Wellspring Cave

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Wellspring Cave ちかすいみゃくのあな
Groundwater-Vein Cave
"Wild Missingno. appeared!"
Wellspring Cave 1F B2W2.png
Map description: The underwater pool grew from rainwater soaking into the ground.
Location: Route 3
Region: Unova
Generations: V
Unova Wellspring Cave Map.png
Location of Wellspring Cave in Unova.
Pokémon world locations

Wellspring Cave (Japanese: 地下水脈の穴 Groundwater-Vein Cave) is a cave in Unova which lies in the northwest corner of Route 3.

In Pokémon Black and White, when first entering the cave, the player and Cheren will encounter and battle four Team Plasma members. Once the Single and Double Battle are won, the player and Cheren are told by Team Plasma that they plan to steal Pokémon in order to liberate them from humans, who according to the Plasma members, are making Pokémon suffer. Players can obtain TM46 (Thief) in the entrance cave, but cannot proceed further without Surf. Flash is optional for the basement level.

Geography

Wellspring Cave earned its name due to its collection of underground water wells. Rainwater seeped through the soil as groundwater and pooled into wells hidden within the earth, gradually forming springs. Water droplets trickle frequently from stalactites across the cave, indicating its contribution to the formation of the springs.

The first floor is a small area divided into two rocky shores separated by an "L"-shaped pool in the center of the room. Without Surf, the player can only access the northeastern section of the first floor. Once acquired, the player can move across the body of water to the southern strip of land and descend into the lower section of the cave.

The lowest layer of Wellspring Cave is roughly twice as long as the previous floor. Without any natural light source, the bottom level stays in darkness, though Flash can be used to nullify this effect. Like the first floor, a large body of water is situated to where it sections off parts of the floor. A landbridge between the bigger spring and a lesser one leads into a huge section of land with rugged terrain. Black Belts and Battle Girls can be found training within the rocky surface, but can be avoided altogether by surfing on the lake to their left. At the northern end, a small section of land can be reached.

Items

Surf is required to get to B1F. Items in B1F will not be marked as requiring Surf unless it is further required to access the item itself.

Item Location Games
  TM46 (Thief) 1F, South of entrance  B  W 
  Full Heal 1F, West of TM46 at the top of the stairs (hidden)  B  W 
  PP Up 1F, West of Full Heal (requires Surf) (hidden)  B  W 
  Elixir 1F, In the west (requires Surf)  B  W 
  Escape Rope 1F, In the south (requires Surf)  B  W 
  Max Repel 1F, East of Hiker Zaiem  B2  W2 
  Escape Rope 1F, West of Battle Girl Maggie (requires Surf)  B2  W2 
  Max Potion B1F, East of entrance (hidden)  B  W 
  TM47 (Low Sweep) B1F, East from Max Potion (requires Surf)  B  W 
  Hyper Potion B1F, Northwest of Battle Girl Xiao (hidden)  B  W 
  Dive Ball B1F, South of Hyper Potion  B  W 
  Mystic Water B1F, North of TM47 in east  B  W 
  Revive B1F, South of Mystic Water in east (hidden)  B  W 
  Max Elixir B1F, Northeast end (hidden)  B  W 
  TM47 (Low Sweep) B1F, On cliff, south of Battle Girl Xiao  B2  W2 
  TM52 (Focus Blast) B1F, Northern end (requires Surf)  B  W  B2  W2 
  Carbos B1F, East of Black Belt Thomas (hidden)  B2  W2 
  Protector B1F, North of Carbos  B2  W2 
  Max Revive ×2
  • B1F, Southeast of Black Belt Thomas, before ledge (requires Surf)
  • B1F, East of Veteran Shaun (requires Surf) (hidden)
 B2  W2 
  Ultra Ball B1F, Southwest of Veteran Shaun (requires Surf) (hidden)  B2  W2 

