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Quicksand Cave (Japanese: りゅうさのどうくつQuicksand Cave) is a dungeon in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky located in Arid Area, underneath Quicksand Desert (Japanese: りゅうさのち). It has a total of 21 floors, with Quicksand Cave consisting of ten floors, Quicksand Pit (Japanese: りゅうさのどうくつ さいかそう) of ten floors, and Underground Lake (Japanese: ちていのみずうみ). Mesprit serves as the boss of the dungeon, and after the credits can be recruited on subsequent visits. The dungeon is unlocked the day after the player completes the Northern Desert. After clearing the dungeon initially, it cannot be revisited until after the credits.
The jobs here are ranked E, A and S by default, depending on the floor. Quicksand Pit is ranked S for purpose of Treasure Boxes.
All floors are medium-sized, with varying room density - 3 to 9 rooms on most floors, 3 to 8 on some. There's usually 2-3 starting enemies on first four floors of Quicksand Cave and 2-4 on later ones. There's 1-4 items on the first three floors of Quicksand Cave and last four floors of Quicksand Pit, 2-5 items on floors 4 through 10 of Quicksand Cave and first floor of Quicksand Pit, and 3-6 items on floors 2 through 6 of Quicksand Pit.
The IQ Booster activates on odd floors past the first one (counting Quicksand Pit as continuation of Quicksand Cave). The player cannot be rescued if knocked out in Quicksand Pit. 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. The Tyranitar and Hippopotas in the dungeon will cause sandstorms to occur, while Pupitar can cause them by using the move.