Oddity Cave

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Oddity Cave
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Oddity Cave 異変洞窟
Accidental Cave
Oddity Cave PMD RTDX.png
Basic info
Floors: 15RB
8RTDX
Rest stops: No
Traps: Yes
Monster Houses: No
Main type: FireRB
Poison, NoneRTDX
Boss: None
Allowances
Recruiting: Yes
Items: Allowed
Money: Allowed
Starting level: Current
Team members: 3
Location
Oddity Cave Map.png

Oddity Cave (Japanese: 異変洞窟 Accidental Cave) is a dungeon in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX that contains 15RB/8RTDX floors.

In the original games, it cannot be accessed by normal means in the game and is only available through a Nintendo Event, using the Wonder Mail Code: ??MS CJ(...)? 44?P MF?8 7J6R (...)M?1. The Pokémon found in this dungeon are also found in Mt. Thunder, Frosty Forest, and Mt. Blaze. In the remake, it is unlocked after completing Mt. Steel.

Gameplay

Generation III

Darkness shrouds floors 6-10, limiting field of view in hallways to 2 tiles. Additionally, the default weather is Snow on floors 14 and 15.

Pokémon encountered

Generation III

Pokémon Floors Levels Recruit Rate
  Ditto 1-15 25 6.8%
  Weedle 1-4 8 11.4%
  Beedrill 1-4 10 Unrecruitable
  Nidoran♂ 1-4 12 12.6%
  Electrike 1-4 12 7.8%
  Cacnea 1-4 13 7.2%
  Electabuzz 4-5 12 Unrecruitable
  Pidgeotto 5 11 -19%
  Ampharos 5 13 Unrecruitable
  Numel 6 14 8.1%
  Shuckle 6-9 15 6.9%
  Slugma 6-10 16 11.4%
  Torkoal 7-10 15 8.1%
  Rapidash 8-10 16 Unrecruitable
  Piloswine 11 16 Unrecruitable
  Nosepass 11-12 16 7.4%
  Mightyena 13-15 17 Unrecruitable
  Lairon 13-15 17 -19%
  Snorunt 14-15 20 7.5%

Generation VIII

Pokémon Floors Levels Recruit Rate
  Weedle 1-2 10 14.4%
  Pidgey 1-2 10 14.4%
  Rattata 1-2 10 14.4%
  Nidoran♀ 1-2 10 14.4%
  Nidoran♂ 1-2 10 10.8%
  Clefairy 1-2 10 6.4%
  Zubat 1-2 10 10.8%
  Oddish 3-4 10 14.4%
  Paras 3-4 10 14.4%
  Poliwag 3-4 10 14.4%
  Ponyta 3-4 10 6.4%
  Doduo 3-4 10 10.8%
  Seel 4 10 10.8%
  Grimer 4 10 10.8%
  Gastly 5-6 10 10.8%
  Voltorb 5-6 10 8.2%%
  Exeggcute 5-6 10 14.4%
  Hitmonlee 5-6 20 8.2%
  Lickitung 5-6 10 6.4%
  Onix 5-8 12 10.8%
  Tangela 7-8 10 10.8%
  Mr. Mime 7-8 10 8.2%
  Pinsir 7-8 10 14.4%
  Sentret 7-8 10 14.4%
  Ledyba 7-8 10 14.4%
Fainted Pokémon
  Sentret 2-7 12 100%
  Spinarak 2-7 12 100%
  Corsola 2-7 12 100%
  Houndour 2-7 14 100%
  Trapinch 2-7 12 100%
  Barboach 2-7 12 100%


Items

Generation III

Oddity Cave

Item Floors
  4-74 Poké 1-15F
  Def. Scarf 1-15F
  Power Band 1-15F
  Special Band 1-15F
  Zinc Band 1-15F
  Cheri Berry 1-15F
  Oran Berry 1-15F
  Pecha Berry 1-15F
  Rawst Berry 1-15F
  Gravelerock 1-15F
  Blast Seed 1-15F
  Heal Seed 1-15F
  Max Elixir 1-15F
  Apple 1-15F
  Blue Gummi 1-15F
  Brown Gummi 1-15F
  Gold Gummi 1-15F
  Gray Gummi 1-15F
  Orange Gummi 1-15F
  Purple Gummi 1-15F
  Red Gummi 1-15F
  Royal Gummi 1-15F
  White Gummi 1-15F
  Yellow Gummi 1-15F
  Blowback Orb 1-15F
  Cleanse Orb 1-15F
  Escape Orb 1-15F
  Evasion Orb 1-15F
  Hurl Orb 1-15F
  Petrify Orb 1-15F
  Pounce Orb 1-15F
  Radar Orb 1-15F
  Rebound Orb 1-15F
  Rollcall Orb 1-15F
  Scanner Orb 1-15F
  Switcher Orb 1-15F
  Trapbust Orb 1-15F
  Trawl Orb 1-15F
  Warp Orb 1-15F

