
Butterfree
In battle, it flaps its wings at high speed to release highly toxic dust into the air.
How to Evolve Butterfree in Cobblemon
View Full Evolution GuideButterfree evolves from Metapod. The Metapod page contains the exact Cobblemon evolution requirements.

Base Stats & EV Yield
Generic Info
- Height
- 1.1m
- Weight
- 32kg
- Catch Rate
- 45
- Base Friendship
- 50
- Experience Group
- medium_fast
- Base Experience
- 198
- Hitbox
- 0.5w x 1.3h - Fixed: No
- Status
- Implemented
Abilities
- #2
- tintedlensHidden
Drops
Butterfree can drop Silver Powder, Shed Shell, and Wepear Berry. The table uses 3 drop rolls; percentages are per roll, not guaranteed drops.
Breeding
- Egg Groups
- Bug
- Egg Cycles
- 15
- Gender Ratio
- 50.0% M / 50.0% F
Riding (0 seats)
Butterfree is rideable and has air glider riding behaviour.
Riding Stats
Riding Behaviour
Behavior
- Movement
- Walk Speed
- 0.4
- Can Walk
- No
- Avoids Water
- Yes
- Can Fly
- Yes
- Herd
- Max Size
- 6
- Tolerated Leaders
- Butterfree AlphaTier 1Beautifly AlphaTier 1Vivillon AlphaTier 1
- Combat
- Will Defend Owner
- Yes
- Resting
- Can Sleep
- Yes
- Will Sleep on Bed
- Yes
- Light Requirement
- 0-4
- Drowsy Chance
- 0.0333
- Rouse Chance
- 0.0042
Forms & Variants
Choose a Butterfree form or feature-driven variant.
Where does Butterfree spawn in Cobblemon?
Butterfree has 3 natural spawn entries in the current Cobblemon data. It can appear from level 10 to 40. Listed biome tags include temperate-tagged biomes, floral-tagged biomes, aether-tagged biomes. Some entries also require specific skylight levels.
Habitat encounters
Butterfree appears in 3 habitats. Open one to see its complete spawn pool, phases, and conditions.
What moves does Butterfree learn?
Butterfree has 118 listed moves: 46 level-up, 49 TM, 23 tutor.
As an Alpha
Full Alpha guideWhat Butterfree becomes as a Cobblemon 1.8 Alpha
Size
≈ ×1.57 larger
Marks
Level vs your party
Guaranteed moves
Normal wild moveset plus two guaranteed TM moves (slots 3 & 4)
Drops if defeated
Base rewards scale with its level; its bug / flying typing adds bonus gems & berries.
Base drops Tier 4
- Exp Candy L×1–319%
- Exp Candy Xl×125%
- Rare Candy×16%
- Health Candy×1–38%
- Mighty Candy×1–38%
- Tough Candy×1–38%
- Smart Candy×1–38%
- Courage Candy×1–38%
- Quick Candy×1–38%
Type drops
- Bug Gem×2–3
- Tanga Berry×1–2
- Flying Gem×2–3
- Coba Berry×1–2



