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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness

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Luna Solaris: Placed the previous edit in the wrong place. Fixing my error.

{{samename|animated special based on the games|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness}}
:''For the manga adaptation, see [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Darkness (manga)]].''
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'''Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time''' (Japanese: '''{{tt|ポケモン不思議のダンジョン　時の探検隊|ポケモンふしぎのダンジョン　ときのたんけんたい}}''' ''Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time'') and '''Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness''' (Japanese: '''{{tt|ポケモン不思議のダンジョン　闇の探検隊|ポケモンふしぎのダンジョン　やみのたんけんたい}}''' ''Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness'') are a matched pair of Pokémon games for the [[Nintendo DS]]. These games are the second pair of entries in the [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series]], an adaptation of the {{wp|Mystery Dungeon}} games for Pokémon.

The games are successors to [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team]]. They include the new [[Generation IV]] Pokémon and have some Wi-Fi features, as well as more dual-screen features than their predecessor for the same system (Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team).

An [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness|animated adaptation]] of these games has been produced.

These games feature 491 Pokémon; {{p|Shaymin}} and {{p|Arceus}} were excluded for they had yet to be officially revealed when the games were released. The games were released on April 20, 2008.

[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky|A third installment]] was developed by [[Chunsoft]] and was released on April 18, 2009 in Japan.

==Plot==
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===Forming an Exploration Team===
The story begins with a cut-scene where the {{pkmn2|hero}} winds up unconscious on a beach after some unknown accident. Meanwhile, the [[Partner Pokémon (Mystery Dungeon)|partner]] is nervous about joining the [[Wigglytuff's Guild]], a local exploration club, and gives up early. Walking along the beach, the partner encounters the hero, and informs that the hero has been [[Human–Pokémon transformation|turned into a Pokémon]]. The [[Relic Fragment]] the partner holds is then stolen by {{p|Zubat}} and {{p|Koffing}}, members of {{OBP|Team Skull|Mystery Dungeon}}, which the hero helps recover. After a brief exchange, the partner explains their motivation for joining the guild: the partner loves legends and lore and their life dream is to find the secret of their personal treasure—a Relic Fragment with a strange pattern on it. The partner, reinvigorated by the hero's courage, resolves to join the Guild as a new team with the hero, who, due to having obtained severe memory loss that erased everything from their past life except their name and the knowledge that they were once [[human]], agrees as a way to piece together who they were.

Over the next few days, the team gets accustomed to life at the Guild and the nearby [[Treasure Town]]. Among the folks they meet are [[Guildmaster Wigglytuff|Wigglytuff]], the kindhearted Guild Master, {{mdc|Chatot|2}}, the hot-tempered yet well-meaning second-in-command, {{mdc|Bidoof|2}}, the newest recruit prior to the team joining, senior apprentices {{p|Corphish}} and {{mdc|Sunflora|2}}, the Guild chef {{p|Chimecho}} (also in charge of maintaining the team), {{p|Diglett}} and {{mdc|Loudred|2}}, the Guild sentries, {{p|Dugtrio}}, maintainers of the job boards, {{p|Magnezone}}, the local sheriff, brothers {{p|Marill}} and {{p|Azurill}}, various shop owners, and other exploration teams. As they are introduced to the Guild, they learn of the fact that rogue Pokémon have been wreaking havoc in the world due to the disruption of time, Pokémon cannot [[Evolution|evolve]], and new "Mystery Dungeons" have been revealed and open to exploration.

The hero discovers not too long after that they have the ability to spontaneously see things in the past and future, but only when touching an object of some kind. This comes in handy when the hero and partner arrest {{mdc|Drowzee|2}} when he attempts to manipulate Azurill into collecting some treasure for him. Later, the partner tells the hero the story of the [[Time Gear]]s, the artifacts that maintain the flow of time in their respective regions. The partner theorizes that if a Time Gear is stolen, time in that area will stop. Despite this, a mysterious thief is seen stealing a Time Gear.

After several days of completing minor jobs, Chatot gives the hero and partner their first real job: the exploration of [[Waterfall Cave|a nearby waterfall]] that he feels holds more than it lets on. Discovering a cave on the other side and exploring to its depths, they discover that it houses a huge gem. However, their attempts to remove it result in them triggering a booby trap that flushes them off to a nearby [[Hot Spring]]. Despite being unable to claim the gem, Chatot and the partner are convinced that the cave alone is a major find for the Guild. However, the hero, after piecing together several visions their ability caused (and Chatot later confirms), discerns that Wigglytuff had already discovered the cave, but had completely forgotten by the time they were told to go.

===The legend of the Time Gears===
One day, the hero and partner, along with the Guild, make an expedition to a location called [[Fogbound Lake]], a lake seemingly covered in fog. During this time, they draw the ire of Team Skull, in particular their leader {{p|Skuntank}}, whom decide to make their lives a living hell, including tricking Wigglytuff to let them join the expedition for that purpose. Arriving there, the hero recalls the place as being familiar, but cannot ascertain as to why. This point is pushed home when Chimecho relays the story of the [[Lake guardians|Lake Guardian]], {{mdc|Uxie|2}}, who is said to be able to erase the memories of all who arrive there. Convinced that their memory loss is due to having a negative encounter with Uxie, the hero, along with the partner, resolves to find Fogbound Lake in order to discern the truth. After escaping a trap from Team Skull (who are, in turn, assaulted by Wigglytuff after he discerns their true intentions), the two reach the top, where they find and defeat {{p|Groudon}} to find out that it was only an illusion made by Uxie. Uxie does not trust the Guild, fearing that they may take the Time Gear at the center of the lake, hence the reason for erasing the memories. However, after an appeal from the partner, the Guild earns Uxie's trust, and Uxie decides not to erase the memories of the Guild or the lake's treasure. However, Uxie also reveals that he had nothing to do with the hero's memory loss due to never having met a human before and the fact that, as far as he knows, he can only erase memories of Fogbound Lake.

Returning home, they meet a famous explorer named {{mdc|Dusknoir|2}}, who, after helping the team escape another trap by Team Skull (they had overheard Marill and Azurill talking to them about a personal item going missing and, upon retrieving it first, intended to use it to have them eliminated by a territorial {{p|Luxray}}), explains that the hero's ability to see through time is called the [[Dimensional Scream]]. Asking Dusknoir how the hero had arrived in their condition, they surprisingly get no results. Nevertheless, Dusknoir offers their help in uncovering the secret behind the hero's transformation. Just then, however, the Guild reports that the Time Gear from Fogbound Lake has been stolen, and an all-points bulletin has been posted for the arrest of {{mdc|Grovyle|2}}. As a result, Wigglytuff has the Guild focus their energies on bringing Grovyle to justice, to which Dusknoir also offers his assistance. The Guild splits up to look for the other Time Gears, while the hero's team eventually discovers an underground lake beneath the [[Northern Desert]], which is home to a Time Gear. The Time Gear is guarded over by {{p|Mesprit}}, who the team is forced to defeat when she mistakes them for thieves. Just as the partner explains that they are not there to steal the Time Gear, Grovyle appears. Grovyle easily dispatches the team and the weakened Mesprit, and steals the Time Gear. Fortunately, the team and Mesprit manages to escape before they are frozen in time.

Back at the guild, the failure of the team to stop Grovyle meant that there are no leads to his next location. However, Dusknoir determines that, as Uxie, the being of knowledge, and Mesprit, the being of emotion, were both guarding Time Gears, it stands to reason that {{p|Azelf}}, the being of willpower, is likely to be guarding another Time Gear. Dusknoir further explains that as Uxie and Mesprit were encountered in lakes not likely to be where they were, Azelf is also likely to be found in a similar lake area. Hoping to find a lead, Dusknoir asks the hero to touch a treasure that Bidoof took with him at [[Crystal Cave]], in order to trigger a Dimensional Scream. Indeed, after touching it, the hero sees a vision where Azelf is defeated at the hands of Grovyle. However, Chimecho is unsure—because the Dimensional Scream cannot tell the difference between past and future, Grovyle may have already made off with the Time Gear. Dusknoir remains confident that it is of the future, as the partner had never heard Azelf's name before Dusknoir had mentioned it. Because there is a chance that the Dimensional Scream is describing the future, the Guild decides to have all hands search the cave. The team arrives at the lake in the middle of the cave, where they find Azelf about to be defeated by Grovyle. However, just as Grovyle is about to steal the Time Gear, Azelf, having been forewarned of Grovyle's intentions from Uxie and Mesprit and anticipating the possibility that he might not be able to slow him down, activates a fail-safe trap that covers the lake in crystals, preventing Grovyle from submerging underwater and reaching the Time Gear. This does not deter Grovyle, and the team is knocked unconscious and the partner is badly wounded. Before Grovyle can finish the partner off, Dusknoir appears. The team discovers that Dusknoir and Grovyle have been long acquainted, but before they can delve any further, Grovyle makes his getaway, and Dusknoir chases after the Pokémon. Just then, the Guild finds the team, and cart them back to the guild.

Some time later, the team reawakens back at the guild. The partner recalls the exchange between Dusknoir and Grovyle, and the information is shared with the Guild and Azelf. Just then, the Guild's emergency alarm sounds, requiring everyone to be in attendance at a town meeting. In town, they find Dusknoir, who reminds everyone that Grovyle is still at large. Dusknoir further claims that Grovyle is a Pokémon [[Time travel|from the future]]—there, Grovyle was a criminal who fled to the past to avoid being captured. In order to prevent any pursuers from coming after him, he plots to steal the Time Gears, which in turn would freeze the world in time, thus causing the planet's paralysis, a dystopian world where water would not flow, the sun would not rise, the seasons would not change, and darkness would cover the world. When Corphish is curious as to how Dusknoir knows all of this, Dusknoir reveals that he, too, is from the future, sent back in time to capture Grovyle and bring him to justice. The Guild and townsfolk all agree to help Dusknoir stop Grovyle. Azelf has a plan to trap Grovyle—as the Time Gear in Crystal Lake still remains, he is certain that Grovyle will return for it. In order to lure Grovyle, the townsfolk spread a false rumor that the lake trio will try to seal the Time Gear away permanently, while the trio will be defending the Time Gear, awaiting the moment to get the jump on Grovyle. Although everyone wants to help, Dusknoir insists on doing so alone as to avoid suspicion.

A few days later, a report from Magnezone arrives, indicating that Grovyle has been captured, and that Dusknoir plans to take Grovyle back to the future to face justice. To do so, Dusknoir has opened a Dimensional Hole in the middle of town square. In town, the townsfolk find the Dimensional Hole, but no sign of Dusknoir. As the lake trio explain to the partner that the Time Gears were recovered and were returned, Dusknoir appears with Grovyle and two {{p|Sableye}}. As Grovyle is carted off into the Dimensional Hole, Dusknoir gives his farewell. But before he steps through the portal, he asks the hero's team to step forward. When they step next to the portal, the partner bids Dusknoir a sad farewell, but then, Dusknoir suddenly grabs the team and drags them into the portal. Before the townsfolk can react, the Dimensional Hole closes and disappears suddenly.

===Escape from the future===
The hero is woken up by the partner, who reveals that they have been locked in a cell. Just then, they encounter some guards—a group of Sableye. Six Sableye blindfold them and take them to another room, where they find themselves bound to a pole, awaiting execution. Along with the two is Grovyle, also tied up. Dusknoir appears, giving the orders to the Sableye to execute the three. Grovyle convinces the team to cooperate - while the Sableye to attack the ropes that tie them to the stake, there is a slight chance of breaking the ropes, and it may allow the three to escape. Fortunately, the ropes break free, and the three overwhelm the Sableye. This allows Grovyle to use a {{DL|Wonder Orb|Luminous Orb}}, and take the team to safety. Back outside, Grovyle reveals that they are indeed in the future, but despite the lake trio returning the Time Gears back to their original places, the planet has been paralyzed.

Continuing to elude the Sableye, the partner loses confidence on whether they will ever return home. The hero then proposes to the partner to catch up to Grovyle, who had gone ahead due to the partner's reluctance to trust him, and ask how he had traveled back to the past in the first place. They eventually catch up to Grovyle, and save him from the {{p|Spiritomb}} who had knocked him out earlier. Though Grovyle is reluctant to help them, he proceeds to tell his side of the story. The world's paralysis dated back to the present day with the collapse of the [[Temporal Tower]], governed by {{mdc|Dialga|2}}, the legendary Pokémon that controls time. When the tower collapsed, Dialga lost control of time, and it too lost all control of itself. Dialga turned berserk, becoming [[Primal Dialga]]. Seeking only self-preservation, Primal Dialga tries to prevent history from changing, and hence its need to exterminate Grovyle. The partner is visibly shocked by this revelation—and even more so when Grovyle reveals that he had pure motivations for collecting the Time Gears: he needed them in order to prevent the tower from collapsing and that the time stop caused by the removal of the Time Gears is merely temporary—the area affected would return to normal once the gears were placed in Temporal Tower. This story contradicts Dusknoir's claims, and Grovyle then reveals that Dusknoir is an agent of Primal Dialga sent to stop him and had everyone in the past played for fools.

Though the partner does not believe Grovyle, the hero believes that Grovyle's assertions are reasonable, and that the partner cannot seem to accept the truth. The partner even thought of going back to the stockade and ask Dusknoir to reveal the truth, but Grovyle stops them by reminding them that, due to their hesitance to trust him, they would decide for themselves what best to do. Grovyle leaves to find {{mdc|Celebi|2}}, the time-traveling Pokémon, to start his mission anew. Although the hero is determined to follow Grovyle, the partner is more reluctant. Nevertheless, the partner agrees to follow, if only to find a way to return to the present. The group eventually manages to find Celebi, who seems to also be aware of who the hero is. However, Grovyle didn't hear what Celebi said, and before the team can react, Grovyle reminds the team to get a move on. Celebi leads the group to the Passage of Time—a secret corridor spanning multiple dimensions that Celebi needs for major time jumps. However, before they can go through the passage, they are stopped by Dusknoir and the Sableye, who had caught up to them. Surrounded, the group has no choice but to overpower Dusknoir and the Sableye. However, when Primal Dialga appears, Grovyle, believing that they are outmatched, has no choice but to surrender, but, before they can go down, he contends that at least hope will remain: when he first traveled back to the past, he and his human partner had been separated, and he is confident this partner will carry out the mission in his stead. Dusknoir, however, believes otherwise, and forces Grovyle to tell the name of his partner - the hero. The partner is surprised at this revelation—and Grovyle and Celebi are even more surprised that the hero is standing with them. Grovyle refuses to believe that the hero has been turned into a Pokémon, but Dusknoir relays his plan to eliminate the hero and Grovyle: during his attempts to track the two in the past, Dusknoir ran into the hero and, upon discovering their current condition, befriended the team and the Guild so he can trick the hero into unknowingly betraying Grovyle, paving the way for him to destroy both of them (and the partner, whom he had likely felt had gotten too close) in one shot. The plan worked to perfection as the hero's damaged memory prevented them from recognizing Dusknoir for the villain he was.

While Grovyle is emotionally crushed by both his plans failing and having unconsciously attacked his own partner and the hero struggles to process what they heard about their past, the partner has a plan to elude Dusknoir and his underlings—all that is needed is to have Celebi teleport them closer to the Passage. Although Celebi recognizes that Dialga could detect them, Celebi agrees to the partner's idea. They fail to escape Dusknoir, but they get to the Passage. Celebi implores the rest of the group to leave through the Passage, leaving Dusknoir to herself. It is believed that Celebi managed to elude capture as the group returned back to the present.

===Racing the clock===
Arriving back to the present, the partner explains that the beach that they are on was where the hero was first found. However, before the partner can lead Grovyle back to the Guild to plan their next move, he reminds them that in the present time, Grovyle is a criminal. The partner, seeing the complications this may cause, instead takes the hero and Grovyle to a cliff known as [[Sharpedo Bluff]] (named as the cliff is in the shape of a {{p|Sharpedo}}), which was the home of the partner prior to joining the Guild. That night, Grovyle explains to the partner the common history between himself and the hero. The hero and Grovyle had been a formidable team investigating the planet's paralysis. The hero had the ability to perform the Dimensional Scream, but only in the presence of a trusted partner. Grovyle further explains that the Dimensional Scream is set off by triggers tied to places where Time Gears were hidden. The partner, however, is unsure how accurate Grovyle's statement is: the Dimensional Scream was going off not long after the two of them met and, in several instances, it had gone off in places unrelated to Time Gears. Grovyle is undeterred and states that this is likely due to the hero, because of the memory loss, found the partner as a strong support system and theorizes that perhaps the Dimensional Screams had worked differently in the past. In any event, the three quickly agree to plot a new plan to take the Time Gears.

Later, the partner shares their story of the Relic Fragment with Grovyle and the two share a sunrise. Grovyle and the partner agree that the hero has a connection to the both of them - the hero had made each of them stronger. The trio redoubles their efforts to retake the Time Gears, starting with the one in Treeshroud Forest, where Grovyle had found the one unguarded. However, after arriving there, they find that, despite the presence of the Time Gear, time has stopped—a sign that Temporal Tower is already starting to collapse. That night, back at Sharpedo Bluff, the partner reveals, after a fact-finding mission, that time in other places is also stopped, despite the return of the Time Gears. It appears that the only way to restore time is to take the Time Gears to Temporal Tower. This is easier said than done though: the Tower is located in the [[Hidden Land]], and, as the name suggests, no one knows where the Hidden Land is. Therefore, while Grovyle gathers the remaining Time Gears, the hero and partner are to search for any leads on the Hidden Land's location.

Desperate, and running out of options and time, the hero convinces the partner to return back to the Guild. The Guild is surprised to find that the team has returned, but is more surprised when the team reveals their story. Chatot, however, acts unconvinced and tries to write it off as shock fueled exhaustion from the two of them going through time, but when the rest of the Guild sides with them due to inconsistencies between the image Dusknoir presented and the actions he took after Grovyle was caught, he reveals it was nothing more than a test in the Guild's faith in the team. With them understanding what the world’s fate will be, the Guild agrees to help search for the Hidden Land, and tells the lake trio to allow Grovyle to reclaim the Time Gears they guard. The team is recommended by Wigglytuff to see {{mdc|Torkoal|2}}, the town elder, for advice on finding the Hidden Land. At the hot springs, Torkoal reveals that the Hidden Land is a place beyond the oceans, but also a place which only appears to those with sufficient "proof". However, Torkoal does not recall what is needed for such "proof". The next day, however, Torkoal arrives at the Guild Hall with one new recollection—the "proof" is an inscription of a certain pattern—the same pattern found in the Relic Fragment. What is more surprising is that Wigglytuff and Chatot have also seen the same pattern—found in a distant place called [[Brine Cave]], where bandits had scared the two in an earlier adventure. Nevertheless, the Guild decides to make an expedition to Brine Cave. Meanwhile, the team hears word that Grovyle has taken all the Time Gears, but warns that Dusknoir may also return from the future to hunt them down.

The next day, The Guild (without Wigglytuff, who had left the day before to 'take care of some business') arrives at Brine Cave, where they split up to reach the innermost part, with Chatot following the team. However, partway into the cave, they are ambushed by Team Skull, who coerced the information out of Torkoal and steal the Relic Fragment with the intention of going to the Hidden Land simply for the glory of finding it. Though Chatot gives chase and manages to catch them, by the time the team manages to catch up, they find both Team Skull and Chatot severely wounded, due to themselves having been ambushed by two {{p|Omastar}} and {{p|Kabutops}}. After dispatching them, the team tend to Chatot. Just then, Wigglytuff and Grovyle arrive, with the rest of the Guild in tow. Wigglytuff is particularly concerned, as Chatot had been severely injured by the Omastar and Kabutops protecting Wigglytuff in their last trip to Brine Cave. Urging the team and Grovyle to continue, the Guild return home to tend to Chatot's wounds. Further in, the team discovers a rock wall pointing out to sea, on which is a wall pattern similar to the one found on the Relic Fragment. When the Relic Fragment is presented, a light shines out towards the sea. Just then, a {{mdc|Lapras|2}} arrives and informs them that they have been chosen to head to the Hidden Land. At the same time, back at the Guild, Wigglytuff explains to the Guild the story of how he and Chatot had previously encountered the pattern on the Relic Fragment: Chatot had been injured by Omastar and Kabutops while protecting Wigglytuff. Though Wigglytuff had fended off the Omastar and Kabutops, he had felt helpless because he could not help Chatot. Just then, Lapras had appeared to help Chatot on the condition that they not explore the wall pattern further. Back with the team, Lapras, while ferrying the team and Grovyle, explains that she is the gatekeeper to the Hidden Land, a land that exists in a different dimension—within a moment of time. The Hidden Land is as such because Dialga had feared that interference by exploration teams or bad Pokémon could affect the flow of time. Dialga had, however, left one key to entering the Hidden Land, within the Relic Fragment. Wigglytuff had known this, and had realized that the promise to Lapras could not be kept in the interest of saving the world, and thus had set off towards Brine Cave ahead of the Guild to find Lapras. Lapras explained to Wigglytuff then that the Relic Fragment chooses who may visit the Hidden Land, and it had chosen the partner due to the partner's purity of heart. Now, it lies upon the team to explore the land and save the world.

===Saving the world===
Arriving at the Hidden Land, Lapras tells them that in order to reach Temporal Tower, they must take the Rainbow Stoneship, located inside an old ruin. Finding the ruin, the partner is astounded at what they can find—pictures of legendary Pokémon {{p|Mew}}, {{p|Kyogre}}, {{p|Groudon}}, Dialga, and {{p|Palkia}} engraved on the wall. Proceeding further, they find a temple where, at the top, they find the Ruin Fragment pattern. The team discovers that the temple itself is the Rainbow Stoneship, and in order for the ship to operate, the Relic Fragment must be slotted in one of the indentations. But before the partner can do so, they are captured by Dusknoir and the Sableye entourage, whom, after discerning that they would likely wind up there, had Primal Dialga warp them there directly. Dusknoir takes their captives to a nearby Dimensional Hole, but before the team can be put through it, they overwhelm the Sableye, prompting Dusknoir to fight back. The team is able to defeat Dusknoir in battle, but while the partner goes to activate the Rainbow Stoneship, Dusknoir pulls out one final trump card: he warns that should they succeed in their quest, the Pokémon of the future, including himself, the hero and Grovyle, will be erased from existence because they are from a future that will no longer exist. Grovyle admits that this is the case, but that their sacrifice is worth the trouble if it means that the future can be saved. The hero accepts this fate, even though they know that the partner will not take it as easily as the hero or Grovyle.

Meanwhile, the partner succeeds in activating the Rainbow Stoneship, but Dusknoir manages to recover and attack the hero before either the hero or Grovyle is on board. Just as Dusknoir tries to finish off the hero, Grovyle intervenes. In a move of desperation, Grovyle pushes Dusknoir towards the Dimensional Hole, hoping that in his own sacrifice, Grovyle will erase Dusknoir from existence. Dropping the Time Gears, Grovyle pushes Dusknoir and himself through the Dimensional Hole, but not without giving his last goodbye. The partner recovers the Time Gears, and the team proceed on the Rainbow Stoneship, with the hero keeping silent to the partner about their fate. With a heavy heart, the team head towards Temporal Tower to take on their final mission.

Arriving at the top of Temporal Tower as the tower itself is collapsing, they find a mystical relic with five indentations. Before the partner slots in the Time Gears into the indentations, the team is attacked by none other than Dialga, having just gone berserk but is shifting in and out of varying stages of sanity. Realizing that there is no reasoning with Dialga, the team prepare to battle it out to the end. After a long battle, Dialga is defeated, and the partner takes the opportunity to install the Time Gears. The earthquakes destroying the tower eventually stop, and Dialga is restored back to normal. Dialga quickly uses its powers to restore the world back to normal, though Temporal Tower remains heavily damaged. Dialga explains that the world's paralysis has been prevented with the installation of the Time Gears, and that peace has been restored. Dialga says its thanks to the team, but also warns that the world can only be back to normal in time. Dialga shows the team out of the Temporal Tower, where the Rainbow Stoneship and Lapras are awaiting them for their ride home.

On the way back, the hero feels the effects of being slowly erased from existence. The partner notices this, and wonders what is wrong. The hero says their goodbyes, regretting that the partner was kept in the dark on the hero's situation and requests that they inform everyone what had happen in order to prevent another incident. The hero slowly fades out of existence as the partner makes their tearful goodbye. The partner returns home, crying, but knowing that the hero has made the partner stronger. Back home, the partner tells the townsfolk and the guild everything—how they had traveled across the [[Hidden Land]], how Grovyle and the hero had sacrificed themselves, and how they had saved the world.

Months have passed since the incident, and the damages from time have slowly been healed, and life has returned to normal for most... but not for the partner, still mourning over the hero's disappearance. At the beach, the partner is taking a walk, when the partner is reminded of the hero and their adventures together, and how now the hero is gone—erased from existence. The partner collapses on the beach out of extreme sadness, and starts crying. The end credits roll at this point.

After the credits, Dialga feels the partner's great sorrow in the distance. Using its powers, Dialga brings the hero back to life as thanks for bringing it back in control. The hero reappears at the beach, where the partner and Bidoof, who was concerned about the partner when they failed to return in time for dinner, are overjoyed to find the hero alive.

===Post-game story===
As with previous games, there is a post-credits story. Several months after the hero was brought back, Wigglytuff decides that the hero's team is ready for an exam to qualify for graduation from the Guild (apparently only accepting one team per year and ahead of the others as Wigglytuff and Chatot view them saving the world as higher qualification). They are told to go find the treasure found in [[Luminous Spring]], a place where Pokémon used to go to evolve, but are also warned to avoid the "grand master of all things bad" who lives there with his minions. Although Loudred is not allowed to speak of the test, having failed it the year before, {{p|Ursaring}} and {{p|Teddiursa}}, two Treasure Town locals, claim of going to the springs before and meeting no such "Grand Master". Upon reaching the spring, the team run into Ursaring and Teddiursa and conclude that the "Grand Master" does not exist before falling into the lair of the "Grand Master", who turns out to be none other than Wigglytuff and the guild members (revealed due to a slip up by Bidoof), though they continue to (poorly) deny it till the end. After defeating the whole guild, the team continues their journey with Ursaring and Teddiursa. They find that the treasure is actually a {{DL|Food (Mystery Dungeon)|Perfect Apple}} left in a chest by Wigglytuff himself (through the help of the hero's Dimensional Scream). They also find the Luminous Spring to be able to evolve Pokémon again, as Teddiursa evolves into an Ursaring after she steps into the spring and made her choice to evolve. The team, however, is told by the voice of the spring that they couldn't evolve yet, due to space being distorted. Later, they return the treasure to the guild and graduate, finding that the only benefit is that they can explore on their own and change the group leader, but they still have to give most of their reward money to the guild. Having graduated, the team moves their headquarters to Sharpedo Bluff.

Then, {{p|Mr. Mime}} appears in Treasure Town stating the famous explorer {{p|Scizor}} has been missing in a place called the [[Blizzard Island]]. The team pays a visit and finds Scizor frozen solid by a possessive {{p|Froslass}}. After they rescue Scizor, Scizor gives the team the "[[Rank (Mystery Dungeon)|Secret Rank]]" which the team and everyone else knows nothing about. This rank is used for the 7 dungeons home to the great [[Seven Treasures]].

One day, the hero finds Corphish at the Guild's intersection, saying to go talk to Sunflora about something. When Sunflora is found on the lower level, she says that there is a Mystery Dungeon that has recently become possible to enter. This dungeon is called the [[Surrounded Sea]], supposedly home to hundreds of rare treasures brought by the currents that run through it. At the end of Surrounded Sea, there are three Deluxe Boxes and a {{pkmn|Egg|Wonder Egg}}. The next morning, the Egg hatches into a {{p|Manaphy}}. The team goes to see Chatot, who says that Manaphy are extremely rare. This makes the team take extra good care of it. A day later, the team takes Manaphy for a walk by the beach, which makes baby Manaphy incredibly happy. That night, however, when the team is asleep, Manaphy stays up and longingly stares out at the sea, eventually resorting to go to the shore. When the team wakes and finds Manaphy missing in the morning, they run around in a panic, trying to find it. They finally find it at the beach, where it suddenly keels over in the sand. Once the team reports to Chatot, the bird says that Manaphy are really supposed to grow up in the ocean. However, Manaphy's current ailment could only be cured by the Phione Dew, located in [[Miracle Sea]]. At the end of the dungeon, there are six {{p|Phione}}, who are driven away suddenly by an enraged, treasure-seeking {{p|Gyarados}}. After defeating Gyarados, he runs away, and in their thanks, the Phione gives the player the Phione Dew. After Manaphy is cured and with a few days of rest, a Pokémon named {{p|Walrein}} is told by Chatot to take care of Manaphy under the sea. With a tearful farewell, Manaphy is taken to its home. At some point, Manaphy will return and join your team.

After a couple of days of plain jobs, [[Team Charm]] pays a visit to the Guild. Team Charm consists of {{p|Lopunny}}, {{p|Medicham}}, and {{p|Gardevoir}}. This trio is legendary for their rank, which is the Master Rank, and for their style of treasure hunting. A former member, surprisingly, is Wigglytuff. Team Charm came because they're stuck on a hunt for treasure because they don't have a key to a specific dungeon, [[Aegis Cave]]. They ask Wigglytuff and Wigglytuff "claims" that he doesn't have it. But just before everyone thinks Team Charm will leave, Lopunny gives Wigglytuff a Perfect Apple and Wigglytuff finds the key with a big bang from his room. When Team Charm is leaving, everyone asks if they can go to Aegis Cave, including the hero's team. Lopunny, the leader of Team Charm, agrees and says everyone can go after they open Aegis Cave with the key. The treasure of Aegis Cave is guarded by three legendary beings, {{p|Regice}}, {{p|Regirock}}, and {{p|Registeel}}. After defeating them, Team Charm, who went on ahead but were defeat by Registeel, assists the player in fighting {{p|Regigigas}} and several {{p|Bronzong}} and {{p|Hitmonlee}}. Upon their defeat, a tremor suddenly hits the cave, forcing everyone to flee. Though initially disheartened at the prospect of failing the treasure hunt, they notice that a separate cave has opened nearby and realize that Aegis Cave was nothing more than a distraction to keep others away from where the treasure really was, though Team Charm concedes the credit to the hero's team before departing.

Later, a Pokémon named '{{p|Cresselia}}' appears in the hero's dreams and tells the hero that their existence is causing a distortion in space due to being from a future that no longer exists. At the same time, she also appears in the partner's dreams and makes the same claim based on the partner having traveled to the altered future. Though they initially dismiss this, the hero and partner later discover that Azurill is trapped within a nightmare and is unable to wake up. As they and the Guild struggle to come up with a solution, a stray comment Bidoof makes about entering the dream causes the hero and partner to seek out Drowzee, the first criminal they ever caught. Finding him on a spiritual quest to try and atone for his criminal past, Drowzee is initially hesitant to help, but the partner convinces him when they reveal Azurill's condition. Upon entering Azurill's nightmare (in itself [[The Nightmare|another Mystery Dungeon]]), the encounter 'Cresselia' again, who tells them that the only way the nightmare and the distortion can be ended is if they disappeared. This devastates the partner emotionally to the point that they consider going through with it, but the hero points out several inconsistencies with this: there is no proof that what 'she' said is guaranteed to actually work and that even though the space distortion is similar to what happened with Temporal Tower, the hero's earlier sacrifice was nothing more than a byproduct necessary to ensure their dark future didn't come to pass.

Determined to find an answer that doesn't involve them disappearing, the team visits Lapras, who reveals that Palkia, the master of space, might hold some clue as to how to fix it. On the night before going to Palkia for an explanation, Palkia itself attacks the team, spiriting them away to its domain, the [[Spacial Rift]]. They battle Palkia for answers, but it gets trapped in a nightmare. After being sent inside Palkia's nightmare, 'Cresselia' tries to finish off the team, but when Palkia, who had been told in its own dreams that the hero and partner were a threat, begins to question whether 'her' claims on the matter were accurate, it is stopped by another Cresselia, who reveals that the first was an impostor by the name of {{mdc|Darkrai|2}}, who reveals itself to be the one distorting space. When Cresselia attempts to subdue Darkrai, he escapes, though he invites the team to confront him at a volcanic dungeon called the [[Dark Crater]].

As Palkia attempts to regain control of the space distortion from Spacial Rift, Cresselia and the team head back to Treasure Town, where Cresselia uses her power to pull Azurill out of his nightmare as well. Although Darkrai invites the team to stop him, Cresselia, who reveals that their 'space distortion' was too small for anyone (even Palkia) to consider it a serious threat, that Darkrai was also behind Temporal Tower's sabotage, and that he was harassing the team out of fear that they might once again interfere with his plans, thinks it is a trap because normally Darkrai would run away when found, doing his work in the shadows and only coming out to finish the job. The team decides to heed Darkrai's call, and Darkrai reveals his plans: by stopping time or space, the world would stop and be covered in darkness, and all Pokémon would share an everlasting nightmare, in which Darkrai would rule. In addition to this, Darkrai also reveals that he had been responsible for the hero's very own transformation and memory loss: having discovered the hero and Grovyle's imminent arrival from the future, Darkrai attacks the two while they were going through time, but the hero protected Grovyle from the attack, which led them to becoming a Pokémon; because Darkrai assumed what he did to the hero was sufficient, he disregarded the idea that they might find out what was happening and interfere again, resulting in his initial plan failing. Darkrai lets the team decide if they want to join him ruling the world in darkness. The partner apparently decides that it's useless to resist, so they decide to join Darkrai, but this event is not real. The hero realizes this is just another illusion, and breaks free of it. With the partner back on the hero's side, the team battles Darkrai and his minions and wins. Darkrai attempts to flee through a Dimensional Hole, but Palkia arrives and attempts to stop Darkrai from leaving by unleashing an attack on him. Instead of destroying him, he attacks the Dimensional Hole, thus erasing Darkrai's memories, much like what happened to the hero. Certain that Darkrai has no memory of his evil ambitions, Palkia, foreseeing no other reason to return, heads back to Spatial Rift while the hero and partner return to Treasure Town to get back to their usual exploration team duties.

==Blurb==
''Explore as a Pokémon in a world of Pokémon!''

''Discover secrets of Time and Darkness and form a team to explore the world!''

''Send out SOS Mails using Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection''

==New features==
*[[Generation IV]] Pokémon and moves are added, and new {{pkmn2|hero}} and {{md|Partner Pokémon|partner}} candidates are included.
**{{p|Turtwig}}, {{p|Chimchar}}, {{p|Piplup}}, and {{p|Munchlax}} replace {{p|Psyduck}}, {{p|Machop}}, {{p|Cubone}}, and {{p|Eevee}} as hero candidates, and all hero candidates are no longer limited by gender.
**As a Generation IV game, the [[Damage category#Physical/Special split|Physical/Special split]] is implemented.
***[[Status condition (Mystery Dungeon)#Counter|Counter]] and [[Status condition (Mystery Dungeon)#Mirror Coat|Mirror Coat]] still function using the older type-based system.
*Various new items and [[IQ]] skills are added.
*Consumable items can be used directly on allied Pokémon instead of having to be thrown by the leader.
*The [[Treasure Bag]] increases in inventory space up to 48 items, unlike the [[Toolbox]] which stayed limited to 20 items the whole game.
**Held items now take up inventory space, and are not lost when sending Pokémon home.
**[[Kangaskhan Storage]] segments each individual stored item, limiting total storage space.
*[[Friend Area]]s are no longer present, though [[recruitment]] is enhanced:
**Pokémon can be recruited if the party is full.
**Recruited Pokémon no longer have to survive a dungeon for successful recruitment.
**Legendary Pokémon encountered as dungeon bosses no longer have to be defeated by and be adjacent to the team leader in order to be recruited, and are instead recruited through cutscenes.
*Stats and EXP requirements are modified.
**Almost all Pokémon in the same evolutionary family have the same stat growth and [[EXP]] requirements, with more similar base stats overall.
**Evolving now gives +10 HP and +5 to other stats.
*Additional [[Job (Mystery Dungeon)|mission]] types are added, such as finding a lost item and engaging an outlaw in battle.
**{{pkmn|Egg}}s and clients can potentially join the team upon successful completion.
*Many moves, abilities, and items are altered slightly.
**[[Type effectiveness]] multipliers are changed slightly: 0.9×>0.7x for ineffective moves and 1.5×>1.4x for super-effective moves.
**[[Move duplication]] is removed.
**[[Critical hit]] chance is reduced for moves with the base chance and moves with a higher-than-normal chance.
**{{m|Karate Chop}} properly has an increased critical hit ratio.
**{{m|Teeter Dance}} is room-wide instead of floor-wide.
**{{m|Blizzard}} is room-wide instead of hitting in front.
**{{m|Volt Tackle}} hits 2 tiles away instead of 10.
**{{m|Sacred Fire}} can hit {{status|frozen}} targets.
**{{m|Ancient Power}}, {{m|Hidden Power}}, and {{m|Skill Swap}} can cut corners.
**{{m|Weather Ball}} is no longer affected by foggy [[Weather (Mystery Dungeon)|weather]].
**{{m|Flail}} and {{m|Reversal}} deal less damage.
**Damage dealt by {{m|Sonic Boom}}, {{m|Dragon Rage}}, {{m|Present}}, and {{m|Vacuum Cut}}, as well as [[Status condition (Mystery Dungeon)#Set Damage|Set Damage]], is reduced.
**{{m|Magic Coat}} affects {{m|Disable}}, {{m|Encore}}, {{m|Imprison}}, {{m|Nightmare}}, {{m|Perish Song}}, {{m|Taunt}}, and Teeter Dance.
**Taunt affects {{m|Rock Smash}}, {{m|Metronome}}, and {{m|Nature Power}}.
**{{m|Sketch}} can now copy all moves that call other moves.
**{{m|Mimic}} can copy Metronome and Nature Power.
**{{m|Assist}} is no longer affected by [[Ginseng]], but {{m|False Swipe}} is.
**{{m|Recycle}} does not work on Recycle [[TM]]s.
**{{a|Run Away}} prevents the Stuck condition.
**{{a|Sand Veil}} prevents [[Sandstorm (weather condition)|sandstorm]] damage.
**{{a|Forecast}} is unaffected by foggy weather.
**[[Gummi]]s can be consumed directly by team members in dungeons.
**{{DL|Seed|Blast Seed}}s and {{DL|Throwing item|Geo Pebble}}s deal less damage.
**[[Wonder Orbs]] are not affected by [[Status condition (Mystery Dungeon)#Confusion|Confusion]].
**{{DL|Wonder Orb|Stayaway Orb}}s have line-of-sight range.
**{{DL|Wonder Orb|Warp Orb}}s target one foe, while {{DL|Wonder Orb|Spurn Orb}}s target multiple.
**[[Scarf (Mystery Dungeon)#Joy Ribbon|Joy Ribbon]] gives 5 EXP rather than EXP equal to damage taken.
*Weather from moves and Wonder Orbs lasts indefinitely, rather than 18 turns.
**[[Hail (weather condition)|Hail]] and sandstorms inflict 3 damage instead of 5.
**Sandstorm causes {{type|Rock}}s to take less damage from special attacks.
*The option to switch leaders in dungeons is unavailable.
*Trip Traps are featured, after previously going unused.
*Mud Traps reduce stats by three stages instead of one.
*Spiked Tiles deal 20 damage instead of 15 and will not automatically activate from teammates stepping on them.
*{{p|Rhydon}} can traverse lava.
*{{p|Lileep}}, {{p|Cradily}}, and {{p|Anorith}} can traverse water.
*TMs from {{p|Kecleon}} must be purchased before being thrown or used.
*Quicksave manipulation is removed.

===Other minor changes===
*Most moves reuse animations from [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team|Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team]], sometimes slightly altered (such as {{m|Covet}} playing the animation before the user attacks the target, rather than along with the attack). However, certain moves had their animations noticeably altered, either modifying existing assets or completely replacing the old one: {{m|Blizzard}}, {{m|BubbleBeam}}, {{m|Crabhammer}}, {{m|Eruption}}, {{m|Flame Wheel}}, {{m|Frenzy Plant}}, {{m|Mean Look}}, {{m|Megahorn}}, {{m|Metal Sound}}, {{m|Nightmare}}, {{m|Revenge}}, {{m|Secret Power}}, {{m|Seismic Toss}}, {{m|Skill Swap}}, {{m|Skull Bash}}, {{m|Steel Wing}}, {{m|Surf}}, {{m|Thief}}, {{m|Will-O-Wisp}}, and {{m|Wing Attack}}.
*Sprites for {{p|Pikachu}}, {{p|Raichu}}, and {{p|Munchlax}} have been (partially) redrawn.
*{{p|Vaporeon}}, {{p|Jolteon}}, and {{p|Espeon}} received updated idle animations.
*Portraits for {{p|Mankey}}, {{p|Bellsprout}}, {{p|Eevee}}, {{p|Whiscash}}, and {{p|Spinda}} have an updated palette.

==Characters==
===Playable characters===
In the beginning of the game, the player takes a [[Personality Quiz (Mystery Dungeon)|personality quiz]]. The answers to these questions determine a [[nature]], which along with the player's gender is used to decide the [[hero Pokémon]] that the player plays as.

