Cacturne (Pokémon)

Total: 2
Cacturne
0 HP	1 Atk	0 Def	1 Sp.Atk	0 Sp.Def	0 Speed

0 HP	0 Atk	0 Def	0 Sp.Atk	0 Sp.Def	0 Speed

0 HP	0 Atk	0 Def	0 Sp.Atk	0 Sp.Def	0 Speed

0 HP	0 Atk	0 Def	0 Sp.Atk	0 Sp.Def	0 Speed

Shape

Footprint

Pokédex color

Green

Base friendship

35

External Links

On Smogon Pokédex:
Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

It evolves from Cacnea starting at level 32.

Biology

Cacturne is a humanoid, bipedal Pokémon that resembles a green scarecrow made of cacti. Its face has two eye holes through which yellow eyes can be seen, and six smaller holes representing a grinning mouth. It has numerous spikes along the length of its arms, legs, and around its neck. A pattern of green rhombi extends down the front of its body. A female has a large dark green rhombus above a smaller one, while a male has three small dark green rhombi. There is a triangular, dark green feature on its head that resembles a hat with spiky tips.

Cacturne is a nocturnal Pokémon that rarely moves during the day, which allows it to hold moisture. At night, it searches for prey or follows travelers until they become exhausted. It has lived in deserts for so long that its blood has transformed into sand. With its thorny arms, it is able to use its former signature move, Needle Arm.

In the anime

Cacturne in the anime

Harley's Cacturne

Cacturne made its main series debut in A Cacturne for the Worse, under the ownership of Harley as his signature Pokémon.

Minor appearances

Cacturne debuted in Destiny Deoxys, under the ownership of a Trainer.

Pokédex entries

Episode	Pokémon	Source	Entry
AG103	Cacturne	May's Pokédex	Cacturne, the Scarecrow Pokémon. Cacturne is the evolved form of Cacnea, and holds traits of both Grass and Dark types. It rarely moves during the day, but is active once the temperature drops at night.

In the manga

Cacturne in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Cacturne first appeared in Talk About Timing, Treecko, under the ownership of Wally. He was first seen when he was rowing a boat during a flood caused by Kyogre.

The Battle Tower rented a Cacturne, which was stolen by Guile Hideout in The Final Battle VII.

In the TCG

Main article: Cacturne (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation III.

Generation III

Hoenn
#120

Kanto
#—

LeafGreen
Ruby	During the daytime, Cacturne remains unmoving so that it does not lose any moisture to the harsh desert sun. This Pokémon becomes active at night when the temperature drops.
Sapphire	If a traveler is going through a desert in the thick of night, Cacturne will follow in a ragtag group. The Pokémon are biding their time, waiting for the traveler to tire and become incapable of moving.
Emerald	After spending thousands of years in harsh deserts, its blood transformed into the same substances as sand. It is nocturnal, so it hunts at night.
FireRed	It lives in deserts. It becomes active at night when it hunts for prey exhausted from the desert's heat.

Generation IV

Sinnoh
#—

Johto
#—

Pearl
Diamond	It becomes active at night, seeking prey that is exhausted from the day's desert heat.
Platinum
HeartGold	Packs of them follow travelers through the desert until the travelers can no longer move.
SoulSilver

Generation V

Unova
#—

White
Black	It becomes active at night, seeking prey that is exhausted from the day's desert heat.
Black 2	It becomes active at night, seeking prey that is exhausted from the day's desert heat.
White 2

Generation VI

Kalos
#—

Hoenn
#125

X	It becomes active at night, seeking prey that is exhausted from the day's desert heat.
Y	Packs of them follow travelers through the desert until the travelers can no longer move.
Omega Ruby	During the daytime, Cacturne remains unmoving so that it does not lose any moisture to the harsh desert sun. This Pokémon becomes active at night when the temperature drops.
Alpha Sapphire	If a traveler is going through a desert in the thick of night, Cacturne will follow in a ragtag group. The Pokémon are biding their time, waiting for the traveler to tire and become incapable of moving.

Generation VII

Alola
#—

Kanto
#—

This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Generation VII.

