#170Chinchou
WATERELECTRICCOMMONChinchou shows up in the level 10 hunt and averages 12 of loot and 68 XP per kill.
Is Chinchou worth hunting?
Among the 31 Pokémon in the level 10 hunt, Chinchou ranks 14th for loot per kill — 2% above the level's median.
Its loot-to-XP ratio sits close to the level median — neither a money hunt nor a pure XP hunt, it serves both at a similar pace.
The rare drop worth waiting for is Thunder Stone (5,000 at the NPC), at 0.11% chance — on average one every 935 kills.
For XP it ranks 26 of 31 at this level — 68 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Thunder StoneRare | 0.11% | 1 | 5,000 | 5.4 |
 Magnet | 2.86% | 1 | 90 | 2.6 |
 Electric Box | 7.14% | 1 | 20 | 1.4 |
 Fish FinRare | 0.18% | 1 | 500 | 0.9 |
 Screw | 28.56% | 1–5 | 1 | 0.9 |
 Water Gem | 28.56% | 1–5 | 1 | 0.9 |
 Strange Pheromone | — | 1 | 1,000,000 | 0.0 |
| Loot/kill | 12.0 | |||
Base stats
Hunt weaknesses
Type advantage is 50% stronger inside a hunt. Bring one of these:
- GRASS×2.5
- GROUND×2.5
Moves
| Move | Type | Category | Power | Cooldown | Learned at level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water Gun | WATER | PHYSICAL | 64 | 18.0s | 1 |
| Thunder Shock | ELECTRIC | SPECIAL | 56 | 10.0s | 5 |
| Tackle | NORMAL | PHYSICAL | 56 | 15.0s | 10 |
| Water Pulse | WATER | SPECIAL | 120 | 60.0s | 16 |
| Spark | ELECTRIC | PHYSICAL | 96 | 20.0s | 22 |
| Headbutt | NORMAL | PHYSICAL | 80 | 15.0s | 30 |
| Surf | WATER | SPECIAL | 160 | 50.0s | 38 |
| Double-Edge | NORMAL | PHYSICAL | 120 | 3.0s | 45 |
Evolution
NPC sell value
Selling a captured Chinchou pays 1,000. That's separate from loot per kill.
Hunt ranking — Level 10
The best hunts at the same level, by expected loot value per kill.
