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:		Poison^RB/Water^RTDX
Boss:		None

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

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.

After the player's team rescues Medicham from Wish Cave and clears Stormy Sea, Gengar will visit the Team Base to ask to be escorted up Mt. Freeze. Once at the peak, Ninetales will tell Gengar to go to Murky Cave. This unlocks the dungeon, though Gengar must be escorted through it before it is possible to visit alone.

Gengar will give the player the Mobile Scarf as a reward. The morning after this dungeon is completed for the first time, Gardevoir will appear in Pokémon Square, asking to join the rescue team.

Gameplay

Generation III

In the original games, 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.

Pokémon encountered

Generation III

	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	?	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	?	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	?	100%
	Beldum	2-19	?	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

Traps encountered

Generation III

Note: The % are approximated.

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%

Other encounters

Generation III

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

Layout

Entrance	Bottom

In other languages

Language		Title
French		Grotte Ténèbres
German		Düsterhöhle
Italian		Grotta Tenebrosa
Korean		어둠 동굴 Eodum Donggul
Spanish		Cueva Tenebrosa^RTDX Vieja Cueva^RB

Locations in the Pokémon world in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team, Blue Rescue Team, and Rescue Team DX
Major locations
Friend Areas/Rescue team camps • Team Base • Pokémon Square • Kecleon Shop Kangaskhan Storage • Makuhita Dojo • Whiscash Pond • Luminous Cave • Hill of the Ancients
Dungeons
Tiny Woods • Thunderwave Cave • Mt. Steel • Sinister Woods • Silent Chasm Mt. Thunder • Great Canyon • Lapis Cave • Rock Path • Mt. Blaze • Snow Path Frosty Forest • Mt. Freeze • Magma Cavern • Sky Tower • Uproar Forest Howling Forest • Stormy Sea • Silver Trench • Meteor Cave • Fiery Field Lightning Field • Northwind Field • Mt. Faraway • Western Cave • Northern Range Pitfall Valley • Buried Relic • Wish Cave • Murky Cave • Desert Region Southern Cavern • Wyvern Hill • Solar Cave • Darknight Relic • Grand Sea Waterfall Pond • Unown Relic • Joyous Tower • Far-Off Sea • Purity Forest Oddity Cave • Remains Island • Marvelous Sea • Fantasy Strait Unknown Dungeon^RB Illusory Grotto^RTDX

This article is part of both Project Locations and Project Sidegames, Bulbapedia projects that, together, aim to write comprehensive articles on the Pokémon Locations and Sidegames, respectively.