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Ariados

Details


Type	Bug Poison
Abilities	Swarm, Insomnia
Hidden Ability	Sniper
Catch rate	90
EV yield	2 Attack
Gender ratio	50% male, 50% female
Egg Groups	Bug
Egg cycles	16
Experience group	Fast
Behavior	Timid 5%, Passive 35%, Aggressive 60%

Base stats

HP	70
Attack	90
Defense	70
Sp. Atk	60
Sp. Def	70
Speed	40
Total	400

Weak to (2x)

Resists (1/2x)

Bug

Resists (1/4x)

Area	Time	Location	Levels	Rarity
Forest and taiga biomes	Night	Land and grass blocks	22 to 50	8.0

Times follow Minecraft ticks; morning is ticks 0 to 6,000, day 0 to 12,000, night 13,000 to 23,000.

Rarity is the spawn weight among all Pokemon that pass conditions in that biome at that moment.

Wild odds: shiny 1 in 8,000 (event and donor boosts apply), ghost palette 1 in 80,000 (boosted at night and in graveyards). Type zone odds: shiny 1 in 15,000, ghost 1 in 80,000, Zone Boss tier 1 in 250.

Other encounter methods

Also encountered by: Headbutt on trees, Sweet Scent lure.

Catching Type Zones (Skill World)

Zone	Weight	Levels
Poison Poison Type Zone	1.39	From level 22, scales with your Catching level (cap 80)
Bug Bug Type Zone	0.25	From level 22, scales with your Catching level (cap 80)

Story region encounters

Alola (53 areas)

Area	Encounter chance	Level
Malie Garden 1	5% of walk encounters	27
Malie Garden 2	5% of walk encounters	27
Malie Garden 3	5% of walk encounters	27
Malie Garden 4	5% of walk encounters	27
Malie Garden 5	5% of walk encounters	27
Malie Garden 6	5% of walk encounters	27
Malie Garden 7	5% of walk encounters	27
Malie Garden 8	5% of walk encounters	27
Malie Garden 9	5% of walk encounters	27
Route 10 1	10% of walk encounters	31
Route 10 2	10% of walk encounters	31
Route 10 3	10% of walk encounters	31
Route 10 4	10% of walk encounters	31
Route 10 5	10% of walk encounters	31
Route 10 6	10% of walk encounters	31
Route 11 1	8% of walk encounters	30
Route 11 10	8% of walk encounters	30
Route 11 11	8% of walk encounters	30
Route 11 12	8% of walk encounters	30
Route 11 2	8% of walk encounters	30
Route 11 3	8% of walk encounters	30
Route 11 4	8% of walk encounters	30
Route 11 5	8% of walk encounters	30
Route 11 6	8% of walk encounters	30
Route 11 7	8% of walk encounters	30
Route 11 8	8% of walk encounters	30
Route 11 9	8% of walk encounters	30
Route 17 1	10% of walk encounters	32
Route 17 10	10% of walk encounters	32
Route 17 11	10% of walk encounters	32
Route 17 12	10% of walk encounters	32
Route 17 13	10% of walk encounters	32
Route 17 14	10% of walk encounters	32
Route 17 15	10% of walk encounters	32
Route 17 16	10% of walk encounters	32
Route 17 17	10% of walk encounters	32
Route 17 18	10% of walk encounters	32
Route 17 19	10% of walk encounters	32
Route 17 2	10% of walk encounters	32
Route 17 3	10% of walk encounters	32
Route 17 4	10% of walk encounters	32
Route 17 5	10% of walk encounters	32
Route 17 6	10% of walk encounters	32
Route 17 7	10% of walk encounters	32
Route 17 8	10% of walk encounters	32
Route 17 9	10% of walk encounters	32
Ulaula Meadow 1	15% of walk encounters	33
Ulaula Meadow 2	15% of walk encounters	33
Ulaula Meadow 3	15% of walk encounters	33
Ulaula Meadow 4	15% of walk encounters	33
Ulaula Meadow 5	15% of walk encounters	33
Ulaula Meadow 6	15% of walk encounters	33
Ulaula Meadow 7	15% of walk encounters	33

Johto (4 areas)

Area	Encounter chance	Level
Route 37 1	5% of walk encounters	18
Route 37 2	5% of walk encounters	18
Route 37 3	5% of walk encounters	18
Route 37 4	5% of walk encounters	18

Kalos (4 areas)

