Reflection Cave

Reflection Cave 映し身の洞窟 Reflection Cave "Wild Missingno. appeared!"
Map description:	The sheer faces of these rock walls reflect the images of people and Pokémon like nature's mirror.
Location:	Route 11 and Shalour City
Region:	Kalos
Generations:	VI
Location of Reflection Cave in Kalos.
Pokémon world locations

Reflection Cave (Japanese: 映し身の洞窟 Reflection Cave) is a cave in western Kalos, connecting Route 11 and Shalour City.

Many walls in the Reflection Cave are reflective like mirrors, thus explaining the origin of the cave's name. Due to these reflective surfaces, several Trainers facing the walls will be able to notice the player walking behind them and challenge them to a battle. The player can also use these surfaces to locate a hidden passageway on B1F.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Nest Ball	1F, north of the junction just beyond Backpacker Lane	X  Y
	Revive	1F, east of Backpacker Lane, at the end of the thin path	X  Y
	Moon Stone	1F, south of Battle Girl Hedvig, on top of the small mesa	X  Y
	Black Belt	B1F, north of Tourist Monami, on top of the hill	X  Y
	TM70 (Flash)	B1F, gift from Tierno	X  Y
	Escape Rope	B1F, east of Tierno, north of Black Belt Igor	X  Y
	Hyper Potion	B1F, east of Honeymooners Yuu & Ami	X  Y
	Iron	B1F, west of Honeymooners Yuu & Ami, near the stairs to return to 1F	X  Y
	Earth Plate	B2F, north of the staircase from B1F	X  Y
	TM74 (Gyro Ball)	B2F, via the hidden passageway from B1F	X  Y
	Alakazite	B2F, via the hidden passageway from B1F (post-game)	X  Y
	Reveal Glass	1F, from the scientist if the player has Thundurus, Tornadus, or Landorus in their party	X  Y

Pokémon

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Mr. Mime	X			Y			Cave	22-23	Average
Wobbuffet	X			Y			Cave	22	Rare
Sableye	X			Y			Cave	22-23	Very Rare
Chingling	X			Y			Cave	21-22	Rare
Roggenrola	X			Y			Cave	21-22	Average
Solosis	X			Y			Cave	22-23	Average
Carbink	X			Y			Cave	23	Rare
Horde Encounter
Mime Jr.	X			Y			Horde Encounter	11	Common
Roggenrola	X			Y			Horde Encounter	11	Average
Roggenrola	X			Y			Horde Encounter	11	Rare with Carbink
Carbink	X			Y			Horde Encounter	11	Rare with Roggenrola
Drops from the ceiling
Woobat	X			Y			Ceiling	21-23	Common
Ferroseed	X			Y			Ceiling	21-23	Average
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
1F
Backpacker Lane ヒサナオ Hisanao Reward: $1,040	Linoone♂ Lv.26 No item
Battle Girl Hedvig マコト Makoto Reward: $1,248	Throh♂ Lv.25 No item
	Hawlucha Hawlucha♀ Lv.26 No item
Ace Trainer Monique アスカ Asuka Reward: $2,500	Doduo♀ Lv.24 No item
	Granbull♀ Lv.24 No item
	Helioptile Helioptile♀ Lv.25 No item
Hiker Dunstan イワオ Iwao Reward: $1,344	Sandile♂ Lv.22 No item
	Dwebble♂ Lv.23 No item
	Diggersby Diggersby♂ Lv.24 No item
B1F
Tourist Monami マナミ Manami Reward: $1,872	Nidorina♀ Lv.26 No item
Black Belt Igor マサタカ Masataka Reward: $1,344	Sawk♂ Lv.28 No item
Psychic Franz レイジ Reiji Reward: $1,344	Chimecho♂ Lv.24 No item
	Golett Lv.24 No item
Tourist Haruto ステファン Stefan Reward: $1,872	Nidorino♂ Lv.26 No item
Honeymooners Yuu & Ami シンジ と アミ Shinji and Ami Reward: $3,744	Combee♂ Lv.26 No item
	Vespiquen♀ Lv.26 No item
Ace Trainer Emil ナオト Naoto Reward: $2,500	Absol♂ Lv.26 No item
	Pinsir♂ Lv.25 No item

Layout

Game	1F	B1F	B2F
X
Y

In the anime

Reflection Cave in the anime

The Mirror World's Reflection Cave

The Reflection Cave made an appearance in The Cave of Mirrors!. Like in the games, it is filled with many reflective crystals. While traveling through the cave, Ash's mirror image suddenly seemed to come alive and grabbed Pikachu, prompting him to follow. He soon found out that on the other side of the Reflection Cave's mirrors, there was a Mirror World, where he met mirror versions of himself and his friends, all of whom possessed characteristics completely opposite to their real world counterparts: Mirror World Ash was timid and easily shaken; Pikachu was mischievous and a roughneck; Mirror World Serena was arrogant and a serious battler; Mirror World Clemont was a fit and fast runner, who relied on magic instead of science; Mirror World Bonnie was lady-like and proud of her big brother's achievements; and Mirror World Team Rocket were celebrated heroes of justice.

The real Ash soon learned that after losing a battle against Mirror World Serena, Mirror World Ash tearfully ran into the Mirror World's Reflection Cave, where he became separated with his Pikachu. After seeing the real Ash's Pikachu in a mirror, he reached out and grabbed it, believing it to be his own. After being reunited, Ash and Pikachu agreed to help find Pikachu's counterpart, which turned out to have been caught by Team Rocket, also having found their way into the Mirror World. As they began to attack the real Pikachu, both Ashes sent their Hawlucha to battle the them, but the real Hawlucha soon became confused by James's Inkay's Psybeam, and was quickly recalled before it started hurting its counterpart. Mirror World Ash's Hawlucha was quickly called back as well, being too cowardly and scared to fight Jessie's Pumpkaboo effectively. However, during the commotion, Mirror World Clemont sneaked behind the trio and freed the two Pikachu, who proceeded to send Team Rocket blasting off with a double Thunderbolt.

Afterwards, the real Ash managed to re-open the pathway between the real world and Mirror World, and barely managed to return back to his friends before the pathway was closed again, his friends and their Mirror World counterparts wishing each other good luck on their journeys. Ash and his friends then exited the cave, deciding to find a Pokémon Center to spend their night in. The episode ended with the Team Rocket trio wandering in the Mirror World forest before being found by their heroic counterparts.

In other languages

Language Title French Grotte Miroitante German Spiegelhöhle Italian Grotta dei Riflessi Korean 비춤의동굴 Reflection Cave Spanish Cueva Reflejos

Kalos
Settlements Vaniville Town • Aquacorde Town‎ • Santalune City • Lumiose City • Camphrier Town • Cyllage City Ambrette Town • Geosenge Town • Shalour City • Coumarine City • Laverre City • Dendemille Town • Anistar City Couriway Town • Snowbelle City • Pokémon League • Kiloude City‎ Routes 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 Landmarks Santalune Forest • Chamber of Emptiness • Parfum Palace • Battle Chateau • Berry fields • Connecting Cave • Glittering Cave • Reflection Cave Tower of Mastery • Azure Bay • Sea Spirit's Den • Kalos Power Plant • Poké Ball Factory • Lost Hotel • Frost Cavern • Lysandre Labs Team Flare Secret HQ • Terminus Cave • Pokémon Village • Victory Road • Battle Maison • Friend Safari • Unknown Dungeon

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