Glittering Cave

Glittering Cave 輝きの洞窟 Glittering Cave "Wild Missingno. appeared!"
Map description:	Lose all sense of direction as you wander though this cave, where Luminous Moss glows emerald green.
Location:	North of Route 9
Region:	Kalos
Generations:	VI
Location of Glittering Cave in Kalos.
Pokémon world locations

Glittering Cave (Japanese: 輝きの洞窟 Glittering Cave) is a cave in southern Kalos. It is where the player initially encounters Team Flare.

Geography

The first part of the cave is a long, narrow entrance cave with several detours. All these detours lead to dead ends, however. The cave walls are covered in Luminous Moss and crystals, illuminating the cave interior. There are nine predetermined spots in this section of the cave that may contain dark shadows, and upon running into one, a wild Pokémon will leap out of the shadow and attack. These encounters cannot be avoided with Repels. Each time the player enters this section of the map, five of the spots will be randomly chosen to contain shadows; upon leaving and reentering the area, the random spots will respawn and be reshuffled.

At the end of the narrow cave is a larger, open cave, where a couple of rock-filled mine carts can be found. This is also where the Scientists from the Ambrette Fossil Lab come to dig for Fossils. When the player first visits the cave, Team Flare members can be found here, trying to steal Fossils in order to sell them for profit.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Kangaskhanite	At the end of the first detour (rightwards) from the entrance of the cave (post-game, between 8:00 and 8:59 PM; requires an upgraded Mega Ring)	X  Y
	Hard Stone	At the end of the second detour (leftwards) from the entrance of the cave	X  Y
	TM65 (Shadow Claw)	At the end of the third detour (leftwards) from the entrance of the cave	X  Y
	Escape Rope	In the deep part of the cave, south of the Fossil assistant	X  Y
	Jaw Fossil	In the deep part of the cave, from the Fossil assistant if the player chooses it instead of the Sail Fossil	X  Y
	Sail Fossil	In the deep part of the cave, from the Fossil assistant if the player chooses it instead of the Jaw Fossil	X  Y

Rock Smash

The items that can be received by using Rock Smash differ before and after entering the Hall of Fame.

Pre-Hall of Fame

Item		Location	Games
	Hard Stone	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks in the final room of the cave (~55%)	X  Y
	Old Amber	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks in the final room of the cave (~15%)	X  Y
	Revive	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks in the final room of the cave (~30%)	X  Y

Post-Hall of Fame

Item		Location	Games
	Old Amber	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks in the final room of the cave (~10%)	X  Y
	Skull Fossil	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks in the final room of the cave (~12.5%)	X  Y
	Armor Fossil	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks in the final room of the cave (~10%)	X  Y
	Dome Fossil	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks in the final room of the cave (~20%)	Y
	Helix Fossil	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks in the final room of the cave (~25%)	Y
	Cover Fossil	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks in the final room of the cave (~12.5%)	X  Y
	Plume Fossil	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks in the final room of the cave (~10%)	X  Y
	Claw Fossil	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks in the final room of the cave	X
	Root Fossil	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks in the final room of the cave	X

Natural objects

Item		Location	Games
	Luminous Moss	Found by using Hyper Voice or Rock Slide on a mossy rock during a battle	X  Y

Pokémon

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Machop	X			Y			Cave	15-17	30%
Onix	X			Y			Cave	17	10%
Cubone	X			Y			Cave	15-16	20%
Rhyhorn	X			Y			Cave	17	10%
Kangaskhan	X			Y			Cave	17	5%
Mawile	X			Y			Cave	15-16	5%
Lunatone	X			Y			Cave	17	10%
Solrock	X			Y			Cave	17	10%
Drops from the ceiling
Woobat	X			Y			Ceiling	15-17	85%
Ferroseed	X			Y			Ceiling	15-17	15%
Rock Smash
Onix	X			Y			Rock Smash	15-17	35%
Dwebble	X			Y			Rock Smash	15, 17	65%
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

Calem or Serena will join the player in a Multi Battle against the final two Team Flare Grunts.

If the player chose Chespin:

Pokémon Trainer Calem Glittering Cave X and Y

Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Keen Eye Held item: None Espurr♂ Lv.18 Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Psybeam Psychic Special   --       Covet Normal Physical   --       Confusion Psychic Special   --       Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Super Luck Held item: None Absol♂ Lv.18 Taunt Dark Status   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Leer Normal Status   --       Pursuit Dark Physical   --       Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Blaze Held item: None Braixen♂ Lv.20 Ember Fire Special   --       Howl Normal Status   --       Flame Charge Fire Physical   --       Psybeam Psychic Special   --

Pokémon Trainer Serena Glittering Cave X and Y

Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Keen Eye Held item: None Espurr♀ Lv.18 Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Psybeam Psychic Special   --       Covet Normal Physical   --       Confusion Psychic Special   --       Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Super Luck Held item: None Absol♂ Lv.18 Taunt Dark Status   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Leer Normal Status   --       Pursuit Dark Physical   --       Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Blaze Held item: None Braixen♂ Lv.20 Ember Fire Special   --       Howl Normal Status   --       Flame Charge Fire Physical   --       Psybeam Psychic Special   --