Area	Encounter chance	Level
Terminus Cave 1	10% of walk encounters	46
Victory Road Kalos 1	10% of walk encounters	59
Victory Road Kalos 2	10% of walk encounters	59
Victory Road Kalos 3	10% of walk encounters	59

Sinnoh (5 areas)

Area	Encounter chance	Level
Route 229 1	5.26316% of walk encounters	50
Route 229 2	5.26316% of walk encounters	50
Route 229 3	5.26316% of walk encounters	50
Route 229 4	5.26316% of walk encounters	50
Route 229 5	5.26316% of walk encounters	50

Unova (8 areas)

Area	Encounter chance	Level
Route 22 Unova 1	5% of walk encounters	41
Route 22 Unova 2	5% of walk encounters	41
Route 22 Unova 3	5% of walk encounters	41
Route 22 Unova 4	5% of walk encounters	41
Route 22 Unova 5	5% of walk encounters	41
Route 22 Unova 6	5% of walk encounters	41
Route 22 Unova 7	5% of walk encounters	41
Route 22 Unova 8	5% of walk encounters	41

Other appearances

Evolution: evolve a Spinarak at level 22 (learns Swords Dance on evolution).
Outbreaks: eligible for public outbreaks in its spawn biomes, and for personal outbreaks started with Poke Dust in /pokebuilder.
Hunts: can be rolled as a target on the /hunts board.
PvM: summoned as a bodyguard by the Jungle Wizard in the PvM worlds.
Plushies: has a collectible plushie in the Plushie Dex (region boxes, generations 1 to 5).
Trainers: appears on NPC trainer teams.
WonderTrade and the Grand Exchange: player-traded specimens circulate regularly.

Palettes

	Palette	How it appears
	Ghost	1 in 80,000 roll, boosted at night and in graveyards.
	None	Standard wild appearance.
	Shiny	1 in 8,000 wild roll (1 in 15,000 in type zones); donor rank and events improve it.
	Spirit	Spirit palette, a rare special appearance.

Drops

Drop	Chance	Quantity
Cobweb	100%	1 to 3
Spider Eye	50%	1 to 2
Fermented Spider Eye	10%	1

Poke Dust: defeating or catching one grants 2 dust, rolled 50/50 between Bug Dust and Poison Dust. Battle combos give up to a 100% chance to double defeat drops. Dungeon Bosses, Pixelmon Bosses, raid Pokemon, and Boss Zone spawns drop no dust.

Wild held items: None

Breeding and leveling

Egg groups: Bug. Egg cycles: 16. Experience group: Fast.

Breed two compatible Pokemon from the Bug egg group (or use a Ditto). Eggs hatch into Spinarak. Egg moves are listed in the breeding move table below.

Read the full breeding guide

Moves

By level

Level	Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP
1	Absorb	Grass	Special	20	100%	25
1	Bug Bite	Bug	Physical	60	100%	20
1	Fell Stinger	Bug	Physical	50	100%	25
1	Focus Energy	Normal	Status	-	-	30
1	Poison Sting	Poison	Physical	15	100%	35
1	String Shot	Bug	Status	-	95%	30
1	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	-	-	20
8	Infestation	Bug	Special	20	100%	20
12	Scary Face	Normal	Status	-	100%	10
15	Night Shade	Ghost	Special	-	100%	15
19	Shadow Sneak	Ghost	Physical	40	100%	30
23	Fury Swipes	Normal	Physical	18	80%	15
28	Sucker Punch	Dark	Physical	70	100%	5
31	Agility	Psychic	Status	-	-	30
35	Pin Missile	Bug	Physical	25	95%	20
41	Psychic	Psychic	Special	90	100%	10
46	Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	80	100%	20
50	Cross Poison	Poison	Physical	70	100%	20
54	Sticky Web	Bug	Status	-	-	20
59	Toxic Thread	Poison	Status	-1	100%	20

By move tutor

Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP
Bounce	Flying	Physical	85	85%	5
Bug Bite	Bug	Physical	60	100%	20
Electroweb	Electric	Special	55	95%	15
Foul Play	Dark	Physical	95	100%	15
Giga Drain	Grass	Special	75	100%	10
Signal Beam	Bug	Special	75	100%	15
Snore	Normal	Special	50	100%	15
Stomping Tantrum	Ground	Physical	75	100%	10
Throat Chop	Dark	Physical	80	100%	15

