Hoothoot in Pokémon GO

Type	Normal / Flying
Pokédex number	#163
Base Attack / Defense / Stamina	67 / 88 / 155
Max CP, level 40 / 50 / 51	677 / 766 / 775
Max HP, level 50	142
Buddy distance	1 km per Candy
Second Charged Attack	10,000 Stardust and 25 Candy
Height / weight	0.71 m / 21.2 kg

Hoothoot 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.

Hoothoot evolves into Noctowl for 50 Hoothoot Candy.

Family: Hoothoot · Noctowl

Hoothoot 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	290	262	87	research rewards are at most level 15 (game master)
20	387	349	101	eggs hatch at most level 20 (game master); raid catches are level 20 (players’ measurement)
25	484	436	113	raid catches in weather that boosts the boss’s type are level 25 (players’ measurement)
30	580	524	124	wild Pokémon are at most level 30 (game master)
35	629	567	129
40	677	611	134
45	721	650	138
50	766	691	142
51	775	699	143	best buddy bonus on a level 50 Pokémon

Hoothoot best moveset

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

Fast attack	Charged attack	Damage per second
Peck	Sky Attack	4.7
Feint Attack	Sky Attack	4.0
Peck	Aerial Ace	3.7
Peck	Night Shade	3.5
Feint Attack	Aerial Ace	3.1

Fast attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	Power / s
Feint Attack	Dark	11	10	1 s	11.0
Peck	Flying	10	10	1 s	10.0	same type, ×1.2

Charged attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy cost	Time	Power / s
Aerial Ace	Flying	55	33	2.5 s	22.0	same type, ×1.2
Night Shade	Ghost	60	50	2.5 s	24.0
Sky Attack	Flying	80	50	2 s	40.0	same type, ×1.2

Hoothoot weaknesses and resistances

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

Attack type	Damage
Electric	×1.6
Ice	×1.6
Rock	×1.6
Ghost	×0.39
Ground	×0.39
Bug	×0.625
Grass	×0.625

Hoothoot CP calculator

Level Attack IV Defense IV HP IV

CP 677 · HP 134

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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.