{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; background: #{{md time color dark}}; border: 5px solid #{{md darkness color}}"
! style="background:#{{md time color light}}; {{roundytl|5px}}" rowspan="2" colspan="2" | {{color2|000|Pokémon}}
! style="background:#{{md time color light}}" colspan="2" | {{color2|000|Nature}}
! style="background:#{{md time color light}}; {{roundytr|5px}}" rowspan="2" | {{color2|000|Pokémon.com}} description
|- style="background:#{{md time color light}}"
! style="background:#{{md time color light}}" | {{color2|000|Gender|Male}}
! style="background:#{{md time color light}}" | {{color2|000|Gender|Female}}
|- style="background:#fff"
! style="background:#{{md darkness color light}}" | [[File:MDP E 001.png]]
! style="background:#{{grass color light}}" | {{pcolor|Bulbasaur|000}}
| Lonely || Docile || Bulbasaur's {{a|Overgrow}} Ability powers up {{type|Grass|gen=md}} moves when it's weakened.
|- style="background:#fff"
! style="background:#{{md darkness color light}}" | [[File:MDP E 004.png]]
! style="background:#{{fire color light}}" | {{pcolor|Charmander|000}}
| Docile || Brave || This starter Pokémon wears its emotions on its tail—the flame on its tail, that is!
|- style="background:#fff"
! style="background:#{{md darkness color light}}" | [[File:MDP E 007.png]]
! style="background:#{{water color light}}" | {{pcolor|Squirtle|000}}
| Quirky || Bold || With its Water Terrain Ability, Squirtle can lead you across rivers and lakes!
|- style="background:#fff"
! style="background:#{{md darkness color light}}" | [[File:MDP E 025.png]]
! style="background:#{{electric color light}}" | {{pcolor|Pikachu|000}}
| Brave || Hasty || Pikachu is one of the starters you can choose from! We wonder if its Ability, {{a|Static}}, will come in to play?
|- style="background:#fff"
! style="background:#{{md darkness color light}}" | [[File:MDP E 052.png]]
! style="background:#{{normal color light}}" | {{pcolor|Meowth|000}}
| Sassy || Relaxed || If Meowth sees something shiny, its eyes sparkle like jewels!
|- style="background:#fff"
! style="background:#{{md darkness color light}}" | [[File:MDP E 152.png]]
! style="background:#{{grass color light}}" | {{pcolor|Chikorita|000}}
| Calm || Quiet || Grass-type Pokémon like Chikorita can be found in forests.
|- style="background:#fff"
! style="background:#{{md darkness color light}}" | [[File:MDP E 155.png]]
! style="background:#{{fire color light}}" | {{pcolor|Cyndaquil|000}}
| Timid || Calm || Cyndaquil delivers a warm reception when it's angered or startled—its back erupts with fire!
|- style="background:#fff"
! style="background:#{{md darkness color light}}" | [[File:MDP E 158.png]]
! style="background:#{{water color light}}" | {{pcolor|Totodile|000}}
| Jolly || Sassy || Even its friends need to be careful of Totodile—it has a habit of biting anything with its developed jaws.
|- style="background:#fff"
! style="background:#{{md darkness color light}}" | [[File:MDP E 252.png]]
! style="background:#{{grass color light}}" | {{pcolor|Treecko|000}}
| Quiet || Hardy || After you battle in the [[Explorer Maze]], Treecko shows up to request a job.
|- style="background:#fff"
! style="background:#{{md darkness color light}}" | [[File:MDP E 255.png]]
! style="background:#{{fire color light}}" | {{pcolor|Torchic|000}}
| Hardy || Rash || Those who hug Torchic get an extra warm feeling because a fire burns inside its body!
|- style="background:#fff"
! style="background:#{{md darkness color light}}" | [[File:MDP E 258.png]]
! style="background:#{{water color light}}" | {{pcolor|Mudkip|000}}
| Rash || Lonely || Skilled in Water-type moves, Mudkip checks its surroundings using the fin on its head.
|- style="background:#fff"
! style="background:#{{md darkness color light}}" | [[File:MDP E 300.png]]
! style="background:#{{normal color light}}" | {{pcolor|Skitty|000}}
| Hasty || Naive || Skitty is so adorable that its {{a|Cute Charm}} Ability can even infatuate its foes.
|- style="background:#fff"
! style="background:#{{md darkness color light}}" | [[File:MDP E 387.png]]
! style="background:#{{grass color light}}" | {{pcolor|Turtwig|000}}
| Bold || Timid || Turtwig is a Grass-type Pokémon. Will it be powerful in grassy areas?
|- style="background:#fff"
! style="background:#{{md darkness color light}}" | [[File:MDP E 390.png]]
! style="background:#{{fire color light}}" | {{pcolor|Chimchar|000}}
| Naive || Impish || Using {{type|Fire}} moves with Chimchar will definitely help you out in a pinch.
|- style="background:#fff"
! style="background:#{{md darkness color light}}" | [[File:MDP E 393.png]]
! style="background:#{{water color light}}" | {{pcolor|Piplup|000}}
| Impish || Quirky || Piplup is friendly and enthusiastic. It will make a great Pokémon adventurer!
|- style="background:#fff"
! style="background:#{{md darkness color light}}" | [[File:MDP E 446.png]]
! style="background:#{{normal color light}}" | {{pcolor|Munchlax|000}}
| Relaxed || Jolly || Let's hope Munchlax's hunger doesn't stop it from being a great adventurer.
|}

After the player's hero Pokémon is determined, they then choose their {{mdc|partner Pokémon}}. Their choices of partner Pokémon are {{p|Pikachu}} and the Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh [[first partner Pokémon]], but they must be a different [[type]] to the hero.

===Non-player characters===
{{main|List of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky characters}}
====Guild====
[[File:Wigglytuff and Chatot.png|thumb|right|Wigglytuff and Chatot]]
*[[Guildmaster Wigglytuff|Wigglytuff]] - Leader of the Wigglytuff Guild.
*{{mdc|Chatot|2}} - Chatot is Wigglytuff's assistant, whom assigns jobs to the guild as a whole on a daily basis, as well as taking charge when Wigglytuff dozes off.
*{{mdc|Loudred|2}} - This Pokémon guards the guild entrance gate and wakes up the hero and partner in the morning.
*{{p|Diglett}} - Diglett assists Loudred; he identifies visitors by examining their footprints.
*{{p|Dugtrio}} - Diglett's father; Calm and trustworthy, Dugtrio keeps the bulletin board current with the latest jobs.
*{{p|Chimecho}} - Chimecho runs the Chimecho Assembly and summons guild members when it's time to eat.
*{{p|Croagunk}} - Croagunk runs the guild's swap shop.
*{{mdc|Sunflora|2}} - Sunflora is the senior member of the apprentices and is always happy and seems to cheer people up easily. She is optimistic and keeps a journal by her bedside.
*{{p|Corphish}} - Corphish is very high-spirited and is usually quick to trust the hero in high-stress situations. He has a tendency to start nearly all of his sentences with the phrase "Hey, hey!".
*{{mdc|Bidoof|2}} - Bidoof is the previous newest guild member, prior to the hero and partner's arrival. He, too, keeps a journal at his bedside. Bidoof also has a habit of saying "yup yup" and "by golly," similar to Corphish's manner of speaking.

====Treasure Town====
*{{p|Kangaskhan}} - As in previous Mystery Dungeon series, she will store items in [[Kangaskhan Storage]] for the player, though this time around there is a storage limit.
*{{p|Xatu}} - Xatu will tell you what's in your [[Treasure Box]] - at a price.
*{{p|Kecleon}} - As in previous Mystery Dungeon series, they run two shops, one for consumables, one for [[Wonder Orb]]s and [[TM]]s.
*{{p|Duskull}} - Operates the Duskull Bank, where the player can store their extra cash, replacing the [[Felicity Bank]] run by {{p|Persian}}.
*{{p|Electivire}} - Electivire will [[Linked move|link moves]] and allow the player to relearn forgotten moves, taking the place of {{P|Gulpin}}.
*{{p|Chansey}} - Chansey runs the Day Care, and she is happy to take care of your Egg until it hatches!
*{{p|Marowak}} - Marowak runs [[Marowak Dojo|the dojo]] where you can train and improve your battle skills, taking the place of {{P|Makuhita}}.
*{{p|Magnezone}} - When you capture Pokémon fugitives, deliver them to Magnezone, the town sheriff.

====Exploration Teams====
*Team Razor Wind
**{{p|Zangoose}}
**{{p|Scyther}}
**{{p|Sandslash}}
*Team Seedgey
**{{p|Pidgey}}
**{{p|Seedot}}
*Team Glee
**{{p|Togepi}}
**{{p|Politoed}}
**{{p|Ledyba}}
*{{OBP|Team Skull|Mystery Dungeon}}
**{{p|Skuntank}}
**{{p|Koffing}}
**{{p|Zubat}}
*[[Team Charm]]
**{{p|Lopunny}}
**{{p|Gardevoir}}
**{{p|Medicham}}
*Team Tasty
**{{p|Swellow}}
**{{p|Wurmple}}
*Team Poochy
**{{p|Poochyena}} ×3
*Team Ebony
**{{p|Shuppet}}
**{{p|Murkrow}}
*Team Slacker
**{{p|Slakoth}}
**{{p|Slowpoke}}
*Team Flame
**{{p|Camerupt}}
**{{p|Ponyta}}
**{{p|Bellsprout}}
*[[Team AWD]] (Japanese: 盗賊団MAD ''Team MAD'')
**{{p|Arbok}}
**{{p|Weavile}}
**{{p|Drapion}}
*Team Raider
**{{p|Gallade}}
**{{p|Roserade}}
**{{p|Rhyperior}}

===Bosses===
While most of the Bosses in this game are the standard [[Legendary Pokémon|legendaries]], there are some average Pokémon added to the mix. Unlike previous Mystery Dungeon games, the player may encounter multiple opponents that appear in certain dungeons. These are the list of boss battles are the following Dungeon based on the storyline order.
{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; text-align:center; background: #{{md darkness color}}; border: 5px solid #{{md time color}}"
! style="color: #fff" colspan="2" | Bosses
! {{color2|fff|Level}}
! {{color2|fff|Mystery dungeon|Dungeon}}
|- rowspan="3" style="background: #{{md time color}}"
! style="color: #fff" colspan="4" | Main Story
|- style="background: #{{Poison color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 109.png]] [[File:MDP E 041.png]]
| ''{{pcolor|Koffing|000}}'' and ''{{pcolor|Zubat|000}}''
| 6 3
| {{color2|000|Beach Cave}} (Pit)
|- style="background: #{{Psychic color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 096.png]]
| {{mdc|Drowzee|2|c=000}}
| 12
| {{color2|000|Mt. Bristle}} (Peak)
|- style="background: #{{Ground color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 383.png]]
| {{pcolor|Groudon|000}} (Fake)
| 30
| {{color2|000|Steam Cave}} (16F) 
|- style="background: #{{Electric color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 405.png]] [[File:MDP E 404.png]]
| '''{{pcolor|Luxray|000}}''' and {{pcolor|Luxio|000}} ×8 {{color2|000|Amp Plains tribes}}
| 33 18
| {{color2|000|Amp Plains}} (20F) 
|- style="background: #{{Psychic color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 481.png]]
| {{pcolor|Mesprit|000}}
| 42
| {{color2|000|Quicksand Cave}} (B21F)
|- style="background: #{{Grass color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 253.png]]
| {{mdc|Grovyle|2|c=000}}
| 44
| {{color2|000|Crystal Crossing}} (B14F)
|- style="background: #{{Ghost color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 442.png]]
| {{pcolor|Spiritomb|000}}
| 37
| {{color2|000|Sealed Ruin}} (Deep)
|- style="background: #{{Rock color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 141.png]] [[File:MDP E 139.png]]
| '''{{pcolor|Kabutops|000}}''' {{pcolor|Omastar|000}} ×2
| 42 35
| {{color2|000|Brine Cave}} (Lower)
|- style="background: #{{Ghost color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 477.png]] [[File:MDP E 302.png]]
| '''{{mdc|Dusknoir|2|c=000}}''' {{pcolor|Sableye|000}} ×6
| 45 38
| {{color2|000|Hidden Land}} (Old Ruins)
|- style="background: #{{Steel color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 483P.png]]
| {{color2|000|Primal Dialga}}
| 48
| {{color2|000|Temporal Tower}} (Pinnacle)
|- rowspan="3" style="background: #{{md time color}}"
! style="color: #fff" colspan="4" | Post-Story
|- style="background: #{{Psychic color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 480.png]]
| {{mdc|Uxie|2|c=000}}
| 42
| {{color2|000|Steam Cave}} (16F)
|- style="background: #{{Psychic color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 481.png]]
| {{pcolor|Mesprit|000}}
| 42
| {{color2|000|Quicksand Cave}} (B21F)
|- style="background: #{{Psychic color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 482.png]]
| {{pcolor|Azelf|000}}
| 42
| {{color2|000|Crystal Crossing}} (B14F)
|- style="background: #{{Steel color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 483.png]]
| {{color2|000|Primal Dialga|Dialga}}
| 48
| {{color2|000|Temporal Tower}} (Pinnacle)
|- style="background: #{{Normal color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 040.png]]
| '''{{color2|000|Guildmaster Wigglytuff|Wigglytuff}}''' {{color2|000|Wigglytuff's Guild}}
| 50
| {{color2|000|Mystifying Forest}} (14F)
|- style="background: #{{Ice color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 478.png]]
| {{pcolor|Froslass|000}}
| 41
| {{color2|000|Crevice Cave}} (Pit) 
|- style="background: #{{Water color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 130.png]]
| {{pcolor|Gyarados|000}}
| 46
| {{color2|000|Miracle Sea|Deep Miracle Sea}} (4F)
|- style="background: #{{Normal color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 486.png]] [[File:MDP E 106.png]] [[File:MDP E 437.png]]
| '''{{pcolor|Regigigas|000}}''' {{pcolor|Hitmonlee|000}} ×4 {{pcolor|Bronzong|000}} ×4
| 49 35 35
| {{color2|000|Aegis Cave|Aegis Cave Pit}} (Regigigas's Chamber)
|- style="background: #{{Water color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 484.png]]
| {{mdc|Palkia|2|c=000}}
| 48
| {{color2|000|Spacial Rift}} (Bottom)
|- style="background: #{{Dark color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 491.png]] [[File:MDP E 306.png]] [[File:MDP E 024.png]] [[File:MDP E 219.png]] [[File:MDP E 467.png]] [[File:MDP E 429.png]] [[File:MDP E 464.png]]
| '''{{mdc|Darkrai|2|c=000}}''' {{pcolor|Aggron|000}} {{pcolor|Arbok|000}} {{pcolor|Magcargo|000}} {{pcolor|Magmortar|000}} {{pcolor|Mismagius|000}} {{pcolor|Rhyperior|000}}
| 53 36 36 36 36 35 36
| {{color2|000|Dark Crater}} (Bottom)
|}

====Item-required bosses====
Some bosses will need the either the [[Mystery Part]] or [[Secret Slab]] in the player's bag while traversing certain dungeons.

{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; text-align:center; background: #{{md darkness color}}; border: 5px solid #{{md time color}}"
! style="color: #fff" colspan="2" | Pokémon
! {{color2|fff|Level}}
! style="color: #fff" | Location
|- style="background: #{{Electric color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 145.png]]
| {{pcolor|Zapdos|000}}
| 49
| {{color2|000|Amp Plains}} (7F)
|- style="background: #{{Psychic color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 150.png]]
| {{pcolor|Mewtwo|000}}
| 50
| {{color2|000|Aegis Cave}} Pit (5F) {{color2|000|Dark Crater}} (6F) ({{color2|{{md darkness color}}|Darkness}} only)
|- style="background: #{{Electric color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 243.png]]
| {{pcolor|Raikou|000}}
| 46
| {{color2|000|Concealed Ruins}} (20F) 
|- style="background: #{{Fire color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 244.png]]
| {{pcolor|Entei|000}}
| 47
| {{color2|000|Deep Dark Crater}}(10F) 
|- style="background: #{{Psychic color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 249.png]]
| {{pcolor|Lugia|000}}
| 45
| {{color2|000|Surrounded Sea}} (18F)
|- style="background: #{{Fire color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 250.png]]
| {{pcolor|Ho-Oh|000}}
| 43
| {{color2|000|Mt. Mistral}} (19F)
|- style="background: #{{Psychic color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 251.png]]
| {{pcolor|Celebi|000}}
| 44
| {{color2|000|Mystifying Forest}} (10F) ({{color2|{{md time color}}|Time}} only)
|- style="background: #{{Dragon color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 380.png]]
| {{pcolor|Latias|000}}
| 44
| {{color2|000|Happy Outlook}} (19F) {{color2|000|Spacial Rift}} (10F)
|- style="background: #{{Dragon color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 381.png]]
| {{pcolor|Latios|000}}
| 44
| {{color2|000|Midnight Forest}} (24F) {{color2|000|Deep Spacial Rift}} (5F)
|- style="background: #{{Psychic color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 386.png]]
| {{pcolor|Deoxys|000}}
| 45
| {{color2|000|Shimmer Hill}} (17F)
|- style="background: #{{Dark color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 491.png]]
| {{pcolor|Darkrai|000}}
| 53
| {{color2|000|Miracle Sea}} (3F) {{color2|000|Lower Crevice Cave}} (2F) {{color2|000|Mt. Travail (Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky)|Mt. Travail}} (17F) {{color2|000|Spacial Rift}} (14F) {{color2|000|Mystifying Forest}} (13F)
|}

===Miscellaneous NPCs===
*{{p|Krabby}} - They are the Pokémon that shoots out bubbles to the sky when sunset comes, it's really a great view!
*{{p|Grovyle}} {{tt|Description|By Pokemon.com}} - Who is Grovyle, and why is it hunting Time Gears?
*{{p|Vigoroth}} - Advertises the newest shops that open in Treasure Town.
*{{p|Spoink}} {{tt|Description|By Pokemon.com}} Spoink always has a spring in its step—until it loses its treasured pearl. Can you help?
*{{p|Marill}} {{tt|Description|By Pokemon.com}} Marill and his younger brother, Azurill, shop in Treasure Town. They might be looking for their Water Float.
*{{p|Azurill}} {{tt|Description|By Pokemon.com}} Azurill and his older brother, Marill, shop in Treasure Town. They might be looking for their Water Float.
*Celebi ({{Shiny}}) - A close friend of Grovyle in the future, and helps him to travel through time.
*{{p|Lapras}} - Does it know the secret of the Hidden Land?
*{{p|Torkoal}} - A very wise elder.
*{{p|Scizor}} - A legendary explorer until he disappeared while searching for a valuable treasure...
*{{p|Cresselia}} - She has been hunting Darkrai for years. Will she finally catch Darkrai?
*{{p|Manaphy}} - Manaphy has hatched from a mysterious Egg found at the surrounded sea.
*{{p|Phione}} - Phione are known for producing a dew that can act as a cure-all...

==Wonder Mail exclusives==
Like the previous [[Mystery Dungeon]] games, some dungeons are unlocked through [[Wonder Mail]] codes. However, unlike those in the previous game, the bosses (listed below) are obtained through these codes. There is no reward, other than the treasure, for the Guardians of the [[Seven Treasures]]. They are all top-secret and self-deleting. {{p|Gabite}}'s is more like a normal Wonder Mail mission. To take any of these {{OBP|Job|Mystery Dungeon|jobs}}, players must have gained Secret Rank, excluding the mission involving Gabite.

{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; text-align:center; background: #{{md time color}}; border: 5px solid #{{md darkness color}}"
|-
! colspan="2" | Pokémon
! colspan="3" | Wonder Mail Code
|- style="background: #fff"
| style="background: #{{ice color light}}" rowspan="2" | [[File:MDP E 144.png]]
| style="background: #{{ice color light}}" rowspan="2" | {{pcolor|Articuno|000}}
| <code>4MP=</code>
| <code>K98#</code>
| <code>CT%Y</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| <code>R@--</code>
| <code>&P7%</code>
| <code>%K86</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| style="background: #{{psychic color light}}" rowspan="2" | [[File:MDP E 151.png]]
| style="background: #{{psychic color light}}" rowspan="2" | {{pcolor|Mew|000}}
| <code>X%8S</code>
| <code>WYY+</code>
| <code>S-JF</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| <code>PFH@</code>
| <code>@##K</code>
| <code>5W8K</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| style="background: #{{water color light}}" rowspan="2" | [[File:MDP E 382.png]]
| style="background: #{{water color light}}" rowspan="2" | {{pcolor|Kyogre|000}}
| <code>FN01</code>
| <code>HWN-</code>
| <code>00%F</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| <code>8678</code>
| <code>+XY@</code>
| <code>&%#3</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| style="background: #{{ground color light}}" rowspan="2" | [[File:MDP E 383.png]]
| style="background: #{{ground color light}}" rowspan="2" | {{pcolor|Groudon|000}} (Real)
| <code>#&S6</code>
| <code>NY2&</code>
| <code>YJN=</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| <code>1P57</code>
| <code>F0MN</code>
| <code>MH7Y</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| style="background: #{{dragon color light}}" rowspan="2" | [[File:MDP E 384.png]]
| style="background: #{{dragon color light}}" rowspan="2" | {{pcolor|Rayquaza|000}}
| <code>HW+8</code>
| <code>66%T</code>
| <code>5S51</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| <code>+J5Y</code>
| <code>4-K#</code>
| <code>H@P-</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| style="background: #{{dragon color light}}" rowspan="2" | [[File:MDP E 444.png]]
| style="background: #{{dragon color light}}" rowspan="2" | {{pcolor|Gabite|000}}*
| <code>78SR</code>
| <code>-H2M </code>
| <code>P0+4</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| <code>Y6FY</code>
| <code>1&Y+</code>
| <code>#R9S</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| style="background: #{{fire color light}}" rowspan="2" | [[File:MDP E 485.png]]
| style="background: #{{fire color light}}" rowspan="2" | {{pcolor|Heatran|000}}
| <code>FH0T</code>
| <code>HYNH</code>
| <code>R0QF</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| <code>86N8</code>
| <code>+SY@</code>
| <code>&%YN</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| style="background: #{{ghost color light}}" rowspan="2" | [[File:MDP E 487.png]]
| style="background: #{{ghost color light}}" rowspan="2" | {{pcolor|Giratina|000}}
| <code>WNWY</code>
| <code>JXTK</code>
| <code>&5C1</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| <code>4N3-</code>
| <code>P4NM</code>
| <code>8K&C</code>
|-
| style="background:#{{md time color light}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" colspan="5" | Notes:
* <nowiki>*</nowiki>: Gabite cannot be recruited.
|}

===Code-exclusive recruits===
The following Pokémon can be directly recruited only in the domains of the Guardians of the Seven Treasures. However, all of them can be obtained indirectly, either by [[Evolution]], as a mission reward or an Egg, except for the Guardians of the Seven Treasures.

{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; background: #{{md darkness color}}; border: 3px solid #{{md time color}}"
! {{color2|fff|Shimmer Desert}}
|-
|
{| border="1" style="border: 1px solid #{{md darkness color light}}; border-collapse: collapse; background: white; margin: auto;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"
|- style="text-align:center"
{{Moveentrytm|023|Ekans|1|Poison|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|024|Arbok|1|Poison|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|050|Diglett|1|Ground|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|051|Dugtrio|1|Ground|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|383|Groudon|1|Ground|gen=md}}
|}
|}

{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; background: #{{md darkness color}}; border: 3px solid #{{md time color}}"
! {{color2|fff|Sky Stairway}}
|-
|
{| border="1" style="border: 1px solid #{{md darkness color light}}; border-collapse: collapse; background: white; margin: auto;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"
|- style="text-align:center"
{{Moveentrytm|026|Raichu|1|Electric|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|037|Vulpix|1|Fire|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|082|Magneton|2|Electric|Steel|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|089|Muk|1|Poison|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|092|Gastly|2|Ghost|Poison|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|093|Haunter|2|Ghost|Poison|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|094|Gengar|2|Ghost|Poison|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|112|Rhydon|2|Ground|Rock|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|132|Ditto|1|Normal|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|205|Forretress|2|Bug|Steel|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|208|Steelix|2|Steel|Ground|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|227|Skarmory|2|Steel|Flying|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|344|Claydol|2|Ground|Psychic|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|354|Banette|1|Ghost|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|355|Duskull|1|Ghost|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|372|Shelgon|1|Dragon|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|375|Metang|2|Steel|Psychic|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|384|Rayquaza|2|Dragon|Flying|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|425|Drifloon|2|Ghost|Flying|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|444|Gabite|2|Dragon|Ground|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|465|Tangrowth|1|Grass|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|468|Togekiss|2|Normal|Flying|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|470|Leafeon|1|Grass|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|476|Probopass|2|Rock|Steel|gen=md}}
|}
|}

{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; background: #{{md darkness color}}; border: 3px solid #{{md time color}}"
! {{color2|fff|Mystery Jungle (Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky)|Mystery Jungle}}
|-
|
{| border="1" style="border: 1px solid #{{md darkness color light}}; border-collapse: collapse; background: white; margin: auto;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"
|- style="text-align:center"
{{Moveentrytm|003|Venusaur|2|Grass|Poison|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|071|Victreebel|2|Grass|Poison|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|151|Mew|1|Psychic|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|154|Meganium|1|Grass|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|252|Treecko|1|Grass|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|253|Grovyle|1|Grass|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|254|Sceptile|1|Grass|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|407|Roserade|2|Grass|Poison|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|428|Lopunny|1|Normal|gen=md}}
|}
|}

{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; background: #{{md darkness color}}; border: 3px solid #{{md time color}}"
! {{color2|fff|Bottomless Sea}}
|-
|
{| border="1" style="border: 1px solid #{{md darkness color light}}; border-collapse: collapse; background: white; margin: auto;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"
|- style="text-align:center"
{{Moveentrytm|130|Gyarados|2|Water|Flying|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|382|Kyogre|1|Water|gen=md}}
|}
|}

{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; background: #{{md darkness color}}; border: 3px solid #{{md time color}}"
! {{color2|fff|Mt. Avalanche}}
|-
|
{| border="1" style="border: 1px solid #{{md darkness color light}}; border-collapse: collapse; background: white; margin: auto;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"
|- style="text-align:center"
{{Moveentrytm|144|Articuno|2|Ice|Flying|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|348|Armaldo|2|Rock|Bug|gen=md}}
|}
|}

{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; background: #{{md darkness color}}; border: 3px solid #{{md time color}}"
! {{color2|fff|Giant Volcano}}
|-
|
{| border="1" style="border: 1px solid #{{md darkness color light}}; border-collapse: collapse; background: white; margin: auto;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"
|- style="text-align:center"
{{Moveentrytm|485|Heatran|2|Fire|Steel|gen=md}}
|}
|}

{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; background: #{{md darkness color}}; border: 3px solid #{{md time color}}"
! {{color2|fff|World Abyss}}
|-
|
{| border="1" style="border: 1px solid #{{md darkness color light}}; border-collapse: collapse; background: white; margin: auto;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"
|- style="text-align:center"
{{Moveentrytm|487|Giratina|2|Ghost|Dragon|gen=md}}
|}
|}

==Version-exclusive Pokémon==
Certain Pokémon are available only in certain versions. However, if the player unlocks an exclusive Pokémon that is not from their version through [[Wonder Mail]] or downloadable missions, they will be in the same place they would be in the game they were originally exclusive to.

{| style="margin:auto"
|- style="vertical-align:top"
|
{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; background: #{{md time color light}}; border: 3px solid #{{md time color}}"
|-
! {{color|{{md time color dark}}|Time}}
|-
|
{| border="1" style="border: 1px solid #{{md time color light}}; border-collapse: collapse; background: white; margin: auto" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"
|-
{{Moveentrytm|012|Butterfree|2|Bug|Flying|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|251|Celebi|2|Psychic|Grass|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|415|Combee|2|Bug|Flying|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|417|Pachirisu|1|Electric|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|447|Riolu|1|Fighting|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|448|Lucario|2|Fighting|Steel|gen=md}}
|}
|}
|
{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; background: #{{md darkness color light}}; border: 3px solid #{{md darkness color}}"
! {{color|{{md darkness color dark}}|Darkness}}
|-
|
{| border="1" style="border: 1px solid #{{md darkness color light}}; border-collapse: collapse; background: white; margin: auto;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"
|- style="text-align:center"
{{Moveentrytm|015|Beedrill|2|Bug|Poison|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|150|Mewtwo|1|Psychic|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|412|Burmy|1|Bug|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|427|Buneary|1|Normal|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|479|Rotom|2|Electric|Ghost|gen=md}}
|}
|}
|}

*While Combee is exclusive to Time and Burmy is exclusive to Darkness, their Evolutions can be found in both versions.
*Buneary only appears in Darkness, but Lopunny can appear in Mystery Jungle in both versions. This dungeon is unlockable through an event Wonder Mail code.
*Mewtwo and Celebi could be obtained in the opposite version only through a limited time Wi-Fi mission. A player who still has this mission in their Job List is able to share it through local wireless communication, however.
*Lucario cannot be unlocked to appear in dungeons in Darkness due to being [[Wonder Mail#Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky|blacklisted]] from appearing as a mission client, but can still be obtained through evolving Riolu.

===Wonder Mail codes===
{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; text-align:center; background: #{{md darkness color}}; border: 5px solid #{{md time color}}"
|-
! style="color: #fff" colspan="2" | Pokémon
! style="color: #fff" colspan="3" | Wonder Mail Code
|- style="background: #fff"
| style="background: #{{md darkness color light}}" rowspan="2" | [[File:MDP E 412.png]]
| style="background: #{{md darkness color light}}" rowspan="2" | {{pcolor|Burmy|000}}
| <code>XR2Y</code>
| <code>#==@</code>
| <code>JYX%</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| <code>3@2F</code>
| <code>Q8FQ</code>
| <code>R@M#</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| style="background: #{{md time color light}}" rowspan="2" | [[File:MDP E 415.png]]
| style="background: #{{md time color light}}" rowspan="2" | {{pcolor|Combee|000}}
| <code>X5&F</code>
| <code>@YKQ</code>
| <code>0-70</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| <code>@FWH</code>
| <code>0FX&</code>
| <code>P8Y9</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| style="background: #{{md time color light}}" rowspan="2" | [[File:MDP E 417.png]]
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==Version-exclusive items==
Many items are more readily available in one version than the other; for example Black Gummi is available in numerous dungeons in Darkness, but only in few specific dungeons in Time.

There are also certain items that are completely exclusive to one of the versions outside of trading with other players, Wonder Mail missions, or friend rescue of that version.

===Exclusive to Time===
*{{DL|Seed|Vile Seed}} — Reduces Defense and Special Defense when eaten.
*{{DL|Wonder Orb|All-Mach Orb}} — An item that ups Movement Speed of all team members by one level.
*{{DL|Wonder Orb|Foe-Hold Orb}} — An item that afflicts all enemies on the floor with the Petrified status condition.
*{{DL|Wonder Orb|Spurn Orb}} — An item that warps all foes in the same room to another place on the floor.
*{{DL|Scarf (Mystery Dungeon)|Bounce Band}} — A held item that makes thrown items bounce straight back from the Pokémon. It has no effect if the Pokémon has a Pierce status or if a rock is thrown.
*{{DL|Scarf (Mystery Dungeon)|Curve Band}} — A held item that makes thrown items bounce off walls and fly sideways. It has no effect if the Pokémon has a Pierce status or if a rock is thrown.
*{{DL|Scarf (Mystery Dungeon)|Detect Band}} — A held item that boosts the Pokémon's Evasion.
*{{DL|Scarf (Mystery Dungeon)|Heal Ribbon}} — A held item that speeds up the Pokémon's natural HP regeneration. The Pokémon's Belly will go down faster, however.
*{{DL|Scarf (Mystery Dungeon)|Joy Ribbon}} — A held item that earns the holder 5 Exp. Points each time it takes damage of any sort.
*{{DL|Scarf (Mystery Dungeon)|Mobile Scarf}} — A held item that enables the Pokémon to move and attack through walls and move on inhospitable terrain, such as magma.
*{{DL|Scarf (Mystery Dungeon)|Pass Scarf}} — A held item that passes on attacks to a Pokémon next to it and drains the holder's Belly each time.
*{{DL|Scarf (Mystery Dungeon)|Pierce Band}} — A held item that makes thrown items go through walls and Pokémon.
*{{DL|Scarf (Mystery Dungeon)|Racket Band}} — A held item that wakes up every hostile Pokémon in the room it enters. It only works on enemies that are asleep from the start.
*{{DL|Scarf (Mystery Dungeon)|Tight Belt}} — A held item that prevents the Belly from going down.
*{{DL|Scarf (Mystery Dungeon)|Warp Scarf}} — A held item that occasionally warps the Pokémon to another place on the floor.
*{{DL|Glasses|Lockon Specs}} — A held item that boosts the Pokémon's accuracy when it throws items at enemies.

In addition to those items, [[TMs]] for the following moves only appear in Explorers of Time.

*{{m|Attract}}
*{{m|Avalanche}}
*{{m|Blizzard}}
*{{m|Bullet Seed}}
*{{m|Calm Mind}}
*{{m|Charge Beam}}
*{{m|Dark Pulse}}
*{{m|False Swipe}}
*{{m|Flash}}
*{{m|Flash Cannon}}
*{{m|Fling}}
*{{m|Giga Drain}}
*{{m|Grass Knot}}
*{{m|Ice Beam}}
*{{m|Light Screen}}
*{{m|Iron Tail}}
*{{m|Pluck}}
*{{m|Psychic}}
*{{m|Recycle}}
*{{m|Reflect}}
*{{m|Rest}}
*{{m|Return}}
*{{m|Roar}}
*{{m|Rock Slide}}
*{{m|Safeguard}}
*{{m|Shadow Claw}}
*{{m|Skill Swap}}
*{{m|Silver Wind}}
*{{m|Solar Beam}}
*{{m|Steel Wing}}
*{{m|Stone Edge}}
*{{m|U-turn}}
*{{m|Wide Slash}}

===Exclusive to Darkness===
*{{DL|Seed|Hunger Seed}} — Decreases maximum belly by 5. For non-leader Pokémon inflicts the Hungry Pal status.
*{{DL|Seed|Vanish Seed}} — Inflicts the Invisible status condition.
*{{DL|Seed|Violent Seed}} — Boosts Attack and Special Attack stats when eaten.
*{{DL|Wonder Orb|All-Hit Orb}} — An item that makes the user and team go into a Focus Energy status for a short time, raising the critical hit ratio.
*{{DL|Wonder Orb|Foe-Seal Orb}} — An item that afflicts all enemies in the room with a Paused status condition.
*{{DL|Wonder Orb|Foe-Fear Orb}} — An item that changes the status of foes in the room to Terrified, making them run away from the user.
*{{DL|Wonder Orb|Pierce Orb}} — An item that changes the user's status to Pierce. Items thrown by the user will fly through walls and Pokémon without stopping.
*{{DL|Scarf (Mystery Dungeon)|Dodge Scarf}} — A held item that prevents any thrown item from hitting the Pokémon.
*{{DL|Scarf (Mystery Dungeon)|Patsy Band}} — A held item that increases the Pokémon's chances of taking critical hits from enemy moves and attacks.
*{{DL|Scarf (Mystery Dungeon)|Sneak Scarf}} — A held item that prevents the Pokémon from awakening sleeping enemies. It only works on enemies that are asleep from the start.
*{{DL|Scarf (Mystery Dungeon)|Trap Scarf}} — A held item that prevents traps from activating when the Pokémon steps on them.
*{{DL|Scarf (Mystery Dungeon)|Twist Band}} — A held item that prevents the Pokémon's Attack and Special Attack from going down.
*{{DL|Scarf (Mystery Dungeon)|Weather Band}} — A held item that shields the Pokémon from weather, as if it's always in Clear conditions.
*{{DL|Glasses|Goggle Specs}} — A held item lets the Pokémon see hidden traps and Pokémon with Invisible status.
*{{DL|Glasses|Insomniscope}} — A held item that prevents a Sleep status condition, a Nightmare status, a Napping status, or a Yawning status from being inflicted on the Pokémon.
*{{DL|Glasses|No-Aim Scope}} — A held item that causes items thrown by the Pokémon to fly wildly in any direction.
*{{DL|Glasses|Scope Lens}} — A held item that boosts the Pokémon's critical-hit rate for moves and attacks.
*{{DL|Glasses|Whiff Specs}} — A held item that prevents items thrown by the Pokémon from hitting another Pokémon.
*{{DL|Mystery Dungeon evolutionary items|Lunar Ribbon}} — An Item used for Pokémon that usually evolve at nighttime.

In addition to those items, [[TMs]] for the following moves only appear in Explorers of Darkness.

*{{m|Aerial Ace}}
*{{m|Brick Break}}
*{{m|Bulk Up}}
*{{m|Captivate}}
*{{m|Dive}}
*{{m|Dragon Claw}}
*{{m|Drain Punch}}
*{{m|Dream Eater}}
*{{m|Earthquake}}
*{{m|Endure}}
*{{m|Energy Ball}}
*{{m|Explosion}}
*{{m|Focus Blast}}
*{{m|Focus Punch}}
*{{m|Frustration}}
*{{m|Gyro Ball}}
*{{m|Natural Gift}}
*{{m|Protect}}
*{{m|Rock Polish}}
*{{m|Shadow Ball}}
*{{m|Sludge Bomb}}
*{{m|Substitute}}
*{{m|Swagger}}
*{{m|Taunt}}
*{{m|Thief}}
*{{m|Thunder Wave}}
*{{m|Trick Room}}
*{{m|Torment}}
*{{m|Toxic}}
*{{m|Water Pulse}}
*{{m|Will-O-Wisp}}

==Reception==
Gaming magazine {{wp|Famitsu}} gave Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness a score of 35 out of 40. {{wp|IGN}} rated the games an "Okay" 6.5/10.<ref>[https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/04/22/pokemon-mystery-dungeon-explorers-of-time-review Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time Review - IGN]</ref> Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness hold a rating of 62.39%<ref>[https://www.gamerankings.com/ds/938931-pokemon-mystery-dungeon-explorers-of-time/index.html Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time for DS - GameRankings]</ref> and 61.25%,<ref>[https://www.gamerankings.com/ds/938930-pokemon-mystery-dungeon-explorers-of-darkness/index.html Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness for DS - GameRankings]</ref> respectively, on {{wp|GameRankings}}.

===Sales===
In the fiscal year of their release, they sold 1.58 million units.<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2008/080425e.pdf#page=6 Nintendo Co., Ltd. - Financial Results Briefing for Fiscal Year Ended March 2008]</ref> As of March 31, 2009, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness have sold 4.50 million copies worldwide.<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2009/090508e.pdf#page=6 Nintendo Co., Ltd. - Financial Results Briefing for Fiscal Year Ended March 2009]</ref>

====Japanese sales====
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness sold 568,888 units on their first week on the Japanese market, being 300,295 from Explorers of Time and 268,593 from Explorers of Darkness, with a {{wp|sell-through}} of 64.43% and 61.17% respectively. By December 29, 2013, the end of their 329th week, they had sold 1,516,375 copies, being 805,418 from Explorers of Time and 710,957 from Explorers of Darkness.

{|
|- style="vertical-align:top"
|
''Explorers of Time''
{| class="roundy" style="text-align:center; border:3px solid #{{MD Time color dark}}; background:#{{MD Time color}}"
! style="background:#{{MD Time color light}}; {{roundytl|5px}}" | Week
! style="background:#{{MD Time color light}}" | Week ending
! style="background:#{{MD Time color light}}" | Ranking
! style="background:#{{MD Time color light}}" | Units sold
! style="background:#{{MD Time color light}}; {{roundytr|5px}}" | Total units sold
|- style="background:#fff"
| 1
| September 16, 2007
| 2nd
| 300,295
| 300,295
|- style="background:#fff"
| 2
| September 23, 2007
| 3rd
| 85,149
| 385,444
|- style="background:#fff"
| 3
| September 30, 2007
| 2nd
| 55,438
| 440,882
|- style="background:#fff"
| 4
| October 7, 2007
| 6th
| 34,428
| 475,310
|- style="background:#fff"
| 5
| October 14, 2007
| 4th
| 26,235
| 501,545
|- style="background:#fff"
| 6
| October 21, 2007
| 6th
| 19,462
| 521,007
|- style="background:#fff"
| 7
| October 28, 2007
| 10th
| 16,203
| 537,210
|- style="background:#fff"
| 8
| November 4, 2007
| 10th
| 14,479
| 551,689
|- style="background:#fff"
| 9
| November 11, 2007
| 16th
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 10
| November 18, 2007
| 21st
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 11
| November 25, 2007
| 22nd
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 12
| December 2, 2007
| 27th
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 13
| December 9, 2007
| 22nd
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 14
| December 16, 2007
| 15th
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 15
| December 23, 2007
| 14th
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 16
| December 30, 2007
| 29th
| -
| 718,477
|- style="background:#fff"
| 17
| January 6, 2008
| 23rd
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 18
| January 13, 2008
| 41st
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 68
| December 28, 2008
| -
| -
| 792,592
|- style="background:#fff"
| 121
| January 3, 2010
| -
| -
| 804,118
|- style="background:#fff"
| 329
| December 29, 2013
| -
| -
| 805,418
|-
| style="background:#{{MD Time color light}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" colspan="5" |
|}
|
''Explorers of Darkness''
{| class="roundy" style="text-align:center; border:3px solid #{{MD Darkness color dark}}; background:#{{MD Darkness color}}"
! style="background:#{{MD Darkness color light}}; {{roundytl|5px}}" | Week
! style="background:#{{MD Darkness color light}}" | Week ending
! style="background:#{{MD Darkness color light}}" | Ranking
! style="background:#{{MD Darkness color light}}" | Units sold
! style="background:#{{MD Darkness color light}}; {{roundytr|5px}}" | Total units sold
|- style="background:#fff"
| 1
| September 16, 2007
| 3rd
| 268,593
| 268,593
|- style="background:#fff"
| 2
| September 23, 2007
| 4th
| 75,040
| 343,633
|- style="background:#fff"
| 3
| September 30, 2007
| 5th
| 45,743
| 389,376
|- style="background:#fff"
| 4
| October 7, 2007
| 8th
| 28,513
| 417,889
|- style="background:#fff"
| 5
| October 14, 2007
| 6th
| 22,375
| 440,264
|- style="background:#fff"
| 6
| October 21, 2007
| 8th
| 16,248
| 456,512
|- style="background:#fff"
| 7
| October 28, 2007
| 12th
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 8
| November 4, 2007
| 14th
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 9
| November 11, 2007
| 20th
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 10
| November 18, 2007
| 27th
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 11
| November 25, 2007
| 29th
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 12
| December 2, 2007
| 31st
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 13
| December 9, 2007
| 28th
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 14
| December 16, 2007
| 18th
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 15
| December 23, 2007
| 17th
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 16
| December 30, 2007
| 32nd
| -
| 629,480
|- style="background:#fff"
| 17
| January 6, 2008
| 27th
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 18
| January 13, 2008
| 49th
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 68
| December 28, 2008
| -
| -
| 699,360
|- style="background:#fff"
| 121
| January 3, 2010
| -
| -
| 709,844
|- style="background:#fff"
| 329
| December 29, 2013
| -
| -
| 710,957
|-
| style="background:#{{MD Darkness color light}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" colspan="5" |
|}
|}

==Staff==
{{main|Staff of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
PMD Explorers of Time Logo JP.png|Japanese Explorers of Time logo
PMD Explorers of Darkness Logo JP.png|Japanese Explorers of Darkness logo
PMD Explorers of Time Logo EN.png|English Explorers of Time logo
PMD Explorers of Darkness Logo EN.png|English Explorers of Darkness logo
</gallery>

==Trivia==
*Unlike the previous [[Mystery Dungeon]] games, which only had a few characters with confirmed [[gender]]s, this game provides a gender for most of the characters. Even [[Legendary Pokémon]], who are usually gender unknown in the [[Core series|main series]] games, have a gender in this game.
*The names of [[Temporal Tower]] and [[Spacial Rift]] are based directly on the {{pkmn|category}} names of {{p|Dialga}} and {{p|Palkia}}, who are respectively the "Temporal Pokémon" and the "Spatial Pokémon". This is not the case in the Japanese version, however, where Spacial Rift is named ''Sky Fissure'' and Temporal Tower is named ''Dimension Tower''.

