Western Cave

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Western Cave

Northern Range →

Western Cave にしの　どうくつ Western Cave

Basic info Floors: 99 Rest stops: No Traps: Yes Monster Houses: {{{monsterhouses}}} Main type: None Boss: Mewtwo

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

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Western Cave (Japanese: にしの　どうくつ Western Cave) is a dungeon in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon:Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team. It is home to Mewtwo and contains 99 floors.

Western Cave is unlocked by recruiting Ho-Oh from Mt. Faraway. The next day, Blastoise will have news of a new dugeon in a cave off to the west, one that is extremely hard and wiped him out. You will then get permission to travel to western cave.

Keys can randomly be found on the ground. These are needed to obtain certain items in different dungeons. One is required in the Western Cave to obtain the Beauty Scarf (an item to evolve Feebas) from behind a locked door on B59F. You can also find Vitamins on the ground and in the Kecleon Shop. (Only Vitamins which permanently boost you Attack, Defense, Sp. Attk. and Sp. Def.)

There is a chance of finding Kecleon Shops from B30F onwards. There are no hidden items.

To enter this dungeon, the team must have a Pokémon with the move Surf or have the HM Surf.

Wild Pokémon

Pokémon		Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
	Murkrow	1-2	29	7.2%
	Butterfree	1-3	35	Unrecruitable
	Beedrill	1-3	35	Unrecruitable
	Venonat	1-3	34	11.4%
	Snubbull	1-3	25	8.1%
	Ekans	3-5	33	12.4%
	Meowth	3-6	29	12%
	Smeargle	4-6	25	6.8%
	Bellossom	4-7	25	Unrecruitable
	Venomoth	6-10	24	Unrecruitable
	Exploud	6-12	25	Unrecruitable
	Primeape	8-13	31	Unrecruitable
	Igglybuff	10-13	35	11.3%
	Tauros	10-16	34	7.9%
	Miltank	10,20,30,40, 50-53,60-98	30	8.7%
	Shiftry	12-20	35	-30%
	Kangaskhan	13-19	36	7.6%
	Espeon	14-18	28	Unrecruitable
	Arbok	14-19	35	Unrecruitable
	Dodrio	15-19	35	Unrecruitable
	Ivysaur	19-27	30	-19%
	Umbreon	20-26	30	Unrecruitable
	Bayleef	20-27	30	-19%
	Pinsir	21-28	29	8.3%
	Aggron	21-30	34	Unrecruitable
	Persian	28-36	28	Unrecruitable
	Swalot	30-39	34	Unrecruitable
	Hariyama	31-38	35	Unrecruitable
	Lickitung	37-44	36	8.6%
	Grovyle	38-49	20	-19%
	Blaziken	38-49	30	Unrecruitable
	Skarmory	40-49	55	6.8%
	Absol	40-49	45	6.8%
	Feraligatr	49-58	32	-33.9%
	Venusaur	50-59	50	Unrecruitable
	Alakazam	50-59	50	Unrecruitable
	Tyranitar	50-60	50	Unrecruitable
	Arcanine	60-69	45	Unrecruitable
	Typhlosion	62-68	35	Unrecruitable
	Sceptile	69-78	26	Unrecruitable
	Ninetales	70-79	50	Unrecruitable
	Swampert	79-88	37	-33.9%
	Machamp	80-88	45	Unrecruitable
	Meganium	80-88	25	Unrecruitable
	Steelix	87-91	38	Unrecruitable
	Charizard	89-98	40	Unrecruitable
	Blastoise	90-98	38	-33.9%
	Mewtwo	99	40	99.9% Boss
Mewtwo cannot be recruited the first time around.

Trivia

• The name is a reference to Cerulean Cave, due to the cave being in the west, having Mewtwo at the end of the dungeon, and the need of Surf for the player to get to the cave.
• Every member of Team A.C.T. can be found here.
• Every fully evolved Starter Pokémon up until Generation III can be found here.

This article is part of both Project Locations and Project Sidegames, Bulbapedia projects that, together, aim to write comprehensive articles on the Pokémon Locations and Sidegames, respectively.