How to Do the Bug Catching Contest in Soul Silver Again

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Bug-Catching Contest judging in Generation Iv

The Bug-Catching Contest (Japanese: むしとりたいかい Bug-Catching Competition) is a contest held every Tuesday, Th, and Saturday in Johto's National Park. The Problems-Catching Contest was introduced in Gold, Silver, and Crystal, and makes a return in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.

In the games

Rules

In that location is no entry fee for the Bug-Communicable Contest. Anyone may enter once per 24-hour interval, every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.

To compete, Trainers must catch the single best Bug-type Pokémon they can find. To do this, Trainers are given twenty Sport Balls (similar to Safari Assurance; called "Park Assurance" in Generation 2), and they are just allowed to apply a single Pokémon from their party. The residue of a Trainer'south Pokémon remain with the contest officials until the competition is over. The player cannot save the game in the middle of the competition, nor can they use any items from the Purse, except for the express purpose of giving their chosen Pokémon a held detail.

Any Pokémon caught will be recorded in the Pokédex, but only ane Pokémon tin be kept to be judged. The Pokémon that is judged may be kept after the competition.

The competition ends when all the Sport Balls are used, the Trainer blacks out, the Trainer leaves the park, the Trainer chooses to quit the competition from the menu, or twenty minutes have passed. Subsequently that, the judging volition occur, in which Trainers are scored on their skills of capturing rare and powerful Pokémon.

Pokémon available

Generation Two

Pokémon

Games

Location

Levels

Rate

	Caterpie

Grass

7-18

twenty%

	Metapod

Grass

9-eighteen

10%

	Butterfree

Grass

12-15

five%

	Weedle

Grass

7-18

xx%

	Kakuna

Grass

9-18

10%

	Beedrill

Grand

Southward

Grass

12-fifteen

	Paras

Southward

Grass

ten-17

10%

	Venonat

One thousand

Grass

ten-xvi

ten%

	Scyther

Grass

13-14

five%

	Pinsir

Grass

13-14

A colored background means that the Pokémon tin be plant in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found hither.

Scyther, Pinsir, and one family unit of Bug-type Pokémon (Caterpie, Metapod and Butterfree in Silver, Weedle, Kakuna and Beedrill in Gold) can only be caught during the Bug-Catching Contest. All the others can be caught in the wild outside the competition.

Generation IV

Pre-National Pokédex

These Pokémon are available in Contests held every day pre-National Pokédex, and on Tuesdays post-National Pokédex (denoted by the levels indicated in the parentheses).

Pokémon

Games

Location

Levels

Rate

	Caterpie

Grass

7-18
(24-36)

twenty%

	Metapod

Grass

9-18
(26-36)

	Butterfree

Grass

12-xv
(27-thirty)

	Weedle

Grass

7-xviii
(24-36)

twenty%

	Kakuna

Grass

9-18
(26-36)

10%

	Beedrill

Grass

12-15
(27-30)

	Paras

Grass

10-17
(27-34)

	Venonat

Grass

10-16
(25-32)

10%

	Scyther

Grass

13-14
(27-28)

five%

	Pinsir

Grass

13-14
(27-28)

A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter of the alphabet means that the Pokémon cannot exist found hither.

Mail service-National Pokédex

These Pokémon are simply available in Contests held on Thursday and Saturday mail-National Pokédex.

Pokémon

Games

Location

Levels

Rate

	Scyther

Grass

27-28

	Pinsir

Grass

27-28

	Wurmple

Grass

24-36

xx%

	Silcoon

Grass

24-36

ten%^Th

	Beautifly

Grass

25-32

v%^Sa

	Cascoon

Grass

24-36

ten%^Sa

	Dustox

Grass

25-32

five%^Th

	Nincada

Grass

26-36

20%

	Volbeat

Grass

26-36

ten%^Th

	Illumise

Grass

26-36

x%^Sa

	Kricketot

Grass

27-30

10%

	Kricketune

Grass

27-xxx

10%

	Combee

Grass

27-34

A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Scoring

Generation II

The score earned for a given Pokémon in Generation Ii is the sum of the following:

4 times the max HP of the Pokémon
The sum of the Pokémon's other stats
Up to 29 points based on the Pokémon'southward individual values:
- 16 points if one-half of the Defence IV (rounded downwards) results in an odd number, 0 otherwise
- 8 points if half of the Attack IV (rounded down) is odd, 0 otherwise
- 4 points if one-half of the Special IV (rounded down) is odd, 0 otherwise
- one point if one-half of the Speed 4 (rounded down) is odd, 0 otherwise
  - If the thespian manages to find a Shiny Pokémon during the contest, it will be assured of earning all 29 of these points.
1/viii of the current HP of the Pokémon, rounded down
1 betoken if the Pokémon is holding an item, 0 otherwise

The maximum possible score in this version of the competition is 386, accomplished by communicable a level 14 Scyther with maximum IVs in every stat and without dealing more vii damage to information technology.