==In other languages==
{{langtable|color={{MD Time color}}|bordercolor={{MD Darkness color light}}
|ja={{tt|ポケモン不思議のダンジョン　時の探検隊|ポケモンふしぎのダンジョン　ときのたんけんたい}} {{tt|ポケモン不思議のダンジョン　闇の探検隊|ポケモンふしぎのダンジョン　やみのたんけんたい}}
|fr=Pokémon Donjon Mystère: Explorateurs du Temps Pokémon Donjon Mystère: Explorateurs de l'Ombre
|de=Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Erkundungsteam Zeit Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Erkundungsteam Dunkelheit
|it=Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Esploratori del Tempo Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Esploratori dell'Oscurità
|ko={{tt|포켓몬 불가사의 던전: 시간의 탐험대|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time}} {{tt|포켓몬 불가사의 던전: 어둠의 탐험대|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness}}
|es=Pokémon Mundo misterioso: Exploradores del tiempo Pokémon Mundo misterioso: Exploradores de la oscuridad}}

==External links==
*[http://www.chunsoft.co.jp/games/pokedun2/index.html Pokémon Mystery Dungeon 2 page on Chunsoft website] (Japanese)
*[https://csassets.nintendo.com/noaext/image/private/t_KA_PDF/DS_Pokemon_Mystery_Time Official PDF-file instruction manual] for ''Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time'' (English)
*[https://csassets.nintendo.com/noaext/image/private/t_KA_PDF/DS_Pokemon_Mystery_Darkness Official PDF-file instruction manual] for ''Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness'' (English)

==References==
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==Related articles==
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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness

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Luna Solaris: Manaphy will eventually return. Rejecting its offer to join is not an option.

{{samename|animated special based on the games|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness}}
:''For the manga adaptation, see [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Darkness (manga)]].''
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'''Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time''' (Japanese: '''{{tt|ポケモン不思議のダンジョン　時の探検隊|ポケモンふしぎのダンジョン　ときのたんけんたい}}''' ''Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time'') and '''Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness''' (Japanese: '''{{tt|ポケモン不思議のダンジョン　闇の探検隊|ポケモンふしぎのダンジョン　やみのたんけんたい}}''' ''Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness'') are a matched pair of Pokémon games for the [[Nintendo DS]]. These games are the second pair of entries in the [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series]], an adaptation of the {{wp|Mystery Dungeon}} games for Pokémon.

The games are successors to [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team]]. They include the new [[Generation IV]] Pokémon and have some Wi-Fi features, as well as more dual-screen features than their predecessor for the same system (Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team).

An [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness|animated adaptation]] of these games has been produced.

These games feature 491 Pokémon; {{p|Shaymin}} and {{p|Arceus}} were excluded for they had yet to be officially revealed when the games were released. The games were released on April 20, 2008.

[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky|A third installment]] was developed by [[Chunsoft]] and was released on April 18, 2009 in Japan.

==Plot==
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===Forming an Exploration Team===
The story begins with a cut-scene where the {{pkmn2|hero}} winds up unconscious on a beach after some unknown accident. Meanwhile, the [[Partner Pokémon (Mystery Dungeon)|partner]] is nervous about joining the [[Wigglytuff's Guild]], a local exploration club, and gives up early. Walking along the beach, the partner encounters the hero, and informs that the hero has been [[Human–Pokémon transformation|turned into a Pokémon]]. The [[Relic Fragment]] the partner holds is then stolen by {{p|Zubat}} and {{p|Koffing}}, members of {{OBP|Team Skull|Mystery Dungeon}}, which the hero helps recover. After a brief exchange, the partner explains their motivation for joining the guild: the partner loves legends and lore and their life dream is to find the secret of their personal treasure—a Relic Fragment with a strange pattern on it. The partner, reinvigorated by the hero's courage, resolves to join the Guild as a new team with the hero, who, due to having obtained severe memory loss that erased everything from their past life except their name and the knowledge that they were once [[human]], agrees as a way to piece together who they were.

Over the next few days, the team gets accustomed to life at the Guild and the nearby [[Treasure Town]]. Among the folks they meet are [[Guildmaster Wigglytuff|Wigglytuff]], the kindhearted Guild Master, {{mdc|Chatot|2}}, the hot-tempered yet well-meaning second-in-command, {{mdc|Bidoof|2}}, the newest recruit prior to the team joining, senior apprentices {{p|Corphish}} and {{mdc|Sunflora|2}}, the Guild chef {{p|Chimecho}} (also in charge of maintaining the team), {{p|Diglett}} and {{mdc|Loudred|2}}, the Guild sentries, {{p|Dugtrio}}, maintainers of the job boards, {{p|Magnezone}}, the local sheriff, brothers {{p|Marill}} and {{p|Azurill}}, various shop owners, and other exploration teams. As they are introduced to the Guild, they learn of the fact that rogue Pokémon have been wreaking havoc in the world due to the disruption of time, Pokémon cannot [[Evolution|evolve]], and new "Mystery Dungeons" have been revealed and open to exploration.

The hero discovers not too long after that they have the ability to spontaneously see things in the past and future, but only when touching an object of some kind. This comes in handy when the hero and partner arrest {{mdc|Drowzee|2}} when he attempts to manipulate Azurill into collecting some treasure for him. Later, the partner tells the hero the story of the [[Time Gear]]s, the artifacts that maintain the flow of time in their respective regions. The partner theorizes that if a Time Gear is stolen, time in that area will stop. Despite this, a mysterious thief is seen stealing a Time Gear.

After several days of completing minor jobs, Chatot gives the hero and partner their first real job: the exploration of [[Waterfall Cave|a nearby waterfall]] that he feels holds more than it lets on. Discovering a cave on the other side and exploring to its depths, they discover that it houses a huge gem. However, their attempts to remove it result in them triggering a booby trap that flushes them off to a nearby [[Hot Spring]]. Despite being unable to claim the gem, Chatot and the partner are convinced that the cave alone is a major find for the Guild. However, the hero, after piecing together several visions their ability caused (and Chatot later confirms), discerns that Wigglytuff had already discovered the cave, but had completely forgotten by the time they were told to go.

===The legend of the Time Gears===
One day, the hero and partner, along with the Guild, make an expedition to a location called [[Fogbound Lake]], a lake seemingly covered in fog. During this time, they draw the ire of Team Skull, in particular their leader {{p|Skuntank}}, whom decide to make their lives a living hell, including tricking Wigglytuff to let them join the expedition for that purpose. Arriving there, the hero recalls the place as being familiar, but cannot ascertain as to why. This point is pushed home when Chimecho relays the story of the [[Lake guardians|Lake Guardian]], {{mdc|Uxie|2}}, who is said to be able to erase the memories of all who arrive there. Convinced that their memory loss is due to having a negative encounter with Uxie, the hero, along with the partner, resolves to find Fogbound Lake in order to discern the truth. After escaping a trap from Team Skull (who are, in turn, assaulted by Wigglytuff after he discerns their true intentions), the two reach the top, where they find and defeat {{p|Groudon}} to find out that it was only an illusion made by Uxie. Uxie does not trust the Guild, fearing that they may take the Time Gear at the center of the lake, hence the reason for erasing the memories. However, after an appeal from the partner, the Guild earns Uxie's trust, and Uxie decides not to erase the memories of the Guild or the lake's treasure. However, Uxie also reveals that he had nothing to do with the hero's memory loss due to never having met a human before and the fact that, as far as he knows, he can only erase memories of Fogbound Lake.

Returning home, they meet a famous explorer named {{mdc|Dusknoir|2}}, who, after helping the team escape another trap by Team Skull (they had overheard Marill and Azurill talking to them about a personal item going missing and, upon retrieving it first, intended to use it to have them eliminated by a territorial {{p|Luxray}}), explains that the hero's ability to see through time is called the [[Dimensional Scream]]. Asking Dusknoir how the hero had arrived in their condition, they surprisingly get no results. Nevertheless, Dusknoir offers their help in uncovering the secret behind the hero's transformation. Just then, however, the Guild reports that the Time Gear from Fogbound Lake has been stolen, and an all-points bulletin has been posted for the arrest of {{mdc|Grovyle|2}}. As a result, Wigglytuff has the Guild focus their energies on bringing Grovyle to justice, to which Dusknoir also offers his assistance. The Guild splits up to look for the other Time Gears, while the hero's team eventually discovers an underground lake beneath the [[Northern Desert]], which is home to a Time Gear. The Time Gear is guarded over by {{p|Mesprit}}, who the team is forced to defeat when she mistakes them for thieves. Just as the partner explains that they are not there to steal the Time Gear, Grovyle appears. Grovyle easily dispatches the team and the weakened Mesprit, and steals the Time Gear. Fortunately, the team and Mesprit manages to escape before they are frozen in time.

Back at the guild, the failure of the team to stop Grovyle meant that there are no leads to his next location. However, Dusknoir determines that, as Uxie, the being of knowledge, and Mesprit, the being of emotion, were both guarding Time Gears, it stands to reason that {{p|Azelf}}, the being of willpower, is likely to be guarding another Time Gear. Dusknoir further explains that as Uxie and Mesprit were encountered in lakes not likely to be where they were, Azelf is also likely to be found in a similar lake area. Hoping to find a lead, Dusknoir asks the hero to touch a treasure that Bidoof took with him at [[Crystal Cave]], in order to trigger a Dimensional Scream. Indeed, after touching it, the hero sees a vision where Azelf is defeated at the hands of Grovyle. However, Chimecho is unsure—because the Dimensional Scream cannot tell the difference between past and future, Grovyle may have already made off with the Time Gear. Dusknoir remains confident that it is of the future, as the partner had never heard Azelf's name before Dusknoir had mentioned it. Because there is a chance that the Dimensional Scream is describing the future, the Guild decides to have all hands search the cave. The team arrives at the lake in the middle of the cave, where they find Azelf about to be defeated by Grovyle. However, just as Grovyle is about to steal the Time Gear, Azelf, having been forewarned of Grovyle's intentions from Uxie and Mesprit and anticipating the possibility that he might not be able to slow him down, activates a fail-safe trap that covers the lake in crystals, preventing Grovyle from submerging underwater and reaching the Time Gear. This does not deter Grovyle, and the team is knocked unconscious and the partner is badly wounded. Before Grovyle can finish the partner off, Dusknoir appears. The team discovers that Dusknoir and Grovyle have been long acquainted, but before they can delve any further, Grovyle makes his getaway, and Dusknoir chases after the Pokémon. Just then, the Guild finds the team, and cart them back to the guild.

Some time later, the team reawakens back at the guild. The partner recalls the exchange between Dusknoir and Grovyle, and the information is shared with the Guild and Azelf. Just then, the Guild's emergency alarm sounds, requiring everyone to be in attendance at a town meeting. In town, they find Dusknoir, who reminds everyone that Grovyle is still at large. Dusknoir further claims that Grovyle is a Pokémon [[Time travel|from the future]]—there, Grovyle was a criminal who fled to the past to avoid being captured. In order to prevent any pursuers from coming after him, he plots to steal the Time Gears, which in turn would freeze the world in time, thus causing the planet's paralysis, a dystopian world where water would not flow, the sun would not rise, the seasons would not change, and darkness would cover the world. When Corphish is curious as to how Dusknoir knows all of this, Dusknoir reveals that he, too, is from the future, sent back in time to capture Grovyle and bring him to justice. The Guild and townsfolk all agree to help Dusknoir stop Grovyle. Azelf has a plan to trap Grovyle—as the Time Gear in Crystal Lake still remains, he is certain that Grovyle will return for it. In order to lure Grovyle, the townsfolk spread a false rumor that the lake trio will try to seal the Time Gear away permanently, while the trio will be defending the Time Gear, awaiting the moment to get the jump on Grovyle. Although everyone wants to help, Dusknoir insists on doing so alone as to avoid suspicion.

A few days later, a report from Magnezone arrives, indicating that Grovyle has been captured, and that Dusknoir plans to take Grovyle back to the future to face justice. To do so, Dusknoir has opened a Dimensional Hole in the middle of town square. In town, the townsfolk find the Dimensional Hole, but no sign of Dusknoir. As the lake trio explain to the partner that the Time Gears were recovered and were returned, Dusknoir appears with Grovyle and two {{p|Sableye}}. As Grovyle is carted off into the Dimensional Hole, Dusknoir gives his farewell. But before he steps through the portal, he asks the hero's team to step forward. When they step next to the portal, the partner bids Dusknoir a sad farewell, but then, Dusknoir suddenly grabs the team and drags them into the portal. Before the townsfolk can react, the Dimensional Hole closes and disappears suddenly.

===Escape from the future===
The hero is woken up by the partner, who reveals that they have been locked in a cell. Just then, they encounter some guards—a group of Sableye. Six Sableye blindfold them and take them to another room, where they find themselves bound to a pole, awaiting execution. Along with the two is Grovyle, also tied up. Dusknoir appears, giving the orders to the Sableye to execute the three. Grovyle convinces the team to cooperate - while the Sableye to attack the ropes that tie them to the stake, there is a slight chance of breaking the ropes, and it may allow the three to escape. Fortunately, the ropes break free, and the three overwhelm the Sableye. This allows Grovyle to use a {{DL|Wonder Orb|Luminous Orb}}, and take the team to safety. Back outside, Grovyle reveals that they are indeed in the future, but despite the lake trio returning the Time Gears back to their original places, the planet has been paralyzed.

Continuing to elude the Sableye, the partner loses confidence on whether they will ever return home. The hero then proposes to the partner to catch up to Grovyle, who had gone ahead due to the partner's reluctance to trust him, and ask how he had traveled back to the past in the first place. They eventually catch up to Grovyle, and save him from the {{p|Spiritomb}} who had knocked him out earlier. Though Grovyle is reluctant to help them, he proceeds to tell his side of the story. The world's paralysis dated back to the present day with the collapse of the [[Temporal Tower]], governed by {{mdc|Dialga|2}}, the legendary Pokémon that controls time. When the tower collapsed, Dialga lost control of time, and it too lost all control of itself. Dialga turned berserk, becoming [[Primal Dialga]]. Seeking only self-preservation, Primal Dialga tries to prevent history from changing, and hence its need to exterminate Grovyle. The partner is visibly shocked by this revelation—and even more so when Grovyle reveals that he had pure motivations for collecting the Time Gears: he needed them in order to prevent the tower from collapsing and that the time stop caused by the removal of the Time Gears is merely temporary—the area affected would return to normal once the gears were placed in Temporal Tower. This story contradicts Dusknoir's claims, and Grovyle then reveals that Dusknoir is an agent of Primal Dialga sent to stop him and had everyone in the past played for fools.

Though the partner does not believe Grovyle, the hero believes that Grovyle's assertions are reasonable, and that the partner cannot seem to accept the truth. The partner even thought of going back to the stockade and ask Dusknoir to reveal the truth, but Grovyle stops them by reminding them that, due to their hesitance to trust him, they would decide for themselves what best to do. Grovyle leaves to find {{mdc|Celebi|2}}, the time-traveling Pokémon, to start his mission anew. Although the hero is determined to follow Grovyle, the partner is more reluctant. Nevertheless, the partner agrees to follow, if only to find a way to return to the present. The group eventually manages to find Celebi, who seems to also be aware of who the hero is. However, Grovyle didn't hear what Celebi said, and before the team can react, Grovyle reminds the team to get a move on. Celebi leads the group to the Passage of Time—a secret corridor spanning multiple dimensions that Celebi needs for major time jumps. However, before they can go through the passage, they are stopped by Dusknoir and the Sableye, who had caught up to them. Surrounded, the group has no choice but to overpower Dusknoir and the Sableye. However, when Primal Dialga appears, Grovyle, believing that they are outmatched, has no choice but to surrender, but, before they can go down, he contends that at least hope will remain: when he first traveled back to the past, he and his human partner had been separated, and he is confident this partner will carry out the mission in his stead. Dusknoir, however, believes otherwise, and forces Grovyle to tell the name of his partner - the hero. The partner is surprised at this revelation—and Grovyle and Celebi are even more surprised that the hero is standing with them. Grovyle refuses to believe that the hero has been turned into a Pokémon, but Dusknoir relays his plan to eliminate the hero and Grovyle: during his attempts to track the two in the past, Dusknoir ran into the hero and, upon discovering their current condition, befriended the team and the Guild so he can trick the hero into unknowingly betraying Grovyle, paving the way for him to destroy both of them (and the partner, whom he had likely felt had gotten too close) in one shot. The plan worked to perfection as the hero's damaged memory prevented them from recognizing Dusknoir for the villain he was.

While Grovyle is emotionally crushed by both his plans failing and having unconsciously attacked his own partner and the hero struggles to process what they heard about their past, the partner has a plan to elude Dusknoir and his underlings—all that is needed is to have Celebi teleport them closer to the Passage. Although Celebi recognizes that Dialga could detect them, Celebi agrees to the partner's idea. They fail to escape Dusknoir, but they get to the Passage. Celebi implores the rest of the group to leave through the Passage, leaving Dusknoir to herself. It is believed that Celebi managed to elude capture as the group returned back to the present.

===Racing the clock===
Arriving back to the present, the partner explains that the beach that they are on was where the hero was first found. However, before the partner can lead Grovyle back to the Guild to plan their next move, he reminds them that in the present time, Grovyle is a criminal. The partner, seeing the complications this may cause, instead takes the hero and Grovyle to a cliff known as [[Sharpedo Bluff]] (named as the cliff is in the shape of a {{p|Sharpedo}}), which was the home of the partner prior to joining the Guild. That night, Grovyle explains to the partner the common history between himself and the hero. The hero and Grovyle had been a formidable team investigating the planet's paralysis. The hero had the ability to perform the Dimensional Scream, but only in the presence of a trusted partner. Grovyle further explains that the Dimensional Scream is set off by triggers tied to places where Time Gears were hidden. The partner, however, is unsure how accurate Grovyle's statement is: the Dimensional Scream was going off not long after the two of them met and, in several instances, it had gone off in places unrelated to Time Gears. Grovyle is undeterred and states that this is likely due to the hero, because of the memory loss, found the partner as a strong support system and theorizes that perhaps the Dimensional Screams had worked differently in the past. In any event, the three quickly agree to plot a new plan to take the Time Gears.

Later, the partner shares their story of the Relic Fragment with Grovyle and the two share a sunrise. Grovyle and the partner agree that the hero has a connection to the both of them - the hero had made each of them stronger. The trio redoubles their efforts to retake the Time Gears, starting with the one in Treeshroud Forest, where Grovyle had found the one unguarded. However, after arriving there, they find that, despite the presence of the Time Gear, time has stopped—a sign that Temporal Tower is already starting to collapse. That night, back at Sharpedo Bluff, the partner reveals, after a fact-finding mission, that time in other places is also stopped, despite the return of the Time Gears. It appears that the only way to restore time is to take the Time Gears to Temporal Tower. This is easier said than done though: the Tower is located in the [[Hidden Land]], and, as the name suggests, no one knows where the Hidden Land is. Therefore, while Grovyle gathers the remaining Time Gears, the hero and partner are to search for any leads on the Hidden Land's location.

Desperate, and running out of options and time, the hero convinces the partner to return back to the Guild. The Guild is surprised to find that the team has returned, but is more surprised when the team reveals their story. Chatot, however, acts unconvinced and tries to write it off as shock fueled exhaustion from the two of them going through time, but when the rest of the Guild sides with them due to inconsistencies between the image Dusknoir presented and the actions he took after Grovyle was caught, he reveals it was nothing more than a test in the Guild's faith in the team. With them understanding what the world’s fate will be, the Guild agrees to help search for the Hidden Land, and tells the lake trio to allow Grovyle to reclaim the Time Gears they guard. The team is recommended by Wigglytuff to see {{mdc|Torkoal|2}}, the town elder, for advice on finding the Hidden Land. At the hot springs, Torkoal reveals that the Hidden Land is a place beyond the oceans, but also a place which only appears to those with sufficient "proof". However, Torkoal does not recall what is needed for such "proof". The next day, however, Torkoal arrives at the Guild Hall with one new recollection—the "proof" is an inscription of a certain pattern—the same pattern found in the Relic Fragment. What is more surprising is that Wigglytuff and Chatot have also seen the same pattern—found in a distant place called [[Brine Cave]], where bandits had scared the two in an earlier adventure. Nevertheless, the Guild decides to make an expedition to Brine Cave. Meanwhile, the team hears word that Grovyle has taken all the Time Gears, but warns that Dusknoir may also return from the future to hunt them down.

The next day, The Guild (without Wigglytuff, who had left the day before to 'take care of some business') arrives at Brine Cave, where they split up to reach the innermost part, with Chatot following the team. However, partway into the cave, they are ambushed by Team Skull, who coerced the information out of Torkoal and steal the Relic Fragment with the intention of going to the Hidden Land simply for the glory of finding it. Though Chatot gives chase and manages to catch them, by the time the team manages to catch up, they find both Team Skull and Chatot severely wounded, due to themselves having been ambushed by two {{p|Omastar}} and {{p|Kabutops}}. After dispatching them, the team tend to Chatot. Just then, Wigglytuff and Grovyle arrive, with the rest of the Guild in tow. Wigglytuff is particularly concerned, as Chatot had been severely injured by the Omastar and Kabutops protecting Wigglytuff in their last trip to Brine Cave. Urging the team and Grovyle to continue, the Guild return home to tend to Chatot's wounds. Further in, the team discovers a rock wall pointing out to sea, on which is a wall pattern similar to the one found on the Relic Fragment. When the Relic Fragment is presented, a light shines out towards the sea. Just then, a {{mdc|Lapras|2}} arrives and informs them that they have been chosen to head to the Hidden Land. At the same time, back at the Guild, Wigglytuff explains to the Guild the story of how he and Chatot had previously encountered the pattern on the Relic Fragment: Chatot had been injured by Omastar and Kabutops while protecting Wigglytuff. Though Wigglytuff had fended off the Omastar and Kabutops, he had felt helpless because he could not help Chatot. Just then, Lapras had appeared to help Chatot on the condition that they not explore the wall pattern further. Back with the team, Lapras, while ferrying the team and Grovyle, explains that she is the gatekeeper to the Hidden Land, a land that exists in a different dimension—within a moment of time. The Hidden Land is as such because Dialga had feared that interference by exploration teams or bad Pokémon could affect the flow of time. Dialga had, however, left one key to entering the Hidden Land, within the Relic Fragment. Wigglytuff had known this, and had realized that the promise to Lapras could not be kept in the interest of saving the world, and thus had set off towards Brine Cave ahead of the Guild to find Lapras. Lapras explained to Wigglytuff then that the Relic Fragment chooses who may visit the Hidden Land, and it had chosen the partner due to the partner's purity of heart. Now, it lies upon the team to explore the land and save the world.

===Saving the world===
Arriving at the Hidden Land, Lapras tells them that in order to reach Temporal Tower, they must take the Rainbow Stoneship, located inside an old ruin. Finding the ruin, the partner is astounded at what they can find—pictures of legendary Pokémon {{p|Mew}}, {{p|Kyogre}}, {{p|Groudon}}, Dialga, and {{p|Palkia}} engraved on the wall. Proceeding further, they find a temple where, at the top, they find the Ruin Fragment pattern. The team discovers that the temple itself is the Rainbow Stoneship, and in order for the ship to operate, the Relic Fragment must be slotted in one of the indentations. But before the partner can do so, they are captured by Dusknoir and the Sableye entourage, whom, after discerning that they would likely wind up there, had Primal Dialga warp them there directly. Dusknoir takes their captives to a nearby Dimensional Hole, but before the team can be put through it, they overwhelm the Sableye, prompting Dusknoir to fight back. The team is able to defeat Dusknoir in battle, but while the partner goes to activate the Rainbow Stoneship, Dusknoir pulls out one final trump card: he warns that should they succeed in their quest, the Pokémon of the future, including himself, the hero and Grovyle, will be erased from existence because they are from a future that will no longer exist. Grovyle admits that this is the case, but that their sacrifice is worth the trouble if it means that the future can be saved. The hero accepts this fate, even though they know that the partner will not take it as easily as the hero or Grovyle.

Meanwhile, the partner succeeds in activating the Rainbow Stoneship, but Dusknoir manages to recover and attack the hero before either the hero or Grovyle is on board. Just as Dusknoir tries to finish off the hero, Grovyle intervenes. In a move of desperation, Grovyle pushes Dusknoir towards the Dimensional Hole, hoping that in his own sacrifice, Grovyle will erase Dusknoir from existence. Dropping the Time Gears, Grovyle pushes Dusknoir and himself through the Dimensional Hole, but not without giving his last goodbye. The partner recovers the Time Gears, and the team proceed on the Rainbow Stoneship, with the hero keeping silent to the partner about their fate. With a heavy heart, the team head towards Temporal Tower to take on their final mission.

Arriving at the top of Temporal Tower as the tower itself is collapsing, they find a mystical relic with five indentations. Before the partner slots in the Time Gears into the indentations, the team is attacked by none other than Dialga, having just gone berserk but is shifting in and out of varying stages of sanity. Realizing that there is no reasoning with Dialga, the team prepare to battle it out to the end. After a long battle, Dialga is defeated, and the partner takes the opportunity to install the Time Gears. The earthquakes destroying the tower eventually stop, and Dialga is restored back to normal. Dialga quickly uses its powers to restore the world back to normal, though Temporal Tower remains heavily damaged. Dialga explains that the world's paralysis has been prevented with the installation of the Time Gears, and that peace has been restored. Dialga says its thanks to the team, but also warns that the world can only be back to normal in time. Dialga shows the team out of the Temporal Tower, where the Rainbow Stoneship and Lapras are awaiting them for their ride home. At some point, Manaphy will return and join your team.

On the way back, the hero feels the effects of being slowly erased from existence. The partner notices this, and wonders what is wrong. The hero says their goodbyes, regretting that the partner was kept in the dark on the hero's situation and requests that they inform everyone what had happen in order to prevent another incident. The hero slowly fades out of existence as the partner makes their tearful goodbye. The partner returns home, crying, but knowing that the hero has made the partner stronger. Back home, the partner tells the townsfolk and the guild everything—how they had traveled across the [[Hidden Land]], how Grovyle and the hero had sacrificed themselves, and how they had saved the world.

Months have passed since the incident, and the damages from time have slowly been healed, and life has returned to normal for most... but not for the partner, still mourning over the hero's disappearance. At the beach, the partner is taking a walk, when the partner is reminded of the hero and their adventures together, and how now the hero is gone—erased from existence. The partner collapses on the beach out of extreme sadness, and starts crying. The end credits roll at this point.

After the credits, Dialga feels the partner's great sorrow in the distance. Using its powers, Dialga brings the hero back to life as thanks for bringing it back in control. The hero reappears at the beach, where the partner and Bidoof, who was concerned about the partner when they failed to return in time for dinner, are overjoyed to find the hero alive.

===Post-game story===
As with previous games, there is a post-credits story. Several months after the hero was brought back, Wigglytuff decides that the hero's team is ready for an exam to qualify for graduation from the Guild (apparently only accepting one team per year and ahead of the others as Wigglytuff and Chatot view them saving the world as higher qualification). They are told to go find the treasure found in [[Luminous Spring]], a place where Pokémon used to go to evolve, but are also warned to avoid the "grand master of all things bad" who lives there with his minions. Although Loudred is not allowed to speak of the test, having failed it the year before, {{p|Ursaring}} and {{p|Teddiursa}}, two Treasure Town locals, claim of going to the springs before and meeting no such "Grand Master". Upon reaching the spring, the team run into Ursaring and Teddiursa and conclude that the "Grand Master" does not exist before falling into the lair of the "Grand Master", who turns out to be none other than Wigglytuff and the guild members (revealed due to a slip up by Bidoof), though they continue to (poorly) deny it till the end. After defeating the whole guild, the team continues their journey with Ursaring and Teddiursa. They find that the treasure is actually a {{DL|Food (Mystery Dungeon)|Perfect Apple}} left in a chest by Wigglytuff himself (through the help of the hero's Dimensional Scream). They also find the Luminous Spring to be able to evolve Pokémon again, as Teddiursa evolves into an Ursaring after she steps into the spring and made her choice to evolve. The team, however, is told by the voice of the spring that they couldn't evolve yet, due to space being distorted. Later, they return the treasure to the guild and graduate, finding that the only benefit is that they can explore on their own and change the group leader, but they still have to give most of their reward money to the guild. Having graduated, the team moves their headquarters to Sharpedo Bluff.

Then, {{p|Mr. Mime}} appears in Treasure Town stating the famous explorer {{p|Scizor}} has been missing in a place called the [[Blizzard Island]]. The team pays a visit and finds Scizor frozen solid by a possessive {{p|Froslass}}. After they rescue Scizor, Scizor gives the team the "[[Rank (Mystery Dungeon)|Secret Rank]]" which the team and everyone else knows nothing about. This rank is used for the 7 dungeons home to the great [[Seven Treasures]].

One day, the hero finds Corphish at the Guild's intersection, saying to go talk to Sunflora about something. When Sunflora is found on the lower level, she says that there is a Mystery Dungeon that has recently become possible to enter. This dungeon is called the [[Surrounded Sea]], supposedly home to hundreds of rare treasures brought by the currents that run through it. At the end of Surrounded Sea, there are three Deluxe Boxes and a {{pkmn|Egg|Wonder Egg}}. The next morning, the Egg hatches into a {{p|Manaphy}}. The team goes to see Chatot, who says that Manaphy are extremely rare. This makes the team take extra good care of it. A day later, the team takes Manaphy for a walk by the beach, which makes baby Manaphy incredibly happy. That night, however, when the team is asleep, Manaphy stays up and longingly stares out at the sea, eventually resorting to go to the shore. When the team wakes and finds Manaphy missing in the morning, they run around in a panic, trying to find it. They finally find it at the beach, where it suddenly keels over in the sand. Once the team reports to Chatot, the bird says that Manaphy are really supposed to grow up in the ocean. However, Manaphy's current ailment could only be cured by the Phione Dew, located in [[Miracle Sea]]. At the end of the dungeon, there are six {{p|Phione}}, who are driven away suddenly by an enraged, treasure-seeking {{p|Gyarados}}. After defeating Gyarados, he runs away, and in their thanks, the Phione gives the player the Phione Dew. After Manaphy is cured and with a few days of rest, a Pokémon named {{p|Walrein}} is told by Chatot to take care of Manaphy under the sea. With a tearful farewell, Manaphy is taken to its home.

After a couple of days of plain jobs, [[Team Charm]] pays a visit to the Guild. Team Charm consists of {{p|Lopunny}}, {{p|Medicham}}, and {{p|Gardevoir}}. This trio is legendary for their rank, which is the Master Rank, and for their style of treasure hunting. A former member, surprisingly, is Wigglytuff. Team Charm came because they're stuck on a hunt for treasure because they don't have a key to a specific dungeon, [[Aegis Cave]]. They ask Wigglytuff and Wigglytuff "claims" that he doesn't have it. But just before everyone thinks Team Charm will leave, Lopunny gives Wigglytuff a Perfect Apple and Wigglytuff finds the key with a big bang from his room. When Team Charm is leaving, everyone asks if they can go to Aegis Cave, including the hero's team. Lopunny, the leader of Team Charm, agrees and says everyone can go after they open Aegis Cave with the key. The treasure of Aegis Cave is guarded by three legendary beings, {{p|Regice}}, {{p|Regirock}}, and {{p|Registeel}}. After defeating them, Team Charm, who went on ahead but were defeat by Registeel, assists the player in fighting {{p|Regigigas}} and several {{p|Bronzong}} and {{p|Hitmonlee}}. Upon their defeat, a tremor suddenly hits the cave, forcing everyone to flee. Though initially disheartened at the prospect of failing the treasure hunt, they notice that a separate cave has opened nearby and realize that Aegis Cave was nothing more than a distraction to keep others away from where the treasure really was, though Team Charm concedes the credit to the hero's team before departing.

Later, a Pokémon named '{{p|Cresselia}}' appears in the hero's dreams and tells the hero that their existence is causing a distortion in space due to being from a future that no longer exists. At the same time, she also appears in the partner's dreams and makes the same claim based on the partner having traveled to the altered future. Though they initially dismiss this, the hero and partner later discover that Azurill is trapped within a nightmare and is unable to wake up. As they and the Guild struggle to come up with a solution, a stray comment Bidoof makes about entering the dream causes the hero and partner to seek out Drowzee, the first criminal they ever caught. Finding him on a spiritual quest to try and atone for his criminal past, Drowzee is initially hesitant to help, but the partner convinces him when they reveal Azurill's condition. Upon entering Azurill's nightmare (in itself [[The Nightmare|another Mystery Dungeon]]), the encounter 'Cresselia' again, who tells them that the only way the nightmare and the distortion can be ended is if they disappeared. This devastates the partner emotionally to the point that they consider going through with it, but the hero points out several inconsistencies with this: there is no proof that what 'she' said is guaranteed to actually work and that even though the space distortion is similar to what happened with Temporal Tower, the hero's earlier sacrifice was nothing more than a byproduct necessary to ensure their dark future didn't come to pass.

Determined to find an answer that doesn't involve them disappearing, the team visits Lapras, who reveals that Palkia, the master of space, might hold some clue as to how to fix it. On the night before going to Palkia for an explanation, Palkia itself attacks the team, spiriting them away to its domain, the [[Spacial Rift]]. They battle Palkia for answers, but it gets trapped in a nightmare. After being sent inside Palkia's nightmare, 'Cresselia' tries to finish off the team, but when Palkia, who had been told in its own dreams that the hero and partner were a threat, begins to question whether 'her' claims on the matter were accurate, it is stopped by another Cresselia, who reveals that the first was an impostor by the name of {{mdc|Darkrai|2}}, who reveals itself to be the one distorting space. When Cresselia attempts to subdue Darkrai, he escapes, though he invites the team to confront him at a volcanic dungeon called the [[Dark Crater]].

As Palkia attempts to regain control of the space distortion from Spacial Rift, Cresselia and the team head back to Treasure Town, where Cresselia uses her power to pull Azurill out of his nightmare as well. Although Darkrai invites the team to stop him, Cresselia, who reveals that their 'space distortion' was too small for anyone (even Palkia) to consider it a serious threat, that Darkrai was also behind Temporal Tower's sabotage, and that he was harassing the team out of fear that they might once again interfere with his plans, thinks it is a trap because normally Darkrai would run away when found, doing his work in the shadows and only coming out to finish the job. The team decides to heed Darkrai's call, and Darkrai reveals his plans: by stopping time or space, the world would stop and be covered in darkness, and all Pokémon would share an everlasting nightmare, in which Darkrai would rule. In addition to this, Darkrai also reveals that he had been responsible for the hero's very own transformation and memory loss: having discovered the hero and Grovyle's imminent arrival from the future, Darkrai attacks the two while they were going through time, but the hero protected Grovyle from the attack, which led them to becoming a Pokémon; because Darkrai assumed what he did to the hero was sufficient, he disregarded the idea that they might find out what was happening and interfere again, resulting in his initial plan failing. Darkrai lets the team decide if they want to join him ruling the world in darkness. The partner apparently decides that it's useless to resist, so they decide to join Darkrai, but this event is not real. The hero realizes this is just another illusion, and breaks free of it. With the partner back on the hero's side, the team battles Darkrai and his minions and wins. Darkrai attempts to flee through a Dimensional Hole, but Palkia arrives and attempts to stop Darkrai from leaving by unleashing an attack on him. Instead of destroying him, he attacks the Dimensional Hole, thus erasing Darkrai's memories, much like what happened to the hero. Certain that Darkrai has no memory of his evil ambitions, Palkia, foreseeing no other reason to return, heads back to Spatial Rift while the hero and partner return to Treasure Town to get back to their usual exploration team duties.

==Blurb==
''Explore as a Pokémon in a world of Pokémon!''

''Discover secrets of Time and Darkness and form a team to explore the world!''

''Send out SOS Mails using Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection''

==New features==
*[[Generation IV]] Pokémon and moves are added, and new {{pkmn2|hero}} and {{md|Partner Pokémon|partner}} candidates are included.
**{{p|Turtwig}}, {{p|Chimchar}}, {{p|Piplup}}, and {{p|Munchlax}} replace {{p|Psyduck}}, {{p|Machop}}, {{p|Cubone}}, and {{p|Eevee}} as hero candidates, and all hero candidates are no longer limited by gender.
**As a Generation IV game, the [[Damage category#Physical/Special split|Physical/Special split]] is implemented.
***[[Status condition (Mystery Dungeon)#Counter|Counter]] and [[Status condition (Mystery Dungeon)#Mirror Coat|Mirror Coat]] still function using the older type-based system.
*Various new items and [[IQ]] skills are added.
*Consumable items can be used directly on allied Pokémon instead of having to be thrown by the leader.
*The [[Treasure Bag]] increases in inventory space up to 48 items, unlike the [[Toolbox]] which stayed limited to 20 items the whole game.
**Held items now take up inventory space, and are not lost when sending Pokémon home.
**[[Kangaskhan Storage]] segments each individual stored item, limiting total storage space.
*[[Friend Area]]s are no longer present, though [[recruitment]] is enhanced:
**Pokémon can be recruited if the party is full.
**Recruited Pokémon no longer have to survive a dungeon for successful recruitment.
**Legendary Pokémon encountered as dungeon bosses no longer have to be defeated by and be adjacent to the team leader in order to be recruited, and are instead recruited through cutscenes.
*Stats and EXP requirements are modified.
**Almost all Pokémon in the same evolutionary family have the same stat growth and [[EXP]] requirements, with more similar base stats overall.
**Evolving now gives +10 HP and +5 to other stats.
*Additional [[Job (Mystery Dungeon)|mission]] types are added, such as finding a lost item and engaging an outlaw in battle.
**{{pkmn|Egg}}s and clients can potentially join the team upon successful completion.
*Many moves, abilities, and items are altered slightly.
**[[Type effectiveness]] multipliers are changed slightly: 0.9×>0.7x for ineffective moves and 1.5×>1.4x for super-effective moves.
**[[Move duplication]] is removed.
**[[Critical hit]] chance is reduced for moves with the base chance and moves with a higher-than-normal chance.
**{{m|Karate Chop}} properly has an increased critical hit ratio.
**{{m|Teeter Dance}} is room-wide instead of floor-wide.
**{{m|Blizzard}} is room-wide instead of hitting in front.
**{{m|Volt Tackle}} hits 2 tiles away instead of 10.
**{{m|Sacred Fire}} can hit {{status|frozen}} targets.
**{{m|Ancient Power}}, {{m|Hidden Power}}, and {{m|Skill Swap}} can cut corners.
**{{m|Weather Ball}} is no longer affected by foggy [[Weather (Mystery Dungeon)|weather]].
**{{m|Flail}} and {{m|Reversal}} deal less damage.
**Damage dealt by {{m|Sonic Boom}}, {{m|Dragon Rage}}, {{m|Present}}, and {{m|Vacuum Cut}}, as well as [[Status condition (Mystery Dungeon)#Set Damage|Set Damage]], is reduced.
**{{m|Magic Coat}} affects {{m|Disable}}, {{m|Encore}}, {{m|Imprison}}, {{m|Nightmare}}, {{m|Perish Song}}, {{m|Taunt}}, and Teeter Dance.
**Taunt affects {{m|Rock Smash}}, {{m|Metronome}}, and {{m|Nature Power}}.
**{{m|Sketch}} can now copy all moves that call other moves.
**{{m|Mimic}} can copy Metronome and Nature Power.
**{{m|Assist}} is no longer affected by [[Ginseng]], but {{m|False Swipe}} is.
**{{m|Recycle}} does not work on Recycle [[TM]]s.
**{{a|Run Away}} prevents the Stuck condition.
**{{a|Sand Veil}} prevents [[Sandstorm (weather condition)|sandstorm]] damage.
**{{a|Forecast}} is unaffected by foggy weather.
**[[Gummi]]s can be consumed directly by team members in dungeons.
**{{DL|Seed|Blast Seed}}s and {{DL|Throwing item|Geo Pebble}}s deal less damage.
**[[Wonder Orbs]] are not affected by [[Status condition (Mystery Dungeon)#Confusion|Confusion]].
**{{DL|Wonder Orb|Stayaway Orb}}s have line-of-sight range.
**{{DL|Wonder Orb|Warp Orb}}s target one foe, while {{DL|Wonder Orb|Spurn Orb}}s target multiple.
**[[Scarf (Mystery Dungeon)#Joy Ribbon|Joy Ribbon]] gives 5 EXP rather than EXP equal to damage taken.
*Weather from moves and Wonder Orbs lasts indefinitely, rather than 18 turns.
**[[Hail (weather condition)|Hail]] and sandstorms inflict 3 damage instead of 5.
**Sandstorm causes {{type|Rock}}s to take less damage from special attacks.
*The option to switch leaders in dungeons is unavailable.
*Trip Traps are featured, after previously going unused.
*Mud Traps reduce stats by three stages instead of one.
*Spiked Tiles deal 20 damage instead of 15 and will not automatically activate from teammates stepping on them.
*{{p|Rhydon}} can traverse lava.
*{{p|Lileep}}, {{p|Cradily}}, and {{p|Anorith}} can traverse water.
*TMs from {{p|Kecleon}} must be purchased before being thrown or used.
*Quicksave manipulation is removed.

===Other minor changes===
*Most moves reuse animations from [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team|Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team]], sometimes slightly altered (such as {{m|Covet}} playing the animation before the user attacks the target, rather than along with the attack). However, certain moves had their animations noticeably altered, either modifying existing assets or completely replacing the old one: {{m|Blizzard}}, {{m|BubbleBeam}}, {{m|Crabhammer}}, {{m|Eruption}}, {{m|Flame Wheel}}, {{m|Frenzy Plant}}, {{m|Mean Look}}, {{m|Megahorn}}, {{m|Metal Sound}}, {{m|Nightmare}}, {{m|Revenge}}, {{m|Secret Power}}, {{m|Seismic Toss}}, {{m|Skill Swap}}, {{m|Skull Bash}}, {{m|Steel Wing}}, {{m|Surf}}, {{m|Thief}}, {{m|Will-O-Wisp}}, and {{m|Wing Attack}}.
*Sprites for {{p|Pikachu}}, {{p|Raichu}}, and {{p|Munchlax}} have been (partially) redrawn.
*{{p|Vaporeon}}, {{p|Jolteon}}, and {{p|Espeon}} received updated idle animations.
*Portraits for {{p|Mankey}}, {{p|Bellsprout}}, {{p|Eevee}}, {{p|Whiscash}}, and {{p|Spinda}} have an updated palette.

==Characters==
===Playable characters===
In the beginning of the game, the player takes a [[Personality Quiz (Mystery Dungeon)|personality quiz]]. The answers to these questions determine a [[nature]], which along with the player's gender is used to decide the [[hero Pokémon]] that the player plays as.

