
Nincada
NINCADA lives underground for many years in complete darkness. This POKéMON absorbs nutrients from the roots of trees. It stays motionless as it waits for evolution.
How to Evolve Nincada in Cobblemon
View Full Evolution Guide- To evolve Nincada into Ninjask in Cobblemon, meet these requirements: Must level up · Must reach level 20.

Ninjasklevel upMethod: level up
Learnable moves: doubleteam, screech, furycutter
Evolution byproducts · 1 drop roll
Consumes held item: No
Requirements:
- Must reach level 20
Base Stats & EV Yield
Generic Info
- Height
- 0.5m
- Weight
- 5.5kg
- Catch Rate
- 255
- Base Friendship
- 50
- Experience Group
- erratic
- Base Experience
- 53
- Hitbox
- 0.9w x 0.7h - Fixed: No
- Status
- Implemented
Abilities
- #2
- runawayHidden
Drops
Nincada can drop Soft Sand. The table uses 1 drop roll; percentages are per roll, not guaranteed drops.
Breeding
- Egg Groups
- Bug
- Egg Cycles
- 15
- Gender Ratio
- 50.0% M / 50.0% F
Behavior
- Movement
- Walk Speed
- 0.2
- Avoids Water
- Yes
- Herd
- Max Size
- 9
- Tolerated Leaders
- NincadaTier 1
- Combat
- Will Defend Owner
- Yes
- Resting
- Can Sleep
- Yes
- Times
- any
- Will Sleep on Bed
- Yes
- Light Requirement
- 0-4
- Drowsy Chance
- 0.0014
- Rouse Chance
- 0.0042
Where does Nincada spawn in Cobblemon?
Nincada has 2 natural spawn entries in the current Cobblemon data. It can appear from level 2 to 27. Listed biome tags include forest-tagged biomes, jungle-tagged biomes, skyroot forest-tagged biomes. Some entries also require specific skylight levels.
Habitat encounters
Nincada is not currently listed in a habitat pool.
What moves does Nincada learn?
Nincada has 74 listed moves: 23 level-up, 30 TM, 7 egg, 14 tutor.
As an Alpha
Full Alpha guideWhat Nincada becomes as a Cobblemon 1.8 Alpha
Size
≈ ×1.70 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 / ground 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
- Ground Gem×2–3
- Shuca Berry×1–2