If the player chose Fennekin:

Pokémon Trainer Calem Glittering Cave X and Y

Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Keen Eye Held item: None Espurr♂ Lv.18 Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Psybeam Psychic Special   --       Covet Normal Physical   --       Confusion Psychic Special   --       Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Super Luck Held item: None Absol♂ Lv.18 Taunt Dark Status   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Leer Normal Status   --       Pursuit Dark Physical   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Torrent Held item: None Frogadier♂ Lv.20 Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Lick Ghost Physical   --       Water Pulse Water Special   --       Smokescreen Normal Status   --

Pokémon Trainer Serena Glittering Cave X and Y

Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Keen Eye Held item: None Espurr♀ Lv.18 Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Psybeam Psychic Special   --       Covet Normal Physical   --       Confusion Psychic Special   --       Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Super Luck Held item: None Absol♂ Lv.18 Taunt Dark Status   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Leer Normal Status   --       Pursuit Dark Physical   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Torrent Held item: None Frogadier♂ Lv.20 Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Lick Ghost Physical   --       Water Pulse Water Special   --       Smokescreen Normal Status   --

If the player chose Froakie:

Pokémon Trainer Calem Glittering Cave X and Y

Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Keen Eye Held item: None Espurr♂ Lv.18 Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Psybeam Psychic Special   --       Covet Normal Physical   --       Confusion Psychic Special   --       Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Super Luck Held item: None Absol♂ Lv.18 Taunt Dark Status   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Leer Normal Status   --       Pursuit Dark Physical   --       Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Overgrow Held item: None Quilladin♂ Lv.20 Pin Missile Bug Physical   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Rollout Rock Physical   --       Leech Seed Grass Status   --

Pokémon Trainer Serena Glittering Cave X and Y

Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Keen Eye Held item: None Espurr♀ Lv.18 Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Psybeam Psychic Special   --       Covet Normal Physical   --       Confusion Psychic Special   --       Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Super Luck Held item: None Absol♂ Lv.18 Taunt Dark Status   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Leer Normal Status   --       Pursuit Dark Physical   --       Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Overgrow Held item: None Quilladin♂ Lv.20 Pin Missile Bug Physical   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Rollout Rock Physical   --       Leech Seed Grass Status   --

Trainer	Pokémon
Team Flare Grunt Reward: $720	Houndour♂ Lv.18 No item
	Zubat♂ Lv.18 No item
Team Flare Grunt Reward: $720	Gulpin♀ Lv.18 No item
	Electrike♀ Lv.18 No item
Team Flare Grunt Reward: $1,600 Double Battle with the following Grunt	Scraggy♂ Lv.20 No item
Team Flare Grunt Reward: $1,600 Double Battle with the previous Grunt	Croagunk♀ Lv.20 No item

Layout

Game	Main cave	Deep cave
X
Y

In the TCG

This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Glittering Cave in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Glittering Cave Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Team Flare Grunt	Su	XY		129/146	Collection X		059/060
					Unnumbered Promotional cards
		Generations		73/836	BREAK Starter Pack		069/072
					Premium Champion Pack		126/131
					The Best of XY		151/171

Trivia

• The Glittering Cave may be a reference to the Glittering Caves from J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Both appear as a network of tunnels lined with crystals.
• In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, a stone from this cave is on display in the Rustboro Gym with a description that reads "A Kalos stone."
• Junichi Masuda has stated in his blog that the Glittering Cave was based on the Catacombs of Paris.
• After being given the Drives by the Hiker in Ambrette Town, he mentions that Genesect are rumored to have been found in Glittering Cave. However, there is no Genesect to be found in Glittering Cave.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 閃耀洞窟 Símyiuh Duhngfāt Mandarin 閃耀洞窟 / 闪耀洞窟 Shǎnyào Dòngkū French Grotte Étincelante German Leuchthöhle Italian Grotta dei Bagliori Korean 반짝임의동굴 Banjjagim ui Donggul Spanish Cueva Brillante

Kalos
Settlements Vaniville Town • Aquacorde Town‎ • Santalune City • Lumiose City • Camphrier Town • Cyllage City Ambrette Town • Geosenge Town • Shalour City • Coumarine City • Laverre City • Dendemille Town • Anistar City Couriway Town • Snowbelle City • Pokémon League • Kiloude City‎ Routes 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 Landmarks Santalune Forest • Chamber of Emptiness • Parfum Palace • Battle Chateau • Berry fields • Connecting Cave • Glittering Cave • Reflection Cave Tower of Mastery • Azure Bay • Sea Spirit's Den • Kalos Power Plant • Poké Ball Factory • Lost Hotel • Frost Cavern • Lysandre Labs Team Flare Secret HQ • Terminus Cave • Pokémon Village • Victory Road • Battle Maison • Friend Safari • Unknown Dungeon

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