Noctowl in Pokémon GO

Type	Normal / Flying
Pokédex number	#164
Base Attack / Defense / Stamina	145 / 156 / 225
Max CP, level 40 / 50 / 51	2,024 / 2,288 / 2,316
Max HP, level 50	201
Buddy distance	1 km per Candy
Second Charged Attack	10,000 Stardust and 25 Candy
Height / weight	1.6 m / 40.8 kg

Noctowl 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.

Noctowl evolves from Hoothoot for 50 Hoothoot Candy.

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

Family: Hoothoot · Noctowl

Noctowl 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	867	819	124	research rewards are at most level 15 (game master)
20	1,156	1,092	143	eggs hatch at most level 20 (game master); raid catches are level 20 (players’ measurement)
25	1,446	1,365	160	raid catches in weather that boosts the boss’s type are level 25 (players’ measurement)
30	1,735	1,639	175	wild Pokémon are at most level 30 (game master)
35	1,879	1,775	182
40	2,024	1,912	189
45	2,154	2,034	195
50	2,288	2,161	201
51	2,316	2,187	202	best buddy bonus on a level 50 Pokémon

Noctowl best moveset

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

Fast attack	Charged attack	Damage per second
Wing Attack	Sky Attack	8.4
Extrasensory	Sky Attack	7.7
Wing Attack	Shadow Ball	7.6
Wing Attack	Psychic	7.4
Extrasensory	Shadow Ball	7.0

Fast attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	Power / s
Extrasensory	Psychic	11	11	1 s	11.0
Wing Attack	Flying	10	11	1 s	10.0	same type, ×1.2

Charged attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy cost	Time	Power / s
Night Shade	Ghost	60	50	2.5 s	24.0
Psychic	Psychic	95	50	3 s	31.7
Shadow Ball	Ghost	100	50	3 s	33.3
Sky Attack	Flying	80	50	2 s	40.0	same type, ×1.2

Noctowl 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

Noctowl CP calculator

Level Attack IV Defense IV HP IV

CP 2,024 · HP 189

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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.