Murky Cave

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Murky Cave 闇の洞窟 Dark Cave

Basic info Floors: 19 Rest stops: No Traps: Yes Monster Houses: Yes Main type: PoisonRB/WaterRTDX Boss: None

Allowances Recruiting: Yes Items: Allowed Money: Allowed Starting level: Current Team members: 3

Location

Murky Cave (Japanese: 闇の洞窟 Dark Cave) is a dungeon in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX that contains 19 floors.

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Gengar placing the Nine-Tail Crest on a dais

The player unlocks Murky Cave after trekking up Mt. Freeze with Gengar to help him remove Ninetales's curse on Gardevoir. Ninetales is unable to reverse its own curse, however, it gifts Gengar a 9-Tail Crest^RB / Nine-Tail Crest^RTDX which he must bring to Murky Cave to help break this curse. Once the player traverses through Murky Cave with Gengar, they are confronted by a voice which calls itself the judge of darkness. This voice asks the player a number of questions about Gengar's true feelings about Gardevoir. Despite the player's efforts, the curse is unable to be lifted, and is only broken once Gengar expresses his sense of gratitude for Gardevoir's sacrifice as well as the player character's selflessness in helping him.

Gameplay

Generation III

Darkness shrouds floors 2 to 19, limiting field of view in hallways to 2 tiles.

This dungeon is one of two in the original games where only money is found (aside from Monster Houses), the other being Meteor Cave.

Generation VIII

Unlike the original games, darkness is not present and other items (including money) can be found in the dungeon.

Pokémon encountered

Generation III

Pokémon		Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
	Cascoon	1-2, 5, 7-9, 11	8	-19%
	Zubat	1-5	17	13.7%
	Venonat	1-5	17	11.4%
	Seviper	1-5	19	7.2%
	Grimer	3-6	20	12.2%
	Dustox	3-6, 10-13	10	Unrecruitable
	Golbat	6-10	10	-19%
	Shedinja	7-12	5	Unrecruitable
	Shuppet	10-14	28	8%
	Crobat	11-19	24	Unrecruitable
	Misdreavus	13-19	25	8.8%
	Muk	14-19	36	Unrecruitable
	Swalot	14-19	34	Unrecruitable

Generation VIII

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Pokémon		Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
	Poliwag	1-5	30	14.4%
	Goldeen	1-5	30	10.8%
	Mudkip	1-5	30	8.2%
	Lotad	1-5	30	8.2%
	Barboach	1-5	30	8.2%
	Castform	1-19	33	8.2%
	Surskit	3-7	30	8.2%
	Wooper	5-9	30	8.2%
	Magikarp	6-10	30	8.2%
	Typhlosion	7-12	36	8.2%
	Squirtle	8-12	30	8.2%
	Poliwhirl	9-13	30	8.2%
	Corphish	10-15	30	8.2%
	Masquerain	12-16	30	10.8%
	Espeon	15-19	33	8.2%
	Marshtomp	15-19	30	8.2%
	Lombre	15-19	30	8.2%
	Whiscash	15-19	30	8.2%
	Poliwrath	17-19	30	8.2%
Fainted Pokémon
	Metapod	2-19	35	100%
	Pidgeotto	2-19	35	100%
	Vileplume	2-19	?	100%
	Muk	2-19	?	100%
	Kingler	2-19	?	100%
	Weezing	2-19	39	100%
	Kangaskhan	2-19	35	100%
	Seadra	2-19	35	100%
	Tauros	2-19	37	100%
	Jumpluff	2-19	37	100%
	Miltank	2-19	41	100%
	Masquerain	2-19	?	100%
	Exploud	2-19	44	100%
	Aron	2-19	35	100%
	Gulpin	2-19	37	100%
	Banette	2-19	41	100%
	Huntail	2-19	35	100%
	Beldum	2-19	37	100%
	Magnezone	2-19	37	100%
	Porygon-Z	2-19	37	100%
Strong Foe
	Hoothoot	5-19	60	Unrecruitable -6.4%
Shiny Hoothoot can only be recruited with a Friend Bow.

