Star Cave
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Star Cave (Japanese: 星の洞窟 Star Cave) is a dungeon in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky. Initially accessible in the Special Episode Bidoof's Wish, it can be unlocked by a challenge request from the Spinda's Café after finishing the Special Episode and acquiring the Secret Rank. At the end of the cave is Star Cave Pit, where Jirachi can be found.
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The Star Cave is the focus of Explorers of Sky's kiosk demo, where the player can play as a Lv. 20 pair of either Vulpix and Phanpy or Riolu and Eevee, for the first seven floors.
Password
Once the player has cleared the Special Episode "Bidoof's Wish" and Crevice Cave to obtain the Secret Rank, the following Wonder Mail S code contains Jirachi's challenge request which unlocks this dungeon.
| Version | Region | Password |
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| Explorers of Sky | NA | H&Y&T 93QXMHF Q8XXK +-CNH FMQ6-Q+ 1S@R2
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| EU | SXX8Q KXNFH3T &CQYM 62HM9 R1@Q-H+ Q-F&+
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Gameplay
Star Cave plays slightly differently depending on whether it is accessed through main story or Special Episode; internally these are two separate dungeons. During the main story, it is 15 continuous floors followed by Star Cave Pit where Jirachi can be found. In the Special Episode, it is split into three sections with two boss floors, and also contains rest stops. Otherwise, it is exactly the same dungeon. When not otherwise specified, floors 1 through 7 are Star Cave in Special Episode, floors 8 through 11 are Deep Star Cave and floors 12 through 15 are Star Cave Depths.
As Treasure Boxes cannot be found in this dungeon and the player cannot be rescued when knocked out, only floors past 8 have used job rankings: D, C or B by default, depending on the floor. Internally, floors 1 through 3 are ranked E and floors 4 through 7 are ranked D.
The floors are all large-sized, with following amount of rooms:
- 3-8 on floors 1, 10 and 15.
- 3-9 on floors 2 and 9
- 3-10 on floors 3, 8, 11 and 14
- 3-11 on floors 4, 7 and 13
- 3-12 floors on 5, 6 and 12
There're 4-7 items on the ground on first three floors and 3-6 items on later floors. There're also 2-5 items buried in the walls. There're 2-3 starting enemies on each floor. The game will spawn 3-6 Wonder Tiles on floor 2, 3-7 on floor 3 and 4-8 on later floors; none will be spawned on floor 1. It will spawn extra in a Monster House.
The IQ Booster does not work in this dungeon. The turn limit is 1000. There is light darkness in the entire dungeon. There is water on floors 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11 and 14. Enemies in this dungeon have 26IQ. There is random weather on floor 14.
Pokémon encountered
In the main story, Deep Star Cave and Star Cave Depths sections do not exist and the dungeon continues normally.
Star Cave
| Pokémon | Floors | Levels | Recruit Rate | |
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Poliwag | 1-7 | 9 | Unrecruitable |
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Anorith | 1-7 | 3 | Unrecruitable |
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Kricketot | 1-7 | 8 | Unrecruitable |
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Chingling | 1-7 | 4 | Unrecruitable |
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Lotad | 4-7 | 10 | Unrecruitable |
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Bonsly | 5-7 | 10 | Unrecruitable |
Deep Star Cave
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Kricketot | 1-2 | 8 | Unrecruitable |
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Bonsly | 1-3 | 10 | Unrecruitable |
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Psyduck | 1-4 | 10 | Unrecruitable |
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Lotad | 1-4 | 10 | Unrecruitable |
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Gulpin | 1-4 | 11 | Unrecruitable |
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Lunatone | 4 | 9 | Unrecruitable |
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Bronzong | 4 | 6 | Unrecruitable |
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Snover | Bottom | 22 | Unrecruitable Boss |
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Gligar | Bottom | 8 | Unrecruitable Boss |
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Bagon | Bottom | 8 | Unrecruitable Boss |
| Snover, Bagon and Gligar only battle in the Special Episode. | ||||
Star Cave Depths
| Pokémon | Floors | Levels | Recruit Rate | |
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Gulpin | 1-2 | 11 | Unrecruitable |
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Psyduck | 1-4 | 10 | Unrecruitable |
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Lunatone | 1-4 | 9 | Unrecruitable |
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Bronzong | 1-4 | 6 | Unrecruitable |
Star Cave Pit
| Pokémon | Floors | Levels | Recruit Rate | |
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Jirachi | Pit | 32 | 100% Boss |
| Jirachi is only recruitable in the main game. | ||||
Items
The items here are the same regardless whether it's played during the main story or Special Episode. When the game spawns Poké, it will spawn no more than 300 on floors 3 through 8 and no more than 200 on other floors.
