Hidden Land

← Brine Cave
Hidden Land
Temporal Tower →
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Hidden Land まぼろしのだいち
Phantom Land
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Basic info
Floors: 24
Rest stops: Yes
Traps: Yes
Monster Houses: Yes
Main type: None
Boss: Dusknoir*
Sableye ×6*
Allowances
Recruiting: No
Items: 48
Money: Allowed
Starting level: Current
Team members: 2
Location

The Hidden Land (Japanese: まぼろしのだいち Phantom Land) is a Dungeon in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky. The Hidden Land has 15 floors, while the Hidden Highland (Japanese: まぼろしのだいち おくち) has 8. The Hidden Land was passed down in oral legends for a long time, but nobody had ever found it. It is an area located in a gap in time, or between the split of a second, as Lapras put it. It was hidden to prevent anything happening to Temporal Tower, which was the home of Dialga, controller of time. If the flow of time was disrupted, Temporal Tower would collapse. This would cause time to stop, and the planet would be paralyzed in a shroud of darkness. The only key to entering this land was the partner's Relic Fragment.

When Torkoal, the town elder, is asked about the Hidden Land at the Hot Spring, he mentions that one needs "proof" to enter, but then forgets. He comes the next day and tells the guild that the proof is of a strange certain marking. The player remembers that their partner's Relic Fragment has a strange pattern on it, and tells them to show it to Torkoal. He is astonished when he sees the needed pattern on the Relic Fragment. When the fragment is brought to a larger marking in Brine Cave, the two react and a light shines from the large marking, summoning Lapras, who will ferry Grovyle, the player, and their partner to the Hidden Land. At the end of the Hidden Land is the Old Ruins (Japanese: こだいのいせき), where the Rainbow Stoneship lies, as well as Dusknoir, who ambushes the party with his Sableye. The ruins feature murals that depict Mew, Groudon, Kyogre, Dialga and Palkia.

No Pokémon, except Grovyle, the player, the player's partner and Lapras, can enter the Hidden Land. Ironically, this means that if the player recruits Dialga, it will not be able to go back to Temporal Tower.

The floating island explored during the player and partner's visit to the future appears to be the future version of the Hidden Land, due to the Temporal Tower being there and the two landmasses having the exact same shape. Presumably, Dialga's maniacal behavior caused the Hidden Land to become visible to all.

Gameplay

The floors are ranked E, ★1 and ★2 for purpose of Treasure Boxes and friend rescues.

Floors 1 through 8 of Hidden Land are medium sized with 3-9 rooms; later floors are large-sized with 4-10 rooms. There's 1-4 items and 2-3 starting enemies on first four floors of Hidden Land and 2-5 items and 2-4 enemies on later floors.

The IQ Booster activates on every even floor (counting Hidden Highland as continuation of Hidden Land). The player is forced to use the main character and partner even during subsequent visits; this means that the player will lose when the partner is knocked out. The player cannot be rescued if knocked out in Hidden Highland. The turn limit is 1000. The enemies in this dungeon have 26IQ, granting them Status Checker IQ skill. There is light darkness in the dungeon. Floors 3, 6, 9, 12 and 15 of Hidden Land, as well as floors 3 and 6 of Hidden Highland feature air tiles. Floors 6 and 10 have sunny weather by default, but there's chance of weather on any floor via Abomasnow's Snow Warning or Garchomp using Sandstorm.

