Verdant Cavern

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Verdant Cavern みの洞窟
Verdant Cavern
"Wild Missingno. appeared!"
Verdant Cavern SM.png
Map description: A cave with a great variety of plants thriving inside it. The light shafting in from above makes for a breathtaking sight.
Location: Route 2
Region: Alola
Generations: VII
Alola Verdant Cavern Map.png
Location of Verdant Cavern in Alola.
Pokémon world locations

Verdant Cavern (Japanese: みの洞窟 Verdant Cavern) is a location on Melemele Island in Alola, located northeast of Route 2. It is the location of the trial of Ilima.

Trial

The trial begins as soon as the player enters Verdant Cavern; however, they can leave at any time, although this will reset the trial. Once the trial guide has stepped aside to grant access to the Totem's Den, the player can leave at any time without resetting the trial.

In this trial, the player must find and battle two YungoosSUS/Alolan RattataMUM and a GumshoosSUS/an Alolan RaticateMUM. Along the way, the player will face two Team Skull Grunts and battle one of them; once defeated, the two grunts will unwittingly help the player finish the trial. Despite not officially being part of the trial, the grunts act as if they are, resetting when the trial is reset.

In the battle with the Totem Pokémon, it will call its ally on its first turn; once the ally is defeated, the Totem Pokémon cannot call it again.

After defeating the Totem Pokémon, the player will be greeted by Ilima for completing the trial and will receive a Normalium Z as a reward. After completing the trial, wild Pokémon will appear in Verdant Cavern as both ambush encounters and cave tile encounters.

Trial Pokémon and Trainers

Trial Site

Pokémon Sun and Ultra Sun
734Yungoos.png
Type:
Normal Unknown
Ability:
Strong Jaw
Held item:
None.png None None.png
Yungoos/ Lv.11
Sand Attack
Ground Status
Tackle
Normal Physical
Hyper Fang
Normal Physical
Leer
Normal Status
734Yungoos.png
Type:
Normal Unknown
Ability:
Strong Jaw
Held item:
None.png None None.png
Yungoos/ Lv.11
Sand Attack
Ground Status
Tackle
Normal Physical
Super Fang
Normal Physical
Leer
Normal Status
735Gumshoos.png
Type:
Normal Unknown
Ability:
Adaptability
Held item:
None.png None None.png
Gumshoos/ Lv.11
Sand Attack
Ground Status
Bite
Dark Physical
Super Fang
Normal Physical
Leer
Normal Status
Pokémon Moon and Ultra Moon
019Rattata-Alola.png
Types:
Dark Normal
Ability:
Gluttony
Held item:
None.png None None.png
Rattata/ Lv.11
Quick Attack
Normal Physical
Tail Whip
Normal Status
Hyper Fang
Normal Physical
Tackle
Normal Physical
019Rattata-Alola.png
Types:
Dark Normal
Ability:
Gluttony
Held item:
None.png None None.png
Rattata/ Lv.11
Quick Attack
Normal Physical
Tail Whip
Normal Status
Super Fang
Normal Physical
Tackle
Normal Physical
020Raticate-Alola.png
Types:
Dark Normal
Ability:
Gluttony
Held item:
None.png None None.png
Raticate/ Lv.11
Focus Energy
Normal Status
Tail Whip
Normal Status
Super Fang
Normal Physical
Tackle
Normal Physical



