Granite Cave

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Granite Cave 石の洞窟 Stone Cave "Wild Missingno. appeared!"
Map description:	This cavern is famous for its cave art, which depicts events from thousands of years ago.
Location:	Northwest of Dewford Town on Route 106
Region:	Hoenn
Generations:	III, VI
Location of Granite Cave in Hoenn.
Pokémon world locations

Granite Cave (Japanese: 石の洞窟 Stone Cave) is located northwest of Dewford Town, with its only entrance on Route 106. In Generation III, in its deeper levels, Flash needs to be used to see clearly; otherwise, there will only be a small circle of visibility around the player. However, in Generation VI, it is just merely dark in these areas, but still quite visible to the player.

Geography

In the cave, there are muddy slopes which require the Mach Bike to traverse.

In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, Steven's room is located in the deepest part of the cave. The cave is laid out such that the player needs to traverse all of the floors in order to reach Steven's room, although there are areas that require the Mach Bike in order to access them.

In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, the layout of the ground floor is drastically different. The room the player meets Steven in is immediately accessible without the need to navigate the dark lower floors; however, until the player obtains the Knuckle Badge, a group of Ruin Maniacs block the entrance to the room. Steven's room now features an ancient mural of Primal Groudon^OR/Kyogre^AS. The player cannot access lower floors without the Mach Bike.

Role

In the games, the player needs to deliver the Letter to Steven in Granite Cave.

Delta Episode

In the Delta Episode, when meeting Steven and Mr. Stone at the Devon Corporation building in Rustboro City, Mr. Stone requests that the player get a Meteorite Shard from Granite Cave, which Steven says can be found in the room with the mural on it.

When going into Steven's room looking for a Meteorite Shard, Zinnia is present and staring at the mural. Upon noticing the player, she requests to battle the player. After she is defeated, she gives the player a Meteorite Shard, which also causes the player's Meteorite in their Bag to react and transform into its fourth state.

After Zinnia leaves, the player receives an Entry Call on their PokéNav Plus from Steven, who requests that the player meet him at the Mossdeep Space Center.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	HM05 (Flash)	1F, from a Hiker near the entrance	R  S  E
	TM70 (Flash)	1F, from a Hiker near the entrance	OR  AS
	Escape Rope	1F, west of the entrance	R  S  E
	Escape Rope	B1F, next to the ladder to 1F (requires Mach Bike)	OR  AS
	Poké Ball	B1F, south of the Mach Bike slope (requires Mach BikeORAS)	R  S  E  OR  AS
	Paralyze Heal	B1F, to the left of the Poké Ball (requires Mach Bike) (hidden)	OR  AS
	X Defense	B1F, first corner beyond the second tier Mach Bike slope (requires Mach Bike) (hidden)	OR  AS
	Everstone ×2	B2F, in the rock atop the platform in the center (hidden) B2F, in the rock near the Rare Candy (requires Mach Bike) (hidden)	R  S  E
	TM47 (Steel Wing)	Steven's room, thank-you gift from Steven for delivering the Letter to him	R  S  E
	TM51 (Steel Wing)	Steven's room, thank-you gift from Steven for delivering the Letter to him	OR  AS
	Repel	B2F, beneath the first two sets of cracked floors (requires Mach Bike)	R  S  E
	Repel	B2F, north of the first ladder of the northern half of B1F (requires Mach Bike)	OR  AS
	Super Potion	B2F, southwest of the second ladder of the northern half of B1F (requires Mach Bike) (hidden)	OR  AS
	Rare Candy	B2F, down the ladder past the three sets of cracked floors (requires Mach Bike)	R  S  E
	Rare Candy	B2F, down the third ladder of the upper half of B1F (requires Mach Bike)	OR  AS
	TM65 (Shadow Claw)	B2F, to the left of the large lone rock (requires Mach Bike)	OR  AS
	Steelixite	B2F, to the right of the large lone rock (requires Mach Bike)	OR  AS
	Everstone	B2F, inside the large lone rock between TM65 and the Steelixite (requires Mach Bike) (hidden)	OR  AS
	Escape Rope	B2F, east of Hiker Davian (requires Mach Bike)	OR  AS
	Meteorite Shard	Steven's room; given by Zinnia after defeating her	OR  AS