Phenomenon

Item Location Games
  Fire Gem Dust cloud  B  W  B2  W2 
  Water Gem Dust cloud  B  W  B2  W2 
  Electric Gem Dust cloud  B  W  B2  W2 
  Grass Gem Dust cloud  B  W  B2  W2 
  Ice Gem Dust cloud  B  W  B2  W2 
  Fighting Gem Dust cloud  B  W  B2  W2 
  Poison Gem Dust cloud  B  W  B2  W2 
  Ground Gem Dust cloud  B  W  B2  W2 
  Flying Gem Dust cloud  B  W  B2  W2 
  Psychic Gem Dust cloud  B  W  B2  W2 
  Bug Gem Dust cloud  B  W  B2  W2 
  Rock Gem Dust cloud  B  W  B2  W2 
  Ghost Gem Dust cloud  B  W  B2  W2 
  Dragon Gem Dust cloud  B  W  B2  W2 
  Dark Gem Dust cloud  B  W  B2  W2 
  Steel Gem Dust cloud  B  W  B2  W2 
  Normal Gem Dust cloud  B  W  B2  W2 
  Fire Stone Dust cloud  B  W  B2  W2 
  Water Stone Dust cloud  B  W  B2  W2 
  Thunderstone Dust cloud  B  W  B2  W2 
  Leaf Stone Dust cloud  B  W  B2  W2 
  Moon Stone Dust cloud  B  W  B2  W2 
  Sun Stone Dust cloud  B  W  B2  W2 
  Shiny Stone Dust cloud  B  W  B2  W2 
  Dusk Stone Dust cloud  B  W  B2  W2 
  Dawn Stone Dust cloud  B  W  B2  W2 
  Oval Stone Dust cloud  B  W  B2  W2 
  Everstone Dust cloud  B  W  B2  W2 
  Hard Stone Dust cloud  B  W 

Pokémon

Pokémon Black and White

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate
1F, B1F
  Roggenrola
B W
  Cave
10-13 50%
  Woobat
B W
  Cave
10-13 50%
Dust clouds
  Drilbur
B W
  Dust cloud
10-13 100%
Surfing
  Basculin
Red-Striped
B W
  Surfing
5-15 100%
  Basculin
Blue-Striped
B W
  Surfing
5-15 100%
Surfing in rippling water
  Basculin
Red-Striped
B W
  Rippling water
5-20 100%
  Basculin
Blue-Striped
B W
  Rippling water
5-20 100%
Fishing
  Poliwag
B W
  Fishing
35-55 60%
  Poliwhirl
B W
  Fishing
35-55 10%
  Basculin
Red-Striped
B W
  Fishing
35-55 30%
  Basculin
Blue-Striped
B W
  Fishing
35-55 30%
Fishing in rippling water
  Poliwhirl
B W
  Rippling water
35-60 65%
  Poliwrath
B W
  Rippling water
35-60 5%
  Basculin
Red-Striped
B W
  Rippling water
35-60 30%
  Basculin
Blue-Striped
B W
  Rippling water
35-60 30%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.


Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate
1F, B1F
  Boldore
B2 W2
  Cave
55-58 50%
  Woobat
B2 W2
  Cave
55-58 50%
Dust clouds
  Excadrill
B2 W2
  Dust cloud
55-58 100%
Surfing
  Basculin
Red-Striped
B2 W2
  Surfing
45-60 100%
  Basculin
Blue-Striped
B2 W2
  Surfing
45-60 100%
Surfing in rippling water
  Basculin
Blue-Striped
B2 W2
  Surfing
45-60 100%
  Basculin
Red-Striped
B2 W2
  Surfing
45-60 100%
Fishing
  Poliwag
B2 W2
  Fishing
50-70 70%
  Basculin
Red-Striped
B2 W2
  Fishing
50-60 30%
  Basculin
Blue-Striped
B2 W2
  Fishing
50-60 30%
Fishing in rippling water
  Poliwhirl
B2 W2
  Rippling water
50-60 65%
  Poliwrath
B2 W2
  Rippling water
60 5%
  Basculin
Blue-Striped
B2 W2
  Rippling water
50-60 30%
  Basculin
Red-Striped
B2 W2
  Rippling water
50-60 30%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.


