Explorers TD:Cacturne: Difference between revisions

Cacturne; ノクタス
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Information
Ability	Sand Veil
Preferred Gummis	Grass Gummi; Black Gummi
IQ Group	IQ Group C
Movement Type	Ground
Body Size	1
Recruitment Rate	0.5%
Stats
HP	25
Attack	12
Defense	5
Special Attack	13
Special Defense	5
Base Experience
Navigation

Latest revision as of 17:28, 12 July 2025

This Cacturne page is about Explorers of Time and Darkness. For Explorers of Sky, see Explorers of Sky:Cacturne.

For the lore page, see Pkmn:Cacturne.

Cacturne (Japanese: ノクタス, Noctus) is a dual Grass-type/Dark-type Pokémon in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Darkness.

It evolves from Cacnea starting at level 32, and does not evolve into any other Pokémon.

Learnset

Learned by level-up

Move		Type	Level	Base PP	Range
English	Japanese	Type	Level	Base PP	Range
Poison Sting	どくばり		1	19	Enemy in front, cuts corners
Leer	にらみつける		1	27	Enemy in front
Absorb	すいとる		1	15	Enemy in front
Growth	せいちょう		1	20	User
Revenge	リベンジ		3	12	User
Absorb	すいとる		5	15	Enemy in front
Growth	せいちょう		9	20	User
Leech Seed	やどりぎのタネ		13	17	Enemy in front, cuts corners
Sand-Attack	すなかけ		17	20	Enemy in front, cuts corners
Pin Missile	ミサイルばり		21	10	Line of sight
Ingrain	ねをはる		25	22	User
Faint Attack	だましうち		29	25	Enemy in front
Spikes	まきびし		35	22	Special
Sucker Punch	ふいうち		41	7	Enemy up to 2 tiles away
Payback	しっぺがえし		47	16	User
Needle Arm	ニードルアーム		53	11	Enemy in front
Cotton Spore	わたほうし		59	13	Enemy in front
Sandstorm	すなあらし		65	14	Floor
Destiny Bond	みちづれ		71	12	Enemy in front, cuts corners

Learned by a prior Evolution

Cacnea

Move		Type	Method	Base PP	Range
English	Japanese	Type	Method	Base PP	Range
Acid	ようかいえき		Egg Move	17	Enemy in front, cuts corners
Counter	カウンター		Egg Move	17	User
DynamicPunch	ばくれつパンチ		Egg Move	13	Enemy in front
GrassWhistle	くさぶえ		Egg Move	12	Enemy in front, cuts corners
Low Kick	けたぐり		Egg Move	16	Enemy in front
Magical Leaf	マジカルリーフ		Egg Move	8	Enemy in front, cuts corners
Seed Bomb	タネばくだん		Egg Move	11	Enemy in front, cuts corners
SmellingSalt	きつけ		Egg Move	15	Enemy in front
Teeter Dance	フラフラダンス		Egg Move	15	All Pokémon in the room

HMs

HM		Type	Base PP	Range
English	Japanese	Type	Base PP	Range
Cut HM	いあいぎり		10	All enemies within a 1-tile range
Strength HM	かいりき		12	Enemy in front

TMs

TM		Type	Base PP	Range
English	Japanese	Type	Base PP	Range
Attract TM	メロメロ		10	Enemy in front, cuts corners
Brick Break TM	かわらわり		12	Enemy in front
Bullet Seed TM	タネマシンガン		10	Line of sight
Captivate TM	ゆうわく		20	Enemy in front
Dark Pulse TM	あくのはどう		10	All enemies within a 1-tile range
Drain Punch TM	ドレインパンチ		8	Enemy in front, cuts corners
Embargo TM	さしおさえ		18	Enemy in front
Endure TM	こらえる		17	User
Energy Ball TM	エナジーボール		11	Line of sight
Facade TM	からげんき		12	Enemy in front
Flash TM	フラッシュ		24	Enemy in front
Fling TM	なげつける		16	Enemy in front
Focus Blast TM	きあいだま		6	Line of sight
Focus Punch TM	きあいパンチ		8	Enemy in front
Frustration TM	やつあたり		16	Enemy in front
Giga Drain TM	ギガドレイン		10	Enemy in front
Giga Impact TM	ギガインパクト		4	Enemy in front
Grass Knot TM	くさむすび		20	Enemy in front
Hidden Power TM	めざめるパワー		12	Enemy in front, cuts corners
Hyper Beam TM	はかいこうせん		8	Line of sight
Natural Gift TM	しぜんのめぐみ		17	Enemy in front
Payback TM	しっぺがえし		16	User
Poison Jab TM	どくづき		14	Enemy in front
Protect TM	まもる		10	User
Rest TM	ねむる		8	User
Return TM	おんがえし		12	Enemy in front
Secret Power TM	ひみつのちから		10	Enemy in front
Sleep Talk TM	ねごと		17	Special
SolarBeam TM	ソーラービーム		9	Enemy in front, cuts corners
Substitute TM	みがわり		7	Facing Pokémon
Swagger TM	いばる		18	Enemy in front
Swords Dance TM	つるぎのまい		7	User
Toxic TM	どくどく		12	Enemy in front
Vacuum-Cut TM	しんくうぎり		7	All enemies in the room
Wide Slash TM	すいへいぎり		10	Facing tile and 2 flanking tiles