By breeding

Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP
Disable	Normal	Status	-	100%	20
Lunge	Bug	Physical	80	100%	15
Megahorn	Bug	Physical	120	85%	10
Night Slash	Dark	Physical	70	100%	15
Rage Powder	Bug	Status	-	-	20

By TM (43 moves)

data-mtype="Poison">data-mtype="Psychic">data-mtype="Normal">data-mtype="Bug">data-mtype="Bug">data-mtype="Ground">data-mtype="Electric">data-mtype="Normal">data-mtype="Normal">data-mtype="Dark">data-mtype="Grass">data-mtype="Normal">data-mtype="Ghost">data-mtype="Normal">data-mtype="Dark">data-mtype="Bug">data-mtype="Bug">data-mtype="Ghost">data-mtype="Poison">data-mtype="Bug">data-mtype="Normal">data-mtype="Psychic">data-mtype="Psychic">data-mtype="Normal">data-mtype="Bug">data-mtype="Normal">data-mtype="Poison">data-mtype="Poison">data-mtype="Steel">data-mtype="Grass">data-mtype="Ghost">data-mtype="Bug">data-mtype="Normal">data-mtype="Fire">data-mtype="Normal">data-mtype="Normal">data-mtype="Dark">data-mtype="Dark">data-mtype="Poison">data-mtype="Poison">data-mtype="Grass">data-mtype="Poison">data-mtype="Bug">

Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP
Acid Spray	Poison	Special	40	100%	20
Agility	Psychic	Status	-	-	30
Baton Pass	Normal	Status	-	-	40
Bug Bite	Bug	Physical	60	100%	20
Bug Buzz	Bug	Special	90	100%	10
Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100%	10
Electroweb	Electric	Special	55	95%	15
Endure	Normal	Status	-	-	10
Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20
Foul Play	Dark	Physical	95	100%	15
Giga Drain	Grass	Special	75	100%	10
Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90%	5
Hex	Ghost	Special	65	100%	10
Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90%	5
Knock Off	Dark	Physical	65	100%	20
Leech Life	Bug	Physical	80	100%	10
Lunge	Bug	Physical	80	100%	15
Night Shade	Ghost	Special	-	100%	15
Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	80	100%	20
Pounce	Bug	Physical	50	100%	20
Protect	Normal	Status	-	-	10
Psychic	Psychic	Special	90	100%	10
Rest	Psychic	Status	-	-	5
Scary Face	Normal	Status	-	100%	10
Skitter Smack	Bug	Physical	70	90%	10
Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	-	-	10
Sludge Bomb	Poison	Special	90	100%	10
Sludge Wave	Poison	Special	95	100%	10
Smart Strike	Steel	Physical	70	-	10
Solar Beam	Grass	Special	120	100%	10
Spite	Ghost	Status	-	100%	10
Struggle Bug	Bug	Special	50	100%	20
Substitute	Normal	Status	-	-	10
Sunny Day	Fire	Status	-	-	5
Swords Dance	Normal	Status	-	-	20
Tera Blast	Normal	Special	80	100%	10
Thief	Dark	Physical	60	100%	25
Throat Chop	Dark	Physical	80	100%	15
Toxic	Poison	Status	-	90%	10
Toxic Spikes	Poison	Status	-	-	20
Trailblaze	Grass	Physical	50	100%	20
Venoshock	Poison	Special	65	100%	15
X-Scissor	Bug	Physical	80	100%	15

By transfer (30 moves)

Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP
Baton Pass	Normal	Status	-	-	40
Body Slam	Normal	Physical	85	100%	15
Captivate	Normal	Status	-	100%	20
Constrict	Normal	Physical	10	100%	35
Curse	Ghost	Status	-	-	10
Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100%	10
Disable	Normal	Status	-	100%	20
Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100%	15
Electroweb	Electric	Special	55	95%	15
Endure	Normal	Status	-	-	10
Flash	Normal	Status	-	100%	20
Hone Claws	Dark	Status	-	-	15
Lunge	Bug	Physical	80	100%	15
Megahorn	Bug	Physical	120	85%	10
Mimic	Normal	Status	-	-	10
Natural Gift	Normal	Physical	-	100%	15
Night Slash	Dark	Physical	70	100%	15
Psybeam	Psychic	Special	65	100%	20
Pursuit	Dark	Physical	40	100%	20
Rage Powder	Bug	Status	-	-	20
Refresh	Normal	Status	-	-	20
Screech	Normal	Status	-	85%	40
Secret Power	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20
Signal Beam	Bug	Special	75	100%	15
Sonic Boom	Normal	Special	-	90%	20
Spider Web	Bug	Status	-	-	10
Struggle Bug	Bug	Special	50	100%	20
Toxic Spikes	Poison	Status	-	-	20
Twineedle	Bug	Physical	25	100%	20
Venom Drench	Poison	Status	-	100%	20

