Weaknesses and type matchups
Volbeat is weak to Fire, Flying, and Rock moves.
Volbeat's Bug moves are super effective against Grass, Psychic, and Dark types.
Pokédex entry
10 versionsWith the arrival of night, Volbeat emits light from its tail. It communicates with others by adjusting the intensity and flashing of its light. This Pokémon is attracted by the sweet aroma of Illumise.
Volbeat in Japanese, Chinese, Korean and other languages
9 languages- JapaneseJapanese
- バルビートbarubiito
- Chinese (Simplified)Chinese (Simplified)
- 电萤虫diàn yíng chóng
- KoreanKorean
- 볼비트bolbiteu
- Chinese (Traditional)Chinese (Traditional)
- 電螢蟲diàn yíng chóng
- FrenchFrench
- Muciole
- GermanGerman
- Volbeat
- SpanishSpanish
- Volbeat
- ItalianItalian
- Volbeat
- EnglishEnglish
- Volbeat
What Volbeat’s name means
firefly in 2 languagesChinese
电萤虫電螢蟲diàn yíng chóng
电電diànelectric
萤螢yíngfirefly
虫蟲chónginsect
French
Muciole
musiquemusic
luciolefirefly
This spells out the English name by sound
- 볼비트bolbiteu
Pokémon names are never officially explained. These are the readings most widely agreed on.
Where to find Volbeat
9 gamesScarlet · Violet
- Kitakami Road In the overworld Lv. 9-58 Evening Night
- Mossfell Confluence In the overworld Lv. 9-68 Evening Night
- Mossui Town In the overworld Lv. 9-12 Evening Night
- Apple Hills In the overworld Lv. 11-59 Evening Night
- Loyalty Plaza In the overworld Lv. 11-15 Evening Night
- Reveler’s Road In the overworld Lv. 13-60 Evening Night
- Wistful Fields In the overworld Lv. 18-63 Evening Night
- Fellhorn Gorge In the overworld Lv. 27-72 Evening Night
- Kitakami Wilds In the overworld Lv. 30-72 Evening Night
- Timeless Woods In the overworld Lv. 50-74 Evening Night
- Kitakami Tera Raid Battle Lv. 20-45 Scarlet
Brilliant Diamond · Shining Pearl
- Dazzling Cave Grand Underground Lv. 16-63
- Grassland Cave Grand Underground Lv. 16-63
- Sunlit Cavern Grand Underground Lv. 16-63
- Stargleam Cavern Grand Underground Lv. 33-63
- Route 229 Grass or cave Lv. 50
Every Pokémon in Brilliant Diamond · Shining Pearl →Route map →
Omega Ruby · Alpha Sapphire
- Route 117 Grass or cave Lv. 11-14 20%
X · Y
- Friend Safari Grass or cave Lv. 30 33%
- Route 7 Grass or cave Lv. 13 10%
HeartGold · SoulSilver
- Safari Zone Grass or cave Lv. 46 10% Special condition
- National Park Grass or cave Lv. 26-36 10% Later in the story Special condition
Moves Volbeat learns
63 movesLevel up · 14
TM · 53
TM001Take Down⚔TM005Mud-Slap✦TM007Protect◆TM011Water Pulse✦TM014Acrobatics⚔TM015Struggle Bug✦TM017Confuse Ray◆TM018Thief⚔TM020Trailblaze⚔TM021Pounce⚔TM022Chilling Water✦TM023Charge Beam✦TM025Facade⚔TM027Aerial Ace⚔TM032Swift✦TM040Air Cutter✦TM043Fling⚔TM047Endure◆TM049Sunny Day◆TM050Rain Dance◆TM058Brick Break⚔TM059Zen Headbutt⚔TM060U-turn⚔TM065Air Slash✦TM066Body Slam⚔TM068Thunder Punch⚔TM069Ice Punch⚔TM070Sleep Talk◆TM075Light Screen◆TM079Dazzling Gleam✦TM080Metronome◆TM082Thunder Wave◆TM085Rest◆TM087Taunt◆TM103Substitute◆TM109Trick◆TM111Giga Drain✦TM113Tailwind◆TM114Shadow Ball✦TM122Encore◆TM127Play Rough⚔TM130Helping Hand◆TM132Baton Pass◆TM162Bug Buzz✦TM166Thunder✦TM168Solar Beam✦TM171Tera Blast✦TM182Bug Bite⚔TM185Lunge⚔TM192Focus Punch⚔TM204Double-Edge⚔TM205Endeavor⚔TM219Skitter Smack⚔