Locations

Cacturne can be found in the following locations with a Recruitment Rate of 0.5%.

Location	Floors	Level	Spawn Rate	Recruitable
Happy Outlook	1 - 19	32 - 35	^{[Data needed]}	✓
Northern Desert	9 - 15	23 - 25	^{[Data needed]}	✓
Zero Isle South	40 - 45	21 - 23	^{[Data needed]}	✗

It can also be obtained by evolving Cacnea starting at Lv. 32.

Recruitment Calculator

Pokémon to be recruited: Level of the leader: The leader is holding: The leader has the Fast Friend IQ Skill Recruitment rate: ___%

Dungeon Dialogue

Specialized Items

Cacturne can use the following Specialized Items.

Specialized Item		Rarity
English	Japanese	Rarity
Black Silk	くろいシフォン	☆
Dark Dust	あくのパウダー	☆
Dark Gem	ダークジェム	☆☆
Dusk Globe	やみのオーブ	☆☆☆
Grass Dust	くさのパウダー	☆
Grass Gem	グラスジェム	☆☆
Grass Silk	わかくさシフォン	☆
Soothe Globe	いやしのオーブ	☆☆☆

Level Up Stats

Level	Experience	Cumulative stats					Individual boost
Level	Experience	HP	Attack	Special Attack	Defense	Special Defense	HP	Attack	Special Attack	Defense	Special Defense
1	0	25	12	13	5	5	---	---	---	---	---
2	8	26	13	14	6	6	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1
3	22	27	14	15	6	6	+1	+1	+1	+0	+0
4	39	28	14	15	7	7	+1	+0	+0	+1	+1
5	86	29	15	16	7	7	+1	+1	+1	+0	+0
6	188	30	15	16	8	8	+1	+0	+0	+1	+1
7	293	31	16	17	8	8	+1	+1	+1	+0	+0
8	549	32	17	18	9	9	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1
9	1107	33	18	19	9	9	+1	+1	+1	+0	+0
10	1668	34	19	20	10	10	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1
11	2550	35	20	21	10	10	+1	+1	+1	+0	+0
12	4707	37	21	22	11	11	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1
13	6869	39	22	23	11	11	+2	+1	+1	+0	+0
14	10709	41	23	24	11	11	+2	+1	+1	+0	+0
15	14552	44	24	25	12	12	+3	+1	+1	+1	+1
16	18861	47	25	26	13	13	+3	+1	+1	+1	+1
17	23176	50	26	27	13	13	+3	+1	+1	+0	+0
18	27967	53	27	28	14	14	+3	+1	+1	+1	+1
19	32762	56	29	30	16	16	+3	+2	+2	+2	+2
20	37560	59	31	32	18	18	+3	+2	+2	+2	+2
21	42395	62	33	34	20	20	+3	+2	+2	+2	+2
22	47995	65	34	35	22	22	+3	+1	+1	+2	+2
23	53601	68	35	36	24	24	+3	+1	+1	+2	+2
24	59212	71	36	37	26	26	+3	+1	+1	+2	+2
25	66357	74	38	39	28	28	+3	+2	+2	+2	+2
26	75050	77	40	41	30	30	+3	+2	+2	+2	+2
27	84509	80	42	43	32	32	+3	+2	+2	+2	+2
28	94733	83	44	45	34	34	+3	+2	+2	+2	+2
29	105725	86	46	47	36	36	+3	+2	+2	+2	+2
30	117482	89	48	49	38	38	+3	+2	+2	+2	+2
31	130006	92	50	51	40	40	+3	+2	+2	+2	+2
32	143296	95	52	53	42	42	+3	+2	+2	+2	+2
33	158897	98	54	55	44	44	+3	+2	+2	+2	+2
34	175263	101	56	57	46	46	+3	+2	+2	+2	+2
35	192396	104	58	59	48	48	+3	+2	+2	+2	+2
36	210295	106	60	61	50	50	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2
37	228960	108	61	62	51	51	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1
38	248391	110	62	63	52	52	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1
39	268589	112	63	64	53	53	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1
40	289552	114	64	65	54	54	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1
41	311283	116	65	66	55	55	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1
42	333779	118	65	67	55	56	+2	+0	+1	+0	+1
43	357041	120	66	67	56	56	+2	+1	+0	+1	+0
44	381836	122	66	68	56	57	+2	+0	+1	+0	+1
45	408164	124	67	68	57	57	+2	+1	+0	+1	+0
46	436024	125	67	69	57	58	+1	+0	+1	+0	+1
47	465416	125	68	69	58	58	+0	+1	+0	+1	+0
48	496341	126	68	70	58	59	+1	+0	+1	+0	+1
49	528799	126	69	70	59	59	+0	+1	+0	+1	+0
50	562788	127	69	71	59	60	+1	+0	+1	+0	+1
51	598310	127	70	71	60	60	+0	+1	+0	+1	+0
52	635365	128	70	72	60	61	+1	+0	+1	+0	+1
53	673685	128	71	72	61	61	+0	+1	+0	+1	+0
54	712011	129	71	73	61	62	+1	+0	+1	+0	+1
55	750346	129	72	73	62	62	+0	+1	+0	+1	+0
56	788688	130	72	74	62	63	+1	+0	+1	+0	+1
57	827038	130	73	74	63	63	+0	+1	+0	+1	+0
58	865395	131	73	75	63	64	+1	+0	+1	+0	+1