Totem's Den

Pokémon Sun
Totem Gumshoos
Aura: +1 Defense
Ally Yungoos
735Gumshoos.png
Type:
Normal Unknown
Ability:
Adaptability
Held item:
Bag Pecha Berry Sprite.png Pecha Berry
Gumshoos Lv.12
Super Fang
Normal Physical
Bite
Dark Physical
Leer
Normal Status
Scary Face
Normal Status
734Yungoos.png
Type:
Normal Unknown
Ability:
Stakeout
Held item:
None.png None None.png
Yungoos/ Lv.10
Leer
Normal Status
Tackle
Normal Physical
Pursuit
Dark Physical
Bide
Normal Physical
Pokémon Moon
Totem Raticate
Aura: +1 Defense
Ally Rattata
020Raticate-Alola.png
Types:
Dark Normal
Ability:
Gluttony
Held item:
Bag Pecha Berry Sprite.png Pecha Berry
Raticate Lv.12
Bite
Dark Physical
Tail Whip
Normal Status
Scary Face
Normal Status
Tackle
Normal Physical
019Rattata-Alola.png
Types:
Dark Normal
Ability:
Hustle
Held item:
None.png None None.png
Rattata/ Lv.10
Tackle
Normal Physical
Focus Energy
Normal Status
Quick Attack
Normal Physical
Tail Whip
Normal Status
Pokémon Ultra Sun
Totem Gumshoos
Aura: +1 Defense
Ally Yungoos
735Gumshoos.png
Type:
Normal Unknown
Ability:
Adaptability
Held item:
Bag Pecha Berry Sprite.png Pecha Berry
Gumshoos Lv.12
Super Fang
Normal Physical
Bite
Dark Physical
Tackle
Normal Physical
Scary Face
Normal Status
734Yungoos.png
Type:
Normal Unknown
Ability:
Stakeout
Held item:
None.png None None.png
Yungoos/ Lv.10
Leer
Normal Status
Tackle
Normal Physical
Pursuit
Dark Physical
Odor Sleuth
Normal Status
Pokémon Ultra Moon
Totem Raticate
Aura: +1 Defense
Ally Rattata
020Raticate-Alola.png
Types:
Dark Normal
Ability:
Gluttony
Held item:
Bag Pecha Berry Sprite.png Pecha Berry
Raticate Lv.12
Super Fang
Normal Physical
Bite
Dark Physical
Fury Swipes
Normal Physical
Scary Face
Normal Status
019Rattata-Alola.png
Types:
Dark Normal
Ability:
Hustle
Held item:
None.png None None.png
Rattata/ Lv.10
Tackle
Normal Physical
Tail Whip
Normal Status
Quick Attack
Normal Physical
Pursuit
Dark Physical

Post-game

Pokémon Ultra Sun
Totem Gumshoos
Aura: Atk., Def., Sp. Atk., Sp. Def., Spd. +2
Ally Yungoos
735Gumshoos.png
Type:
Normal Unknown
Ability:
Adaptability
Held item:
Bag Chople Berry Sprite.png Chople Berry
Gumshoos Lv.60
Hyper Fang
Normal Physical
Ice Fang
Ice Physical
Protect
Normal Status
Crunch
Dark Physical
734Yungoos.png
Type:
Normal Unknown
Ability:
Stakeout
Held item:
None.png None None.png
Yungoos/ Lv.58
Yawn
Normal Status
Mud-Slap
Ground Physical
Torment
Dark Status
Super Fang
Normal Physical
Pokémon Ultra Moon
Totem Raticate
Aura: Atk., Def., Sp. Atk., Sp. Def., Spd. +2
Ally Rattata
020Raticate-Alola.png
Types:
Dark Normal
Ability:
Gluttony
Held item:
Bag Chople Berry Sprite.png Chople Berry
Raticate Lv.60
Hyper Fang
Normal Physical
Throat Chop
Dark Physical
Protect
Normal Status
Double Team
Normal Status
019Rattata-Alola.png
Types:
Dark Normal
Ability:
Hustle
Held item:
None.png None None.png
Rattata/ Lv.58
Super Fang
Normal Physical
Tail Whip
Normal Status
Torment
Dark Status
Crunch
Dark Physical

Items

Trial Site

Item Location Games
Super Potion Super Potion Southeast corner, near the entrance  S  M  US  UM 
Revive Revive By the mossy rock in front of the second den (hidden)  S  M  US  UM 
X Defense X Defense West side of the cavern, south of the eastern den  S  M  US  UM 
Super Potion Super Potion Northeast corner, through the tunnel  S  M  US  UM 
TM Fighting VI TM31 (Brick Break) At the top of the ledge south of the eastern den  S  M  US  UM 

Dropped after ambush encounters

Sometimes, after a Pokémon from a dirt cloud is defeated or caught, it will drop an item.