Special encounters

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

One of N's Pokémon appears here as a wild encounter after viewing the Memory Link flashback "Meeting Friends, Saying Good-Bye". If defeated or run from, it is able to be encountered again.

It has a 1% encounter rate, 30 IVs in every stat, a Timid Nature, and is coded to never be Shiny.

It has 255 friendship when caught.

Types:
Psychic Flying
Ability:
Unaware or Klutz
Held item:
  None  
Woobat Lv.55
Air Slash
Flying Special
Future Sight
Psychic Special
Psychic
Psychic Special
Endeavor
Normal Physical

Trainers

Pokémon Black and White

Cheren will join the player in a Multi Battle against the two last Team Plasma Grunts.

  If the player chose Snivy:



  If the player chose Tepig:



  If the player chose Oshawott:




Trainer Pokémon
1F
 
Team Plasma Grunt
Reward: $480
  Patrat Lv.12
No item
 
Team Plasma Grunt
Reward: $480
Double Battle with the following Grunt
  Patrat Lv.12
No item
 
Team Plasma Grunt
Reward: $480
Double Battle with the previous Grunt
  Patrat Lv.12
No item
B1F (requires Surf)
 
Black Belt Edward
トウシ Tōshi
Reward: $1088
  Scraggy Lv.34
No item
  Throh Lv.34
No item
  Sawk Lv.34
No item
 
Battle Girl Maggie
ミスズ Misuzu
Reward: $1120
  Gurdurr Lv.35
No item
  Sawk Lv.35
No item
 
Battle Girl Xiao
シャオ Xiao
Reward: $1120
  Gurdurr Lv.35
No item
  Throh Lv.35
No item


Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

Trainer Pokémon
1F
 
Hiker Zaiem
タカフミ Takafumi
Reward: $1952
  Hippowdon Lv.61
No item
  Marowak Lv.61
No item
  Rhydon Lv.61
No item
 
Battle Girl Maggie
ミスズ Misuzu
Reward: $1984
Requires Surf
  Medicham Lv.62
No item
  Mienshao Lv.62
No item
  Hitmonlee Lv.62
No item
B1F (requires Surf)
 
Black Belt Thomas
タダシ Tadashi
Reward: $1984
  Sawk Lv.62
No item
  Conkeldurr Lv.62
No item
  Breloom Lv.62
No item
 
Battle Girl Xiao
シャオ Xiao
Reward: $1984
  Primeape Lv.62
No item
  Scrafty Lv.62
No item
  Hitmonchan Lv.62
No item
 
Black Belt Edward
トウシ Tōshi
Reward: $1984
  Throh Lv.62
No item
  Machamp Lv.62
No item
  Hitmontop Lv.62
No item
 
Veteran Shaun
タイガ Taiga
Reward: $4960
  Gyarados Lv.62
No item
  Snorlax Lv.62
No item
  Crobat Lv.62
No item
  Druddigon Lv.62
No item
  Excadrill Lv.62
No item
  Gigalith Lv.62
No item


Layout

Version 1F B1F
Black
White
Black 2    
White 2
 

In the anime

 
Wellspring Cave in the anime

In Snivy Plays Hard to Catch!, Team Rocket was resting in Wellspring Cave as they received a message from Giovanni. After the message, Jessie tried to capture a Snivy that was passing by, but she failed.

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 泉源洞穴 Chyùhnyùhn Duhngyuht
Mandarin 泉源洞穴 Quányuán Dòngxuè / Quányuán Dòngxué
  French Veine Souterraine
  German Grundwassersenke
  Italian Falda Sotterranea
  Korean 지하수맥굴 Jihasumaek Gul
  Spanish Cueva Manantial



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