--- title: "Burmy (#0412): Stats, Weaknesses, Moves & Lore | pokee.si" url: "https://pokee.si/pokemon/burmy" description: "Burmy (#0412): Bug-type Bagworm Pokémon from Sinnoh. Base stat total 224. Abilities: Shed Skin, Overcoat. Stats, matchups, evolutions, moves, every Pokédex entry and lore on pokee.si." last_updated: "2026-10-21" publisher: "pokee.si: a Pokédex for families (unofficial fan site)" last_checked: "2026-10-20" --- #0412 · Sinnoh · Generation 4 # Burmy Bagworm Pokémon · Bug-type ![Burmy official artwork](https://pokee.si/img/art/412.webp) Burmy is a [Bug](https://pokee.si/types/bug)-type Pokémon, the Bagworm Pokémon, number 412 (#0412) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 4 and comes from the [Sinnoh](https://pokee.si/guide/regions/sinnoh) region. It is 0.2 m tall and weighs 3.4 kg. Burmy builds itself a new coat from whatever is nearby: leaves and twigs, sand and mud, or scraps of pink insulation. The Pokédex says that even a Burmy born with nothing to build with ends up in a cloak anyway. ## How to pronounce Burmy Burmy is pronounced **BUR-mee**. The capital letters show the stressed syllable. Listen to Burmy said out loud: [Listen](https://pokee.si/audio/names/412.mp3) In Japanese it is ミノムッチ (Minomucchi). Hear every other name on the [Pokémon pronunciation guide](https://pokee.si/pronounce). ## Lore ### Biology Burmy is a small larva with a black, segmented body, yellow eyes, a beak-like mouth and a coiled antenna. It is 0.2 m tall and weighs 3.4 kg. The cloak shelters it from the cold, and the Pokédex says it gets thinner in hot weather. ### Behaviour If its cloak is damaged in battle, Burmy patches it up straight away with whatever it can find nearby. The Pokédex describes the creature inside as skinny and easily chilled. ### Habitat The games find it in trees: Honey Trees in Diamond, Pearl and Platinum, Headbutt trees in HeartGold and SoulSilver, and shaking trees in Legends: Arceus. It is not available in Scarlet and Violet. ### Powers Its Abilities are Shed Skin and, hidden, Overcoat. Its cloak changes to match where it last battled: Plant Cloak outdoors or in tall grass, Sandy Cloak in caves or on beaches, Trash Cloak inside buildings. Apart from breeding and evolution, the cloak is purely cosmetic. With no base stat above 45, it learns little beyond Tackle, Bug Bite and Protect. ### Name origin Burmy may combine 'burnous', a type of cloak, and 'worm', with a diminutive -y. The Japanese name is Minomucchi (ミノムッチ), from 蓑虫 minomushi ('bag moth caterpillar') and possibly プチ puchi ('small'). ### Design inspiration Bag moth caterpillars, which build a mobile shelter from silk and whatever is around, inspired Burmy. Its gender-based evolution mirrors real bag moths, where males grow into flying moths and females, in most cases, stay bag-bound. ### Evolution notes At level 20, a female Burmy evolves into Wormadam and a male into Mothim, so gender alone picks the path. A female's cloak at that moment decides which Wormadam she becomes. ### In the games Burmy was introduced in Diamond and Pearl. In the Mystery Dungeon series its cloaks cannot be swapped: each one turns up in different dungeons or as a separate Pokémon. It appears in Legends: Arceus but is not available in Legends: Z-A. ### In the anime Burmy debuted in 'Two Degrees of Separation!', where Dawn failed in an attempt to catch it. Cheryl caught a male Burmy in 'Some Enchanted Sweetening!' after it was lured by honey she put on a tree, and it later evolved into a Mothim. ### Fun facts - Burmy is the lone Generation IV newcomer whose evolution branches, though Bulbapedia's count ignores evolutions into regional forms. - Outside Professor Oak's lecture segments, Burmy has never worn a Sandy or Trash Cloak in the anime. - Along with the Geodude line, the Burmy line is the only set of species that appear in all five area lists of the Hisui Pokédex. Sources: [Bulbapedia: Burmy (Pokémon)](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Burmy_(Pok%C3%A9mon)) · [Serebii: Burmy (Sword/Shield Pokédex)](https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-swsh/burmy/) ## Base stats - HP: **40** - Attack: **29** - Defense: **45** - Sp. Atk: **29** - Sp. Def: **45** - Speed: **36** Burmy’s base stat total is **224**. Its highest stat is Defense and Sp. Def. ## Type matchups ### What is Burmy weak to? Burmy takes extra damage from [Fire](https://pokee.si/types/fire) (2×), [Flying](https://pokee.si/types/flying) (2×), [Rock](https://pokee.si/types/rock) (2×) moves. It resists [Grass](https://pokee.si/types/grass) (½×), [Fighting](https://pokee.si/types/fighting) (½×), [Ground](https://pokee.si/types/ground) (½×). ## Evolution ### How does Burmy evolve? Burmy evolves into [Wormadam](https://pokee.si/pokemon/wormadam) at level 20 (female). Female Burmy only. Wormadam keeps the cloak Burmy had: Plant, Sandy or Trash. Burmy evolves into [Mothim](https://pokee.si/pokemon/mothim) at level 20 (male). The whole family: **Burmy**, [Wormadam](https://pokee.si/pokemon/wormadam), [Mothim](https://pokee.si/pokemon/mothim). ## Abilities - [Shed Skin](https://pokee.si/abilities/shed-skin): Has a 33% chance of curing any major status ailment after each turn. - [Overcoat](https://pokee.si/abilities/overcoat) (hidden ability): Protects against damage from weather. ## Moves ### Moves Burmy learns by level up in Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon | Level | Move | Type | Category | Power | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | [Protect](https://pokee.si/moves/protect) | Normal | Status | — | | 10 | [Tackle](https://pokee.si/moves/tackle) | Normal | Physical | 40 | | 15 | [Bug Bite](https://pokee.si/moves/bug-bite) | Bug | Physical | 60 | | 20 | [Hidden Power](https://pokee.si/moves/hidden-power) | Normal | Special | 60 | ### TM moves (2) Burmy can learn 2 moves from TMs in Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon: [Hidden Power](https://pokee.si/moves/hidden-power), [Protect](https://pokee.si/moves/protect). Move tutor moves (3): [Bug Bite](https://pokee.si/moves/bug-bite), [Electroweb](https://pokee.si/moves/electroweb), [Snore](https://pokee.si/moves/snore). ## Breeding & training - Gender: 50% male, 50% female. - Egg groups: Bug. - Egg cycles: 15 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 1,920). - Catch rate: 120 out of 255. - Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50. - Growth rate: Medium (1,000,000 experience points to reach level 100). - Defeating it gives 1 Sp. Def effort value. - Base experience yield: 45. ## Pokédex entries If its cloak is even slightly damaged, Burmy will immediately repair it with whatever is close at hand. The Pokémon within the cloak is scrawny and vulnerable to the cold. *(Legends: Arceus)* If its cloak is broken in battle, it quickly remakes the cloak with materials nearby. *(Pearl, Y, Alpha Sapphire)* To shelter itself from cold, wintry winds, it covers itself with a cloak made of twigs and leaves. *(Diamond, X, Omega Ruby)* Even if it is born where there are no cocooning materials, it somehow always ends up with a cloak. *(Platinum, Black, White, Black 2, White 2)* It covers itself with a cloak to shelter from the cold. When it's hot, its cloak is thinner. *(HeartGold, SoulSilver)* ## Names around the world - **Japanese**: ミノムッチ - **Romaji**: Minomucchi - **French**: Cheniti - **German**: Burmy - **Spanish**: Burmy - **Italian**: Burmy - **Korean**: 도롱충이 - **Chinese (Simplified)**: 结草儿 - **Chinese (Traditional)**: 結草兒 ## Trivia - Shortest Bug type in Gen 4: 0.2 m. - Taller than 1% of all Pokémon (0.2 m). - Heavier than 11% of all Pokémon (3.4 kg). - Base stat total 224, ranked #993 of 1,025. - One of 92 Bug-type Pokémon (counting dual types). - One of 130 green Pokémon. - Number 26 of 107 Pokémon introduced in Generation 4 (Sinnoh). - Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon. - Can learn 6 different moves in Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon. - Catch rate 120: about 15.7% per Poké Ball at full health. - Appears in 5 distinct Pokédex entries. ## Sources and fact-checking - Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: [PokéAPI](https://pokeapi.co) open game data. - Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from [Bulbapedia: Burmy (Pokémon)](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Burmy_(Pok%C3%A9mon)), [Serebii: Burmy (Sword/Shield Pokédex)](https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-swsh/burmy/). - Pronunciation (BUR-mee): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it. **Last checked:** 20 October 2026. 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