Generation VIII

Galar
#—

This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Generation VIII.

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation III.

Generation III

Generation IV

Generation V

Reversal Mountain (Swarm)

Generation VI

Generation VII

Unobtainable

Generation VIII

Sword

Shield

Unobtainable

In side games

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation III.

Generation III

Pinball: R&S

Evolve Cacnea

Trozei!

Secret Storage 2, Trozei Battle, Mr. Who's Den

Generation IV

Northern Desert (9F-15F), Happy Outlook (B1F-B19F)

MD Sky

Northern Desert (9F-15F), Happy Outlook (B1F-B19F)

Ranger: SoA

Haruba Desert

Generation V

Rumble Blast

Desert: Sunny Seashore

Rumble U

Magical Lake: In Need of Trees, Chill Battle: Garden Keepers

Generation VI

Battle Trozei

Mysterious Fountain: Stage 5

Shuffle

Violeta Palace: Stage 397

Rumble World

Fairy Land: Heat-Wave Desert (Center Boss, Back)

Generation VII

Rumble Rush

Pinsir Sea, Celebi Sea, Rayquaza Sea, Celebi Sea^Final

In events

Games	Event	Language	Location	Level	Distribution period
RS	Pokémon Center New York Monster Week 1 Cacturne	English	United States	50	October 18 to 24, 2003

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Emerald*		Poison Barb (5%)
Diamond	Pearl	Sticky Barb (5%)
Platinum		Sticky Barb (5%)
HeartGold	SoulSilver	Sticky Barb (5%)
Black 2	White 2	Sticky Barb (5%)
X	Y	Sticky Barb (5%)

Base stats

Stat		Range
Stat		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 70		130 - 177	250 - 344
Attack: 115		108 - 183	211 - 361
Defense: 60		58 - 123	112 - 240
Sp. Atk: 115		108 - 183	211 - 361
Sp. Def: 60		58 - 123	112 - 240
Speed: 55		54 - 117	103 - 229
Total: 475	Other Pokémon with this total
Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature. Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.

Pokéathlon stats

Speed
4/4	★★★★

Power
3/4	★★★☆

Skill
4/5	★★★★☆

Stamina
2/3	★★☆

Jump
2/3	★★☆

Total
15/19	★★★

Type effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions in Generation VIII, this Pokémon is:

Damaged
normally by:

Normal

1×

Rock

1×

Steel

1×

Dragon

1×

Weak to:

Fighting

2×

Flying

2×

Poison

2×

Bug

4×

Fire

2×

Ice

2×

Fairy

2×

Immune to:

Psychic

0×

Resistant to:

Ground

½×

Ghost

½×

Water

½×

Grass

½×

Electric

½×

Dark

½×

Notes:

If Miracle Eye is used by an opponent or this Pokémon is given a Ring Target, the effectiveness of Psychic-type moves is 1×.
If this Pokémon has Water Absorb, the effectiveness of Water-type moves is 0×.

Learnset

Cacturne is available in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.

By leveling up

Generation VIII

Other generations:
III - IV - V - VI - VII

Level	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
011	Spiky Shield	Grass	Status	0000—	——%	10
011	Destiny Bond	Ghost	Status	0000—	——%	5
011	Revenge	Fighting	Physical	06060	100100%	10
011	Poison Sting	Poison	Physical	01515	100100%	35
011	Leer	Normal	Status	0000—	100100%	30
011	Absorb	Grass	Special	02020	100100%	25
011	Growth	Normal	Status	0000—	——%	20
Evo.Evo.	Spiky Shield	Grass	Status	0000—	——%	10
044	Absorb	Grass	Special	02020	100100%	25
077	Growth	Normal	Status	0000—	——%	20
1010	Leech Seed	Grass	Status	0000—	09090%	10
1313	Sand Attack	Ground	Status	0000—	100100%	15
1616	Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	08080	100100%	20
1919	Assurance	Dark	Physical	06060	100100%	10
2222	Ingrain	Grass	Status	0000—	——%	20
2626	Payback	Dark	Physical	05050	100100%	10
3030	Spikes	Ground	Status	0000—	——%	20
3535	Sucker Punch	Dark	Physical	07070	100100%	5
3838	Pin Missile	Bug	Physical	02525	09595%	20
4444	Energy Ball	Grass	Special	09090	100100%	10
4949	Cotton Spore	Grass	Status	0000—	100100%	40
5454	Sandstorm	Rock	Status	0000—	——%	10
5959	Destiny Bond	Ghost	Status	0000—	——%	5

