No.0332 · Scarecrow Pokémon
Cacturne
ノクタス
Increases evasion to 1.25× during a sandstorm. Protects against sandstorm damage.
Absorbs water moves, healing for 1/4 max HP.
02 //Base stats
Ranges assume 0 IV/0 EV with a hindering nature (min) up to 31 IV/252 EV with a boosting nature (max).
- HPtop 49%
- Attacktop 14%
- Defensetop 66%
- Sp. Atktop 9%
- Sp. Deftop 64%
- Speedtop 65%
03 //Type matchups
04 //Evolution
05 //Easily confused with
Ranked by a DINOv2 vision model comparing silhouette shapes — these are the options Who's That Pokémon? hard mode will try to trip you up with. Tap to reveal.
06 //Where to find it
| Games | Location | Method |
|---|---|---|
SV | Evolve Cacnea | |
SV | Asado DesertAtlas | Static |
SV | Tera Raid Battles 4★ | Tera Raid |
ZA | Not in this game | |
Gens 1–7 from PokéAPI checked against Serebii (places PokéAPI lacks come from Serebii), Let's Go and Gens 8–9 from Serebii. Rates are the chance per encounter in that spot; Gen 8–9 raids and overview-only spots list no levels or rates. Tap a place for its page, or Atlas to find it on the map.
07 //Moves
| Lv | Move | Type | Cat. | Pow | Acc | PP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evo | Page → | Grass | — | — | 10 | ||
| 1 | Page → | Grass | 20 | 100 | 25 | ||
| 1 | Page → | Ghost | — | — | 5 | ||
| 1 | Page → | Normal | — | — | 20 | ||
| 1 | Page → | Normal | — | 100 | 30 | ||
| 1 | Page → | Poison | 15 | 100 | 35 | ||
| 10 | Page → | Grass | — | 90 | 10 | ||
| 13 | Page → | Ground | — | 100 | 15 | ||
| 16 | Page → | Grass | 25 | 100 | 30 | ||
| 19 | Page → | Dark | 20 | 100 | 10 | ||
| 22 | Page → | Grass | — | — | 20 | ||
| 26 | Page → | Dark | 50 | 100 | 10 | ||
| 30 | Page → | Ground | — | — | 20 | ||
| 35 | Page → | Dark | 70 | 100 | 5 | ||
| 38 | Page → | Bug | 25 | 95 | 20 | ||
| 44 | Page → | Grass | 90 | 100 | 10 | ||
| 49 | Page → | Grass | — | 100 | 40 | ||
| 54 | Page → | Rock | — | — | 10 |
Learnset from Scarlet & Violet. Tap a move for its effect.
08 //Pokédex entries
Packs of them follow travelers through the desert until the travelers can no longer move.
It becomes active at night, seeking prey that is exhausted from the day’s desert heat.
It lives in deserts. It becomes active at night when it hunts for prey exhausted from the desert’s heat.
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.
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.
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.
09 //Names in other languages
- Japanese
- ノクタス
- Rōmaji
- Noctus
- Korean
- 밤선인
- Chinese (Simplified)
- 梦歌仙人掌
- Chinese (Traditional)
- 夢歌仙人掌
- French
- Cacturne
- German
- Noktuska
- Spanish
- Cacturne
- Italian
- Cacturne
10 //Training & breeding
Training
Breeding
Other names
Regional Pokédex numbers
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