Sinister Woods

← Mt. Steel

Sinister Woods

Silent Chasm →

Sinister Woods 怪しい森 Dubious Forest

Basic info Floors: 13 Rest stops: No Traps: NoRB YesRTDX Monster Houses: No Main type: Bug, Grass Boss: Team Meanies

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

Location

Sinister Woods (Japanese: 怪しい森 Dubious Forest) is the fourth dungeon in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX. It contains 13 floors.

After completing Mt. Steel, upon completing at least 5 random missions, the player will receive a mission to this dungeon to rescue a Metapod, which culminates in a boss fight against Team Meanies.

Gameplay

Generation III

Floors 5-7, 11 and 12 in the dungeon are shrouded in darkness, with only two tiles of sight in hallways. There is no chance of finding a Monster House, a shop, or a buried item in this dungeon.

Generation VIII

Unlike the original games, in the remake, Kecleon shops may be found in the dungeon.

Pokémon encountered

Generation III

Pokémon		Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
	Swinub	1-3	8	10.9%
	Oddish	1-4	7	12%
	Sudowoodo	1-4	7	10.4%
	Sunflora	2-7	8	Unrecruitable
	Sentret	3-6	6	7.3%
	Silcoon	4-6	8	-19%
	Cascoon	4-6	8	-19%
	Shroomish	6-12	9	7.7%
	Linoone	7-9	8	Unrecruitable
	Ledyba	7-10	7	12.1%
	Wooper	8-10	10	11.9%
	Scyther	8-11	10	10%
	Exeggutor	10-12	8	Unrecruitable
	Hoothoot	10-12	6	7%
	Slakoth	10-12	8	11.3%
Team Meanies
	Ekans	13	15	Unrecruitable Boss
	Gengar	13	15	Unrecruitable Boss
	Medicham	13	12	Unrecruitable Boss
Team Meanies appear only the first time player clears the dungeon.

Generation VIII

Pokémon		Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
	Swinub	1-3	11	14.4%
	Oddish	1-4	11	14.4%
	Sudowoodo	1-4	12	14.4%
	Sunflora	2-8	12	14.4%
	Sentret	3-6	11	14.4%
	Silcoon	4-6	12	14.4%
	Cascoon	4-6	11	14.4%
	Bonsly	5-12	12	8.2%
	Shroomish	6-12	11	14.4%
	Ledyba	7-9	11	14.4%
	Linoone	7-9	20	14.4%
	Exeggutor	7-12	12	14.4%
	Scyther	7-12	11	14.4%
	Hoothoot	7-12	11	14.4%
	Slakoth	10-12	11	14.4%
Fainted Pokémon
	Paras	2-12	13	100%
	Growlithe	2-12	13	100%
	Farfetch'd	2-12	13	100%
	Yanma	2-12	13	100%
	Teddiursa	2-12	13	100%
	Magby	2-12	15	100%
	Poochyena	2-12	13	100%
Team Meanies
	Ekans	13	13	Unrecruitable Boss
	Gengar	13	15	Unrecruitable Boss
	Medicham	13	13	Unrecruitable Boss
Strong Foe
	Ampharos	3, 7-9, 11-12	30	Unrecruitable -6.4%
Team Meanies appear only the first time player clears the dungeon. Shiny Ampharos can only be recruited using a Friend Bow. Bonsly will only spawn after reaching the Bronze rank.

Items

Generation III

Item		Floors
	4-118 Poké	1-12F
	Apple	1-12F
	Blue Gummi	1-12F
	Brown Gummi	1-12F
	Clear Gummi	1-12F
	Gold Gummi	1-12F
	Grass Gummi	1-12F
	Green Gummi	1-12F
	Orange Gummi	1-12F
	Pink Gummi	1-12F
	Sky Gummi	1-12F
	White Gummi	1-12F
	Yellow Gummi	1-12F
	Cheri Berry	1-12F
	Oran Berry	1-12F
	Pecha Berry	1-12F
	Rawst Berry	1-12F
	Blast Seed	1-12F
	Reviver Seed	1-12F
	Max Elixir	1-12F
	Blowback Orb	1-12F
	Escape Orb	1-12F
	Hurl Orb	1-12F
	Luminous Orb	1-12F
	Radar Orb	1-12F
	Scanner Orb	1-12F
	Switcher Orb	1-12F
	Warp Orb	1-12F

Generation VIII

Sinister Woods

Item		Floors
	10-50 Poké	1-12F
	Apple	1-12F
	Big Apple	1-12F
	Cheri Berry	1-12F
	Oran Berry	1-12F
	Pecha Berry	1-12F
	Rawst Berry	1-12F
	Blast Seed	1-12F
	Sleep Seed	1-12F
	Tiny Reviver Seed	1-12F
	Max Ether	1-12F
	2-4 Confuse Wand	1-12F
	2-4 Petrify Wand	1-12F
	3-5 Slow Wand	1-12F
	2-4 Slumber Wand	1-12F
	2-3 Tunnel Wand	1-12F

Kecleon Shop

Item		Floors
	Apple	1-12F
	Big Apple	1-12F
	Cheri Berry	1-12F
	Oran Berry	1-12F
	Pecha Berry	1-12F
	Rawst Berry	1-12F
	Blast Seed	1-12F
	Sleep Seed	1-12F
	Tiny Reviver Seed	1-12F
	Max Ether	1-12F
	All Power-Up Orb	1-12F
	Foe-Hold Orb	1-12F
	Foe-Seal Orb	1-12F
	Petrify Orb	1-12F
	Slow Orb	1-12F
	Slumber Orb	1-12F
	Totter Orb	1-12F
	Trawl Orb	1-12F
	Wigglytuff Orb	1-12F

Traps encountered

Generation VIII

Note: The percentages are calculated from trap frequencies observed across 18 dungeon runs involving a total of 406 traps. Confidence intervals are given at a 95% confidence level.

Image	Trap	Floor 1-12
	Slumber Trap	46.6 ± 6.0 %
	Spiky Trap	25.4 ± 4.4 %
	Spin Trap	26.6 ± 5.4 %
	Warp Trap	1.5 ± 0.9 %
Warp Trap is visible at the start of floor.

Bosses

Generation VIII

This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it. Reason: needs Ekans' ability

Types: Ghost Poison Ability: Cursed Body Held item: None Gengar Lv.15 HP: 298 Night Shade Ghost Special   --       Shadow Punch Ghost Physical   --       Lick Ghost Physical   --       Hypnosis Psychic Status   --

Type: Poison Unknown Ability: ? Held item: None Ekans Lv.13 HP: 149 Leer Normal Status   --       Poison Sting Poison Physical   --       Wrap Normal Physical   --       Bite Dark Physical   --

Types: Fighting Psychic Ability: Pure Power Held item: None Medicham Lv.13 HP: 149 Confusion Psychic Special   --       Zen Headbutt Psychic Special   --       Feint Normal Physical   --       Meditate Psychic Status   --

Layout

	Entrance	Clearing	Interior
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In other languages

Language Title French Bois Sinistre German Finsterforst Italian Bosco Oscuro Korean 괴상한 숲 Goesanghan sup Spanish Bosque Tétrico

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