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Dark Wasteland くらがりのこうや
Dark Wasteland
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Basic info
Floors: 4
Rest stops: No
Traps: Yes
Monster Houses: No
Main type: Ghost
Boss: None
Allowances
Recruiting: No
Items: 48
Money: Allowed
Starting level: Current
Team members: 2*
Location
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Dark Wasteland (Japanese: くらがりのこうや Dark Wasteland) is a dungeon in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky. It is exclusive to the fifth Special Episode, In the Future of Darkness. This dungeon is the second dungeon in the Special Episode wherein Grovyle is accompanied by Dusknoir, who finds out that the Sableye have betrayed him.

This dungeon is only 4 floors long, making it the shortest dungeon in Explorers of Sky, with the only lower amount of floors being assigned to sections of Aegis Cave and Sky Peak Mountain Path. However, 12 more unassigned but fully-fledged floors exist within the game's data.

Gameplay

As this is a Special Episode dungeon, the player cannot recruit Pokémon inside and cannot be rescued if knocked out.

Floors 1 through 3 are large-sized with 3-8, 3-9 and 3-10 rooms, respectively, while floor 4 is medium-sized with 3-9 rooms.

There are 3-6 items on each floor and 2-5 items buried in the walls. There are 2-3 starting enemies on each floor.

The IQ Booster does not activate in this dungeon. The turn limit is 1000. There is water on floor 3. There is light darkness in the dungeon. The enemies in this dungeon have 26IQ.

Unused Floors

The following data is never accessed:

  • There is water on floors 5, 7, 11, 12 and 15
  • Floor 5 and 9 are medium-sized with 3-9 rooms, while floor 10 is medium-sized with 3-8 rooms
  • Floors 6 through 8 and 11 through 16 are large-sized with following amount of rooms:
    • 3-8 rooms on floor 16
    • 3-10 rooms on floors 8, 11 and 15
    • 3-11 rooms on floors 7 and 14
    • 3-12 rooms on floors 6 and 13
    • 3-14 rooms on floor 12
  • There are Monster Houses on floors 6 through 16 that have the same items as in main story dungeons and rest of this Special Episode. Floors 6 through 13 have 5% chance to spawn it, floor 14 has 50%, and floors 15 and 16 have 6%.
  • Shiftry and Skorupi are replaced by Drapion on floor 8
  • Enemy Pokémon gain one more level on floor 14

Pokémon encountered

Pokémon Floors Levels Recruit Rate
Gastly (Pokémon) Gastly 1-4 31-32 Unrecruitable
Onix (Pokémon) Onix 1-4 29-30 Unrecruitable
Misdreavus (Pokémon) Misdreavus 1-4 31-32 Unrecruitable
Shiftry (Pokémon) Shiftry 1-4 28-29 Unrecruitable
Shedinja (Pokémon) Shedinja 1-4 43-44 Unrecruitable
Solrock (Pokémon) Solrock 1-4 34-35 Unrecruitable
Skorupi (Pokémon) Skorupi 1-4 28-29 Unrecruitable
Since this is a Special Episode, no Pokémon can be recruited.

Items

Ground

Item Floors
2-200 Poké 1-4F
Insomniscope 1-4F
Def. Scarf 1-4F
Pecha Scarf 1-4F
Persim Band 1-4F
Power Band 1-4F
Special Band 1-4F
Stamina Band 1-4F
Zinc Band 1-4F
5 Gravelerock 1-4F
4 Iron Thorn 1-4F
Apple 1-4F
Cheri Berry 1-4F
Chesto Berry 1-4F
Oran Berry 1-4F
Pecha Berry 1-4F
Rawst Berry 1-4F
Blinker Seed 1-4F
Eyedrop Seed 1-4F
Reviver Seed 1-4F
Totter Seed 1-4F
Max Elixir 1-4F
All-Hit Orb 1-4F
All-Mach Orb 1-4F
Decoy Orb 1-4F
Escape Orb 1-4F
Foe-Fear Orb 1-4F
Foe-Hold Orb 1-4F
Foe-Seal Orb 1-4F
Luminous Orb 1-4F
Petrify Orb 1-4F
Quick Orb 1-4F
Radar Orb 1-4F
Scanner Orb 1-4F
Spurn Orb 1-4F
Sunny Orb 1-4F
Warp Orb 1-4F

Buried items

Item Floors
2-200 Poké 1-4F

Traps

The amount of traps depends on the floor:

  • 3-7 on floors 1, 2 and 3
  • 4-8 on floor 4, as well as the unused floors.
Image Trap Appearance %
Chestnut Trap 6.33%
Explosion Trap 2.53%
Grimy Trap 6.33%
Gust Trap 3.17%
Mud Trap 3.16%
PP-Zero Trap 6.33%
Poison Trap 6.33%
Pokémon Trap 6.33%
Seal Trap 3.16%
Selfdestruct Trap 1.90%
Slow Trap 6.33%
Slumber Trap 7.60%
Spin Trap 5.69%
Trip Trap 3.16%
Warp Trap 6.33%
Wonder Tile 25.32%

Layout

Entrance Exit
 

In other languages

Language Title
Japanese 暗がり荒野* Kuragari no Kōya
French Désert Noir
German Dunkles Ödland
Italian Deserto Oscuro
Spanish Valle Desolado
Locations in the Pokémon world in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky
Major locations
Sharpedo BluffTreasure TownKangaskhan StorageKecleon Shop
Marowak DojoChimecho AssemblyWigglytuff's GuildCroagunk's Swap Shop
BeachFogbound LakeHot SpringLuminous SpringPelipper Island
Spinda's CaféSShaymin VillageSSky PeakS
Dungeons
Main story:
Beach CaveDrenched BluffMt. BristleWaterfall CaveApple Woods
Side PathCraggy CoastRock PathMt. HornForest Path
Foggy ForestSteam CaveAmp PlainsNorthern DesertQuicksand Cave
Crystal CaveCrystal CrossingChasm CaveDark HillSealed Ruin
Dusk ForestDeep Dusk ForestTreeshroud ForestBrine CaveHidden Land
Temporal Tower
Postgame story:
Mystifying ForestBlizzard IslandCrevice CaveSurrounded Sea
Miracle SeaAegis CaveMt. TravailThe NightmareSpacial Rift
Dark Crater
Seven Treasures:
Bottomless SeaShimmer DesertMt. AvalancheGiant Volcano
World AbyssSky StairwayMystery Jungle
Misc optional:
Concealed RuinsMarine ResortSerenity RiverLandslide Cave
Lush PrairieTiny MeadowLabyrinth CaveOran Forest
Lake AfarHappy OutlookMt. MistralShimmer HillLost Wilderness
Midnight ForestZero Isle NorthZero Isle EastZero Isle West
Zero Isle SouthFinal Maze
Dungeons exclusive to Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky
Postgame story:
Sky Peak Mountain Path
Misc optional:
Zero Isle CenterDestiny TowerOblivion ForestTreacherous WatersSoutheastern IslandsInferno Cave
Special Episodes:
Star CaveMurky ForestEastern CaveFortune RavineSpring Cave
Southern JungleBoulder QuarryLeft Cave PathRight Cave PathLimestone CavernBarren Valley
Dark WastelandSpacial CliffsDark Ice MountainIcicle ForestVast Ice Mountain
Demo only:
Little PlainsMt. ClearChallenge RiverTrial ForestGuiding SeaHidden Shopkeeper Village
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