Seafloor Cavern

Not to be confused with Seafloor Cave (Friend Area).

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Seafloor Cavern 海底洞窟 Seabed Cavern "Wild Missingno. appeared!"
Map description:	It is said that a Pokémon once dwelled here in the ancient mists of a time long past.
Location:	Route 128
Region:	Hoenn
Generations:	III, VI
Location of Seafloor Cavern in Hoenn.
Pokémon world locations

The Seafloor Cavern (Japanese: 海底洞窟 Seabed Cavern) is a location in Hoenn, deep beneath the water of Route 128. After surfacing inside the cave, there is a maze of tunnels to the deepest part, where the super-ancient Pokémon resides.

In the games

Description

In order to reach the cave, the player must use Surf and Dive. Additionally, in Pokémon Emerald, a Team Aqua Grunt will block access to the deeper rooms from the entrance until after Team Magma is defeated at the Mossdeep Space Center. Inside, Strength is required for navigation; there are also breakable rocks, which cause Rock Smash to be required for navigation in the Generation III games, but not the Generation VI games.

In Pokémon Ruby and Omega Ruby, the cavern is the home of Groudon, who slumbers at its deepest part; in Pokémon Sapphire, Emerald, and Alpha Sapphire, the cavern is the home of Kyogre, who slumbers at its deepest part (in Emerald, Groudon initially slumbers at the deepest part of the Magma Hideout inside Mt. Chimney).

In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, the stolen Submarine Explorer 1 is parked at the bottom of the underwater area underneath the Seafloor Cavern. In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, the stolen Submarine Explorer 1 is parked at the shore in the entrance chamber of the Seafloor Cavern.

In the deepest part, Maxie^ROR or Archie^SEAS will attempt to control the super-ancient Pokémon using the orb he stole from Mt. Pyre. However, the Pokémon does not respond well, and instead will escape, causing harsh sunlight^R/extremely harsh sunlight^OR or rain^S/heavy rain^AS throughout eastern Hoenn; in Emerald, both rain and harsh sunlight appear, alternating back and forth at regular intervals.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Heart Scale	In the southeast corner of the entrance (hidden)	OR  AS
	Escape Rope	In the northern of the two southeast corners of Room 3 (requires Strength) (hidden)	OR  AS
	TM55 (Scald)	In the center of Room 5, on an island among the currents (requires Strength)	OR  AS
	TM26 (Earthquake)	Room 9, left of the stairwell to the deepest room (requires Strength)	OR  AS
	TM26 (Earthquake)	At the deepest room, near the doorway (requires Strength)	R  S  E

Rock Smash

Item		Location	Games
	Big Pearl	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks	OR  AS
	Ether	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks	OR  AS
	Hard Stone	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks	OR  AS
	Heart Scale	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks	OR  AS
	Max Ether	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks	OR  AS
	Max Revive	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks	OR  AS
	Normal Gem	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks	OR  AS
	Pearl	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks	OR  AS
	Revive	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks	OR  AS
	Soft Sand	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks	OR  AS
	Star Piece	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks	OR  AS

Pokémon

Generation III

No Pokémon can appear by walking at the entrance or Groudon^R/Kyogre^SE room.

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Zubat	R		S		E		Cave	28-35	90%
Golbat	R		S		E		Cave	33-36	10%
Surfing
Zubat	R		S		E		Surfing	5-35	35%
Golbat	R		S		E		Surfing	30-35	5%
Tentacool	R		S		E		Surfing	5-35	60%
Fishing
Tentacool	R		S		E		Fishing Old Rod	5-10	30%
Magikarp	R		S		E		Fishing Old Rod	5-10	70%
Tentacool	R		S		E		Fishing Good Rod	10-30	20%
Magikarp	R		S		E		Fishing Good Rod	10-30	60%
Wailmer	R		S		E		Fishing Good Rod	10-30	20%
Wailmer	R		S		E		Fishing Super Rod	20-45	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.