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Cacturne
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Cacturne
Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations

By TM

Generation VIII

Other generations:
III - IV - V - VI - VII

	TM	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
TM01	TM01	Focus Punch	Fighting	Physical	150150	100}}100%	20
TM09	TM09	Bullet Seed	Grass	Physical	02525	100}}100%	30
TM11	TM11	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	0000—	—}}—%	5
TM15	TM15	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150150	090}}90%	5
TM17	TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
TM19	TM19	Giga Drain	Grass	Special	07575	100}}100%	10
TM22	TM22	Solar Beam	Grass	Special	120120	100}}100%	10
TM31	TM31	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	07575	100}}100%	15
TM32	TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	15
TM37	TM37	Sandstorm	Rock	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
TM42	TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	07070	100}}100%	20
TM44	TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
TM45	TM45	Attract	Normal	Status	0000—	100}}100%	15
TM52	TM52	Focus Blast	Fighting	Special	120120	070}}70%	5
TM53	TM53	Energy Ball	Grass	Special	09090	100}}100%	10
TM56	TM56	Fling	Dark	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	10
TM58	TM58	Endure	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
TM60	TM60	Drain Punch	Fighting	Physical	07575	100}}100%	10
TM63	TM63	Nasty Plot	Dark	Status	0000—	—}}—%	20
TM66	TM66	Payback	Dark	Physical	05050	100}}100%	10
TM68	TM68	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150150	090}}90%	5
TM70	TM70	Flash	Normal	Status	0000—	100}}100%	20
TM75	TM75	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	20
TM79	TM79	Dark Pulse	Dark	Special	08080	100}}100%	15
TM82	TM82	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
TM84	TM84	Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	08080	100}}100%	20
TM86	TM86	Grass Knot	Grass	Special	0000—	100}}100%	20
TM87	TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	0000—	085}}85%	15
TM90	TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
TM93	TM93	Cut	Normal	Physical	05050	095}}95%	30
TM96	TM96	Strength	Normal	Physical	08080	100}}100%	15

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Cacturne
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Cacturne
Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

Generation VIII

Other generations:
III - IV - V - VI - VII

Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
Acid	Poison	Special	40	100%	30
Belch	Poison	Special	120	90%	10
Block	Normal	Status	—	—%	5
Counter	Fighting	Physical	—	100%	20
Disable	Normal	Status	—	100%	20
Dynamic Punch	Fighting	Physical	100	50%	5
Fell Stinger*	Bug	Physical	50	100%	25
Low Kick	Fighting	Physical	—	100%	20
Magical Leaf	Grass	Special	60	—%	20
Power-Up Punch	Fighting	Physical	40	100%	20
Seed Bomb	Grass	Physical	80	100%	15
Switcheroo	Dark	Status	—	100%	10
Teeter Dance	Normal	Status	—	100%	20
Worry Seed	Grass	Status	—	100%	10

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Cacturne in Generation VIII
Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation.
Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Cacturne in that game.
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Cacturne
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Cacturne
Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

By tutoring

Generation VIII

Other generations:
III - IV - V - VI - VII

Game					Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
This Pokémon learns no moves by tutoring.

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Cacturne
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Cacturne
Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations

By a prior evolution

Generation VIII

Other generations:
III - IV - V - VI - VII

Stage	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
This Pokémon has no moves exclusive to prior evolutions.

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Cacturne
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Cacturne
Click on the generation numbers at the top to see moves from other generations

TCG-only moves

Move	Card
Psybeam	Cacturne ex (EX Emerald 91)

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball RS

Acquisition: Evolve

Pokémon Trozei!