Shadow Ariados

Details


Type	Bug Poison
Abilities	Swarm, Insomnia
Hidden Ability	Sniper
Catch rate	90
EV yield	2 Attack
Gender ratio	50% male, 50% female
Egg Groups	Bug
Egg cycles	16
Experience group	Fast
Behavior	Timid 5%, Passive 35%, Aggressive 60%
Level cap	100

Base stats

HP	70
Attack	97
Defense	70
Sp. Atk	65
Sp. Def	70
Speed	40
Total	412

Solid bars are the normal base stats; the animated segment is everything this tier adds on top.

Weak to (2x)

Resists (1/2x)

Bug

Resists (1/4x)

Shadow moves used by Shadow Pokemon have their own effectiveness rules against normal Pokemon.

How to obtain

Shadow Pokemon do not spawn in the wild. Ways to get a Shadow Ariados:

Cloning Machine: any owned Ariados (except Mew and Ditto species-wide) can be made Shadow, with success up to 99% when the machine is boosted with netherite blocks.

Random shadow encounters: trial chamber vaults have a 15% chance (30% for ominous vaults) to release a catchable wild Shadow Pokemon of a random species at levels 60 to 80, and village trainers under a Bad Omen have a 30% chance to carry a snaggable Shadow Pokemon.

Shadow Pokemon use only shadow moves until purified at the purification shrine or with a Time Flute. Purifying returns this form to normal.

Palettes

	Palette	How it appears
	Ghost	1 in 80,000 roll, boosted at night and in graveyards.
	None	Standard wild appearance.
	Shiny	1 in 8,000 wild roll (1 in 15,000 in type zones); donor rank and events improve it.
	Spirit	Spirit palette, a rare special appearance.

Shadow Moves

Level	Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP
1	Shadow Squeeze	Mystery	Physical	30	100%	100
1	Shadow Sludge	Mystery	Special	75	100%	100
1	Shadow Siphon	Mystery	Special	60	100%	100
1	Shadow Fury	Mystery	Physical	40	95%	100

Shadow Pokemon use only their Shadow Moves until purified. TMs and TRs cannot be used on them.

Corrupt Ariados

Details


Type	Bug Poison
Abilities	Swarm, Insomnia
Hidden Ability	Sniper
Catch rate	90
EV yield	2 Attack
Gender ratio	50% male, 50% female
Egg Groups	Bug
Egg cycles	16
Experience group	Fast
Behavior	Timid 5%, Passive 35%, Aggressive 60%
Level cap	120

Base stats

HP	70
Attack	104
Defense	70
Sp. Atk	69
Sp. Def	70
Speed	46
Total	429

Solid bars are the normal base stats; the animated segment is everything this tier adds on top.

Weak to (2x)

Resists (1/2x)

Bug

Resists (1/4x)

How to obtain

Created only by upgrading a Shadow Pokemon in the Cloning Machine (up to 60% success). A failed attempt resets the Pokemon back to normal.

Palettes

	Palette	How it appears
	Ghost	1 in 80,000 roll, boosted at night and in graveyards.
	None	Standard wild appearance.
	Shiny	1 in 8,000 wild roll (1 in 15,000 in type zones); donor rank and events improve it.
	Spirit	Spirit palette, a rare special appearance.

Moves

Uses the same moveset as the base form. TMs and TRs cannot be used on tiered Pokemon.

Void Ariados

Details


Type	Bug Poison
Abilities	Swarm, Insomnia
Hidden Ability	Sniper
Catch rate	90
EV yield	2 Attack
Gender ratio	50% male, 50% female
Egg Groups	Bug
Egg cycles	16
Experience group	Fast
Behavior	Timid 5%, Passive 35%, Aggressive 60%
Level cap	150

Base stats

HP	88
Attack	113
Defense	88
Sp. Atk	75
Sp. Def	88
Speed	50
Total	502

Solid bars are the normal base stats; the animated segment is everything this tier adds on top.