Pokémon encountered

Hidden Land

Pokémon Floors Levels Recruit Rate
  Dragonite 1-15 37-40 Unrecruitable
  Manectric 1-15 28-31 Unrecruitable
  Tropius 1-15 35-38 Unrecruitable
  Rampardos 1-15 40-43 Unrecruitable
  Bastiodon 1-15 35-38 Unrecruitable
  Purugly 1-15 37-40 Unrecruitable
  Garchomp 1-15 37-40 Unrecruitable
  Abomasnow 1-15 40-43 Unrecruitable
  Magmortar 1-15 36-39 Unrecruitable

Hidden Highland

Pokémon Floors Levels Recruit Rate
  Dragonite 1-8 40-41 Unrecruitable
  Manectric 1-8 31-32 Unrecruitable
  Tropius 1-8 38-39 Unrecruitable
  Rampardos 1-8 43-44 Unrecruitable
  Bastiodon 1-8 38-39 Unrecruitable
  Purugly 1-8 40-41 Unrecruitable
  Garchomp 1-8 40-41 Unrecruitable
  Abomasnow 1-8 43-44 Unrecruitable
  Magmortar 1-8 39-40 Unrecruitable

Old Ruins

Pokémon Floors Levels Recruit Rate
  Sableye Old Ruins 38 Unrecruitable Boss
  Dusknoir Old Ruins 45 Unrecruitable Boss
There are six Sableye. This boss is only fought on the first visit.

Items

Ground

Item Floors
  2-240TD/250S Poké 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Lockon Specs 1-15, H1-H8F
  S Gaggle Specs 1-15, H1-H8F
  S Y-Ray Specs 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Def. Scarf 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Heal Ribbon 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Joy Ribbon 1-15, H1-H8F
  S No-Slip Cap 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Pecha Scarf 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Persim Band 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Power Band 1-15, H1-H8F
  Sneak Scarf 1-4FD/1-15, H1-H8SF
  TS Special Band 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Stamina Band 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Twist Band 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Zinc Band 1-15, H1-H8F
  4-5 Iron Thorn 1-15, H1-H8F
  4-5 Gravelerock 1-15, H1-H8F
  S Gravelyrock 1-15, H1-H8F
  Apple 1-15, H1-H8F
  Big Apple 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Blue Gummi 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Brown Gummi 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Grass Gummi 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Green Gummi 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Orange Gummi 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Silver Gummi 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Sky Gummi 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS White Gummi 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Black Gummi 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Clear Gummi 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Gold Gummi 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Gray Gummi 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Pink Gummi 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Purple Gummi 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Red Gummi 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Royal Gummi 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Yellow Gummi 1-15, H1-H8F
  Cheri Berry 1-15, H1-H8F
  Chesto Berry 1-15, H1-H8F
  Oran Berry 1-15, H1-H8F
  S Oren Berry 1-15, H1-H8F
  Pecha Berry 1-15, H1-H8F
  Rawst Berry 1-15, H1-H8F
  Blast Seed 1-15, H1-H8F
  S Dough Seed 1-15, H1-H8F
  S Dropeye Seed 1-15, H1-H8F
  Heal Seed 1-15, H1-H8F
  Pure Seed 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Quick Seed 1-15, H1-H8F
  S Reviser Seed 1-15, H1-H8F
  Reviver Seed 1-15, H1-H8F
  S Slip Seed 1-15, H1-H8F
  Sleep Seed 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Stun Seed 1-15, H1-H8F
  S Via Seed 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Violent Seed 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Warp Seed 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS X-Eye Seed 1-15, H1-H8F
  Max Elixir 1-15, H1-H8F
  S Mix Elixir 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Aerial Ace 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Attract 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Brick Break 1-15, H1-H8F
  Brine 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Bullet Seed 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Calm Mind 1-15, H1-H8F
  Dig 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Dive 1-15, H1-H8F
  S Dragon Claw 1-15, H1-H8F
  Embargo 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Energy Ball 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Explosion 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS False Swipe 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Flash 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Focus Blast 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Focus Punch 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Giga Drain 1-15, H1-H8F
  Giga Impact 1-15, H1-H8F
  Hidden Power 1-15, H1-H8F
  Hyper Beam 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Iron Tail 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Light Screen 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Natural Gift 1-15, H1-H8F
  Payback 1-15, H1-H8F
  Poison Jab 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Protect 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Recycle 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Reflect 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Rest 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Roar 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Rock Slide 1-15, H1-H8F
  Roost 1-15, H1-H8F
  Safeguard 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Shadow Claw 1-15, H1-H8F
  Shock Wave 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS SolarBeam 1-15, H1-H8F
  Stealth Rock 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Steel Wing 1-15, H1-H8F
  Swords Dance 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Taunt 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Thunder Wave 1-15, H1-H8F
  Thunderbolt 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Torment 1-15, H1-H8F
  Vacuum-Cut 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Water Pulse 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Wide Slash 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS All-Hit Orb 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS All-Mach Orb 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Blowback Orb 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Decoy Orb 1-15, H1-H8F
  Escape Orb 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Evasion Orb 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Foe-Fear Orb 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Foe-Hold Orb 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Foe-Seal Orb 1-15, H1-H8F
  Hurl Orb 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Itemizer Orb 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Luminous Orb 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Mug Orb 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Petrify Orb 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Quick Orb 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Radar Orb 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Rebound Orb 1-15, H1-H8F
  Rollcall Orb 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Scanner Orb 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Silence Orb 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Slow Orb 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Slumber Orb 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Spurn Orb 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Stayaway Orb 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Switcher Orb 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Totter Orb 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Transfer Orb 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Warp Orb 1-15, H1-H8F

