Brine Cave

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Brine Cave

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Brine Cave いそのどうくつ Beach Cave

Basic info Floors: 15* Rest stops: Yes Traps: Yes Monster Houses: No Main type: Water Boss: Kabutops Omastar ×2

Allowances Recruiting: Yes* Items: 48 Money: Allowed Starting level: Current Team members: 4*

Location Please upload a world map highlighting this dungeon's location.

Brine Cave (Japanese: いそのどうくつ Beach Cave) is a dungeon in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky. It is unlocked after the player talks to Torkoal when he visits the guild, the player's partner shows him the Relic Fragment's pattern, and Wigglytuff and Chatot reveal the location of the pattern. On the first visit, Chatot will accompany the player. It has 15 floors total, with a rest stop between the ninth floor and the first floor of Lower Brine Cave. At that point, Chatot will chase after Team Skull, leaving the player and partner behind. The boss Pokémon are two Omastar and a Kabutops, who terrorized Wigglytuff and Chatot in the past. Earlier in the game, Wigglytuff is seen talking to Lapras about letting the player travel to the Hidden Land.

Gameplay

The jobs here are ranked E and ★2 by default, depending on the floor. Lower Brine Cave is ranked ★2 for purpose of Treasure Boxes.

Floors 1 through 7 of Brine Cave are medium-sized with 3-9 rooms on odd floors and 3-8 rooms on even floors, while later floors are large-sized, with 4-14 rooms on floors 8 and 9 of Brine Cave, 4-8 rooms on floor 1 of Lower Brine Cave and 4-10 rooms on later floors of Lower Brine Cave. There is 1-4 items on floors 1 through of Brine Cave, and 2-5 items on later floors. There's 2-3 starting enemies on floors 1 through 6 of Brine Cave, and 2-4 on later floors. There is a 10% chance each for a room on floors 2 and 6 of Brine Cave and floors 1 and 5 of Lower Brine Cave to be filled with water.

The IQ Booster activates on every even floor (counting Lower Brine Cave as continuation of Brine Cave). The player cannot be rescued if knocked out in Lower Brine Cave. The enemies in this dungeon have 26IQ, granting them Status Checker IQ skill. There is light darkness and water in the dungeon. Gastrodon and Walrein in the dungeon can create rain and hail with Rain Dance and Hail, respectively.

Pokémon encountered

Brine Cave

Pokémon		Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
	Seel	1-5	34	3.9%
	Omanyte	1-7	36-37	6.4%
	Kingler	1-8	35-36	-4.5%
	Pelipper	1-8	36-37	-12%
	Gastrodon West Sea	1-9	22-23	8.2%
	Tentacool	6-9	35	8.2%
	Dewgong	6-9	38	-4.5%
	Staryu	8-9	38	8.2%
	Dragonair	8-9	36	-4.5%
Pokémon cannot be recruited during the first visit.

Lower Brine Cave

Pokémon		Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
	Gastrodon West Sea	1	24	8.2%
	Dewgong	1	39	-4.5%
	Tentacool	1-5	36	8.2%
	Staryu	1-5	39	8.2%
	Dragonair	1-5	37	-4.5%
	Walrein	2-5	36	0.5%
Pokémon cannot be recruited during the first visit.

Brine Cave Pit

Pokémon		Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
	Omastar	Pit	35	Unrecruitable Boss
	Kabutops	Pit	42	Unrecruitable Boss
Can only be fought the first time

