← Mt. Steel
Sinister Woods
Silent Chasm →
Sinister Woods 怪しい森
Dubious Forest
Basic info
Floors: 13
Rest stops: No
Traps: NoRB
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Monster Houses: No
Main type: Bug, Grass
Boss: Team Meanies
Allowances
Recruiting: Yes
Items: Allowed
Money: Allowed
Starting level: Current
Team members: 3
Location

Sinister Woods (Japanese: 怪しい森 Dubious Forest) is the fourth dungeon in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX. It contains 13 floors.

After completing Mt. Steel, upon completing at least 5 random missions, the player will receive a mission to this dungeon to rescue a Metapod, which culminates in a boss fight against Team Meanies.

Gameplay

Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team

Floors 5-7, 11 and 12 in the dungeon are shrouded in darkness, with only two tiles of sight in hallways. There is no chance of finding a Monster House, a Kecleon Shop, or a buried item in this dungeon.

Rescue Team DX

Kecleon Shops can appear in this dungeon.

Pokémon encountered

Generation III

Pokémon Floors Levels Recruit Rate
Swinub (Pokémon) Swinub 1-3 8 10.9%
Oddish (Pokémon) Oddish 1-4 7 12%
Sudowoodo (Pokémon) Sudowoodo 1-4 7 10.4%
Sunflora (Pokémon) Sunflora 2-7 8 Unrecruitable
Sentret (Pokémon) Sentret 3-6 6 7.3%
Silcoon (Pokémon) Silcoon 4-6 8 -19%
Cascoon (Pokémon) Cascoon 4-6 8 -19%
Shroomish (Pokémon) Shroomish 6-12 9 7.7%
Linoone (Pokémon) Linoone 7-9 8 Unrecruitable
Ledyba (Pokémon) Ledyba 7-10 7 12.1%
Wooper (Pokémon) Wooper 8-10 10 11.9%
Scyther (Pokémon) Scyther 8-11 10 10%
Exeggutor (Pokémon) Exeggutor 10-12 8 Unrecruitable
Hoothoot (Pokémon) Hoothoot 10-12 6 7%
Slakoth (Pokémon) Slakoth 10-12 8 11.3%
Team Meanies
Ekans (Pokémon) Ekans 13 15 Unrecruitable Boss
Gengar (Pokémon) Gengar 13 15 Unrecruitable Boss
Medicham (Pokémon) Medicham 13 12 Unrecruitable Boss
Team Meanies appear only the first time player clears the dungeon.

Generation VIII

Pokémon Floors Levels Recruit Rate
Swinub (Pokémon) Swinub 1-3 11 14.4%
Oddish (Pokémon) Oddish 1-4 11 14.4%
Sudowoodo (Pokémon) Sudowoodo 1-4 12 14.4%
Sunflora (Pokémon) Sunflora 2-8 12 14.4%
Sentret (Pokémon) Sentret 3-6 11 14.4%
Silcoon (Pokémon) Silcoon 4-6 12 14.4%
Cascoon (Pokémon) Cascoon 4-6 11 14.4%
Bonsly (Pokémon) Bonsly 5-12 12 8.2%
Shroomish (Pokémon) Shroomish 6-12 11 14.4%
Ledyba (Pokémon) Ledyba 7-9 11 14.4%
Linoone (Pokémon) Linoone 7-9 20 14.4%
Exeggutor (Pokémon) Exeggutor 7-12 12 14.4%
Scyther (Pokémon) Scyther 7-12 11 14.4%
Hoothoot (Pokémon) Hoothoot 7-12 11 14.4%
Slakoth (Pokémon) Slakoth 10-12 11 14.4%
Fainted Pokémon
Paras (Pokémon) Paras 2-12 13 100%
Growlithe (Pokémon) Growlithe 2-12 13 100%
Farfetch'd (Pokémon) Farfetch'd 2-12 13 100%
Yanma (Pokémon) Yanma 2-12 13 100%
Teddiursa (Pokémon) Teddiursa 2-12 13 100%
Magby (Pokémon) Magby 2-12 15 100%
Poochyena (Pokémon) Poochyena 2-12 13 100%
Team Meanies
Ekans (Pokémon) Ekans 13 13 Unrecruitable Boss
Gengar (Pokémon) Gengar 13 15 Unrecruitable Boss
Medicham (Pokémon) Medicham 13 13 Unrecruitable Boss
Strong Foe
Ampharos (Pokémon) Ampharos 3, 7-9, 11-12 30 Unrecruitable
-6.4%Shiny
Team Meanies appear only the first time player clears the dungeon.
Shiny Ampharos can only be recruited using a Friend Bow.
Bonsly will only spawn after reaching the Bronze rank.

Items

Generation III

Item Floors
4-118 Poké 1-12F
Apple 1-12F
Blue Gummi 1-12F
Brown Gummi 1-12F
Clear Gummi 1-12F
Gold Gummi 1-12F
Grass Gummi 1-12F
Green Gummi 1-12F
Orange Gummi 1-12F
Pink Gummi 1-12F
Sky Gummi 1-12F
White Gummi 1-12F
Yellow Gummi 1-12F
Cheri Berry 1-12F
Oran Berry 1-12F
Pecha Berry 1-12F
Rawst Berry 1-12F
Blast Seed 1-12F
Reviver Seed 1-12F
Max Elixir 1-12F
Blowback Orb 1-12F
Escape Orb 1-12F
Hurl Orb 1-12F
Luminous Orb 1-12F
Radar Orb 1-12F
Scanner Orb 1-12F
Switcher Orb 1-12F
Warp Orb 1-12F

Generation VIII

Sinister Woods

Item Floors
10-50 Poké 1-12F
Apple 1-12F
Big Apple 1-12F
Cheri Berry 1-12F
Oran Berry 1-12F
Pecha Berry 1-12F
Rawst Berry 1-12F
Blast Seed 1-12F
Sleep Seed 1-12F
Tiny Reviver Seed 1-12F
Max Ether 1-12F
2-4 Confuse Wand 1-12F
2-5 Petrify Wand 1-12F
3-5 Slow Wand 1-12F
2-4 Slumber Wand 1-12F
2-5 Tunnel Wand 1-12F

Kecleon Shop

Item Floors
Apple 1-12F
Big Apple 1-12F
Cheri Berry 1-12F
Oran Berry 1-12F
Pecha Berry 1-12F
Rawst Berry 1-12F
Blast Seed 1-12F
Sleep Seed 1-12F
Tiny Reviver Seed 1-12F
Max Ether 1-12F
All Power-Up Orb 1-12F
Foe-Hold Orb 1-12F
Foe-Seal Orb 1-12F
Nullify Orb 1-12F
Petrify Orb 1-12F
Quick Orb 1-12F
Rollcall Orb 1-12F
Slow Orb 1-12F
Slumber Orb 1-12F
Totter Orb 1-12F
Trawl Orb 1-12F
Wigglytuff Orb 1-12F

Traps encountered

Generation VIII

Image Trap Floor 1-12
Slumber Trap 50.00%
Spiky Trap 25.00%
Spin Trap 25.00%
Warp Trap ---%
Warp Trap is visible at the start of the floor surrounded by three items and water.

Bosses

Generation III

Generation VIII

Layout

Entrance Clearing Interior
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VIII
 

In other languages

Language Title
Japanese 怪しい森 Ayashī Mori
English Sinister Woods
French Bois Sinistre
German Finsterforst
Italian Bosco Oscuro
Korean 괴상한 숲 Goesanghan sup
Spanish Bosque Tétrico

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