Challenger's Cave

Challenger's Cave 修行の岩屋
Training Cavern
"Wild Missingno. appeared!"
Challengers Cave 1F BW.png
Map description: Trainers seeking further strength enter the cavern despite the risks.
Location: Route 9
Region: Unova
Generations: V
Unova Challengers Cave Map.png
Location of Challenger's Cave in Unova.
Pokémon world locations

Challenger's Cave (Japanese: 修行の岩屋 Training Cavern) is a cave located in the western half of the Unova region. In Pokémon Black and White, a Black Belt appears to guard the entrance of this cave, allowing the player to pass and explore the cave if they have defeated the Elite Four and Team Plasma. It can be accessed at Route 9.

During the two-year gap between Black and White and Black 2 and White 2, the cave entrance has collapsed.

Geography

Challenger's Cave appears to be carved out of a slight hill, with each level of the cave being larger than the one above it. The cave is very dark, so Flash is required to navigate the cave easily.

The middle level resembles an inverted uppercase E with stairs leading to the upper level on the lower branch, another set of stairs leading to the lowest level in the middle branch, and a PP Up on the upper branch. Another staircase between the middle and upper branches leads to a raised platform and a bridge that can be crossed to obtain a Nugget.

An underground stream divides the lowest level into eastern and western sections with a ledge initially preventing access to most of the western section. The eastern section can be reached by crossing the stream with Surf. The eastern section is a winding path leading southwards over some bridges. A bridge running east-west allows access to the southwestern part of the cave. The southern end of the stream, blocked at the northern end by some rocks, can be accessed by surfing east of the female Veteran.

Items

Item Location Games
  Ether B1F, on a rock northwest of Ace Trainer Terry (hidden)  B  W 
  Max Potion B1F, in the wall, north of the stairs to B2F (hidden)  B  W 
  PP Up B1F, northwest corner  B  W 
  Nugget B1F, south end of bridge  B  W 
  Full Restore B2F, on a rock near the northeast corner (requires Surf) (hidden)  B  W 
  Max Ether B2F, on a rock northwest of southeast corner (requires Surf) (hidden)  B  W 
  Timer Ball B2F, under a bridge in the southeast corner (requires Surf)  B  W 
  Star Piece B2F, on a rock in the southwest corner (requires Surf) (hidden)  B  W 
  Rare Candy B2F, on rock west of Veteran Julia, southeast of Protein (requires Surf) (hidden)  B  W 
  Protein B2F, in pit west of Veteran Julia (requires Surf)  B  W 
  TM71 (Stone Edge) B2F, east of Protein (requires Surf)  B  W 
  Heart Scale B2F, on south end of island northeast of Veteran Julia (requires Surf) (hidden)  B  W 
  Oval Stone B2F, middle of long island northeast of Veteran Julia (requires Surf)  B  W 
  Black Belt B2F, on the east side of the river, north of the ledge (requires Surf)  B  W 

Phenomenon

Item Location Games
  Fire Gem Dust cloud  B  W 
  Water Gem Dust cloud  B  W 
  Electric Gem Dust cloud  B  W 
  Grass Gem Dust cloud  B  W 
  Ice Gem Dust cloud  B  W 
  Fighting Gem Dust cloud  B  W 
  Poison Gem Dust cloud  B  W 
  Ground Gem Dust cloud  B  W 
  Flying Gem Dust cloud  B  W 
  Psychic Gem Dust cloud  B  W 
  Bug Gem Dust cloud  B  W 
  Rock Gem Dust cloud  B  W 
  Ghost Gem Dust cloud  B  W 
  Dragon Gem Dust cloud  B  W 
  Dark Gem Dust cloud  B  W 
  Steel Gem Dust cloud  B  W 
  Normal Gem Dust cloud  B  W 
  Fire Stone Dust cloud  B  W 
  Water Stone Dust cloud  B  W 
  Thunderstone Dust cloud  B  W 
  Leaf Stone Dust cloud  B  W 
  Moon Stone Dust cloud  B  W 
  Sun Stone Dust cloud  B  W 
  Shiny Stone Dust cloud  B  W 
  Dusk Stone Dust cloud  B  W 
  Dawn Stone Dust cloud  B  W 
  Oval Stone Dust cloud  B  W 
  Everstone Dust cloud  B  W 
  Hard Stone Dust cloud  B  W 

