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Pokémon GO · #37 · Fire

Vulpix in Pokémon GO

Vulpix (#37) is a Fire-type Pokémon. In Pokémon GO its max CP is 998 at level 50, 883 at level 40 and 1,010 as a best buddy at level 51. Its highest-damage moveset is Quick Attack with Weather Ball Fire. It takes extra damage from Ground, Rock and Water attacks.

TypeFire
Pokédex number#37
Base Attack / Defense / Stamina96 / 109 / 116
Max CP, level 40 / 50 / 51883 / 998 / 1,010
Max HP, level 50110
Buddy distance3 km per Candy
Second Charged Attack50,000 Stardust and 50 Candy
Height / weight0.6 m / 9.9 kg

Vulpix 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.

Vulpix evolves into Ninetales for 50 Vulpix Candy.

Family: Vulpix · Ninetales

Vulpix 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.

LevelCP 15/15/15CP 10/10/10HP 15/15/15Note
1537834767research rewards are at most level 15 (game master)
2050446378eggs hatch at most level 20 (game master); raid catches are level 20 (players’ measurement)
2563157987raid catches in weather that boosts the boss’s type are level 25 (players’ measurement)
3075769495wild Pokémon are at most level 30 (game master)
3582075299
40883810103
45940862106
50998916110
511,010927110best buddy bonus on a level 50 Pokémon

Vulpix best moveset

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

Fast attackCharged attackDamage per second
Quick AttackWeather Ball Fire5.8
Quick AttackFlamethrower5.3
EmberWeather Ball Fire5.3
EmberFlamethrower5.0
Quick AttackBody Slam4.4

Fast attacks

MoveTypePowerEnergyTimePower / s
EmberFire10101 s10.0same type, ×1.2
Quick AttackNormal10131 s10.0

Charged attacks

MoveTypePowerEnergy costTimePower / s
Body SlamNormal50332 s25.0
Flame ChargeFire70334 s17.5same type, ×1.2
FlamethrowerFire65502 s32.5same type, ×1.2
Weather Ball FireFire55331.5 s36.7same type, ×1.2

Vulpix weaknesses and resistances

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

Attack typeDamage
Ground×1.6
Rock×1.6
Water×1.6
Bug×0.625
Fairy×0.625
Fire×0.625
Grass×0.625
Ice×0.625
Steel×0.625

Vulpix CP calculator

CP 883 · HP 103

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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.