Cottonee in Pokémon GO

Type	Grass / Fairy
Pokédex number	#546
Base Attack / Defense / Stamina	71 / 111 / 120
Max CP, level 40 / 50 / 51	700 / 791 / 801
Max HP, level 50	113
Buddy distance	1 km per Candy
Second Charged Attack	10,000 Stardust and 25 Candy
Height / weight	0.3 m / 0.6 kg

Cottonee 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.

Cottonee evolves into Whimsicott for 50 Cottonee Candy and a Sun Stone.

Family: Cottonee · Whimsicott

Cottonee 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	300	271	69	research rewards are at most level 15 (game master)
20	400	362	80	eggs hatch at most level 20 (game master); raid catches are level 20 (players’ measurement)
25	500	453	90	raid catches in weather that boosts the boss’s type are level 25 (players’ measurement)
30	600	543	98	wild Pokémon are at most level 30 (game master)
35	650	589	102
40	700	634	106
45	745	675	110
50	791	717	113
51	801	725	114	best buddy bonus on a level 50 Pokémon

Cottonee best moveset

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

Fast attack	Charged attack	Damage per second
Charm	Grass Knot	4.6
Charm	Seed Bomb	4.3
Razor Leaf	Grass Knot	4.3
Charm	Energy Ball	4.0
Razor Leaf	Seed Bomb	4.0

Fast attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	Power / s
Charm	Fairy	20	11	1.5 s	13.3	same type, ×1.2
Razor Leaf	Grass	13	7	1 s	13.0	same type, ×1.2

Charged attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy cost	Time	Power / s
Energy Ball	Grass	90	50	4 s	22.5	same type, ×1.2
Grass Knot	Grass	90	50	2.5 s	36.0	same type, ×1.2
Seed Bomb	Grass	55	33	2 s	27.5	same type, ×1.2

Cottonee weaknesses and resistances

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

Attack type	Damage
Poison	×2.56
Fire	×1.6
Flying	×1.6
Ice	×1.6
Steel	×1.6
Dragon	×0.39
Dark	×0.625
Electric	×0.625
Fighting	×0.625
Grass	×0.625
Ground	×0.625
Water	×0.625

Cottonee CP calculator

Level Attack IV Defense IV HP IV

CP 700 · HP 106

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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.