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Labyrinth Cave (Japanese: めいきゅうのどうくつ Labyrinth Cave) is a dungeon in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky. It is one of the exclusive dungeons that a player may access through Wonder Mail or Spinda's Café.

Labyrinth Cave めいきゅうのどうくつ
Labyrinth Cave
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Basic info
Floors: 10
Rest stops: No
Traps: No
Monster Houses: Yes
Main type: Poison
Boss: Gabite
Allowances
Recruiting: Yes
Items: 48
Money: Allowed
Starting level: Current
Team members: 4
Location

In the mission that unlocks the dungeon, the player must defeat Gabite, the boss on floor B10F, to obtain a Gabite Scale for the mission's client. This mission is based on the animated special episode Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness.

The dungeon has an unusual amount of Reviver Seeds.

Password

An event Wonder Mail password is required to unlock this dungeon in Explorers of Time and Darkness; this was originally revealed in the DVD pocket for the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness animated special, as well as Chunsoft's official web page for the games.[1] The player has to have returned from the guild expedition to start Chapter 10 before the job request can be opened.

In Explorers of Sky, the player can instead randomly receive the mission from Togetic in Spinda's Café. Along with the previously existing progression requirements, the player additionally needs to have reached Bronze Rank and also needs to have defeated a Togetic before the mission can be found. Outside of battling a traded team, this requires the player to have unlocked Happy Outlook or Zero Isle East first, effectively making Labyrinth Cave a post-graduation dungeon in most cases.

None of the additional requirements in Explorers of Sky are necessary for accepting the job through Wonder Mail S, which will allow the player to access the dungeon after starting Chapter 10.

Gameplay

The jobs here are ranked E-C by default, depending on the floor (this includes the Gabite Scale mission).

True to its name, Labyrinth Cave consists of large floors with a lot of rooms on average: 3-14 rooms on floors 1, 2, 5, 8 and 9, 3-15 rooms on floors 3 and 4 and 3-16 rooms on floors 5 and 6. This makes it the dungeon with biggest average room amount available before credits roll, and one of the biggest average room amount in the entire game.

There is 1-4 items on the floor and 2-3 starting enemies. There are usually 1-2 Wonder Tiles. There is 1% chance each for rooms on floor 2, 5 and 7 to be filled with water.

The IQ Booster activates every floor. The turn limit is 1000. There is light darkness in the dungeon, but only in Explorers of Sky, making it the only dungeon where this has been changed in the updated version.

Pokémon encountered

Pokémon Floors Levels Recruit Rate
Nidorina (Pokémon) Nidorina B1-B9 5-6 0.5%
Nidorino (Pokémon) Nidorino B1-B9 5-6 0.5%
Golbat (Pokémon) Golbat B1-B9 8-9 -4.5%
Machop (Pokémon) Machop B1-B9 6-7 8.2%
Gabite (Pokémon) Gabite B10 33 Unrecruitable Boss

Items

Ground

Item Floors
2-80TD/100S Poké B1-B9F
Apple B1-B9F
4 Iron Thorn B1-B9F
4 Silver Spike B1-B9F
Cheri Berry B1-B9F
Oran Berry B1-B9F
Pecha Berry B1-B9F
Max Elixir B1-B9F
DS Blast Seed B1-B9F
Heal Seed B1-B9F
Reviver Seed B1-B9F
D All-Hit Orb B1-B9F
TS Blowback Orb B1-B9F
Cleanse Orb B1-B9F
Escape Orb B1-B9F
TS Evasion Orb B1-B9F
D Foe-Fear Orb B1-B9F
D Foe-Seal Orb B1-B9F
Hurl Orb B1-B9F
TS Petrify Orb B1-B9F
TS Pounce Orb B1-B9F
TS Radar Orb B1-B9F
DS Rebound Orb B1-B9F
Rollcall Orb B1-B9F
TS Scanner Orb B1-B9F
TS Switcher Orb B1-B9F
DS Trapbust Orb B1-B9F
TS Trawl Orb B1-B9F
TS Warp Orb B1-B9F
Boss reward
Gabite Scale B10F