Ground
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Poké | B1-B15F |
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Insomniscope | B4-B15F |
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Def. Scarf | B4-B15F |
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Pecha Scarf | B4-B15F |
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Persim Band | B4-B15F |
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Power Band | B4-B15F |
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Special Band | B4-B15F |
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Stamina Band | B4-B15F |
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Zinc Band | B4-B15F |
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5 Gravelerock | B4-B15F |
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4 Iron Thorn | B4-B15F |
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Apple | B1-B15F |
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Cheri Berry | B1-B15F |
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Chesto Berry | B1-B15F |
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Oran Berry | B1-B15F |
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Pecha Berry | B1-B15F |
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Reviver Seed | B1-B15F |
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Totter Seed | B1-B15F |
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Max Elixir | B1-B15F |
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All-Hit Orb | B1-B15F |
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All-Mach Orb | B1-B15F |
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Decoy Orb | B1-B15F |
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Escape Orb | B1-B15F |
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Foe-Fear Orb | B1-B15F |
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Foe-Hold Orb | B1-B15F |
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Foe-Seal Orb | B1-B15F |
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Luminous Orb | B1-B15F |
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Petrify Orb | B1-B15F |
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Quick Orb | B1-B15F |
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Radar Orb | B1-B15F |
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Rainy Orb | B1-B15F |
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Scanner Orb | B1-B15F |
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Spurn Orb | B1-B15F |
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Sunny Orb | B1-B15F |
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Warp Orb | B1-B15F |
Kecleon Shop
Monster House
| Item | Floors | |
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Poké | B13-B15F |
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Black Gummi | B13-B15F |
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Blue Gummi | B13-B15F |
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Brown Gummi | B13-B15F |
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Clear Gummi | B13-B15F |
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Gold Gummi | B13-B15F |
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Grass Gummi | B13-B15F |
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Gray Gummi | B13-B15F |
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Green Gummi | B13-B15F |
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Orange Gummi | B13-B15F |
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Pink Gummi | B13-B15F |
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Purple Gummi | B13-B15F |
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Red Gummi | B13-B15F |
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Royal Gummi | B13-B15F |
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Silver Gummi | B13-B15F |
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Sky Gummi | B13-B15F |
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White Gummi | B13-B15F |
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Yellow Gummi | B13-B15F |
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Aerial Ace | B13-B15F |
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Attract | B13-B15F |
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Brick Break | B13-B15F |
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Brine | B13-B15F |
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Bullet Seed | B13-B15F |
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Calm Mind | B13-B15F |
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Dig | B13-B15F |
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Dive | B13-B15F |
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Embargo | B13-B15F |
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Energy Ball | B13-B15F |
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Explosion | B13-B15F |
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False Swipe | B13-B15F |
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Flash | B13-B15F |
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Focus Blast | B13-B15F |
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Focus Punch | B13-B15F |
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Giga Drain | B13-B15F |
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Giga Impact | B13-B15F |
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Hidden Power | B13-B15F |
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Hyper Beam | B13-B15F |
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Iron Tail | B13-B15F |
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Light Screen | B13-B15F |
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Natural Gift | B13-B15F |
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Payback | B13-B15F |
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Poison Jab | B13-B15F |
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Protect | B13-B15F |
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Recycle | B13-B15F |
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Reflect | B13-B15F |
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Rest | B13-B15F |
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Roar | B13-B15F |
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Rock Slide | B13-B15F |
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Roost | B13-B15F |
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Safeguard | B13-B15F |
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Shadow Claw | B13-B15F |
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Shock Wave | B13-B15F |
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SolarBeam | B13-B15F |
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Stealth Rock | B13-B15F |
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Steel Wing | B13-B15F |
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Swords Dance | B13-B15F |
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Taunt | B13-B15F |
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Thunder Wave | B13-B15F |
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Thunderbolt | B13-B15F |
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Torment | B13-B15F |
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Vacuum-Cut | B13-B15F |
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Water Pulse | B13-B15F |
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Wide Slash | B13-B15F |
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All-Hit Orb | B13-B15F |
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All-Mach Orb | B13-B15F |
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Blowback Orb | B13-B15F |
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Cleanse Orb | B13-B15F |
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Decoy Orb | B13-B15F |
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Evasion Orb | B13-B15F |
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Foe-Fear Orb | B13-B15F |
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Foe-Hold Orb | B13-B15F |
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Foe-Seal Orb | B13-B15F |
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Hurl Orb | B13-B15F |
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Invisify Orb | B13-B15F |
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Itemizer Orb | B13-B15F |
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Luminous Orb | B13-B15F |
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Mug Orb | B13-B15F |
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One-Shot Orb | B13-B15F |
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Petrify Orb | B13-B15F |
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Pounce Orb | B13-B15F |
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Radar Orb | B13-B15F |
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Rebound Orb | B13-B15F |
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Scanner Orb | B13-B15F |
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Silence Orb | B13-B15F |
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Slumber Orb | B13-B15F |
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Snatch Orb | B13-B15F |
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Spurn Orb | B13-B15F |
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Switcher Orb | B13-B15F |
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Totter Orb | B13-B15F |
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Transfer Orb | B13-B15F |
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Trawl Orb | B13-B15F |
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Warp Orb | B13-B15F |
Buried items
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Poké | B1-B15F |
Other encounters
| Image | Encounter | B1F, B2F, B5F, B7F | B3F, B4F, B6F, B8F | B13-B15F | Other floors |
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Kecleon Shop | 50% | 100% | 8% | |
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Companion Pokémon
During Bidoof's Wish, Snover will accompany Bidoof.
