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#0664 · Generation VI

Scatterbug

Bug · Scatterdust Pokémon — first seen in Generation VI.

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Bug

Sprites

Normal

Shiny

In the ROM hacks

Scatterbug (Archipelago) — Emerald Squared
Archipelago

Scatterbug (Continental) — Emerald Squared
Continental

Scatterbug (Elegant) — Emerald Squared
Elegant

Scatterbug (Fancy) — Emerald Squared
Fancy

Scatterbug (Garden) — Emerald Squared
Garden

Scatterbug (High Plains) — Emerald Squared
High Plains

Scatterbug (Jungle) — Emerald Squared
Jungle

Scatterbug (Marine) — Emerald Squared
Marine

Scatterbug (Meadow) — Emerald Squared
Meadow

Scatterbug (Modern) — Emerald Squared
Modern

Scatterbug (Monsoon) — Emerald Squared
Monsoon

Scatterbug (Ocean) — Emerald Squared
Ocean

Scatterbug (Pokeball) — Emerald Squared
Pokeball

Scatterbug (Polar) — Emerald Squared
Polar

Scatterbug (River) — Emerald Squared
River

Scatterbug (Sandstorm) — Emerald Squared
Sandstorm

Scatterbug (Savanna) — Emerald Squared
Savanna

Scatterbug (Tundra) — Emerald Squared
Tundra

Pokédex data

National №: #0664
Dex numbers: National #664 · Kalos Central #020 · Paldea #035 · Lumiose #015
Species: Scatterdust Pokémon
Height: 0.3 m (1′00″)
Weight: 2.5 kg (5.5 lbs)
Base EXP: 40
Catch rate: 255
Base friendship: 70
Growth rate: Medium
Egg groups: Bug
Egg cycles: 15
Gender: 50% male · 50% female
EV yield: 1 Defense

Abilities

Shield DustProtects against incoming moves' extra effects.

Compound EyesIncreases moves' accuracy to 1.3×.

Friend Guard hiddenDecreases all direct damage taken by friendly Pokémon to 0.75×.

Base stats

Stat	Base	Min	Max
HP	38	186	280
Attack	35	67	185
Defense	40	76	196
Sp. Attack	27	53	168
Sp. Defense	25	49	163
Speed	35	67	185
Total	200

Min and max are at level 100: the minimum is 0 IVs, 0 EVs and a hindering nature, the maximum 31 IVs, 252 EVs and a beneficial nature. Shedinja's HP is always 1 whatever the formula says.

Type defences

Damage Scatterbug takes from each attacking type.

×2

FlyingRockFire

×½

FightingGroundGrass

×1

NormalPoisonBugGhostSteelWaterElectricPsychicIceDragonDarkFairy

Evolution

Scatterbug#0664

Level 9

Spewpa#0665

Level 12

Vivillon#0666

Methods are the current official ones. A ROM hack may change them — trade evolutions especially; the guide table below says which do.

In the ROM hacks it evolves differently

Each guide's own line, in the words its creator published.

In Poke47

Scatterbug

Evolves into Spewpa — Level up: 9

Spewpa

Evolves into Vivillon (Polar) — Level up: 12Evolves into Vivillon (Tundra) — Level up: 12Evolves into Vivillon (Continental) — Level up: 12Evolves into Vivillon (Garden) — Level up: 12Evolves into Vivillon (Elegant) — Level up: 12Evolves into Vivillon (Modern) — Level up: 12Evolves into Vivillon (Marine) — Level up: 12Evolves into Vivillon (Archipelago) — Level up: 12Evolves into Vivillon (High Plains) — Level up: 12Evolves into Vivillon (Sandstorm) — Level up: 12Evolves into Vivillon (River) — Level up: 12Evolves into Vivillon (Monsoon) — Level up: 12Evolves into Vivillon (Savanna) — Level up: 12Evolves into Vivillon (Sun) — Level up: 12Evolves into Vivillon (Ocean) — Level up: 12Evolves into Vivillon (Jungle) — Level up: 12

VivillonEvolves into Vivillon Meadow — Level up: 12

Vivillon MeadowEvolves into Vivillon Fancy — Level up: 12

Vivillon FancyEvolves into Vivillon Pokéball — Level up: 12

Vivillon Pokéball

Moves by official game

Level-up, TM/HM, tutor and egg moves exactly as each game has them. The newest game this site covers is open; the rest fold out.

Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon4 level-up · 1 tutor · 3 egg

Level-up

Lv	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.	PP
1	Tackle	Normal	Physical	40	100%	35
1	String Shot	Bug	Status	—	95%	40
6	Stun Spore	Grass	Status	—	75%	30
15	Bug Bite	Bug	Physical	60	100%	20

Move tutor

	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.	PP
	Bug Bite	Bug	Physical	60	100%	20

Egg moves

Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.	PP
Poison Powder	Poison	Status	—	75%	35
Stun Spore	Grass	Status	—	75%	30
Rage Powder	Bug	Status	—	—	20

Sun / Moon4 level-up · 3 egg

Level-up

Lv	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.	PP
1	Tackle	Normal	Physical	40	100%	35
1	String Shot	Bug	Status	—	95%	40
6	Stun Spore	Grass	Status	—	75%	30
15	Bug Bite	Bug	Physical	60	100%	20

Egg moves

Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.	PP
Poison Powder	Poison	Status	—	75%	35
Stun Spore	Grass	Status	—	75%	30
Rage Powder	Bug	Status	—	—	20

Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire4 level-up · 1 tutor · 3 egg

Level-up

Lv	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.	PP
1	Tackle	Normal	Physical	40	100%	35
1	String Shot	Bug	Status	—	95%	40
6	Stun Spore	Grass	Status	—	75%	30
15	Bug Bite	Bug	Physical	60	100%	20

Move tutor

	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.	PP
	Bug Bite	Bug	Physical	60	100%	20

Egg moves

Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.	PP
Poison Powder	Poison	Status	—	75%	35
Stun Spore	Grass	Status	—	75%	30
Rage Powder	Bug	Status	—	—	20

X / Y4 level-up · 3 egg

Level-up

Lv	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.	PP
1	Tackle	Normal	Physical	40	100%	35
1	String Shot	Bug	Status	—	95%	40
6	Stun Spore	Grass	Status	—	75%	30
15	Bug Bite	Bug	Physical	60	100%	20

Egg moves

Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.	PP
Poison Powder	Poison	Status	—	75%	35
Stun Spore	Grass	Status	—	75%	30
Rage Powder	Bug	Status	—	—	20

Where to find it in the official games

Every area in the 16 official games on this site that has it, from each game's own encounter tables.

In the wild

Game	Area	Method	Levels	Rate
X / Y	Route 2	Grass	2-3	20%
X / Y	Santalune Forest	Grass	2-3	20%
Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon	Hau'oli City	Island Scan	9	—

Where to find it in the ROM hacks

13 guides on this site put it somewhere you can catch it. Areas link to that guide's own route page, with its own rates and levels.

