Kabuto

The Shellfish Pokémon
#140 - Kabuto
Evolve	Kabutops
Debut	Pokémon: Red Version Pokémon: Green Version
Species Info
Type	+ +
Height	0.5 m (1'08")
Weight	11.5 kg (25.4 lbs.)
Color	Brown
Gender Ratio	7♂ : 1♀
Ability	Swift Swim / Battle Armor
Hidden Ability
Egg Group	Water 1 / Water 3
Icon		Sprite
		File:140sprite.png
Footprint
30px
Base Statistics
Hit Points	30	Speed	55
Attack	80	Sp. Attack	55
Defense	90	Sp. Defense	45
Training Info
Catch Rate	{{{cat}}}	Hatch Steps	{{{hat}}}
Base Exp.	{{{exp}}}	Effort Points	{{{e1}}}
Happiness	{{{hap}}}
To Lv.100	{{{100}}}

Kanto #	Johto #	Hoenn #	Sinnoh #
< 140 >	< 222 >
Unova #	Johto (IV) #

Kabuto' is a fossil Pokémon introduced in the first generation Pokémon games.

Information

Kabuto is an extinct Pokémon that used to live in the ocean about three hundred million years ago, and their fossils were found in what was once the ocean floor. Contemporary technology has made it possible to revive Kabuto from Dome Fossils. It has also rarely been found as a living fossil, the species apparently not having changed over all the years. It had eyes on its back that it used when hiding on the ocean floor, and was incapable of righting itself if flipped over. Its stiff shell also acts as protection.

At Level 40, Kabuto evolves into Kabutops.

Appearances

Mainstream Games

In Pokémon: Red, Blue, Yellow, FireRed and LeafGreen, the player can receive their choice of either a Dome or Helix (which revives Omanyte) Fossil at Mt. Moon after defeating the Super Nerd that discovered them. Kabuto could then be revived from the Helix Fossil later in the game at the laboratory on Cinnabar Island.

In Diamond, Pearl and Platinum, both Dome and Helix Fossils could randomly found while excavating in the Underground after unlocking the National Pokédex, with Dome Fossils being more commonly found in Pearl than in Diamond. The fossils could be revived by an eccentric worker at the Oreburgh City Museum.

Dome Fossils could also be found in HeartGold and SoulSilver, where they could be randomly found while smashing rocks. This time they could be revived at the Pewter City Museum.

Other Games

In Pokémon Stadium, Kabuto was among the random rare Pokémon that could be given as a prize for completing the Gym Leaders Castle. This Kabuto could be transferred to any of the color versions for the Gameboy. In Pokémon Pinball, Kabuto could be rarely found at Cinnabar Island on the Red table.

In Pokémon Trozei!, they could be found at Endless Level 31, Endless Level 55, Forever Level 15 and Mr. Who's Den. In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red and Blue Rescue Teams, Kabuto could be found in the fith through thirteenth levels of Silver Trench, the fifth through thirteenth floors of Grand Sea and the fifth through thirteenth basement floors of Fantasy Strait. In Explorers of Time and Darkness, they were found on the first four basement floors of Brine Cave, the first nineteen basement floors of Marine Resort and the forty-eight basement floors of the Final Maze.

In Pokémon Rumble, Kabuto is found in the Rocky Cave.

Other Appearances

Other Media

• Kabuto have made a few appearances throughout the Pokémon anime, first being shown with the other first generation fossil Pokémon in an episode based around them. A later episode during the Orange Islands arc featured an island that wound up being supported by fossilized Kabuto.

Trivia

• Physically, Kabuto is based on the extinct trilobite as well as the horeshoe crab, which is not extinct but is considered a living fossil.
• Kabuto's name is taken from "kabutonagi", which is the Japanese name for the horseshoe crab. Kabuto additionally means "helmet" in Japanese.