Pokémon

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate
1F
  Graveler
B W
  Cave
47-49 20%
  Lickitung
B W
  Cave
49-50 20%
  Sableye
B W
  Cave
49 10%
  Mawile
B W
  Cave
49 10%
  Boldore
B W
  Cave
48 20%
  Woobat
B W
  Cave
47 20%
B1F-B2F
  Graveler
B W
  Cave
47-49 20%
  Lickitung
B W
  Cave
49-50 15%
  Sableye
B W
  Cave
49 10%
  Mawile
B W
  Cave
49 10%
  Riolu
B W
  Cave
49-50 5%
  Boldore
B W
  Cave
48 20%
  Woobat
B W
  Cave
47 20%
Dust clouds
  Excadrill
B W
  Dust cloud
47-50 100%
Surfing
  Basculin
Red-Striped
B W
  Surfing
5-55 100%
  Basculin
Blue-Striped
B W
  Surfing
5-55 100%
Surfing in rippling water
  Basculin
Red-Striped
B W
  Rippling water
5-70 100%
  Basculin
Blue-Striped
B W
  Rippling water
5-70 100%
Fishing
  Poliwag
B W
  Fishing
35-55 60%
  Poliwhirl
B W
  Fishing
35-55 10%
  Basculin
Red-Striped
B W
  Fishing
35-55 30%
  Basculin
Blue-Striped
B W
  Fishing
35-55 30%
Fishing in rippling water
  Poliwhirl
B W
  Rippling water
35-60 65%
  Poliwrath
B W
  Rippling water
35-60 5%
  Basculin
Red-Striped
B W
  Rippling water
35-60 30%
  Basculin
Blue-Striped
B W
  Rippling water
35-60 30%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.


Trainers

Trainer Pokémon
1F
 
Backpacker Toru
トオル Tōru
Reward: $1560
  Golbat Lv.65
No item
B1F
 
Ace Trainer Terry
テリー Terry
Reward: $3780
  Dratini Lv.63
No item
  Sudowoodo Lv.63
No item
  Scyther Lv.63
No item
  Manectric Lv.63
No item
 
Ace Trainer Beverly
メグミ Megumi
Reward: $3840
  Furret Lv.64
No item
  Gabite Lv.64
No item
  Grumpig Lv.64
No item
B2F
 
Veteran Shaun
タイガ Taiga
Reward: $5040
  Gyarados Lv.62
No item
  Excadrill Lv.62
No item
  Crobat Lv.62
No item
  Druddigon Lv.62
No item
  Gigalith Lv.62
No item
  Snorlax Lv.63
No item
 
Veteran Julia
ユリア Julia
Reward: $5200
  Wormadam
Trash Cloak
Lv.64
No item
  Cloyster Lv.64
No item
  Ninetales Lv.64
No item
  Leavanny Lv.65
No item


Layout

Version 1F B1F B2F
Black      
White
 

Trivia

  • According to Ace Trainer Beverly, there is a story that states that a Legendary Pokémon is said to live in this cave. This Legendary Pokémon was training its student Pokémon. However, there is no known Legendary Pokémon to be found in Challenger's Cave.
  • Veteran Shaun appears in Black 2 and White 2 after the collapse of the Challenger's Cave, moving to Wellspring Cave, while Veteran Julia moves to Twist Mountain.
  • Unaccessible data for Challenger's Cave exists in Black 2 and White 2.

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 修行岩屋 Sāuhàhng Ngàahm-ūk
Mandarin 修行岩屋 Xiūxíng Yánwū
  European French Antre d'Entraînement
  German Höhle der Schulung
  Italian Caverna Ascesi
  Korean 수행의 바위동굴 Suhaeng-ui Bawi Donggul
  European Spanish Gruta Superación



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