Dark Crater

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Dark Crater

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Dark Crater	やみのかこう Dark Crater

	Basic info
Floors:		30
Rest stops:		1
Traps:		Yes
Monster Houses:		Yes
Main type:		Fire, Ground
Boss:		Darkrai Aggron, Arbok, Magmortar, Mismagius, Rhyperior, Magcargo

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

Dark Crater (Japanese: やみのかこう Dark Crater) is a dungeon in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness. This dungeon has 30 floors, with a rest point halfway through, and is unlocked by clearing Spacial Rift. This dungeon is where the hero and his/her partner, accompanied by Cresselia, will fight the final boss of the second storyline, Darkrai.

The dungeon's typical inhabitants are Fire-type and Ground-type Pokémon.

All three stages of the Generations I-IV's Fire-type starters are found in this dungeon.

Pokémon encountered

Dark Crater

	Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
Charmander	B1-B10	5-7	8.2%
Cyndaquil	B1-B10	5-7	8.2%
Chimchar	B1-B10	5-7	8.2%
Hippowdon	B1-B10	33-35	8.2%
Numel	B1-B11	14-16	6.4%
Slugma	B1-B12	15-17	8.2%
Growlithe	B1-B13	16-18	8.2%
Ponyta	B1-B13	17-19	8.2%
Torchic	B1-B14	5-7	8.2%
Charmeleon	B1-B15	43-46	-10%
Flareon	B1-B15	49-52	-12%
Combusken	B1-B15	45-48	-10%
Monferno	B1-B15	43-46	-10%
Camerupt	B3-B15	46-49	-12%
Rapidash	B4-B15	48-51	-4.5%
Mewtwo	B6 ^D	50	-22% *
Arcanine	B6-B15	49-51	-12%
Quilava	B11-B15	50-51	-10%
Magcargo	B13-B15	51-52	0.5%

Deep Dark Crater

	Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
Charmeleon	B1-B5	46-47	-10%
Quilava	B1-B5	51-52	-10%
Monferno	B1-B5	46-47	-10%
Camerupt	B1-B6	49-50	-12%
Combusken	B1-B8	48-49	-10%
Arcanine	B1-B9, B11-B14	51-53	-12%
Rapidash	B1-B9, B11-B14	51-53	-4.5%
Flareon	B1-B9, B11-B14	52-54	-12%
Magcargo	B1-B11	52-54	0.5%
Rhyperior	B5-B14	53-54	-12%
Magmortar	B5-B14	52-53	-10%
Charizard	B6-B9, B11-B14	53-54	-12%
Typhlosion	B6-B9, B11-B14	53-54	-12%
Infernape	B6-B14	52-53	-12%
Torkoal	B7-B14	53-54	6.4%
Mismagius	B7-B14	52-53	8.2%
Blaziken	B9-B14	53-54	-12%
Aggron	B9-B14	52-53	-10%
Entei	B10 ^TD	47	6.4% *

Dark Crater Pit

Pokémon		Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
	Darkrai	Bottom	53	Unrecruitable ^Boss
	Arbok	Bottom	36	Unrecruitable ^Boss
	Magcargo	Bottom	36	Unrecruitable ^Boss
	Aggron	Bottom	36	Unrecruitable ^Boss
	Mismagius	Bottom	35	Unrecruitable ^Boss
	Rhyperior	Bottom	36	Unrecruitable ^Boss
	Magmortar	Bottom	36	Unrecruitable ^Boss
This boss can only be fought once

In other languages

Dark Crater

Language		Title
French		Cratère Obscur
German		Dunkelkrater
Italian		Cratere Oscuro
Korean		어둠의 화구 Eodeum-ui hwagu
Spanish		Cráter Oscuro

Deep Dark Crater

Language		Title
French		Cratère Obscur Profondeurs
German		Tiefer Dunkelkrater
Italian		Cratere Profondo
Korean		어둠의 화구 최심부 Eodeum-ui hwagu choesimbu
Spanish		Fosa Cráter Oscuro

Dark Crater Pit

Language		Title
French		Cratère Obscur Fond
German		Dunkelkratergrube
Italian		Fossa Oscura
Korean		어둠의 화구 깊은 곳 Eodeum-ui hwagu gipeun got
Spanish		Sima Cráter Oscuro

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

This article is part of both Project Locations and Project Sidegames, Bulbapedia projects that, together, aim to write comprehensive articles on the Pokémon Locations and Sidegames, respectively.