Generation VI

Entrance

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Surfing
Golbat	OR			AS			Surfing	25, 30, 35	55%
Tentacruel	OR			AS			Surfing	30, 35	45%
Fishing
Tentacool	OR			AS			Fishing Old Rod	10	35%
Magikarp	OR			AS			Fishing Old Rod	5, 10	65%
Tentacool	OR			AS			Fishing Good Rod	30	35%
Magikarp	OR			AS			Fishing Good Rod	30	60%
Wailmer	OR			AS			Fishing Good Rod	30	5%
Wailmer	OR			AS			Fishing Super Rod	30, 35, 40	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.

Room 1, room 2, and room 4

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Golbat	OR			AS			Cave	33-36	100%
Horde Encounter
Zubat	OR			AS			Horde Encounter	18	100%
Rock Smash
Graveler	OR			AS			Rock Smash	33-36	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.

Room 5 and room 6

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Golbat	OR			AS			Cave	33-36	100%
Horde Encounter
Zubat	OR			AS			Horde Encounter	18	100%
Surfing
Golbat	OR			AS			Surfing	25, 30, 35	35%
Tentacruel	OR			AS			Surfing	25, 30	65%
Fishing
Tentacool	OR			AS			Fishing Old Rod	5	35%
Magikarp	OR			AS			Fishing Old Rod	10	65%
Tentacool	OR			AS			Fishing Good Rod	25	35%
Magikarp	OR			AS			Fishing Good Rod	25	60%
Wailmer	OR			AS			Fishing Good Rod	25	5%
Wailmer	OR			AS			Fishing Super Rod	30, 35, 40	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.

Room 3, room 7, room 8, and room 9

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Golbat	OR			AS			Cave	33-36	100%
Horde Encounter
Zubat	OR			AS			Horde Encounter	18	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.

Trainers

Pokémon Ruby

Trainer	Pokémon
Room 1
Team Magma Grunt Reward: $740	Poochyena♂ Lv.37 No item
	Numel♂ Lv.37 No item
Team Magma Grunt Reward: $760	Numel♂ Lv.38 No item
Room 3
Team Magma Grunt Reward: $720	Poochyena♂ Lv.36 No item
	Zubat♂ Lv.36 No item
	Numel♂ Lv.36 No item
Trainers with a PokéNav by their names will be registered in the Trainer's Eyes or Match Call function after the first battle, and may have a rematch with the player with higher-level Pokémon.

Magma Admin Courtney Seafloor Cavern Ruby Reward: $1520
Types: Fire Ground Ability: Magma Armor Held item: None Camerupt♀ Lv.38 Earthquake Ground   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Amnesia Psychic   --       Take Down Normal   --       Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Mightyena♀ Lv.38 Take Down Normal   --       Scary Face Normal   --       Roar Normal   --       Swagger Normal   --

Magma Leader Maxie Seafloor Cavern Ruby Reward: $3440

Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Mightyena♂ Lv.41 Roar Normal   --       Swagger Normal   --       Scary Face Normal   --       Take Down Normal   --       Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Crobat♂ Lv.41 Bite Dark   --       Wing Attack Flying   --       Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Air Cutter Flying   --       Types: Fire Ground Ability: Magma Armor Held item: None Camerupt♂ Lv.43 Take Down Normal   --       Amnesia Psychic   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Earthquake Ground   --

Pokémon Sapphire

Trainer	Pokémon
Room 1
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $740	Poochyena♂ Lv.37 No item
	Carvanha♂ Lv.37 No item
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $760	Carvanha♂ Lv.38 No item
Room 3
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $720	Poochyena♂ Lv.36 No item
	Zubat♂ Lv.36 No item
	Carvanha♂ Lv.36 No item
Trainers with a PokéNav by their names will be registered in the Trainer's Eyes or Match Call function after the first battle, and may have a rematch with the player with higher-level Pokémon.

