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[[File:Chargestone Cave.png|thumb|200px|{{ga|Hilbert}} exploring [[Chargestone Cave]]]] 
'''Cave tile''' is a type of tile in the Pokémon [[main series]] that is the habitat for many species of [[wild Pokémon]]. Upon entering a [[cave]], the player is immediately at risk of encountering a [[wild Pokémon]]. It shares many common qualities with [[tall grass]].

Like the name states, cave tiles are found in caves and some dungeons of the [[Pokémon world]]. It is always possible to run into a Pokémon while in a cave, whether it is {{m|Flash|lit}} or not.

==Changes between generations==
{| class="roundy" style="text-align:center; background: #{{locationcolor/dark|cave}}; border: 1px solid #{{locationcolor/dark|cave}};"
|
{| class="roundy" style="background: #{{locationcolor/med|cave}}; border: #{{locationcolor/med|cave}};"
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" |
{| class="roundy" style="background: #{{kanto color light}}; border: 1px solid #{{kanto color}};"
|-
| colspan="2" class="roundy" style="background: #eee;" |{{gameabbrev3|RBY}}
|-
| class="roundy" style="background: #eee;" | [[File:RBY Cave Tile 1.png]]
| class="roundy" style="background: #eee;" | [[File:RBY Cave Tile 2.png]]
|}
| style="vertical-align:top;" |
{| class="roundy" style="background: #{{johto color light}}; border: 1px solid #{{johto color}};"
|-
| class="roundy" style="background: #eee;" |{{gameabbrev3|GSC}}
|-
| class="roundy" style="background: #eee;" |[[File:GSC Cave Tile.png]]
|-
|}
| style="vertical-align:top;" |
{| class="roundy" style="background: #{{hoenn color light}}; border: 1px solid #{{hoenn color}};"
|-
| class="roundy" style="background: #eee;" |{{gameabbrev3|RSE}}
|-
| class="roundy" style="background: #eee;" | [[File:RSE Cave Tile.png]]
|}
| style="vertical-align:top;" |
{| class="roundy" style="background: #{{kanto color light}}; border: 1px solid #{{kanto color}};"
|-
| colspan="4" class="roundy" style="background: #eee;" |{{gameabbrev3|FRLG}}
|-
| class="roundy" style="background: #eee;" |[[File:FRLG Mt Moon Cave Tile.png]]
| class="roundy" style="background: #eee;" |[[File:FRLG Cerulean Cave Tile.png]]
| class="roundy" style="background: #eee;" |[[File:FRLG Seafoam Cave Tile.png]]
| class="roundy" style="background: #eee;" |[[File:FRLG Cave Tile.png]]
|}
| style="vertical-align:top;" |
{| class="roundy" style="background: #{{sinnoh color light}}; border: 1px solid #{{sinnoh color}};"
|-
| colspan="2" class="roundy" style="background: #eee;" |{{gameabbrev3|DPPt}}
|-
| class="roundy" style="background: #eee;" |[[File:DPPt Cave Tile.png]]
| class="roundy" style="background: #eee;" |[[File:DPPt Turnback Cave Tile.png]]
|}
| style="vertical-align:top;" |
{| class="roundy" style="background: #{{johto color light}}; border: 1px solid #{{johto color}};"
|-
| colspan="2" class="roundy" style="background: #eee;" |{{gameabbrev3|HGSS}}
|-
| class="roundy" style="background: #eee;" | [[File:HGSS Cave Tile.png]]
| class="roundy" style="background: #eee;" | [[File:HGSS Ice Cave Tile.png]]
|}
| style="vertical-align:top;" |
{| class="roundy" style="background: #{{unova color light}}; border: 1px solid #{{unova color}};"
|-
| colspan="2" class="roundy" style="background: #eee;" | {{gameabbrev3|BWB2W2}}
|-
| class="roundy" style="background: #eee;" | [[File:BW Cave Tile.png]]
| class="roundy" style="background: #eee;" | [[File:BW Chargestone Cave Tile.png]]
|}
|}
|}
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==Technical mechanics==
===Determining the rate of encounter===
The rate of Pokémon encounter is determined from a simple mathematical formula:

<big>''1 in (187.5 / ( x )) per step''</big>

Let ''x'' equal the a value which determines how rare the Pokémon is. The higher the encounter rate, the more common the Pokémon is.

{| class="roundy" style="text-align:center; background: #{{locationcolor/dark|cave}}; border:3px solid #{{locationcolor/light|cave}};" 
|- 
! colspan="2" style="{{roundytop|5px}} background: #{{locationcolor/med|cave}}"|Encounter-rate table
|- style="background: #{{locationcolor/med|cave}};"
! Encounter type
! Encounter rate
|- style="background: #fff;"
| Very common
| 10
|- style="background: #{{locationcolor/light|cave}};"
| Common
| 8.5
|- style="background: #fff;"
| Semi-rare
| 6.75
|- style="background: #{{locationcolor/light|cave}};"
| Rare 
| 3.33
|-
| style="background: #fff; {{roundybl|5px}}"|Very rare 
| style="background: #fff; {{roundybr|5px}}"|1.25
|}

==Alternative areas==
===Dust cloud===
{{main|Phenomenon#Dust cloud|Dust cloud}}
[[File:Dust cloud.png|thumb|175px|A dust cloud in [[Chargestone Cave]]]] 
Dust clouds were introduced in [[Generation V]], a [[phenomenon]] likely caused by air currents passing through the cave. It occasionally appears in caves in the Unova region, and may reveal held items, [[evolutionary stone]]s, or {{pkmn2|wild}} {{p|Drilbur}} and {{p|Excadrill}}.

