Challenger's Cave

Challenger's Cave 修行の岩屋 Training Cavern "Wild Missingno. appeared!"
Map description:	Trainers seeking further strength enter the cavern despite the risks.
Location:	Route 9
Region:	Unova
Generations:	V
Location of Challenger's Cave in Unova.
Pokémon world locations

Challenger's Cave (Japanese: 修行の岩屋 Training Cavern) is a cave located in the western half of the Unova region. In Pokémon Black and White, a Black Belt appears to guard the entrance of this cave, allowing the player to pass and explore the cave if they have defeated the Elite Four and Team Plasma. It can be accessed at Route 9.

During the two-year gap between Black and White and Black 2 and White 2, the cave entrance has collapsed.

Geography

Challenger's Cave appears to be carved out of a slight hill, with each level of the cave being larger than the one above it. The cave is very dark, so Flash is required to navigate the cave easily.

The middle level resembles an inverted uppercase E with stairs leading to the upper level on the lower branch, another set of stairs leading to the lowest level in the middle branch, and a PP Up on the upper branch. Another staircase between the middle and upper branches leads to a raised platform and a bridge that can be crossed to obtain a Nugget.

An underground stream divides the lowest level into eastern and western sections with a ledge initially preventing access to most of the western section. The eastern section can be reached by crossing the stream with Surf. The eastern section is a winding path leading southwards over some bridges. A bridge running east-west allows access to the southwestern part of the cave. The southern end of the stream, blocked at the northern end by some rocks, can be accessed by surfing east of the female Veteran.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Ether	B1F, on a rock northwest of Ace Trainer Terry (hidden)	B  W
	Max Potion	B1F, in the wall, north of the stairs to B2F (hidden)	B  W
	PP Up	B1F, northwest corner	B  W
	Nugget	B1F, south end of bridge	B  W
	Full Restore	B2F, on a rock near the northeast corner (requires Surf) (hidden)	B  W
	Max Ether	B2F, on a rock northwest of southeast corner (requires Surf) (hidden)	B  W
	Timer Ball	B2F, under a bridge in the southeast corner (requires Surf)	B  W
	Star Piece	B2F, on a rock in the southwest corner (requires Surf) (hidden)	B  W
	Rare Candy	B2F, on rock west of Veteran Julia, southeast of Protein (requires Surf) (hidden)	B  W
	Protein	B2F, in pit west of Veteran Julia (requires Surf)	B  W
	TM71 (Stone Edge)	B2F, east of Protein (requires Surf)	B  W
	Heart Scale	B2F, on south end of island northeast of Veteran Julia (requires Surf) (hidden)	B  W
	Oval Stone	B2F, middle of long island northeast of Veteran Julia (requires Surf)	B  W
	Black Belt	B2F, on the east side of the river, north of the ledge (requires Surf)	B  W

Phenomenon

Item		Location	Games
	Fire Gem	Dust cloud	B  W
	Water Gem	Dust cloud	B  W
	Electric Gem	Dust cloud	B  W
	Grass Gem	Dust cloud	B  W
	Ice Gem	Dust cloud	B  W
	Fighting Gem	Dust cloud	B  W
	Poison Gem	Dust cloud	B  W
	Ground Gem	Dust cloud	B  W
	Flying Gem	Dust cloud	B  W
	Psychic Gem	Dust cloud	B  W
	Bug Gem	Dust cloud	B  W
	Rock Gem	Dust cloud	B  W
	Ghost Gem	Dust cloud	B  W
	Dragon Gem	Dust cloud	B  W
	Dark Gem	Dust cloud	B  W
	Steel Gem	Dust cloud	B  W
	Normal Gem	Dust cloud	B  W
	Fire Stone	Dust cloud	B  W
	Water Stone	Dust cloud	B  W
	Thunderstone	Dust cloud	B  W
	Leaf Stone	Dust cloud	B  W
	Moon Stone	Dust cloud	B  W
	Sun Stone	Dust cloud	B  W
	Shiny Stone	Dust cloud	B  W
	Dusk Stone	Dust cloud	B  W
	Dawn Stone	Dust cloud	B  W
	Oval Stone	Dust cloud	B  W
	Everstone	Dust cloud	B  W
	Hard Stone	Dust cloud	B  W

