Southern Cavern

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Southern Cavern	南の洞穴 Southern Cave

	Basic info
Floors:		50
Rest stops:		No
Traps:		Yes
Monster Houses:		Yes
Main type:		Ground
Boss:		None

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

Southern Cavern (Japanese: 南の洞穴 Southern Cave) is a dungeon in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX that contains 50 floors. It is automatically unlocked on obtaining the Boulder Cave Friend Area from an optional rescue mission, after the completion of the main story.

Gameplay

Generation III

Metal Coat can be found on 49F and 50F. Additionally, all floors are shrouded in darkness, limiting field of view in hallways to 2 tiles.

Generation VIII

The last floor contains 5 Evolution Crystals, 2 Deluxe Boxes, and 1 Focus Blast TM.

Pokémon encountered

Generation III

	Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
Geodude	1-6	27	9.1%
Diglett	1-7	33	10.9%
Seedot	1-9	30	11.2%
Cubone	5-10	28	10.5%
Nidoking	8-19	30	Unrecruitable
Phanpy	10-19	31	8.2%
Vibrava	12-20	30	-19%
Baltoy	12-22	32	5.6%
Gligar	15-25	22	8.5%
Larvitar	16-26	28	12.2%
Ariados	20-30	27	Unrecruitable
Dugtrio	20-31	30	Unrecruitable
Marowak	20-30	24	Unrecruitable
Graveler	25-36	35	-19%
Rhyhorn	31-39	30	7.7%
Flygon	31-39	35	Unrecruitable
Donphan	31-40	30	Unrecruitable
Pupitar	37-45	35	-19%
Golem	40-50	29	-30%
Onix	40-50	40	9.6%
Rhydon	40-50	28	Unrecruitable

Generation VIII

This section is incomplete.
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Reason: Fainted Pokémon, Mystery Houses

Pokémon		Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
	Geodude	1-6	42	14.4%
	Seedot	1-6	42	10.8%
	Diglett	1-7	42	14.4%
	Voltorb	4-8	42	14.4%
	Phanpy	4-12	42	10.8%
	Nidoking	9-19	42	10.8%
	Cubone	10-19	42	8.2%
	Flygon	12-20	45	-2.2%
	Baltoy	12-22	42	14.4%
	Gligar	15-25	42	10.8%
	Larvitar	16-26	42	8.2%
	Rhyhorn	20-30	42	10.8%
	Ariados	20-30	42	10.8%
	Dugtrio	20-31	42	8.2%
	Graveler	25-36	42	10.8%
	Marowak	30-40	42	8.2%
	Vibrava	31-39	42	8.2%
	Donphan	31-40	42	8.2%
	Pupitar	37-45	42	10.8%
	Onix	40-49	42	10.8%
	Golem	40-49	42	10.8%
	Rhydon	40-49	42	-2.2%
Fainted Pokémon
	Oddish	2-49	?	100%
	Primeape	2-49	46	100%
	Machop	2-49	44	100%
	Magneton	2-49	44	100%
	Kangaskhan	2-49	?	100%
	Horsea	2-49	?	100%
	Omanyte	2-49	44	100%
	Togepi	2-49	?	100%
	Forretress	2-49	44	100%
	Heracross	2-49	46	100%
	Donphan	2-49	46	100%
	Lombre	2-49	44	100%
	Kirlia	2-49	?	100%
	Breloom	2-49	44	100%
	Meditite	2-49	44	100%
	Beldum	2-49	55	100%
	Metang	2-49	55	100%
Mystery House
	Haunter	16	42	100%
	Solrock	??	42	100%
Strong Foe
	Shuckle	12-49	60	Unrecruitable -6.4%
Shiny Shuckle can only be recruited with a Friend Bow.