59	903761	131	74	75	64	64	+0	+1	+0	+1	+0
60	942134	132	75	76	65	65	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1
61	980514	133	76	77	66	66	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1
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63	1057298	135	78	79	68	68	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1
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65	1134113	137	80	81	70	70	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1
66	1172531	138	81	82	71	71	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1
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68	1249392	140	83	84	73	73	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1
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75	1518646	147	90	91	80	80	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1
76	1557141	148	91	92	81	81	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1
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78	1634155	150	93	94	83	83	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1
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80	1711200	152	95	96	85	85	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1
81	1749734	153	96	97	86	86	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1
82	1788275	154	97	98	87	87	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1
83	1826824	155	98	99	88	88	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1
84	1865380	156	99	100	89	89	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1
85	1903945	157	100	101	90	90	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1
86	1942517	158	101	102	91	91	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1
87	1981097	159	102	103	92	92	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1
88	2019685	160	103	104	93	93	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1
89	2058279	161	104	105	94	94	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1
90	2096882	162	105	106	95	95	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1
91	2135492	163	106	107	96	96	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1
92	2174111	164	107	108	97	97	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1
93	2212736	165	108	109	98	98	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1
94	2251370	166	109	110	99	99	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1
95	2290011	167	110	111	100	100	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1
96	2328659	168	111	112	101	101	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1
97	2367315	169	112	113	102	102	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1
98	2405980	170	113	114	103	103	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1
99	2444652	171	114	115	104	104	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1
100	2483376	172	115	116	105	105	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1

Gallery

Front-facing sprite
Normal portrait

In Other Languages

Language		Name
English		Cacturne
Japanese		ノクタス
French		Cacturne
Spanish		Cacturne
German		Noktuska
Italian		Cacturne
Korean		밤선인

References

^[1] Dungeon locations and levels.
^[2] Moves and base stats

↑ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hLEuIpBG5NKe1C0Qs0ZCCoz79We7-v_VQ-fGLWEI2Do/edit?usp=sharing PMD Info Spreadsheet
↑ Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Darkness: Prima Official Game Guide ISBN-13: 978-0761559306

[1] ttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hLEuIpBG5NKe1C0Qs0ZCCoz79We7-v_VQ-fGLWEI2Do/edit?usp=sharing PMD Info Spreadsheet

[2] Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Darkness: Prima Official Game Guide ISBN-13: 978-0761559306

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