--- title: "Silcoon (#0266): Stats, Weaknesses, Moves & Lore | pokee.si" url: "https://pokee.si/pokemon/silcoon" description: "Silcoon (#0266): Bug-type Cocoon Pokémon from Hoenn. Base stat total 205. Abilities: Shed Skin. 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" --- #0266 · Hoenn · Generation 3 # Silcoon Cocoon Pokémon · Bug-type ![Silcoon official artwork](https://pokee.si/img/art/266.webp) Silcoon is a [Bug](https://pokee.si/types/bug)-type Pokémon, the Cocoon Pokémon, number 266 (#0266) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 3 and comes from the [Hoenn](https://pokee.si/guide/regions/hoenn) region. It is 0.6 m tall and weighs 10 kg. Silcoon is the Cocoon Pokémon, a pupa wrapped in white silk that hangs from a branch, barely moving, while it stores up energy to become a Beautifly. It is always on guard: its eyes watch the surroundings through two small holes. ## How to pronounce Silcoon Silcoon is pronounced **sil-KOON**. The capital letters show the stressed syllable. Listen to Silcoon said out loud: [Listen](https://pokee.si/audio/names/266.mp3) In Japanese it is カラサリス (Karasalis). Hear every other name on the [Pokémon pronunciation guide](https://pokee.si/pronounce). ## Lore ### Biology Silcoon is wrapped almost entirely in white silk, leaving only two small holes through which its red eyes peek out from behind a ragged fringe. It is 0.6 m tall and weighs 10 kg. The silk hardens into a cocoon that repels attacks, and since Silcoon cannot extend its limbs it moves only slowly. ### Behaviour Silcoon anchors itself to a tree branch with silk, then hangs motionless, moving as little as possible to conserve the energy it stored as a Wurmple for its evolution. ### Habitat The Pokédex habitat is Forest. In Ruby and Sapphire it is found in Petalburg Woods. ### Diet It drinks the dew and rainwater that collect on its silk. ### Powers Silcoon's only move is Harden, which raises its Defense, and its only Ability is Shed Skin, which gives a 33% chance each turn of curing a status condition. With 55 base Defense it is a defensive waiting stage. ### Name origin Silcoon may combine 'silk' and 'cocoon'. The Japanese name is Karasalis (カラサリス), possibly from kara ('shell') and 'chrysalis'. ### Design inspiration Its white colour suggests a silkworm cocoon. ### Evolution notes Silcoon evolves into Beautifly at level 10. Its twin Cascoon, the other branch from Wurmple, matches it in type, base stats and moves. ### In the games In Legends: Arceus Silcoon appears in the Obsidian Fieldlands, including an Alpha at Horseshoe Plains, and in mass outbreaks; it debuted in Ruby and Sapphire. Bulbapedia lists it as unobtainable in Scarlet and Violet and Legends: Z-A. ### In the anime Silcoon debuted in 'A Corphish Out of Water', when May's Wurmple evolved into one. In 'Goodbye, Friend!', Ash and Goh watch many Silcoon evolve into Beautifly. ### Fun facts - Silcoon is drawn without limb protrusions in the core games since X and Y, yet Bulbapedia says Pokémon HOME reveals that its limbs can pop out of the silk, despite the Pokédex saying it cannot extend them. - Its 205 base total is the lowest of any evolved Pokémon in the game data, shared with Cascoon, Metapod and Kakuna. - A Silcoon surrounds May and her Torchic in the animated trailer for Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, until Torchic scares it away with a Fire attack. Sources: [Bulbapedia: Silcoon (Pokémon)](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Silcoon_(Pok%C3%A9mon)) · [Serebii: Silcoon (Sword/Shield Pokédex)](https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-swsh/silcoon/) ## Base stats - HP: **50** - Attack: **35** - Defense: **55** - Sp. Atk: **25** - Sp. Def: **25** - Speed: **15** Silcoon’s base stat total is **205**. Its highest stat is Defense. ## Type matchups ### What is Silcoon weak to? Silcoon 