#0047 · Kanto · Generation 1

Parasect

Mushroom Pokémon · Bug/Grass-type

Parasect is a Bug/Grass-type Pokémon, the Mushroom Pokémon, number 47 (#0047) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 1 and comes from the Kanto region. It is 1 m tall and weighs 29.5 kg.

Parasect is more mushroom than bug. The Pokédex says the giant cap on its back has taken over completely, and that the insect carrying it barely does anything on its own.

How to pronounce Parasect

Parasect is pronounced PAIR-uh-sekt. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Parasect said out loud:

In Japanese it is パラセクト.

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Parasect is a red-orange insect with a small head and plain white eyes, its segmented body mostly hidden under a big red mushroom cap with yellow spots. Its front legs form large pincers. It is 1.0 m tall and weighs 29.5 kg. The Pokédex says the bug is mostly dead, and if the mushroom comes off it stops moving. The larger the cap grows, the stronger the spores it scatters, and Alola's spores are said to be poor quality.

Behaviour

Parasect prefers the dark, damp places that the mushroom likes best, and the Pokédex says it fights Shiinotic over territory. Its spores are used in traditional medicine.

Habitat

The Pokédex habitat is forest, and Bulbapedia says dark, humid woods suit the fungus. Bulbapedia lists it as unobtainable in Scarlet and Violet and in Legends: Z-A.

Diet

The Pokédex says swarms drain the nutrients from the base and roots of big trees, then move on together when a tree dies.

Powers

Its Abilities are Effect Spore, which can paralyse, poison or sleep attackers, and Dry Skin, with Damp hidden. It uses Spore, Cross Poison, X-Scissor and Giga Drain, and can power up with Swords Dance. Its base Attack of 95 is high for its line, but its Speed is only 30.

Name origin

Parasect may combine 'parasite' and 'insect'. The Japanese name is Parasect (パラセクト), the same as in English.

Design inspiration

Parasect keeps Paras's cicada-nymph look and may also draw on the umbrella crab, with a mushroom standing in for its shell. These are fan readings, not official statements.

Evolution notes

Parasect evolves from Paras at level 24 and is the last stage.

In the games

Parasect is a trial Pokémon in Sun's Lush Jungle, where Shiinotic takes its place in Moon, and it first appeared in Red and Green (Red and Blue outside Japan).

In the anime

Parasect debuted in 'The Problem with Paras', where Cassandra's Paras evolved so she could use its giant mushroom in her medical research. In 'Gulpin it Down', Officer Jenny uses one to help stop a huge army of Gulpin.

Fun facts

• Bulbapedia says a Parasect with Dry Skin takes over four times damage from Fire moves, which no other Pokémon manages naturally without Forest's Curse.
• In Pokémon Pearl, the Japanese Parasect entry was left over from Blue and LeafGreen, the only recycled entry in the Sinnoh games.
• In Crystal's Pokédex entry, once the bug has nothing more to give, the mushrooms seed its egg with spores.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Parasect (Pokémon) · Serebii: Parasect (no Scarlet/Violet Pokédex page exists)

Base stats

• HP: 60
• Attack: 95
• Defense: 80
• Sp. Atk: 60
• Sp. Def: 80
• Speed: 30

Parasect’s base stat total is 405. Its highest stat is Attack.

Type matchups

What is Parasect weak to?

Parasect takes extra damage from Fire (4×), Flying (4×), Ice (2×), Poison (2×), Bug (2×), Rock (2×) moves.

It resists Grass (¼×), Ground (¼×), Water (½×), Electric (½×), Fighting (½×).

Evolution

What does Parasect evolve from?

Parasect evolves from Paras at level 24.

Parasect is the final stage of its evolution family.

The whole family: Paras, Parasect.

Abilities

• Effect Spore: Has a 30% chance of inflcting either paralysis, poison, or sleep on attacking Pokémon on contact.
• Dry Skin: Causes 1/8 max HP in damage each turn during strong sunlight, but heals for 1/8 max HP during rain. Increases damage from Fire moves to 1.25×, but absorbs Water moves, healing for 1/4 max HP.
• Damp (hidden ability): Prevents Self-Destruct, Explosion, and Aftermath from working while the Pokémon is in battle.

Moves

Moves Parasect learns by level up in Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon

TM moves (31)

Parasect can learn 31 moves from TMs in Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon: Toxic, Venoshock, Hidden Power, Sunny Day, Hyper Beam, Light Screen, Protect, Frustration, Solar Beam, Return, Leech Life, Brick Break, Double Team, Sludge Bomb, Aerial Ace, Facade, Rest, Attract, Thief, Round, Energy Ball, False Swipe, Giga Impact, Swords Dance, X-Scissor, Grass Knot, Swagger, Sleep Talk, Substitute, Nature Power, Confide.

Egg moves (17), which Paras can hatch knowing:Agility, Bug Bite, Counter, Cross Poison, Endure, Fell Stinger, Flail, Grassy Terrain, Leech Seed, Metal Claw, Natural Gift, Psybeam, Pursuit, Rototiller, Screech, Sweet Scent, Wide Guard.

Move tutor moves (9): After You, Bug Bite, Giga Drain, Knock Off, Seed Bomb, Snore, Synthesis, Throat Chop, Worry Seed.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Bug, Grass.
• Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
• Catch rate: 75 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Medium (1,000,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 2 Attack and 1 Defense effort values.
• Base experience yield: 142.

Pokédex entries

Mushroom-lacking specimens of this Pokémon lie unmoving in the forest, lending credence to the hypothesis that the large mushroom is in control of Parasect's actions. (Legends: Arceus)

The bug host is drained of energy by the mushroom on its back. The mushroom appears to do all the thinking. (Let’s Go, Pikachu!, Let’s Go, Eevee!)

Its poisonous spores are also used in traditional medicine. Apparently, spores produced in Alola are not of very good quality. (Ultra Moon)

The bug is mostly dead, with the mushroom on its back having become the main body. If the mushroom comes off, the bug stops moving. (Ultra Sun)

It scatters toxic spores from its mushroom cap. Once harvested, these spores can be steeped and boiled down to prepare herbal medicines. (Moon)

The large mushroom on its back controls it. It often fights over territory with Shiinotic. (Sun)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Taller than 47% of all Pokémon (1 m).
• Heavier than 51% of all Pokémon (29.5 kg).
• Base stat total 405, ranked #605 of 1,025.
• One of 6 Pokémon that are both Bug and Grass.
• One of 97 red Pokémon.
• Number 47 of 151 Pokémon introduced in Generation 1 (Kanto).
• Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
• Can learn 66 different moves in Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon.
• Catch rate 75: about 9.8% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 17 distinct Pokédex entries.

Sources and fact-checking

• Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
• Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Parasect (Pokémon), Serebii: Parasect (no Scarlet/Violet Pokédex page exists).
• Pronunciation (PAIR-uh-sekt): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.

Last checked: 19 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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