Binacle in Pokémon GO

Type	Rock / Water
Pokédex number	#688
Base Attack / Defense / Stamina	96 / 120 / 123
Max CP, level 40 / 50 / 51	946 / 1,069 / 1,082
Max HP, level 50	115
Buddy distance	3 km per Candy
Second Charged Attack	50,000 Stardust and 50 Candy
Height / weight	0.5 m / 31 kg

Binacle 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.

Binacle evolves into Barbaracle for 50 Binacle Candy.

Family: Binacle · Barbaracle

Binacle 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	405	373	71	research rewards are at most level 15 (game master)
20	540	497	82	eggs hatch at most level 20 (game master); raid catches are level 20 (players’ measurement)
25	675	621	92	raid catches in weather that boosts the boss’s type are level 25 (players’ measurement)
30	811	746	100	wild Pokémon are at most level 30 (game master)
35	878	808	105
40	946	870	109
45	1,007	926	112
50	1,069	984	115
51	1,082	995	116	best buddy bonus on a level 50 Pokémon

Binacle best moveset

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

Fast attack	Charged attack	Damage per second
Scratch	Ancient Power	4.9
Scratch	Cross Chop	4.9
Scratch	Dig	4.6
Mud Slap	Ancient Power	4.5
Mud Slap	Cross Chop	4.4

Fast attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	Power / s
Mud Slap	Ground	19	13	1.5 s	12.7
Scratch	Normal	6	4	0.5 s	12.0

Charged attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy cost	Time	Power / s
Ancient Power	Rock	70	33	3.5 s	20.0	same type, ×1.2
Cross Chop	Fighting	50	50	1.5 s	33.3
Dig	Ground	100	50	4.5 s	22.2

Binacle 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

Binacle CP calculator

Level Attack IV Defense IV HP IV

CP 946 · HP 109

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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.