Rock Smash

Item		Location	Games
	Big Pearl	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks	OR  AS
	Ether	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks	OR  AS
	Hard Stone	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks	OR  AS
	Heart Scale	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks	OR  AS
	Max Ether	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks	OR  AS
	Max Revive	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks	OR  AS
	Normal Gem	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks	OR  AS
	Pearl	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks	OR  AS
	Revive	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks	OR  AS
	Soft Sand	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks	OR  AS
	Star Piece	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks	OR  AS

Pokémon

Generation III

1F

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Zubat	R		S		E		Cave	7-8	30%
Abra	R		S		E		Cave	8	10%
Geodude	R		S		E		Cave	6-9	10%
Makuhita	R		S		E		Cave	6-10	50%
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.

Steven's room

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Zubat	R		S		E		Cave	7-8	30%
Abra	R		S		E		Cave	8	10%
Makuhita	R		S		E		Cave	6-10	50%
Aron	R		S		E		Cave	7-8	10%
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.

B1F

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Zubat	R		S		E		Cave	9-10	30%
Abra	R		S		E		Cave	9	10%
Makuhita	R		S		E		Cave	10-11	10%
Sableye	R		S		E		Cave	9-11	10%
Mawile	R		S		E		Cave	9-11	10%
Aron	R		S		E		Cave	9-11	40%
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.

B2F

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Zubat	R		S		E		Cave	10-11	30%
Abra	R		S		E		Cave	10	10%
Sableye	R		S		E		Cave	10-12	20%
Mawile	R		S		E		Cave	10-12	20%
Aron	R		S		E		Cave	10-12	40%
Rock Smash
Geodude	R		S		E		Rock Smash	5-20	70%
Nosepass	R		S		E		Rock Smash	10-20	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.

Generation VI

1F

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Zubat	OR			AS			Cave	9-12	40%
Abra	OR			AS			Cave	10, 12	15%
Geodude	OR			AS			Cave	10, 12	5%
Makuhita	OR			AS			Cave	9-12	40%
Horde Encounter
Zubat	OR			AS			Horde Encounter	6	60%
Geodude	OR			AS			Horde Encounter	6	35% with Makuhita
Makuhita	OR			AS			Horde Encounter	6	35% with Geodude
Makuhita	OR			AS			Horde Encounter	6	5%
Exclusively as hidden Pokémon After defeating or capturing Groudon/Kyogre
Onix	OR			AS			Cave	12	??%
Timburr	OR			AS			Cave	12	??%
Axew	OR			AS			Cave	12	??%
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.

B1F

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Zubat	OR			AS			Cave	10-12	30%
Abra	OR			AS			Cave	10, 12	20%
Makuhita	OR			AS			Cave	10, 12	20%
Aron	OR			AS			Cave	10-12	30%
Horde Encounter
Zubat	OR			AS			Horde Encounter	6	60%
Aron	OR			AS			Horde Encounter	6	40%
Exclusively as hidden Pokémon After defeating or capturing Groudon/Kyogre
Onix	OR			AS			Cave	12	??%
Timburr	OR			AS			Cave	12	??%
Axew	OR			AS			Cave	12	??%
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.