Guide	Where
Unbound	Vivill WoodsDay · Lv 30-35 · 10% Vivill WoodsNight · Lv 30-35 · 10%
Pokémon R.O.W.E	Petalburg WoodsGrass (Night) · Lv Scales · 20% Route 1Headbutt · Lv Scales · 10% Route 2Grass · Lv Scales · 10% and 3 more areas
Radical Red	Viridian ForestGrass (Day) · Lv 4-6 · 10%
Elite Redux	Route 102Honey · Lv — · 50%
Pokémon Crippling Medical Debt Edition	Route 102Grass · Lv 3 · 20%
Pokémon Emerald Imperium	Route 103Grass · Lv 3-5 · 1%rare
Pokémon Exceeded	Petalburg WoodsGrass (morning) · Lv 4-6 · 10%
Pokémon Emerald Squared	Route 102 GrottoLand · Lv 10-16 · 5%
Rising Ruby & Sinking Sapphire	Route 104 NorthGrass · Lv 10
Poke47 Archipelago Pattern	Route 102Overworld · Lv 5 · 0.1%rare
Poke47 Continental Pattern	Route 102Overworld · Lv 5 · 0.1%rare
Poke47 Elegant Pattern	Route 102Overworld · Lv 5 · 0.1%rare Route 103Overworld · Lv 4 · 1%rare
Poke47 Fancy Pattern	Route 101Overworld · Lv 2 · 5%rare Route 103Overworld · Lv 3 · 4%rare
Poke47 Garden Pattern	Route 101Overworld · Lv 2 · 4%rare Route 102Overworld · Lv 5 · 0.1%rare Route 103Overworld · Lv 3 · 4%rare
Poke47 High Plains Pattern	Route 102Overworld · Lv 5 · 0.1%rare
Poke47 Icy Snow Pattern	Route 102Overworld · Lv 5 · 0.1%rare
Poke47 Jungle Pattern	Petalburg WoodsOverworld · Lv 5 · 4%rare Route 102Overworld · Lv 5 · 0.1%rare
Poke47 Marine Pattern	Route 102Overworld · Lv 5 · 0.1%rare
Poke47 Meadow Pattern	Route 101Overworld · Lv 2 · 4%rare Route 102Overworld · Lv 5 · 0.1%rare
Poke47 Modern Pattern	Route 101Overworld · Lv 3 · 1%rare Route 102Overworld · Lv 5 · 0.1%rare
Poke47 Monsoon Pattern	Petalburg WoodsOverworld · Lv 7 · 4%rare Route 102Overworld · Lv 5 · 0.1%rare
Poke47 Ocean Pattern	Route 102Overworld · Lv 5 · 0.1%rare
Poke47 Poké Ball Pattern	Route 101Overworld · Lv 3 · 1%rare Route 103Overworld · Lv 4 · 1%rare Mauville Game CornerGacha (Basic Gacha) · Lv 15-30 · 6.2%
Poke47 Polar Pattern	Route 102Overworld · Lv 5 · 0.1%rare
Poke47 River Pattern	Route 102Overworld · Lv 5 · 0.1%rare
Poke47 Sandstorm Pattern	Route 102Overworld · Lv 5 · 0.1%rare
Poke47 Savanna Pattern	Route 102Overworld · Lv 5 · 0.1%rare
Poke47 Sun Pattern	Route 102Overworld · Lv 5 · 0.1%rare
Poke47 Tundra Pattern	Route 102Overworld · Lv 5 · 0.1%rare
HeartGold Generations	Route 30Grass (morning / day) · Lv 3-4 · 25% Route 30Grass (morning / day, Hoenn Sound) · Lv 3-4 · 25% Route 30Grass (morning / day, Sinnoh Sound) · Lv 3-4 · 25%
Pokémon Black Pearl Emerald	Route 120Grass · Lv 47-53 · 5%rare
Pokémon Mirror Gold	Johto Safari Zone — ForestWalk (Day) · Lv 15 Johto Safari Zone — ForestWalk (Morning) · Lv 15 Johto Safari Zone — ForestWalk (Night) · Lv 15 and 6 more areas
Emerald Rogue	not in the wild in this guide's tables — evolve, trade or battle it
Pokémon Heart & Soul	not in the wild in this guide's tables — evolve, trade or battle it
Sword and Shield Ultimate Plus	not in the wild in this guide's tables — evolve, trade or battle it
Inclement Emerald	not in the wild in this guide's tables — evolve, trade or battle it
Gaia	not in the wild in this guide's tables — evolve, trade or battle it
Pokémon: Wishes of Tomorrow	not in the wild in this guide's tables — evolve, trade or battle it
Pokémon Overcomplicated	not in the wild in this guide's tables — evolve, trade or battle it

Compare official Scatterbug with the ROM hacks →

In the 20 guides that include it

Changed in 13 of 20 guides: stats in 2, abilities in 4, evolution in 12.

