Piplup

Pokédex information

Piplup family

Base stats
Attack	Defense	Stamina
112	102	142

Combat stats
CP range	HP range
11 - 1,075 1,088	13 - 124

Second Charged Attack
Stardust cost	Candy cost
10,000	25

Gender ratio
Male	Female
87.5%	12.5%

62.5% of damage from:

160% of damage from:

Yes (2-km Eggs)

Formerly (1st tier level)

Piplup is a Water-type Pokémon from the Sinnoh region. It evolves into Prinplup when fed 25 candies and its final evolution is Empoleon.

Penguin Pokémon

Because it is very proud, it hates accepting food from people. Its thick down guards it from cold.

► - Piplup's cry

Piplup is part of a three-member family.

#393 Piplup

25
→

100
→

Piplup was released with the main release of Sinnoh-region Pokémon on October 16^th, 2018.
Shiny form of Piplup was released on the twenty-fifth Community Day on January 19^th, 2020.

Method	Maximum CP	Details
Wild	921 998 (weather boosted)	In wild since 2018 Oct 16 Increased spawns in: Incense Day: Type Shuffle: 2020 Apr 19 (Incense-only) January 2020 Community Day: Jan 19 Water Festival 2019: Aug 23 - 30 (around water) Yokohama Pokémon GO Fest 2019: Aug 6 - 12 Dortmund Pokémon GO Fest 2019: Jul 4 - 7 Chicago Pokémon GO Fest 2019: Jun 13 - 16
Eggs	614	2-km Eggs since 2019 Feb 13 Increased chance/Previously in: 2-km - Water Festival 2019: Aug 23 - 30 5-km - 2018 Oct 16 - 2019 Feb 13
Raid Battles	614 767 (weather boosted)	Tier 1 CP 3,364 Visit List of Raid Bosses changes for complete appearance
Research tasks	460	Field Research: Give your buddy a treat: Throwback Challenge 2020: Sinnoh Catch 3 Piplup: January 2020 Community Day Special Research: Jump-Start Research - 4th part: Catch a Legendary Pokémon from Field Research Breakthrough or raid

In Generation IV of core series games, Piplup was a Starter Pokémon and now, in Pokémon GO, though it is not official, it is considered a Sinnoh-region Starter Pokémon in players community.