Solar Cave

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Solar Cave 太陽の洞窟 Solar Cave

Basic info Floors: 20 Rest stops: No Traps: Yes Monster Houses: No Main type: Psychic Boss: None

Allowances Recruiting: Yes Items: Allowed Money: Allowed Starting level: Current Team members: 3

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Solar Cave (Japanese: 太陽の洞窟 Solar Cave) is a dungeon in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX that contains 20 floors.

It is accessible after the completion of the main story, right after the player talks to Medicham, then to Lombre, and then Whiscash about Stormy Sea.

Gameplay

Generation III

In the original games, three HMs can be found in this dungeon: Dive on 10F, Waterfall on 15F and Surf on 20F. Keys can be found on the ground, which are required for obtaining Dive and Waterfall. A Pokémon that can travel over water is also required to reach Dive and Surf. Moon Stones and Sun Stones may also be found on the ground, and Link Cables will replace any HMs already obtained by the player.

Generation VIII

In the remake, this dungeon contains 1 Friend Bow, 1 Energy Ball TM, 1 Flamethrower TM, 1 Ice Beam TM, and 2 Deluxe Boxes on 20F.

Pokémon encountered

Generation III

Pokémon		Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
	Wynaut	1-3	20	9.6%
	Girafarig	1-4	26	7.6%
	Beldum	1-4	30	7.8%
	Drowzee	1-5	35	7.9%
	Natu	1-5	20	9.4%
	Spoink	1-5	20	7.5%
	Jynx	1-6	32	Unrecruitable
	Abra	1-8	16	10.4%
	Meditite	4-8	30	5.5%
	Mr. Mime	7-12	29	7.4%
	Lunatone	8-12	24	5.0%
	Metang	8-12	24	-19.0%
	Hypno	9-14	33	Unrecruitable
	Kirlia	10-15	20	-19.0%
	Wobbuffet	11-15	30	Unrecruitable
	Chimecho	12-17	30	6.9%
	Kadabra	13-20	30	-19.0%
	Medicham	15-20	32	Unrecruitable
	Grumpig	16-20	25	Unrecruitable
	Claydol	16-20	26	Unrecruitable

Generation VIII

This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it. Reason: Fainted Pokémon, Mystery Houses

Pokémon		Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
	Wynaut	1-3	30	8.2%
	Girafarig	1-4	30	8.2%
	Beldum	1-4	30	14.4%
	Drowzee	1-5	30	8.2%
	Natu	1-5	30	8.2%
	Spoink	1-5	30	8.2%
	Jynx	1-6	30	8.2%
	Abra	1-8	30	8.2%
	Meditite	4-8	30	14.4%
	Mr. Mime	7-12	30	8.2%
	Lunatone	8-12	30	10.8%
	Metang	8-12	30	10.8%
	Hypno	9-14	30	8.2%
	Kirlia	10-15	30	8.2%
	Wobbuffet	11-16	30	8.2%
	Chimecho	12-17	30	8.2%
	Kadabra	13-19	30	8.2%
	Medicham	15-19	37	14.4%
	Grumpig	16-19	32	8.2%
	Claydol	16-19	36	10.8%
Fainted Pokémon
	Ponyta	2-19	32	100%
	Porygon2	2-19	32	100%
	Tyrogue	2-19	32	100%
	Dustox	2-19	32	100%
	Sableye	2-19	32	100%
	Illumise	2-19	32	100%
	Carvanha	2-19	32	100%
	Whiscash	2-19	26	100%
Strong Foe
	Aipom	5, 8-19	60	Unrecruitable -6.4%
Shiny Aipom can only be recruited with a Friend Bow.