{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; background: #{{md time color dark}}; border: 5px solid #{{md darkness color}}"
! style="background:#{{md time color light}}; {{roundytl|5px}}" rowspan="2" colspan="2" | {{color2|000|Pokémon}}
! style="background:#{{md time color light}}" colspan="2" | {{color2|000|Nature}}
! style="background:#{{md time color light}}; {{roundytr|5px}}" rowspan="2" | {{color2|000|Pokémon.com}} description
|- style="background:#{{md time color light}}"
! style="background:#{{md time color light}}" | {{color2|000|Gender|Male}}
! style="background:#{{md time color light}}" | {{color2|000|Gender|Female}}
|- style="background:#fff"
! style="background:#{{md darkness color light}}" | [[File:MDP E 001.png]]
! style="background:#{{grass color light}}" | {{pcolor|Bulbasaur|000}}
| Lonely || Docile || Bulbasaur's {{a|Overgrow}} Ability powers up {{type|Grass|gen=md}} moves when it's weakened.
|- style="background:#fff"
! style="background:#{{md darkness color light}}" | [[File:MDP E 004.png]]
! style="background:#{{fire color light}}" | {{pcolor|Charmander|000}}
| Docile || Brave || This starter Pokémon wears its emotions on its tail—the flame on its tail, that is!
|- style="background:#fff"
! style="background:#{{md darkness color light}}" | [[File:MDP E 007.png]]
! style="background:#{{water color light}}" | {{pcolor|Squirtle|000}}
| Quirky || Bold || With its Water Terrain Ability, Squirtle can lead you across rivers and lakes!
|- style="background:#fff"
! style="background:#{{md darkness color light}}" | [[File:MDP E 025.png]]
! style="background:#{{electric color light}}" | {{pcolor|Pikachu|000}}
| Brave || Hasty || Pikachu is one of the starters you can choose from! We wonder if its Ability, {{a|Static}}, will come in to play?
|- style="background:#fff"
! style="background:#{{md darkness color light}}" | [[File:MDP E 052.png]]
! style="background:#{{normal color light}}" | {{pcolor|Meowth|000}}
| Sassy || Relaxed || If Meowth sees something shiny, its eyes sparkle like jewels!
|- style="background:#fff"
! style="background:#{{md darkness color light}}" | [[File:MDP E 152.png]]
! style="background:#{{grass color light}}" | {{pcolor|Chikorita|000}}
| Calm || Quiet || Grass-type Pokémon like Chikorita can be found in forests.
|- style="background:#fff"
! style="background:#{{md darkness color light}}" | [[File:MDP E 155.png]]
! style="background:#{{fire color light}}" | {{pcolor|Cyndaquil|000}}
| Timid || Calm || Cyndaquil delivers a warm reception when it's angered or startled—its back erupts with fire!
|- style="background:#fff"
! style="background:#{{md darkness color light}}" | [[File:MDP E 158.png]]
! style="background:#{{water color light}}" | {{pcolor|Totodile|000}}
| Jolly || Sassy || Even its friends need to be careful of Totodile—it has a habit of biting anything with its developed jaws.
|- style="background:#fff"
! style="background:#{{md darkness color light}}" | [[File:MDP E 252.png]]
! style="background:#{{grass color light}}" | {{pcolor|Treecko|000}}
| Quiet || Hardy || After you battle in the [[Explorer Maze]], Treecko shows up to request a job.
|- style="background:#fff"
! style="background:#{{md darkness color light}}" | [[File:MDP E 255.png]]
! style="background:#{{fire color light}}" | {{pcolor|Torchic|000}}
| Hardy || Rash || Those who hug Torchic get an extra warm feeling because a fire burns inside its body!
|- style="background:#fff"
! style="background:#{{md darkness color light}}" | [[File:MDP E 258.png]]
! style="background:#{{water color light}}" | {{pcolor|Mudkip|000}}
| Rash || Lonely || Skilled in Water-type moves, Mudkip checks its surroundings using the fin on its head.
|- style="background:#fff"
! style="background:#{{md darkness color light}}" | [[File:MDP E 300.png]]
! style="background:#{{normal color light}}" | {{pcolor|Skitty|000}}
| Hasty || Naive || Skitty is so adorable that its {{a|Cute Charm}} Ability can even infatuate its foes.
|- style="background:#fff"
! style="background:#{{md darkness color light}}" | [[File:MDP E 387.png]]
! style="background:#{{grass color light}}" | {{pcolor|Turtwig|000}}
| Bold || Timid || Turtwig is a Grass-type Pokémon. Will it be powerful in grassy areas?
|- style="background:#fff"
! style="background:#{{md darkness color light}}" | [[File:MDP E 390.png]]
! style="background:#{{fire color light}}" | {{pcolor|Chimchar|000}}
| Naive || Impish || Using {{type|Fire}} moves with Chimchar will definitely help you out in a pinch.
|- style="background:#fff"
! style="background:#{{md darkness color light}}" | [[File:MDP E 393.png]]
! style="background:#{{water color light}}" | {{pcolor|Piplup|000}}
| Impish || Quirky || Piplup is friendly and enthusiastic. It will make a great Pokémon adventurer!
|- style="background:#fff"
! style="background:#{{md darkness color light}}" | [[File:MDP E 446.png]]
! style="background:#{{normal color light}}" | {{pcolor|Munchlax|000}}
| Relaxed || Jolly || Let's hope Munchlax's hunger doesn't stop it from being a great adventurer.
|}

After the player's hero Pokémon is determined, they then choose their {{mdc|partner Pokémon}}. Their choices of partner Pokémon are {{p|Pikachu}} and the Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh [[first partner Pokémon]], but they must be a different [[type]] to the hero.

===Non-player characters===
{{main|List of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky characters}}
====Guild====
[[File:Wigglytuff and Chatot.png|thumb|right|Wigglytuff and Chatot]]
*[[Guildmaster Wigglytuff|Wigglytuff]] - Leader of the Wigglytuff Guild.
*{{mdc|Chatot|2}} - Chatot is Wigglytuff's assistant, whom assigns jobs to the guild as a whole on a daily basis, as well as taking charge when Wigglytuff dozes off.
*{{mdc|Loudred|2}} - This Pokémon guards the guild entrance gate and wakes up the hero and partner in the morning.
*{{p|Diglett}} - Diglett assists Loudred; he identifies visitors by examining their footprints.
*{{p|Dugtrio}} - Diglett's father; Calm and trustworthy, Dugtrio keeps the bulletin board current with the latest jobs.
*{{p|Chimecho}} - Chimecho runs the Chimecho Assembly and summons guild members when it's time to eat.
*{{p|Croagunk}} - Croagunk runs the guild's swap shop.
*{{mdc|Sunflora|2}} - Sunflora is the senior member of the apprentices and is always happy and seems to cheer people up easily. She is optimistic and keeps a journal by her bedside.
*{{p|Corphish}} - Corphish is very high-spirited and is usually quick to trust the hero in high-stress situations. He has a tendency to start nearly all of his sentences with the phrase "Hey, hey!".
*{{mdc|Bidoof|2}} - Bidoof is the previous newest guild member, prior to the hero and partner's arrival. He, too, keeps a journal at his bedside. Bidoof also has a habit of saying "yup yup" and "by golly," similar to Corphish's manner of speaking.

====Treasure Town====
*{{p|Kangaskhan}} - As in previous Mystery Dungeon series, she will store items in [[Kangaskhan Storage]] for the player, though this time around there is a storage limit.
*{{p|Xatu}} - Xatu will tell you what's in your [[Treasure Box]] - at a price.
*{{p|Kecleon}} - As in previous Mystery Dungeon series, they run two shops, one for consumables, one for [[Wonder Orb]]s and [[TM]]s.
*{{p|Duskull}} - Operates the Duskull Bank, where the player can store their extra cash, replacing the [[Felicity Bank]] run by {{p|Persian}}.
*{{p|Electivire}} - Electivire will [[Linked move|link moves]] and allow the player to relearn forgotten moves, taking the place of {{P|Gulpin}}.
*{{p|Chansey}} - Chansey runs the Day Care, and she is happy to take care of your Egg until it hatches!
*{{p|Marowak}} - Marowak runs [[Marowak Dojo|the dojo]] where you can train and improve your battle skills, taking the place of {{P|Makuhita}}.
*{{p|Magnezone}} - When you capture Pokémon fugitives, deliver them to Magnezone, the town sheriff.

====Exploration Teams====
*Team Razor Wind
**{{p|Zangoose}}
**{{p|Scyther}}
**{{p|Sandslash}}
*Team Seedgey
**{{p|Pidgey}}
**{{p|Seedot}}
*Team Glee
**{{p|Togepi}}
**{{p|Politoed}}
**{{p|Ledyba}}
*{{OBP|Team Skull|Mystery Dungeon}}
**{{p|Skuntank}}
**{{p|Koffing}}
**{{p|Zubat}}
*[[Team Charm]]
**{{p|Lopunny}}
**{{p|Gardevoir}}
**{{p|Medicham}}
*Team Tasty
**{{p|Swellow}}
**{{p|Wurmple}}
*Team Poochy
**{{p|Poochyena}} ×3
*Team Ebony
**{{p|Shuppet}}
**{{p|Murkrow}}
*Team Slacker
**{{p|Slakoth}}
**{{p|Slowpoke}}
*Team Flame
**{{p|Camerupt}}
**{{p|Ponyta}}
**{{p|Bellsprout}}
*[[Team AWD]] (Japanese: 盗賊団MAD ''Team MAD'')
**{{p|Arbok}}
**{{p|Weavile}}
**{{p|Drapion}}
*Team Raider
**{{p|Gallade}}
**{{p|Roserade}}
**{{p|Rhyperior}}

===Bosses===
While most of the Bosses in this game are the standard [[Legendary Pokémon|legendaries]], there are some average Pokémon added to the mix. Unlike previous Mystery Dungeon games, the player may encounter multiple opponents that appear in certain dungeons. These are the list of boss battles are the following Dungeon based on the storyline order.
{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; text-align:center; background: #{{md darkness color}}; border: 5px solid #{{md time color}}"
! style="color: #fff" colspan="2" | Bosses
! {{color2|fff|Level}}
! {{color2|fff|Mystery dungeon|Dungeon}}
|- rowspan="3" style="background: #{{md time color}}"
! style="color: #fff" colspan="4" | Main Story
|- style="background: #{{Poison color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 109.png]] [[File:MDP E 041.png]]
| ''{{pcolor|Koffing|000}}'' and ''{{pcolor|Zubat|000}}''
| 6 3
| {{color2|000|Beach Cave}} (Pit)
|- style="background: #{{Psychic color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 096.png]]
| {{mdc|Drowzee|2|c=000}}
| 12
| {{color2|000|Mt. Bristle}} (Peak)
|- style="background: #{{Ground color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 383.png]]
| {{pcolor|Groudon|000}} (Fake)
| 30
| {{color2|000|Steam Cave}} (16F) 
|- style="background: #{{Electric color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 405.png]] [[File:MDP E 404.png]]
| '''{{pcolor|Luxray|000}}''' and {{pcolor|Luxio|000}} ×8 {{color2|000|Amp Plains tribes}}
| 33 18
| {{color2|000|Amp Plains}} (20F) 
|- style="background: #{{Psychic color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 481.png]]
| {{pcolor|Mesprit|000}}
| 42
| {{color2|000|Quicksand Cave}} (B21F)
|- style="background: #{{Grass color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 253.png]]
| {{mdc|Grovyle|2|c=000}}
| 44
| {{color2|000|Crystal Crossing}} (B14F)
|- style="background: #{{Ghost color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 442.png]]
| {{pcolor|Spiritomb|000}}
| 37
| {{color2|000|Sealed Ruin}} (Deep)
|- style="background: #{{Rock color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 141.png]] [[File:MDP E 139.png]]
| '''{{pcolor|Kabutops|000}}''' {{pcolor|Omastar|000}} ×2
| 42 35
| {{color2|000|Brine Cave}} (Lower)
|- style="background: #{{Ghost color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 477.png]] [[File:MDP E 302.png]]
| '''{{mdc|Dusknoir|2|c=000}}''' {{pcolor|Sableye|000}} ×6
| 45 38
| {{color2|000|Hidden Land}} (Old Ruins)
|- style="background: #{{Steel color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 483P.png]]
| {{color2|000|Primal Dialga}}
| 48
| {{color2|000|Temporal Tower}} (Pinnacle)
|- rowspan="3" style="background: #{{md time color}}"
! style="color: #fff" colspan="4" | Post-Story
|- style="background: #{{Psychic color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 480.png]]
| {{mdc|Uxie|2|c=000}}
| 42
| {{color2|000|Steam Cave}} (16F)
|- style="background: #{{Psychic color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 481.png]]
| {{pcolor|Mesprit|000}}
| 42
| {{color2|000|Quicksand Cave}} (B21F)
|- style="background: #{{Psychic color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 482.png]]
| {{pcolor|Azelf|000}}
| 42
| {{color2|000|Crystal Crossing}} (B14F)
|- style="background: #{{Steel color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 483.png]]
| {{color2|000|Primal Dialga|Dialga}}
| 48
| {{color2|000|Temporal Tower}} (Pinnacle)
|- style="background: #{{Normal color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 040.png]]
| '''{{color2|000|Guildmaster Wigglytuff|Wigglytuff}}''' {{color2|000|Wigglytuff's Guild}}
| 50
| {{color2|000|Mystifying Forest}} (14F)
|- style="background: #{{Ice color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 478.png]]
| {{pcolor|Froslass|000}}
| 41
| {{color2|000|Crevice Cave}} (Pit) 
|- style="background: #{{Water color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 130.png]]
| {{pcolor|Gyarados|000}}
| 46
| {{color2|000|Miracle Sea|Deep Miracle Sea}} (4F)
|- style="background: #{{Normal color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 486.png]] [[File:MDP E 106.png]] [[File:MDP E 437.png]]
| '''{{pcolor|Regigigas|000}}''' {{pcolor|Hitmonlee|000}} ×4 {{pcolor|Bronzong|000}} ×4
| 49 35 35
| {{color2|000|Aegis Cave|Aegis Cave Pit}} (Regigigas's Chamber)
|- style="background: #{{Water color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 484.png]]
| {{mdc|Palkia|2|c=000}}
| 48
| {{color2|000|Spacial Rift}} (Bottom)
|- style="background: #{{Dark color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 491.png]] [[File:MDP E 306.png]] [[File:MDP E 024.png]] [[File:MDP E 219.png]] [[File:MDP E 467.png]] [[File:MDP E 429.png]] [[File:MDP E 464.png]]
| '''{{mdc|Darkrai|2|c=000}}''' {{pcolor|Aggron|000}} {{pcolor|Arbok|000}} {{pcolor|Magcargo|000}} {{pcolor|Magmortar|000}} {{pcolor|Mismagius|000}} {{pcolor|Rhyperior|000}}
| 53 36 36 36 36 35 36
| {{color2|000|Dark Crater}} (Bottom)
|}

====Item-required bosses====
Some bosses will need the either the [[Mystery Part]] or [[Secret Slab]] in the player's bag while traversing certain dungeons.

{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; text-align:center; background: #{{md darkness color}}; border: 5px solid #{{md time color}}"
! style="color: #fff" colspan="2" | Pokémon
! {{color2|fff|Level}}
! style="color: #fff" | Location
|- style="background: #{{Electric color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 145.png]]
| {{pcolor|Zapdos|000}}
| 49
| {{color2|000|Amp Plains}} (7F)
|- style="background: #{{Psychic color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 150.png]]
| {{pcolor|Mewtwo|000}}
| 50
| {{color2|000|Aegis Cave}} Pit (5F) {{color2|000|Dark Crater}} (6F) ({{color2|{{md darkness color}}|Darkness}} only)
|- style="background: #{{Electric color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 243.png]]
| {{pcolor|Raikou|000}}
| 46
| {{color2|000|Concealed Ruins}} (20F) 
|- style="background: #{{Fire color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 244.png]]
| {{pcolor|Entei|000}}
| 47
| {{color2|000|Deep Dark Crater}}(10F) 
|- style="background: #{{Psychic color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 249.png]]
| {{pcolor|Lugia|000}}
| 45
| {{color2|000|Surrounded Sea}} (18F)
|- style="background: #{{Fire color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 250.png]]
| {{pcolor|Ho-Oh|000}}
| 43
| {{color2|000|Mt. Mistral}} (19F)
|- style="background: #{{Psychic color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 251.png]]
| {{pcolor|Celebi|000}}
| 44
| {{color2|000|Mystifying Forest}} (10F) ({{color2|{{md time color}}|Time}} only)
|- style="background: #{{Dragon color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 380.png]]
| {{pcolor|Latias|000}}
| 44
| {{color2|000|Happy Outlook}} (19F) {{color2|000|Spacial Rift}} (10F)
|- style="background: #{{Dragon color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 381.png]]
| {{pcolor|Latios|000}}
| 44
| {{color2|000|Midnight Forest}} (24F) {{color2|000|Deep Spacial Rift}} (5F)
|- style="background: #{{Psychic color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 386.png]]
| {{pcolor|Deoxys|000}}
| 45
| {{color2|000|Shimmer Hill}} (17F)
|- style="background: #{{Dark color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 491.png]]
| {{pcolor|Darkrai|000}}
| 53
| {{color2|000|Miracle Sea}} (3F) {{color2|000|Lower Crevice Cave}} (2F) {{color2|000|Mt. Travail (Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky)|Mt. Travail}} (17F) {{color2|000|Spacial Rift}} (14F) {{color2|000|Mystifying Forest}} (13F)
|}

===Miscellaneous NPCs===
*{{p|Krabby}} - They are the Pokémon that shoots out bubbles to the sky when sunset comes, it's really a great view!
*{{p|Grovyle}} {{tt|Description|By Pokemon.com}} - Who is Grovyle, and why is it hunting Time Gears?
*{{p|Vigoroth}} - Advertises the newest shops that open in Treasure Town.
*{{p|Spoink}} {{tt|Description|By Pokemon.com}} Spoink always has a spring in its step—until it loses its treasured pearl. Can you help?
*{{p|Marill}} {{tt|Description|By Pokemon.com}} Marill and his younger brother, Azurill, shop in Treasure Town. They might be looking for their Water Float.
*{{p|Azurill}} {{tt|Description|By Pokemon.com}} Azurill and his older brother, Marill, shop in Treasure Town. They might be looking for their Water Float.
*Celebi ({{Shiny}}) - A close friend of Grovyle in the future, and helps him to travel through time.
*{{p|Lapras}} - Does it know the secret of the Hidden Land?
*{{p|Torkoal}} - A very wise elder.
*{{p|Scizor}} - A legendary explorer until he disappeared while searching for a valuable treasure...
*{{p|Cresselia}} - She has been hunting Darkrai for years. Will she finally catch Darkrai?
*{{p|Manaphy}} - Manaphy has hatched from a mysterious Egg found at the surrounded sea.
*{{p|Phione}} - Phione are known for producing a dew that can act as a cure-all...

==Wonder Mail exclusives==
Like the previous [[Mystery Dungeon]] games, some dungeons are unlocked through [[Wonder Mail]] codes. However, unlike those in the previous game, the bosses (listed below) are obtained through these codes. There is no reward, other than the treasure, for the Guardians of the [[Seven Treasures]]. They are all top-secret and self-deleting. {{p|Gabite}}'s is more like a normal Wonder Mail mission. To take any of these {{OBP|Job|Mystery Dungeon|jobs}}, players must have gained Secret Rank, excluding the mission involving Gabite.

{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; text-align:center; background: #{{md time color}}; border: 5px solid #{{md darkness color}}"
|-
! colspan="2" | Pokémon
! colspan="3" | Wonder Mail Code
|- style="background: #fff"
| style="background: #{{ice color light}}" rowspan="2" | [[File:MDP E 144.png]]
| style="background: #{{ice color light}}" rowspan="2" | {{pcolor|Articuno|000}}
| <code>4MP=</code>
| <code>K98#</code>
| <code>CT%Y</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| <code>R@--</code>
| <code>&P7%</code>
| <code>%K86</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| style="background: #{{psychic color light}}" rowspan="2" | [[File:MDP E 151.png]]
| style="background: #{{psychic color light}}" rowspan="2" | {{pcolor|Mew|000}}
| <code>X%8S</code>
| <code>WYY+</code>
| <code>S-JF</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| <code>PFH@</code>
| <code>@##K</code>
| <code>5W8K</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| style="background: #{{water color light}}" rowspan="2" | [[File:MDP E 382.png]]
| style="background: #{{water color light}}" rowspan="2" | {{pcolor|Kyogre|000}}
| <code>FN01</code>
| <code>HWN-</code>
| <code>00%F</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| <code>8678</code>
| <code>+XY@</code>
| <code>&%#3</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| style="background: #{{ground color light}}" rowspan="2" | [[File:MDP E 383.png]]
| style="background: #{{ground color light}}" rowspan="2" | {{pcolor|Groudon|000}} (Real)
| <code>#&S6</code>
| <code>NY2&</code>
| <code>YJN=</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| <code>1P57</code>
| <code>F0MN</code>
| <code>MH7Y</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| style="background: #{{dragon color light}}" rowspan="2" | [[File:MDP E 384.png]]
| style="background: #{{dragon color light}}" rowspan="2" | {{pcolor|Rayquaza|000}}
| <code>HW+8</code>
| <code>66%T</code>
| <code>5S51</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| <code>+J5Y</code>
| <code>4-K#</code>
| <code>H@P-</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| style="background: #{{dragon color light}}" rowspan="2" | [[File:MDP E 444.png]]
| style="background: #{{dragon color light}}" rowspan="2" | {{pcolor|Gabite|000}}*
| <code>78SR</code>
| <code>-H2M </code>
| <code>P0+4</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| <code>Y6FY</code>
| <code>1&Y+</code>
| <code>#R9S</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| style="background: #{{fire color light}}" rowspan="2" | [[File:MDP E 485.png]]
| style="background: #{{fire color light}}" rowspan="2" | {{pcolor|Heatran|000}}
| <code>FH0T</code>
| <code>HYNH</code>
| <code>R0QF</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| <code>86N8</code>
| <code>+SY@</code>
| <code>&%YN</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| style="background: #{{ghost color light}}" rowspan="2" | [[File:MDP E 487.png]]
| style="background: #{{ghost color light}}" rowspan="2" | {{pcolor|Giratina|000}}
| <code>WNWY</code>
| <code>JXTK</code>
| <code>&5C1</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| <code>4N3-</code>
| <code>P4NM</code>
| <code>8K&C</code>
|-
| style="background:#{{md time color light}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" colspan="5" | Notes:
* <nowiki>*</nowiki>: Gabite cannot be recruited.
|}

===Code-exclusive recruits===
The following Pokémon can be directly recruited only in the domains of the Guardians of the Seven Treasures. However, all of them can be obtained indirectly, either by [[Evolution]], as a mission reward or an Egg, except for the Guardians of the Seven Treasures.

{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; background: #{{md darkness color}}; border: 3px solid #{{md time color}}"
! {{color2|fff|Shimmer Desert}}
|-
|
{| border="1" style="border: 1px solid #{{md darkness color light}}; border-collapse: collapse; background: white; margin: auto;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"
|- style="text-align:center"
{{Moveentrytm|023|Ekans|1|Poison|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|024|Arbok|1|Poison|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|050|Diglett|1|Ground|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|051|Dugtrio|1|Ground|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|383|Groudon|1|Ground|gen=md}}
|}
|}

{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; background: #{{md darkness color}}; border: 3px solid #{{md time color}}"
! {{color2|fff|Sky Stairway}}
|-
|
{| border="1" style="border: 1px solid #{{md darkness color light}}; border-collapse: collapse; background: white; margin: auto;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"
|- style="text-align:center"
{{Moveentrytm|026|Raichu|1|Electric|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|037|Vulpix|1|Fire|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|082|Magneton|2|Electric|Steel|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|089|Muk|1|Poison|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|092|Gastly|2|Ghost|Poison|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|093|Haunter|2|Ghost|Poison|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|094|Gengar|2|Ghost|Poison|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|112|Rhydon|2|Ground|Rock|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|132|Ditto|1|Normal|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|205|Forretress|2|Bug|Steel|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|208|Steelix|2|Steel|Ground|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|227|Skarmory|2|Steel|Flying|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|344|Claydol|2|Ground|Psychic|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|354|Banette|1|Ghost|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|355|Duskull|1|Ghost|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|372|Shelgon|1|Dragon|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|375|Metang|2|Steel|Psychic|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|384|Rayquaza|2|Dragon|Flying|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|425|Drifloon|2|Ghost|Flying|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|444|Gabite|2|Dragon|Ground|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|465|Tangrowth|1|Grass|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|468|Togekiss|2|Normal|Flying|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|470|Leafeon|1|Grass|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|476|Probopass|2|Rock|Steel|gen=md}}
|}
|}

{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; background: #{{md darkness color}}; border: 3px solid #{{md time color}}"
! {{color2|fff|Mystery Jungle (Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky)|Mystery Jungle}}
|-
|
{| border="1" style="border: 1px solid #{{md darkness color light}}; border-collapse: collapse; background: white; margin: auto;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"
|- style="text-align:center"
{{Moveentrytm|003|Venusaur|2|Grass|Poison|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|071|Victreebel|2|Grass|Poison|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|151|Mew|1|Psychic|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|154|Meganium|1|Grass|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|252|Treecko|1|Grass|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|253|Grovyle|1|Grass|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|254|Sceptile|1|Grass|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|407|Roserade|2|Grass|Poison|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|428|Lopunny|1|Normal|gen=md}}
|}
|}

{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; background: #{{md darkness color}}; border: 3px solid #{{md time color}}"
! {{color2|fff|Bottomless Sea}}
|-
|
{| border="1" style="border: 1px solid #{{md darkness color light}}; border-collapse: collapse; background: white; margin: auto;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"
|- style="text-align:center"
{{Moveentrytm|130|Gyarados|2|Water|Flying|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|382|Kyogre|1|Water|gen=md}}
|}
|}

{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; background: #{{md darkness color}}; border: 3px solid #{{md time color}}"
! {{color2|fff|Mt. Avalanche}}
|-
|
{| border="1" style="border: 1px solid #{{md darkness color light}}; border-collapse: collapse; background: white; margin: auto;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"
|- style="text-align:center"
{{Moveentrytm|144|Articuno|2|Ice|Flying|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|348|Armaldo|2|Rock|Bug|gen=md}}
|}
|}

{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; background: #{{md darkness color}}; border: 3px solid #{{md time color}}"
! {{color2|fff|Giant Volcano}}
|-
|
{| border="1" style="border: 1px solid #{{md darkness color light}}; border-collapse: collapse; background: white; margin: auto;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"
|- style="text-align:center"
{{Moveentrytm|485|Heatran|2|Fire|Steel|gen=md}}
|}
|}

{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; background: #{{md darkness color}}; border: 3px solid #{{md time color}}"
! {{color2|fff|World Abyss}}
|-
|
{| border="1" style="border: 1px solid #{{md darkness color light}}; border-collapse: collapse; background: white; margin: auto;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"
|- style="text-align:center"
{{Moveentrytm|487|Giratina|2|Ghost|Dragon|gen=md}}
|}
|}

==Version-exclusive Pokémon==
Certain Pokémon are available only in certain versions. However, if the player unlocks an exclusive Pokémon that is not from their version through [[Wonder Mail]] or downloadable missions, they will be in the same place they would be in the game they were originally exclusive to.

{| style="margin:auto"
|- style="vertical-align:top"
|
{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; background: #{{md time color light}}; border: 3px solid #{{md time color}}"
|-
! {{color|{{md time color dark}}|Time}}
|-
|
{| border="1" style="border: 1px solid #{{md time color light}}; border-collapse: collapse; background: white; margin: auto" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"
|-
{{Moveentrytm|012|Butterfree|2|Bug|Flying|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|251|Celebi|2|Psychic|Grass|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|415|Combee|2|Bug|Flying|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|417|Pachirisu|1|Electric|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|447|Riolu|1|Fighting|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|448|Lucario|2|Fighting|Steel|gen=md}}
|}
|}
|
{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; background: #{{md darkness color light}}; border: 3px solid #{{md darkness color}}"
! {{color|{{md darkness color dark}}|Darkness}}
|-
|
{| border="1" style="border: 1px solid #{{md darkness color light}}; border-collapse: collapse; background: white; margin: auto;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"
|- style="text-align:center"
{{Moveentrytm|015|Beedrill|2|Bug|Poison|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|150|Mewtwo|1|Psychic|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|412|Burmy|1|Bug|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|427|Buneary|1|Normal|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|479|Rotom|2|Electric|Ghost|gen=md}}
|}
|}
|}

*While Combee is exclusive to Time and Burmy is exclusive to Darkness, their Evolutions can be found in both versions.
*Buneary only appears in Darkness, but Lopunny can appear in Mystery Jungle in both versions. This dungeon is unlockable through an event Wonder Mail code.
*Mewtwo and Celebi could be obtained in the opposite version only through a limited time Wi-Fi mission. A player who still has this mission in their Job List is able to share it through local wireless communication, however.
*Lucario cannot be unlocked to appear in dungeons in Darkness due to being [[Wonder Mail#Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky|blacklisted]] from appearing as a mission client, but can still be obtained through evolving Riolu.

===Wonder Mail codes===
{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; text-align:center; background: #{{md darkness color}}; border: 5px solid #{{md time color}}"
|-
! style="color: #fff" colspan="2" | Pokémon
! style="color: #fff" colspan="3" | Wonder Mail Code
|- style="background: #fff"
| style="background: #{{md darkness color light}}" rowspan="2" | [[File:MDP E 412.png]]
| style="background: #{{md darkness color light}}" rowspan="2" | {{pcolor|Burmy|000}}
| <code>XR2Y</code>
| <code>#==@</code>
| <code>JYX%</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| <code>3@2F</code>
| <code>Q8FQ</code>
| <code>R@M#</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| style="background: #{{md time color light}}" rowspan="2" | [[File:MDP E 415.png]]
| style="background: #{{md time color light}}" rowspan="2" | {{pcolor|Combee|000}}
| <code>X5&F</code>
| <code>@YKQ</code>
| <code>0-70</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| <code>@FWH</code>
| <code>0FX&</code>
| <code>P8Y9</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| style="background: #{{md time color light}}" rowspan="2" | [[File:MDP E 417.png]]
| style="background: #{{md time color light}}" rowspan="2" | {{pcolor|Pachirisu|000}}
| <code>1#0Y</code>
| <code>@8NS</code>
| <code>KXC5</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| <code>X=+3</code>
| <code>T+CP</code>
| <code>1T+X</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| style="background: #{{md darkness color light}}" rowspan="2" | [[File:MDP E 427.png]]
| style="background: #{{md darkness color light}}" rowspan="2" | {{pcolor|Buneary|000}}
| <code>H+5M</code>
| <code>8JPY</code>
| <code>SKY+</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| <code>%43M</code>
| <code>SJ&Q</code>
| <code>Y#+2</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| style="background: #{{md time color light}}" rowspan="2" | [[File:MDP E 447.png]]
| style="background: #{{md time color light}}" rowspan="2" | {{pcolor|Riolu|000}}
| <code>9@CP</code>
| <code>15N4</code>
| <code>FH&5</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| <code>-0%Y</code>
| <code>+91@</code>
| <code>#PCK</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| style="background: #{{md darkness color light}}" rowspan="2" | [[File:MDP E 479.png]]
| style="background: #{{md darkness color light}}" rowspan="2" | {{pcolor|Rotom|000}}
| <code>8HTR</code>
| <code>MY9+</code>
| <code>K6+@</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| <code>NT=M</code>
| <code>9Q6R</code>
| <code>38@5</code>
|}{{-}}

==Version-exclusive items==
Many items are more readily available in one version than the other; for example Black Gummi is available in numerous dungeons in Darkness, but only in few specific dungeons in Time.

There are also certain items that are completely exclusive to one of the versions outside of trading with other players, Wonder Mail missions, or friend rescue of that version.

===Exclusive to Time===
*{{DL|Seed|Vile Seed}} — Reduces Defense and Special Defense when eaten.
*{{DL|Wonder Orb|All-Mach Orb}} — An item that ups Movement Speed of all team members by one level.
*{{DL|Wonder Orb|Foe-Hold Orb}} — An item that afflicts all enemies on the floor with the Petrified status condition.
*{{DL|Wonder Orb|Spurn Orb}} — An item that warps all foes in the same room to another place on the floor.
*{{DL|Scarf (Mystery Dungeon)|Bounce Band}} — A held item that makes thrown items bounce straight back from the Pokémon. It has no effect if the Pokémon has a Pierce status or if a rock is thrown.
*{{DL|Scarf (Mystery Dungeon)|Curve Band}} — A held item that makes thrown items bounce off walls and fly sideways. It has no effect if the Pokémon has a Pierce status or if a rock is thrown.
*{{DL|Scarf (Mystery Dungeon)|Detect Band}} — A held item that boosts the Pokémon's Evasion.
*{{DL|Scarf (Mystery Dungeon)|Heal Ribbon}} — A held item that speeds up the Pokémon's natural HP regeneration. The Pokémon's Belly will go down faster, however.
*{{DL|Scarf (Mystery Dungeon)|Joy Ribbon}} — A held item that earns the holder 5 Exp. Points each time it takes damage of any sort.
*{{DL|Scarf (Mystery Dungeon)|Mobile Scarf}} — A held item that enables the Pokémon to move and attack through walls and move on inhospitable terrain, such as magma.
*{{DL|Scarf (Mystery Dungeon)|Pass Scarf}} — A held item that passes on attacks to a Pokémon next to it and drains the holder's Belly each time.
*{{DL|Scarf (Mystery Dungeon)|Pierce Band}} — A held item that makes thrown items go through walls and Pokémon.
*{{DL|Scarf (Mystery Dungeon)|Racket Band}} — A held item that wakes up every hostile Pokémon in the room it enters. It only works on enemies that are asleep from the start.
*{{DL|Scarf (Mystery Dungeon)|Tight Belt}} — A held item that prevents the Belly from going down.
*{{DL|Scarf (Mystery Dungeon)|Warp Scarf}} — A held item that occasionally warps the Pokémon to another place on the floor.
*{{DL|Glasses|Lockon Specs}} — A held item that boosts the Pokémon's accuracy when it throws items at enemies.

In addition to those items, [[TMs]] for the following moves only appear in Explorers of Time.

*{{m|Attract}}
*{{m|Avalanche}}
*{{m|Blizzard}}
*{{m|Bullet Seed}}
*{{m|Calm Mind}}
*{{m|Charge Beam}}
*{{m|Dark Pulse}}
*{{m|False Swipe}}
*{{m|Flash}}
*{{m|Flash Cannon}}
*{{m|Fling}}
*{{m|Giga Drain}}
*{{m|Grass Knot}}
*{{m|Ice Beam}}
*{{m|Light Screen}}
*{{m|Iron Tail}}
*{{m|Pluck}}
*{{m|Psychic}}
*{{m|Recycle}}
*{{m|Reflect}}
*{{m|Rest}}
*{{m|Return}}
*{{m|Roar}}
*{{m|Rock Slide}}
*{{m|Safeguard}}
*{{m|Shadow Claw}}
*{{m|Skill Swap}}
*{{m|Silver Wind}}
*{{m|Solar Beam}}
*{{m|Steel Wing}}
*{{m|Stone Edge}}
*{{m|U-turn}}
*{{m|Wide Slash}}

===Exclusive to Darkness===
*{{DL|Seed|Hunger Seed}} — Decreases maximum belly by 5. For non-leader Pokémon inflicts the Hungry Pal status.
*{{DL|Seed|Vanish Seed}} — Inflicts the Invisible status condition.
*{{DL|Seed|Violent Seed}} — Boosts Attack and Special Attack stats when eaten.
*{{DL|Wonder Orb|All-Hit Orb}} — An item that makes the user and team go into a Focus Energy status for a short time, raising the critical hit ratio.
*{{DL|Wonder Orb|Foe-Seal Orb}} — An item that afflicts all enemies in the room with a Paused status condition.
*{{DL|Wonder Orb|Foe-Fear Orb}} — An item that changes the status of foes in the room to Terrified, making them run away from the user.
*{{DL|Wonder Orb|Pierce Orb}} — An item that changes the user's status to Pierce. Items thrown by the user will fly through walls and Pokémon without stopping.
*{{DL|Scarf (Mystery Dungeon)|Dodge Scarf}} — A held item that prevents any thrown item from hitting the Pokémon.
*{{DL|Scarf (Mystery Dungeon)|Patsy Band}} — A held item that increases the Pokémon's chances of taking critical hits from enemy moves and attacks.
*{{DL|Scarf (Mystery Dungeon)|Sneak Scarf}} — A held item that prevents the Pokémon from awakening sleeping enemies. It only works on enemies that are asleep from the start.
*{{DL|Scarf (Mystery Dungeon)|Trap Scarf}} — A held item that prevents traps from activating when the Pokémon steps on them.
*{{DL|Scarf (Mystery Dungeon)|Twist Band}} — A held item that prevents the Pokémon's Attack and Special Attack from going down.
*{{DL|Scarf (Mystery Dungeon)|Weather Band}} — A held item that shields the Pokémon from weather, as if it's always in Clear conditions.
*{{DL|Glasses|Goggle Specs}} — A held item lets the Pokémon see hidden traps and Pokémon with Invisible status.
*{{DL|Glasses|Insomniscope}} — A held item that prevents a Sleep status condition, a Nightmare status, a Napping status, or a Yawning status from being inflicted on the Pokémon.
*{{DL|Glasses|No-Aim Scope}} — A held item that causes items thrown by the Pokémon to fly wildly in any direction.
*{{DL|Glasses|Scope Lens}} — A held item that boosts the Pokémon's critical-hit rate for moves and attacks.
*{{DL|Glasses|Whiff Specs}} — A held item that prevents items thrown by the Pokémon from hitting another Pokémon.
*{{DL|Mystery Dungeon evolutionary items|Lunar Ribbon}} — An Item used for Pokémon that usually evolve at nighttime.

In addition to those items, [[TMs]] for the following moves only appear in Explorers of Darkness.

*{{m|Aerial Ace}}
*{{m|Brick Break}}
*{{m|Bulk Up}}
*{{m|Captivate}}
*{{m|Dive}}
*{{m|Dragon Claw}}
*{{m|Drain Punch}}
*{{m|Dream Eater}}
*{{m|Earthquake}}
*{{m|Endure}}
*{{m|Energy Ball}}
*{{m|Explosion}}
*{{m|Focus Blast}}
*{{m|Focus Punch}}
*{{m|Frustration}}
*{{m|Gyro Ball}}
*{{m|Natural Gift}}
*{{m|Protect}}
*{{m|Rock Polish}}
*{{m|Shadow Ball}}
*{{m|Sludge Bomb}}
*{{m|Substitute}}
*{{m|Swagger}}
*{{m|Taunt}}
*{{m|Thief}}
*{{m|Thunder Wave}}
*{{m|Trick Room}}
*{{m|Torment}}
*{{m|Toxic}}
*{{m|Water Pulse}}
*{{m|Will-O-Wisp}}

==Reception==
Gaming magazine {{wp|Famitsu}} gave Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness a score of 35 out of 40. {{wp|IGN}} rated the games an "Okay" 6.5/10.<ref>[https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/04/22/pokemon-mystery-dungeon-explorers-of-time-review Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time Review - IGN]</ref> Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness hold a rating of 62.39%<ref>[https://www.gamerankings.com/ds/938931-pokemon-mystery-dungeon-explorers-of-time/index.html Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time for DS - GameRankings]</ref> and 61.25%,<ref>[https://www.gamerankings.com/ds/938930-pokemon-mystery-dungeon-explorers-of-darkness/index.html Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness for DS - GameRankings]</ref> respectively, on {{wp|GameRankings}}.

===Sales===
In the fiscal year of their release, they sold 1.58 million units.<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2008/080425e.pdf#page=6 Nintendo Co., Ltd. - Financial Results Briefing for Fiscal Year Ended March 2008]</ref> As of March 31, 2009, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness have sold 4.50 million copies worldwide.<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2009/090508e.pdf#page=6 Nintendo Co., Ltd. - Financial Results Briefing for Fiscal Year Ended March 2009]</ref>

====Japanese sales====
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness sold 568,888 units on their first week on the Japanese market, being 300,295 from Explorers of Time and 268,593 from Explorers of Darkness, with a {{wp|sell-through}} of 64.43% and 61.17% respectively. By December 29, 2013, the end of their 329th week, they had sold 1,516,375 copies, being 805,418 from Explorers of Time and 710,957 from Explorers of Darkness.

{|
|- style="vertical-align:top"
|
''Explorers of Time''
{| class="roundy" style="text-align:center; border:3px solid #{{MD Time color dark}}; background:#{{MD Time color}}"
! style="background:#{{MD Time color light}}; {{roundytl|5px}}" | Week
! style="background:#{{MD Time color light}}" | Week ending
! style="background:#{{MD Time color light}}" | Ranking
! style="background:#{{MD Time color light}}" | Units sold
! style="background:#{{MD Time color light}}; {{roundytr|5px}}" | Total units sold
|- style="background:#fff"
| 1
| September 16, 2007
| 2nd
| 300,295
| 300,295
|- style="background:#fff"
| 2
| September 23, 2007
| 3rd
| 85,149
| 385,444
|- style="background:#fff"
| 3
| September 30, 2007
| 2nd
| 55,438
| 440,882
|- style="background:#fff"
| 4
| October 7, 2007
| 6th
| 34,428
| 475,310
|- style="background:#fff"
| 5
| October 14, 2007
| 4th
| 26,235
| 501,545
|- style="background:#fff"
| 6
| October 21, 2007
| 6th
| 19,462
| 521,007
|- style="background:#fff"
| 7
| October 28, 2007
| 10th
| 16,203
| 537,210
|- style="background:#fff"
| 8
| November 4, 2007
| 10th
| 14,479
| 551,689
|- style="background:#fff"
| 9
| November 11, 2007
| 16th
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 10
| November 18, 2007
| 21st
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 11
| November 25, 2007
| 22nd
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 12
| December 2, 2007
| 27th
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 13
| December 9, 2007
| 22nd
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 14
| December 16, 2007
| 15th
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 15
| December 23, 2007
| 14th
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 16
| December 30, 2007
| 29th
| -
| 718,477
|- style="background:#fff"
| 17
| January 6, 2008
| 23rd
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 18
| January 13, 2008
| 41st
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 68
| December 28, 2008
| -
| -
| 792,592
|- style="background:#fff"
| 121
| January 3, 2010
| -
| -
| 804,118
|- style="background:#fff"
| 329
| December 29, 2013
| -
| -
| 805,418
|-
| style="background:#{{MD Time color light}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" colspan="5" |
|}
|
''Explorers of Darkness''
{| class="roundy" style="text-align:center; border:3px solid #{{MD Darkness color dark}}; background:#{{MD Darkness color}}"
! style="background:#{{MD Darkness color light}}; {{roundytl|5px}}" | Week
! style="background:#{{MD Darkness color light}}" | Week ending
! style="background:#{{MD Darkness color light}}" | Ranking
! style="background:#{{MD Darkness color light}}" | Units sold
! style="background:#{{MD Darkness color light}}; {{roundytr|5px}}" | Total units sold
|- style="background:#fff"
| 1
| September 16, 2007
| 3rd
| 268,593
| 268,593
|- style="background:#fff"
| 2
| September 23, 2007
| 4th
| 75,040
| 343,633
|- style="background:#fff"
| 3
| September 30, 2007
| 5th
| 45,743
| 389,376
|- style="background:#fff"
| 4
| October 7, 2007
| 8th
| 28,513
| 417,889
|- style="background:#fff"
| 5
| October 14, 2007
| 6th
| 22,375
| 440,264
|- style="background:#fff"
| 6
| October 21, 2007
| 8th
| 16,248
| 456,512
|- style="background:#fff"
| 7
| October 28, 2007
| 12th
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 8
| November 4, 2007
| 14th
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 9
| November 11, 2007
| 20th
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 10
| November 18, 2007
| 27th
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 11
| November 25, 2007
| 29th
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 12
| December 2, 2007
| 31st
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 13
| December 9, 2007
| 28th
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 14
| December 16, 2007
| 18th
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 15
| December 23, 2007
| 17th
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 16
| December 30, 2007
| 32nd
| -
| 629,480
|- style="background:#fff"
| 17
| January 6, 2008
| 27th
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 18
| January 13, 2008
| 49th
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 68
| December 28, 2008
| -
| -
| 699,360
|- style="background:#fff"
| 121
| January 3, 2010
| -
| -
| 709,844
|- style="background:#fff"
| 329
| December 29, 2013
| -
| -
| 710,957
|-
| style="background:#{{MD Darkness color light}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" colspan="5" |
|}
|}

==Staff==
{{main|Staff of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
PMD Explorers of Time Logo JP.png|Japanese Explorers of Time logo
PMD Explorers of Darkness Logo JP.png|Japanese Explorers of Darkness logo
PMD Explorers of Time Logo EN.png|English Explorers of Time logo
PMD Explorers of Darkness Logo EN.png|English Explorers of Darkness logo
</gallery>

==Trivia==
*Unlike the previous [[Mystery Dungeon]] games, which only had a few characters with confirmed [[gender]]s, this game provides a gender for most of the characters. Even [[Legendary Pokémon]], who are usually gender unknown in the [[Core series|main series]] games, have a gender in this game.
*The names of [[Temporal Tower]] and [[Spacial Rift]] are based directly on the {{pkmn|category}} names of {{p|Dialga}} and {{p|Palkia}}, who are respectively the "Temporal Pokémon" and the "Spatial Pokémon". This is not the case in the Japanese version, however, where Spacial Rift is named ''Sky Fissure'' and Temporal Tower is named ''Dimension Tower''.

