Murky Cave

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Murky Cave 闇の洞窟 Dark Cave

Basic info Floors: 19 Rest stops: No Traps: Yes Monster Houses: Yes Main type: PoisonRB WaterRTDX Boss: None

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

Location

Murky Cave (Japanese: 闇の洞窟 Dark Cave) is a dungeon in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX that contains 19 floors.

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Gengar placing the Nine-Tail Crest on a dais

The player unlocks Murky Cave after trekking up Mt. Freeze with Gengar to help him remove Ninetales's curse on Gardevoir. Ninetales is unable to reverse its own curse, however, it gifts Gengar a 9-Tail Crest^RB / Nine-Tail Crest^RTDX which he must bring to Murky Cave to help break this curse. Once the player traverses through Murky Cave with Gengar, they are confronted by a voice which calls itself the judge of darkness. This voice asks the player a number of questions about Gengar's true feelings about Gardevoir. Despite the player's efforts, the curse is unable to be lifted, and is only broken once Gengar expresses his sense of gratitude for Gardevoir's sacrifice as well as the player character's selflessness in helping him.

Gameplay

Generation III

Darkness shrouds floors 2 to 19, limiting field of view in hallways to 2 tiles.

This dungeon is one of two in the original games where only money is found (aside from Monster Houses), the other being Meteor Cave.

Generation VIII

Unlike the original games, darkness is not present and other items (including money) can be found in the dungeon.

Pokémon encountered

Generation III

Pokémon		Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
	Cascoon	1-2, 5, 7-9, 11	8	-19%
	Zubat	1-5	17	13.7%
	Venonat	1-5	17	11.4%
	Seviper	1-5	19	7.2%
	Grimer	3-6	20	12.2%
	Dustox	3-6, 10-13	10	Unrecruitable
	Golbat	6-10	10	-19%
	Shedinja	7-12	5	Unrecruitable
	Shuppet	10-14	28	8%
	Crobat	11-19	24	Unrecruitable
	Misdreavus	13-19	25	8.8%
	Muk	14-19	36	Unrecruitable
	Swalot	14-19	34	Unrecruitable

Generation VIII

Pokémon		Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
	Poliwag	1-5	30	14.4%
	Goldeen	1-5	30	10.8%
	Mudkip	1-5	30	8.2%
	Lotad	1-5	30	8.2%
	Barboach	1-5	30	8.2%
	Castform	1-19	33	8.2%
	Surskit	3-7	30	8.2%
	Wooper	5-9	30	8.2%
	Magikarp	6-10	30	8.2%
	Typhlosion	7-12	36	8.2%
	Squirtle	8-12	30	8.2%
	Poliwhirl	9-13	30	8.2%
	Corphish	10-15	30	8.2%
	Masquerain	12-16	30	10.8%
	Espeon	15-19	33	8.2%
	Marshtomp	15-19	30	8.2%
	Lombre	15-19	30	8.2%
	Whiscash	15-19	30	8.2%
	Poliwrath	17-19	30	8.2%
Fainted Pokémon
	Metapod	2-19	35	100%
	Pidgeotto	2-19	35	100%
	Vileplume	2-19	37	100%
	Muk	2-19	40	100%
	Kingler	2-19	35	100%
	Weezing	2-19	39	100%
	Kangaskhan	2-19	35	100%
	Seadra	2-19	35	100%
	Tauros	2-19	37	100%
	Jumpluff	2-19	37	100%
	Miltank	2-19	35	100%
	Masquerain	2-19	32	100%
	Exploud	2-19	44	100%
	Aron	2-19	35	100%
	Gulpin	2-19	37	100%
	Banette	2-19	41	100%
	Huntail	2-19	35	100%
	Beldum	2-19	37	100%
	Magnezone	2-19	37	100%
	Porygon-Z	2-19	37	100%
Strong Foe
	Hoothoot	5-19	60	Unrecruitable -6.4%
Shiny Hoothoot can only be recruited with a Friend Bow.

