Maniac Tunnel

Maniac Tunnel Ruin Maniac Cave マニアトンネル Maniac Tunnel "Wild Missingno. appeared!"
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Location:	Between Route 214 and Solaceon Ruins
Region:	Sinnoh
Generations:	IV, VIII
Location of Maniac Tunnel in Sinnoh.
Pokémon world locations

Maniac Tunnel (Japanese: マニアトンネル Maniac Tunnel) is a tunnel that leads between Route 214 and the Solaceon Ruins. Before the digging is complete, it is known as Ruin Maniac Cave (Japanese: 遺跡マニアの穴 Ruin Maniac Hole).

The Ruin Maniac (who uses the sprite of a Collector, in spite of his name), when the player first encounters him, will propose a race: he will dig straight through the mountain as the player finds the different Unown. This race, of course, ends in a tie; after the player has seen at least 26 different forms of Unown, the tunnel itself will extend straight through to the previously-inaccessible upper chamber of the ruins, where only the ? and ! forms of Unown are available.

As the player progressively sees the various forms of Unown, the cave will lengthen, and the encounter rates of the Pokémon in the cave will change (specifically, Hippopotas will be more common). Also, when player has seen 10-25 Unown, Ruin Maniac claims he is now known as Digging Maniac (Japanese: 穴掘りマニア Hole Digging Maniac).

Items

Item		Location	Games
	TM28 (Dig)	Behind rocks next to the entrance	D  P  Pt  BD  SP

Pokémon

Generation IV

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Fewer than 10 Unown
Geodude	D		P		Pt		Cave	22	95%
Hippopotas	D		P		Pt		Cave	22-23	5%
Geodude	D		P		Pt		Cave	21-23	95%
Hippopotas	D		P		Pt		Cave	22, 24	5%
10-25 Unown
Geodude	D		P		Pt		Cave	23	90%
Hippopotas	D		P		Pt		Cave	22-24	10%
Geodude	D		P		Pt		Cave	22-24	90%
Hippopotas	D		P		Pt		Cave	23-25	10%
26 or more Unown
Geodude	D		P		Pt		Cave	24	80%
Hippopotas	D		P		Pt		Cave	22-25	20%
Geodude	D		P		Pt		Cave	23-25	80%
Hippopotas	D		P		Pt		Cave	24-26	20%
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.

Generation VIII

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Fewer than 10 Unown
Geodude	BD			SP			Cave	22	95%
Hippopotas	BD			SP			Cave	22-23	5%
10-25 Unown
Geodude	BD			SP			Cave	23	90%
Hippopotas	BD			SP			Cave	22-24	10%
26 or more Unown
Geodude	BD			SP			Cave	24	80%
Hippopotas	BD			SP			Cave	22-25	20%
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.

Layout

Version	First stage	Second stage	Third stage
Diamond
Pearl
Platinum

In the manga

Maniac Tunnel in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Diamond & Pearl arc

The Maniac Tunnel appeared in Halting Honchkrow, where Pearl hid in the cave while thinking of a way to get past some Team Galactic Grunts blocking the gate into Veilstone City. To his surprise, he then encountered two Unown, Grumpy and Flaky, who he and his friends had met earlier at the Solaceon Ruins. Upon inspecting the cave more closely, he discovered that it and the ruins were connected. He also came to realize that the cave had been formed when Team Galactic used the Galactic Bomb at Lake Valor a couple days earlier. With the help of other Unown from the ruins, Grumpy and Flaky defeated the Grunts blocking the gate, allowing Pearl to enter Veilstone City and the Team Galactic HQ.

Trivia

• The concept of Ruin Maniac Cave/Maniac Tunnel is similar to that of Three Isle Path's: a person is trying to dig through a cave, and the player must finish certain conditions for the person to dig further.
• This is the only location in the Sinnoh region that wild Hippopotas can be found.
• While the Ruin Maniac claims that the player has to catch all 26 letter-shaped Unown for the race, the player only has to encounter them for progress to be made.
  • If the ? and ! Unown are obtained through trading before finishing the cave, they count towards the total.
  • Because Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl have separate form listings for Shiny Pokémon in the Pokédex, whereas Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum only list non-Shiny forms in their Pokédex, only non-Shiny Unown count towards making progress in Generation VIII.

By Yuki Hoshikawa

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By Yuki Hoshikawa

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In other languages

Ruin Maniac Cave Language Title Chinese Cantonese 遺跡迷洞穴 Wàihjīk Màih Duhngyuht Mandarin 遺跡迷洞穴 / 遗迹迷洞穴 Yíjī Mí Dòngxuè / Yíjì Mí Dòngxué French Grotte Ruineman.DPPt Grotte du RuinophileBDSP German Maniac-Höhle Italian Grotta Rovine Korean 유적마니아굴 Yujeok Mania Gul Spanish Mina RuinamaníacoDPPt Mina del RuinamaníacoBDSP

Maniac Tunnel Language Title Chinese Cantonese 遺跡迷隧道 Wàihjīk Màih Seuihdouh Mandarin 遺跡迷隧道 / 遗迹迷隧道 Yíjī Mí Suìdào / Yíjì Mí Suìdào French Tunnel Ruineman. German Maniac-Tunnel Italian Tunnel Rovine Korean 마니아터널 Maniac Tunnel Spanish Túnel ManíacoDPPt Túnel del RuinamaníacoBDSP

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