Aqua Admin Shelly Seafloor Cavern Sapphire Reward: $1520
Types: Water Dark Ability: Rough Skin Held item: None Sharpedo♀ Lv.38 Crunch Dark   --       Screech Normal   --       Slash Normal   --       Taunt Dark   --       Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Mightyena♀ Lv.38 Take Down Normal   --       Scary Face Normal   --       Swagger Normal   --       Roar Normal   --

Aqua Leader Archie Seafloor Cavern Sapphire Reward: $6880

Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Mightyena♂ Lv.41 Roar Normal   --       Swagger Normal   --       Scary Face Normal   --       Take Down Normal   --       Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Crobat♂ Lv.41 Bite Dark   --       Wing Attack Flying   --       Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Air Cutter Flying   --       Types: Water Dark Ability: Rough Skin Held item: None Sharpedo♂ Lv.43 Screech Normal   --       Slash Normal   --       Taunt Dark   --       Swagger Normal   --

Pokémon Emerald

Trainer	Pokémon
Room 1
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $720	Poochyena♂ Lv.36 No item
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $720	Carvanha♂ Lv.36 No item
Room 3
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $720 Potential Double Battle with the following Grunt	Zubat♂ Lv.36 No item
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $720 Potential Double Battle with the previous Grunt	Carvanha♀ Lv.36 No item
Room 7
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $700 Potential Double Battle with Shelly	Mightyena♂ Lv.35 No item
	Golbat♂ Lv.35 No item
Trainers with a PokéNav by their names will be registered in the Trainer's Eyes or Match Call function after the first battle, and may have a rematch with the player with higher-level Pokémon.

Aqua Admin Shelly Seafloor Cavern Emerald Reward: $1480
Types: Water Dark Ability: Rough Skin Held item: None Sharpedo♀ Lv.37 Scary Face Normal   --       Crunch Dark   --       Screech Normal   --       Slash Normal   --       Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Mightyena♀ Lv.37 Roar Normal   --       Swagger Normal   --       Scary Face Normal   --       Take Down Normal   --

Aqua Leader Archie Seafloor Cavern Emerald Reward: $3440

Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Mightyena♂ Lv.41 Roar Normal   --       Swagger Normal   --       Scary Face Normal   --       Take Down Normal   --       Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Crobat♂ Lv.41 Bite Dark   --       Wing Attack Flying   --       Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Air Cutter Flying   --       Types: Water Dark Ability: Rough Skin Held item: None Sharpedo♂ Lv.43 Screech Normal   --       Slash Normal   --       Taunt Dark   --       Swagger Normal   --

Pokémon Omega Ruby

Trainer	Pokémon
Room 1
Team Magma Grunt Reward: $1,560	Numel♂ Lv.39 No item
	Mightyena♂ Lv.39 No item
Team Magma Grunt Reward: $1,640	Golbat♂ Lv.41 No item
Room 2
Team Magma Grunt Reward: $1,640	Numel♀ Lv.41 No item
Room 3
Team Magma Grunt Reward: $1,640	Weezing♀ Lv.41 No item
Room 7
Team Magma Grunt Reward: $1,600	Mightyena♂ Lv.38 No item
	Weezing♂ Lv.40 No item
Trainers with a PokéNav by their names will be registered in the Trainer's Eyes or Match Call function after the first battle, and may have a rematch with the player with higher-level Pokémon.

Magma Leader Maxie Seafloor Cavern Omega Ruby Reward: $6,880

Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Quick Feet Held item: None Mightyena♂ Lv.41 Scary Face Normal Status   --       Take Down Normal Physical   --       Taunt Dark Status   --       Embargo Dark Status   --       Type: Poison Unknown Ability: Levitate Held item: None Weezing♂ Lv.41 Haze Ice Status   --       Double Hit Normal Physical   --       Sludge Bomb Poison Special   --       Explosion Normal Physical   --       Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Crobat♂ Lv.41 Poison Fang Poison Physical   --       Mean Look Normal Status   --       Acrobatics Flying Physical   --       Haze Ice Status   --       Types: Fire Ground Ability: Magma Armor Held item: Cameruptite Camerupt♂ Lv.43 Curse Ghost Status   --       Take Down Normal Physical   --       Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Yawn Normal Status   --

Pokémon Alpha Sapphire

Trainer	Pokémon
Room 1
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $1,560	Carvanha♂ Lv.39 No item
	Mightyena♂ Lv.39 No item
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $1,640	Golbat♂ Lv.41 No item
Room 2
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $1,640	Carvanha♀ Lv.41 No item
Room 3
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $1,640	Muk♀ Lv.41 No item
Room 7
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $1,600	Mightyena♂ Lv.38 No item
	Muk♂ Lv.40 No item
Trainers with a PokéNav by their names will be registered in the Trainer's Eyes or Match Call function after the first battle, and may have a rematch with the player with higher-level Pokémon.