Items

Generation III

Murky Cave

Item		Floors
	4-278 Poké	1-19F

Monster House

Item		Floors
	4-278 Poké	1-19F
	Aerial Ace	1-19F
	Attract	1-19F
	Brick Break	1-19F
	Bullet Seed	1-19F
	Calm Mind	1-19F
	Dig	1-19F
	Earthquake	1-19F
	Facade	1-19F
	Fire Blast	1-19F
	Flamethrower	1-19F
	Focus Punch	1-19F
	Frustration	1-19F
	Giga Drain	1-19F
	Hidden Power	1-19F
	Ice Beam	1-19F
	Light Screen	1-19F
	Psychic	1-19F
	Reflect	1-19F
	Rest	1-19F
	Return	1-19F
	Roar	1-19F
	Safeguard	1-19F
	Secret Power	1-19F
	Shadow Ball	1-19F
	Shock Wave	1-19F
	Solarbeam	1-19F
	Taunt	1-19F
	Thief	1-19F
	Thunderbolt	1-19F
	Torment	1-19F
	Toxic	1-19F
	Blowback Orb	1-19F
	Escape Orb	1-19F
	Evasion Orb	1-19F
	Hurl Orb	1-19F
	Petrify Orb	1-19F
	Pounce Orb	1-19F
	Radar Orb	1-19F
	Rebound Orb	1-19F
	Rollcall Orb	1-19F
	Scanner Orb	1-19F
	Switcher Orb	1-19F
	Trawl Orb	1-19F
	Warp Orb	1-19F

Generation VIII

Murky Cave

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Item		Floors
	51-140 Poké	1-19F
	Joy Ribbon	11F
	Nullify Bandana	15, 17F
	Persim Band	?F
	X-Ray Specs	19F
	3-6 Gravelerock	1-2, 4-5, 7-10, 12, 14-17, 19F
	5-6 Iron Spike	1-2, 4, 6-8, 10-11, 13, 15, 17-19F
	Apple	3, 5-6, 8-9, 11-13, 15, 18-19F
	Cheri Berry	5, 19F
	Oran Berry	5-6, 8, 16-19F
	Pecha Berry	3, 11, 14-16F
	Rawst Berry	19F
	Empowerment Seed	?F
	Eyedrop Seed	8, 10, 14, 17F
	Sleep Seed	4, 19F
	Stun Seed	12-13, 15F
	Tiny Reviver Seed	16, 18F
	Training Seed	11, 18F
	Warp Seed	18F
	Max Ether	6-7, 12, 19F
	Max Elixir	8, 11-12, 15-17F
	3 Confuse Wand	17F
	2 HP-Swap Wand	11, 14F
	5-8 Pounce Wand	1, 17F
	2-3 Slumber Wand	5, 11F
	3-7 Stayaway Wand	2-3F
	3-5 Surround Wand	1, 9F
	5 Switcher Wand	14F

Sparkling Floor

Item		Floors
	Deluxe Ribbon	5F
	Heal Seed	4F
	Life Seed	12, 19F
	Reviver Seed	14F
	Calcium	1-2, 12F
	Protein	16F
	Zinc	2F

Kecleon Shop

Item		Floors
	Joy Ribbon	9F
	Nullify Bandana	18F
	3-6 Geo Pebble	8-9, 18F
	6 Iron Spike	19F
	Big Apple	8, 18-19F
	Cheri Berry	8F
	Pecha Berry	8F
	Rawst Berry	8-9F
	Ban Seed	18-19F
	Empowerment Seed	8F
	Stun Seed	5, 8, 18F
	Tiny Reviver Seed	5F
	Max Elixir	5, 8F
	4 Guiding Wand	9F
	? HP-Swap Wand	5F
	3 Tunnel Wand	9F

Monster House

Item		Floors
	91-119 Poké	10F
	6 Iron Spike	10F
	Tiny Reviver Seed	10F
	8 Pounce Wand	10F

Traps encountered

Generation III

Note: The % are approximated.

Image	Trap	Floor 1-18	Floor 19
	Chestnut Trap	5.47%	5.78%
	Explosion Trap	2.19%	2.31%
	Grimy Trap	5.47%	5.78%
	Gust Trap	2.73%	2.89%
	Mud Trap	2.73%	2.89%
	Pitfall Trap	5.47%	—
	PP-Zero Trap	5.46%	5.78%
	Poison Trap	5.47%	5.78%
	Pokémon Trap	5.47%	5.78%
	Seal Trap	2.74%	2.89%
	Selfdestruct Trap	1.61%	1.74%
	Slow Trap	5.46%	5.78%
	Slumber Trap	6.56%	6.94%
	Spin Trap	4.92%	5.20%
	Sticky Trap	2.73%	2.89%
	Summon Trap	5.46%	5.78%
	Warp Trap	5.46%	5.78%

Generation VIII

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Note: The % are rough estimates.

Image	Trap	Floor 1-19
	Gust Trap	? %
	Hunger Trap	? %
	Poison Trap	? %
	Slow Trap	? %
	Slumber Trap	? %
	Spin Trap	? %
	Warp Trap	? %

Other encounters

Generation III

Image	Tile	Floor 1-18	Floor 19
	Wonder Tile	24.59%	26.01%
	Monster House	5%

Layout

	Interior	Entrance	Bottom
III
VIII

In other languages

Language Title French Grotte Ténèbres German Düsterhöhle Italian Grotta Tenebrosa Korean 어둠 동굴 Eodum Donggul Spanish Cueva TenebrosaRTDX Vieja CuevaRB

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