====Pokémon Black and White====
{| class="roundy" style="background: #{{locationcolor/dark|cave}}; border:3px solid #{{locationcolor/light|cave}};" 
|- 
! colspan="4" style="{{roundytop|5px}} background: #{{locationcolor/med|cave}}"|Possible encounters
|- style="background: #fff;"
| [[File:Bag Fire Gem Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Gem#Fire Gem|Fire Gem}}
| [[File:Bag Normal Gem Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Gem#Normal Gem|Normal Gem}}
|- style="background: #{{locationcolor/light|cave}};"
| [[File:Bag Water Gem Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Gem#Water Gem|Water Gem}}
| [[File:Bag Everstone Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Evolutionary stone#Everstone|Everstone}}
|- style="background: #fff;"
| [[File:Bag Electric Gem Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Gem#Electric Gem|Electric Gem}}
| [[File:Bag Moon Stone Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Evolutionary stone#Moon Stone|Moon Stone}}
|- style="background: #{{locationcolor/light|cave}};"
| [[File:Bag Grass Gem Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Gem#Grass Gem|Grass Gem}}
| [[File:Bag Sun Stone Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Evolutionary stone#Sun Stone|Sun Stone}}
|- style="background: #fff;"
| [[File:Bag Ice Gem Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Gem#Ice Gem|Ice Gem}}
| [[File:Bag Fire Stone Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Evolutionary stone#Fire Stone|Fire Stone}}
|- style="background: #{{locationcolor/light|cave}};"
| [[File:Bag Fighting Gem Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Gem#Fighting Gem|Fighting Gem}}
| [[File:Bag Water Stone Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Evolutionary stone#Water Stone|Water Stone}}
|- style="background: #fff;"
| [[File:Bag Poison Gem Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Gem#Poison Gem|Poison Gem}}
| [[File:Bag Thunderstone Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Evolutionary stone#Thunderstone|Thunderstone}}
|- style="background: #{{locationcolor/light|cave}};"
| [[File:Bag Ground Gem Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Gem#Ground Gem|Ground Gem}}
| [[File:Bag Leaf Stone Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Evolutionary stone#Leaf Stone|Leaf Stone}}
|- style="background: #fff;"
| [[File:Bag Flying Gem Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Gem#Flying Gem|Flying Gem}}
| [[File:Bag Shiny Stone Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Evolutionary stone#Shiny Stone|Shiny Stone}}
|- style="background: #{{locationcolor/light|cave}};"
| [[File:Bag Psychic Gem Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Gem#Psychic Gem|Psychic Gem}}
| [[File:Bag Dusk Stone Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Evolutionary stone#Dusk Stone|Dusk Stone}}
|- style="background: #fff;"
| [[File:Bag Bug Gem Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Gem#Bug Gem|Bug Gem}}
| [[File:Bag Dawn Stone Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Evolutionary stone#Dawn Stone|Dawn Stone}}
|- style="background: #{{locationcolor/light|cave}};"
| [[File:Bag Rock Gem Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Gem#Rock Gem|Rock Gem}}
| [[File:Bag Hard Stone Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Type-enhancing item#Hard Stone|Hard Stone}}
|- style="background: #fff;"
| [[File:Bag Ghost Gem Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Gem#Ghost Gem|Ghost Gem}}
| [[File:Bag Oval Stone Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Evolution-inducing held item#Oval Stone|Oval Stone}}
|- style="background: #{{locationcolor/light|cave}};"
| [[File:Bag Dragon Gem Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Gem#Dragon Gem|Dragon Gem}}
| {{MSP|529|Drilbur}}
| {{pcolor|Drilbur|000}}
|- style="background: #fff;"
| [[File:Bag Dark Gem Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Gem#Dark Gem|Dark Gem}}
| {{MSP|530|Excadrill}}
| {{pcolor|Excadrill|000}}
|-
| style="background: #{{locationcolor/light|cave}}; {{roundybl|5px}}" |  [[File:Bag Steel Gem Sprite.png]]
| style="background: #{{locationcolor/light|cave}};" | {{color2|000|Gem#Steel Gem|Steel Gem}}
| style="background: #{{locationcolor/light|cave}};" | 
| style="background: #{{locationcolor/light|cave}}; {{roundybr|5px}}" | 
|}

