Star Cave

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Star Cave 星の洞窟 Star Cave

Basic info Floors: 16 Rest stops: Yes Traps: No Monster Houses: Yes Main type: Water, Psychic* Bug, Water* Psychic* Boss: Jirachi As Bidoof: Snover, Bagon, and Gligar

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

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

Star Cave (Japanese: 星の洞窟 Star Cave) is a dungeon in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky. Initially accessible in the Special Episode Bidoof's Wish, it can be unlocked by a challenge request from the Spinda's Café after finishing the Special Episode and acquiring the Secret Rank. At the end of the cave is Star Cave Pit, where Jirachi can be found.

The Star Cave is the focus of Explorers of Sky's kiosk demo, where the player can play as a Lv. 20 pair of either Vulpix and Phanpy or Riolu and Eevee, for the first seven floors.

Gameplay

Star Cave plays slightly differently depending on whether it is accessed through main story or Special Episode; internally these are two separate dungeons. During the main story, it is 15 continuous floors followed by Star Cave Pit where Jirachi can be found. In the Special Episode, it is split into three sections with two boss floors, and also contains rest stops. Otherwise, it is exactly the same dungeon. When not otherwise specified, floors 1 through 7 are Star Cave in Special Episode, floors 8 through 11 are Deep Star Cave and floors 12 through 15 are Star Cave Depths.

As Treasure Boxes cannot be found in this dungeon and the player cannot be rescued when knocked out, only floors past 8 have used job rankings: D, C or B by default, depending on the floor. Internally, floors 1 through 3 are ranked E and floors 4 through 7 are ranked D.

The floors are all large-sized, with following amount of rooms:

• 3-8 on floors 1, 10 and 15.
• 3-9 on floors 2 and 9
• 3-10 on floors 3, 8, 11 and 14
• 3-11 on floors 4, 7 and 13
• 3-12 floors on 5, 6 and 12

There's 4-7 items on the ground on first three floors and 3-6 items on later floors. There's also 2-5 items buried in the walls. There's 2-3 starting enemies on each floor. The game will spawn 3-6 Wonder Tiles on floor 2, 3-7 on floor 3 and 4-8 on later floors; none will be spawned on floor 1. It will spawn extra in a Monster House.

The IQ Booster does not work in this dungeon. The turn limit is 1000. There is light darkness in the entire dungeon. There is water on floors 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11 and 14. Enemies in this dungeon have 26IQ. There is random weather on floor 14.

Pokémon encountered

In the main story, Deep Star Cave and Star Cave Depths sections do not exist and the dungeon continues normally.

Star Cave

Pokémon		Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
	Poliwag	1-7	9	Unrecruitable
	Anorith	1-7	3	Unrecruitable
	Kricketot	1-7	8	Unrecruitable
	Chingling	1-7	4	Unrecruitable
	Lotad	4-7	10	Unrecruitable
	Bonsly	5-7	10	Unrecruitable

Deep Star Cave

Pokémon		Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
	Kricketot	1-2	8	Unrecruitable
	Bonsly	1-3	10	Unrecruitable
	Psyduck	1-4	10	Unrecruitable
	Lotad	1-4	10	Unrecruitable
	Gulpin	1-4	11	Unrecruitable
	Lunatone	4	9	Unrecruitable
	Bronzong	4	6	Unrecruitable
	Snover	Bottom	22	Unrecruitable Boss
	Gligar	Bottom	8	Unrecruitable Boss
	Bagon	Bottom	8	Unrecruitable Boss
Snover, Bagon and Gligar only battle in the Special Episode.

Star Cave Depths

Pokémon		Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
	Gulpin	1-2	11	Unrecruitable
	Psyduck	1-4	10	Unrecruitable
	Lunatone	1-4	9	Unrecruitable
	Bronzong	1-4	6	Unrecruitable

Star Cave Pit

Pokémon		Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
	Jirachi	Pit	32	100% Boss
Jirachi is only recruitable in the main game.

Items

The items here are the same regardless whether it's played during the main story or Special Episode. When the game spawns Poké, it will spawn no more than 300 on floors 3 through 8 and no more than 200 on other floors.

