How to get Basculin
Found in the wild · Common
Basculin is a wild spawn in Catch 'Em Cord, in the Common tier. When one appears in your server's chat, run /encounter Basculin to face it, weaken it with Fight, then throw a ball from the Bag. Its catch rate is 25 out of 255, and the lower that number, the harder the throw.
- Rarity
- Common tier
- Time of day
- Day and night
- Shiny
- Every wild spawn has a shiny chance, the same for everyone.
- Breeding
- It breeds with a Ditto, or with a Pokémon of the opposite gender that shares one of its Egg Groups (Water 2). When it's the mother, or its partner is a Ditto, the Egg hatches into Basculin.
Pokédex data
- Height
- 1 m
- Weight
- 18 kg
- Abilities
- Reckless
Adaptability
Mold Breaker (hidden) - Egg groups
- Water 2
- Gender
- 50% male
- Catch rate
- 25 (all catch rates) (your odds)
Base stats Total 460
HP70
Attack92
Defense65
Sp. Atk80
Sp. Def55
Speed98
Type matchups
Weak to
Electric 2×Grass 2×
Resists
Fire ½Ice ½Steel ½Water ½
Related Pokémon
More Water-type Pokémon: Tympole, Palpitoad, Seismitoad, Tirtouga, Carracosta, Ducklett
All 718 Pokémon in the Pokédex
How catching works in Catch 'Em Cord
Stats, abilities, movesets and matchups come from the same battle engine the bot runs on. How to get each one is read from the live spawn pool. Last checked against the live game on November 7, 2026.

