#168Ariados
BUGPOISONUNCOMMONAriados shows up in the level 40 hunt and averages 96 of loot and 968 XP per kill.
Is Ariados worth hunting?
Among the 23 Pokémon in the level 40 hunt, Ariados ranks 4th for loot per kill — 100% above the level's median.
Its loot-to-XP ratio sits well above the level average: this is a money hunt. If you're after levels, other targets give more XP for the same hunting time.
80% of all loot comes from a single item: Bug Antenna. If its price changes in game, this hunt's income changes with it.
The rare drop worth waiting for is Venom Stone (5,000 at the NPC), at 0.30% chance — on average one every 333 kills.
For XP it ranks 18 of 23 at this level — 968 per kill.
Drop table
Drop chance, count and NPC price for every item. Expected value already accounts for the chance and the average count.
| Item | Chance | Count | Unit price | Expected value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bug Antenna | 40.00% | 1–3 | 96 | 76.8 |
 Venom StoneRare | 0.30% | 1 | 5,000 | 15.0 |
 Bug Gosme | 80.00% | 1–5 | 1 | 2.4 |
 Bug Venom | 0.50% | 1 | 371 | 1.9 |
 Bottles of Poison | 20.00% | 1–3 | 1 | 0.4 |
 Strange Pheromone | — | 1 | 1,000,000 | 0.0 |
| Loot/kill | 96.5 | |||
Base stats
Hunt weaknesses
Type advantage is 50% stronger inside a hunt. Bring one of these:
- FIRE×2.5
- FLYING×2.5
- PSYCHIC×2.5
- ROCK×2.5
Moves
| Move | Type | Category | Power | Cooldown | Learned at level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leech Life | BUG | PHYSICAL | 56 | 15.0s | 1 |
| Poison Sting | POISON | PHYSICAL | 56 | 10.0s | 5 |
| Tackle | NORMAL | PHYSICAL | 56 | 15.0s | 10 |
| Signal Beam | BUG | SPECIAL | 56 | 60.0s | 16 |
| Sludge | POISON | SPECIAL | 56 | 20.0s | 22 |
| Headbutt | NORMAL | PHYSICAL | 80 | 15.0s | 30 |
| X-Scissor | BUG | PHYSICAL | 120 | 22.0s | 38 |
| Double-Edge | NORMAL | PHYSICAL | 120 | 3.0s | 45 |
Evolution
NPC sell value
Selling a captured Ariados pays 3,000. That's separate from loot per kill.
Hunt ranking — Level 40
The best hunts at the same level, by expected loot value per kill.
