Western Cave

Western Cave	にしの　どうくつ Western Cave

	Basic info
Floors:		99
Rest stops:		No
Traps:		Yes
Monster Houses:		{{{monsterhouses}}}
Main type:		None
Boss:		Mewtwo

	Allowances
Recruiting:		Yes
Items:		Allowed
Money:		Allowed
Starting level:		Current
Team members:		4

Western Cave (Japanese: にしの　どうくつ Western Cave) is a dungeon in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon:Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team. It is home to Mewtwo and contains 99 floors. HM Surf is required to enter this dungeon.

The day after Ho-Oh is recruited from Mt. Faraway, Blastoise and Charizard will return from a failed expedition to this dungeon, having been defeated by an unseen Pokémon. Western Cave will then be unlocked for exploration.

Keys and stat-boosting health drinks can be found on the ground. The Beauty Scarf can be found on B59F, and requires a Key to obtain.

There is a chance of finding Kecleon Shops from B30F onwards. There are no hidden items.

Wild Pokémon

Pokémon		Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
	Murkrow	1-2	29	7.2%
	Butterfree	1-3	35	Unrecruitable
	Beedrill	1-3	35	Unrecruitable
	Venonat	1-3	34	11.4%
	Snubbull	1-3	25	8.1%
	Ekans	3-5	33	12.4%
	Meowth	3-6	29	12%
	Smeargle	4-6	25	6.8%
	Bellossom	4-7	25	Unrecruitable
	Venomoth	6-10	24	Unrecruitable
	Exploud	6-12	25	Unrecruitable
	Primeape	8-13	31	Unrecruitable
	Igglybuff	10-13	35	11.3%
	Tauros	10-16	34	7.9%
	Miltank	10,20,30,40, 50-53,60-98	30	8.7%
	Shiftry	12-20	35	-30%
	Kangaskhan	13-19	36	7.6%
	Espeon	14-18	28	Unrecruitable
	Arbok	14-19	35	Unrecruitable
	Dodrio	15-19	35	Unrecruitable
	Ivysaur	19-27	30	-19%
	Umbreon	20-26	30	Unrecruitable
	Bayleef	20-27	30	-19%
	Pinsir	21-28	29	8.3%
	Aggron	21-30	34	Unrecruitable
	Persian	28-36	28	Unrecruitable
	Swalot	30-39	34	Unrecruitable
	Hariyama	31-38	35	Unrecruitable
	Lickitung	37-44	36	8.6%
	Grovyle	38-49	20	-19%
	Blaziken	38-49	30	Unrecruitable
	Skarmory	40-49	55	6.8%
	Absol	40-49	45	6.8%
	Feraligatr	49-58	32	-33.9%
	Venusaur	50-59	50	Unrecruitable
	Alakazam	50-59	50	Unrecruitable
	Tyranitar	50-60	50	Unrecruitable
	Arcanine	60-69	45	Unrecruitable
	Typhlosion	62-68	35	Unrecruitable
	Sceptile	69-78	26	Unrecruitable
	Ninetales	70-79	50	Unrecruitable
	Swampert	79-88	37	-33.9%
	Machamp	80-88	45	Unrecruitable
	Meganium	80-88	25	Unrecruitable
	Steelix	87-91	38	Unrecruitable
	Charizard	89-98	40	Unrecruitable
	Blastoise	90-98	38	-33.9%
	Mewtwo	99	40	99.9% ^Boss
Mewtwo cannot be recruited the first time this dungeon is completed.

Trivia

The name is a reference to Cerulean Cave, due to the cave being in the west, having Mewtwo at the end of the dungeon, and the need of Surf for the player to get to the cave.
Every member of Team A.C.T. can be found here.
Every fully evolved Starter Pokémon up until Generation III can be found here.

Locations in the Pokémon world in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team, Blue Rescue Team, and Rescue Team DX
Major locations
Friend Areas/Rescue team camps • Team Base • Pokémon Square • Kecleon Shop Kangaskhan Storage • Makuhita Dojo • Whiscash Pond • Luminous Cave • Hill of the Ancients
Dungeons
Tiny Woods • Thunderwave Cave • Mt. Steel • Sinister Woods • Silent Chasm Mt. Thunder • Great Canyon • Lapis Cave • Rock Path • Mt. Blaze • Snow Path Frosty Forest • Mt. Freeze • Magma Cavern • Sky Tower • Uproar Forest Howling Forest • Stormy Sea • Silver Trench • Meteor Cave • Fiery Field Lightning Field • Northwind Field • Mt. Faraway • Western Cave • Northern Range Pitfall Valley • Buried Relic • Wish Cave • Murky Cave • Desert Region Southern Cavern • Wyvern Hill • Solar Cave • Darknight Relic • Grand Sea Waterfall Pond • Unown Relic • Joyous Tower • Far-Off Sea • Purity Forest Oddity Cave • Remains Island • Marvelous Sea • Fantasy Strait Unknown Dungeon^RB Illusory Grotto^RTDX

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