==In other languages==
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|ja={{tt|ポケモン不思議のダンジョン　時の探検隊|ポケモンふしぎのダンジョン　ときのたんけんたい}} {{tt|ポケモン不思議のダンジョン　闇の探検隊|ポケモンふしぎのダンジョン　やみのたんけんたい}}
|fr=Pokémon Donjon Mystère: Explorateurs du Temps Pokémon Donjon Mystère: Explorateurs de l'Ombre
|de=Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Erkundungsteam Zeit Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Erkundungsteam Dunkelheit
|it=Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Esploratori del Tempo Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Esploratori dell'Oscurità
|ko={{tt|포켓몬 불가사의 던전: 시간의 탐험대|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time}} {{tt|포켓몬 불가사의 던전: 어둠의 탐험대|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness}}
|es=Pokémon Mundo misterioso: Exploradores del tiempo Pokémon Mundo misterioso: Exploradores de la oscuridad}}

==External links==
*[http://www.chunsoft.co.jp/games/pokedun2/index.html Pokémon Mystery Dungeon 2 page on Chunsoft website] (Japanese)
*[https://csassets.nintendo.com/noaext/image/private/t_KA_PDF/DS_Pokemon_Mystery_Time Official PDF-file instruction manual] for ''Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time'' (English)
*[https://csassets.nintendo.com/noaext/image/private/t_KA_PDF/DS_Pokemon_Mystery_Darkness Official PDF-file instruction manual] for ''Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness'' (English)

==References==
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==Related articles==
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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX

2026-06-06T13:04:27Z

Luna Solaris: Celebi's request can be turned down.

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'''Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX''' (Japanese: '''ポケモン{{tt|不思議|ふしぎ}}のダンジョン {{tt|救助隊|きゅうじょたい}}DX''' ''Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX'') is a [[Nintendo Switch]] title that is a part of the [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series]]. It is the first [[remake]] in the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series, being a remake of [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team]]. Like the other Pokémon Mystery Dungeon games, it is an adaptation of the {{wp|Mystery Dungeon}} games with {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} characters. It was released in Japan, North America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand on March 6, 2020.

The game was announced on January 9, 2020 during a [[Pokémon Direct#January 9, 2020|Pokémon Direct]]. A demo was released on January 9, 2020 for free on the Nintendo eShop. Progress in the demo can be transferred to the final game.

==Plot==
{{main|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team#Plot|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team → Plot}}

==Blurb==
You can meet and recruit Pokémon in a dungeon-crawling adventure within their world! Build a rescue team to take on mysterious, changing dungeons and strategically plan your moves as you venture forth to make the Pokémon world a safer place…and uncover your true purpose along the way.

As you recruit Pokémon, these trusty teammates will need somewhere to stay, so build camps to house, manage, and strengthen your Pokémon friends. Think hard about who is right for the job and how to approach each mysterious dungeon as you prepare a rescue team. You’ll move a single square at a time or use Auto mode to speed up movement until you engage other Pokémon in turn-based battles—but don’t forget about Pokémon strengths and weaknesses! This version adds gorgeous watercolor-inspired graphics, and more! Get comfortable in being a Pokémon, there’s a lot of work to do.

* Wake up in the world of Pokémon and uncover your true purpose
* Dungeon layouts will change each time you enter them, so you’ll likely not have the same adventure twice
* Build a rescue team to explore dungeons and engage in strategic turn-based combat
* Pokémon are available to meet and recruit
* This version adds gorgeous watercolor-inspired graphics, and more!

==Features==
===Inherited from later Mystery Dungeon games===
*The {{t|Fairy}} type and cross-generational [[Evolution]]s related to the Pokémon of the first three Generations (such as {{p|Sylveon}} and {{p|Mantyke}}) are present in the game. {{p|Riolu}} and {{p|Lucario}} are also present.
*Pokémon may undergo [[Mega Evolution]].
**This is accomplished by consuming an {{DL|Seed|Empowerment Seed}}, as opposed to the Awakening [[emera]].
**There is no longer a time limit on the Awakened status. Instead, it lasts until the user gets inflicted with a status condition or exits the dungeon.
**Unlike in {{pkmn|Super Mystery Dungeon}}, {{p|Groudon}} and {{p|Kyogre}} may also undergo [[Primal Reversion]] through this method.
*Certain Pokémon may be [[gigantic Pokémon|gigantic]], utilizing a 3×3 tile area around them.
**The restriction on gigantic Pokémon is removed.
**{{p|Articuno}}, {{p|Moltres}}, and {{p|Zapdos}} are now gigantic.
*Pokémon can now be [[Recruitment|recruited]] regardless of the {{player}}'s current {{md|team}} composition. Most legendary Pokémon are automatically recruited after their first or second defeat, as opposed to the original, where they behaved the same as other recruits.
**Although the initial team limit is still three, the player can recruit defeated Pokémon until they have a party of 8. If the player already has 8 Pokémon on the team, they can choose to dismiss one of the Pokémon for the new one.
**The [[Hero Pokémon|hero]] and [[Partner Pokémon (Mystery Dungeon)|partner]] now count as recruited Pokémon.
*The speed at which [[Stat (Mystery Dungeon)#HP|HP]] regenerates over time is inversely proportional to a Pokémon's max HP, rather than proportional, dropping to a minimum rate of 1 HP every 2 steps at 100 max HP. HP will also no longer regenerate on turns where moves or items were used.
**HP no longer regenerates faster near team members.
*[[Belly]] decreases at a higher rate per turn, refills less from Seeds and Berries, and more HP is consumed at zero Belly.
**[[Health drink]]s do not restore Belly.
**{{DL|Scarf (Mystery Dungeon)|Pass Scarf}}s consume more Belly.
*[[Weather (Mystery Dungeon)|Weather]] types, effects, and durations from Super Mystery Dungeon are used.
**Hostile weather deals 3 damage as in the [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness|Explorers]] games.
**New cataclysm weather types are added.
*The team leader can push other Pokémon, and switching places with a teammate lets them act immediately. Switching can also be done while [[Confusion (status condition)|confused]], but not over impassable terrain, and team members will warp near the leader when forced onto impassable terrain. The leader can also stop two tiles in front of enemies when running.
*Team members can automatically pick up nearby items in dungeons, adjust their movement to use ranged attacks, and ignore visible [[Dungeon tile#Trap|traps]]. Enemy Pokémon prioritize moving forward in hallways and can turn around when targeted.
**Team members can no longer pick up items that were already stood upon or thrown by the team and will not attempt to, but now attempt to pick up items or [[Poké]] when the [[Toolbox]] is full.
**Team members can once again activate [[Monster House]]s.
**Enemy Pokémon no longer adjust their movement for ranged attacks.
*Wild Pokémon in dungeons can have more HP than normal, with their HP returning to normal when they are recruited. Additionally, their movesets may also change when recruited.
**This is especially noticeable in [[Unown Relic]], where all of the wild {{p|Unown}} are level 37, which would normally result in an HP of 65, but in later floors they can have over 200 HP.
*Enemies can drop [[Treasure Box]]es.
**These are now limited to the Pretty Box and Deluxe Box, and are opened automatically upon leaving a dungeon.
*Prior to Boss encounters, the Rescue Team will be fully healed. Bosses do not give [[experience]] points, and [[Wonder Orb]]s can be used. Bosses heal [[Status condition (Mystery Dungeon)|status conditions]] within a couple of turns.
*[[Kecleon Shop]]s are highlighted on the map, span an entire room, and will prompt payment before leaving instead of after. {{p|Kecleon}} cannot be pushed out of their shops and {{DL|Wonder Orb|Trawl Orb}}s do not target merchandise. Neutral Kecleon disregard weather damage and Pass Scarfs and do not become hostile from explosions or flinging damage. When stealing, Kecleon can attack immediately and will spawn additionally near the [[Dungeon tile#Stairs|stairs]], while other Pokémon stop spawning and leave the floor.
**Kecleon only greets the player once when entering and exiting the shop, and will not be affected by {{DL|Seed|Blast Seed}}s.
**De-spawned Pokémon no longer leave behind {{DL|Seed|Warp Seed}}s.
*[[Faint]]ed Pokémon can be found within dungeons.
**These Pokémon will always have a random [[Rare quality]] given to them.
*Most traps in dungeons break immediately after being stepped on.
*Team tactics are updated and do not require unlocking.
*Enemy [[Ability|Abilities]] and types can be viewed in the user interface.
*An option to look around the current room within a dungeon is available.
*The Message Log can extend to previous floors in a dungeon and no longer displays weather damage, while earned experience points are delegated to the full log.
*The player can now pre-set teams, and the amount of these pre-sets is increased with {{md|Rank|Rescue Rank}}.
*Teammates in camps will get experience points, even if they do not go on a {{OBP|Job|Mystery Dungeon|mission}}.
*Each Pokémon within an evolutionary family have the same base and level-up stats, barring the {{p|Eevee}}, {{p|Magikarp}}, {{p|Nincada}}, and {{p|Feebas}} families, and have the same level-up requirements.
*Moves and effects are updated. Attacks deal at least 1 damage and are capped at 999.
*Offensive move experience returns, with moves receiving increased power, accuracy, and PP as they rank up.
*Starter Pokémon have various [[Egg Move|egg]], [[TM]], and [[Move tutor|tutor]] moves learned by default.
**These can be freely relearned.
*[[Status move]]s are turned off by default.
**Certain moves are now turned on, such as {{m|Recover}}, {{m|Aromatherapy}}, {{m|Mirror Move}}, and {{m|Nature Power}}, while friendly-hitting moves such as {{m|Magnitude}} are turned off. Status moves may also be turned on if no attacking moves are available.
*Projectile attacks do not hit teammates.
*TMs can no longer be {{m|Recycle}}d, which instead changes a {{DL|Seed|Plain Seed}} to a different Seed or an {{DL|Berry|Oran Berry}}.
**Rainbow TMs are not featured, though regular TMs now use the rainbow coloration.
*{{m|Wide Slash}} and {{m|Vacuum-Cut}} are not featured.
**{{m|Cut}}, {{m|Rock Climb}}, {{m|Secret Power}}, and {{m|Rock Smash}} are also removed.
*Pokémon with multiple Abilities only have one at a time instead of both.
*Pokémon have a {{DL|Stat (Mystery Dungeon)#Speed|Speed}} stat.
**Occasionally, a team member can repeat the move they previously used in the same turn, with the chance increasing the higher the user's Speed. This does not consume PP and can take effect even if the first move defeats its target, while granting extra move experience. This is similar to the effect of the Barrage emera from Super Mystery Dungeon.
**Higher Speed reduces the chances of a trap activating.
*[[Travel Speed]] mechanics are updated.
*[[Wand]]s are available, Oran Berries can increase max HP temporarily, Blast Seeds are stronger and are not penalized in Boss battles, [[Max Elixir]]s remove the {{DL|Status condition (Mystery Dungeon)|Sealed}} status, and {{md|Food|Grimy Food|Grimy Food}} has different effects.
**[[Max Ether]]s replace [[Elixir]]s. Wild {{p|Abra}} now drop Max Ethers.
**Golden, Vile, Encourage, and Soothing Seeds are removed.
**Blast, Quarter, and Truant Wands are removed.
**Grimy Food can now also inflict {{DL|Status condition (Mystery Dungeon)|Lethargic}}.
*Registered [[throwing item]]s are shared between team members.
*The {{DL|Glasses|Insomniscope}} does not prevent {{m|Rest}}.
*{{DL|Scarf (Mystery Dungeon)|Joy Ribbon}}s grant experience points based on turns rather than damage.
*Defeated teammates remain visible for the duration of the floor and can be manually revived with Reviver Seeds if chosen.
**{{DL|Wonder Orb|Revive All Orb}}s do not work on guest Pokémon upon advancing to a later floor.
*Fainting in a dungeon results in a total loss of all items in the Toolbox, in addition to all Poké.
*The player can [[Friend Rescue|rescue]] themselves if they are defeated in a dungeon, in addition to rescuing other players.
**Defeat also gives an option to restart the dungeon. Any completion of missions will be retained.

====Other differences from Red and Blue Rescue Team====
*A shortcut from the [[Team Base]] to the {{DL|Pokémon Square|Pelipper Post Office}} is created by {{p|Diglett}} the day after the completion of [[Thunderwave Cave]] for the first time.
*{{p|Persian}} gives a reward once every day after a transaction at [[Felicity Bank]].
*{{p|Gulpin}}'s [[Link Shop]] now [[Linked move|links moves]] for free.
**After [[Sky Tower]] has been completed for the first time, [[Move Tutor]] moves may be learned through Gulpin, for some Poké.
**{{p|Deoxys}} can now remember level-up moves from Gulpin.
*{{p|Smeargle}} now allows the player to select from one of its 15 unique flag designs—or the player's original flag design—as opposed to cycling through its options. Smeargle can be also called as many times per day as the player likes.
*Rescue Ranks have been revamped.
**The Toolbox's size will increase with the player's rank.
**The accommodation size for the various Friend Camps and the maximum jobs that can be accepted at a time increase depending on the player's rank.
**The highest rank is no longer called Lucario Rank, but instead Grand Master.
*The [[Makuhita Dojo]] has been revamped. Only one Pokémon may enter at a time. They will be given a small, one floor dungeon with no staircase to explore. In addition, it is open immediately on the first visit to Pokémon Square, unlike the original.
**Pokémon can now only enter a maze that is the same name as their type. Dual-type Pokémon can choose between either of their types.
**The player is given a time limit and experience multiplier, depending on the ticket given.
***Bronze Dojo Tickets give the player a 3× EXP and Move XP multiplier, and a 50-second time-limit.
***Silver Dojo Tickets give the player a 5× EXP and Move XP multiplier, and a 55-second time-limit.
***Gold Dojo Tickets give the player a 7× EXP and Move XP multiplier, and a 60-second time-limit.
***Using a super effective move against a Pokémon once will yield even more experience.
**Mazes have also been changed. Mazes contain Pokémon who are weak to the namesake maze type, except for the Normal Maze.
**If the Pokémon faints in the Dojo, it will be revived without the need of a Reviver Seed.
**No PP is consumed for using moves in the Dojo.
*[[Friend Area]]s and the {{DL|Pokémon Square|Wigglytuff Club}} are replaced by rescue team camps and [[Wigglytuff's Camp Corner]], respectively.
**The Sky-Blue Plains are now automatically given to the team, rather than needing to be unlocked randomly as a mission reward.
*There will be a daily exploration bonus with one of the dungeons' names sparkling. The bonus will provide the player with extra Poké earned along with a higher probability of Treasure Boxes being dropped.
*In dungeons with multiple parts—such as [[Mt. Thunder]]—reaching a checkpoint will no longer count as "making it out" for recruited Pokémon. Additionally, the floor count does not reset.
*{{p|Munchlax}}'s cameo event can happen at any point in the story. Upon giving Munchlax an Apple, Munchlax will reward the player with unique [[held item]]s or [[gummi]]s.
*The pool of TMs has been changed to match that of {{pkmn|Sun and Moon|Pokémon Sun, Moon}}, {{pkmn|Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon|Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon}}.
*After [[Tiny Woods]] has been completed for the first time, players can switch leaders at any time in a dungeon by pushing +.
*In the original, all but nine fully-evolved Pokémon could not be recruited and had to be obtained by Evolution. Now, all wild fully evolved Pokémon can be directly recruited, although some of them cannot be found anywhere in dungeons anymore, and have to be obtained by Evolution regardless.
*The names of the player's main character, partner, and rescue team can be changed in the main menu, instead of being permanent.
*The four dungeons linked to Nintendo events or Wonder Mail codes—[[Oddity Cave]], [[Remains Island]], [[Fantasy Strait]], and [[Marvelous Sea]]—can now be accessed through normal gameplay.
**Oddity Cave can be accessed once the player has beaten [[Mt. Steel]] for the first time.
**Remains Island can be accessed once the player has beaten Sky Tower for the first time.
**Fantasy Strait and Marvelous Sea can be accessed once the player has beaten [[Western Cave]] for the first time.
*[[Illusory Grotto]] can be accessed briefly after the player has fainted and gives up rescue in a dungeon without having revival items anywhere. The number of floors and Pokémon encountered there vary.
*Some dungeons' lengths have been changed; most notably, Western Cave is now only 20 floors, as opposed to 99, while [[Mt. Faraway]] is now 60 floors instead of 40.
*Later dungeons, such as Far-Off Sea and Waterfall Pond, no longer require a team member to know specific HMs or have a specific type to be accessed.

===New features and changes===
The following changes are in regard to Super Mystery Dungeon:
*Auto mode: Pressing the L Button will automatically move the player and their team until an enemy or mission target is approached or the button is pressed again. If the player is near the former, they cannot enable auto mode.
*The [[regular attack]] is no longer usable by the leader Pokémon. Pressing the A Button now selects an optimal attacking move against an opponent.
**Pressing R + A or pressing A with no eligible attack executes Trap Finder, revealing traps one tile around the leader, similar to the regular attack.
**Regular attacks from other Pokémon are no longer capped at 5 damage.
*Holding R + A will skip turns, rather than A + B. Looking around a room is also mapped to the right control stick.
*The game now autosaves per turn, and can be loaded from inside dungeons.
*Pokémon announce their moves via chat bubbles. The leader can also vocalize when encountering an enemy and using auto mode, and all team members can vocalize when getting attacked, healed, reaching critical HP, or defeating an enemy.
*Teammates now step on [[Dungeon tile#Training Switch|Training Switches]] and [[Dungeon tile#Wonder Tile|Wonder Tiles]] automatically, and can prompt the use of status-curing berries and {{DL|Seed|Heal Seed}}s in addition to Oran Berries.
**Teammates no longer autonomously cover attacks or heal certain status conditions on adjacent allies, and item prompts now consume their turn.
*As in older games, interacting with teammates will always prompt dialogue, while speaking with mission clients will make them pose.
*It is now possible to recruit defeated enemies that are up to two tiles away from the leader.
*Enemy Pokémon that defeat an ally or other enemy Pokémon (in the case of {{p|Shedinja}} and certain targeting moves such as {{m|Earthquake}}) will no longer evolve, but instead become empowered (awakened) after the main story is completed. This can trigger Mega Evolution, if applicable.
*Items and enemies in dungeons prior to the postgame are visible on the map by default.
*Items will dim after being stood upon or thrown by the player.
**Enemy Pokémon cannot pick up items until certain dungeons in the postgame, unless the player interacted with the item.
*Many animations that target multiple Pokémon are sped-up.
*Linked moves that run out of PP do not automatically unlink the entire set anymore and will simply use the moves with remaining PP. They also only consume 1 Belly regardless and no longer factor into earned experience points. When defeating an enemy Pokémon with Linked Moves, they will only faint after the last move of the set it used.
*[[Evolution (Mystery Dungeon)|Evolution]] increases HP by 10 and other stats by 3.
**[[Evolution item]]s have been replaced with Evolution Crystals which are consumed whenever a Pokémon with Evolution requirements outside of level wishes to evolve.
*{{m|False Swipe}} functions like in [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity|Gates to Infinity]], increasing recruitment rate, and the bonus is increased.
*{{m|Fire Pledge}}, {{m|Water Pledge}}, and {{m|Grass Pledge}} are modified to account for the lack of [[Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon#Alliance|Alliances]].
*{{m|Covet}} and {{m|Thief}} do not take held items from the Toolbox.
*{{m|Transform}} only has a chance to confuse opponents.
*{{a|Pickup}} can activate while holding an item.
*{{a|Technician}} utilizes the base power of a move.
*Natural Recovery is renamed back to {{a|Natural Cure}}.
*[[Poison (status condition)|Poison]] and [[Burn (status condition)|Burn]] deal significantly more damage, but tick at longer intervals. Poison also no longer prevents HP regeneration.
*[[Freeze (status condition)|Frozen]] Pokémon are no longer immune to damage, and [[Paralysis (status condition)|Paralysis]] lasts significantly longer, but both statuses can wear off upon taking damage, similar to [[Sleep (status condition)|Sleep]].
*{{DL|Food (Mystery Dungeon)|Apple}}s can no longer be fresh.
*New Wonder Orbs are added.
**{{DL|Wonder Orb|One-Shot Orb}}s are now room-wide.
**Trawl Orbs can break open walls to obtain items within.
*{{DL|Throwing item|Geo Pebble}}s are stronger, but only target in a straight line. {{DL|Throwing item|Silver Spike}}s have a built-in pierce effect.
*Held items can be swapped between team members.
*[[Seed#Tiny Reviver Seed|Tiny Reviver Seeds]] and [[Seed#Reviver Seed|Reviver Seeds]] no longer have the "Eat" option in the menu. They can still be consumed when [[Status condition (Mystery Dungeon)#Terrified|Terrified]], however.
*Stair tiles once again take affect after enemy turns at the default Travel Speed. However, Ditto Traps no longer give {{p|Ditto}} a turn immediately.
**The stairs now appear in the Underfoot section of the item menu.
*Trip Traps remove 2-3 unequipped items instead of the victim's hold item.
*Portraits for {{p|Meowth}}, {{p|Psyduck}}, {{p|Skitty}}, and {{p|Wigglytuff}} are updated.

====Rare qualities====
{{main|Rare quality}}
*Pokémon may now have rare qualities, a passive bonus that affects the entire team within dungeons. This system functionally replaces the [[IQ]] skills, [[Team Skill]]s, and emeras from previous games.
*Gummis are reduced to two varieties.
**Rainbow Gummis will raise a stat at random, and will sometimes give the Pokémon a new rare quality.
**DX Gummis will raise a stat at random, and will always give the Pokémon a new rare quality.
*Locked doors have been replaced by [[Mystery House]]s, unlocked through [[Invitation]]s rather than Keys. Unlocking these rooms gives the player multiple helpful items along with up to three random Pokémon with a rare quality. This is the only way to recruit {{p|Riolu}}.

====Strong foes and Shiny Pokémon====
{{bad picture|reason=Needs RTDX shiny portraits}}
*27 dungeons, after being completed for the first time, have "strong foes" that may spawn. These enemies are at significantly higher levels than the other enemies and are guaranteed to drop a Deluxe Box upon defeat. These Pokémon also have a chance of being {{Shiny}}.
**Shiny Pokémon can only be recruited using the [[Friend Bow]].
**Non-shiny strong foes cannot be recruited, even if the Pokémon who defeats them is holding a Friend Bow.
**The only Shiny Pokémon not acquired through this method is {{mdc|Celebi|2}}, who can be recruited in Mystery Houses in Western Cave after clearing [[Purity Forest]] for the first time.

{| class="roundtable" style="margin:auto; text-align:center; background: #{{md red color}}; border: 5px solid #{{md blue color}}"
! style= "color: #fff"| Dungeon
! style= "color: #fff"| Strong foe
|-
| [[Mt. Steel]] || [[File:MDP 3DS 078.png|56px]] {{p|Rapidash}}
|-
| [[Sinister Woods]] || [[File:MDP 3DS 181.png|56px]] {{p|Ampharos}}
|-
| [[Silent Chasm]] || [[File:MDP 3DS 376.png|56px]] {{p|Metagross}}
|-
| [[Mt. Thunder]] || [[File:MDP 3DS 149.png|56px]] {{p|Dragonite}}
|-
| [[Great Canyon]] || [[File:MDP 3DS 424.png|56px]] {{p|Ambipom}}
|-
| [[Lapis Cave]] || [[File:MDP 3DS 164.png|56px]] {{p|Noctowl}}
|-
| [[Mt. Blaze]] || [[File:MDP 3DS 184.png|56px]] {{p|Azumarill}}
|-
| [[Frosty Forest]] || [[File:MDP 3DS 327.png|56px]] {{p|Spinda}}
|-
| [[Mt. Freeze]] || [[File:MDP 3DS 463.png|56px]] {{p|Lickilicky}}
|-
| [[Howling Forest]] || [[File:MDP 3DS 012.png|56px]] {{p|Butterfree}}
|-
| [[Mt. Faraway]] || [[File:MDP 3DS 101.png|56px]] {{p|Electrode}}
|-
| [[Western Cave]] || [[File:MDP 3DS 335.png|56px]] {{p|Zangoose}}
|-
| [[Northern Range]] || [[File:MDP 3DS 038.png|56px]] {{p|Ninetales}}
|-
| [[Pitfall Valley]] || [[File:MDP 3DS 103.png|56px]] {{p|Exeggutor}}
|-
| [[Buried Relic]] || [[File:MDP 3DS 132.png|56px]] {{p|Ditto}}
|-
| [[Murky Cave]] || [[File:MDP 3DS 163.png|56px]] {{p|Hoothoot}}
|-
| [[Desert Region]] || [[File:MDP 3DS 185.png|56px]] {{p|Sudowoodo}}
|-
| [[Southern Cavern]] || [[File:MDP 3DS 213.png|56px]] {{p|Shuckle}}
|-
| [[Wyvern Hill]] || [[File:MDP 3DS 102.png|56px]] {{p|Exeggcute}}
|-
| [[Solar Cave]] || [[File:MDP 3DS 190.png|56px]] {{p|Aipom}}
|-
| [[Darknight Relic]] || [[File:MDP 3DS 202.png|56px]] {{p|Wobbuffet}}
|-
| [[Grand Sea]] || [[File:MDP 3DS 121.png|56px]] {{p|Starmie}}
|-
| [[Waterfall Pond]] || [[File:MDP 3DS 130.png|56px]] {{p|Gyarados}}
|-
| [[Far-Off Sea]] || [[File:MDP 3DS 222.png|56px]] {{p|Corsola}}
|-
| [[Remains Island]] || [[File:MDP 3DS 196.png|56px]] {{p|Espeon}}
|-
| [[Marvelous Sea]] || [[File:MDP 3DS 129.png|56px]] {{p|Magikarp}}
|-
| [[Fantasy Strait]] || [[File:MDP 3DS 334.png|56px]] {{p|Altaria}}
|}

==Characters==
===Playable characters===
[[File:Pokemon Selection Rescue Team DX.png|thumb|The Pokémon selection screen]]
The {{player}} is able to choose one of the 16 returning Pokémon from the original game as their {{pkmn2|hero}} and partner Pokémon. However, the partner cannot be the same [[type]] as the player. The player may, as in the prior [[Nintendo DS]] titles, choose the player Pokémon using a [[Personality Quiz (Mystery Dungeon)|personality quiz]], or as in the [[Wii|WiiWare]] and [[Nintendo 3DS]] titles, choose a Pokémon themselves. Unlike the original games, the player character choices are not restricted by the player's selected [[gender]] and the partner is not restricted to first partner Pokémon anymore. If the assigned nature has two Pokémon associated with the chosen gender, one of the two is chosen at random.

{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; text-align:center; background: #{{MD Red color dark}}; font-size:85%; border: 5px solid #{{MD Blue color}}"
|-
! colspan="2" width="25%" style="background:#{{MD Red color light}}; {{roundytl|5px}}" | [[File:001Bulbasaur PMD Rescue Team DX.png|x80px]] '''{{pcolor|Bulbasaur|{{MD Blue color dark}}}}''' Hardy (Male) Brave (Female)
! colspan="2" width="25%" style="background:#{{MD Red color light}}" | [[File:004Charmander PMD Rescue Team DX.png|x80px]] '''{{pcolor|Charmander|{{MD Blue color dark}}}}''' Docile (Male) Calm (Female)
! colspan="2" width="25%" style="background:#{{MD Red color light}}" | [[File:007Squirtle PMD Rescue Team DX.png|x80px]] '''{{pcolor|Squirtle|{{MD Blue color dark}}}}''' Jolly (Male) Relaxed (Female)
! colspan="2" width="25%" style="background:#{{MD Red color light}}; {{roundytr|5px}}" | [[File:025Pikachu-Male PMD Rescue Team DX.png|x80px]][[File:025Pikachu-Female PMD Rescue Team DX.png|x80px]] '''{{pcolor|Pikachu|{{MD Blue color dark}}}}''' Impish (Male) Hardy (Female)
|-
{{typetable|Grass}}{{typetable|Poison}}{{typetable2|Fire}}{{typetable2|Water}}{{typetable2|Electric}}
|-
|- style="background:#{{MD Red color light}}"
! colspan="2" | [[File:052Meowth PMD Rescue Team DX.png|x80px]] '''{{pcolor|Meowth|{{MD Blue color dark}}}}''' Quirky (Male) Lonely (Female)
! colspan="2" | [[File:054Psyduck PMD Rescue Team DX.png|x80px]] '''{{pcolor|Psyduck|{{MD Blue color dark}}}}''' Relaxed (Male) Lonely (Female)
! colspan="2" | [[File:066Machop PMD Rescue Team DX.png|x80px]] '''{{pcolor|Machop|{{MD Blue color dark}}}}''' Brave (Male) Brave (Female)
! colspan="2" | [[File:104Cubone PMD Rescue Team DX.png|x80px]] '''{{pcolor|Cubone|{{MD Blue color dark}}}}''' Lonely (Male) Impish (Female)
|-
{{typetable2|Normal}}{{typetable2|Water}}{{typetable2|Fighting}}{{typetable2|Ground}}
|- style="background:#{{MD Red color light}}"
! colspan="2" | [[File:133Eevee-Male PMD Rescue Team DX.png|x40px]] [[File:133Eevee-Female PMD Rescue Team DX.png|x40px]] '''{{pcolor|Eevee|{{MD Blue color dark}}}}''' Hasty (Male) Naive (Female)
! colspan="2" | [[File:152Chikorita PMD Rescue Team DX.png|x80px]] '''{{pcolor|Chikorita|{{MD Blue color dark}}}}''' Quirky (Male) Docile (Female)
! colspan="2" | [[File:155Cyndaquil PMD Rescue Team DX.png|x80px]] '''{{pcolor|Cyndaquil|{{MD Blue color dark}}}}''' Timid (Male) Timid (Female)
! colspan="2" | [[File:158Totodile PMD Rescue Team DX.png|x80px]] '''{{pcolor|Totodile|{{MD Blue color dark}}}}''' Naive (Male) Jolly (Female)
|-
{{typetable2|Normal}}{{typetable2|Grass}}{{typetable2|Fire}}{{typetable2|Water}}
|- style="background:#{{MD Red color light}}"
! colspan="2" | [[File:252Treecko PMD Rescue Team DX.png|x80px]] '''{{pcolor|Treecko|{{MD Blue color dark}}}}''' Sassy (Male) Quirky (Female)
! colspan="2" | [[File:255Torchic PMD Rescue Team DX.png|x80px]] '''{{pcolor|Torchic|{{MD Blue color dark}}}}''' Hasty (Male) Sassy (Female)
! colspan="2" | [[File:258Mudkip PMD Rescue Team DX.png|x80px]] '''{{pcolor|Mudkip|{{MD Blue color dark}}}}''' Calm (Male) Timid (Female)
! colspan="2" | [[File:300Skitty PMD Rescue Team DX.png|x80px]] '''{{pcolor|Skitty|{{MD Blue color dark}}}}''' Naive (Male) Hasty (Female)
|-
{{typetable2|Grass}}{{typetable2|Fire}}{{typetable2|Water}}{{typetable2|Normal}}
|}

===Non-player characters===
{{main|List of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team characters}}
* {{mdc|Gardevoir|1}} (Player's dreams) Eventually able to be recruited after helping out Gengar.
* {{mdc|Xatu|1}} ([[Hill of the Ancients]]) Stares into the sun all day, and can see into the future.
* {{p|Ninetales}} ([[Mt. Freeze]])
* {{p|Wynaut}} ([[Uproar Forest]])
* {{p|Wobbuffet}} ([[Uproar Forest]])
* {{p|Mankey}} ([[Uproar Forest]]) Helps build Team Base. Goes on strike, prompting the player to find {{DL|Food (Mystery Dungeon)|Chestnut}}s.
* {{p|Munchlax}} ([[Pokémon Square]]) Gives out the [[Munch Belt]] in exchange for {{OBP|food|Mystery Dungeon}} items.
* {{p|Butterfree}} ([[Tiny Woods]]) Sends the player on their first quest to rescue Caterpie.
* {{p|Spinda}} ([[Pokémon Square]]) Sends the player out to find the mirage Pokémon, {{p|Ho-Oh}}.

====Automatic recruits====
* {{p|Magnemite}}
* {{p|Absol}}
* {{p|Smeargle}}
* {{p|Latios}}
* {{p|Latias}}

====Pokémon Square====
* [[Kecleon Shop|Kecleon brothers]]
* {{p|Persian}}
* {{p|Wigglytuff}}
* {{p|Kangaskhan}}
* {{p|Gulpin}}
* {{p|Snubbull}} → {{mdc|Granbull|1}}
* {{mdc|Lombre|1}}
* {{p|Bellsprout}}
* {{p|Magnemite}} ×2
* {{p|Jumpluff}} ×2

====Makuhita Dojo====
* {{p|Makuhita}}

====Whiscash Pond====
* {{mdc|Whiscash|1}}
* {{p|Caterpie}}
* {{p|Metapod}}

====Pelipper Post Office====
* Pelipper Post Office
** {{mdc|Pelipper|1}}
* {{p|Bellsprout}}
* {{p|Diglett}} (son)
* {{p|Dugtrio}} (father)

====Rescue teams====
{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; text-align:center; background: #{{md blue color}}; border: 5px solid #{{md red color}}"
! style= "color: #fff"| Team
! colspan="6" style= "color: #fff"| Members
|- style="background: #{{Psychic color light}}"
| {{color2|000|Team A.C.T.}}
| [[File:MDP RTDX 065.png|56px]] {{pcolor|Alakazam|000}}
| [[File:MDP RTDX 006.png|56px]] {{pcolor|Charizard|000}}
| [[File:MDP RTDX 248.png|56px]] {{pcolor|Tyranitar|000}}
|- style="background: #{{Ghost color light}}"
| {{color2|000|Team Meanies}}
| [[File:MDP RTDX 094.png|56px]] {{pcolor|Gengar|000}}
| [[File:MDP RTDX 308.png|56px]] {{pcolor|Medicham|000}}
| [[File:MDP RTDX 023.png|56px]] {{pcolor|Ekans|000}}
|- style="background: #{{Grass color light}}"
| Team Shifty
| [[File:MDP RTDX 275.png|56px]] {{mdc|Shiftry|1|c=000}}
| [[File:MDP RTDX 274.png|56px]] {{pcolor|Nuzleaf|000}}
| [[File:MDP RTDX 274.png|56px]] {{pcolor|Nuzleaf|000}}
|- style="background: #{{Water color light}}"
| Team Constrictor
| [[File:MDP RTDX 224.png|56px]] {{pcolor|Octillery|000}}
| [[File:MDP RTDX 073.png|56px]] {{pcolor|Tentacruel|000}}
| [[File:MDP RTDX 346.png|56px]] {{pcolor|Cradily|000}}
|- style="background: #{{Water color light}}"
| Team Hydro
| [[File:MDP RTDX 009.png|56px]] {{pcolor|Blastoise|000}}
| [[File:MDP RTDX 160.png|56px]] {{pcolor|Feraligatr|000}}
| [[File:MDP RTDX 260.png|56px]] {{pcolor|Swampert|000}}
|- style="background: #{{Rock color light}}"
| Team Rumblerock
| [[File:MDP RTDX 076.png|56px]] {{pcolor|Golem|000}}
| [[File:MDP RTDX 075.png|56px]] {{pcolor|Graveler|000}}
| [[File:MDP RTDX 075.png|56px]] {{pcolor|Graveler|000}}
|- style="background: #{{??? color light}}"
| Team ???
| colspan=3 | An unnamed rescue team, called in by the {{color2|000|Wonder Orb|Helper Orb}}, consisting of 3 random final-form versions of the game's hero Pokémon.
|}

====Bosses====
{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; text-align:center; background: #{{md blue color}}; border: 5px solid #{{md red color}}"
! colspan="2" style="color: #fff"|Boss
! style="color: #fff"|Level
! style="color: #fff"|Dungeon
! Cataclysm/boss effect
|- rowspan="3" style="background: #{{md red color}}"
! colspan="5" style="color: #fff"|Main Story
|- style="background: #{{Steel color light}}"
| [[File:MDP RTDX 227.png|56px]]
| {{pcolor|Skarmory|000}}
| 11
| {{color2|000|Mt. Steel}}
|
|- style="background: #{{Ghost color light}}"
| [[File:MDP RTDX 094.png|56px]] [[File:MDP RTDX 308.png|56px]] [[File:MDP RTDX 023.png|56px]]
| {{pcolor|Gengar|000}}, {{pcolor|Medicham|000}} and {{pcolor|Ekans|000}} ({{color2|000|Team Meanies}})
| 15 13 13
| {{color2|000|Sinister Woods}}
|
|- style="background: #{{Electric color light}}"
| [[File:MDP RTDX 145.png|56px]]
| {{pcolor|Zapdos|000}}
| 17
| {{color2|000|Mt. Thunder|Mt. Thunder Peak}}
|
|- style="background: #{{Fire color light}}"
| [[File:MDP RTDX 146.png|56px]]
| {{pcolor|Moltres|000}}
| 20
| {{color2|000|Mt. Blaze|Mt. Blaze Peak}}
|
|- style="background: #{{Ice color light}}"
| [[File:MDP RTDX 144.png|56px]]
| {{pcolor|Articuno|000}}
| 22
| {{color2|000|Frosty Forest|Heart of the Frosty Forest}}
|
|- style="background: #{{Fighting color light}}"
| [[File:MDP RTDX 056.png|56px]] [[File:MDP RTDX 056.png|56px]] [[File:MDP RTDX 056.png|56px]]
| {{pcolor|Mankey|000}} ×3
| 23
| {{color2|000|Uproar Forest}}
|
|- style="background: #{{Ground color light}}"
| [[File:MDP RTDX 383.png|56px]]
| {{pcolor|Groudon|000}}
| 28
| {{color2|000|Magma Cavern|Magma Cavern Pit}}
| ''It's a cataclysm! Magma is gushing out from the dungeon floor. The ground shakes and Pokémon will be moved. All Pokémon except for Fire-type Pokémon that touch the magma will get a {{color|{{green color light}}|Burn}}.''
|- style="background: #{{Dragon color light}}"
| [[File:MDP RTDX 384.png|56px]]
| {{pcolor|Rayquaza|000}}
| 33
| {{color2|000|Sky Tower|Sky Tower Summit}}
| ''It's a cataclysm! Huge gusts of wind started blowing in the dungeon! Pokémon hit by a gust will be moved.
|- rowspan="3" style="background: #{{md red color}}"
! colspan="4" | {{color|fff|Post-Story}}
|- style="background: #{{Water color light}}"
| [[File:MDP RTDX 382.png|56px]]
| {{pcolor|Kyogre|000}}
| 40
| {{color2|000|Stormy Sea}}
| ''It's a cataclysm! The dungeon's floor is submerged in water! No matter a Pokémon's type, it will be washed away to another place. All Pokémon except for Water-type Pokémon will also become {{color|{{green color light}}|Slow}}.''
|- style="background: #{{Rock color light}}"
| [[File:MDP RTDX 377.png|56px]]
| {{pcolor|Regirock|000}}
| 35
| {{color2|000|Buried Relic}}
|
|- style="background: #{{Ice color light}}"
| [[File:MDP RTDX 378.png|56px]]
| {{pcolor|Regice|000}}
| 35
| {{color2|000|Buried Relic}}
|
|- style="background: #{{Steel color light}}"
| [[File:MDP RTDX 379.png|56px]]
| {{pcolor|Registeel|000}}
| 35
| {{color2|000|Buried Relic}}
|
|- style="background: #{{Dragon color light}}"
| [[File:MDP RTDX 381.png|56px]]
| {{pcolor|Latios|000}}
| 35
| {{color2|000|Northern Range}}
|
|- style="background: #{{Fire color light}}"
| [[File:MDP RTDX 244.png|56px]]
| {{pcolor|Entei|000}}
| 50
| {{color2|000|Fiery Field}}
|
|- style="background: #{{Electric color light}}"
| [[File:MDP RTDX 243.png|56px]]
| {{pcolor|Raikou|000}}
| 50
| {{color2|000|Lightning Field}}
|
|- style="background: #{{Water color light}}"
| [[File:MDP RTDX 245.png|56px]]
| {{pcolor|Suicune|000}}
| 50
| {{color2|000|Northwind Field}}
|
|- style="background: #{{Fire color light}}"
| [[File:MDP RTDX 250.png|56px]]
| {{pcolor|Ho-Oh|000}}
| 60
| {{color2|000|Mt. Faraway}}
| It's a cataclysm! While the master of this dungeon is bathed in light, its {{color|{{yellow color dark}}|HP}} will be restored and its bad statuses will be healed.
|- style="background: #{{Steel color light}}"
| [[File:MDP RTDX 385.png|56px]]
| {{pcolor|Jirachi|000}}
| 35
| {{color2|000|Wish Cave}}
|
|- style="background: #{{Psychic color light}}"
| [[File:MDP RTDX 249.png|56px]]
| {{pcolor|Lugia|000}}
| 65
| {{color2|000|Silver Trench}}
| It's a cataclysm! Pokémon caught in the current will be swept away! Unidentified floating objects will also be swept in.
|- style="background: #{{Psychic color light}}"
| [[File:MDP RTDX 150.png|56px]]
| {{pcolor|Mewtwo|000}}
| 70
| {{color2|000|Western Cave}}
| Will Mega Evolve into a random [[Mega Evolution]] after losing all HP, and need to be defeated again.
|- style="background: #{{Psychic color light}}"
| [[File:MDP RTDX 386.png|56px]]
| {{pcolor|Deoxys|000}}
| 55
| {{color2|000|Meteor Cave}}
| Will summon mirages of other Deoxys formes to aid itself in battle.
|}

