Halloween 2026
How to get Nincada
Found in the wild · Very Common
Nincada is a wild spawn in Catch 'Em Cord, in the Very Common tier. When one appears in your server's chat, run /encounter Nincada to face it, weaken it with Fight, then throw a ball from the Bag. Its catch rate is 255 out of 255, and the lower that number, the harder the throw.
- Rarity
- Very Common tier
- Time of day
- Day and night
- Shiny
- Every wild spawn has a shiny chance, the same for everyone.
- Safari Zone
- You can also catch it in the Safari Zone with
/safari: the Ground zone of the Friend Safari. - Breeding
- It breeds with a Ditto, or with a Pokémon of the opposite gender that shares one of its Egg Groups (Bug). When it's the mother, or its partner is a Ditto, the Egg hatches into Nincada.
Pokédex data
- Height
- 0.5 m
- Weight
- 5.5 kg
- Abilities
- Compound Eyes
Run Away (hidden) - Egg groups
- Bug
- Gender
- 50% male
- Catch rate
- 255 (all catch rates) (your odds)
Base stats Total 266
HP31
Attack45
Defense90
Sp. Atk30
Sp. Def30
Speed40
Type matchups
Weak to
Fire 2×Ice 2×Water 2×
Resists
Fighting ½Ground ½Poison ½
Immune to
Electric 0
Evolution line
Moves
By level
| Lv | Move | Type | Class | Pow | Acc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sand Attack | Ground | T | - | 100% |
| 1 | Scratch | Normal | P | 40 | 100% |
| 5 | Harden | Normal | T | - | - |
| 10 | False Swipe | Normal | P | 40 | 100% |
| 15 | Mud Slap | Ground | S | 20 | 100% |
| 21 | Absorb | Grass | S | 20 | 100% |
| 25 | Metal Claw | Steel | P | 50 | 95% |
| 30 | Fury Swipes | Normal | P | 18 | 80% |
| 35 | Mind Reader | Normal | T | - | - |
| 40 | Dig | Ground | P | 80 | 100% |
TM
| Move | Type | Class | Pow | Acc |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bug Buzz | Bug | S | 90 | 100% |
| Endure | Normal | T | - | - |
| Facade | Normal | P | 70 | 100% |
| Giga Drain | Grass | S | 75 | 100% |
| Leech Life | Bug | P | 80 | 100% |
| Protect | Normal | T | - | - |
| Rest | Psychic | T | - | - |
| Round | Normal | S | 60 | 100% |
| Sandstorm | Rock | T | - | - |
| Shadow Ball | Ghost | S | 80 | 100% |
| Sleep Talk | Normal | T | - | - |
| Snore | Normal | S | 50 | 100% |
| Solar Beam | Grass | S | 120 | 100% |
| Substitute | Normal | T | - | - |
| Sunny Day | Fire | T | - | - |
| X Scissor | Bug | P | 80 | 100% |
Egg
| Move | Type | Class | Pow | Acc |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bug Bite | Bug | P | 60 | 100% |
| Bug Buzz | Bug | S | 90 | 100% |
| Endure | Normal | T | - | - |
| Feint Attack | Dark | P | 60 | - |
| Final Gambit | Fighting | S | - | 100% |
| Flail | Normal | P | - | 100% |
| Gust | S | 40 | 100% | |
| Night Slash | Dark | P | 70 | 100% |
| Silver Wind | Bug | S | 60 | 100% |
Related Pokémon
More Bug-type Pokémon: Beautifly, Cascoon, Dustox, Surskit, Masquerain, Volbeat
More Ground-type Pokémon: Marshtomp, Swampert, Numel, Camerupt, Trapinch, Vibrava
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.