Ground

Item		Floors
	Poké	B1-B15F
	Insomniscope	B4-B15F
	Def. Scarf	B4-B15F
	Pecha Scarf	B4-B15F
	Persim Band	B4-B15F
	Power Band	B4-B15F
	Special Band	B4-B15F
	Stamina Band	B4-B15F
	Zinc Band	B4-B15F
	5 Gravelerock	B4-B15F
	4 Iron Thorn	B4-B15F
	Apple	B1-B15F
	Cheri Berry	B1-B15F
	Chesto Berry	B1-B15F
	Oran Berry	B1-B15F
	Pecha Berry	B1-B15F
	Reviver Seed	B1-B15F
	Totter Seed	B1-B15F
	Max Elixir	B1-B15F
	All-Hit Orb	B1-B15F
	All-Mach Orb	B1-B15F
	Decoy Orb	B1-B15F
	Escape Orb	B1-B15F
	Foe-Fear Orb	B1-B15F
	Foe-Hold Orb	B1-B15F
	Foe-Seal Orb	B1-B15F
	Luminous Orb	B1-B15F
	Petrify Orb	B1-B15F
	Quick Orb	B1-B15F
	Radar Orb	B1-B15F
	Rainy Orb	B1-B15F
	Scanner Orb	B1-B15F
	Spurn Orb	B1-B15F
	Sunny Orb	B1-B15F
	Warp Orb	B1-B15F

Kecleon Shop

Item		Floors
	Scope Lens	B9-B15F
	Def. Scarf	B9-B15F
	Heal Ribbon	B9-B15F
	Patsy Band	B9-B15F
	Persim Band	B9-B15F
	Power Band	B9-B15F
	Special Band	B9-B15F
	Twist Band	B9-B15F
	Zinc Band	B9-B15F
	Big Apple	B9-B15F
	Cheri Berry	B9-B15F
	Chesto Berry	B9-B15F
	Pecha Berry	B9-B15F
	Rawst Berry	B9-B15F
	Sitrus Berry	B9-B15F
	Max Elixir	B9-B15F
	Blinker Seed	B9-B15F
	Eyedrop Seed	B9-B15F
	Heal Seed	B9-B15F
	Hunger Seed	B9-B15F
	Life Seed	B9-B15F
	Reviver Seed	B9-B15F
	Sleep Seed	B9-B15F
	Stun Seed	B9-B15F
	Totter Seed	B9-B15F
	Vile Seed	B9-B15F
	Violent Seed	B9-B15F
	Warp Seed	B9-B15F
	Attract	B9-B15F
	Brine	B9-B15F
	Bullet Seed	B9-B15F
	Calm Mind	B9-B15F
	Dig	B9-B15F
	Embargo	B9-B15F
	False Swipe	B9-B15F
	Flash	B9-B15F
	Giga Drain	B9-B15F
	Giga Impact	B9-B15F
	Hidden Power	B9-B15F
	Hyper Beam	B9-B15F
	Iron Tail	B9-B15F
	Light Screen	B9-B15F
	Payback	B9-B15F
	Poison Jab	B9-B15F
	Recycle	B9-B15F
	Reflect	B9-B15F
	Rest	B9-B15F
	Roar	B9-B15F
	Rock Slide	B9-B15F
	Roost	B9-B15F
	Safeguard	B9-B15F
	Shadow Claw	B9-B15F
	Shock Wave	B9-B15F
	SolarBeam	B9-B15F
	Stealth Rock	B9-B15F
	Steel Wing	B9-B15F
	Swords Dance	B9-B15F
	Thunderbolt	B9-B15F
	Vacuum-Cut	B9-B15F
	Wide Slash	B9-B15F
	All-Hit Orb	B1-B15F
	All-Mach Orb	B1-B15F
	Decoy Orb	B1-B15F
	Drought Orb	B1-B8F
	Foe-Fear Orb	B1-B15F
	Foe-Hold Orb	B1-B15F
	Foe-Seal Orb	B1-B15F
	Hurl Orb	B1-B15F
	Luminous Orb	B1-B15F
	One-Shot Orb	B1-B15F
	Petrify Orb	B1-B15F
	Pounce Orb	B1-B15F
	Quick Orb	B1-B8F
	Radar Orb	B1-B15F
	Rainy Orb	B1-B8F
	Scanner Orb	B1-B15F
	Shocker Orb	B1-B15F
	Silence Orb	B1-B15F
	Slow Orb	B1-B15F
	Slumber Orb	B1-B15F
	Spurn Orb	B1-B15F
	Stairs Orb	B1-B15F
	Stayaway Orb	B1-B15F
	Sunny Orb	B1-B8F
	Totter Orb	B1-B15F
	Transfer Orb	B1-B8F
	Warp Orb	B1-B15F

