Excavate (move)

Excavate ほりおこし Excavate

It digs through the wall the user is facing.

Dungeon Type  ??? Category  Status PP 99 Hit Ratio -- Power -- Extra Effects Destroys wall tiles. Affected by the Protect status Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by the Snatch status Not affected by the Mirror Move status Not affected by the Muzzled status

Range

Wall

Excavate (Japanese: ほりおこし Excavate) is a typeless move introduced in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team that breaks down a wall tile in front of the user.

This move is contained in a TM. This TM is not obtainable in-game, thus this move is only obtainable with use of cheating devices. No Pokémon can learn this move, so the TM is useless. Additionally, the machine was not included in the game code for Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky. The move still remains functional, but its name (except in Japanese) and description are dummied out as "$$$".

This move is likely to have been replaced by the HM Rock Smash, which has the same purpose as Excavate in these games.

Description

In all non-Japanese versions of Red and Blue Rescue Team, the move's description is "NULL", while the TM's description is partially translated in French and German, left blank in Italian, and fully translated in Spanish.

Games Description MDRB しょうめんのかべを　くずす* It digs through the wall the user is facing.* MDTDS $$$

In other languages

In French, German, Italian, and Spanish translations of Red and Blue Rescue Team, the move's name is left blank and the TM's name is "NULL". In the TM's description, its name is left untranslated in French and German, while it is translated in Spanish as Excavar, sharing its name with Dig.

Language Title Korean 파헤치기 Pahechigi Spanish Excavar

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.