==Dungeons==
{| class="roundtable" style="background: #{{MD Red color}}; border: 3px solid #{{MD Blue color}}"
! style="background: #{{MD Blue color light}}" | English
! style="background: #{{MD Blue color light}}" | Japanese
|-
| [[Tiny Woods]]
| 小さな森
|-
| [[Thunderwave Cave]]
| 電磁波の洞窟
|-
| [[Mt. Steel]]
| ハガネ山
|-
| [[Sinister Woods]]
| 怪しい森
|-
| [[Silent Chasm]]
| 沈黙の谷
|-
| [[Mt. Thunder]]
| 雷鳴の山
|-
| [[Great Canyon]]
| 大いなる峡谷
|-
| [[Lapis Cave]]
| 群青の洞窟
|-
| {{OBP|Rock Path|Rescue Team}}
| 岩の横穴
|-
| [[Mt. Blaze]]
| 炎の山
|-
| [[Snow Path]]
| 雪の横穴
|-
| [[Frosty Forest]]
| 樹氷の森
|-
| [[Mt. Freeze]]
| 氷雪の霊峰
|-
| [[Magma Cavern]]
| マグマの地底
|-
| [[Sky Tower]]
| 天空の塔
|-
| [[Uproar Forest]]
| 騒ぎの森
|-
| [[Howling Forest]]
| 遠吠えの森
|-
| [[Stormy Sea]]
| 嵐の海域
|-
| [[Silver Trench]]
| 銀の海溝
|-
| [[Meteor Cave]]
| 隕石の洞窟
|-
| [[Buried Relic]]
| 地底遺跡
|-
| [[Solar Cave]]
| 太陽の洞窟
|-
| [[Fiery Field]]
| 炎の大地
|-
| [[Lightning Field]]
| 稲妻の大地
|-
| [[Northwind Field]]
| 北風の大地
|-
| [[Mt. Faraway]]
| 遥かなる霊峰
|-
| [[Western Cave]]
| 西の洞窟
|-
| [[Northern Range]]
| 北の山脈
|-
| [[Pitfall Valley]]
| 奈落の谷
|-
| [[Wish Cave]]
| 願いの洞窟
|-
| [[Joyous Tower]]
| 幸せの塔
|-
| [[Purity Forest]]
| 清らかな森
|-
| [[Murky Cave]]
| 闇の洞窟
|-
| [[Desert Region]]
| 砂漠地帯
|-
| [[Southern Cavern]]
| 南の洞穴
|-
| [[Waterfall Pond]]
| 滝壺の池
|-
| [[Wyvern Hill]]
| 飛竜の丘
|-
| [[Darknight Relic]]
| 暗夜遺跡
|-
| [[Unown Relic]]
| アンノーンの遺跡
|-
| [[Grand Sea]]
| 大きな海
|-
| [[Far-Off Sea]]
| 最果ての海
|-
| [[Oddity Cave]]
| 異変の洞窟
|-
| [[Remains Island]]
| 残された島
|-
| [[Marvelous Sea]]
| 不思議の海
|-
| [[Fantasy Strait]]
| 幻想海峡
|-
| [[Illusory Grotto]]
| 幻影の洞窟
|}

==Wonder Mail passwords==
[[Wonder Mail]] passwords can be entered to redeem various items, as well as missions.
===Missions===
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Unlike in original game, Wonder Mail is not used as a way to share job requests with other players, and instead grants special missions. Completing a mission will offer the client as a recruitable team member. However, note that missions can only be attempted if the player has already completed the relevant dungeon in the main story.
{| class="roundtable" style="margin:auto; background: #{{MD Red color}}; border: 3px solid #{{MD Blue color}}"
! style="background: #{{MD Blue color light}}" | Client
! style="background: #{{MD Blue color light}}" | Mission
! style="background: #{{MD Blue color light}}" | Location
! style="background: #{{MD Blue color light}}" | Rewards
! style="background: #{{MD Blue color light}}" | Password
|-
| [[File:MDP 3DS 035.png|56px]]
| {{pcolor|Clefairy|000}}'s Special Request
| [[Mt. Blaze]] 14F
|Recruit Clefairy
| 8TT4 98W8
|-
| [[File:MDP 3DS 080.png|56px]]
| {{pcolor|Slowbro|000}}'s Special Request
| [[Mt. Freeze]] 11F
|Recruit Slowbro
| 6Y6S NWHF
|-
| [[File:MDP 3DS 111.png|56px]]
| {{pcolor|Rhyhorn|000}}'s Special Request
| [[Silent Chasm]] B7F
|Recruit Rhyhorn
| R8Y4 8QXR
|-
| [[File:MDP 3DS 148.png|56px]]
| {{pcolor|Dragonair|000}}'s Special Request
| [[Mt. Freeze]] 17F
|Recruit Dragonair
| HK5R 3N47
|-
| [[File:MDP 3DS 176.png|56px]]
| {{pcolor|Togetic|000}}'s Special Request
| [[Frosty Forest]] 12F
|Recruit Togetic
| MHJR 625M
|-
| [[File:MDP 3DS 179.png|56px]]
| {{pcolor|Mareep|000}}'s Special Request
| [[Mt. Steel]] 5F
|Recruit Mareep
| 991Y 5K47
|-
| [[File:MDP 3DS 200.png|56px]]
| {{pcolor|Misdreavus|000}}'s Special Request
| [[Lapis Cave]] B14F
|Recruit Misdreavus
| 5K0K 0K2K
|-
| [[File:MDP 3DS 238.png|56px]]
| {{pcolor|Smoochum|000}}'s Special Request
| [[Mt. Steel]] 3F
|Recruit Smoochum
| 92JM R48W
|-
| [[File:MDP 3DS 246.png|56px]]
| {{pcolor|Larvitar|000}}'s Special Request
| [[Sinister Woods]] 5F
|Recruit Larvitar
| 5JSM NWF0
|-
| [[File:MDP 3DS 267.png|56px]]
| {{pcolor|Beautifly|000}}'s Special Request
| [[Sinister Woods]] 10F
|Recruit Beautifly
| CNTS N2F1
|-
| [[File:MDP 3DS 302.png|56px]]
| {{pcolor|Sableye|000}}'s Special Request
| [[Mt. Steel]] 8F
|Recruit Sableye
| 91SR 2H5J
|-
| [[File:MDP 3DS 315.png|56px]]
| {{pcolor|Roselia|000}}'s Special Request
| [[Frosty Forest]] 8F
|Recruit Roselia
| K762 CJWF
|-
| [[File:MDP 3DS 320.png|56px]]
| {{pcolor|Wailmer|000}}'s Special Request
| [[Great Canyon]] 12F
|Recruit Wailmer
| 0R5H 76XQ
|-
| [[File:MDP 3DS 433.png|56px]]
| {{pcolor|Chingling|000}}'s Special Request
| [[Silent Chasm]] B3F
|Recruit Chingling
| R6T1 XSH5
|-
| [[File:MDP 3DS 458.png|56px]]
| {{pcolor|Mantyke|000}}'s Special Request
| [[Lapis Cave]] B10F
|Recruit Mantyke
| MF0K 5CCN
|}

===Food===
{| class="roundtable" style="margin:auto; background: #{{MD Red color}}; border: 3px solid #{{MD Blue color}}"
! style="background: #{{MD Blue color light}}" | Item Set
! style="background: #{{MD Blue color light}}" | Contents
! style="background: #{{MD Blue color light}}" | Password
|-
| Apple Bundle
|
* [[File:MDBag Apple RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] {{DL|Food (Mystery Dungeon)|Apple}} ×6
* [[File:MDBag Apple RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] {{DL|Food (Mystery Dungeon)|Apple}} ×6
* [[File:MDBag Apple RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] {{DL|Food (Mystery Dungeon)|Apple}} ×6
| 5JSK 2CMC
|-
| Attack Move Pack
|
* [[File:MDBag Rainbow Gummi RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Rainbow Gummi]] ×3
* [[File:MDBag Power Drink RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Power Drink]] ×3
| WCJT 275J
|-
| Blue Pouch
|
* [[File:MDBag Calcium RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] {{DL|Calcium|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series|Calcium}} ×3
* [[File:MDBag Accuracy Drink RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Accuracy Drink]] ×3
| 90P7 8R96
|-
| Full Belly Set
|
* [[File:MDBag Apple RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] {{DL|Food (Mystery Dungeon)|Apple}} ×5
* [[File:MDBag Perfect Apple RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] {{DL|Food (Mystery Dungeon)|Perfect Apple}} ×3
| 1Y5K 0K1S
|-
| Green Pouch
|
* [[File:MDBag PP-Up Drink RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[PP-Up Drink]] ×3
* [[File:MDBag Max Elixir RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] {{DL|Max Elixir|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series|Max Elixir}} ×3
| 776S JWJS
|-
| Handy Berry Set
|
* [[File:MDBag Pecha Berry RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] {{DL|Pecha Berry|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series|Pecha Berry}} ×5
* [[File:MDBag Cheri Berry RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] {{DL|Cheri Berry|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series|Cheri Berry}} ×5
* [[File:MDBag Seed RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Tiny Reviver Seed]] ×2
| 5JMP H7K5
|-
| Happy Letter
|
* [[File:MDBag Seed RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Joy Seed]] ×1
* [[File:MDBag Seed RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Joy Seed]] ×1
* [[File:MDBag Seed RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Joy Seed]] ×1
| SR0K 5QR9
|-
| HP Recovery Set
|
* [[File:MDBag Oran Berry RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] {{DL|Oran Berry|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series|Oran Berry}} ×10
* [[File:MDBag Sitrus Berry RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] {{DL|Sitrus Berry|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series|Sitrus Berry}} ×1
* [[File:MDBag Seed RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Reviver Seed]] ×1
| FSHH 6SR0
|-
| Hungry Set
|
* [[File:MDBag Apple RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] {{DL|Food (Mystery Dungeon)|Apple}} ×5
* [[File:MDBag Big Apple RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] {{DL|Food (Mystery Dungeon)|Big Apple}} ×5
| N3QW 5JSK
|-
| Lovely Gummi Assortment
|
* [[File:MDBag Rainbow Gummi RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Rainbow Gummi]] ×3
* [[File:MDBag DX Gummi RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[DX Gummi]] ×1
| XMK9 5K49
|-
| Lovely Seed Set
|
* [[File:MDBag Seed RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Heal Seed]] ×3
* [[File:MDBag Seed RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Tiny Reviver Seed]] ×2
| H8PJ TWF2
|-
| Magic Boost Set
|
* [[File:MDBag Calcium RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] {{DL|Calcium|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series|Calcium}} ×2
* [[File:MDBag Zinc RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] {{DL|Zinc|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series|Zinc}} ×2
| K0FX WK7J
|-
| Max Ether Bundle
|
* [[File:MDBag Max Ether RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] {{DL|Max Ether|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series|Max Ether}} ×6
* [[File:MDBag Max Ether RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] {{DL|Max Ether|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series|Max Ether}} ×6
* [[File:MDBag Max Ether RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] {{DL|Max Ether|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series|Max Ether}} ×6
| 6XT1 XP98
|-
| Move Stamina Pack
|
* [[File:MDBag Rainbow Gummi RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Rainbow Gummi]] ×3
* [[File:MDBag PP-Up Drink RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[PP-Up Drink]] ×3
| Y490 CJMR
|-
| Move Strengthening Set
|
* [[File:MDBag Power Drink RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Power Drink]] ×2
* [[File:MDBag Accuracy Drink RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Accuracy Drink]] ×2
* [[File:MDBag PP-Up Drink RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[PP-Up Drink]] ×2
| XT49 8SP7
|-
| Move Technique Pack
|
* [[File:MDBag Rainbow Gummi RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Rainbow Gummi]] ×3
* [[File:MDBag Accuracy Drink RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Accuracy Drink]] ×3
| 6XWH H7JM
|-
| Oran Berry Bundle
|
* [[File:MDBag Oran Berry RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] {{DL|Oran Berry|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series|Oran Berry}} ×6
* [[File:MDBag Oran Berry RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] {{DL|Oran Berry|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series|Oran Berry}} ×6
* [[File:MDBag Oran Berry RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] {{DL|Oran Berry|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series|Oran Berry}} ×6
| R994 5PCN
|-
| Physical Boost Set
|
* [[File:MDBag Seed RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Life Seed]] ×2
* [[File:MDBag Carbos RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] {{DL|Carbos|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series|Carbos}} ×2
| 0R79 10P7
|-
| Power Boost Set
|
* [[File:MDBag Protein RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] {{DL|Protein|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series|Protein}} ×2
* [[File:MDBag Iron RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] {{DL|Iron|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series|Iron}} ×2
| JY3X QW5C
|-
| PP Filling Set
|
* [[File:MDBag Max Ether RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] {{DL|Max Ether|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series|Max Ether}} ×5
* [[File:MDBag Max Elixir RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] {{DL|Max Elixir|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series|Max Elixir}} ×2
| SJP7 642C
|-
| Rainbow Gummi Assortment
|
* [[File:MDBag Rainbow Gummi RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Rainbow Gummi]] ×6
| SN3X QSFW
|-
| Red Pouch
|
* [[File:MDBag Power Drink RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Power Drink]] ×3
* [[File:MDBag Iron RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] {{DL|Iron|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series|Iron}} ×3
| MCCH 6XY6
|-
| Reviver Seed Set
|
* [[File:MDBag Seed RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Tiny Reviver Seed]] ×5
* [[File:MDBag Seed RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Reviver Seed]] ×2
* [[File:MDBag Wonder Orb RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Revive All Orb]] ×1
| 5PJQ MCCJ
|-
| Special Gummi Sample
|
* [[File:MDBag DX Gummi RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[DX Gummi]] ×2
| H6W7 K262
|-
| Strong-Foe Resistance Gift
|
* [[File:MDBag Seed RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Violent Seed]] ×3
* [[File:MDBag Seed RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Stun Seed]] ×10
* [[File:MDBag Seed RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Tiny Reviver Seed]] ×3
| 47K2 K5R3
|-
| Useful Berry Set
|
* [[File:MDBag Rawst Berry RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] {{DL|Rawst Berry|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series|Rawst Berry}} ×5
* [[File:MDBag Chesto Berry RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] {{DL|Chesto Berry|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series|Chesto Berry}} ×5
* [[File:MDBag Seed RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Tiny Reviver Seed]] ×2
| 3R62 CR63
|}

===Orbs===
{| class="roundtable" style="margin:auto; background: #{{MD Red color}}; border: 3px solid #{{MD Blue color}}"
! style="background: #{{MD Blue color light}}" | Item Set
! style="background: #{{MD Blue color light}}" | Contents
! style="background: #{{MD Blue color light}}" | Password
|-
| Barrier Gift
|
* [[File:MDBag Wonder Orb RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Foe-Hold Orb]] ×3
* [[File:MDBag Wonder Orb RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Foe-Seal Orb]] ×5
| Y649 3N3S
|-
| Boss Battle Set
|
* [[File:MDBag Wonder Orb RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[All Power-Up Orb]] ×2
* [[File:MDBag Wonder Orb RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[All Dodge Orb]] ×2
* [[File:MDBag Wonder Orb RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[All Protect Orb]] ×2
| SK5P 778R
|-
| Brawl Gift
|
* [[File:MDBag Wonder Orb RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Slow Orb]] ×5
* [[File:MDBag Wonder Orb RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Quick Orb]] ×5
| CFSH 962H
|-
| Expedition Gift
|
* [[File:MDBag Wonder Orb RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[See-Trap Orb]] ×5
* [[File:MDBag Wonder Orb RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Trapbust Orb]] ×5
| 0MN2 F0CN
|-
| Friendly Set
|
* [[File:MDBag Wonder Orb RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Inviting Orb]] ×3
* [[File:MDBag Wonder Orb RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Rare Quality Orb]] ×3
* [[File:MDBag Wonder Orb RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Wigglytuff Orb]] ×1
| QXW5 MMN1
|-
| Hard Times Set
|
* [[File:MDBag Wonder Orb RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Helper Orb]] ×3
* [[File:MDBag Wonder Orb RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Revive All Orb]] ×2
| SFSJ WK0H
|-
| Monster House Provisions
|
* [[File:MDBag Wonder Orb RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[One-Shot Orb]] ×2
* [[File:MDBag Wonder Orb RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Petrify Orb]] ×3
* [[File:MDBag Wonder Orb RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Spurn Orb]] ×3
| NY7J P8QM
|-
| Predicament Gift
|
* [[File:MDBag Wonder Orb RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Slumber Orb]] ×5
* [[File:MDBag Wonder Orb RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Totter Orb]] ×5
| 7FW6 27CK
|-
| Relief Gift
|
* [[File:MDBag Wonder Orb RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Cleanse Orb]] ×5
* [[File:MDBag Wonder Orb RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Health Orb]] ×5
| TY26 446X
|-
| Safety Set
|
* [[File:MDBag Wonder Orb RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Escape Orb]] ×3
* [[File:MDBag Wonder Orb RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Rollcall Orb]] ×3
* [[File:MDBag Wonder Orb RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Revive All Orb]] ×1
| 3XNS QMQX
|-
| Support Gift
|
* [[File:MDBag Wonder Orb RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Evasion Orb]] ×5
* [[File:MDBag Wonder Orb RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Evasion Orb]] ×5
| WJNT Y478
|-
| Tough Battling Set
|
* [[File:MDBag Wonder Orb RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[All Power-Up Orb]] ×3
* [[File:MDBag Wonder Orb RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[All Dodge Orb]] ×3
| H5FY 948M
|-
| Voluminous Set
|
* [[File:MDBag Wonder Orb RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[See-Trap Orb]] ×5
* [[File:MDBag Wonder Orb RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Trawl Orb]] ×2
* [[File:MDBag Wonder Orb RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Storage Orb]] ×2
| 961W F0MN
|}

===Scarves===
{| class="roundtable" style="margin:auto; background: #{{MD Red color}}; border: 3px solid #{{MD Blue color}}"
! style="background: #{{MD Blue color light}}" | Item Set
! style="background: #{{MD Blue color light}}" | Contents
! style="background: #{{MD Blue color light}}" | Password
|-
| Magical Ribbon Set
|
* [[File:MDBag Equipment RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Special Band]] ×1
* [[File:MDBag Equipment RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Zinc Band]] ×1
* [[File:MDBag Gold Ribbon RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Gold Ribbon]] ×1
| 95R1 W6SJ
|-
| Powerful Ribbon Set
|
* [[File:MDBag Equipment RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] {{DL|Scarf (Mystery Dungeon)|Power Band}} ×1
* [[File:MDBag Equipment RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Defense Scarf]] ×1
* [[File:MDBag Gold Ribbon RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Gold Ribbon]] ×1
| 25QQ TSCR
|-
| Technical Ribbon Set
|
* [[File:MDBag Equipment RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Mach Ribbon]] ×1
* [[File:MDBag Gold Ribbon RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Gold Ribbon]] ×1
| CMQM FXW6
|}

===Throwing Items===
{| class="roundtable" style="margin:auto; background: #{{MD Red color}}; border: 3px solid #{{MD Blue color}}"
! style="background: #{{MD Blue color light}}" | Item Set
! style="background: #{{MD Blue color light}}" | Contents
! style="background: #{{MD Blue color light}}" | Password
|-
| Cacnea Collection
|
* [[File:MDBag Cacnea Spike RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Cacnea Spike]] ×40
* [[File:MDBag Cacnea Spike RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Cacnea Spike]] ×40
* [[File:MDBag Cacnea Spike RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Cacnea Spike]] ×40
| 45QS PHF4
|-
| Gift from Cacnea
|
* [[File:MDBag Cacnea Spike RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Cacnea Spike]] ×40
* [[File:MDBag Cacnea Spike RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Cacnea Spike]] ×40
* [[File:MDBag Cacnea Spike RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Cacnea Spike]] ×40
| SH8X MF1T
|-
| Corsola Collection
|
* [[File:MDBag Corsola Twig RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Corsola Twig]] ×40
* [[File:MDBag Corsola Twig RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Corsola Twig]] ×40
* [[File:MDBag Corsola Twig RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Corsola Twig]] ×40
| JT3M QY79
|-
| Gift from Corsola
|
* [[File:MDBag Corsola Twig RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Corsola Twig]] ×40
* [[File:MDBag Corsola Twig RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Corsola Twig]] ×40
* [[File:MDBag Corsola Twig RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Corsola Twig]] ×40
| 3TWJ MK2C
|-
| Gift from Graveler
|
* [[File:MDBag Geo Pebble RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Geo Pebble]] ×40
* [[File:MDBag Gravelerock RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Gravelerock]] ×40
* [[File:MDBag Golden Fossil RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] [[Golden Fossil]] ×20
| 8QXR 93P5
|}

===TMs===
{| class="roundtable" style="margin:auto; background: #{{MD Red color}}; border: 3px solid #{{MD Blue color}}"
! style="background: #{{MD Blue color light}}" | Item Set
! style="background: #{{MD Blue color light}}" | Contents
! style="background: #{{MD Blue color light}}" | Password
|-
| Bug TM
|
* [[File:MDBag TM RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] {{m|Leech Life}} [[TM]] ×1
| 3TY1 XW99
|-
| Dark TM
|
* [[File:MDBag TM RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] {{m|Brutal Swing}} [[TM]] ×1
| XNY8 PK40
|-
| Electric TM
|
* [[File:MDBag TM RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] {{m|Thunderbolt}} [[TM]] ×1
| R13R 6XY0
|-
| Fighting TM
|
* [[File:MDBag TM RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] {{m|Focus Blast}} [[TM]] ×1
| 78SH 6463
|-
| Fire TM
|
* [[File:MDBag TM RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] {{m|Flamethrower}} [[TM]] ×1
| P5R9 411S
|-
| Ghost TM
|
* [[File:MDBag TM RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] {{m|Shadow Ball}} [[TM]] ×1
| 90P7 CQP9
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| Grass TM
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* [[File:MDBag TM RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] {{m|Energy Ball}} [[TM]] ×1
| N0R7 K93R
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| Ground TM
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* [[File:MDBag TM RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] {{m|Bulldoze}} [[TM]] ×1
| PFXQ PCN3
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| Ice TM
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* [[File:MDBag TM RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] {{m|Ice Beam}} [[TM]] ×1
| XMK5 JQQM
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| Steel TM
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* [[File:MDBag TM RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] {{m|Smart Strike}} [[TM]] ×1
| W95R 91XT
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| Water TM
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* [[File:MDBag TM RTDX Sprite.png|20px]] {{m|Waterfall}} [[TM]] ×1
| JR41 13QS
|}

===Misc Items===
{| class="roundtable" style="margin:auto; background: #{{MD Red color}}; border: 3px solid #{{MD Blue color}}"
! style="background: #{{MD Blue color light}}" | Item Set
! style="background: #{{MD Blue color light}}" | Contents
! style="background: #{{MD Blue color light}}" | Password
|-
|-
| Training Set
|
* [[File:MDBag Bronze Dojo Ticket Sprite.png|20px]] [[Bronze Dojo Ticket]] ×3
* [[File:MDBag Silver Dojo Ticket Sprite.png|20px]] [[Silver Dojo Ticket]] ×2
* [[File:MDBag Gold Dojo Ticket Sprite.png|20px]] [[Gold Dojo Ticket]] ×1
| Y991 1412
|}

==Reception==
Gaming magazine {{wp|Famitsu}} gave Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX a score of 35 out of 40.<ref>[https://nintendoeverything.com/654607-2/ Famitsu review scores - March 4, 2020 - Nintendo Everything]</ref> {{wp|IGN}} rated the game an "Okay" 6.0/10.<ref>[https://www.ign.com/articles/pokemon-mystery-dungeon-rescue-team-dx-review Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX Review - IGN]</ref> It holds a rating of 68% on {{wp|Metacritic}}, based on 74 critic reviews.<ref>[https://www.metacritic.com/game/switch/pokemon-mystery-dungeon-rescue-team-dx Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX for Switch Reviews - Metacritic]</ref>

===Sales===
In the fiscal year of its release, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX sold 1.26 million copies worldwide.<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2020/200507_3e.pdf#page=19 Fiscal Year Ended March 2020 - Financial Results Explanatory Material - Nintendo Co., Ltd.]</ref> As of December 31, 2022, the game sold 1.99 million copies worldwide.<ref>[https://www.installbaseforum.com/forums/threads/2023-cesa-games-white-paper-additional-shipment-data-domestical-and-international.1847/]</ref>

====Japanese sales====
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX sold 130,510 units on its first week on the Japanese market, with a {{wp|sell-through}} of 66.36%.<ref name="CY 2020">[https://www.resetera.com/threads/media-create-sales-cy-2020-2019-dec-30-2021-jan-03-new-used.436718/ Media Create Sales: CY 2020 (2019 Dec 30 - 2021 Jan 03) Sales | ResetEra]</ref> By January 3, 2021, the end of its 44th week, it had sold 281,908 copies.<ref name="CY 2020"/>

==Staff==
{{main|Staff of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX}}

==Version history==
{| class="roundtable" style="background:#{{MD Red color}}; border:3px solid #{{MD Blue color}}"
! style="background:#{{MD Blue color light}}" | Version<ref>[https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/49105 Nintendo Support: How to Update Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX]</ref><ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Support/Nintendo-Switch/Game-Updates/How-to-Update-Pokemon-Mystery-Dungeon-Rescue-Team-DX-1743723.html How to Update Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX | Nintendo Switch | Support | Nintendo]</ref>
! style="background:#{{MD Blue color light}}" | Release date
! style="background:#{{MD Blue color light}}" | Official note
|-
| 1.0.0
| March 6, 2020
| N/A
|-
| 1.0.2<ref>[https://www.pokemon-support.com/news/s/article/000002164 Nintendo Switch専用ソフト『ポケモン不思議のダンジョン救助隊DX』の不具合のお知らせ]</ref>
| March 17, 2020
|
* Fixed several issues to improve gameplay experience.
|}

==Gallery==
===Artwork===
<gallery>
File:MD Rescue Team DX main visual.png|Main visual
File:MD Rescue Team DX world map.png|World map
File:MD Rescue Team DX Bulbasaur and Charmander.png|Hero Bulbasaur and Partner Charmander
File:MD Rescue Team DX Squirtle and Pikachu.png|Hero Pikachu and Partner Squirtle
File:MD Rescue Team DX Psyduck and Eevee.png|Psyduck and Eevee checking the Job Bulletin Board
File:MD Rescue Team DX Cubone.png|Hero Cubone and Pelipper
File:MD Rescue Team DX Chikorita and Totodile.png|Hero Totodile and Partner Chikorita
File:MD Rescue Team DX Treecko and Torchic.png|Hero Treecko and Partner Torchic
</gallery>

===Logos and boxarts===
<gallery>
MD Rescue Team DX logo.png|English logo
MD Rescue Team DX JP logo.png|Japanese logo
MD Rescue Team DX AE boxart.png|United Arab Emirates boxart
</gallery>

==Trivia==
* Even though [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team|Blue Rescue Team]] was released in South Korea, Rescue Team DX was not.
* This is the first [[remake]] of a [[Pokémon games|Pokémon game]] outside of the [[core series]].
* The box-art for this game is a combination of the box art of the two games it is based on, featuring the same Pokémon and setting, albeit with a new art style.
* The "Mystery Dungeon" text font for the logo is based on the European design used for previous games, even for the North American release.
* Although this was released during [[Generation VIII]], nothing introduced during said [[generation]] exists in this game, including new [[move]]s and {{Abilities}}.

==In other languages==
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|ja=ポケモン不思議のダンジョン救助隊DX
|fr=Pokémon Donjon Mystère : Équipe de Secours DX
|de=Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Retterteam DX
|it=Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Squadra di Soccorso DX
|es=Pokémon Mundo misterioso: equipo de rescate DX
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==References==
{{reflist}}

==Related articles==
{{Spin-off series}}
{{Project Sidegames notice}}

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== Legendaries ==

Can you try to recruit legendary pokemon more than once? If not, it would be the the equivalent (in the case of deoxys, the legendary birds, the legendary beasts, the regis, etc.) of catching a legendary with a single pokéball. {{unsigned|Ditto132}}
:Sure! If you're lucky, the legendary will join your team. But after that, the legendary will never appear again at the place you caught it unless you release it.
'''[[User:Optimus35|Agent]] [[User:Optimus35/Mission|4]][[User:Optimus35/Emerald|4]][[Gallade (Pokémon)|8]][[User talk:Optimus35|Talk]] | [[User:Optimus35/Diamond&Pearl|DP]]''' 09:39, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

== Instant Fainting ==

When it starts says "If you stay on one floor of a dungeon for too long, this will happen:

* It will say "Something is stirring".
* It will say "Something is approaching".
* It will say "It's coming closer."
* It will say "It's right near! It's gusting hard!" Then the player's character will faint. "

What do you think makes the pokemon faint? A pokemon? -{{U|Nidolord500}}

Its evil. No not an evil '''''thing''''' just plain evil.
[[User:Crystallucario|'''''Crystal''''']] [[User talk:Crystallucario|'''''Lucario''''']] 13:51, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
Actually, it's wind. Remember reading that someplace, I think the guidebook for the Explorers installation. [[User:Kiryu|Kiryu]] 23:21, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

== Body size ==

How much can be the body size for your team? '''[[User:Thijssietjuh|Thijssietjuh]] [[User talk: Thijssietjuh|☆]]''' 18:34, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

:six.. [[User:Flygon4evah|Vib]] 15:09, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

::Ok thanks --'''[[User:Thijssietjuh|Thijssietjuh]] [[User talk: Thijssietjuh|☆]]''' 18:34, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

== ??? ==

Hey, how do Tradevolutions work in this game? [[User:Kpokefan|'''K''']][[User talk:Kpokefan|'''P''']][[User:Kpokefan/Missions|'''F''']] 22:30, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
:When you are prompted to use an item in the evolution process, select the Link Cable. --[[User:Fabu-Vinny|FabuVinny]] [[User talk:Fabu-Vinny|T]]-[[Special:Contributions/Fabu-Vinny|C]]-[[User:Fabu-Vinny/Sandbox|S]] 22:36, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

::thanks, but, uhh...is link cable an item? if so, where do i get it...and umm where do i get the evolution stones? [[User:Kpokefan|'''K''']][[User talk:Kpokefan|'''P''']][[User:Kpokefan/Missions|'''F''']] 01:21, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

:::I think wyhat Fabu-Vinny means is the Link Cable IRL and select the link cable option when it asks you stuffs.--[[User:Ace|Ace]] 21:47, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

::::Actually, there's a Link Cable ITEM within the game. Don't remember where it was, though. =/ --[[User:Jonouchi|Ricco]] 14:49, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

:::::How can you interpret my comment to mean a real life link cable? They are found in place of items you can only own one of at a time (such as HMs) when you own that particular item. --[[User:Fabu-Vinny|FabuVinny]] [[User talk:Fabu-Vinny|T]]-[[Special:Contributions/Fabu-Vinny|C]]-[[User:Fabu-Vinny/Sandbox|S]] 15:09, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

::::::thank you [[User:Kpokefan|'''K''']][[User talk:Kpokefan|'''P''']][[User:Kpokefan/Missions|'''F''']] 17:26, 18 February 2008 (UTC)`

:::::::A popular and easy place to pick up the Link Cable would be the Solar Cave, after getting the HMs, such as {{m|Surf}} and {{m|Dive}}. [[User:SharKing|SharKing]] 20:27, 4 September 2008 (UTC)SharKing

== HM Fly? ==

Where is Fly I can not find it...so...yeah...uhhh...anyone...
[[User:Crystallucario|'''''Crystal''''']] [[User talk:Crystallucario|'''''Lucario''''']] 14:32, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
:Get Dragon Cave from a quest. Then get to Wyvern Hill and BRING A KEY -important!-'''<sc>[[User:Optimus35|Optimus35, to be exact...>.>;;;</nowiki>">Optimatum]]</sc>[[User talk:Ph34r4ever|Talk]]|[[User:Optimus35/sig/Pikachu|♊]]{{{1|13:35 7 Mar 2008}}}'''
::Thnx --[[User:Crystallucario|'''''Crystal''''']] [[User talk:Crystallucario|'''''Lucario''''']] 13:40, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
:::But you need the Cipher code...'''<sc>[[User:Optimus35|Optimus35, to be exact...>.>;;;</nowiki>">Optimatum]]</sc>[[User talk:Ph34r4ever|Talk]]|[[User:Optimus35/sig/Pikachu|♊]]{{{1|13:42 7 Mar 2008}}}'''
::::Cypher Code??? What is that? --[[User:Crystallucario|'''''Crystal''''']] [[User talk:Crystallucario|'''''Lucario''''']] 13:45, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
:::::-slams head- OMG! I meant Wonder Mail!!! (How could I mistake Mega Man for Pokémon???) '''<sc>[[User:Optimus35|Optimus35, to be exact...>.>;;;</nowiki>">Optimatum]]</sc>[[User talk:Ph34r4ever|Talk]]|[[User:Optimus35/sig/Pikachu|♊]]{{{1|13:48 7 Mar 2008}}}'''
Ok that makes more sense. --[[User:Crystallucario|'''''Crystal''''']] [[User talk:Crystallucario|'''''Lucario''''']] 13:49, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
:Hold on...enter the following code:
H ? 0 8 ? 9 S ? ? Q 6 4
? P ? ! 8 4 S 0 + F ? !
::But it may not be reliable...'''<sc>[[User:Optimus35|Optimus35, to be exact...>.>;;;</nowiki>">Optimatum]]</sc>[[User talk:Ph34r4ever|Talk]]|[[User:Optimus35/sig/Pikachu|♊]]{{{1|13:54 7 Mar 2008}}}'''

:::o'.'o I forgot how to make wonder mail. --[[User:Crystallucario|'''''Crystal''''']] [[User talk:Crystallucario|'''''Lucario''''']] 13:57, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
::::First, go to the Main Menu...'''<sc>[[User:Optimus35|Optimus35, to be exact...>.>;;;</nowiki>">Optimatum]]</sc>[[User talk:Ph34r4ever|Talk]]|[[User:Optimus35/sig/Pikachu|♊]]{{{1|14:12 7 Mar 2008}}}'''
:::::Ok I got the mail it worked... I just remembered how but now I am doing some weird mission --[[User:Crystallucario|'''''Crystal''''']] [[User talk:Crystallucario|'''''Lucario''''']] 14:16, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
::::::Precisely. Finish it and you'll get the Dragon Cave. From there, you'll find a lock on the 20th floor. Good luck and DON'T DIE! '''<sc>[[User:Optimus35|Optimus35, to be exact...>.>;;;</nowiki>">Optimatum]]</sc>[[User talk:Ph34r4ever|Talk]]|[[User:Optimus35/sig/Pikachu|♊]]{{{1|14:16 7 Mar 2008}}}'''

Dragon Cave is a friend area? How does that work?What do I do?[[User:Crystallucario|'''''Crystal''''']] [[User talk:Crystallucario|'''''Lucario''''']] 14:19, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

:Nevermind I figured it out... --[[User:Crystallucario|'''''Crystal''''']] [[User talk:Crystallucario|'''''Lucario''''']] 13:08, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

== Recruit Rate ==
Should there be a section for Recruit Rates and stuff??? --[[User:CoolPikachu!|'''Co''']][[Giratina and the Sky's Bouquet: Shaymin|'''ol''']] [[User talk:CoolPikachu!|'''Pika''']][[User:CoolPikachu!/Extra‎|'''chu''']][[User:CoolPikachu!/Sig|'''!''']][http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/ '''!!''']

== Humans in the PMD world ==

there has to have been humans in the world the game takes place in. How else would all the pokémon in the story line know about humans? and also some of the friend areas were made by humans long ago. I think they went extinct due to the natural disasters that were ravaging the land. {{unsigned|TeamMegaraptor}}

== Typeless? ==

The typeless moves Vacuum Cut and Wide Slash, can one hack the game to get STAB from these moves? '''[[User:Optimus35|It's the <sc>Θρtιmαtum♏</sc>]][[User talk:Ph34r4ever|Talk]]|[[User:Optimus35/sig/Pikachu|Links]]''07:32 18 Jun 2008'''''
Probably. [[User:Kiryu|Kiryu]] 23:24, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

== Evolution? ==

How do Pokémon evolve in this game? I've been playing for a while and I haven't evolve yet (or maybe I won't evolve xD). I'm a Mudkip and I'm level 18 =S. '''[[User:Hfc2x|hfc]][[User talk:Hfc2x|2X]]''' 01:48, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

You can't evolve pokemon until after you have beaten Rayquaza. after that, this cave appears in [[Whiscash Pond]], where you can evolve pokemon. basiacally you have to finish the main plotline to evolve. --[[User:Cadellin|Cadellin]] 16:00, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

:If a Pokémon evolves under a special circumstance, it needs to have the relative item before going into the cave. ~[[User:SaturnYoshi|'''$aturn''']][[User:SaturnYoshi|'''¥oshi''']] [[User talk:SaturnYoshi|THE VOICES]] 18:14, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

== Team Fakers ==

The newspaper #15 says about the Team Fakers, which has an Sudowoodo. Is this relevant to the main article? [[User:Mateussf|Mateussf]] 14:13, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

==Buried Items==
How do you find buried items, and are they the items you can normally find in dungeons? [[User:Hoolo|Hoolo]] 15:30, 27 January 2009

== I... ==

Don't like the title. At all. Does anyone have any better ideas? --[[User:Politoed666|ニョロトノ]][[User talk:Politoed666|''666'']] 00:51, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

==Question==
Does anyone know what triggers the Medicham/Wish Cave event? [[User:PokemonTrainer7738|PokemonTrainer7738]] 21:42, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

== HMs?? ==

Er... There isn't a guide, or at least a pointer, for getting the HMs anywhere obvious in the wiki. All of the pages deal with the mainstream games. Should the locations be added? Or are spinoff games too... spinned-off to be mentioned? {{unsigned|Valorum27}}
:They should be added, but we'll need to reconfigure the way we do the HM listing. I've never played outside of the main series, so let me know a few things first. Is the PMD series the only side game series that uses HMs, and are they in every PMD or just the first ones? —'''darklord[[User talk:The dark lord trombonator|trom]]''' 07:46, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
::They are the only DS sidegames that use them and they are in all PMD games. I don't know anything about earlier games or console games though. I could give extending the template a go in my sandbox if you like. <sc>[[User:Werdnae|Werdnae]]</sc> [[User talk:Werdnae|(talk)]] 07:56, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
:::If you go to the page where the HM is found, For instance, Wyvern Hill (where fly is):
Wyvern Hill contains two locked chambers. The chamber on 20F contains the Sun Ribbon, required to evolve Eevee into Espeon. The chamber on 30F contains HM Fly, required to return to Sky Tower. The Dragon Scale can also be found on the ground around 30F.
:::But that's the only place its listed... No mention on any other pages.--[[User:Valorum27|Valorum27]] 16:41, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

== Plot-set Freinds ==

Should Latias and Gardavior be added to this list? They do join your team within the plot and do not require a battle to be recruited. [[User:EpicShadow|EpicShadow]] 14:54, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
:Gardevoir's already at the top of the list. I've added Latias, I'm not sure about Latios, since it is listed in the bosses section already. <sc>[[User:Werdnae|Werdnae]]</sc> [[User talk:Werdnae|(talk)]] 20:23, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
::Latios is battled at the town square but it is guaranteed to be recruited after beeting it in the battle so I would probably include it. [[User:EpicShadow|EpicShadow]] 20:57, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
:::I think the problem is that it's both a boss and a recruited Pokémon, meaning it could fit into two sections. [[User:Turtwig A|Turtwig's]] [[Turtwig (Pokémon)|A-B-Cs]] ([[User talk:Turtwig A|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Turtwig A|contribs]]) 20:59, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
::::Yes it could also be a non-player character. I just noticed it is listed in the boss section (My bad), so perhaps it should just be left as is. [[User:EpicShadow|EpicShadow]] 21:04, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
:::::Also, Latios is battled in the [[Northern Range]], not the town square.--[[User:Cold|Cold]] ([[User talk:Cold|talk]]) 21:06, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
::::::While were on the topic of Character placement would it be okay if Munchlax was placed in the NPC section? It had a minor role but it was the NPC that set the after-story in motion. [[User:EpicShadow|EpicShadow]] 21:16, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
:::::::While I don't dispute that it should be added, how exactly did it "set the after-story in motion"? All it does is give you a Munch Belt if you have an apple...--[[User:Cold|Cold]] ([[User talk:Cold|talk]]) 21:19, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
::::::::Didn't it witness Latios stealing the merchandise frome the stor? If I'm wrong please correct me (I clearly need to play the game again). [[User:EpicShadow|EpicShadow]] 21:24, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
:::::::::No it didn't. I haven't played in a while either, but I know for a fact that it wasn't Munchlax. I think it was either Kecleon, Alakazam, or someone found evidence pointing to Northern Range, not even realizing it was Latios.--[[User:Cold|Cold]] ([[User talk:Cold|talk]]) 21:31, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

== Lati@s and Gardevoir ==

Unlike other plotset friends like Magnemite and Smeargle, when the point where Lati@s and Gardevoir (i think) can be recruited is reached, they ''ask'' the player to join. No automatically join, ''ask''. A Yes or No question. Now, I've obviously always answered "yes" at these points, but does anybody know what happens if you select "no" instead? Do they still join your team, or do they just leave? I'm especially curious to hear what happens if you refuse the Lati twins, are you able to recruit them through any other means?--[[User:Cold|Cold]] ([[User talk:Cold|talk]]) 20:25, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
:I'm pretty sure they ask again, making it inevitable like the rescue team question. In the sequels, I tried it to Manaphy and it kept asking until I said yes, though that was probably because it was required for the storyline. [[User:Turtwig A|Turtwig's]] [[Turtwig (Pokémon)|A-B-Cs]] ([[User talk:Turtwig A|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Turtwig A|contribs]]) 21:12, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

== Feebas ==
The Feebas wonder mail does not work. [[User:Gliscorguy54|Gliscorguy54]] 16:41, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

== Uh oh. ==

I was attempting Stormy Sea. And I failed. And Dive was lost. I never taught it to any teammates! How can I get back to the sea?--[[User:Aescula|Aescula]] 09:54, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

== Plot section ==

Would it be preferable if the plot section were to be broken down into paragraphs rather than a bunch of separate bullet points? [[User:Turtwig A|Turtwig A]] ([[User talk:Turtwig A|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Turtwig A|contribs]]) 16:46, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
:I agree. I've seen some other plot section of games and I think that this one could use a little more effort. [[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]] 16:56, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
::Paragraphs are almost always better than bullet points. [[User:Werdnae|Werdnae]] [[User talk:Werdnae|(talk)]] 01:39, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
:::Alright then, since no one objects, I'll be making it in a paragraph. [[User:Turtwig A|Turtwig A]] ([[User talk:Turtwig A|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Turtwig A|contribs]]) 01:41, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

== Canon? ==

Are these games canon?? [[User: Metalfenix11|Metalfenix11]] 13:10 January 9 2012 (UTC)
:What do you mean by "canon"? In relation to what? These are official Pokemon games. [[User:Werdnae|Werdnae]] [[User talk:Werdnae|(talk)]] 19:55, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

== Regarding opposite-version unlockables... ==

Should we insert a collapsible table on each of the pages of the Pokémon concerned? I notice they're currently bare text body, and I have to admit it's not always easy to find when searching through the page and slightly messy-looking too. Should we add small collapsible tables on each page of the Pokémon concerned, it'll neaten things up as well. I'd be glad to do so if others are in agreement. [[User:Haxorus|'''Hax''']][[User talk:Haxorus|'''or''']][[Special:MyContributions|'''us''']] 03:40, 1 March 2012 (UTC)
:[[Version Exclusive Pokémon#Red and Blue Rescue Team|We have a whole page for these lists.]] They aren't supposed to be on the game articles as a result. [[User:Werdnae|Werdnae]] [[User talk:Werdnae|(talk)]] 05:54, 1 March 2012 (UTC)
::Oops! My mistake! I completely forgot to mention that I was talking about the '''Wonder Mail''' passwords for each version-exclusive Pokémon! Sorry. That being said, what do you think? [[User:Haxorus|'''Hax''']][[User talk:Haxorus|'''or''']][[Special:MyContributions|'''us''']] 06:06, 1 March 2012 (UTC)
:::So, in other words, just to be clear now, I'm asking if it would be all right for me to set up collapsible tables for the Wonder Mail passwords instead of putting them right in the article body as regular text. That's about it. [[User:Haxorus|'''Hax''']][[User talk:Haxorus|'''or''']][[Special:MyContributions|'''us''']] 06:14, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

== Conectivity? ==

IDK about these games, but if there's any connectivity between these two games, a section in the article should be added. '''[[User:Hfc2x|hfc]][[User talk:Hfc2x|2X]]''' 17:59, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

== Falling star. ==

The meteorite is called "Shooting star" by partner, at least after defeating Rayquaza. While these words are {{tt|synonym|From Wikipedia - 'Falling star or shooting star is the common name for the visible path of a meteoroid as it enters the atmosphere to become a meteor'}} to each other... was falling star ever used? [[User:Marked +-+-+|Marked +-+-+]] ([[User talk:Marked +-+-+|talk]]) 15:03, 31 March 2013 (UTC)

== What is up with the main plot? ==
This probably isn't a big deal and probably not worth editing, but i feel as if the main plot for the mystery dungeon game was completly messed up, note i am not talking about the game itself, but the way its presented on bulbapedia, can someone please explain to me why one each there are bullet points throughout the storyline? i mean i look at firered and leafgreen and there storyline section is fluent and only breaks when nessesary. i would have eddited the page myself if it wernt for the fact that i dont remember most of the details of the game. but i feel as if this needs to be fixed.
[[User:Blackoutbudder|Blackoutbudder]] ([[User talk:Blackoutbudder|talk]]) 14:12, 9 December 2014 (UTC)

==Magnemite Evolution==

I noticed the article mentions that three Magnemite connect to evolve into Magneton in this game. While I can see how one could argue that is implied, at no point does it actually happen. The closest it gets is two Magnemite stuck together. While I'm certainly nitpicking a bit, there is a difference between implying the evolution and it actually happening. By the article's logic, I could make the claim that Diglett becomes Dugtrio in the same way.