The bosses, Kabutops and Omastar, on the ceiling

Items

Item		Floors
	2-120TD/150S Poké	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	S Gaggle Specs	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	S Y-Ray Specs	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	TS Def. Scarf	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	TS Heal Ribbon	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	TS Joy Ribbon	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	S No-Slip Cap	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	TS Pecha Scarf	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	TS Persim Band	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	TS Power Band	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	Sneak Scarf	B1-4FD/B1-9, LB1-L5SF
	TS Special Band	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	TS Stamina Band	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	DS Twist Band	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	TS Zinc Band	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	4-5 Geo Pebble	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	S Gravelyrock	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	Apple	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	TS Blue Gummi	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	TS Brown Gummi	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	TS Grass Gummi	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	TS Green Gummi	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	TS Orange Gummi	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	TS Silver Gummi	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	TS Sky Gummi	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	TS White Gummi	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	DS Black Gummi	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	DS Clear Gummi	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	DS Gold Gummi	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	DS Gray Gummi	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	DS Pink Gummi	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	DS Purple Gummi	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	DS Red Gummi	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	DS Royal Gummi	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	DS Yellow Gummi	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	Cheri Berry	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	Oran Berry	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	S Oren Berry	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	Pecha Berry	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	Blast Seed	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	S Dough Seed	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	S Dropeye Seed	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	Heal Seed	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	S Hunger Seed	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	Pure Seed	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	S Reviser Seed	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	Reviver Seed	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	S Slip Seed	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	Sleep Seed	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	TS Stun Seed	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	S Via Seed	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	DS Violent Seed	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	TS Warp Seed	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	DS X-Eye Seed	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	Max Elixir	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	S Mix Elixir	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	DS Aerial Ace	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	TS Attract	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	DS Brick Break	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	Brine	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	TS Bullet Seed	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	TS Calm Mind	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	Dig	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	DS Dive	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	S Dragon Claw	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	Embargo	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	DS Energy Ball	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	DS Explosion	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	TS False Swipe	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	TS Flash	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	DS Focus Blast	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	DS Focus Punch	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	TS Giga Drain	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	Giga Impact	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	Hidden Power	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	Hyper Beam	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	TS Iron Tail	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	TS Light Screen	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	DS Natural Gift	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	Payback	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	Poison Jab	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	DS Protect	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	TS Recycle	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	TS Reflect	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	TS Rest	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	TS Roar	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	TS Rock Slide	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	Roost	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	Safeguard	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	TS Shadow Claw	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	Shock Wave	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	TS SolarBeam	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	Stealth Rock	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	TS Steel Wing	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	Swords Dance	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	DS Taunt	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	DS Thunder Wave	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	Thunderbolt	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	DS Torment	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	Vacuum-Cut	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	DS Water Pulse	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	TS Wide Slash	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	DS All-Hit Orb	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	TS All-Mach Orb	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	TS Blowback Orb	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	DS Decoy Orb	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	Escape Orb	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	TS Evasion Orb	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	DS Foe-Fear Orb	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	TS Foe-Hold Orb	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	DS Foe-Seal Orb	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	Hurl Orb	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	TS Itemizer Orb	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	DS Luminous Orb	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	DS Mug Orb	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	TS Petrify Orb	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	TS Quick Orb	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	TS Radar Orb	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	DS Rebound Orb	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	Rollcall Orb	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	TS Scanner Orb	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	DS Silence Orb	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	TS Slow Orb	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	DS Slumber Orb	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	TS Spurn Orb	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	TS Stayaway Orb	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	TS Switcher Orb	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	DS Totter Orb	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	DS Transfer Orb	B1-9, LB1-L5F
	TS Warp Orb	B1-9, LB1-L5F

Traps encountered

The game will spawn 1 to 3 of the following tiles.

Image	Trap	Appearance %
	Chestnut Trap	9.10%T/5.26%S
	Grimy Trap	9.09%T/5.26%S
	Gust Trap	10%D/5.26%S
	Poison Trap	10%D/5%S
	Pokémon Trap	10%D/5.27%S
	Selfdestruct Trap	9.09%T/5.26%S
	Slow Trap	9.09%T/5.26%S
	Slumber Trap	10%D/5.26%S
	Spin Trap	10%D/5.27%S
	Summon Trap	9.09%T/5.27%S
	Trip Trap	9.09%T/10%D/5.26%S
	Warp Trap	9.09%T/5.26%S
	Wonder Tile	36.36%T/40%D/36.84%S

Bosses

Kabutops	Omastar (×2)
Types: Rock Water Abilities: Swift Swim and Battle Armor Held item: None Kabutops♂ Lv.42 HP: 450 Endure Normal Status   --       Mega Drain Grass Special   --       Slash Normal Physical   --       Aqua Jet Water Physical   --	Types: Rock Water Abilities: Swift Swim and Shell Armor Held item: None Omastar♂ Lv.35 HP: 100 Bite Dark Physical   --       Rollout Rock Physical   --       Constrict Normal Physical   --       Leer Normal Status   --

Layout

Entrance	Rest stopTD	Rest stopS	Lower Brine Cave
Brine Cave Pit		Pattern

In animation

Brine Cave in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Beyond Time & Darkness

Brine Cave made a brief appearance in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Beyond Time & Darkness, where Team Poképals and Grovyle were shown finding the pattern at the end of the dungeon, which reacted with Chimchar's Relic Fragment and summoned Lapras, ready to take them to the Hidden Land.

In other languages

Brine Cave Language Title French Caverne Saline German Salzwasserhöhle Italian Grotta Salmastra Korean 바닷가 동굴 Badatga Donggul Spanish Cueva Aguamar

Lower Brine Cave Language Title French Caverne Saline profondeurs German Untere Salzwasserhöhle Italian Antro Salmastro Korean 바닷가 동굴 최심부 Badatga Donggul Choesimbu Spanish Fosa Aguamar

Brine Cave Pit Language Title French Caverne Saline Fond German Salzwasserhöhlengrube Italian Fossa Salmastra Spanish Sima Aguamar

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