Welcome, all you burgeoning bug catchers – today’s lesson involves the Wurmple evolution stages. This small, red, caterpillar-like critter can evolve into two Pokémon, leading to two final outcomes with stark differences. It’s simple to get them to evolve, but let’s see if there is a trick to adding both to your Pokédex as quickly as you can.
If you need a hand with some other Pokémon plans, here’s our guide to Applin evolutions and how you can combat bug Pokémon weakness, poison Pokémon weakness, and electric Pokémon weakness in battle.
How do I evolve Wurmple?
Let’s see how to evolve this little wormy guy into all of its possible evolutions. The two possible chains of evolution are as follows:
- Wurmple – Cascoon – Dustox
- Wurmple – Silcoon – Beautifly
Wurmple evolves into Silcoon or Cascoon starting at level seven, and then they evolve again at level ten into the butterfly Pokémon Beautifly, or the moth Pokémon, Dustox.
Silcoon and Cascoon’s evolution isn’t quite random, but it relies on the hidden personality value of each Pokémon. You can’t see this or check it in any way, though, so it’s essentially still up to the RNG gods whether you get Silcoon or Cascoon when evolving a wee Wurmple.
To find a Wurmple in each game, grab your net and head to these locations:
- Legends: Arceus -Obsidian Fieldlands: near Aspiration Hill, Floaro Gardens, Horseshoe Plains, The Heartwood, massive mass outbreaks
- Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl – Routes 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 218, 221, 222, Eterna Forest, Floaroma Meadow, Fuego Ironworks, Grand Underground (Grassland Cave), Riverbank Cave, Still-Water Cavern, Sunlit Cavern, Valley Windworks (Honey Trees)
Or, if you want to skip a step, you can find Silcoon and Cascoon in the following areas:
- Silcoon:
- Brilliant Diamond – Routes 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 218, 221, 222, Eterna Forest, Floaroma Meadow, Fuego Ironworks, Valley Windworks (Honey Trees)
Grand Underground (Grassland Cave), Riverbank Cave, Still-Water Cavern, Sunlit Cavern - Legends: Arceus – Floaro Gardens, Horseshoe Plains, and The Heartwood during the day.
- Brilliant Diamond – Routes 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 218, 221, 222, Eterna Forest, Floaroma Meadow, Fuego Ironworks, Valley Windworks (Honey Trees)
- Cascoon:
- Shining Pearl – Routes 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 218, 221, 222, Eterna Forest, Floaroma Meadow, Fuego Ironworks, Valley Windworks (Honey Trees)
Grand Underground (Grassland Cave), Riverbank Cave, Still-Water Cavern, Sunlit Cavern - Legends: Arceus – Floaro Gardens, Horseshoe Plains, and The Heartwood during the night.
- Shining Pearl – Routes 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 218, 221, 222, Eterna Forest, Floaroma Meadow, Fuego Ironworks, Valley Windworks (Honey Trees)
How do I evolve Wurmple in Pokémon Go?
Unfortunately, in Pokémon Go the chance to evolve Wurmple into Silcoon or Cascoon is also a coin flip. There are no tricks to sway the decision, you must let fate decide which bug you’re gonna get. Thankfully, evolving Wurmple is relatively cheap, costing only 12 Wurmple candies. If you find a spot where they reliably spawn, you can get both evolutions pretty easily.
Once you have a Silcoon or Cascoon, it costs 50 candy to evolve them into Beautifly or Dustox.
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