Cacnea in Pokémon GO

Type	Grass
Pokédex number	#331
Base Attack / Defense / Stamina	156 / 74 / 137
Max CP, level 40 / 50 / 51	1,242 / 1,404 / 1,421
Max HP, level 50	127
Buddy distance	3 km per Candy
Second Charged Attack	50,000 Stardust and 50 Candy
Height / weight	0.41 m / 51.3 kg

Cacnea 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.

Cacnea evolves into Cacturne for 50 Cacnea Candy.

Family: Cacnea · Cacturne

Cacnea 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	532	493	78	research rewards are at most level 15 (game master)
20	709	658	90	eggs hatch at most level 20 (game master); raid catches are level 20 (players’ measurement)
25	887	822	101	raid catches in weather that boosts the boss’s type are level 25 (players’ measurement)
30	1,064	987	111	wild Pokémon are at most level 30 (game master)
35	1,153	1,069	115
40	1,242	1,152	120
45	1,322	1,226	123
50	1,404	1,302	127
51	1,421	1,318	128	best buddy bonus on a level 50 Pokémon

Cacnea best moveset

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

Fast attack	Charged attack	Damage per second
Sand Attack	Grass Knot	8.8
Poison Sting	Grass Knot	8.4
Sucker Punch	Grass Knot	8.4
Sand Attack	Seed Bomb	7.8
Sand Attack	Trailblaze	7.7

Fast attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	Power / s
Poison Sting	Poison	4	6	0.5 s	8.0
Sand Attack	Ground	4	7	0.5 s	8.0
Sucker Punch	Dark	5	6	0.5 s	10.0

Charged attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy cost	Time	Power / s
Brick Break	Fighting	40	33	1.5 s	26.7
Grass Knot	Grass	90	50	2.5 s	36.0	same type, ×1.2
Payback	Dark	95	100	2 s	47.5
Seed Bomb	Grass	55	33	2 s	27.5	same type, ×1.2
Trailblaze	Grass	65	50	2 s	32.5	same type, ×1.2

Cacnea weaknesses and resistances

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

Attack type	Damage
Bug	×1.6
Fire	×1.6
Flying	×1.6
Ice	×1.6
Poison	×1.6
Electric	×0.625
Grass	×0.625
Ground	×0.625
Water	×0.625

Cacnea CP calculator

Level Attack IV Defense IV HP IV

CP 1,242 · HP 120

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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.