Of course, if I'm missing something, feel free to yell at me.
[[User:JacenBoy|JacenBoy]] ([[User talk:JacenBoy|talk]]) 05:09, 23 April 2016 (UTC)

== Plot section update ==
I agree with the plot section being presented as paragraphs rather than bullet points. I'll do my part with that.[[User:Mannydagamer45|Mannydagamer45]] ([[User talk:Mannydagamer45|talk]]) 23:39, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

== Refusing Celebi ==

Celebi is considered an Automatic Recruit, according to this page, but I'm pretty sure that you can reject celebi joining your team. Though, you'd have to go back through the 99 floors to recruits it later.

I just wanted to check that I'm remembering right. Can anyone confirm this? [[User:Luna Solaris|Luna Solaris]] ([[User talk:Luna Solaris|talk]]) 11:11, 6 June 2026 (UTC)
: You're right, it is possible to turn down Celebi's request; You can see the strings [https://github.com/pret/pmd-red/blob/master/src/dungeon_boss_dialogue.c#L2961 here] and a video [https://youtu.be/xdtZMsCfubU?si=9URnCwHBXHHGHE5U&t=341 here]. Thanks for the heads up, I'll update the page. --[[User:RRad|RRad]] ([[User talk:RRad|talk]]) 11:55, 6 June 2026 (UTC)
::Thanks. Thought I might've been misremembering for a second. [[User:Luna Solaris|Luna Solaris]] ([[User talk:Luna Solaris|talk]]) 13:00, 6 June 2026 (UTC)

Talk:Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team

2026-06-06T11:11:10Z

Luna Solaris: /* Refusing Celebi */ new section

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team

2026-06-06T05:50:27Z

Luna Solaris: Changing "may join your party" to "will join your party" because the Eon Duo joining is not optional.

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'''Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team''' (Japanese: '''{{tt|ポケモン不思議のダンジョン赤の救助隊|ポケモンふしぎのダンジョンあかのきゅうじょたい}}''' ''Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team'') and '''Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team''' (Japanese: '''{{tt|ポケモン不思議のダンジョン青の救助隊|ポケモンふしぎのダンジョンあおのきゅうじょたい}}''' ''Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team'') are a matched pair of [[Pokémon games]] for the [[Game Boy Advance]] and [[Nintendo DS]], respectively. These games are the first two entries in the [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series]], an adaptation of the {{wp|Mystery Dungeon}} games for Pokémon. These two games were developed by [[Chunsoft]] and were published by [[Nintendo]]. They were released in Japan on November 17, 2005, in the United States on September 18, 2006, in Europe on November 10, 2006, and in Australia on September 28, 2006.

In South Korea, Blue Rescue Team was released on August 30, 2007; Red Rescue Team was never released, because the Nintendo DS was the first console released by Nintendo of Korea. Nintendo of Korea also released a demo version of Blue Rescue Team for PC, [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gold Rescue Team]].

Both games were released for the [[Wii U]] [[Virtual Console#Wii U|Virtual Console]] in Europe on February 11, 2016, in Australia on February 12, 2016, in Japan on March 23, 2016, and in the United States on June 23, 2016. Wii U Virtual Console games became unavailable to purchase on March 27, 2023. A remake of the games, titled [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX]], was released for the [[Nintendo Switch]] on March 6, 2020. Red Rescue Team was released s part of the Game Boy Advance - [[Nintendo Classics]] application on August 9, 2024.

All Pokémon from [[Generation]]s {{gen|I}}, {{gen|II}}, and {{gen|III}} are available in this game; all may be encountered and [[recruitment|recruited]] as the player ventures across the land and through various dungeons.

The games have received adaptations in other formats through the special episode ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters Out of the Gate!]]'' and the manga series ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team]]''.

==Gameplay==
Like the main Pokémon RPGs, it has two gameplay modes; unlike the main RPGs, battle mode and dungeon mode are not distinct. It is a semi-turn-based game, with each step, attack, or item use being counted as a single turn.

The size of a party is limited to four in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon, compared to six in the main RPGs; furthermore, players are only able to directly control one Pokémon: their own character (or, later in the game, any other befriended Pokémon). The player's teammates are essentially autonomous, with player control being limited to general strategy such as avoiding Pokémon battles or not moving and staying in one place.

The games use level-up movesets from {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}. The weather-inducing moves, {{m|Double Team}}, {{m|Rock Tomb}}, and {{m|Snatch}} are not contained in [[TM]]s, instead having corresponding [[Wonder Orb]]s.

==Plot==
{{spoilers}}
===Main story===
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon starts with the player as a human who is [[Human–Pokémon transformation|turned]] into a {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}. A series of questions at the start of the game determines what Pokémon the {{pkmn2|hero}} becomes.

When the hero first discovers that they are a Pokémon, they will first meet their [[Partner Pokémon (Mystery Dungeon)|partner]] who happens to be there. The journey begins with the hero and partner going out to find a lost {{p|Caterpie}}. Once this first quest is done, the journey begins in earnest. The partner explains that the world is suffering an imbalance in nature, with natural disasters occurring everywhere.

* The hero and their partner form a rescue team.
* Soon after, they rescue two {{p|Magnemite}} from [[Thunderwave Cave]], one of which joins the team.
* The hero and their friends save a {{p|Diglett}} from a {{p|Skarmory}} on [[Mt. Steel]].
* [[Team Meanies]] steal the requests for help from the hero's mailbox. The team rescues a {{p|Metapod}} who is stuck at [[Sinister Woods]].
* A {{p|Jumpluff}} is stuck at [[Silent Chasm]]. {{p|Shiftry}} is asked to go. When he doesn't return the team goes down to rescue {{p|Shiftry}}.
* After {{p|Zapdos}} kidnaps {{p|Shiftry}}, the hero must fight it at the top of [[Mt. Thunder]].
* The hero consults {{p|Xatu}} for an explanation of their presence in this world as a Pokémon at Great Canyon.
* The hero learns of the legend of {{p|Ninetales}}: one day, a human angered a {{p|Ninetales}} and was cursed, however, the human's {{p|Gardevoir}} took the curse upon herself to save her master. However, the human selfishly deserts the cursed {{p|Gardevoir}}. {{p|Ninetales}} prophesises that the selfish human would be reborn as a Pokémon, and when that happens, the balance of nature in the world would collapse.
* {{p|Gengar}} convinces the Pokémon that the hero is the selfish human in the legend of {{p|Ninetales}}, and they decide to run them out of town.
* To escape their pursuers the team pass through [[Lapis Cave]] and then [[Mt. Blaze]], where they encounter {{p|Moltres}}.
* The team enters [[Frosty Forest]] and is attacked by {{p|Articuno}}, who blames the hero for bringing natural disasters to its forest. An {{p|Absol}} steps in and stops the fighting, then joins the rescue team.
* The hero reaches [[Mt. Freeze]] and meets the {{p|Ninetales}} of the legend. The hero discovers that while part of the legend is true, and the selfish human from the legend is alive, it is not the hero.
* The hero returns to the town, and {{p|Gengar}} is discredited. Meanwhile [[Team A.C.T.]] goes to the Magma Caverns to defeat {{p|Groudon}}.
* {{p|Wynaut}} and {{p|Wobbuffet}} ask the hero to go defeat the {{p|Mankey}} gang in the [[Uproar Forest]]. In return, they offer a peeled Chestnut, which is in turn used to convince the {{p|Mankey}} gang to help renovate the [[Team Base]].
* Team A.C.T. does not return, and a new team—{{p|Blastoise}}, {{p|Octillery}} and {{p|Golem}}—is formed to go rescue them.
* The new team is also defeated. The hero goes to [[Magma Cavern]] themselves to rescue Team A.C.T.
* After defeating {{p|Groudon}}, {{p|Xatu}} announces that a falling star is headed towards the planet, and that it is the meteor that is causing the imbalance in nature.
* {{p|Gardevoir}} reveals to the hero, in a dream, the true reason for their transformation: the hero was destined to be the savior of the [[Pokémon world]]; the hero decided to erase the memories of being a human in order to cleanse the heart and mind.
* The hero goes to find {{p|Rayquaza}} at [[Sky Tower]] in order to convince it to destroy the falling star.
* {{p|Rayquaza}}'s {{m|Hyper Beam}} destroys the meteorite. However, the hero ends up in the netherworld in the aftermath of the explosion; {{p|Gengar}} helps them return to the Pokémon world.
* As the Pokémon celebrate the end of the calamities, the hero says farewell and leaves to return to the human world.
* After the credits roll, the hero decides to remain in the Pokémon world, and reappears at the [[Team Base]].

===Epilogue===
* The player gains entrance to [[Luminous Cave]].
* After talking to {{mdc|Medicham|1}}, {{mdc|Lombre|1}} and {{mdc|Whiscash|1}} in order, the player goes to [[Stormy Sea]] and defeats {{p|Kyogre}}.
* After getting mail about a [[Buried Relic|new dungeon]], the player talks to Lombre. Then Shiftry will let the player go to [[Buried Relic]].
* [[Southern Cavern]], [[Wyvern Hill]], and [[Howling Forest]] open up after receiving specific [[Friend Area]]s from {{OBP|Job|Mystery Dungeon|jobs}}.
* After getting [[HM]] {{m|Surf}} in the [[Solar Cave]], {{p|Spinda}} walks into Pokémon Square and collapses. The player and their partner take him back to their rescue base.
* Spinda reveals he was looking for the mirage Pokémon, but doesn't know what it is. He gives the player the Clear Wing, then leaves and stays in Pokémon Square for a while.
* The hero's partner suggests that they go and speak to Xatu.
* Upon reaching the top of the Great Canyon, Xatu reveals that the player must first go to the three fields and face the Lords of those areas (the [[Legendary beasts]]).
* After clearing the [[Fiery Field]] and defeating Entei, {{p|Entei}} turns the Clear Wing into the Red Wing.
* After clearing the [[Lightning Field]] and defeating Raikou, {{p|Raikou}} turns the Red Wing into the Sunset Wing.
* After clearing the [[Northwind Field]] and defeating Suicune, {{p|Suicune}} turns the Sunset Wing into the Rainbow Wing, and [[Mt. Faraway]] is unlocked.
* Once the player clears Mt. Faraway and defeats the {{p|Ho-Oh|Mirage Pokémon}}, the player can go back to the Fields and Mt. Faraway to recruit the legendary beasts and Ho-Oh (if their Friend Areas have been opened).
* If the player goes back to Pokémon Square and talks to Spinda, it will leave, encouraged to go exploring again.
* After getting the {{OBP|Southern Island|Mystery Dungeon}} Friend Area and obtaining Surf from Solar Cave, a flying Pokémon steals the TMs from Kecleon Wares and flees to the [[Northern Range]]. The player follows it and defeats the Pokémon, revealed to be {{p|Latios}}.
* Latios is revealed to have stolen the TMs because of losing {{p|Latias}} in [[Pitfall Valley]]. The player saves her there using the Teleport Gem. Both Eon Pokémon will join the player's team afterwards.
* Medicham and Ekans go to the [[Wish Cave]] to try to grant wishes for themselves.
* Ekans is defeated and places a rescue request for Medicham, who is still stuck in the cave.
* After rescuing Medicham, the player is rewarded with the Wish Stone, which can be used to make Jirachi grant a wish.
* Medicham and Ekans reveal that Gengar is trying to climb [[Mt. Freeze]].
* Gengar asks the player to escort him up Mt. Freeze.
* Gengar reveals himself to be the selfish human in the legend of Ninetales, and is the master of Gardevoir.
* Ninetales gives Gengar the Nine Tail Crest, and sends him to [[Murky Cave]].
* The player and Gengar go rescue {{p|Gardevoir}}. Gardevoir then offers to join the player's rescue team, but it has lost all of its memory relating to Gengar.
* Once the player goes back and recruits Ho-Oh, a cutscene will be shown showing Blastoise and Charizard being KO'd by an incredibly strong Pokémon in [[Western Cave|an extremely tough dungeon.]]
* When the player goes through the dungeon, the Pokémon is revealed as {{p|Mewtwo}}.
* If the player has the Friend Area Cryptic Cave, Mewtwo will ask to join the player's rescue team second time through the dungeon if the player defeats Mewtwo.
* After recruiting all of the [[legendary birds]], the player talks to {{p|Alakazam}}. The player then goes to [[Legendary Island]] and Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres will grant access to [[Silver Trench]].
*After recruiting {{p|Lugia}}, {{p|Xatu}} will appear outside the Team base. After that, Blastoise will come and say that he saw a cave and saw "weird things". Xatu will then name the place [[Meteor Cave]]. Then, the player will gain access to it. The player may recruit {{p|Deoxys}} in the Meteor Cave.

==Blurb==
What if you woke up one day, and you were a Pokémon? What if all of a sudden you find yourself in a NEW world, where you can speak and interact with other Pokémon? The adventure begins when you and your partner Pokémon set out on rescue missions in a world ravaged by natural disasters. But what is your true purpose and destiny in this Pokémon world? That's the REAL mystery....

==Characters==
===Playable characters===
In the beginning of the game, the player takes a [[Personality Quiz (Mystery Dungeon)|personality quiz]]. The answers to these questions determine a [[nature]], which along with the player's gender is used to decide the [[hero Pokémon]] that the player plays as. Meowth, Machop, and Cyndaquil are only available if the player is male, and Eevee, Chikorita, and Skitty are only available if the player is female.

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! style="background:#{{md blue color light}}" | {{color2|000|Gender|Female}}
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! style="background:#{{grass color light}}" | {{pcolor|Bulbasaur|000}}
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| Calm
|- style="background:#fff"
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! style="background:#{{fire color light}}" | {{pcolor|Charmander|000}}
| Hardy
| Brave
|- style="background:#fff"
! style="background:#{{MD Red color light}}" | [[File:MDP RT 007.png]]
! style="background:#{{water color light}}" | {{pcolor|Squirtle|000}}
| Jolly
| Relaxed
|- style="background:#fff"
! style="background:#{{MD Red color light}}" | [[File:MDP RT 025.png]]
! style="background:#{{electric color light}}" | {{pcolor|Pikachu|000}}
| Impish
| Hardy
|- style="background:#fff"
! style="background:#{{MD Red color light}}" | [[File:MDP RT 052.png]]
! style="background:#{{normal color light}}" | {{pcolor|Meowth|000}}
| Quirky
| —
|- style="background:#fff"
! style="background:#{{MD Red color light}}" | [[File:MDP RT 054.png]]
! style="background:#{{water color light}}" | {{pcolor|Psyduck|000}}
| Relaxed
| Lonely
|- style="background:#fff"
! style="background:#{{MD Red color light}}" | [[File:MDP RT 066.png]]
! style="background:#{{fighting color light}}" | {{pcolor|Machop|000}}
| Brave
| —
|- style="background:#fff"
! style="background:#{{MD Red color light}}" | [[File:MDP RT 104.png]]
! style="background:#{{ground color light}}" | {{pcolor|Cubone|000}}
| Lonely
| Impish
|- style="background:#fff"
! style="background:#{{MD Red color light}}" | [[File:MDP RT 133.png]]
! style="background:#{{normal color light}}" | {{pcolor|Eevee|000}}
| —
| Naive
|- style="background:#fff"
! style="background:#{{MD Red color light}}" | [[File:MDP RT 152.png]]
! style="background:#{{grass color light}}" | {{pcolor|Chikorita|000}}
| —
| Docile
|- style="background:#fff"
! style="background:#{{MD Red color light}}" | [[File:MDP RT 155.png]]
! style="background:#{{fire color light}}" | {{pcolor|Cyndaquil|000}}
| Timid
| —
|- style="background:#fff"
! style="background:#{{MD Red color light}}" | [[File:MDP RT 158.png]]
! style="background:#{{water color light}}" | {{pcolor|Totodile|000}}
| Naive
| Jolly
|- style="background:#fff"
! style="background:#{{MD Red color light}}" | [[File:MDP RT 252.png]]
! style="background:#{{grass color light}}" | {{pcolor|Treecko|000}}
| Sassy
| Quirky
|- style="background:#fff"
! style="background:#{{MD Red color light}}" | [[File:MDP RT 255.png]]
! style="background:#{{fire color light}}" | {{pcolor|Torchic|000}}
| Hasty
| Sassy
|- style="background:#fff"
! style="background:#{{MD Red color light}}" | [[File:MDP RT 258.png]]
! style="background:#{{water color light}}" | {{pcolor|Mudkip|000}}
| Calm
| Timid
|- style="background:#fff"
! style="background:#{{MD Red color light}}" | [[File:MDP RT 300.png]]
! style="background:#{{normal color light}}" | {{pcolor|Skitty|000}}
| —
| Hasty
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After the player's hero Pokémon is determined, they then choose their {{mdc|partner Pokémon}}. Their choices of partner Pokémon are {{p|Pikachu}} and the Kanto, Johto, and Hoenn [[first partner Pokémon]], but they must be a different [[type]] to the hero. (If Eevee is the hero, it is possible to later evolve into the same type of Pokémon as the partner.)

===Non-player characters===
{{main|List of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team characters}}
* {{mdc|Gardevoir|1}} (hero's dreams): Eventually able to be recruited after helping out Gengar
* {{mdc|Xatu|1}} ([[Hill of the Ancients]]): Stares into the sun all day, and can see into the future
* {{p|Ninetales}} ([[Mt. Freeze]])
* {{p|Wynaut}} ([[Uproar Forest]])
* {{p|Wobbuffet}} ([[Uproar Forest]])
* {{p|Mankey}} ([[Uproar Forest]]): Helps build Team Base. Goes on strike, prompting the hero to find {{DL|Food (Mystery Dungeon)|Chestnut}}s.
* {{p|Munchlax}} ([[Pokémon Square]]): Gives out the [[Munch Belt]] in exchange for {{OBP|food|Mystery Dungeon}} items
* {{p|Butterfree}} ([[Tiny Woods]]): Sends the hero and partner on their first quest to rescue Caterpie
* {{p|Spinda}} ([[Pokémon Square]]): Sends the player out to find the mirage Pokémon, {{p|Ho-Oh}}

====Automatic recruits====
* {{p|Magnemite}}
* {{p|Absol}}
* {{p|Smeargle}}
* {{p|Latios}}
* {{p|Latias}}
* {{p|Celebi}}

====Pokémon Square====
* [[Kecleon Shop|Kecleon brothers]]
* {{p|Persian}}
* {{p|Wigglytuff}}
* {{p|Kangaskhan}}
* {{p|Gulpin}}
* {{p|Snubbull}} → {{mdc|Granbull|1}}
* {{mdc|Lombre|1}}
* {{p|Magnemite}} ×2
* {{p|Jumpluff}} ×2

====Makuhita Dojo====
* {{p|Makuhita}}

====Whiscash Pond====
* {{mdc|Whiscash|1}}
* {{p|Caterpie}}
* {{p|Metapod}}

====Pelipper Post Office====
* Pelipper Post Office
** {{mdc|Pelipper|1}}
* {{p|Bellsprout}}
* {{p|Diglett}} (son)
* {{p|Dugtrio}} (father)

====Rescue teams====
{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; text-align:center; background: #{{md blue color}}; border: 5px solid #{{md red color}}"
! style= "color: #fff"|Team
! colspan="6" style= "color: #fff"|Members
|- style="background: #{{Psychic color light}}"
| {{color2|000|Team A.C.T.}}
| [[File:MDP E 065.png]] {{pcolor|Alakazam|000}}
| [[File:MDP E 006.png]] {{pcolor|Charizard|000}}
| [[File:MDP E 248.png]] {{pcolor|Tyranitar|000}}
|- style="background: #{{Ghost color light}}"
| {{color2|000|Team Meanies}}
| [[File:MDP E 094.png]] {{pcolor|Gengar|000}}
| [[File:MDP E 308.png]] {{pcolor|Medicham|000}}
| [[File:MDP E 023.png]] {{pcolor|Ekans|000}}
|- style="background: #{{Grass color light}}"
| Team Shifty
| [[File:MDP E 275.png]] {{mdc|Shiftry|1|c=000}}
| [[File:MDP E 274.png]] {{pcolor|Nuzleaf|000}}
| [[File:MDP E 274.png]] {{pcolor|Nuzleaf|000}}
|- style="background: #{{Water color light}}"
| Team Constrictor
| [[File:MDP E 224.png]] {{pcolor|Octillery|000}}
| [[File:MDP E 073.png]] {{pcolor|Tentacruel|000}}
| [[File:MDP E 346.png]] {{pcolor|Cradily|000}}
|- style="background: #{{Water color light}}"
| Team Hydro
| [[File:MDP E 009.png]] {{pcolor|Blastoise|000}}
| [[File:MDP E 160.png]] {{pcolor|Feraligatr|000}}
| [[File:MDP E 260.png]] {{pcolor|Swampert|000}}
|- style="background: #{{Rock color light}}"
| Team Rumblerock
| [[File:MDP E 076.png]] {{pcolor|Golem|000}}
| [[File:MDP E 075.png]] {{pcolor|Graveler|000}}
| [[File:MDP E 075.png]] {{pcolor|Graveler|000}}
|}

====Bosses====
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! colspan="2" style= "color: #fff"|Boss
! style= "color: #fff"|Level
! style= "color: #fff"|Dungeon
|- rowspan="3" style="background: #{{md red color}}"
! colspan="4" style= "color: #fff"|Main Story
|- style="background: #{{Steel color light}}"
| [[File:MDP RT 227.png]]
| {{pcolor|Skarmory|000}}
| 10
| {{color2|000|Mt. Steel}}
|- style="background: #{{Ghost color light}}"
| [[File:MDP RT 094.png]] [[File:MDP RT 308.png]] [[File:MDP RT 023.png]]
| {{pcolor|Gengar|000}}, {{pcolor|Medicham|000}}, {{pcolor|Ekans|000}} ({{color2|000|Team Meanies}})
| 15 12 15
| {{color2|000|Sinister Woods}}
|- style="background: #{{Electric color light}}"
| [[File:MDP RT 145.png]]
| {{pcolor|Zapdos|000}}
| 25
| {{color2|000|Mt. Thunder|Mt. Thunder Peak}}
|- style="background: #{{Fire color light}}"
| [[File:MDP RT 146.png]]
| {{pcolor|Moltres|000}}
| 33
| {{color2|000|Mt. Blaze|Mt. Blaze Peak}}
|- style="background: #{{Ice color light}}"
| [[File:MDP RT 144.png]]
| {{pcolor|Articuno|000}}
| 33
| {{color2|000|Frosty Forest|Frosty Grotto}}
|- style="background: #{{Fighting color light}}"
| [[File:MDP RT 056.png]] [[File:MDP RT 056.png]] [[File:MDP RT 056.png]]
| {{pcolor|Mankey|000}} ×3
| 11
| {{color2|000|Uproar Forest}}
|- style="background: #{{Ground color light}}"
| [[File:MDP RT 383.png]]
| {{pcolor|Groudon|000}}
| 27
| {{color2|000|Magma Cavern|Magma Cavern Pit}}
|- style="background: #{{Dragon color light}}"
| [[File:MDP RT 384.png]]
| {{pcolor|Rayquaza|000}}
| 35
| {{color2|000|Sky Tower|Sky Tower Summit}}
|- rowspan="3" style="background: #{{md red color}}"
! colspan="4" | {{color|fff|Post-Story}}
|- style="background: #{{Water color light}}"
| [[File:MDP RT 382.png]]
| {{pcolor|Kyogre|000}}
| 25
| {{color2|000|Stormy Sea}}
|- style="background: #{{Rock color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 377.png]]
| {{pcolor|Regirock|000}}
| 18
| {{color2|000|Buried Relic}}
|- style="background: #{{Ice color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 378.png]]
| {{pcolor|Regice|000}}
| 23
| {{color2|000|Buried Relic}}
|- style="background: #{{Steel color light}}"
| [[File:MDP E 379.png]]
| {{pcolor|Registeel|000}}
| 25
| {{color2|000|Buried Relic}}
|- style="background: #{{Dragon color light}}"
| [[File:MDP RT 381.png]]
| {{pcolor|Latios|000}}
| 30
| {{color2|000|Northern Range}}
|- style="background: #{{Fire color light}}"
| [[File:MDP RT 244.png]]
| {{pcolor|Entei|000}}
| 45
| {{color2|000|Fiery Field}}
|- style="background: #{{Electric color light}}"
| [[File:MDP RT 243.png]]
| {{pcolor|Raikou|000}}
| 45
| {{color2|000|Lightning Field}}
|- style="background: #{{Water color light}}"
| [[File:MDP RT 245.png]]
| {{pcolor|Suicune|000}}
| 45
| {{color2|000|Northwind Field}}
|- style="background: #{{Fire color light}}"
| [[File:MDP RT 250.png]]
| {{pcolor|Ho-Oh|000}}
| 50
| {{color2|000|Mt. Faraway}}
|- style="background: #{{Steel color light}}"
| [[File:MDP RT 385.png]]
| {{pcolor|Jirachi|000}}
| 40
| {{color2|000|Wish Cave}}
|- style="background: #{{Psychic color light}}"
| [[File:MDP RT 249.png]]
| {{pcolor|Lugia|000}}
| 30
| {{color2|000|Silver Trench}}
|- style="background: #{{Psychic color light}}"
| [[File:MDP RT 150.png]]
| {{pcolor|Mewtwo|000}}
| 40
| {{color2|000|Western Cave}}
|- style="background: #{{Psychic color light}}"
| [[File:MDP RT 386.png]]
| {{pcolor|Deoxys|000}}
| 40
| {{color2|000|Meteor Cave}}
|}

==Wonder Mail exclusives==
Four dungeons are only available through [[Wonder Mail]] codes:
{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; text-align:center; background: #{{md blue color}}; border: 5px solid #{{md red color}}"
|-
! style= "color: #fff"|Dungeon
! colspan="3" style= "color: #fff"|Wonder Mail Code
|- style="background: #fff"
| style="background: #{{fire color light}}" rowspan="2" | {{color2|000|Oddity Cave}}
| <code>??MS</code>
| <code>CJ…?</code>
| <code>44?P</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| <code>MF?8</code>
| <code>7J6R</code>
| <code>…M?1</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| style="background: #{{flying color light}}" rowspan="2" | {{color2|000|Remains Island}}
| <code>??M4</code>
| <code>CJY?</code>
| <code>44?P</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| <code>CF?8</code>
| <code>7J6R</code>
| <code>…M?1</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| style="background: #{{water color light}}" rowspan="2" | {{color2|000|Marvelous Sea}}
| <code>??MH</code>
| <code>CJ…?</code>
| <code>44?P</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| <code>CF?8</code>
| <code>7J6R</code>
| <code>…M?1</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| style="background: #{{water color light}}" rowspan="2" | {{color2|000|Fantasy Strait}}
| <code>??M1</code>
| <code>CJY?</code>
| <code>44?P</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| <code>HF?8</code>
| <code>7J6R</code>
| <code>…M?1</code>
|}

==Version-exclusive Pokémon==
Similar to the [[core series]] games, each version has its own [[version-exclusive Pokémon]]. They are:

{| style="margin:auto; text-align:center;"
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|
{| style="margin:auto; text-align:center; background: #{{MD Red color}}; {{roundy|1em}}; border: 5px solid #{{MD Red color light}};"
|-
! style= "color: #fff"| Red
|-
|
{| border="1" style="border: 1px solid #{{MD Red color}}; border-collapse: collapse; background: white; margin: auto;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"
|-
{{Moveentrytm|349|Feebas|1|Water|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|226|Mantine|2|Water|Flying|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|315|Roselia|2|Grass|Poison|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|137|Porygon|1|Normal|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|311|Plusle|1|Electric|gen=md}}
|}
|}
|
{| style="margin:auto; text-align:center; background: #{{MD Blue color}}; {{roundy|1em}}; border: 5px solid #{{MD Blue color light}};"
|-
! style= "color: #fff"|Blue
|- align="center"
|
{| border="1" style="border: 1px solid #{{MD Blue color}}; border-collapse: collapse; background: white; margin: auto;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"
|-
{{Moveentrytm|129|Magikarp|1|Water|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|131|Lapras|2|Water|Ice|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|190|Aipom|1|Normal|gen=md}}
{{Moveentrytm|312|Minun|1|Electric|gen=md}}
|}
|}
|}

===Wonder Mail codes===
Codes, such as these, may unlock the Pokémon on the opposite version. While wild Porygon2 are exclusive to Blue Rescue Team, the [[Upgrade]] is obtainable in both versions.
{| style="margin:auto; text-align:center; background: #{{MD Blue color}}; {{roundy|10px}}; border: 5px solid #{{MD Red color}}"
|-
! colspan="2" style= "color: #fff"|Pokémon
! colspan="3" style= "color: #fff"|Wonder Mail Code
|- style="background: #fff"
| style="background: #{{MD Red color light}}" rowspan="2" | [[File:MDP E 190.png]]
| style="background: #{{MD Red color light}}" rowspan="2" | {{pcolor|Aipom|000}}
| <code>4?N…</code>
| <code>W3+?</code>
| <code>??P?</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| <code>♂M?P</code>
| <code>2?60</code>
| <code>M…?W</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| style="background: #{{MD Blue color light}}" rowspan="2" | [[File:MDP E 349.png]]
| style="background: #{{MD Blue color light}}" rowspan="2" | {{pcolor|Feebas|000}}
| <code>1?69</code>
| <code>♀JY?</code>
| <code>?X6Q</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| <code>XJ?Q</code>
| <code>F4?6</code>
| <code>Q!?X</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| style="background: #{{MD Red color light}}" rowspan="2" | [[File:MDP E 131.png]]
| style="background: #{{MD Red color light}}" rowspan="2" | {{pcolor|Lapras|000}}
| <code>F?J?</code>
| <code>690?</code>
| <code>4Q6C</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| <code>C!??</code>
| <code>8?66</code>
| <code>8Q?♀</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| style="background: #{{MD Red color light}}" rowspan="2" | [[File:MDP E 129.png]]
| style="background: #{{MD Red color light}}" rowspan="2" | {{pcolor|Magikarp|000}}
| <code>X??S</code>
| <code>??X?</code>
| <code>468?</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| <code>♀+??</code>
| <code>9756</code>
| <code>SY??</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| style="background: #{{MD Blue color light}}" rowspan="2" | [[File:MDP E 226.png]]
| style="background: #{{MD Blue color light}}" rowspan="2" | {{pcolor|Mantine|000}}
| <code>4??N</code>
| <code>22…?</code>
| <code>?Q6J</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| <code>H3?♂</code>
| <code>8470</code>
| <code>JN?W</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| style="background: #{{MD Red color light}}" rowspan="2" | [[File:MDP E 312.png]]
| style="background: #{{MD Red color light}}" rowspan="2" | {{pcolor|Minun|000}}
| <code>F?RP</code>
| <code>F?…?</code>
| <code>4+7?</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| <code>…R?H</code>
| <code>64?0</code>
| <code>R???</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| style="background: #{{MD Blue color light}}" rowspan="2" | [[File:MDP E 311.png]]
| style="background: #{{MD Blue color light}}" rowspan="2" | {{pcolor|Plusle|000}}
| <code>F?1C</code>
| <code>FK…?</code>
| <code>?878</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| <code>3R?H</code>
| <code>6??6</code>
| <code>N7?W</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| style="background: #{{MD Blue color light}}" rowspan="2" | [[File:MDP E 137.png]]
| style="background: #{{MD Blue color light}}" rowspan="2" | {{pcolor|Porygon|000}}
| <code>F?43</code>
| <code>4?T?</code>
| <code>429H</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| <code>90?7</code>
| <code>H56R</code>
| <code>8K?♀</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| style="background: #{{MD Red color light}}" rowspan="2" | [[File:MDP E 233.png]]
| style="background: #{{MD Red color light}}" rowspan="2" | {{pcolor|Porygon2|000}}
| <code>F?5N</code>
| <code>-QF?</code>
| <code>?+6!</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| <code>?H??</code>
| <code>F?6R</code>
| <code>69?W</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| style="background: #{{MD Blue color light}}" rowspan="2" | [[File:MDP E 315.png]]
| style="background: #{{MD Blue color light}}" rowspan="2" | {{pcolor|Roselia|000}}
| <code>F?4N</code>
| <code>+WT?</code>
| <code>?+6N</code>
|- style="background: #fff"
| <code>FR?J</code>
| <code>F?66</code>
| <code>85?W</code>
|}{{-}}

==Connectivity==
===Friend Rescue===
{{main|Friend Rescue}}
The player can rescue another player who has fainted in a dungeon and prefers to await a rescue. The player can rescue from the title screen, or through [[Pelipper Post Office]]. The player should receive an SOS Mail from the other player through Wireless Mode or through a Password. When the player has received the SOS Mail, they can go rescue anytime they want. The player can go rescue by talking with {{p|Pelipper}} in the Post Office. The player who's awaiting rescue can cancel the wait, but the player who has already gotten the SOS Mail can rescue the other player and get a reward from Pelipper instead.

====Being rescued====
When the player faints in a certain dungeon, they can choose to send an SOS Mail to another player. While awaiting rescue, the player can explore on their current unlocked dungeons and can store items and [[Poké]] after completing the dungeon. The player can also organize their team members. The player is rescued when they receive an A-OK Mail. The player then may continue their exploration from the spot where they fainted. All items and Poké are restored. After the player completes or escapes from the dungeon, they may optionally (but are recommended to) go to Pelipper Post Office or the title screen to send a Thank-You Mail in thanks for the rescue. The player may also choose whether or not to reward the rescuer with one of their items.

===Rescue Team Maze===
{{main|Makuhita Dojo}}
A player with Blue Rescue Team can battle a team transferred from Red Rescue Team game in the Rescue Team Maze. The team transferred over from Red Rescue Team can be recruited in Blue Rescue Team once the player has the icons for {{p|Mew}}, {{p|Mewtwo}} and {{p|Ho-Oh}} on their save file on the main menu.

===Unknown Dungeon===
{{main|Unknown Dungeon (Mystery Dungeon)}}
A player with Blue Rescue Team can go to an {{OBP|Unknown Dungeon|Mystery Dungeon}} (found as an option on the main screen) through wireless communication with another player. When both players have contacted each other, they should close their DS and wait till they automatically finish a random dungeon and return an [[item]] and sometimes recruit a [[Pokémon]]. The player can open their DS whenever they want even if the other player has already opened theirs. Items received are usually rare. The player can go to the Unknown Dungeon however many times they like as long as the player has another player to communicate with.

===Pokémon Trozei!===
The wireless communications function can be used to communicate with [[Pokémon Trozei!]] along with other copies of Blue Rescue Team. Prize coins are awarded to the copy of Trozei! while an item is awarded to the copy of Blue Rescue Team.<ref>[https://www.pokemon.co.jp/game/ds/toroze/communication.html Pokémon.co.jp]</ref><ref>[https://www.pokemon.co.jp/game/ds/dungeon/communication.html Pokémon.co.jp]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200124175339/http://www.nintendo.co.kr/DS/soft/poketmon_dungeon/sub06.php Nintendo of Korea (archive)]</ref>

==Localization changes==
* In Japanese and Korean versions of the game, the recruit list has species name alongside the nickname. In the localization, only the nickname (if any) is displayed.

==Reception==
Gaming magazine {{wp|Famitsu}} gave Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team a score of 35 out of 40. {{wp|IGN}} rated the games an "Okay" 6.5/10.<ref>[https://www.ign.com/articles/2006/09/20/pokemon-mystery-dungeon-review Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Review - IGN]</ref> Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team hold a rating of 70.82%<ref>[https://www.gamerankings.com/gba/929408-pokemon-mystery-dungeon-red-rescue-team/index.html Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team for Game Boy Advance - GameRankings]</ref> and 64.01%,<ref>[https://www.gamerankings.com/ds/929407-pokemon-mystery-dungeon-blue-rescue-team/index.html Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team for DS - GameRankings]</ref> respectively, on {{wp|GameRankings}}.

===Sales===
As of March 31, 2007, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team have sold 5.23 million copies worldwide, being 2.20 million from Red Rescue Team and 3.03 million from Blue Rescue Team.<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2007/070427e.pdf#page=6 Nintendo Co., Ltd. - Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2007]</ref>

====Japanese sales====
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team sold 236,454 units on their first week on the Japanese market, being 112,898 from Red Rescue Team and 123,556 from Blue Rescue Team, with a {{wp|sell-through}} of 51.38% and 48.99% respectively. By December 31, 2006, the end of their 59th week, they had sold 1,458,314 copies, being 714,324 from Red Rescue Team and 743,990 from Blue Rescue Team.

{|
|- style="vertical-align:top"
|
''Red Rescue Team''
{| class="roundy" style="text-align:center; border:3px solid #{{MD Red color dark}}; background:#{{MD Red color}}"
! style="background:#{{MD Red color light}}; {{roundytl|5px}}" | Week
! style="background:#{{MD Red color light}}" | Week ending
! style="background:#{{MD Red color light}}" | Ranking
! style="background:#{{MD Red color light}}" | Units sold
! style="background:#{{MD Red color light}}; {{roundytr|5px}}" | Total units sold
|- style="background:#fff"
| 1
| November 20, 2005
| 3rd
| 112,898
| 112,898
|- style="background:#fff"
| 2
| November 27, 2005
| 7th
| 57,143
| 170,041
|- style="background:#fff"
| 3
| December 4, 2005
| 5th
| 39,267
| 209,307
|- style="background:#fff"
| 4
| December 11, 2005
| 9th
| 61,648
| 270,955
|- style="background:#fff"
| 5
| December 18, 2005
| 6th
| 84,669
| 355,624
|- style="background:#fff"
| 6
| December 25, 2005
| 6th
| 156,430
| 512,054
|- style="background:#fff"
| 7
| January 1, 2006
| 12th
| -
| 558,456
|- style="background:#fff"
| 8
| January 8, 2006
| 10th
| 48,729
| 607,185
|- style="background:#fff"
| 9
| January 15, 2006
| 15th
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 10
| January 22, 2006
| 15th
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 11
| January 29, 2006
| 23rd
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 12
| February 5, 2006
| 22nd
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 13
| February 12, 2006
| 24th
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 14
| February 19, 2006
| 27th
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 15
| February 26, 2006
| 43rd
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 16
| March 5, 2006
| 41st
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 17
| March 12, 2006
| 34th
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 18
| March 19, 2006
| 37th
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 19
| March 26, 2006
| 43rd
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 59
| December 31, 2006
| -
| -
| 714,324
|-
| style="background:#{{MD Red color light}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" colspan="5" |
|}
|
''Blue Rescue Team''
{| class="roundy" style="text-align:center; border:3px solid #{{MD Blue color dark}}; background:#{{MD Blue color}}"
! style="background:#{{MD Blue color light}}; {{roundytl|5px}}" | Week
! style="background:#{{MD Blue color light}}" | Week ending
! style="background:#{{MD Blue color light}}" | Ranking
! style="background:#{{MD Blue color light}}" | Units sold
! style="background:#{{MD Blue color light}}; {{roundytr|5px}}" | Total units sold
|- style="background:#fff"
| 1
| November 20, 2005
| 2nd
| 123,556
| 123,556
|- style="background:#fff"
| 2
| November 27, 2005
| 9th
| 50,309
| 173,865
|- style="background:#fff"
| 3
| December 4, 2005
| 7th
| 35,093
| 208,959
|- style="background:#fff"
| 4
| December 11, 2005
| 6th
| 64,475
| 273,434
|- style="background:#fff"
| 5
| December 18, 2005
| 7th
| 80,484
| 353,918
|- style="background:#fff"
| 6
| December 25, 2005
| 5th
| 157,786
| 511,704
|- style="background:#fff"
| 7
| January 1, 2006
| 10th
| 61,154
| 572,858
|- style="background:#fff"
| 8
| January 8, 2006
| 9th
| 57,065
| 629,923
|- style="background:#fff"
| 9
| January 15, 2006
| 14th
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 10
| January 22, 2006
| 14th
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 11
| January 29, 2006
| 22nd
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 12
| February 5, 2006
| 21st
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 13
| February 12, 2006
| 23rd
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 14
| February 19, 2006
| 24th
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 15
| February 26, 2006
| 40th
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 16
| March 5, 2006
| 38th
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 17
| March 12, 2006
| 30th
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 18
| March 19, 2006
| 31st
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 19
| March 26, 2006
| 44th
| -
| -
|- style="background:#fff"
| 59
| December 31, 2006
| -
| -
| 743,990
|-
| style="background:#{{MD Blue color light}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" colspan="5" |
|}
|}

==Staff==
{{main|Staff of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team}}

==Gallery==
===Logos===
<gallery>
PMD Red Rescue Team Logo JP.png|Japanese Red Rescue Team logo
PMD Blue Rescue Team Logo JP.png|Japanese Blue Rescue Team logo
PMD Red Rescue Team Logo EN.png|English Red Rescue Team logo
PMD Blue Rescue Team Logo EN.png|English Blue Rescue Team logo
</gallery>

===Virtual Console icons===
<gallery>
File:PMDRRTEVCIcon.png|Red Rescue Team Wii U Virtual Console icon (English)
File:PMDBRTEVCIcon.png|Blue Rescue Team Wii U Virtual Console icon (English)
File:PMDERTJVCIcon.png|Red Rescue Team Wii U Virtual Console icon (Japanese)
File:PMDBRTJVCIcon.png|Blue Rescue Team Wii U Virtual Console icon (Japanese)
</gallery>

==Trivia==
* In Japan, the games are customarily ordered as "Blue Rescue Team and Red Rescue Team", instead of the other way around.<ref name="Pokémon JP"></ref> This was likely changed internationally to match [[Pokémon Red and Blue Versions|Pokémon Red and Blue]].
* In the original Japanese release of Blue Rescue Team, a bug could wipe data from any [[Game Boy Advance]] game in the [[Nintendo DS]]'s second slot that was not Red Rescue Team. This was fixed in a subsequent revision of the Japanese version (also offered to owners of the original release through a replacement program until March 2018<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/aphjb24j/oshirase/index.html Nintendo of Japan]</ref>), and all international releases.
* These are the first games that allow the player to understand what Pokémon are saying.
* These are the first games in the franchise to allow [[move duplication|the same move to be learned more than once at one time]] without a glitch.
* The [[Generation IV]] {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} {{p|Munchlax}} is obtainable in these games through hacking, despite the fact that the games only contain Pokémon from the first three generations.
* These games feature the most {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} in a [[Generation IV|generation that has not been released at the time]] with five. There are statues of {{p|Weavile}}, {{p|Bonsly}}, {{p|Mime Jr.}}, and {{p|Lucario}}; and Munchlax is an NPC in the game.
* These are the only paired games to be released on separate [[:Category:Game systems|handheld consoles]].
* Red Rescue Team is the last Pokémon game released on the Game Boy Advance, and the last Pokémon game to be released on a Game Boy system.
* The box arts of the games are linked. The blue rescue team is looking at the red rescue team through a hole in the ground.
** Mudkip throws a rock in the hole, which can be seen on the other box. This is a reference to how the DS cartridge slot is above the Game Boy Advance cartridge slot on the original Nintendo DS and DS Lite systems.
** The ominous red-eyed or shadowy Pokémon are the members of [[Team Meanies]] and [[Team A.C.T.]], split between the two box arts.
* These are the first Pokémon games outside the [[core series]] to get a remake, in the form of [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX]].
* Red Rescue Team is the last Pokémon game to utilize [[Game Link Cable|wired communication]].
* All move and item names in the English localization that at the time were multiple words without spaces would have only the first word capitalized; for example SolarBeam was formatted as Solarbeam, DeepSeaScale was Deepseascale, and so on.