Monster House

Item		Floors
	Poké	B13-B15F
	Black Gummi	B13-B15F
	Blue Gummi	B13-B15F
	Brown Gummi	B13-B15F
	Clear Gummi	B13-B15F
	Gold Gummi	B13-B15F
	Grass Gummi	B13-B15F
	Gray Gummi	B13-B15F
	Green Gummi	B13-B15F
	Orange Gummi	B13-B15F
	Pink Gummi	B13-B15F
	Purple Gummi	B13-B15F
	Red Gummi	B13-B15F
	Royal Gummi	B13-B15F
	Silver Gummi	B13-B15F
	Sky Gummi	B13-B15F
	White Gummi	B13-B15F
	Yellow Gummi	B13-B15F
	Aerial Ace	B13-B15F
	Attract	B13-B15F
	Brick Break	B13-B15F
	Brine	B13-B15F
	Bullet Seed	B13-B15F
	Calm Mind	B13-B15F
	Dig	B13-B15F
	Dive	B13-B15F
	Embargo	B13-B15F
	Energy Ball	B13-B15F
	Explosion	B13-B15F
	False Swipe	B13-B15F
	Flash	B13-B15F
	Focus Blast	B13-B15F
	Focus Punch	B13-B15F
	Giga Drain	B13-B15F
	Giga Impact	B13-B15F
	Hidden Power	B13-B15F
	Hyper Beam	B13-B15F
	Iron Tail	B13-B15F
	Light Screen	B13-B15F
	Natural Gift	B13-B15F
	Payback	B13-B15F
	Poison Jab	B13-B15F
	Protect	B13-B15F
	Recycle	B13-B15F
	Reflect	B13-B15F
	Rest	B13-B15F
	Roar	B13-B15F
	Rock Slide	B13-B15F
	Roost	B13-B15F
	Safeguard	B13-B15F
	Shadow Claw	B13-B15F
	Shock Wave	B13-B15F
	SolarBeam	B13-B15F
	Stealth Rock	B13-B15F
	Steel Wing	B13-B15F
	Swords Dance	B13-B15F
	Taunt	B13-B15F
	Thunder Wave	B13-B15F
	Thunderbolt	B13-B15F
	Torment	B13-B15F
	Vacuum-Cut	B13-B15F
	Water Pulse	B13-B15F
	Wide Slash	B13-B15F
	All-Hit Orb	B13-B15F
	All-Mach Orb	B13-B15F
	Blowback Orb	B13-B15F
	Cleanse Orb	B13-B15F
	Decoy Orb	B13-B15F
	Evasion Orb	B13-B15F
	Foe-Fear Orb	B13-B15F
	Foe-Hold Orb	B13-B15F
	Foe-Seal Orb	B13-B15F
	Hurl Orb	B13-B15F
	Invisify Orb	B13-B15F
	Itemizer Orb	B13-B15F
	Luminous Orb	B13-B15F
	Mug Orb	B13-B15F
	One-Shot Orb	B13-B15F
	Petrify Orb	B13-B15F
	Pounce Orb	B13-B15F
	Radar Orb	B13-B15F
	Rebound Orb	B13-B15F
	Scanner Orb	B13-B15F
	Silence Orb	B13-B15F
	Slumber Orb	B13-B15F
	Snatch Orb	B13-B15F
	Spurn Orb	B13-B15F
	Switcher Orb	B13-B15F
	Totter Orb	B13-B15F
	Transfer Orb	B13-B15F
	Trawl Orb	B13-B15F
	Warp Orb	B13-B15F

Buried items

Item		Floors
	Poké	B1-B15F

Other encounters

Image	Encounter	B1F, B2F, B5F, B7F	B3F, B4F, B6F, B8F	B13-B15F	Other floors
	Kecleon Shop	50%	100%	8%
	Monster House	0%		5%	0%

Layout

Rest stop	Alternate tileset	Deep Star Cave bottom	Star Cave Pit

Trivia

• Interestingly, if Giratina enters this dungeon, it will be in its Origin Forme instead of its Altered Forme. This trait is shared with Sky Peak and Destiny Tower.
• In Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon, Jirachi of the Expedition Society mentions that he was born in Star Cave. This reference was missed in the German, Italian, and Spanish translations, where he instead says that he was born in a cave on a star.

In other languages

Language Title French Caverne Étoile German Sternenhöhle Italian Caverna Stellata Spanish Cueva Estrella

Deep Star Cave

Language Title Japanese ほしのどうくつ おくち Hoshi no Dōkutsu Okuchi French Caverne Etoile - prof. German Tiefe Sternenhöhle Italian Recessi Stellati Spanish Corazón Cueva Estrella

Star Cave Depths

Language Title Japanese ほしのどうくつ さらに おくち Hoshi no Dōkutsu sara ni Okuchi French Caverne Etoile - entr. German Sternenhöhlentiefen Italian Abisso Stellato Spanish Fosa Estrella

Star Cave Pit

Language Title Japanese ほしのどうくつ さいおうぶ Hoshi no Dōkutsu Saiōbu French Caverne Etoile - fond German Sternenhöhlengrube Italian Voragine Stellata Spanish Sima Estrella

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