Item Location Games
Oran Berry Oran Berry Sometimes dropped by Pokémon from dirt clouds  S  M  US  UM 
Sitrus Berry Sitrus Berry Sometimes dropped by Pokémon from dirt clouds  S  M  US  UM 

Zygarde Cube

Item Location Games
Key Zygarde Cell Sprite.png Zygarde Cell Next to the northeastern den  S  M 

Totem's Den

Item Location Games
Normalium Z Normalium Z Reward for completing the trial  S  M  US  UM 
Great Ball Great Ball ×10 From Ilima after completing the trial  S  M  US  UM 
Energy Root Energy Root On the land jutting out over the edge (requires Tauros Charge) (hidden)  S  M  US  UM 
TM Dark VI TM46 (Thief) At the top of the ledge (requires Tauros Charge)  S  M  US  UM 

Pokémon

Prior to completing the trial, wild Pokémon do not appear in Verdant Cavern (except trial Pokémon).

Pokémon Sun and Moon

Trial Site

In Pokémon Moon, four Pheromosa can appear here during the second Ultra Beast mission, initiated by speaking to Looker on Route 8 after becoming Champion. They have an aura that gives them +2 Speed stages.

  Pokémon     Allies     Games     Location     Levels     Rate  
Zubat Zubat
041MS6.png Zubat S M
Cave Cave
8-11 70%
Diglett Diglett
050AMS6.png Diglett S M
Cave Cave
8-11 30%
Ambush encounters
Rattata Rattata
019AMS6.png Rattata S M
Dirt cloud Dirt cloud
11 100%
Yungoos Yungoos
734MS6.png Yungoos S M
Dirt cloud Dirt cloud
11 100%
Special Pokémon
Pheromosa Pheromosa
N/A S M
Cave Cave
60 Four
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.


Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon

Trial Site

  Pokémon     Allies     Games     Location     Levels     Rate  
Zubat Zubat
041MS6.png Zubat US UM
Cave Cave
8-11 35%
Diglett Diglett
050AMS6.png Diglett US UM
Cave Cave
8-11 35%
Noibat Noibat
714MS6.png Noibat US UM
Cave Cave
8-11 30%
Ambush encounters
Rattata Rattata
019AMS6.png Rattata US UM
Dirt cloud Dirt cloud
10 100%
Yungoos Yungoos
734MS6.png Yungoos US UM
Dirt cloud Dirt cloud
10 100%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.


In the anime

Verdant Cavern in the anime

Verdant Cavern appeared in To Top a Totem!, as the site of Ash's first island trial. Wanting to ask Yungoos and Gumshoos's help in dealing with a group of Alolan Rattata and Raticate causing havoc around Melemele Island, Ash was led to the Verdant Cavern by Hala to battle Totem Gumshoos and get it to help them. At first, Ash faced a Yungoos and Gumshoos, the Totem's ally Pokémon, which he defeated with the help of Pikachu and Rowlet. After this, Totem Gumshoos appeared, challenging Ash. It was able to defeat Rowlet, but was eventually taken down by Pikachu. As a reward for winning the battle, Totem Gumshoos gave Ash a Normalium Z and agreed to help in driving away the troublesome Rattata and Raticate. Unbeknownst to Ash and Hala, Tapu Koko secretly followed the trial as it took place.

Trivia

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 蔥鬱洞窟 Chūngwāt Duhngfāt
Mandarin 蔥鬱洞窟 / 蔥郁洞窟 Cōngyù Dòngkū
France Flag.png French Grotte Verdoyante
Germany Flag.png German Vegetationshöhle
Hungary Flag.png Hungarian Zöldellő Barlang
Italy Flag.png Italian Grotta Sottobosco
South Korea Flag.png Korean 우거진 동굴 Ugeojin Donggul
Poland Flag.png Polish Pieczara Verdant
Russia Flag.png Russian Изумрудная Пещера Izumrudnaya Peshchera
Spain Flag.png Spanish Cueva Sotobosque


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