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 ### What does Silcoon evolve from? Silcoon evolves from [Wurmple](https://pokee.si/pokemon/wurmple) at level 7 (50% chance). ### How does Silcoon evolve? Silcoon evolves into [Beautifly](https://pokee.si/pokemon/beautifly) at level 10. The whole family: [Wurmple](https://pokee.si/pokemon/wurmple), **Silcoon**, [Beautifly](https://pokee.si/pokemon/beautifly), [Cascoon](https://pokee.si/pokemon/cascoon), [Dustox](https://pokee.si/pokemon/dustox). - [Wurmple](https://pokee.si/pokemon/wurmple) evolves into [Cascoon](https://pokee.si/pokemon/cascoon) at level 7 (50% chance). - [Cascoon](https://pokee.si/pokemon/cascoon) evolves into [Dustox](https://pokee.si/pokemon/dustox) at level 10. ## Abilities - [Shed Skin](https://pokee.si/abilities/shed-skin): Has a 33% chance of curing any major status ailment after each turn. ## Moves ### Moves Silcoon learns by level up in Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon | Level | Move | Type | Category | Power | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Evo | [Harden](https://pokee.si/moves/harden) | Normal | Status | — | | 1 | [Harden](https://pokee.si/moves/harden) | Normal | Status | — | “Evo” means Silcoon learns the move the moment it evolves: [Harden](https://pokee.si/moves/harden). Move tutor moves (3): [Bug Bite](https://pokee.si/moves/bug-bite), [Electroweb](https://pokee.si/moves/electroweb), [Iron Defense](https://pokee.si/moves/iron-defense). ## 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 2 Defense effort values. - Base experience yield: 72. ## Pokédex entries Wraps itself in thin strings of silk while it stores energy for evolution. It can't extend its limbs and its movement is slow, but its eyes keep a sharp lookout—Silcoon is always on guard. *(Legends: Arceus)* Silcoon was thought to endure hunger and not consume anything before its evolution. However, it is now thought that this Pokémon slakes its thirst by drinking rainwater that collects on its silk. *(Sapphire, Alpha Sapphire)* Silcoon tethers itself to a tree branch using silk to keep from falling. There, this Pokémon hangs quietly while it awaits evolution. It peers out of the silk cocoon through a small hole. *(Ruby, Omega Ruby)* It drinks dew that collects on its silk and waits for evolution. Its hard cocoon repels attacks. *(Pearl, Y)* It wraps silk around the branches of a tree. It drinks rainwater on its silk while awaiting evolution. *(Platinum, Black, White, Black 2, White 2, X)* Having wrapped silk around the branches of a tree, it quiescently awaits evolution. *(HeartGold, SoulSilver)* ## Names around the world - **Japanese**: カラサリス - **Romaji**: Karasalis - **French**: Armulys - **German**: Schaloko - **Spanish**: Silcoon - **Italian**: Silcoon - **Korean**: 실쿤 - **Chinese (Simplified)**: 甲壳茧 - **Chinese (Traditional)**: 甲殼繭 ## Trivia - Slowest Bug type in Gen 3: 15 Speed, shared with 1 other. - Taller than 25% of all Pokémon (0.6 m). - Heavier than 28% of all Pokémon (10 kg). - Base stat total 205, ranked #1007 of 1,025. - One of 92 Bug-type Pokémon (counting dual types). - One of 88 white Pokémon. - Number 15 of 135 Pokémon introduced in Generation 3 (Hoenn). - Part of an evolution family of 5 Pokémon. - Can learn 4 different moves in Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon. - Catch rate 120: about 15.7% per Poké Ball at full health. - Appears in 9 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: Silcoon (Pokémon)](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Silcoon_(Pok%C3%A9mon)), [Serebii: Silcoon (Sword/Shield Pokédex)](https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-swsh/silcoon/). - Pronunciation (sil-KOON): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it. **Last checked:** 20 October 2026. 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