Every ROM hack on this site that has Scatterbug, and what it did to it. Guides that changed something are first. Click one for that version's full page — locations, moveset and TMs.

Guide		Type	Total	Abilities
Unbound Evolves into Spewpa at level 9	Changed	Bug	200	Shield Dust, Compound Eyes, Friend Guard
Pokémon R.O.W.E Evolves into Spewpa at Level 9	Changed	Bug	200	Shield Dust, Compound Eyes, Friend Guard
Sword and Shield Ultimate Plus Evolves into Spewpa — Level 9	Changed	Bug	200	Shield Dust, Compound Eyes − Friend Guard
Radical Red Evolves into Spewpa at Level 9	Changed	Bug	200	Shield Dust, Compound Eyes, Friend Guard
Elite Redux Evolves into Spewpa at level 9	Changed	Bug	200	Friend Guard, Swarm, Anticipation
Inclement Emerald Evolves into Spewpa at Level 9	Changed	Bug	200	Shield Dust, CompoundEyes, Friend Guard + CompoundEyes − Compound Eyes
Pokémon Crippling Medical Debt Edition	Changed		0 -200 -38 HP, -35 Attack, -40 Defense, -27 Sp. Atk, -25 Sp. Def, -35 Speed	—
Pokémon Exceeded Evolves into Spewpa at level 9	Changed	Bug	200	Shield Dust
Pokémon Emerald Squared Evolves into Spewpa at level 9	Changed	Bug	208 +8 +3 Defense, +5 Sp. Def	Shield Dust, Compound Eyes, Friend Guard
Poke47 Evolves into Spewpa — Level up: 9	Changed	Bug	200	Shield Dust, Compound Eyes, Friend Guard
HeartGold Generations Evolves into Spewpa — at level 9	Changed	Bug	200	Shield Dust, CompoundEyes, Friend Guard + CompoundEyes − Compound Eyes
Pokémon Black Pearl Emerald Evolves into Spewpa at Level 9	Changed	Bug	200	Shield Dust, Compound Eyes, Friend Guard
Pokémon Mirror Gold Evolves into Spewpa — at level 16	Changed	Bug	200	Shield Dust, Compound Eyes − Friend Guard
Emerald Rogue	Unchanged	Bug	200	Shield Dust, Compound Eyes, Friend Guard
Pokémon Heart & Soul	Unchanged	Bug	200	Shield Dust, Compound Eyes, Friend Guard
Gaia	Unchanged	Bug	200	Shield Dust, Compound Eyes, Friend Guard
Pokémon Emerald Imperium	Unchanged	Bug	200	Shield Dust, Compound Eyes, Friend Guard
Pokémon: Wishes of Tomorrow	Unchanged	Bug	200	Shield Dust, Compound Eyes, Friend Guard
Rising Ruby & Sinking Sapphire	Unchanged	Bug	200	Shield Dust, Compound Eyes, Friend Guard
Pokémon Overcomplicated	Unchanged	Bug	200	Knower

Pokédex entries

What each game says about it, in the games' own words.

X / Omega Ruby	When under attack from bird Pokémon, it spews a poisonous black powder that causes paralysis on contact.
Y / Alpha Sapphire	The powder that covers its body regulates its temperature, so it can live in any region or climate.

Names in other languages

Japanese	コフキムシ
Japanese (Rōmaji)	Kofukimushi
German	Purmel
French	Lépidonille
Spanish	Scatterbug
Italian	Scatterbug
Korean	분이벌레
Chinese (Simplified)	粉蝶虫
Chinese (Traditional)	粉蝶蟲

Official data here is present-day reference data from PokéAPI, not a snapshot of any one game's era — the Fairy type and hidden abilities arrived partway through the series, so a difference against an older game can belong to the series rather than to that ROM hack.