Weak to (2x)

Resists (1/2x)

Bug

Resists (1/4x)

How to obtain

Created only by upgrading a Corrupt Pokemon in the Cloning Machine (up to 36% success). A failed attempt drops the Pokemon back to Shadow.

Palettes

	Palette	How it appears
	Ghost	1 in 80,000 roll, boosted at night and in graveyards.
	None	Standard wild appearance.
	Shiny	1 in 8,000 wild roll (1 in 15,000 in type zones); donor rank and events improve it.
	Spirit	Spirit palette, a rare special appearance.

Moves

Uses the same moveset as the base form. TMs and TRs cannot be used on tiered Pokemon.

Abyss Ariados

Details


Type	Bug Poison
Abilities	Swarm, Insomnia
Hidden Ability	Sniper
Catch rate	90
EV yield	2 Attack
Gender ratio	50% male, 50% female
Egg Groups	Bug
Egg cycles	16
Experience group	Fast
Behavior	Timid 5%, Passive 35%, Aggressive 60%
Level cap	200

Base stats

HP	105
Attack	135
Defense	105
Sp. Atk	90
Sp. Def	105
Speed	60
Total	600

Solid bars are the normal base stats; the animated segment is everything this tier adds on top.

Weak to (2x)

Resists (1/2x)

Bug

Resists (1/4x)

How to obtain

Created only by upgrading a Void Pokemon in the Cloning Machine (up to 18% success). A failed attempt keeps the current tier.

Palettes

	Palette	How it appears
	Ghost	1 in 80,000 roll, boosted at night and in graveyards.
	None	Standard wild appearance.
	Shiny	1 in 8,000 wild roll (1 in 15,000 in type zones); donor rank and events improve it.
	Spirit	Spirit palette, a rare special appearance.

Moves

Uses the same moveset as the base form. TMs and TRs cannot be used on tiered Pokemon.

Eternal Ariados

Details


Type	Bug Poison
Abilities	Swarm, Insomnia
Hidden Ability	Sniper
Catch rate	90
EV yield	2 Attack
Gender ratio	50% male, 50% female
Egg Groups	Bug
Egg cycles	16
Experience group	Fast
Behavior	Timid 5%, Passive 35%, Aggressive 60%
Level cap	400

Base stats

HP	140
Attack	180
Defense	140
Sp. Atk	120
Sp. Def	140
Speed	80
Total	800

Solid bars are the normal base stats; the animated segment is everything this tier adds on top.

Weak to (2x)

Resists (1/2x)

Bug

Resists (1/4x)

How to obtain

Created only by upgrading an Abyss Pokemon in the Cloning Machine (up to 12% success). A failed attempt keeps the current tier.

Palettes

	Palette	How it appears
	Ghost	1 in 80,000 roll, boosted at night and in graveyards.
	None	Standard wild appearance.
	Shiny	1 in 8,000 wild roll (1 in 15,000 in type zones); donor rank and events improve it.
	Spirit	Spirit palette, a rare special appearance.

Moves

Uses the same moveset as the base form. TMs and TRs cannot be used on tiered Pokemon.

Infinity Ariados

Details


Type	Bug Poison
Abilities	Swarm, Insomnia
Hidden Ability	Sniper
Catch rate	90
EV yield	2 Attack
Gender ratio	50% male, 50% female
Egg Groups	Bug
Egg cycles	16
Experience group	Fast
Behavior	Timid 5%, Passive 35%, Aggressive 60%
Level cap	1000

Base stats

HP	210
Attack	270
Defense	210
Sp. Atk	180
Sp. Def	210
Speed	120
Total	1200

Solid bars are the normal base stats; the animated segment is everything this tier adds on top.

Weak to (2x)

Resists (1/2x)

Bug

Resists (1/4x)

How to obtain

Created only by upgrading an Eternal Pokemon in the Cloning Machine (up to 3% success). A failed attempt keeps the current tier, with a 1 in 1,000 chance the Pokemon is lost entirely.

Palettes

	Palette	How it appears
	Ghost	1 in 80,000 roll, boosted at night and in graveyards.
	None	Standard wild appearance.
	Shiny	1 in 8,000 wild roll (1 in 15,000 in type zones); donor rank and events improve it.
	Spirit	Spirit palette, a rare special appearance.

Moves

Uses the same moveset as the base form. TMs and TRs cannot be used on tiered Pokemon.