Kecleon Shop

Item Floors
  Gravelerock 6-10F
  Iron Thorn 6-10F
  Silver Spike 6-10F
  Big Apple 6-10F
  Cheri Berry 6-10F
  Pecha Berry 6-10F
  Oran Berry 6-10F
  Rawst Berry 6-10F
  Reviver Seed 6-10F
  Max Elixir 6-10F
  Def. Scarf 6-10F
  Dodge Scarf 6-10F
  Heal Ribbon 6-10F
  Pass Scarf 6-10F
  Patsy Band 6-10F
  Persim Band 6-10F
  Stamina Band 6-10F
  Twist Band 6-10F
  Weather Band 6-10F
  Zinc Band 6-10F
  Scope Lens 6-10F
  Blowback Orb 6-10F
  Lob Orb 6-10F
  Hurl Orb 6-10F
  Petrify Orb 6-10F
  Pounce Orb 6-10F
  Switcher Orb 6-10F
  Stayaway Orb 6-10F
  Warp Orb 6-10F

Generation VIII

Oddity Cave

Item Floors
  10-60 Poké 1-8F
  Apple 1-8F
  Cheri Berry 1-8F
  Oran Berry 1-8F
  Pecha Berry 1-8F
  Rawst Berry 1-8F
  Blast Seed 1-8F
  Sleep Seed 1-8F
  Tiny Reviver Seed 1-8F
  Max Ether 1-8F
  3 Confuse Wand 1-8F
  2-4 Petrify Wand 1-8F
  3-4 Slow Wand 1-8F
  3-4 Slumber Wand 1-8F
  2-3 Tunnel Wand 1-8F

Sparkling Floor

Item Floors
  Gold Ribbon 1-8F
  Sitrus Berry 1-8F
  Max Elixir 1-8F
  Carbos 1-8F
  Protein 1-8F

Kecleon Shop

Item Floors
  Apple 1-8F
  Oran Berry 1-8F
  Pecha Berry 1-8F
  Blast Seed 1-8F
  Tiny Reviver Seed 1-8F
  Max Ether 1-8F
  Foe-Hold Orb 1-8F
  Slumber Orb 1-8F
  Totter Orb 1-8F
  Wigglytuff Orb 1-8F

Traps encountered

Generation III

Note: The % are approximations.

Image Trap Floor 1-15
  Chestnut Trap 5.95%
  Explosion Trap 2.38%
  Grimy Trap 5.95%
  Gust Trap 2.98%
  Mud Trap 2.98%
  Poison Trap 5.96%
  Pokémon Trap 5.95%
  PP-Zero Trap 5.96%
  Seal Trap 2.97%
  Selfdestruct Trap 1.78%
  Slow Trap 5.95%
  Slumber Trap 6.15%
  Spin Trap 5.35%
  Sticky Trap 2.97%
  Summon Trap 5.96%
  Warp Trap 5.95%

Generation VIII

Note: The percentages are calculated from trap frequencies observed across 10 dungeon runs involving a total of 197 traps.

Image Trap Floor 1-8
  Blast Trap 22.8 %
  Slumber Trap 30.5 %
  Spiky Trap 22.8 %
  Spin Trap 23.9 %

Other encounters

Generation III

Image Tile Floor 1-5, 11-15 Floor 6 Floor 7-10
  Wonder Tile 23.81%
  Kecleon Shop 0% 6% 7%

Layout

Interior
 
 

Trivia

In other languages

Language Title
  French Grotte Périls
  German Seltsamhöhle
  Italian Grotta Varietà
  Korean 이변의 동굴 Ibyeon-yi Donggul
  Spanish Cueva Curiosa


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 campsTeam BasePokémon SquareKecleon Shop
Kangaskhan StorageMakuhita DojoWhiscash PondLuminous CaveHill of the Ancients
Dungeons
Tiny WoodsThunderwave CaveMt. SteelSinister WoodsSilent Chasm
Mt. ThunderGreat CanyonLapis CaveRock PathMt. BlazeSnow Path
Frosty ForestMt. FreezeMagma CavernSky TowerUproar Forest
Howling ForestStormy SeaSilver TrenchMeteor CaveFiery Field
Lightning FieldNorthwind FieldMt. FarawayWestern CaveNorthern Range
Pitfall ValleyBuried RelicWish CaveMurky CaveDesert Region
Southern CavernWyvern HillSolar CaveDarknight RelicGrand Sea
Waterfall PondUnown RelicJoyous TowerFar-Off SeaPurity Forest
Oddity CaveRemains IslandMarvelous SeaFantasy Strait
Unknown DungeonRB
Illusory GrottoRTDX
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