Generation IV

The score earned for a given Pokémon in Generation Iv is the sum of the following:

The level of the Pokémon relative to the maximum that can exist found in the contest (due east.g. before the National Pokédex, the maximum value for Paras would be 17, but afterwards the National Pokédex, this would be 34), equally a pct
The Pokémon's IVs relative to the maximum (186), as a per centum
The Pokémon's HP relative to its maximum, as a pct
A rarity factor, either 60 (Caterpie, Metapod, Weedle, Kakuna, Wurmple, Silcoon, Cascoon, or Kricketot), fourscore (all Pokémon not mentioned), or 100 (Scyther or Pinsir)

Therefore, the maximum possible score in this version of the contest is 400, achieved past communicable Scyther or Pinsir at either level 14 or 28 (whichever is available), with maximum IVs in every stat, and without dealing whatever harm to it.

Competitors

These are the competitors institute in the Competition.

Cooltrainer Nick ^{G S C} /Ace Trainer Abby ^{HG SS}
Pokéfan William
Youngster Samuel
Camper Barry
Problems Catcher Ed
Bug Catcher Benny
Bug Catcher Josh
Issues Catcher Don
Schoolboy ^{1000 Southward C} /Schoolhouse Kid ^{HG SS} Kipp
Picnicker Cindy

Scores

Generation Ii

In the Generation II games, each NPC contestant has three possible base scores. V of the 10 NPCs are randomly called to announced in the contest, and each of them randomly receives ane of their three base scores, plus a random bonus of upwards to 7 points.

The lowest score that tin possibly take first identify in this version of the contest is 264, which requires the randomly called NPCs to be Don, Ed, Samuel, Kipp, and Cindy and for them to receive their depression-value scores.

Contestant	Pokémon	Score
Bug Catcher Don	Kakuna	300
	Metapod	285
	Caterpie	226
Problems Catcher Ed	Butterfree	286
	Butterfree	251
	Caterpie	237
Cooltrainer Nick	Scyther	357
	Butterfree	349
	Pinsir	368
Pokéfan William	Pinsir	332
	Butterfree	324
	Venonat	321
Problems Catcher Benny	Butterfree	318
	Weedle	295
	Caterpie	285
Camper Barry	Pinsir	366
	Venonat	329
	Kakuna	314
Picnicker Cindy	Butterfree	341
	Metapod	301
	Caterpie	264
Bug Catcher Josh	Scyther	326
	Butterfree	292
	Metapod	282
Youngster Samuel	Weedle	270
	Pinsir	282
	Caterpie	251
Schoolboy Kipp	Venonat	267
	Paras	254
	Kakuna	259

Prizes

Place	Version
Place	Gold	Silver	Crystal	HeartGold	SoulSilver
1st	Sun Stone			Sun Rock (pre-National Pokédex)
1st	Sun Stone			Random Development stone (mail-National Pokédex)
2nd	Everstone			Everstone
tertiary	Aureate Berry			Sitrus Berry
Consolation Prize	Berry			Shed Beat

In the anime

The Issues-Catching Contest audience in the anime

In The Issues Stops Here, Ash and Casey competed in the Bug-Catching Contest. During the competition, Casey caught a Weedle, and her Chikorita evolved into a Bayleef. Ash won the competition with a Beedrill, earning himself a Dominicus Rock. After the competition, he gave the Beedrill to Casey, being aware of her love for Pokémon with xanthous and black stripes.

In the anime, the Contest tin be followed from a giant screen outside of the park. It also has several other notable differences from the games.

Merely the winner is allowed to keep the Pokémon they defenseless.
No consolation prize is bachelor, neither are there any sort of rewards for anybody other than the champion, whereas such prizes can be earned in the games.
The competition implements strict age-limits: only children under 16 are immune to participate.

Trivia

The music used during the contest is a remix of the Kanto-based games' Bicycle music.
If Youngster Samuel catches a Pinsir in Generation II, it volition receive a score between 282 and 289 points, but no Pinsir bachelor during the contest tin evaluate to a score lower than 293.
After the player obtains the National Pokédex and enters the contest on Thursdays and Saturdays in Generation IV, some of the other competitors may be announced as having caught a Pokémon in the Caterpie or Weedle lines, despite those Pokémon not being available to the histrion on those days.
In Generation 4, if at the finish of the contest the player has a total party and their newly captured Pokémon is sent to the PC, it is referred to every bit "Bill's PC" (as opposed to "Someone's PC") fifty-fifty if the player has not still met Beak.

In other languages

Language		Championship
Chinese	Cantonese	捕蟲大賽 Bouhchùhng Daaihchoi
Chinese	Mandarin	捕蟲大賽 / 捕虫大赛 Bǔchóng Dàsài
Finnish		Ötökänpyydystyskisa
French		Concours de Capture d'insecte
German		Käferturnier
Italian		Gara Pigliamosche
Korean		곤충채집 대회 Gonchungchaejip Daehoe
Polish		Zawody w Łapaniu Pokémonów Robaków
Spanish		Concurso de Captura de Bichos
Swedish		Fånga Kryp-Pokémontävlingen
Vietnamese		Đại hội bắt côn trùng