Meteor Cave

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Meteor Cave 隕石の洞窟 Meteorite Cave

Basic info Floors: 20 Rest stops: No Traps: Yes Monster Houses: NoRB/YesRTDX Main type: Psychic Boss: Deoxys

Allowances Recruiting: Yes* Items: 3RB Money: Allowed Starting level: Current Team members: 1RB/3RTDX

Location

Meteor Cave (Japanese: 隕石の洞窟 Meteorite Cave) is a dungeon in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX that contains 20 floors. It is home to Deoxys.

Meteor Cave was created when rocks from the destroyed meteor crashed into a mountain. The morning after Lugia is recruited from Silver Trench, Blastoise reports discovering the cave to Xatu, who then gives the cave its name. The partner then suggests the rescue team investigates it.

Gameplay

Generation III

In the original games, only one Pokémon is allowed to enter, and only Poké is found in the dungeon. A maximum of three items may be carried into the dungeon at once. However, this does not include the player's held item. One random Deoxys form is created on every floor when the leader enters: Attack, Speed, or Defense. The random Deoxys must be defeated to unlock the stairs down. The Normal Deoxys is on the 20th floor, and it is the only one that can be recruited. After Deoxys is recruited, the player gains access to the Enclosed Island Friend Area, of which Deoxys is the only inhabitant.

Floors 1-5 are slightly dark, while floors 6-19 are very dark.

Generation VIII

In the remakes, up to 3 Pokémon can enter the dungeon, and there are no restrictions on items brought in the dungeon. Rescue is not available in the case of defeat in this dungeon. The Normal Deoxys, that spawns on every floor in the room containing the stairs, must be defeated in order to unlock the stairs down. In addition, multiple random Deoxys forms spawn as mirages on every floor to attack the player: Attack, Speed, or Defense. Monster Houses that spawn will contain these mirage forms. Once Deoxys is recruited, the stairs will no longer be sealed.

On the 20th floor, Normal Deoxys appears as a boss, and is surrounded by 3 mirages, one of each of its other forms. If the mirages are defeated, 3 more appear within the following turn. Upon beating Normal Deoxys, Deoxys is recruited and the player gains access to the Enclosed Island Rescue Team Camp.

Pokémon encountered

Generation III

Pokémon		Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
	Deoxys Attack Forme	1-19	35	Unrecruitable
	Deoxys Defense Forme	1-19	35	Unrecruitable
	Deoxys Speed Forme	1-19	35	Unrecruitable
	Deoxys Normal Forme	20	35	-10% Boss

Generation VIII

Pokémon		Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
	Deoxys Normal Forme	1-19	55	Unrecruitable
	Deoxys Attack Forme	1-19	55	Unrecruitable
	Deoxys Defense Forme	1-19	55	Unrecruitable
	Deoxys Speed Forme	1-19	55	Unrecruitable
	Deoxys Normal Forme	20	55	100% Boss

Items

Generation III

Item		Floors
	4-226 Poké	1-19F

Traps encountered

Generation III

Note: The % are rough estimates.

Image	Trap	Floor 1-9	Floor 10-19
	Explosion Trap	5.64%	5.03%
	Grimy Trap	8.06%	7.20%
	Gust Trap	4.03%	3.59%
	Mud Trap	24.19%	21.58%
	Pitfall Trap	—	3.59%
	PP-Zero Trap	8.07%	7.20%
	Pokémon Trap*	8.06%	7.19%
	Seal Trap	8.07%	7.20%
	Selfdestruct Trap	2.42%	2.16%
	Slow Trap	4.03%	3.59%
	Slumber Trap	4.03%	3.60%
	Spin Trap	7.26%	6.48%
	Sticky Trap	8.07%	14.39%
	Warp Trap	8.07%	7.20%

Trivia

• If a mirage Deoxys is recruited through means of a cheating device, then the game will immediately crash after accepting the mirage into the party.
• In Rescue Team DX, it is the only dungeon in the game where rescue is unavailable under any circumstance.

In other languages

Language Title French Grotte Météore German MeteoritenhöhleRTDX MeteorhöhleRB Italian Grotta Meteora Korean 운석의 동굴 Unseog-ui Donggul Spanish Cueva Meteora

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