Northern Desert

Northern Desert	きたのさばく Northern Desert

	Basic info
Floors:		15
Rest stops:		No
Traps:		Yes
Monster Houses:		No
Main type:		Ground
Boss:		None

	Allowances
Recruiting:		Yes
Items:		48
Money:		Allowed
Starting level:		Current
Team members:		4

Northern Desert (Japanese: きたのさばく Northern Desert) is a dungeon in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky. It is unlocked after the player returns the Water Float to Azurill and Marill and goes back to the guild.

After the credits, when this dungeon is cleared, the player can choose to continue exploring in Quicksand Cave.

Pokémon encountered

	Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
Baltoy	1-7	23,24	5.6%
Cubone	1-8	20,21	8.2%
Aron	1-8	22,23	6.4%
Cacnea	1-8	22	6.4%
Larvitar	1-9	22,23	8.2%
Sandshrew	1-15	20-22,23	8.2%
Trapinch	1-15	22-24	8.2%
Carnivine	7-15	24,25	8.2%
Rhyhorn	8-15	23-25	6.4%
Lairon	9-15	23,24	0.5%
Cacturne	9-15	23,24	0.5%

Items

Item		Floors
	7-113 Poké	1-15F
	4 Iron Thorn	1-15F
	2-4 Silver Spike	1-15F
	Grimy Food	1-15F
	Silver Gummi	1-15F
	Yellow Gummi	1-15F
	All-Hit Orb	1-15F
	All-Mach Orb	1-15F
	Blowback Orb	1-15F
	Decoy Orb	1-15F
	Drought Orb	1-15F
	Escape Orb	1-15F
	Foe-Fear Orb	1-15F
	^T^S Foe-Hold Orb	1-15F
	^D^S Foe-Seal Orb	1-15F
	Hurl Orb	1-15F
	Luminous Orb	1-15F
	Petrify Orb	1-15F
	Rollcall Orb	1-15F
	Slumber Orb	1-15F
	Spurn Orb	1-15F
	Switcher Orb	1-15F
	Totter Orb	1-15F
	Transfer Orb	1-15F
	Warp Orb	1-15F

There seems to be no connection to items and floor.

Traps encountered

This dungeon has the same traps as Amp Plains. Summon Traps are the most common type of trap found.

Image	Trap
	Slumber Trap
	Summon Trap
	Trip Trap
	Warp Trap

Layout

Game	Entrance	Alternate tileset	Exit to Quicksand Cave
Time
Darkness
Sky

In other languages

Language		Title
French		Désert du Nord
German		Nordwüste
Italian		Deserto del Nord
Korean		북쪽 사막 Bukjjok Samak
Spanish		Desierto Norte

Locations in Pokémon world in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness and Explorers of Sky
Major locations
Sharpedo Bluff • Treasure Town • Kangaskhan Storage • Kecleon Shop Marowak Dojo • Chimecho Assembly • Wigglytuff's Guild • Croagunk's Swap Shop Beach • Fogbound Lake • Hot Spring • Luminous Spring • Pelipper Island Spinda's Café^S • Shaymin Village^S • Sky Peak^S
Dungeons
Beach Cave • Drenched Bluff • Mt. Bristle • Waterfall Cave • Apple Woods Side Path • Craggy Coast • Rock Path • Mt. Horn • Forest Path Foggy Forest • Steam Cave • Amp Plains • Northern Desert • Quicksand Cave Crystal Cave • Crystal Crossing • Chasm Cave • Dark Hill • Sealed Ruin Dusk Forest • Deep Dusk Forest • Treeshroud Forest • Brine Cave • Hidden Land Temporal Tower • Mystifying Forest • Blizzard Island • Crevice Cave • Surrounded Sea Miracle Sea • Aegis Cave • Mt. Travail • The Nightmare • Spacial Rift Dark Crater • Concealed Ruins • Marine Resort • Bottomless Sea • Shimmer Desert Mt. Avalanche • Giant Volcano • World Abyss • Sky Stairway • Mystery Jungle Serenity River • Landslide Cave • Lush Prairie • Tiny Meadow • Labyrinth Cave Oran Forest • Lake Afar • Happy Outlook • Mt. Mistral • Shimmer Hill Lost Wilderness • Midnight Forest • Zero Isle North • Zero Isle East • Zero Isle West Zero Isle South • Final Maze
Dungeons exclusive to Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky
Zero Isle Center • Destiny Tower • Oblivion Forest • Treacherous Waters • Southeastern Islands • Inferno Cave Star Cave • Sky Peak Mountain Path • Murky Forest • Eastern Cave • Fortune Ravine • Spring Cave Southern Jungle • Boulder Quarry • Left Cave Path • Right Cave Path • Limestone Cavern • Barren Valley Dark Wasteland • Spacial Cliffs • Dark Ice Mountain • Icicle Forest • Vast Ice Mountain Demo only: Little Plains • Mt. Clear • Challenge River • Trial Forest • Guiding Sea • Hidden Shopkeeper Village

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