Cacnea

GrassSand Veil, Water Absorb

Route 204 Power Plant Open in the guide Compare

In Platinum Redux: First found in Route 204 (Grass), and in 1 more area. Its type (Grass) and abilities are the same as in the official games. Base stats total 415, up from 335; all six changed, most of all Speed (35 → 65). 7 of its 14 level-up moves are new compared with Pokémon Platinum, including Scam and Sleep Powder.

Level-up moves 14

Lv	Move	Type	Cat	Pow	Acc	PP
1	Sand-Attack Lowers Accuracy (100%) Does not make contact.	Ground	Spec	30	100	30
2	Absorb Damages target; heals user up to 50% of damage dealt	Grass	Spec	45	100	25
3	Poison Sting Chance to Poison (30%)	Poison	Phys	50	100	30
9	Scam Priority +1 Goes first (priority +1).	Dark	Spec	50	100	20
12	Sleep Powder Causes Sleep	Grass	Stat	0	65	2
14	Mega Drain Damages target; heals user up to 50% of damage dealt	Grass	Spec	55	100	20
16	Leech Seed Leech Seed effect	Grass	Stat	0	75	2
17	Venom Touch High crit ratio and poison chance (20%) Makes contact.	Poison	Phys	55	100	20
19	Feint Attack Always hits	Dark	Phys	80	100	20
20	Pin Missile Hits twice	Bug	Spec	35	85	20
21	Spikes Spikes effect	Ground	Stat	0	0	3
22	Baneful Sting Usually goes last; Chance to badly poison (30%) Goes last (priority -1). Does not make contact.	Poison	Phys	85	85	15
24	Sturdy Roots Recovers 6.25% each turn; Raises user's Def and SpDef	Grass	Stat	0	0	1
25	Giga Drain Damages target; heals user up to 50% of damage dealt	Grass	Spec	65	100	10

* a legal move, just moved to level-up · ** new to this game

TMs & HMs 24

#	Move · where to get it	Type	Pow
TM04	Scam Route 219. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Floaroma Town	Dark	50
TM09	Nasty Plot Route 216. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Victory Road	Dark	—
TM14	Cross Poison Valor Lakefront. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Canalave City	Poison	70
TM16	Shadow Punch Solaceon Town. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Route 213	Ghost	75
TM17	Toxic Route 217. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Victory Road	Poison	—
TM23	Dark Pulse Route 212, and you need Surf to reach it. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Canalave City	Dark	85
TM25	Natural Gift Route 214. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Celestic Town	Grass	75
TM28	Swords Dance Mt. Coronet North. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Victory Road	Normal	—
TM39	Sludge Ravaged Path. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Eterna City	Poison	60
TM46	Sandstorm Route 207. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Hearthome City	Rock	—
TM49	Power Whip Route 211. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Route 217	Grass	110
TM50	Stone Edge Route 208, and you need Waterfall to reach it. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Pokémon League	Rock	110
TM51	Knock Off Great Marsh. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Canalave City	Dark	70
TM52	Brick Break Great Marsh. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Canalave City	Fighting	80
TM60	Drain Punch Veilstone Gym, once you have beaten Maylene. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Canalave City	Fighting	60
TM61	Earthquake Valley Windworks, and you need Surf to reach it. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Route 222	Ground	85
TM65	Shadow Claw Hearthome Gym, once you have beaten Fantina. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Celestic Town	Ghost	75
TM81	Giga Drain Route 221. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Route 222	Grass	65
TM83	Sludge Bomb Trophy Garden. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Canalave City	Poison	80
TM84	Heat Wave Route 209, and you need Surf to reach it. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Route 222	Fire	80
TM86	Grass Knot Eterna Gym, once you have beaten Gardenia. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Route 213	Grass	70
TM88	Sunny Day Oreburgh Tunnel. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Hearthome City	Fire	—
HM01	Cut Eterna City	Grass	60
HM08	Rock Climb Route 217	Rock	80

Where to find Cacnea

Area	Method	Level
Route 204	Grass
Power Plant	Palmer

Other changes in this game

Evolves at Lv. 26. The documentation gives the level but not what it turns into.