged Attack	50,000 Stardust and 50 Candy
Height / weight	1.3 m / 96 kg

Barbaracle evolution

Pokémon GO has no evolution levels: a Pokémon evolves when you spend Candy on it (sometimes with an item or a task), at any level.

Barbaracle evolves from Binacle for 50 Binacle Candy.

Barbaracle is the last stage of its family: it does not evolve further.

Family: Binacle · Barbaracle

Barbaracle CP by level

Combat Power with perfect stats (15/15/15) and with 10/10/10. Players find that raid, egg and research catches never have a stat below 10; that floor is their measurement, not a number in the game data.

Level	CP 15/15/15	CP 10/10/10	HP 15/15/15	Note
15	1,146	1,092	98	research rewards are at most level 15 (game master)
20	1,528	1,455	114	eggs hatch at most level 20 (game master); raid catches are level 20 (players’ measurement)
25	1,911	1,820	127	raid catches in weather that boosts the boss’s type are level 25 (players’ measurement)
30	2,293	2,184	139	wild Pokémon are at most level 30 (game master)
35	2,484	2,366	145
40	2,675	2,547	150
45	2,847	2,711	155
50	3,025	2,880	160
51	3,061	2,914	161	best buddy bonus on a level 50 Pokémon

Barbaracle best moveset

Ranked by damage per second over one cycle of fast attacks and one charged attack. Assumptions: Barbaracle at level 40 with 15/15/15, a target with 180 Defense taking neutral damage, no weather boost, and the energy Barbaracle gains from being hit left out.

Fast attack	Charged attack	Damage per second
Water Gun	Razor Shell	10.4
Fury Cutter	Razor Shell	10.2
Mud Slap	Razor Shell	9.7
Water Gun	Grass Knot	9.6
Water Gun	Stone Edge	9.4

Fast attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	Power / s
Fury Cutter	Bug	4	8	0.5 s	8.0
Mud Slap	Ground	19	13	1.5 s	12.7
Water Gun	Water	5	5	0.5 s	10.0	same type, ×1.2

Charged attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy cost	Time	Power / s
Cross Chop	Fighting	50	50	1.5 s	33.3
Grass Knot	Grass	90	50	2.5 s	36.0
Razor Shell	Water	55	33	1.5 s	36.7	same type, ×1.2
Skull Bash	Normal	130	100	3 s	43.3
Stone Edge	Rock	105	100	2.5 s	42.0	same type, ×1.2

Barbaracle weaknesses and resistances

Damage multipliers for each attack type against Rock / Water. Pokémon GO uses ×1.6 for super effective and ×0.625 for not very effective, multiplied for two types.

Attack type	Damage
Grass	×2.56
Electric	×1.6
Fighting	×1.6
Ground	×1.6
Fire	×0.39
Flying	×0.625
Ice	×0.625
Normal	×0.625
Poison	×0.625

Barbaracle CP calculator

Level Attack IV Defense IV HP IV

CP 2,675 · HP 150

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Sources: stats, moves, evolution costs and the CP multiplier for each level are from the Pokémon GO game master as published by PokeMiners (commit 8e227be, data of 28 August 2026). Which Pokémon are in the game: pogoapi.net (list of 31 January 2026). CP = ⌊(Attack+IV) × √(Defense+IV) × √(Stamina+IV) × CPM² / 10⌋, checked against pogoapi.net’s max CP table for 888 Pokémon. Raid catch levels and the 10/10/10 floor are players’ measurements; they are not in the game data. Pokémon and Pokémon GO are trademarks of their owners; this page is not affiliated with or endorsed by Niantic, Scopely, Nintendo, Creatures, GAME FREAK or The Pokémon Company.