Monster House

Item Floors
  2-240TD/250S Poké 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Blue Gummi 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Brown Gummi 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Grass Gummi 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Green Gummi 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Orange Gummi 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Silver Gummi 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Sky Gummi 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS White Gummi 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Black Gummi 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Clear Gummi 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Gold Gummi 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Gray Gummi 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Pink Gummi 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Purple Gummi 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Red Gummi 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Royal Gummi 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Yellow Gummi 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Aerial Ace 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Attract 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Brick Break 1-15, H1-H8F
  Brine 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Bullet Seed 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Calm Mind 1-15, H1-H8F
  Dig 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Dive 1-15, H1-H8F
  Embargo 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Energy Ball 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Explosion 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS False Swipe 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Flash 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Focus Blast 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Focus Punch 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Giga Drain 1-15, H1-H8F
  Giga Impact 1-15, H1-H8F
  Hidden Power 1-15, H1-H8F
  Hyper Beam 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Iron Tail 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Light Screen 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Natural Gift 1-15, H1-H8F
  Payback 1-15, H1-H8F
  Poison Jab 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Protect 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Recycle 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Reflect 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Rest 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Roar 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Rock Slide 1-15, H1-H8F
  Roost 1-15, H1-H8F
  Safeguard 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Shadow Claw 1-15, H1-H8F
  Shock Wave 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS SolarBeam 1-15, H1-H8F
  Stealth Rock 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Steel Wing 1-15, H1-H8F
  Swords Dance 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Taunt 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Thunder Wave 1-15, H1-H8F
  Thunderbolt 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Torment 1-15, H1-H8F
  Vacuum-Cut 1-15, H1-H8F
  DS Water Pulse 1-15, H1-H8F
  TS Wide Slash 1-15, H1-H8F

Traps encountered

The game will spawn 3 to 7 tiles of the following tiles at the start of a floor, with extra in Monster House.

Image Trap Appearance %
  Chestnut Trap 9.10%T
  Grimy Trap 9.09%T/5.56%S
  Gust Trap 13.33%D/5.55%S
  Poison Trap 13.33%D/5.55%S
  Pokémon Trap 13.33%D/5.56%S
  Selfdestruct Trap 9.09%T/5.56%S
  Slow Trap 9.09%T/5.56%S
  Slumber Trap 13.33%D/5.55%S
  Spin Trap 13.34%D/5.56%S
  Summon Trap 9.09%T/5.55%S
  Warp Trap 9.09%T/5.56%S
  Wonder Tile 45.45%T/33.34%D/44.44%S