Aqua Leader Archie Seafloor Cavern Alpha Sapphire Reward: $6,880

Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Quick Feet Held item: None Mightyena♂ Lv.41 Scary Face Normal Status   --       Embargo Dark Status   --       Taunt Dark Status   --       Take Down Normal Physical   --       Type: Poison Unknown Ability: Stench Held item: None Muk♂ Lv.41 Sludge Wave Poison Special   --       Screech Normal Status   --       Venom Drench Poison Status   --       Gunk Shot Poison Physical   --       Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Crobat♂ Lv.41 Poison Fang Poison Physical   --       Mean Look Normal Status   --       Acrobatics Flying Physical   --       Haze Ice Status   --       Types: Water Dark Ability: Rough Skin Held item: Sharpedonite Sharpedo♂ Lv.43 Scary Face Normal Status   --       Slash Normal Physical   --       Poison Fang Poison Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --

Layout

Version	Underwater	Entrance	Room 1	Room 2	Room 3	Room 4	Room 5	Room 6	Room 7	Room 8	Deepest room
Ruby
Sapphire
Emerald

Music

Games	Situation	Song name (Japanese)	Song name (English)	Composition	Arrangement
R  S  E	Overworld	えんとつやま	Mt. Chimney	Go Ichinose	Go Ichinose
	When encountering Team Magma Grunt or CourtneyR	マグマ団登場！	Team Magma Appears!	Go Ichinose	Go Ichinose
	When encountering Team Aqua Grunt or ShellySE or ArchieE	アクア団登場！	Team Aqua Appears!	Go Ichinose	Go Ichinose
	When battling Team Magma Grunt or CourtneyR/Team Aqua Grunt or ShellySE	戦闘！アクア・マグマ団	Battle! (Team Aqua / Team Magma)	Junichi Masuda	Junichi Masuda
	After defeating Team Magma Grunt, Courtney, or MaxieR/Team Aqua Grunt, Shelly, or ArchieSE	アクア・マグマ団に勝利！	Victory! (Team Aqua / Team Magma)	Go Ichinose	Go Ichinose
	When battling MaxieR/ArchieSE	戦闘！アクア・マグマ団のリーダー	Battle! (Team Aqua/Team Magma Leaders)	Junichi Masuda	Junichi Masuda
	When GroudonR/KyogreS awakens	目覚める超古代ポケモン	The Super-Ancient Pokémon Awaken!	Morikazu Aoki	Morikazu Aoki
OR  AS	Underwater	ダイビング	Dive	Go Ichinose	Minako Adachi
	Above land and in cave	えんとつやま	Mt. Chimney	Go Ichinose	Minako Adachi
	When encountering Team Magma Grunt	マグマ団登場！	Team Magma Appears!	Go Ichinose	Hideaki Kuroda
	When encountering Team Aqua Grunt	アクア団登場！	Team Aqua Appears!	Go Ichinose	Minako Adachi
	When battling Team Magma GruntOR/Team Aqua GruntAS	戦闘！アクア団・マグマ団	Battle! (Team Aqua / Team Magma)	Junichi Masuda	Shota Kageyama
	After defeating Team Magma Grunt or MaxieOR/Team Aqua Grunt or ArchieAS	アクア団・マグマ団に勝利！	Victory! (Team Aqua / Team Magma)	Go Ichinose	Minako Adachi
	When battling MaxieOR/ArchieAS	戦闘！アクア団・マグマ団のリーダー	Battle! (Team Aqua / Team Magma Leaders)	Junichi Masuda	Minako Adachi Hideaki Kuroda
	Before MaxieOR/ArchieAS awakens GroudonOR/KyogreAS	アクア団・マグマ団リーダーのテーマ	Leader's Theme (Team Aqua / Team Magma)	Junichi Masuda Shota Kageyama	Shota Kageyama
	When GroudonOR/KyogreAS awakens	目覚める超古代ポケモン	The Super-Ancient Pokémon Awaken!	Morikazu Aoki Hideaki Kuroda	Hideaki Kuroda
	After MaxieOR/ArchieAS awakens GroudonOR/KyogreAS	崩壊へのカウントダウン	Countdown to Destruction	Shota Kageyama	Shota Kageyama