Monster House

Item Floors
2-80TD/100S Poké B1-B9F
TS Blue Gummi B1-B9F
TS Brown Gummi B1-B9F
TS Grass Gummi B1-B9F
TS Green Gummi B1-B9F
TS Orange Gummi B1-B9F
TS Silver Gummi B1-B9F
TS Sky Gummi B1-B9F
TS White Gummi B1-B9F
DS Black Gummi B1-B9F
DS Clear Gummi B1-B9F
DS Gold Gummi B1-B9F
DS Gray Gummi B1-B9F
DS Pink Gummi B1-B9F
DS Purple Gummi B1-B9F
DS Red Gummi B1-B9F
DS Royal Gummi B1-B9F
DS Yellow Gummi B1-B9F
DS Aerial Ace B1-B9F
TS Attract B1-B9F
DS Brick Break B1-B9F
Brine B1-B9F
TS Bullet Seed B1-B9F
TS Calm Mind B1-B9F
Dig B1-B9F
DS Dive B1-B9F
Embargo B1-B9F
DS Energy Ball B1-B9F
DS Explosion B1-B9F
TS False Swipe B1-B9F
TS Flash B1-B9F
DS Focus Blast B1-B9F
DS Focus Punch B1-B9F
TS Giga Drain B1-B9F
Giga Impact B1-B9F
Hidden Power B1-B9F
Hyper Beam B1-B9F
TS Iron Tail B1-B9F
TS Light Screen B1-B9F
DS Natural Gift B1-B9F
Payback B1-B9F
Poison Jab B1-B9F
DS Protect B1-B9F
TS Recycle B1-B9F
TS Reflect B1-B9F
TS Rest B1-B9F
TS Roar B1-B9F
TS Rock Slide B1-B9F
Roost B1-B9F
Safeguard B1-B9F
TS Shadow Claw B1-B9F
Shock Wave B1-B9F
TS SolarBeam B1-B9F
Stealth Rock B1-B9F
TS Steel Wing B1-B9F
Swords Dance B1-B9F
DS Taunt B1-B9F
DS Thunder Wave B1-B9F
Thunderbolt B1-B9F
DS Torment B1-B9F
Vacuum-Cut B1-B9F
DS Water Pulse B1-B9F
TS Wide Slash B1-B9F

Other encounters

Image Tile Appearance %
Monster House 3%

Bosses

Gabite is guaranteed to know Dragon Claw. The other three known moves will vary between the following: Tackle, Sand-Attack, Dragon Rage, Sandstorm, Take Down, Sand Tomb and Slash.

Unusually, entering the boss floor in this dungeon will not restore the team's HP, PP and Belly.

Gabite Lv.33
HP: 200
Types:
Ability:
Held item:
None

Layout

B10F
 

In animation

Labyrinth Cave in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness

Labyrinth Cave appeared in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness, where the newly-formed Team Poképals ventured to it in order to get a Gabite Scale to cure Shinx's sick sister. At the end of the hazardous cave, they encountered Gabite, who was sick of handing Scales to everyone who came to ask for one, and engaged in a battle with the Exploration Team. Despite Sunflora being immobilized by Gabite's Attract, Piplup and Chimchar managed to defeat Gabite, who, as a reward for a good fight, handed the explorers the Scale they had come looking for.

In other languages

Language Title
Japanese 迷宮洞窟* Meikyū no Dōkutsu
French Grotte Labyrinthe
German Labyrinthhöhle
Italian Grotta Labirinto
Korean 미궁의 동굴 Migung-ui Donggul
Spanish Cueva Laberinto

References

Locations in the Pokémon world in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Darkness, and 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
Main story:
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 Tower
Postgame story:
Mystifying ForestBlizzard IslandCrevice CaveSurrounded Sea
Miracle SeaAegis CaveMt. TravailThe NightmareSpacial Rift
Dark Crater
Seven Treasures:
Bottomless SeaShimmer DesertMt. AvalancheGiant Volcano
World AbyssSky StairwayMystery Jungle
Misc optional:
Concealed RuinsMarine ResortSerenity RiverLandslide Cave
Lush PrairieTiny MeadowLabyrinth CaveOran Forest
Lake AfarHappy OutlookMt. MistralShimmer HillLost Wilderness
Midnight ForestZero Isle NorthZero Isle EastZero Isle West
Zero Isle SouthFinal Maze
Dungeons exclusive to Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky
Postgame story:
Sky Peak Mountain Path
Misc optional:
Zero Isle CenterDestiny TowerOblivion ForestTreacherous WatersSoutheastern IslandsInferno Cave
Special Episodes:
Star CaveMurky 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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