Other encounters

Image Encounter Appearance %
  Monster House 3%

Layout

Entrance Hidden Land Rest stopTD Rest stopS
       
Hidden Highland Old Ruins murals Old Ruins west Old Ruins Rainbow StoneshipTD
       
Old Ruins Rainbow StoneshipS Old Ruins east
   
 

In the anime

 
The Hidden Land in the anime

The Hidden Land appeared in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Beyond Time & Darkness, where Team Poképals and Grovyle arrived there with Lapras. Once they arrived at the Old Ruins, they prepared to use the Rainbow Stoneship to get to Temporal Tower, but were ambushed by Dusknoir and a group of Sableye before they could do so. Dusknoir stole the Relic Fragment needed to activate the Rainbow Stoneship and intended to return to the future through a time portal, but was stopped by the combined effort of Team Poképals and Grovyle. In order to prevent Dusknoir from stopping Piplup and Chimchar, Grovyle took Dusknoir with him back to the future, leaving behind the Time Gears before doing so. After this, Team Poképals activated the Rainbow Stoneship and headed to Temporal Tower to stop Primal Dialga.

In other languages

Hidden Land

Language Title
  French Terres Illusoires
  German Verborgenes Land
  Italian Terra Nascosta
  Korean 환상의 대지 Hwansang-ui Daeji
  Spanish Tierra Oculta

Hidden Highland

Language Title
  French Hautes Terres Illusoires
  German Verborgenes Hochland
  Italian Altopiano Nascosto
  Korean 환상의 대지 저편 Hwansang-ui Daeji Jeopyeon
  Spanish Corazón Tierra Oculta

Old Ruins

Language Title
  French Ruines Anciennes
  German Alte Ruinen
  Italian Antiche Rovine
  Korean 고대 유적 Godae Yujeok
  Spanish Ruinas Arcanas


Locations in Pokémon world in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness and Explorers of Sky
Major locations
Sharpedo BluffTreasure TownKangaskhan StorageKecleon Shop
Marowak DojoChimecho AssemblyWigglytuff's GuildCroagunk's Swap Shop
BeachFogbound LakeHot SpringLuminous SpringPelipper Island
Spinda's CaféSShaymin VillageSSky PeakS
Dungeons
Beach CaveDrenched BluffMt. BristleWaterfall CaveApple Woods
Side PathCraggy CoastRock PathMt. HornForest Path
Foggy ForestSteam CaveAmp PlainsNorthern DesertQuicksand Cave
Crystal CaveCrystal CrossingChasm CaveDark HillSealed Ruin
Dusk ForestDeep Dusk ForestTreeshroud ForestBrine CaveHidden Land
Temporal TowerMystifying ForestBlizzard IslandCrevice CaveSurrounded Sea
Miracle SeaAegis CaveMt. TravailThe NightmareSpacial Rift
Dark CraterConcealed RuinsMarine ResortBottomless SeaShimmer Desert
Mt. AvalancheGiant VolcanoWorld AbyssSky StairwayMystery Jungle
Serenity RiverLandslide CaveLush PrairieTiny MeadowLabyrinth Cave
Oran ForestLake AfarHappy OutlookMt. MistralShimmer Hill
Lost WildernessMidnight ForestZero Isle NorthZero Isle EastZero Isle West
Zero Isle SouthFinal Maze
Dungeons exclusive to Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky
Zero Isle CenterDestiny TowerOblivion ForestTreacherous WatersSoutheastern IslandsInferno Cave
Star CaveSky Peak Mountain PathMurky ForestEastern CaveFortune RavineSpring Cave
Southern JungleBoulder QuarryLeft Cave PathRight Cave PathLimestone CavernBarren Valley
Dark WastelandSpacial CliffsDark Ice MountainIcicle ForestVast Ice Mountain
Demo only:
Little PlainsMt. ClearChallenge RiverTrial ForestGuiding SeaHidden Shopkeeper Village
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