Snover and his group will ambush Bidoof at the bottom of Deep Star Cave, leaving Bidoof to explore Star Cave Depths by himself.
Bosses
Deep Star Cave
As a boss, Snover is guaranteed to know Mist. The other three known moves will vary between the following: Powder Snow, Leer, Razor Leaf, Icy Wind, GrassWhistle and Swagger.
Gligar and Bagon use a fixed moveset.
- The bosses are fought twice in a row. Winning the first fight is not mandatory; the player will not be sent back to the waypoint and the story will progress either way. However, the player will be sent back to the waypoint if Bidoof faints during the second fight.
Ally Pokémon
The other Wigglytuff's Guild members will assist Bidoof during the second fight against Snover's group.
Wigglytuff uses a fixed moveset. All other allies are guaranteed to know one move listed below, and their other three known moves will vary between the following:
Chatot: Peck, Growl, Mirror Move, Sing, Fury Attack, Chatter, Taunt, Mimic, Roost, Uproar and FeatherDance.
Diglett: Sand-Attack, Scratch, Growl, Astonish, Magnitude, Mud-Slap, Dig, Sucker Punch, Earth Power, Mud Bomb, Slash and Earthquake.
Dugtrio: Sand-Attack, Tri Attack, Growl, Scratch, Night Slash, Astonish, Magnitude, Mud-Slap, Dig, Sucker Punch, Sand Tomb, Earth Power, Mud Bomb, Slash and Earthquake.
Sunflora: Absorb, Growth, Pound, Mega Drain, Ingrain, GrassWhistle, Leech Seed, Bullet Seed, Worry Seed, Petal Dance, Sunny Day and SolarBeam.
Loudred: Astonish, Uproar, Howl, Pound, Bite, Supersonic, Stomp and Screech.
Corphish: Bubble, Harden, ViceGrip, Leer, BubbleBeam, Protect, Knock Off, Taunt, Night Slash, Crabhammer and Swords Dance.
Chimecho: Wrap, Growl, Astonish, Confusion, Uproar, Take Down, Yawn, Psywave, Double-Edge, Heal Bell, Safeguard and Extrasensory.
Croagunk: Astonish, Mud-Slap, Poison Sting, Taunt, Pursuit, Faint Attack, Revenge, Swagger, Mud Bomb, Sucker Punch, Nasty Plot, Poison Jab and Sludge Bomb.
Star Cave Pit
During Bidoof's Wish, Jirachi is guaranteed to know Helping Hand, which it will not try to use during the fight. The other three known moves will vary between the following: Wish, Confusion, Rest and Swift.
As a challenger during the main game, Jirachi is guaranteed to know Rest instead. On top of the possible moves it can know in Bidoof's Wish, it can additionally know Psychic and Refresh.
Layout
| Rest stop | Alternate tileset | Deep Star Cave bottom | Star Cave Pit |
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Trivia
- The first eight floors of this dungeon have an inordinately high rate of Kecleon Shops, which only carry Wonder Orbs. These Wonder Orbs also have a higher chance of being a Sunny Orb or Rainy Orb.
- The reasoning for these traits has been explained in a staff interview; the constant hail caused by Snover's Snow Warning was considered to have made the dungeon far more difficult than intended during development.[1]
- If Giratina enters this dungeon, it will be in its Origin Forme instead of its Altered Forme. This trait is shared with Sky Peak and Destiny Tower.
- In Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon, Jirachi of the Expedition Society mentions that he was born in Star Cave. This reference was missed in the German, Italian, and Spanish translations, where he instead says that he was born in a cave on a star. It is unknown if they are the same individual or not.
- The turn limit for Star Cave is, unusually, 888 turns, compared to the default 1000 turns.
In other languages
| Language | Title | |
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| French | Caverne Étoile | |
| German | Sternenhöhle | |
| Italian | Caverna Stellata | |
| Spanish | Cueva Estrella | |
Deep Star Cave
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| Japanese | ほしのどうくつ おくち Hoshi no Dōkutsu Okuchi 星の洞窟 奥地* Hoshi no Dōkutsu Okuchi | |
| French | Caverne Etoile - prof. | |
| German | Tiefe Sternenhöhle | |
| Italian | Recessi Stellati | |
| Spanish | Corazón Cueva Estrella | |
References
- ↑ (March 2009). ポケモン不思議のダンジョン 空の探検隊 公式パーフェクトガイド Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky: Official Perfect Guide p. 1041.
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