Sunkern in Pokémon GO

Type	Grass
Pokédex number	#191
Base Attack / Defense / Stamina	55 / 55 / 102
Max CP, level 40 / 50 / 51	395 / 447 / 452
Max HP, level 50	98
Buddy distance	3 km per Candy
Second Charged Attack	50,000 Stardust and 50 Candy
Height / weight	0.3 m / 1.8 kg

Sunkern 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.

Sunkern evolves into Sunflora for 50 Sunkern Candy and a Sun Stone.

Family: Sunkern · Sunflora

Sunkern 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	169	148	60	research rewards are at most level 15 (game master)
20	226	197	69	eggs hatch at most level 20 (game master); raid catches are level 20 (players’ measurement)
25	282	247	78	raid catches in weather that boosts the boss’s type are level 25 (players’ measurement)
30	339	296	85	wild Pokémon are at most level 30 (game master)
35	367	321	89
40	395	346	92
45	421	368	95
50	447	391	98
51	452	396	98	best buddy bonus on a level 50 Pokémon

Sunkern best moveset

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

Fast attack	Charged attack	Damage per second
Razor Leaf	Grass Knot	3.9
Razor Leaf	Seed Bomb	3.7
Cut	Grass Knot	3.6
Razor Leaf	Energy Ball	3.4
Cut	Seed Bomb	3.3

Fast attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	Power / s
Cut	Normal	5	5	0.5 s	10.0
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

Sunkern 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

Sunkern CP calculator

Level Attack IV Defense IV HP IV

CP 395 · HP 92

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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.