In the spin-off games

Pokémon Masters EX

Artwork depicting the Seafloor Cavern is seen in Maxie and Archie's mindscapes.

Maxie & Groudon Archie & Kyogre

In animation

Seafloor Cavern in Pokémon Generations

Pokémon Generations

The Seafloor Cavern briefly appeared in a vision by Courtney in The Vision. Although the interior of the cavern wasn't shown, the top was depicted as a rocky island protruding from the water. At this rocky island, Primal Groudon appeared and attacked Team Magma.

It properly appeared in The Cavern, where it was shown that Team Aqua also visited it. Archie, Shelly, and three Team Aqua Grunts went deep inside the cave and found a room where Kyogre was resting. Archie woke it up with the Blue Orb, after which Kyogre transformed into Primal Kyogre and started to go on a rampage throughout the Hoenn region.

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  The protruding island

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  The caverns

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Seafloor Cavern in Pokémon Adventures

Ruby & Sapphire arc

The Seafloor Cavern first appeared in The Beginning of the End with Kyogre & Groudon I, where Team Magma and Team Aqua arrived there together thanks to them forming a temporary alliance to combine the Submarine Explorer 1, which had been stolen by Team Magma, with its heart component, which had had been stolen by Team Aqua, allowing them to dive deep enough to reach the undersea cave.

In The Beginning of the End with Kyogre & Groudon II, Kyogre and Groudon were awakened by Team Aqua and Team Magma, respectively, with Maxie taking control of them both by using the Red and Blue Orbs, intending to give Groudon the advantage. However, in Very Vexing Volbeat, Maxie started to struggle, as controlling two Legendary Pokémon at the same time started to take too much of his mental capacity. As such, he gave the Blue Orb to Tabitha so that the Magma Admin could control Kyogre on his behalf. While doing what he had been ordered to do, Tabitha was ambushed by Aqua Admin Amber, who used his Volbeat's Trick to steal the Blue Orb and deliver it to Archie. Archie then locked both Amber and Tabitha inside the Submarine Explorer 1 and sent it to dive on autopilot without its heart component in order to do away with the men inside.

In No Armaldo Is an Island, Ruby and Sapphire reached the Seafloor Cavern thanks to the Dive technique of Sapphire's Relicanth, Relly. They started battling against Archie and Maxie, but were unable to retrieve the Orbs before the two villainous team leaders were overcome by their power and ended up fusing with them. Maxie and Archie then grabbed Ruby and Sapphire, and started to fly away, the Orbs' powers being called by Groudon and Kyogre.

In It All Ends Now V, following the end of the weather crisis, Kyogre was revealed to have returned to slumber in the Seafloor Cavern, while Groudon had chosen to sleep inside Mt. Chimney instead.

The Seafloor Cavern is erroneously called the "Cave of Origin" in the Chuang Yi translations of Pokémon Adventures volumes 19, 20, and 21.

Trivia

• The Seafloor Cavern makes an appearance as a backdrop when a Pokémon from Hoenn is used in the Alola Photo Club in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 海底洞窟 Hóidái Duhngfāt Mandarin 海底洞窟 Hǎidǐ Dòngkū French Caverne Fondmer German Tiefseehöhle Italian Antro Abissale Korean 해저동굴 Haejeo Donggul Brazilian Portuguese Caverna do Fundo do Mar (manga) Caverna Seafloor (anime) Spanish Caverna Abisal Vietnamese Hang Đáy Biển

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