Items

Generation III

Murky Cave

Item		Floors
	4-278 Poké	1-19F

Monster House

Item		Floors
	4-278 Poké	1-19F
	Aerial Ace	1-19F
	Attract	1-19F
	Brick Break	1-19F
	Bullet Seed	1-19F
	Calm Mind	1-19F
	Dig	1-19F
	Earthquake	1-19F
	Facade	1-19F
	Fire Blast	1-19F
	Flamethrower	1-19F
	Focus Punch	1-19F
	Frustration	1-19F
	Giga Drain	1-19F
	Hidden Power	1-19F
	Ice Beam	1-19F
	Light Screen	1-19F
	Psychic	1-19F
	Reflect	1-19F
	Rest	1-19F
	Return	1-19F
	Roar	1-19F
	Safeguard	1-19F
	Secret Power	1-19F
	Shadow Ball	1-19F
	Shock Wave	1-19F
	Solarbeam	1-19F
	Taunt	1-19F
	Thief	1-19F
	Thunderbolt	1-19F
	Torment	1-19F
	Toxic	1-19F
	Blowback Orb	1-19F
	Escape Orb	1-19F
	Evasion Orb	1-19F
	Hurl Orb	1-19F
	Petrify Orb	1-19F
	Pounce Orb	1-19F
	Radar Orb	1-19F
	Rebound Orb	1-19F
	Rollcall Orb	1-19F
	Scanner Orb	1-19F
	Switcher Orb	1-19F
	Trawl Orb	1-19F
	Warp Orb	1-19F

Generation VIII

Murky Cave

Item		Floors
	50-142 Poké	1-19F
	Cover Band	1-19F
	Efficient Bandanna	1-19F
	Heal Ribbon	1-19F
	Joy Ribbon	1-19F
	Nullify Bandana	1-19F
	Pecha Scarf	1-19F
	Persim Band	1-19F
	Recovery Scarf	1-19F
	Weather Band	1-19F
	Goggle Specs	1-19F
	Insomniscope	1-19F
	Scope Lens	1-19F
	X-Ray Specs	1-19F
	3-6 Gravelerock	1-19F
	5-6 Iron Spike	1-19F
	Apple	1-19F
	Cheri Berry	1-19F
	Chesto Berry	1-19F
	Oran Berry	1-19F
	Pecha Berry	1-19F
	Rawst Berry	1-19F
	Blast Seed	1-19F
	Empowerment Seed	1-19F
	Eyedrop Seed	1-19F
	Sleep Seed	1-19F
	Stun Seed	1-19F
	Tiny Reviver Seed	1-19F
	Totter Seed	1-19F
	Training Seed	1-19F
	Warp Seed	1-19F
	Max Ether	1-19F
	Max Elixir	1-19F
	2-4 Confuse Wand	1-19F
	3-5 Guiding Wand	1-19F
	2-4 HP-Swap Wand	1-19F
	5-8 Pounce Wand	1-19F
	3-5 Slow Wand	1-19F
	2-4 Slumber Wand	1-19F
	3-7 Stayaway Wand	1-19F
	3-5 Surround Wand	1-19F
	3-5 Switcher Wand	1-19F
	2-4 Tunnel Wand	1-19F
	3-5 Two-Edged Wand	1-19F
	3-5 Warp Wand	1-19F
	4-5 Whirlwind Wand	1-19F

Sparkling Floor

Item		Floors
	Deluxe Ribbon	1-19F
	Gold Ribbon	1-19F
	Sitrus Berry	1-19F
	Heal Seed	1-19F
	Joy Seed	1-19F
	Life Seed	1-19F
	Reviver Seed	1-19F
	Calcium	1-19F
	Carbos	1-19F
	Iron	1-19F
	Protein	1-19F
	Zinc	1-19F

