Maniac Tunnel
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| Location: | Between Route 214 and Solaceon Ruins | |||
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| Region: | Sinnoh | |||
| Generations: | IV | |||
 Location of Maniac Tunnel in Sinnoh. | ||||
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Maniac Tunnel (Japanese: マニアトンネル Maniac Tunnel) is a tunnel that leads between Route 214 and the Solaceon Ruins. Before the digging is complete, it is known as Ruin Maniac Cave (Japanese: いせきマニアのあな Ruin Maniac Hole).
The Ruin Maniac, when the player first encounters him, will propose a race: he will dig straight through the mountain as the player captures the different Unown. This race, of course, ends in a tie; after the player has captured the 26 Unown that are in the form of letters, the tunnel itself will extend straight through to the previously-inaccessible upper chamber of the ruins, where only the ? and ! forms of Unown are available.
As the player progressively catches the various forms of Unown, the cave will lengthen, and the availabilities of the Pokémon in the cave will alter (specifically, Hippopotas will be more common). Also, when player has 10-25 Unown caught, Ruin Maniac claims he is now known as Digging Maniac (Japanese: あなほりマニア Hole Digging Maniac).
Items
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TM28 (Dig) | Behind rocks next to the entrance | D P Pt |
Pokémon
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| Fewer than 10 Unown | |||||||||||||||
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21-23 | 95% | |||||||||
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22-23 | 5% | |||||||||
| 10-25 Unown | |||||||||||||||
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23 | 90% | |||||||||
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22-24 | 10% | |||||||||
| 26 or more Unown | |||||||||||||||
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23-25 | 80% | |||||||||
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22-25 | 20% | |||||||||
| 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. | |||||||||||||||
Layout
| Version | 0-9 Unown | 10-25 Unown | 26-28 Unown |
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In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
In Halting Honchkrow, Pearl hides in the cave while he thinks of a way to get past some Galactic Grunts blocking the way into Veilstone City. He encounters two Unown, Grumpy and Flaky, whom he and his friends met at the Solaceon Ruins. He inspects the cave and discovers that the cave and the ruins are connected. He encounters other Unown from the ruins and has the Pokémon attack the Grunts, allowing him to sneak in the city and the Team Galactic HQ unnoticed.
Trivia
- The concept of Ruin Maniac Cave/Maniac Tunnel is similar to that of Three Isle Path's concept: a person is trying to dig through a cave, and the player must finish certain conditions for the person to dig further.
- This is the only Sinnoh location where wild Hippopotas can be found.
- The Ruin Maniac uses the Collector sprite.
In other languages
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