Great Canyon

When you awaken it's time to head to the Hill of the Ancients in the Great Canyon. You and your partner will have a conversation outside your base before deciding to depart and find out what happened to you.

Note: If you have done no side missions to level up yet, now is a great time to do so, once you complete Great Canyon you will not be able to do missions or access the town for awhile. If you want to be fairly comfortable try to level up to somewhere around level 15-20.

Great Canyon

Great Canyon has 13 floors with Xatu on the 13th. You will not have to fight Xatu.

Wild Pokémon

Pokémon		Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
	Skiploom	1-3	13	-19%
	Dunsparce	1-3	13	7.6%
	Phanpy	1-3	14	8.2%
	Doduo	1-4	14	7.2%
	Vileplume	4-6	14	Unrecruitable
	Breloom	4-6	14	Unrecruitable
	Murkrow	5-7	14	7.2%
	Cacturne	5-8	14	Unrecruitable
	Noctowl	6-8	14	Unrecruitable
	Heracross	7-9	14	2.6%
	Ariados	8-11	14	Unrecruitable
	Tauros	10-12	15	7.9%
	Houndoom	10-12	15	Unrecruitable

Xatu

After you reach Xatu the story will continue. Xatu will tell you that you becoming a Pokémon is related to the disasters. This just deepens the mystery of you becoming a Pokémon, but then Xatu tells you he feels the world's destruction coming closer everyday. Once you see Gengar dropping in you will be asked to save and then a long journey will begin once you head to the Town Square.

Ninetails Legend

Go to Whiscash to hear the Ninetales Legend. After just head back to your base where you will talk with your partner then goto sleep and meet Gardevoir in your dreams. After you awaken just head to the Town Square for the story to continue on.

Lapis Cave

You are now a fugitive and your Pokémon are running for their lives. Luckily as everyone else is catching up to you, you find a dungeon out of the way and decide to enter it. (No matter how long you take on this Dungeon, no one will catch you)

Lapis Cave Pokémon

(you wont be able to recruit anyone on your first visit)

Pokémon		Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
	Zubat	1-3	17	13.7%
	Nincada	1-4	14	7.4%
	Illumise	5-8	15	7.3%
	Nidorina	4-8	15	-19%
	Nidorino	4-8	15	-19%
	Tangela	9-12	14	7.4%
	Bagon	9-13	16	7.6%
	Golbat	11-14	10	-19%

This dungeon is only 14 floors with no boss awaiting you at the end and shouldn't be too much trouble for your team.

Mt Blaze

Before entering Mt. Blaze there is a save point that allows you to also access your storage. When you walk up to the cavern you are given the choice of Mt. Blaze or Rocky Path. Rocky Path is a 4 level dungeon implemented for those who did not level up before now. If you're level is too low for Mt. Blaze you can run Rocky Path a few times to level up and gather a few items before entering Mt. Blaze. When you feel you are fully prepared, choose Mt. Blaze.

Mt. Blaze

Mt. Blaze is a total of 15 Floors, once you pass the 12th Floor there is a save point waiting you before the final 3 Floors.

Wild Pokémon

Pokémon		Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
	Pidgeot	1-3	16	Unrecruitable
	Magby	1-5	17	9.5%
	Numel	1-6	14	8.1%
	Slugma	1-12	16	11.4%
	Shuckle	5-9	15	6.9%
	Torkoal	7-12	15	8.1%
	Rapidash	8-12	10	Unrecruitable

Now there will be a save point, be sure to save.

Mt. Blaze Peak

Mt. Blaze Paak has three floors with Moltres waiting for you on the third, you can not recruit Moltres untill after the end credits.

Wild Pokémon

Pokémon		Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
	Fearow	1-2	17	Unrecruitable
	Arcanine	1-2	18	Unrecruitable
	Moltres	3	33	30%

Fighting Moltres

	Types: Fire Flying Ability: Pressure Held item: None
Moltres Lv.33
Wing Attack Flying   --       Ember Fire   --       Agility Psychic   --       Fire Spin Fire   --

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