Appendix:Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky walkthrough/Chapter 14

In the Future

When you arrive, it's extremely dark. Dusknoir is shown bossing around a bunch of Sableye. They tie you up, along with Grovyle. Your partner asks if this is some kind of trick, but Dusknoir laughs cruelly and continues to boss the Sableye. Your partner asks Grovyle where they are, and this was the future.

Grovyle's Secret

Your partner gets extremely surprised and asks Grovyle is he's pulling a trick on you and him/her as well as Dusknoir. Grovyle laughs softly and says that Dusknoir is the bad guy. The reason why Grovyle had been stealing Time Gears was to prevent the future from becoming doomed, so the present could also have time flowing by putting the Time Gears in Temporal Tower. He then makes a way of escape, helping you as well.

He leaves you and your partner once you get fairly out of the "jail". Your partner calls after him, but no avail. Your partner decides to go and follow him...leading you in an extremely dark place, called Chasm Cave!

Chasm Cave

As it is in the future, it could not be revisited or you cannot recruit any of the Pokémon you find here. The main type here is Steel, which could be really annoying as they are extremely defensive. Despite this, it's still easy, so make your way through and finish it quickly. Before entering, however, make sure you have stocked up and saved at the Kangaskhan Rock just before the entrance.

Pokémon Encountered

Pokémon		Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
	Skarmory	1-5	?	Unrecruitable
	Ditto	1-8	?	Unrecruitable
	Drifloon	1-4	?	Unrecruitable
	Drifblim	5-8	?	Unrecruitable
	Grumpig	1-8	?	Unrecruitable
	Magnemite	1-5	?	Unrecruitable
	Magneton	6-8	?	Unrecruitable
	Onix	3-8	?	Unrecruitable

After finishing, you'll head into Grovyle again. Your partner wants to go with him, however Grovyle says he'll meet up with you two later, and sets off again, leaving your partner crushed. However, you have to continue exploring as well, so you two continue on into an also very dark place (hence its name), Dark Hill!

Dark Hill

Many Ghost type Pokémon appear here. Their status attacks as well as the variety of moves they're allowed to learn gets very annoying. Still, it isn't too difficult, just defeat the Pokémon here quickly and get out. Like the previous stage, there is no walls, so if you step inside one of them, you get warped elsewhere.

Pokémon Encountered

Pokémon		Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
	Gliscor	1-15	?	Unrecruitable
	Misdreavus	1-8	?	Unrecruitable
	Gastly	1-6	?	Unrecruitable
	Banette	1-7	30	Unrecruitable
	Claydol	5-15	?	Unrecruitable
	Haunter	7-10	?	Unrecruitable
	Dusclops	8-15	?	Unrecruitable
	Gengar	12-15	32	Unrecruitable

After finishing that, there will be some conversation between you and your partner, talking about how they should catch up to Grovyle, however your partner realizes they were wasting time and go over to the next dungeon.

Sealed Ruins

Like Chasm Cave, many of the Pokémon here are Steel, however if you made it through Chasm Cave without having any trouble with the Pokémon, it's highly unlikely you'll have trouble with the Pokémon here. There's a boss in this dungeon.

Pokémon Encountered

Pokémon		Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
	Muk	All	?	Unrecruitable
	Forretress	All	?	Unrecruitable
	Shelgon	All	?	Unrecruitable
	Metang	All	?	Unrecruitable
	Tangrowth	All	?	Unrecruitable
	Probopass	All	?	Unrecruitable
	Spiritomb	Interior	37	Unrecruitable Boss

Boss Battle

Upon completing the dungeon, it will show Grovyle, talking to a very weird stone. Just then, a spirit comes out of it, revealing it to be a Spiritomb. Spiritomb gets angry at Grovyle for entering its territory, but Grovyle apologizes and tries to back off. However, Spiritomb easily takes Grovyle out of sight with an unseen force.

Meanwhile you are still making your way over to the clearing, where Grovyle was (previously) seen. Your partner, curious as always, tries to pick up the odd stone, which makes the same spirit come out of it. The spirit lashes out at you like it did Grovyle, becoming your boss.

This isn't too hard, however the fact that he has no weaknesses as well as his high defenses can get really nagging. Just keep on hitting it with your most powerful moves (make them even more powerful with Ginseng) and then Spiritomb will eventually fall.

Spiritomb, extremely scared, goes away, and Grovyle is freed. He then asks you if you still want to go exploring with him, and your partner eagerly agrees. So do you.

(Unlike Bidoof, Grovyle is actually useful and can protect himself. You don't have to baby him all the time.)

Continue to Chapter 15.

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