Verdant Cavern

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Verdant Cavern 茂みの洞窟 Verdant Cavern "Wild Missingno. appeared!"
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
Location of Verdant Cavern in Alola.
Pokémon world locations

Verdant Cavern (Japanese: 茂みの洞窟 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 player has completed the requirements to access the Totem's Den, they can leave at any time without resetting the trial.

In this trial, the player must find and battle two Yungoos^S/Alolan Rattata^M and a Gumshoos^S/an Alolan Raticate^M. 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.

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

Trial Site

Pokémon Sun

Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Strong Jaw Held item: None Yungoos♂/♀ Lv.11 Sand Attack Ground Status   --       Tackle Normal Physical   --       Hyper Fang Normal Physical   --       Leer Normal Status   --	Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Strong Jaw Held item: None Yungoos♂/♀ Lv.11 Sand Attack Ground Status   --       Tackle Normal Physical   --       Super Fang Normal Physical   --       Leer Normal Status   --	Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Adaptability Held item: None Gumshoos♂/♀ Lv.11 Sand Attack Ground Status   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Super Fang Normal Physical   --       Leer Normal Status   --
Pokémon Moon
Types: Dark Normal Ability: Gluttony Held item: None Rattata♂/♀ Lv.11 Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Tail Whip Normal Status   --       Hyper Fang Normal Physical   --       Tackle Normal Physical   --	Types: Dark Normal Ability: Gluttony Held item: None Rattata♂/♀ Lv.11 Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Tail Whip Normal Status   --       Super Fang Normal Physical   --       Tackle Normal Physical   --	Types: Dark Normal Ability: Gluttony Held item: None 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: +Def	Ally Yungoos
Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Adaptability Held item: Pecha Berry Gumshoos♂ Lv.12 Super Fang Normal Physical   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Leer Normal Status   --       Scary Face Normal Status   --	Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Stakeout Held item: None Yungoos♂/♀ Lv.10 Leer Normal Status   --       Tackle Normal Physical   --       Pursuit Dark Physical   --       Bide Normal Physical   --

Pokémon Moon

Totem Raticate Aura: +Def	Ally Rattata
Types: Dark Normal Ability: Gluttony Held item: Pecha Berry Raticate♂ Lv.12 Bite Dark Physical   --       Tail Whip Normal Status   --       Scary Face Normal Status   --       Tackle Normal Physical   --	Types: Dark Normal Ability: Hustle Held item: None Rattata♂/♀ Lv.10 Tackle Normal Physical   --       Focus Energy Normal Status   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Tail Whip Normal Status   --

Items

Trial Site

Item		Location	Games
	Super Potion ×2	Southeast corner, near the entrance Northeast corner, through the tunnel	S  M
	Revive	By the mossy rock in front of the second den (hidden)	S  M
	X Defense	West side of the cavern, south of the eastern den	S  M
	TM31 (Brick Break)	At the top of the ledge south of the eastern den	S  M

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	Sometimes dropped by Pokémon from dirt clouds	S  M
	Sitrus Berry	Sometimes dropped by Pokémon from dirt clouds	S  M

Zygarde Cube

Item		Location	Games
	Zygarde Cell	Next to the northeastern den	S  M

Totem's Den

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

Pokémon

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

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	S			M			Cave	8-11	70%
Diglett Alola Form	Diglett	S			M			Cave	8-11	30%
Ambush encounters
Rattata Alola Form	Rattata	S			M			Dirt cloud	11	100%
Yungoos	Yungoos	S			M			Dirt cloud	11	100%
Special Pokémon
Pheromosa	N/A	S			M			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.

Trainers

Trainer	Pokémon
Team Skull Grunt Reward: 352	Drowzee♂ Lv.11 No item

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 Pokémon Moon, when the Totem Raticate appears, Gumshoos's cry is played instead of Raticate's.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 蔥鬱洞窟 Chūngwāt Duhngfāt Mandarin 蔥鬱洞窟 / 蔥郁洞窟 Cōngyù Dòngkū French Grotte Verdoyante German Vegetationshöhle Hungarian Zöldellő Barlang Italian Grotta Sottobosco Korean 우거진 동굴 Ugeojin Donggul Polish Pieczara Verdant Russian Изумрудная Пещера Izumrudnaya Peshchera Spanish Cueva Sotobosque

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