==In other languages==
{{langtable|color={{MD Red color}}|bordercolor={{MD Blue color light}}|textcolor=fff
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|de=Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Rot Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Blau
|it=Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Squadra Rossa Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Squadra Blu
|es=Pokémon Mundo misterioso: Equipo de rescate rojo Pokémon Mundo misterioso: Equipo de rescate azul
|ko={{tt|포켓몬 불가사의 던전: 파랑 구조대|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team}}}}

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Talk:Stat-enhancing item

2026-05-27T18:38:37Z

Luna Solaris: /* Deletion */ Reply

==A question...==
Say you were to give a Light Ball to Raichu, or the Lucky Punch to Blissey. As they are evolved forms of the Pokémon those items are intended for, would they get the beneficial effects, too? --[[User:Turaga Dlakii|Turaga Dlakii]] 01:59, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
:Raichu does not gain the stat boosts, but I am unsure of the Lucky punch[[User:Darth Cookie Monster|C is for Cookie]] 02:01, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

== Quick Powder ==

Are you sure that Quick Powder is in G/S/C? I always thought it was only in D/P. I've never heard of Quick Powder until Diamond and Pearl came out. [[User:Blaziken257|Blaziken257]] 18:32, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

== Light Ball ==

I remember reading somewhere that the Light Ball affects Pichu as well as Pikachu. I don't remember at all where I read this, and I gotta know, is this true? I'm [[User:Missingno. Master|Missingno. Master]]. See my new and improved user page, and [[User talk:Missingno. Master|comment on it!]] 21:39, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

== You can't get Light Ball from any wild Pikachu in FireRed/LeafGreen... ==

I captured around 50 Pikachus from both the Viridian Forest and the Power Plant but didn't find any one of them holding any item. No Light Ball and even Oran Berry.

Can you guys please edit this page as well as the held_items page to append the RSE signs on the Light Ball? I haven't done any editing yet so I don't know how this works. I've already confirmed this on other sites. Light Ball doesn't drop in FireRed/LeafGreen. {{unsigned|StarMars}}

== So there's this item... ==

So, um, 'some sources' call this item the "evolution stone" that ups Def and SD for "pre-evolved" pogeys. Sooo....no word on it? Or would it not be on this page? [[User:ArcToraphim|Luna Tiger]] * [[User talk:ArcToraphim|the Arc Toraph]] 23:28, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
:It would go here... but I've never heard of it. (Which is probably because it's not on here.) —'''darklord[[User talk:The dark lord trombonator|trom]]''' 23:30, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
::It's called the Miracle of Evolution(しんかのきせき), sells for 100 yen, and has the descriptions:

::しんかの　ふしぎな　かたまり。 もたせると　しんかまえ　ポケモンの ぼうぎょと　とくぼうが　あがる。

::進化の　不思議な　かたまり。 持たせると　進化前　ポケモンの 防御と　特防が　あがる。

::A mysterious clump of evolution. If it is held by a Pokémon that can evolve*, it raises Defence and Sp. Def..
::<nowiki>*</nowiki>=literally, 'If it is held by a Pokémon pre-evolution' but if I put that it reads like it raises the stats upon evolution to me, and I can't think of any other better phrasing...
::I forget where you get it though. [[User:Bluesun|Bluesun]] 23:53, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
:::You find it in Hiun City, the furthest street away from the south entrance. I got it entering one of the buildings and talking to someone on the first floor. Yes, I'm the dork who still talks to people I can't understand. [[User:ArcToraphim|Luna Tiger]] * [[User talk:ArcToraphim|the Arc Toraph]] 23:55, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
::::Ah, right, I found him. The researcher in the northernmost building. I've already received it, but what he still says to me is: "The Miracle of Evolution is great! Wow! The defence and special defence of the Pokémon that holds it go up! ......but it only shows its effects on the pre-evolution* state of evolving Pokemon, it certainly is a mysterious thing." [[User:Bluesun|Bluesun]] 00:11, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

== Soul Dew inaccurate info? ==

I posted this on the [[Soul Dew]] article long ago:

"The article says this item boosts Lati@s' Sp.Def and Sp.Atk by 50%... is that real? cause my brother got the Eon Ticket, caught Latios, and there seems not to be an offensive boost. Serebii says that Latios receives a boost in Sp.Def and Latias gets Sp.Atk, but even Latias doesn't seem to receive THAT boost (of 50%).

The questions are: Do they REALLY get a 50% boost in both Special stats? Where did that info come from? or maybe, does Latios only receive a 50% boost in Sp.Def and Latias in Sp.Atk?"

No one has seemed to respond... '''[[User:Hfc2x|hfc]][[User talk:Hfc2x|2X]]''' 04:29, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

== Light ball ==

The item discreption for the light ball says that it doesn't appear in black and white, while there is dream world art. So does it or does it not appear in the dream world?{{unsigned|Luxraychu}}
:It doesn't, there is DW art for almost all items, just like there are sprites for say, Soul Dew despite it being unobtainable. [[User:Bluesun|Bluesun]] 18:02, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

== Trivia ==

Hey, since it's in the [[Valuable items]] trivia that the Rare Bone and the Thick Club share the same bag sprite, so why isn't it put in this article's Trivia. Is it Redundant? Or did someone forget to put it? --[[User:Skysong44|Skysong44 was here]] 23:14, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

== Eviolite ==

Why isn't Eviolite considered a Stat-enhancing item? It should be listed here.
--[[User:V4Victini|V4Victini]] ([[User talk:V4Victini|talk]]) 22:58, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
:According to the definition on this page, "All of these are exclusively usable by only one or two related Pokémon." On the other hand, it would be nice to see this definition amended to make the page include ''all'' items that affect a particular subset of Pokémon but not others. That seems more like what was probably intended by whomever grouped together these items to make this page in the first place. [[User:Pumpkinking0192|Pumpkinking0192]] ([[User talk:Pumpkinking0192|talk]]) 23:13, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
::Actually, that isn't part of the definition. It more seems to just be a statement, written after the definition.--[[User:Chris Broach|Chris Broach]] ([[User talk:Chris Broach|talk]]) 05:54, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
:::Well I'm going to move Eviolite over to this page. It shares a large number of qualities with these items.
:::It increases specific stats, is exclusive only to a select group of Pokemon (although the group is large), it's located at with these items at the same place in the damage formula, and it retains its effects through Transform. --[[User:V4Victini|V4Victini]] ([[User talk:V4Victini|talk]]) 11:55, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

== Metal Powder in B2/W2? ==

There's no availability listed for it. Ditto's page says that there's a 5% chance of a wild one holding it, so I'm going to go ahead and add that it can be obtained from wild Ditto, but if Ditto's page is wrong, please correct it. {{unsigned|WyndFox}}

== King's Rock ==

Shouldn't it be included in this page? - [[User:Ericss|Ericss]] ([[User talk:Ericss|talk]]) 17:55, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
:No. This page is for items that enhance a Pokemon's stats. Flinching is not a stat. [[User:Pumpkinking0192|Pumpkinking0192]] ([[User talk:Pumpkinking0192|talk]]) 18:22, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

== Lucky Punch & Light Ball (again) ==

Has anyone found out definitively yet if either of these items has any effect on the other members of the users' respective evolutionary lines?

If Chansey were the only one who can benefit from Lucky Punch and she evolves via happiness, you'd have to abuse her constantly just to keep her from trying to evolve or else press cancel after ''every'' level-up, which gets old pretty quick. --[[User:GARY-DOS|GARY-DOS]] ([[User talk:GARY-DOS|talk]]) 22:29, 11 December 2014 (UTC)

== Eviolite's Translation ==

Does the Eviolite have kanji for its Japanese name? Its Japanese name is based on the word, "奇跡" ("miracle"), which is pronounced "kiseki," but there's wordplay involved here because "seki" is also the pronunciation for the Japanese word for, "stone." At the very least, the translated name should be, "Miraculous Stone of Evolution." [[User:Hydroxybutyric|Hydroxybutyric]] ([[User talk:Hydroxybutyric|talk]]) 17:33, 24 July 2016 (UTC)
:To answer your question, there is no kanji programmed into the games for this item. I will leave it to a more proficient JPN speaker to deal with the article itself. [[User:Chenzw|Chenzw]] ([[User talk:Chenzw|talk]]) 15:56, 28 July 2016 (UTC)
::Also worth noting is that the Trivia section does point out the miracle/stone pun. Maybe it could stand to be more prominent, but at least it already exists somewhere. [[User:Pumpkinking0192|Pumpkinking0192]] ([[User talk:Pumpkinking0192|talk]]) 16:05, 28 July 2016 (UTC)

:::So is this going to be changed? "Kiseki" is not a valid pronunciation for any Japanese word that means, "stone." Quite likely, it is a portmanteau of "miracle" and "stone," so both words should be part of the translated name. [[User:Hydroxybutyric|Hydroxybutyric]] ([[User talk:Hydroxybutyric|talk]]) 01:11, 19 August 2016 (UTC)
::::奇石, 貴石, take your pick. Neither is perfect, but they're pretty much reasonable. [[User:Tiddlywinks|Tiddlywinks]] ([[User talk:Tiddlywinks|talk]]) 01:44, 19 August 2016 (UTC)

:::::If it had kanji, it'd most likely be the former. "Strange stone" is probably the intended translation, then. [[User:Hydroxybutyric|Hydroxybutyric]] ([[User talk:Hydroxybutyric|talk]]) 02:35, 19 August 2016 (UTC)

== Deletion ==

This page was originally created to encapsulate information about items that boost the stats of specific species of Pokémon, because they didn't have their own pages. Now that they do, this page is entirely superseded by [[:Category:Stat-increasing items]]. It only contains information about the items that can already be found on the item pages, and is not a helpful aggregation.

However, the history of this page is important, so in order to preserve it, I propose that we technically move this page to Category:Stat-increasing items, but ultimately remove all of its content to just be a standard category page. --[[User:SnorlaxMonster|'''Snorlax''']][[User talk:SnorlaxMonster|'''Monster''']] 09:04, 22 January 2020 (UTC)
:The category page loses the helpful table showing what generation each item was introduced during, though. It's also slower to compare them when browsing via the category page (especially on mobile where it's difficult or impossible to have two browser windows open at the same time). The tables are also one of my favourite features of bulbapedia generally. -[[User:Sandrew26|Sandrew26]] ([[User talk:Sandrew26|talk]]) 01:41, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
::Because the category page does not have the tables or any images, and because it requires you to click the link to each individual item in order to see their effect, it is significantly less user-friendly than the page proposed for deletion. It is also more convenient to have all item information available at once, as this makes it easier for readers to compare the items without having to open multiple windows. because of these features, this page is significantly more useful to the average user than the category page. I suggest that it not be deleted, unless we plan to take everything on this page and put it on the category page instead. ([[User:AroraLovesWurmple1|AroraLovesWurmple1]] ([[User talk:AroraLovesWurmple1|talk]]) 05:26, 27 March 2022 (UTC))
:::I personally feel that this should be renamed to "List of stat-enhancing items". Putting a deletion template on this seems extremely pointless, since a LITERAL CATEGORY doesn't have nearly as much information as a list. Plus, it's easier to find. Seems like the template was only put here cuz someone was bored. -[[User:Porygoninfiniti|Porygoninfiniti]] 2-21-23
::::We only name an article "List of X" when splitting it from the main "X" article. This ''is'' the main article, so it should remain as Stat-enhancing item. [[User:Landfish7|'''Land''']][[User talk:Landfish7|'''fish7''']] 23:48, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
:Not sure if this topic is still open, but I'd like to share my thoughts.
:This page helps keep all the information together, so you can quickly and easily see ehat everything does, and what Pokémon they're meant for. If it's deleted, people who want to find if X Item will work for Y Pokémon would need to go to each page and compare the information manually. So I vote we keep it. [[User:Luna Solaris|Luna Solaris]] ([[User talk:Luna Solaris|talk]]) 18:38, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

Event Coin

2026-05-11T15:25:10Z

Luna Solaris: /* GR Island coins */

{{translated title}}

An '''Event Coin''' (Japanese: '''イベントコイン''') is any of the collectable {{TCG|coin|coins}} used in {{pkmn|Trading Card Game}} {{TCG GB|duel|duels}} in [[Pokémon Trading Card Game 2: The Invasion of Team GR!]].

The Event Coins can be obtained by the [[player character|protagonist]], {{TCG GB|Mark}}/{{TCG GB|Mint}}. These coins are used as proof of achievements within the game, much like Gym [[Badge]]s from the [[core series]] or the [[Master Medal]]s from the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game (video game)|first game]]. Besides marking achievements, the player may choose one of their coins to use in duels for coin flips in place of their original coin. The appearance and purpose of these coins mimic the real-life collectable coins.

==List of coins==
===TCG Island coins===
{| class="roundy" style="background: #{{red color light}}; border: 5px solid #{{blue color light}}; width: 80%; margin: auto"
|
{| border="1" width="100%" style="border:1px solid #{{Red color light}}; border-collapse:collapse"
|- style="background: #{{red color light}}"
! Name
! Sprite
! How to obtain
|- style="background: #{{tcg colorless color light}}"
| {{pcolor|Chansey|000}} Coin
| [[File:Coin Chansey GB2.png|center]]
| The Chansey Coin, the first obtainable coin in the game, is given to {{color2|000|Mark (TCG GB)|Mark}}/{{color2|000|Mint (TCG GB)|Mint}} by {{color2|000|Dr. Mason (TCG GB)|Dr. Mason}} after completing the tutorial at the beginning of the game.
|- style="background: #{{tcg fire color light}}"
| GR Coin
| [[File:Coin GR GB2.png|center]]
| style="color:#000" | The GR Coin is obtained in four parts, and once assembled, grants the user access to {{color2|000|GR Island}}. These four parts are obtained from defeating {{color2|000|Yūta (TCG GB)|GR1}}, {{color2|000|Ishii (TCG GB)|GR2}}, {{color2|000|Ichikawa (TCG GB)|GR3}}, and {{color2|000|Miwa (TCG GB)|GR4}}.
|- style="background: #{{tcg grass color light}}"
| {{pcolor|Oddish|000}} Coin
| [[File:Coin Oddish GB2.png|center]]
| When meeting {{color2|000|Nikki (TCG GB)|Nikki}} for the first time at {{color2|000|Mr. Ishihara's House}}, Mark/Mint will receive the Oddish coin.
|- style="background: #{{tcg fire color light}}"
| {{pcolor|Charmander|000}} Coin
| [[File:Coin Charmander GB2.png|center]]
| {{color2|000|Ken (TCG GB)|Ken}} will give the Charmander Coin to Mark/Mint after they rescue him from {{color2|000|Ichikawa (TCG GB)|GR3}}, who has taken over the {{color2|000|Fire Club}}.
|- style="background: #{{tcg water color light}}"
| {{pcolor|Starmie|000}} Coin
| [[File:Coin Starmie GB2.png|center]]
| {{color2|000|Amy (TCG GB)|Amy}} will give the Starmie Coin to Mark/Mint after they rescue her from {{color2|000|Ichikawa (TCG GB)|GR3}}, who has taken over the {{color2|000|Water Club}}.
|- style="background: #{{tcg lightning color light}}"
| {{pcolor|Pikachu|000}} Coin
| [[File:Coin Pikachu GB2.png|center]]
| The Pikachu Coin is given by {{color2|000|Isaac (TCG GB)|Isaac}} to winners at the {{color2|000|Lightning Club}}.
|- style="background: #{{tcg psychic color light}}"
| {{pcolor|Alakazam|000}} Coin
| [[File:Coin Alakazam GB2.png|center]]
| The Alakazam Coin is given by {{color2|000|Murray (TCG GB)|Murray}} to winners at the {{color2|000|Psychic Club}}.
|- style="background: #{{tcg fighting color light}}"
| {{pcolor|Kabuto|000}} Coin
| [[File:Coin Kabuto GB2.png|center]]
| The Kabuto Coin is given by {{color2|000|Gene (TCG GB)|Gene}} to winners at the {{color2|000|Rock Club}}.
|}
|}

===GR Island coins===
{| class="roundy" style="background: #{{red color light}}; border: 5px solid #{{blue color light}}; width: 80%; margin: auto"
|
{| border="1" width="100%" style="border:1px solid #{{Red color light}}; border-collapse:collapse"
|- style="background: #{{red color light}}"
! Name
! Sprite
! How to obtain
|- style="background: #{{tcg grass color light}}"
| {{pcolor|Golbat|000}} Coin
| [[File:Coin Golbat GB2.png|center]]
| The Golbat Coin is given to winners at the {{color2|000|GR Grass Fort}}. It is required to open the {{color2|000|GR Lightning Fort}}.
|- style="background: #{{tcg lightning color light}}"
| {{pcolor|Magnemite|000}} Coin
| [[File:Coin Magnemite GB2.png|center]]
| The Magnemite Coin is given to winners at the GR Lightning Fort. It is required to open both the {{color2|000|GR Fire Fort}} and the {{color2|000|GR Water Fort}}.
|- style="background: #{{tcg fire color light}}"
| {{pcolor|Magmar|000}} Coin
| [[File:Coin Magmar GB2.png|center]]
| The Magmar Coin is given to winners at the GR Fire Fort. It is one of two coins required to unlock the {{color2|000|GR Fighting Fort}}.
|- style="background: #{{tcg water color light}}"
| {{pcolor|Psyduck|000}} Coin
| [[File:Coin Psyduck GB2.png|center]]
| The Psyduck Coin is given to winners at the GR Water Fort. It is one of two coins required to unlock the GR Fighting Fort.
|- style="background: #{{tcg fighting color light}}"
| {{pcolor|Machamp|000}} Coin
| [[File:Coin Machamp GB2.png|center]]
| The Machamp Coin is given to winners at the {{color2|000|GR Fighting Fort}}. It is required to unlock the remainder of the island, which includes {{color2|000|Mr. Ishihara's Villa}}, the {{color2|000|Team GR Castle}}, the {{color2|000|GR Psychic Stronghold}}, and the {{color2|000|Colorless Altar}}.
|- style="background: #{{tcg psychic color light}}"
| {{pcolor|Mew|000}} Coin
| [[File:Coin Mew GB2.png|center]]
| The Mew Coin is given to winners at the {{color2|000|GR Psychic Stronghold}}. It is one of two coins required to unlock the Team GR Castle.
|- style="background: #{{tcg colorless color light}}"
| {{pcolor|Snorlax|000}} Coin
| [[File:Coin Snorlax GB2.png|center]]
| The Snorlax Coin is given to winners at the Colorless Altar. It is one of two coins required to unlock the Team GR Castle.
|- style="background: #{{tcg colorless color light}}"
| {{pcolor|Togepi|000}} Coin
| [[File:Coin Togepi GB2.png|center]]
| The Togepi Coin is awarded to Mark/Mint after they have defeated {{color2|000|Biruritchi (TCG GB)|Biruritchi}} twice.
|}
|}

===Special coins===
{| class="roundy" style="background: #{{red color light}}; border: 5px solid #{{blue color light}}; width: 80%; margin: auto"
|
{| border="1" width="100%" style="border:1px solid #{{Red color light}}; border-collapse:collapse"
|- style="background: #{{red color light}}"
! Name
! Sprite
! How to obtain
|- style="background: #{{tcg fire color light}}"
| {{pcolor|Ponyta|000}} Coin
| [[File:Coin Ponyta GB2.png|center]]
| The Ponyta Coin is awarded to {{color2|000|Mark (TCG GB)|Mark}}/{{color2|000|Mint (TCG GB)|Mint}} after they have won the Challenge Cup ten times.
|- style="background: #{{tcg water color light}}"
| {{pcolor|Horsea|000}} Coin
| [[File:Coin Horsea GB2.png|center]]
| The Horsea Coin is awarded to Mark/Mint after they have won the GR Challenge Cup ten times.
|- style="background: #{{tcg grass color light}}"
| {{pcolor|Arbok|000}} Coin
| [[File:Coin Arbok GB2.png|center]]
| Mark/Mint is awarded the Arbok Coin after participating in one {{color2|000|Pokémon Dome}} tournament, regardless of whether or not they actually won.
|- style="background: #{{tcg colorless color light}}"
| {{pcolor|Jigglypuff|000}} Coin
| [[File:Coin Jigglypuff GB2.png|center]]
| The Jigglypuff Coin can be purchased for 500 chips at the {{color2|000|Game Center}}.
|- style="background: #{{tcg fighting color light}}"
| {{pcolor|Dugtrio|000}} Coin
| [[File:Coin Dugtrio GB2.png|center]]
| The Dugtrio Coin is awarded to Mark/Mint after 50 consecutive wins at the {{color2|000|Challenge Machine}} in {{color2|000|Dr. Mason (TCG GB)|Dr. Mason}}'s lab.
|- style="background: #{{tcg psychic color light}}"
| {{pcolor|Gengar|000}} Coin
| [[File:Coin Gengar GB2.png|center]]
| The Gengar Coin is awarded to Mark/Mint after 50 consecutive wins at the Challenge Machine in the {{color2|000|GR Island}} {{color2|000|Challenge Hall}}.
|- style="background: #{{tcg lightning color light}}"
| {{pcolor|Raichu|000}} Coin
| [[File:Coin Raichu GB2.png|center]]
| The Raichu Coin is awarded to Mark/Mint after 50 wins in link matches. It is also used by {{color2|000|Ronald (TCG GB)|Ronald}}.
|- style="background: #{{tcg lightning color light}}"
| {{pcolor|Lugia|000}} Coin
| [[File:Coin Lugia GB2.png|center]]
| The Lugia Coin is awarded to Mark/Mint after 100 wins in link matches. It is also used by the {{color2|000|Ghost Master|Ghost Masters}} in the {{color2|000|Sealed Fort}}.
|}
|}

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Talk:Midori (TCG GB)

2026-05-11T14:21:29Z

Luna Solaris: /* Name Change */ Reply

== Name Change ==

Just want to check before I go about changing anything: are we keeping the Japanese names for these characters, or would it be acceptable to change their names to the ones from the unofficial English version? [[User:Luna Solaris|Luna Solaris]] ([[User talk:Luna Solaris|talk]]) 14:14, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

:Since this game was never released in English, all character pages should retain their Japanese names. If by "unofficial" you mean fan translations, those aren't authorised and are not reputable sources. [[User:Cipher|'''Cipher''']] [[User talk:Cipher|'''(talk)''']] 14:18, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
::Fair enough. I'm playing said game and found 'Melissa' wasn't called such, so wanted to ask before I did anything. Thank you. [[User:Luna Solaris|Luna Solaris]] ([[User talk:Luna Solaris|talk]]) 14:21, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

Talk:Midori (TCG GB)

2026-05-11T14:14:12Z

Luna Solaris: /* Name Change */ new section

Galar League

2026-05-11T06:25:12Z

Luna Solaris: Minor grammar correction.

The '''Galar League''' (Japanese: '''ガラルリーグ''' ''Galar League'') is the regional [[Pokémon League]] of the [[Galar]] region. The Galar League is composed of a number of [[Gym Leader]]s as well as the {{pkmn|Champion}}. Unlike the Pokémon Leagues of other regions, the Galar League is formatted as an annual sporting competition, and [[Pokémon Trainer]]s in Galar must receive a letter of [[endorsement]] to participate in the '''Gym Challenge''' (Japanese: '''ジムチャレンジ''' ''Gym Challenge''). Additionally, while the Gym Challenge comprises the traditional eight Gyms, the Galar League maintains a minor division of Gyms representing other [[type]]s. Between Gym Challenges, Gyms' performance may cause them to change divisions. Trainers who earn eight [[Gym]] [[Badge]]s by defeating the Gym Leaders of the major division will qualify to participate in the annual '''Champion Cup''' (Japanese: '''チャンピオンカップ''' ''Champion Cup'') tournament at [[Wyndon Stadium]]. This Pokémon League is known for having [[Dynamax]] in its Gym {{pkmn|battle}}s thanks to [[Rose|the League's chairman]].<ref>https://swordshield.pokemon.com/en-us/story/pokemon-league/</ref>

According to [[Hop]], the League requires that all eight Gyms be challenged in a set order.

After becoming the {{pkmn|Champion}}, the player may repeatedly participate in a [[Wyndon Stadium/Champion tournaments|Champion tournament]] at Wyndon Stadium, which consist of three rounds in a single-elimination tournament.

==[[Gym Leader]]s==
===Major division===
{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; text-align:center; background: #{{Galar color dark}}; border: 4px solid #{{Galar color}};" colspan=4 cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"
|-
! style="background: #{{Galar color dark}};" colspan="7" | {{color|{{Galar color light}}|Galar League}}
|-
! style="background: #{{Galar color dark}};" colspan="4" | {{color2|{{Galar color light}}|Generation VIII}}
! style="background: #{{Galar color dark}};" colspan="3" | {{color2|{{Galar color light}}|Region|Region:}} {{color2|{{Galar color light}}|Galar}}
|-
! colspan="2" style="background: #{{Galar color light}}; {{roundytl|5px}}" | {{color|{{Galar color dark}}|Gym Leader Japanese}}
! style="background: #{{Galar color light}};" | {{color|{{Galar color dark}}|Location Japanese}}
! colspan="2" style="background: #{{Galar color light}};" | {{color2|{{Galar color dark}}|Type}}
! colspan="2" style="background: #{{Galar color light}}; {{roundytr|5px}}" | {{color2|{{Galar color dark}}|Badge}}
{{gldr|col=2|tcol=2|bcol=2|type=Grass|logo=yes|pic=VSMilo.png|ldr=Milo|djap=ヤロー|drm=Yarrow|loc=Turffield|cjap=ターフタウン|crm=Turf Town|bdg=Grass|size=150px}}
{{gldr|col=2|tcol=2|bcol=2|type=Water|logo=yes|pic=VSNessa.png|ldr=Nessa|djap=ルリナ|drm=Rurina|loc=Hulbury|cjap=バウタウン|crm=Bow Town|bdg=Water|size=150px}}
{{gldr|col=2|tcol=2|bcol=2|type=Fire|logo=yes|pic=VSKabu.png|ldr=Kabu|djap=カブ|drm=Kabu|loc=Motostoke|cjap=エンジンシティ|crm=Engine City|bdg=Fire|size=150px}}
{{gldr2|type=Fighting|logo=yes|pic=VSBea.png|size=150px|ldr=Bea|djap=サイトウ|drm=Saitou{{sup/8|Sw}}|type2=Ghost|pic2=VSAllister.png|size2=150px|ldr2=Allister|djap2=オニオン|drm2=Onion{{sup/8|Sh}}|loc=Stow-on-Side|cjap=ラテラルタウン|crm=Lateral Town|bdg=Fighting|bdg2=Ghost}}
{{gldr2|tcol=2|bcol=2|type=Fairy|logo=yes|pic=VSOpal.png|size=150px|ldr=Opal|djap=ポプラ|drm=Poplar|pic2=VSBede 2.png|size2=150px|ldr2=Bede|djap2=ビート|drm2=Beet|loc=Ballonlea|cjap=アラベスクタウン|crm=Arabesque Town|bdg=Fairy|region=Galar}}
{{gldr2|type=Rock|logo=yes|pic=VSGordie.png|size=150px|ldr=Gordie|djap=マクワ|drm=Makuwa{{sup/8|Sw}}|type2=Ice|pic2=VSMelony.png|size2=150px|ldr2=Melony|djap2=メロン|drm2=Melon{{sup/8|Sh}}|loc=Circhester|cjap=キルクスタウン|crm=Circus Town|bdg=Rock|bdg2=Ice}}
{{gldr2|tcol=2|bcol=2|type=Dark|logo=yes|pic=VSPiers.png|size=150px|ldr=Piers|djap=ネズ|drm=Nezu|pic2=VSMarnie 3.png|size2=150px|ldr2=Marnie|djap2=マリィ|drm2=Mary|loc=Spikemuth|cjap=スパイクタウン|crm=Spike Town|bdg=Dark}}
{{gldrb|col=2|tcol=2|bcol=2|type=Dragon|logo=yes|pic=VSRaihan.png|ldr=Raihan|djap=キバナ|drm=Kibana|loc=Hammerlocke|cjap=ナックルシティ|crm=Knuckle City|bdg=Dragon|size=150px}}
|}

===Minor division===
{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; text-align:center; background: #{{Galar color dark}}; border: 4px solid #{{Galar color}};" colspan=4 cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"
|-
! style="background: #{{Galar color dark}};" | {{color|{{Galar color light}}|Galar League}}
|-
! style="background: #{{Galar color dark}};" | {{color2|{{Galar color light}}|Generation VIII}}
! style="background: #{{Galar color dark}};" | {{color2|{{Galar color light}}|Region|Region:}} {{color2|{{Galar color light}}|Galar}}
|-
! style="background: #{{Galar color light}}; {{roundytl|5px}}" | {{color|{{Galar color dark}}|Gym Leader Japanese}}
! style="background: #{{Galar color light}}; {{roundytr|5px}}" | {{color2|{{Galar color dark}}|Type}}
{{elt|type=Poison|logo=yes|pic=VSKlara.png|m=Klara|mjap=クララ|mrm=Kurara{{sup/8|Sw}}|size=150px}}
{{elt|bottom=yes|type=Psychic|logo=yes|pic=VSAvery.png|m=Avery|mjap=セイボリー|mrm=Savory{{sup/8|Sh}}|size=150px}}
|}

==Champion Cup==
===Semifinals===
{{4TeamBracket
| RD1=First Round
| RD2=Second Round

| RD1-seed01=
| RD1-team01='''{{player|Player}}'''
| RD1-score01=[[File:Pokémon League logo.png|40px]]
| RD1-seed02=[[File:VSMarnie 2.png|60px]]
| RD1-team02=[[Marnie]]
| RD1-score02=[[File:Dark Gym logo.png|40px|link=Dark (type)|Dark]]

| RD1-seed03=[[File:VSHop 3.png|60px]]
| RD1-team03='''[[Hop]]'''
| RD1-score03=[[File:Pokémon League logo.png|40px|Various]]
| RD1-seed04=
| RD1-team04=Unknown
| RD1-score04=[[File:Pokémon League logo.png|40px]]

| RD2-seed01=
| RD2-team01='''{{player|Player}}'''
| RD2-score01=[[File:Pokémon League logo.png|40px]]
| RD2-seed02=[[File:VSHop 3.png|60px]]
| RD2-team02=[[Hop]]
| RD2-score02=[[File:Pokémon League logo.png|40px|Various]]
}}

===Interruption===
{{elt/h|gen=VIII|l={{galar color light}}|d={{galar color dark}}|league=Galar}}
{{elt|bottom=yes|type=Fairy|logo=yes|pic=VSBede 2.png|m=Bede|mjap=ビート|mrm=Beet|size=150px}}
|}

===Finals===
====Pokémon Sword====
{{8TeamBracket
| RD1=First Round
| RD2=Second Round
| RD3=Final Round

| RD1-seed01=
| RD1-team01='''{{player|Player}}'''
| RD1-score01
| RD1-seed02=[[File:VSNessa.png|60px]]
| RD1-team02=[[Nessa]]
| RD1-score02=[[File:Water Gym logo.png|40px|link=Water (type)|Water]]

| RD1-seed03=[[File:VSBea.png|60px]]
| RD1-team03='''[[Bea]]'''
| RD1-score03=[[File:Fighting Gym logo.png|40px|link=Fighting (type)|Fighting]]
| RD1-seed04=[[File:VSGordie.png|60px]]
| RD1-team04=[[Gordie]]
| RD1-score04=[[File:Rock Gym logo.png|40px|link=Rock (type)|Rock]]

| RD1-seed05=[[File:VSPiers.png|60px]]
| RD1-team05='''[[Piers]]'''
| RD1-score05=[[File:Dark Gym logo.png|40px|link=Dark (type)|Dark]]
| RD1-seed06=[[File:VSKabu.png|60px]]
| RD1-team06=[[Kabu]]
| RD1-score06=[[File:Fire Gym logo.png|40px|link=Fire (type)|Fire]]

| RD1-seed07=[[File:VSMilo.png|60px]]
| RD1-team07=[[Milo]]
| RD1-score07=[[File:Grass Gym logo.png|40px|link=Grass (type)|Grass]]
| RD1-seed08=[[File:VSRaihan.png|60px]]
| RD1-team08='''[[Raihan]]'''
| RD1-score08=[[File:Dragon Gym logo.png|40px|link=Dragon (type)|Dragon]]

| RD2-seed01=
| RD2-team01='''{{player|Player}}'''
| RD2-score01=[[File:Pokémon League logo.png|40px]]
| RD2-seed02=[[File:VSBea.png|60px]]
| RD2-team02=[[Bea]]
| RD2-score02=[[File:Fighting Gym logo.png|40px|link=Fighting (type)|Fighting]]

| RD2-seed03=[[File:VSPiers.png|60px]]
| RD2-team03=[[Piers]]
| RD2-score03=[[File:Dark Gym logo.png|40px|link=Dark (type)|Dark]]
| RD2-seed04=[[File:VSRaihan.png|60px]]
| RD2-team04='''[[Raihan]]'''
| RD2-score04=[[File:Dragon Gym logo.png|40px|link=Dragon (type)|Dragon]]

| RD3-seed01=
| RD3-team01='''{{player|Player}}'''
| RD3-score01=[[File:Pokémon League logo.png|40px]]
| RD3-seed02=[[File:VSRaihan.png|60px]]
| RD3-team02=[[Raihan]]
| RD3-score02=[[File:Dragon Gym logo.png|40px|link=Dragon (type)|Dragon]]
|RD1-score01=[[File:Pokémon League logo.png|40px]]}}

====Pokémon Shield====
{{8TeamBracket
| RD1=First Round
| RD2=Second Round
| RD3=Final Round

| RD1-seed01=
| RD1-team01='''{{player|Player}}'''
| RD1-score01
| RD1-seed02=[[File:VSNessa.png|60px]]
| RD1-team02=[[Nessa]]
| RD1-score02=[[File:Water Gym logo.png|40px|link=Water (type)|Water]]

| RD1-seed03=[[File:VSAllister.png|60px]]
| RD1-team03='''[[Allister]]'''
| RD1-score03=[[File:Ghost Gym logo.png|40px|link=Ghost (type)|Ghost]]
| RD1-seed04=[[File:VSMelony.png|60px]]
| RD1-team04=[[Melony]]
| RD1-score04=[[File:Ice Gym logo.png|40px|link=Ice (type)|Ice]]

| RD1-seed05=[[File:VSPiers.png|60px]]
| RD1-team05='''[[Piers]]'''
| RD1-score05=[[File:Dark Gym logo.png|40px|link=Dark (type)|Dark]]
| RD1-seed06=[[File:VSKabu.png|60px]]
| RD1-team06=[[Kabu]]
| RD1-score06=[[File:Fire Gym logo.png|40px|link=Fire (type)|Fire]]

| RD1-seed07=[[File:VSMilo.png|60px]]
| RD1-team07=[[Milo]]
| RD1-score07=[[File:Grass Gym logo.png|40px|link=Grass (type)|Grass]]
| RD1-seed08=[[File:VSRaihan.png|60px]]
| RD1-team08='''[[Raihan]]'''
| RD1-score08=[[File:Dragon Gym logo.png|40px|link=Dragon (type)|Dragon]]

| RD2-seed01=
| RD2-team01='''{{player|Player}}'''
| RD2-score01=[[File:Pokémon League logo.png|40px]]
| RD2-seed02=[[File:VSAllister.png|60px]]
| RD2-team02=[[Allister]]
| RD2-score02=[[File:Ghost Gym logo.png|40px|link=Ghost (type)|Ghost]]

| RD2-seed03=[[File:VSPiers.png|60px]]
| RD2-team03=[[Piers]]
| RD2-score03=[[File:Dark Gym logo.png|40px|link=Dark (type)|Dark]]
| RD2-seed04=[[File:VSRaihan.png|60px]]
| RD2-team04='''[[Raihan]]'''
| RD2-score04=[[File:Dragon Gym logo.png|40px|link=Dragon (type)|Dragon]]

| RD3-seed01=
| RD3-team01='''{{player|Player}}'''
| RD3-score01=[[File:Pokémon League logo.png|40px]]
| RD3-seed02=[[File:VSRaihan.png|60px]]
| RD3-team02=[[Raihan]]
| RD3-score02=[[File:Dragon Gym logo.png|40px|link=Dragon (type)|Dragon]]
|RD1-score01=[[File:Pokémon League logo.png|40px]]}}

===Championship Match===
{{elt/h|gen=VIII|l={{galar color light}}|d={{galar color dark}}|league=Galar}}
{{eltb|type=Galar|logo=yes|t=Various|pic=VSLeon.png|m=Leon|mjap=ダンデ|mrm=Dande|size=150px}}
|}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Pokémon League logo.png|The logo of the Galar Pokémon League
Gym Challenge logo.png|The logo of the Galar Gym Challenge
Champion Cup logo.png|The logo of the Galar Champion Cup
Galarian Star Tournament Logo.png|The logo of the [[Galarian Star Tournament]]
</gallery>


==Trivia==
* The Galar League is the only {{pkmn|League}} to feature no [[Elite Four]], as the Champion Cup takes its place instead.
* The Galar League features more Gyms with more than one known Gym Leader than any other League, with four.
* There are both Stadiums and traditional Pokémon Gyms in Galar. For example, {{DL|Spikemuth|Spikemuth Gym}} is where Piers takes challengers, and in the {{pkmn|animated series}}, Allister is shown to have a Gym of his own that is separate from the [[Stow-on-Side Stadium]] in ''[[JN092|The Winding Path to Greatness!]]''.
* In [[Pokémon Adventures]], the Galar Gyms with version-exclusive Gym Leaders are shown to have the two Leaders take turns in taking on challengers, with their Gym's type theme being converted accordingly when they switch turns.
* Although {{Ash}} faced several Galar Gym Leaders in {{aniseries|JN}}, the Galar League is the only game-based League he doesn't participate in, in any capacity during {{aniseries|PTS}}.
** Because of this, Galar was also the only League where most of its Gym Leaders were not featured in the animated series during the game's lifespan of the corresponding [[generation]].

==In other languages==
<div style="display:inline-block; vertical-align:top">
''Gym Challenge''
{{langtable|color={{galar color light}}|bordercolor={{galar color}}
|zh_yue=道館挑戰 ''{{tt|Dougún Tīujin|Gym Challenge}}''
|zh_cmn=道館挑戰 / 道馆挑战 ''{{tt|Dàoguǎn Tiǎozhàn|Gym Challenge}}''
|fr=Défi des Arènes
|de=Arena-Challenge
|it=Sfida delle Palestre
|ko=체육관 챌린지 ''Cheyukgwan Challenge''
|ru=Испытание Гима ''Ispytaniye Gima''
|es=Desafío de los gimnasios
}}</div>
<div style="display:inline-block; vertical-align:top">
''Champion Cup''
{{langtable|color={{galar color light}}|bordercolor={{galar color}}
|zh_yue=冠軍盃 ''{{tt|Gungwān Būi|Champion Cup}}''
|zh_cmn=冠軍盃 / 冠军杯 ''{{tt|Guànjūn Bēi|Champion Cup}}''
|fi=Mestarien Cup
|fr=Poké Masters
|de=Champ-Cup
|it=Coppa Campione
|ko=챔피언컵 ''Champion Cup''
|pl=Puchar Wielkich Mistrzów
|pt_br=Taça dos Campeões (''[[Pokémon Journeys: The Series]]'') Copa dos Campeões ([[Pokémon Evolutions]])
|ru=Кубок Чемпиона ''Kubok Chempiona''
|es=Copa de Campeones
|ca=Copa de Campions
}}</div>

==References==
<references/>

==Related articles==
{{League}}

[[Category:Pokémon Sword and Shield]]
[[Category:Regional Pokémon Leagues]]

[[fr:Ligue de Galar]]
[[it:Lega Pokémon di Galar]]
[[ja:ポケモンリーグ (ガラル地方)]]
[[zh:伽勒爾聯盟]]

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== Incorrect Link ==

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== Incorrect Link ==

This is about the page itself, but about a link in the box at the bottom of the page. Where it says 'Required Coin,' the link take me to the IRL Coin page instead of the Event Coin page. I'm new here, so I have no idea how to correct this error. [[User:Luna Solaris|Luna Solaris]] ([[User talk:Luna Solaris|talk]]) 09:57, 4 May 2026 (UTC)