Items

Generation III

Item		Floors
	4-262 Poké	1-20F
	Def. Scarf	1-20F
	Detect Band	1-20F
	Heal Ribbon	1-20F
	Pass Scarf	1-20F
	Patsy Band	1-20F
	Persim Band	1-20F
	Stamina Band	1-20F
	Twist Band	1-20F
	Weather Band	1-20F
	Zinc Band	1-20F
	X-Ray Specs	1-20F
	Scope Lens	1-20F
	3-4 Gravelerock	1-20F
	6-9 Stick	1-20F
	Cheri Berry	1-9F
	Oran Berry	1-9F
	Pecha Berry	1-9F
	Blast Seed	1-9F
	Heal Seed	1-9F
	Hunger Seed	1-9F
	Max Elixir	1-9F
	Moon Stone	1-20F
	Sun Stone	1-20F
	Key	1-20F
	Aerial Ace	1-20F
	Attract	1-20F
	Brick Break	1-20F
	Bullet Seed	1-20F
	Calm Mind	1-20F
	Dig	1-20F
	Dragon Claw	1-20F
	Earthquake	1-20F
	Facade	1-20F
	Fire Blast	1-20F
	Flamethrower	1-20F
	Focus Punch	1-20F
	Frustration	1-20F
	Giga Drain	1-20F
	Hidden Power	1-20F
	Ice Beam	1-20F
	Light Screen	1-20F
	Psychic	1-20F
	Reflect	1-20F
	Rest	1-20F
	Return	1-20F
	Roar	1-20F
	Safeguard	1-20F
	Secret Power	1-20F
	Shadow Ball	1-20F
	Shock Wave	1-20F
	Solarbeam	1-20F
	Taunt	1-20F
	Thief	1-20F
	Thunderbolt	1-20F
	Torment	1-20F
	Toxic	1-20F
	Blowback Orb	1-20F
	Cleanse Orb	1-20F
	Escape Orb	1-20F
	Evasion Orb	1-20F
	Hurl Orb	1-20F
	Petrify Orb	1-20F
	Pounce Orb	1-20F
	Radar Orb	1-20F
	Rebound Orb	1-20F
	Rollcall Orb	1-20F
	Scanner Orb	1-20F
	Switcher Orb	1-20F
	Trapbust Orb	1-20F
	Trawl Orb	1-20F
	Warp Orb	1-20F
	Link Box	16-20F
In the special rooms
	Dive	10F
	Surf	20F
	Waterfall	15F
	Link Cable	10, 15, 20F

Traps encountered

Generation III

Note: The % are rough estimates.

Image	Trap	Floor 1	Floor 2	Floor 3	Floor 4	Floor 5	Floor 6	Floor 7-10	Floor 11-15	Floor 16-19	Floor 20
	Explosion Trap	4.08%	3.77%	3.74%	3.48%	3.28%	3.25%	3.22%	3.13%	3.25%	3.67%
	Grimy Trap	10.20%	9.43%	9.35%	8.69%	8.19%	8.13%	8.07%	7.81%	8.13%	—
	Gust Trap	5.10%	9.44%	9.35%	8.69%	8.19%	8.13%	8.06%	7.81%	8.13%	9.17%
	Mud Trap	—	—	—	2.61%	6.56%	6.50%	6.45%	6.25%	2.44%	2.75%
	Pitfall Trap	—	3.78%	3.74%	3.48%	3.28%	3.25%	3.22%	3.13%	3.25%	—
	Poison Trap	10.21%	9.43%	9.35%	8.69%	8.20%	8.13%	8.07%	7.81%	8.13%	9.18%
	Seal Trap	5.10%	9.43%	9.34%	8.70%	8.19%	8.13%	8.06%	7.81%	8.13%	9.17%
	Selfdestruct Trap	3.06%	3.78%	4.67%	5.22%	5.74%	6.51%	7.26%	6.25%	6.50%	7.33%
	Slow Trap	10.20%	5.66%	5.61%	5.22%	4.92%	4.87%	4.84%	4.69%	4.88%	5.51%
	Slumber Trap	12.25%	10.38%	7.48%	6.95%	6.56%	6.51%	6.45%	6.25%	6.50%	7.34%
	Spiked Tile	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.91%	4.07%	4.59%
	Spin Trap	9.18%	6.60%	6.54%	6.09%	5.74%	5.69%	5.65%	5.47%	5.69%	6.42%
	Sticky Trap	—	—	—	3.48%	4.10%	4.07%	4.03%	3.91%	4.06%	4.59%
	Summon Trap	—	—	—	2.61%	2.46%	2.44%	2.42%	2.34%	2.44%	2.75%
	Warp Trap	10.21%	9.43%	9.34%	8.70%	8.20%	8.13%	8.07%	7.81%	8.13%	9.18%
	Wonder Tile	20.41%	18.87%	18.69%	17.39%	16.39%	16.26%	16.13%	15.62%	16.26%	18.35%

In other languages

Language Title French Grotte du Soleil German Solarhöhle Italian Grotta Solare Korean 태양 동굴 Taeyang Donggul Spanish Cueva Solar

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