====Pokémon Black and White 2====
{| class="roundy" style="background: #{{locationcolor/dark|cave}}; border:3px solid #{{locationcolor/light|cave}};" 
|- 
! colspan="4" style="{{roundytop|5px}} background: #{{locationcolor/med|cave}}"|Possible encounters
|- style="background: #fff;"
| [[File:Bag Fire Gem Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Gem#Fire Gem|Fire Gem}}
| [[File:Bag Red Shard Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Shard#Red Shard|Red Shard}}
|- style="background: #{{locationcolor/light|cave}};"
| [[File:Bag Water Gem Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Gem#Water Gem|Water Gem}}
| [[File:Bag Blue Shard Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Shard#Blue Shard|Blue Shard}}
|- style="background: #fff;"
| [[File:Bag Electric Gem Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Gem#Electric Gem|Electric Gem}}
| [[File:Bag Yellow Shard Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Shard#Yellow Shard|Yellow Shard}}
|- style="background: #{{locationcolor/light|cave}};"
| [[File:Bag Grass Gem Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Gem#Grass Gem|Grass Gem}}
| [[File:Bag Green Shard Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Shard#Green Shard|Green Shard}}
|- style="background: #fff;"
| [[File:Bag Ice Gem Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Gem#Ice Gem|Ice Gem}}
| [[File:Bag Fire Stone Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Evolutionary stone#Fire Stone|Fire Stone}}
|- style="background: #{{locationcolor/light|cave}};"
| [[File:Bag Fighting Gem Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Gem#Fighting Gem|Fighting Gem}}
| [[File:Bag Thunderstone Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Evolutionary stone#Thunderstone|Thunderstone}}
|- style="background: #fff;"
| [[File:Bag Poison Gem Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Gem#Poison Gem|Poison Gem}}
| [[File:Bag Leaf Stone Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Evolutionary stone#Leaf Stone|Leaf Stone}}
|- style="background: #{{locationcolor/light|cave}};" 
| [[File:Bag Ground Gem Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Gem#Ground Gem|Ground Gem}}
| [[File:Bag Moon Stone Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Evolutionary stone#Moon Stone|Moon Stone}}
|- style="background: #fff;"
| [[File:Bag Flying Gem Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Gem#Flying Gem|Flying Gem}}
| [[File:Bag Sun Stone Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Evolutionary stone#Sun Stone|Sun Stone}}
|- style="background: #{{locationcolor/light|cave}};"
| [[File:Bag Psychic Gem Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Gem#Psychic Gem|Psychic Gem}}
| [[File:Bag Shiny Stone Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Evolutionary stone#Shiny Stone|Shiny Stone}}
|- style="background: #fff;"
| [[File:Bag Bug Gem Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Gem#Bug Gem|Bug Gem}}
| [[File:Bag Dusk Stone Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Evolutionary stone#Dusk Stone|Dusk Stone}}
|- style="background: #{{locationcolor/light|cave}};"
| [[File:Bag Rock Gem Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Gem#Rock Gem|Rock Gem}}
| [[File:Bag Dawn Stone Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Evolutionary stone#Dawn Stone|Dawn Stone}}
|- style="background: #fff;"
| [[File:Bag Ghost Gem Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Gem#Ghost Gem|Ghost Gem}}
| [[File:Bag Everstone Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Evolutionary stone#Everstone|Everstone}}
|- style="background: #{{locationcolor/light|cave}};"
| [[File:Bag Dragon Gem Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Gem#Dragon Gem|Dragon Gem}}
| [[File:Bag Oval Stone Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Evolution-inducing held item#Oval Stone|Oval Stone}}
|- style="background: #fff;"
| [[File:Bag Dark Gem Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Gem#Dark Gem|Dark Gem}}
| {{MSP|095|Onix}}  
| {{pcolor|Onix|000}}
|- style="background: #{{locationcolor/light|cave}};"
| [[File:Bag Steel Gem Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Gem#Steel Gem|Steel Gem}}
| {{MSP|208|Steelix}}
| {{pcolor|Steelix|000}}
|- style="background: #fff;"
| [[File:Bag Normal Gem Sprite.png]]
| {{color2|000|Gem#Normal Gem|Normal Gem}}
| {{MSP|529|Drilbur}} 
| {{pcolor|Drilbur|000}}
|- 
| style="background: #{{locationcolor/light|cave}}; {{roundybl|5px}}" |
| style="background: #{{locationcolor/light|cave}};" |
| style="background: #{{locationcolor/light|cave}};" | {{MSP|530|Excadrill}}
| style="background: #{{locationcolor/light|cave}}; {{roundybr|5px}}" | {{pcolor|Excadrill|000}}
|}

==In battle==
In Generation III, cave terrain gives {{m|Secret Power}} a 30% chance of causing the target to {{status|flinch}} and gives it the appearance of {{m|Bite}}; it causes {{m|Nature Power}} to become {{m|Shadow Ball}}.

In Generation IV onwards, cave terrain gives {{m|Secret Power}} a 30% chance of causing the target to {{status|flinch}} and gives it the appearance of {{m|Rock Throw}}; it causes {{m|Nature Power}} to become {{m|Rock Slide}}.

{{m|Camouflage}} makes the user {{type|Rock}} when used in a cave.

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