Pokémon

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
1F
Graveler	B			W			Cave	47-49	20%
Lickitung	B			W			Cave	49-50	20%
Sableye	B			W			Cave	49	10%
Mawile	B			W			Cave	49	10%
Boldore	B			W			Cave	48	20%
Woobat	B			W			Cave	47	20%
B1F-B2F
Graveler	B			W			Cave	47-49	20%
Lickitung	B			W			Cave	49-50	15%
Sableye	B			W			Cave	49	10%
Mawile	B			W			Cave	49	10%
Riolu	B			W			Cave	49-50	5%
Boldore	B			W			Cave	48	20%
Woobat	B			W			Cave	47	20%
Dust clouds
Excadrill	B			W			Dust cloud	47-50	100%
Surfing
Basculin Red-Striped	B			W			Surfing	5-55	100%
Basculin Blue-Striped	B			W			Surfing	5-55	100%
Surfing in rippling water
Basculin Red-Striped	B			W			Rippling water	5-70	100%
Basculin Blue-Striped	B			W			Rippling water	5-70	100%
Fishing
Poliwag	B			W			Fishing	35-55	60%
Poliwhirl	B			W			Fishing	35-55	10%
Basculin Red-Striped	B			W			Fishing	35-55	30%
Basculin Blue-Striped	B			W			Fishing	35-55	30%
Fishing in rippling water
Poliwhirl	B			W			Rippling water	35-60	65%
Poliwrath	B			W			Rippling water	35-60	5%
Basculin Red-Striped	B			W			Rippling water	35-60	30%
Basculin Blue-Striped	B			W			Rippling water	35-60	30%
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 Toru トオル Tōru Reward: $1560	Golbat♂ Lv.65 No item
B1F
Ace Trainer Terry テリー Terry Reward: $3780	Dratini♂ Lv.63 No item
	Sudowoodo♂ Lv.63 No item
	Scyther♂ Lv.63 No item
	Manectric♂ Lv.63 No item
Ace Trainer Beverly メグミ Megumi Reward: $3840	Furret♀ Lv.64 No item
	Gabite♀ Lv.64 No item
	Grumpig♀ Lv.64 No item
B2F
Veteran Shaun タイガ Taiga Reward: $5040	Gyarados♂ Lv.62 No item
	Excadrill♂ Lv.62 No item
	Crobat♂ Lv.62 No item
	Druddigon♂ Lv.62 No item
	Gigalith♂ Lv.62 No item
	Snorlax♂ Lv.63 No item
Veteran Julia ユリア Julia Reward: $5200	Wormadam♀ Trash Cloak Lv.64 No item
	Cloyster♀ Lv.64 No item
	Ninetales♀ Lv.64 No item
	Leavanny♀ Lv.65 No item

Layout

Version	1F	B1F	B2F
Black
White

Trivia

• According to Ace Trainer Beverly, there is a story that states that a Legendary Pokémon is said to live in this cave. This Legendary Pokémon was training its student Pokémon. However, there is no known Legendary Pokémon to be found in Challenger's Cave.
• Veteran Shaun appears in Black 2 and White 2 after the collapse of the Challenger's Cave, moving to Wellspring Cave, while Veteran Julia moves to Twist Mountain.
  • However, Shaun's Snorlax has dropped a level in Normal Mode, while Julia has a new set of Pokémon.
• Unaccessible data for Challenger's Cave exists in Black 2 and White 2.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 修行岩屋 Sāuhàhng Ngàahm-ūk Mandarin 修行岩屋 Xiūxíng Yánwū French Antre d'Entraînement German Höhle der Schulung Italian Caverna Ascesi Korean 수행의 바위동굴 Suhaeng-ui Bawi Donggul Spanish Gruta Superación

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