Cacturne - Generation 9 learnset

This page lists all the moves that Cacturne can learn in Generation 9, which consists of these games:

Pokémon Scarlet
Pokémon Violet

Note: many moves have changed stats over the years. The power, accuracy and other information listed below is as it was in the respective games. Check a move's detail page for stats in the most recent games and when they changed.

Cacturne artwork by Ken Sugimori

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Scarlet/Violet

Moves learnt by level up

Cacturne learns the following moves in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet at the levels specified.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
1	Absorb	Grass	20	100
1	Destiny Bond	Ghost	—	—
1	Growth	Normal	—	—
1	Leer	Normal	—	100
1	Poison Sting	Poison	15	100
10	Leech Seed	Grass	—	90
13	Sand Attack	Ground	—	100
16	Bullet Seed	Grass	25	100
19	Power Trip	Dark	20	100
22	Ingrain	Grass	—	—
26	Payback	Dark	50	100
30	Spikes	Ground	—	—
35	Sucker Punch	Dark	70	100
38	Pin Missile	Bug	25	95
44	Energy Ball	Grass	90	100
49	Cotton Spore	Grass	—	100
54	Sandstorm	Rock	—	—

Moves learnt on evolution

Cacturne learns the following moves when it evolves in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet (regardless of level).

Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
Spiky Shield	Grass		—	—

Egg moves

Cacturne does not learn any moves by breeding in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet.

Moves learnt by TM

Cacturne is compatible with these Technical Machines in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet:

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
01	Take Down	Normal	90	85
06	Scary Face	Normal	—	100
07	Protect	Normal	—	—
12	Low Kick	Fighting	—	100
18	Thief	Dark	60	100
20	Trailblaze	Grass	50	100
25	Facade	Normal	70	100
28	Bulldoze	Ground	60	100
32	Swift	Normal	60	∞
33	Magical Leaf	Grass	60	∞
43	Fling	Dark	—	100
45	Venoshock	Poison	65	100
47	Endure	Normal	—	—
49	Sunny Day	Fire	—	—
50	Rain Dance	Water	—	—
51	Sandstorm	Rock	—	—
55	Dig	Ground	80	100
56	Bullet Seed	Grass	25	100
58	Brick Break	Fighting	75	100
59	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	80	90
62	Foul Play	Dark	95	100
66	Body Slam	Normal	85	100
68	Thunder Punch	Electric	75	100
70	Sleep Talk	Normal	—	—
71	Seed Bomb	Grass	80	100
73	Drain Punch	Fighting	75	100
81	Grass Knot	Grass	—	100
83	Poison Jab	Poison	80	100
84	Stomping Tantrum	Ground	75	100
85	Rest	Psychic	—	—
87	Taunt	Dark	—	100
88	Swords Dance	Normal	—	—
90	Spikes	Ground	—	—
91	Toxic Spikes	Poison	—	—
94	Dark Pulse	Dark	80	100
103	Substitute	Normal	—	—
111	Giga Drain	Grass	75	100
114	Shadow Ball	Ghost	80	100
119	Energy Ball	Grass	90	100
122	Encore	Normal	—	100
130	Helping Hand	Normal	—	—
137	Grassy Terrain	Grass	—	—
140	Nasty Plot	Dark	—	—
152	Giga Impact	Normal	150	90
158	Focus Blast	Fighting	120	70
159	Leaf Storm	Grass	130	90
163	Hyper Beam	Normal	150	90
168	Solar Beam	Grass	120	100
171	Tera Blast	Normal	80	100