Items

Generation III

Southern Cavern

Item		Floors
	6-226 Poké	1-48F
	Bounce Band	1-48F
	Def. Scarf	1-48F
	Diet Ribbon	1-48F
	Joy Ribbon	1-48F
	No-Stick Cap	1-48F
	Pierce Band	1-48F
	Racket Band	1-48F
	Sneak Scarf	1-48F
	Special Band	1-48F
	Zinc Band	1-48F
	X-Ray Specs	1-48F
	3-4 Gravelerock	1-48F
	Big Apple	1-48F
	Cheri Berry	1-48F
	Oran Berry	1-48F
	Pecha Berry	1-48F
	Heal Seed	1-48F
	Metal Coat	49-50F
	Aerial Ace	1-50F
	Attract	1-50F
	Brick Break	1-50F
	Bullet Seed	1-50F
	Calm Mind	1-50F
	Dig	1-50F
	Earthquake	1-50F
	Facade	1-50F
	Fire Blast	1-50F
	Flamethrower	1-50F
	Focus Punch	1-50F
	Frustration	1-50F
	Giga Drain	1-50F
	Hidden Power	1-50F
	Ice Beam	1-50F
	Light Screen	1-50F
	Psychic	1-50F
	Reflect	1-50F
	Rest	1-50F
	Return	1-50F
	Roar	1-50F
	Safeguard	1-50F
	Secret Power	1-50F
	Shadow Ball	1-50F
	Shock Wave	1-50F
	Solarbeam	1-50F
	Taunt	1-50F
	Thief	1-50F
	Thunderbolt	1-50F
	Torment	1-50F
	Toxic	1-50F
	Blowback Orb	1-48F
	Cleanse Orb	1-48F
	Escape Orb	1-48F
	Evasion Orb	1-48F
	Hurl Orb	1-48F
	Petrify Orb	1-48F
	Pounce Orb	1-48F
	Radar Orb	1-48F
	Rebound Orb	1-48F
	Rollcall Orb	1-48F
	Scanner Orb	1-48F
	Switcher Orb	1-48F
	Trapbust Orb	1-48F
	Trawl Orb	1-48F
	Warp Orb	1-48F

Monster House

Item		Floors
	6-226 Poké	1-50F
	Aerial Ace	1-50F
	Attract	1-50F
	Brick Break	1-50F
	Bullet Seed	1-50F
	Calm Mind	1-50F
	Dig	1-50F
	Earthquake	1-50F
	Facade	1-50F
	Fire Blast	1-50F
	Flamethrower	1-50F
	Focus Punch	1-50F
	Frustration	1-50F
	Giga Drain	1-50F
	Hidden Power	1-50F
	Ice Beam	1-50F
	Light Screen	1-50F
	Psychic	1-50F
	Reflect	1-50F
	Rest	1-50F
	Return	1-50F
	Roar	1-50F
	Safeguard	1-50F
	Secret Power	1-50F
	Shadow Ball	1-50F
	Shock Wave	1-50F
	Solarbeam	1-50F
	Taunt	1-50F
	Thief	1-50F
	Thunderbolt	1-50F
	Torment	1-50F
	Toxic	1-50F
	Blowback Orb	1-50F
	Cleanse Orb	1-50F
	Escape Orb	1-50F
	Evasion Orb	1-50F
	Hurl Orb	1-50F
	Petrify Orb	1-50F
	Pounce Orb	1-50F
	Radar Orb	1-50F
	Rebound Orb	1-50F
	Rollcall Orb	1-50F
	Scanner Orb	1-50F
	Switcher Orb	1-50F
	Trawl Orb	1-50F
	Warp Orb	1-50F

Traps encountered

Generation III

Note: The % are approximated.

Trap	Floor 1-9	Floor 10-29	Floor 30	Floor 31-39	Floor 40-49	Floor 50
Explosion Trap	6.14%	5.42%	5.23%	5.88%	5.69%	4.72%
Grimy Trap	8.77%	7.75%	7.47%	8.41%	4.87%	4.05%
Mud Trap	26.32%	23.26%	22.39%	25.21%	24.39%	27.03%
Pitfall Trap	—	3.88%	3.73%	4.20%	4.07%	—
PP-Zero Trap	8.77%	7.75%	7.46%	8.41%	8.13%	6.76%
Pokémon Trap	4.39%	3.88%	3.73%	4.20%	4.07%	3.38%
Seal Trap	8.77%	7.75%	11.19%	12.60%	16.26%	13.52%
Selfdestruct Trap	2.63%	2.33%	2.24%	2.52%	2.44%	2.03%
Slow Trap	4.39%	3.88%	3.73%	4.21%	4.06%	—
Slumber Trap	4.38%	3.87%	3.73%	4.20%	6.50%	5.40%
Spin Trap	7.90%	6.98%	6.72%	7.56%	7.32%	6.08%
Sticky Trap	8.77%	15.50%	14.92%	4.20%	4.07%	13.51%
Summon Trap	—	—	—	—	—	6.76%
Warp Trap	8.77%	7.75%	7.46%	8.40%	8.13%	6.76%

Generation III

Image	Tile	Floor 1-50
	Monster House	5%

In other languages

Language		Title
French		Caverne Australe
German		Südhöhle
Italian		Caverna Sud
Korean		남쪽 동굴 Namjjok Donggul
Spanish		Cueva Meridional

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

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