Cave
- If you were looking for the area in Pokémon Snap, see Pokémon Island Cave.
- If you were looking for the area in PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure, see Cavern Zone.
A cave is an underground area. They tend to have Rock- and Ground-type Pokémon, although Pokémon based on cave-dwelling animals such as Zubat may also be found. In total there are 226 caves known to be in the Pokémon world.
General description
Caves can be found in every region of the Pokémon world. They serve as roadblocks: travelers cannot reach their destination without passing through. Often, these caves are dark and it is impossible to see even a few feet ahead; this problem can be remedied through use of the move Flash. They are almost always winding and maze-like, making it easy to get lost. Villainous teams such as Team Magma and Team Aqua make their hideouts in isolated caves.
In the games, the encounter rate is typically quite high. All caves contain cave tiles, and often water tiles; caves also contain ice tiles, sand tiles, cracked tiles, holes, ledges and puddles. Often, rare Pokémon can be found in caves. Items can also be found within the depths of caves, presumably dropped in the darkness by other travelers. Many caves contain legendary Pokémon at their deepest point.
In battle
In Generation III, cave terrain gives Secret Power a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch and gives it the appearance of Bite; it causes Nature Power to become Shadow Ball.
In Generation IV and Generation V, cave terrain gives Secret Power a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch and gives it the appearance of Rock Throw; it causes Nature Power to become Rock Slide.
Camouflage makes the user Rock-type when used in a cave.
List of caves in the Pokémon world
Kanto
Sevii Islands
Johto
- Cliff Cave
- Cliff Edge Gate
- Dark Cave
- Dragon's Den
- Ice Path
- Mt. Mortar
- Mt. Silver
- Slowpoke Well
- Union Cave
Hoenn
- Artisan Cave
- Altering Cave
- Cave of Origin
- Desert Underpass
- Granite Cave
- Marine Cave
- Meteor Falls
- Rusturf Tunnel
- Scorched Slab
- Seafloor Cavern
- Shoal Cave
- Terra Cave
- Victory Road
Sinnoh
- Iron Island
- Maniac Tunnel
- Mt. Coronet
- Oreburgh Gate
- Oreburgh Mine
- Quiet Cave
- Ravaged Path
- Stark Mountain
- The Underground
- Turnback Cave
- Wayward Cave
- Victory Road
Unova
Orre
Fiore
Almia
Oblivia
Mystery Dungeon World
- Aegis Cave
- Beach Cave
- Boulder Cave
- Brine Cave
- Craggy Coast
- Chasm Cave
- Crystal Cave
- Crystal Crossing
- Crevice Cave
- Cryptic Cave
- Dark Crater
- Dark Maze
- Dragon Cave
- Dragon Maze
- Drenched Bluff
- Eastern Cave
- Echo Cave
- Electric Maze
- Final Maze
- Fighting Maze
- Flying Maze
- Fortune Ravine
- Ghost Maze
- Ground Maze
- Ice Maze
- Inferno Cave
- Labyrinth Cave
- Landslide Cave
- Lapis Cave
- Limestone Cavern
- Magma Cavern
- Magma Cavern Pit
- Meteor Cave
- Murky Cave
- Normal Maze
- Oddity Cave
- Psychic Maze
- Rock Maze
- Rock Path
- Seafloor Cave
- Snow Path
- Solar Cave
- Southern Cavern
- Spring Cave
- Star Cave
- Steel Maze
- Team Rumblerock
- Thunderwave Cave
- Western Cave
- Wish Cave
Other
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