B2F

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Zubat	OR			AS			Cave	10-12	30%
Abra	OR			AS			Cave	10, 12	20%
Mawile	OR			AS			Cave	10, 12	20%
Sableye	OR			AS			Cave	10, 12	20%
Aron	OR			AS			Cave	10-12	30%
Horde Encounter
Zubat	OR			AS			Horde Encounter	6	60%
Sableye	OR			AS			Horde Encounter	6	5%
Mawile	OR			AS			Horde Encounter	6	5%
Aron	OR			AS			Horde Encounter	6	35%
Exclusively as hidden Pokémon After defeating or capturing Groudon/Kyogre
Onix	OR			AS			Cave	12	??%
Timburr	OR			AS			Cave	12	??%
Axew	OR			AS			Cave	12	??%
Rock Smash
Geodude	OR			AS			Rock Smash	10-12	84%
Nosepass	OR			AS			Rock Smash	10, 12	16%
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

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

B2F

Trainer	Pokémon
Requires Mach Bike
Ruin Maniac Omari クニハル Kuniharu Reward: $420	Sandshrew♂ Lv.15 No item
Hiker Davian カツロウ Katsurou Reward: $480	Geodude♂ Lv.15 No item
Trainers with a PokéNav by their names will be registered in the Trainer's Eyes or Match Call function after the first battle, and may have a rematch with the player with higher-level Pokémon.

Steven's room

Pokémon Trainer Zinnia Granite Cave Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Reward: $5,700

Types: Rock Dragon Ability: Strong Jaw Held item: None Tyrantrum♂ Lv.55 Dragon Claw Dragon Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Types: Dragon Flying Ability: Natural Cure Held item: None Altaria♀ Lv.55 Dragon Pulse Dragon Special   --       Moonblast Fairy Special   --       Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Hyper Voice Normal Special   --       Types: Dragon Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Salamence♂ Lv.57 Dragon Claw Dragon Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Fire Fang Fire Physical   --       Thunder Fang Electric Physical   --

Appearance

Version	Entrance	1F	Steven's room	B1F	B2F
Ruby
Sapphire
Emerald
Omega Ruby
Alpha Sapphire

In the spin-off games

Pokémon Masters EX

Artwork depicting Granite Cave is seen in Steven's mindscape.

Steven & Metagross

In the anime

Granite Cave in the anime

Granite Cave appeared in A Hole Lotta Trouble. Ash and his friends entered the cave in order to find Steven Stone, who was digging for rare stones inside it. All of a sudden, the group fell into a trap hole dug by Team Rocket, which soon gave way even deeper into the cave, separating the group and the Rocket trio members from each other. After a while, Max, Meowth, and Pikachu came across Steven, who later proceeded to save the rest of the groups from an attack of a group of angered wild Aron. Outraged by Team Rocket disturbing the wild Pokémon living in the cave, Steven sent out his Aggron and had it send the trio blasting off with Hyper Beam. In the aftermath of the blast, Steven managed to find a Fire Stone.

In the manga

Granite Cave in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Ruby & Sapphire arc

Granite Cave debuted in Guile from Mawile, where both Ruby and Sapphire headed there after they had spotted each other again in Dewford Town. There were two tunnels at the entrance. Ruby went into the tunnel on the left to search for a Milotic and met Steven Stone, who was exploring the cave for rare stones, while Sapphire went into the tunnel on the right to train for her upcoming match with Brawly. She was also meant to deliver a letter from Mr. Stone to Steven, but missed the chance after Ruby later told her that he had left.

Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire arc

Steven returned to the cave in Metagross Investigates, accompanied by Ultima, to investigate a newly-discovered mural depicting the super-ancient Pokémon.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 石之洞窟 Sehk jī Duhngfāt Mandarin 石之洞窟 Shí zhī Dòngkū Danish Granite-hulen Finnish Graniittiluola European French Grotte Granite German Granithöhle Italian Grotta Pietrosa Korean 바위 동굴 Bawi Donggul * 돌의 동굴 Dor-ui Donggul* Polish Granitowa Jaskinia Brazilian Portuguese Caverna de Granito Russian Гранитная пещера Granitnaya peshchera European Spanish Cueva Granito Swedish Granitgrottan Vietnamese Hang Đá

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