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Cacnea サボネア Sabonea #331
Artwork from R/S/E
Type Grass ' Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Cactus Pokémon
Ability Sand Veil Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,059,860
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #— Johto — Hoenn #119 Sinnoh — Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R--- Almia R-239 Oblivia
Height 1'04" Imperial 0.4 m Metric 1'04"/0.4 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 113.1 lbs. Imperial 51.3 kg Metric 113.1 lbs./51.3 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Green	Catch rate 190 (24.8%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown 50% male, 50% female
Breeding Plant and Humanshape groups 21 cycles (5355 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 1 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 97 Battle Exp.: 971*
External links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Cacnea (Japanese: サボネア Sabonea) is a Template:Type2 Pokémon.

It evolves into Cacturne starting at level 32.

Biology

Physiology

Cacnea are round, green Pokémon that are primarily found in deserts and other arid environments. They have a dark green rombus shape above their face, and three dark green rhombus shapes below their face that ring around its waist with a green rhombus shape on its back. Cacnea have dark circles around their eyes, their mouth apparently composed of several similar circles with thin striations below it. Cacnea has two darker-green spikes to the sides of their face, along with a yellow flower bud on top of their heads. Cacnea also have two club-like arms that are dotted with darker-green spikes with cactus-esque striations along ttheir length and two stubby, darker-green-colored, cone-shaped feet.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Aside from its numerous poison abilities, Cacnea also has the Ability Sand Veil. In a sandstorm, Cacnea's ability to avoid attacks is raised, giving it a sort of home field advantage.

Cacnea, and its evolution, Cacturne, are the only known Pokémon that learn Needle Arm.

In addition, Cacnea releases a strong aroma to attract prey to it, and retain moisture in the hot daylight hours.

Behavior

Cacnea is well adapted to the harsh desert environment. It can store water for almost up to a month, which is especially useful for its habitat. When it battles, it is known to swing its arms wildly in hopes of stinging its opponent with one of the sharp thorns in its arms.

It releases a strong aroma from its flower to attract prey. When prey comes near, this Pokémon shoots sharp thorns from its body to bring the victim down.

Habitat

Cacnea lives in the desert.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Cacnea first appeared in A Poached Ego. It became James's Pokémon after his Weezing and Arbok left to protect a bunch of Ekans and Koffing that were freed from a Pokémon Poacher. In Once There Were Greenfields, James gave Cacnea to Gardenia.

Pokédex entries

In the TCG

Main article: Cacnea (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Ruby	Sapphire	Poison Barb (5%)
Emerald
Diamond	Pearl	Sticky Barb (5%)
Platinum

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Template:DP type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

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By TM/HM

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By breeding

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By tutoring

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|- style="background:#82C274" | colspan="13" | Bold indicates a move that gets STAB
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only from an evolution of this Pokémon
A colored initial indicates that the move is not available to be tutored in this game,
while a colored background indicates that the move is available. |} |}

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball  N/A  Not available		Pokémon Pinball RS     Acquisition: Catch		Pokémon Trozei!    Rarity: Common
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team File:MDP RT 331.png Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 7.2% Friend Area: Furnace Desert Phrases 51%-100% HP I can live for thirty days without having anything to drink! 26%-50% HP My HP is slipping down to the halfway mark. 1%-25% HP I'll faint on you... My body's developing cracks... Level up I leveled up! I can feel power down to my spikes! Partner phrases 51%-100% HP <name>, my HP is between 51% and 100%. 26%-50% HP <name>, my HP is between 26% and 50%. 1%-25% HP <name>, my HP is between 1% and 25%. Level up I leveled up! I can feel power down to my spikes!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 6.4% IQ group: C
Pokémon Ranger Group:  Normal  Poké Assist: None Field move: None Loops: 0 Min. exp.: 0 Max. exp.: 0 Browser entry   This Pokémon does not have a browser entry.
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Group:  Grass  Poké Assist: ( Grass ) Field move: (Tackle ×1) Browser entry   It attacks by scattering needles.
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Poké Assist: Field move:  Normal  None Past ( Normal ) None Past (Electrify ×1) Browser entry   This Pokémon does not have a browser entry.
Pokémon Rumble N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed			Pokémon Rumble Blast N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure PokéPark Pad entry: This Pokémon has no PokéPark Pad entry.
PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond Strong: {{{Park2strong}}} Weak: {{{Park2weak}}} PokéPark Pad entry: This Pokémon has no PokéPark Pad entry.
Pokémon Conquest HP: Move: {{{ConquestMove}}} Attack: Ability 1: {{{ConquestAbility1}}} Defense: Ability 2: {{{ConquestAbility2}}} Speed: Ability 3: {{{ConquestAbility3}}} Does not evolve. Range: 0 Perfect Links: {{{ConquestLink}}}

Evolution

Unevolved Cacnea  Grass

Level 32 →

First evolution Cacturne  Grass  Dark

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow		Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal				Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation II.
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald		FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum		HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back
V	Black	White	Black 2	White 2			Back

For other sprites and images, please see Cacnea images on Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• Cacnea and its evolution, Cacturne, are two of the few Pokémon which aren't Steel, Ground or Template:Type2 which are unharmed by sandstorms. This is because of their ability, Sand Veil. The other Pokémon who share this trait are Cleffa line with Magic Guard, Psyduck line with Cloud Nine and Rayquaza with Air Lock.
• Although Cacnea and its evolution Cacturne are based on desert plants known for their high water-retention ability, neither Cacnea nor Cacturne have access to the abilities Water Absorb or Storm Drain.

Origin

It is based on a cactus. It can also resemble a Halloween Jack-o-lantern. This is made even more apparent in its shiny form, which is orange.

Name origin

Cacnea's name is based on cactus. Sabonea is based on 仙人掌 saboten, cactus. Nea may come from needle.

In other languages

• German: Tuska
• French: Cacnea
• Korean: 선인왕 Seon'in'wang

Related articles

• James's Cacnea

External links

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