Kecleon Shop

Item		Floors
	Heal Ribbon	1-19F
	Joy Ribbon	1-19F
	Nullify Bandana	1-19F
	Goggle Specs	1-19F
	3-6 Geo Pebble	1-19F
	6 Iron Spike	1-19F
	Big Apple	1-19F
	Cheri Berry	1-19F
	Chesto Berry	1-19F
	Pecha Berry	1-19F
	Rawst Berry	1-19F
	Ban Seed	1-19F
	Decoy Seed	1-19F
	Empowerment Seed	1-19F
	Energy Seed	1-19F
	Pure Seed	1-19F
	Quick Seed	1-19F
	Stun Seed	1-19F
	Tiny Reviver Seed	1-19F
	Max Elixir	1-19F
	Aurora Veil TM	1-19F
	Brutal Swing TM	1-19F
	Dragon Claw TM	1-19F
	Leech Life TM	1-19F
	Smart Strike TM	1-19F
	Work Up TM	1-19F
	4-5 Guiding Wand	1-19F
	? HP-Swap Wand	1-19F
	7 Pounce Wand	1-19F
	4 Slow Wand	1-19F
	2-3 Tunnel Wand	1-19F
	5 Warp Wand	1-19F

Monster House

Item		Floors
	52-139 Poké	1-19F
	Cover Band	1-19F
	Efficient Bandanna	1-19F
	Nullify Bandanna	1-19F
	Persim Band	1-19F
	Recovery Scarf	1-19F
	3-6 Gravelerock	1-19F
	6 Iron Spike	1-19F
	Apple	1-19F
	Cheri Berry	1-19F
	Chesto Berry	1-19F
	Oran Berry	1-19F
	Pecha Berry	1-19F
	Rawst Berry	1-19F
	Max Ether	1-19F
	Max Elixir	1-19F
	Blast Seed	1-19F
	Empowerment Seed	1-19F
	Eyedrop Seed	1-19F
	Sleep Seed	1-19F
	Tiny Reviver Seed	1-19F
	Warp Seed	1-19F
	4 Confuse Wand	1-19F
	3 Guiding Wand	1-19F
	2-3 HP-Swap Wand	1-19F
	6-8 Pounce Wand	1-19F
	4 Stayaway Wand	1-19F
	4 Slow Wand	1-19F
	4 Slumber Wand	1-19F
	2 Tunnel Wand	1-19F
	4 Two-Edged Wand	1-19F

Traps encountered

Generation III

Note: The % are approximated.

Image	Trap	Floor 1-18	Floor 19
	Chestnut Trap	5.47%	5.78%
	Explosion Trap	2.19%	2.31%
	Grimy Trap	5.47%	5.78%
	Gust Trap	2.73%	2.89%
	Mud Trap	2.73%	2.89%
	Pitfall Trap	5.47%	—
	PP-Zero Trap	5.46%	5.78%
	Poison Trap	5.47%	5.78%
	Pokémon Trap	5.47%	5.78%
	Seal Trap	2.74%	2.89%
	Selfdestruct Trap	1.61%	1.74%
	Slow Trap	5.46%	5.78%
	Slumber Trap	6.56%	6.94%
	Spin Trap	4.92%	5.20%
	Sticky Trap	2.73%	2.89%
	Summon Trap	5.46%	5.78%
	Warp Trap	5.46%	5.78%

Generation VIII

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Note: The % are rough estimates.

Image	Trap	Floor 1-19
	Gust Trap	? %
	Hunger Trap	? %
	Poison Trap	? %
	Slow Trap	? %
	Slumber Trap	? %
	Spin Trap	? %
	Warp Trap	? %

Other encounters

Generation III

Image	Tile	Floor 1-18	Floor 19
	Wonder Tile	24.59%	26.01%
	Monster House	5%

Layout

	Interior	Entrance	Bottom
III
VIII

In other languages

Language Title French Grotte Ténèbres German Düsterhöhle Italian Grotta Tenebrosa Korean 어둠 동굴 Eodum Donggul Spanish Cueva TenebrosaRTDX Vieja CuevaRB

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