Rarity: Rare

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon
Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team

	Body size: 1
	Recruit rate: Evolve
	Friend Area: Furnace Desert
Phrases
51%-100% HP	It's too hot in the desert, so I like it at night.
26%-50% HP	I'm not looking good. I lost around half my HP so far...
1%-25% HP	I'm about done. My body's stiffening up tight...
Level up	Fufufu... I leveled up!

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon
Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky

	Body size: 1
	Recruit rate: 0.5%
	IQ group: C

Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia

Group:

Dark

Poké Assist:

Dark

Field move:

(Crush ×2)

Browser entry R-240

It attacks by scattering needles.

Pokémon Rumble Blast

Attack	●●●●
Defense	●●
Speed	●●●

Pokémon Rumble Rush

	Walking Speed: 1.67 seconds	Base HP: 53
	Base Attack: 79	Base Defense: 51	Base Speed: 60

Pokémon Battle Trozei

Grass

Attack Power:

★★★★★

Pokémon Shuffle

Grass

Attack Power: 60 - 105

5

#553

Hyper Punch

Sometimes deals even more damage.

Pokémon GO

Base Stamina: 172	Base Attack: 221	Base Defense: 115
Egg Distance: N/A	Buddy Distance: 3 km	Evolution Requirement: N/A
Fast Attacks: Poison Jab, Sucker Punch
Charged Attacks: Dark Pulse, Dynamic Punch, Grass Knot, Payback*, Frustration‡, Return‡

Evolution

Unevolved

Cacnea
Grass

Level 32
→

First evolution

Cacturne
Grass Dark

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation III.

Generation III

Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald		FireRed	LeafGreen


Front	Back	Front	Back	Front	Back

Generation IV

Diamond	Pearl	Platinum		HeartGold	SoulSilver




Front	Back	Front	Back	Front	Back

Generation V

Black	White	Black 2	White 2




Front	Back	Front	Back

Generation VI

X	Y	Omega Ruby	Alpha Sapphire




Front	Back	Front	Back

Generation VII

Sun	Moon	Ultra Sun	Ultra Moon




Front	Back	Front	Back

Generation VIII

HOME

For other sprites and images, please see Cacturne images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

Cacturne and its pre-evolved form's Egg Group (Grass and Human-Like) are unique.
Not counting the Porygon line, Jynx and Kadabra, which all have legal or controversial issues attached, Cacturne is the only Pokémon from the first three Generations that hasn't appeared in the anime or movies since Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire.
Cacturne and its pre-evolution are the only Grass-type Pokémon in the Human-Like Egg Group.

Origin

Cacturne is based on a cactus, possibly the saguaro, and a scarecrow. It could be associated with the nighttime because cacti are known as night (CAM) plants, since their carbon dioxide fixation process occurs during the night. Its face is similar to a classic Halloween jack-o'-lantern, referencing the tendency for scarecrows to have pumpkins for heads.

Name origin

Cacturne and Noctus are a combination of cactus and nocturnal.

In other languages

Language	Title	Meaning
Japanese	ノクタス Noctus	From nocturne or nocturnal and cactus
French	Cacturne	Same as English name
Spanish	Cacturne	Same as English name
German	Noktuska	From nocturne and Kaktus (Tuska)
Italian	Cacturne	Same as English name
Korean	밤선인 Bamseonin	From 밤 bam and 선인장 (仙人掌) seon-in-jang
Cantonese Chinese
Mandarin Chinese	夢歌奈亞 / 梦歌奈亚 Mènggēnàiyǎ / Mènggēnàiyà	From 夢歌 mènggē and 奈亞 nàiyǎ

More languages
Thai	น็อคทัส Nokthat	Transcription of Japanese name

External links

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Cacturne (Pokémon)

Biology

In the anime

Harley's Cacturne

Minor appearances

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

In the TCG

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

In events

Held items

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM

By breeding

By tutoring

By a prior evolution

TCG-only moves

Side game data

Evolution

Sprites

Trivia

Origin

Name origin

In other languages

Related articles

External links