Magma Cavern

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Magma Cavern マグマの地底
Magma Depths
Basic info
Floors: 26*
Rest stops: Yes
Traps: No
Monster Houses: Yes
Main type: Ground, Rock
Boss: Groudon
Allowances
Recruiting: Yes
Items: Allowed
Money: Allowed
Starting level: Current
Team members: 3
Location
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Magma Cavern (Japanese: マグマの地底 Magma Depths) is the fifteenth dungeon in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX, and the penultimate dungeon to be visited during the game's main storyline. It consists of 23 floors and ends in Magma Cavern Pit (Japanese: マグマの地底 最下層 Magma Depths - Bottom Layer), where Groudon resides. Once the player completes Uproar Forest and finishes at least four missions, Pokémon Square will form a team to rescue Alakazam's team, which hasn't returned. The dungeon will be unlocked once the player finishes at least two missions after that happens and finishes the Team Base.

Monster Houses may appear on floors 8-20. Shops may appear on floors 2-6. There is a chance of finding a buried item in floor 1 of Magma Cavern Pit. Darkness shrouds all floors, limiting field of sight to 2 tiles in hallways.

The visual theme of floors 1 to 7 is normal rock with magma leaking out, for floors 8 to 17 it is hot rock with more magma present, and on floors 18 to 23, the rock becomes blackened with heat, featuring more magma than any other dungeon in the game. After floor 23 lies a Kangaskhan Rock and a door that leads to Magma Cavern Pit.

In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX, the boss floor is made of solid rock floating above a layer of magma. When the boss battle starts, the ground shakes, causing the team's Pokémon to be scattered across the floor. Every few turns, magma floods the floor tiles or drains into the ground. Any non-Fire-type Pokémon that touches the magma will get burned.

The music in the regular Magma Cavern is unique to this dungeon, and is present on all floors (with the exception of floors 80-89 of Wish Cave).

Pokémon encountered

Generation III

Magma Cavern

Pokémon Floors Levels Recruit Rate
Raticate (Pokémon) Raticate 1-3 19 Unrecruitable
Sandshrew (Pokémon) Sandshrew 1-6 20 10.4%
Nidoqueen (Pokémon) Nidoqueen 1-6 20 Unrecruitable
Nidoking (Pokémon) Nidoking 1-6 21 Unrecruitable
Graveler (Pokémon) Graveler 5-10 22 -19%
Magmar (Pokémon) Magmar 7-11 21 Unrecruitable
Mawile (Pokémon) Mawile 8-12 20 7.1%
Arbok (Pokémon) Arbok 8-14 21 Unrecruitable
Magcargo (Pokémon) Magcargo 9-14 21 Unrecruitable
Rhydon (Pokémon) Rhydon 14-20 23 Unrecruitable
Sandslash (Pokémon) Sandslash 15-20 24 Unrecruitable
Golem (Pokémon) Golem 15-20 15 -30%
Grimer (Pokémon) Grimer 15-21 20 12.2%
Onix (Pokémon) Onix 21-23 30 9.6%

Magma Cavern Pit

Pokémon Floors Levels Recruit Rate
Onix (Pokémon) Onix 1 30 9.6%
Steelix (Pokémon) Steelix 1 25 Unrecruitable
Groudon (Pokémon) Groudon 3 27 -10% Boss
Groudon cannot be recruited until after the end credits.

Generation VIII

Magma Cavern

Pokémon Floors Levels Recruit Rate
Raticate (Pokémon) Raticate 1-3 24 ?%
Sandshrew (Pokémon) Sandshrew 1-6 24 ?%
Nidoqueen (Pokémon) Nidoqueen 1-6 24 ?%
Nidoking (Pokémon) Nidoking 1-6 24 ?%
Graveler (Pokémon) Graveler 3-10 25 ?%
Crobat (Pokémon) Crobat 3-10 24 ?%
Magmar (Pokémon) Magmar 7-11 30 ?%
Mawile (Pokémon) Mawile 8-12 24 ?%
Arbok (Pokémon) Arbok 8-14 24 ?%
Magcargo (Pokémon) Magcargo 9-14 38 ?%
Rhydon (Pokémon) Rhydon 14-20 42 ?%
Sandslash (Pokémon) Sandslash 15-20 24 ?%
Golem (Pokémon) Golem 15-20 25 ?%
Grimer (Pokémon) Grimer 15-21 24 ?%
Onix (Pokémon) Onix 20-22 24 ?%
Steelix (Pokémon) Steelix 20-22 24 ?%
Groudon (Pokémon) Groudon 23 28 100% Boss
Fainted Pokémon
Cloyster (Pokémon) Cloyster 2-22 24 100%
Jumpluff (Pokémon) Jumpluff 2-22 24 100%
Lunatone (Pokémon) Lunatone 2-22 ? 100%
Solrock (Pokémon) Solrock 2-22 ? 100%


Groudon cannot be recruited until after the end credits
After the credits roll in Rescue Team DX, Groudon will revert to its primal state as its HP decreases.

Items

Magma Cavern

Item Floors
4-278 Poké 1-23F
Gold Ribbon 1-23F
Heal Ribbon 1-23F
Pecha Scarf 1-23F
Persim Band 1-23F
Power Band 1-23F
Racket Band 1-23F
Special Band 1-23F
Stamina Band 1-23F
Warp Scarf 1-23F
Insomniscope 1-23F
Scope Lens 1-23F
X-Ray Specs 1-23F
3-4 Gravelerock 1-23F
5-7 Iron Thorn 1-23F
5-7 Silver Spike 1-23F
Apple 1-23F
Black Gummi 1-23F
Gray Gummi 1-23F
Red Gummi 1-23F
Silver Gummi 1-23F
Aerial Ace 1-23F
Attract 1-23F
Brick Break 1-23F
Bullet Seed 1-23F
Dig 1-23F
Earthquake 1-23F
Facade 1-23F
Fire Blast 1-23F
Flamethrower 1-23F
Focus Punch 1-23F
Giga Drain 1-23F
Frustration 1-23F
Hidden Power 1-23F
Rest 1-23F
Return 1-23F
Roar 1-23F
Safeguard 1-23F
Secret Power 1-23F
Shadow Ball 1-23F
Shock Wave 1-23F
Solarbeam 1-23F
Taunt 1-23F
Thief 1-23F
Thunderbolt 1-23F
Torment 1-23F
Toxic 1-23F
Link Box 1-23F

Magma Cavern Pit

Item Floors
4-514 Poké 1F

Kecleon Shop

They appear more often at floors 3-4.

Item Floors
Gold Ribbon 2-6F
Joy Ribbon 2-6F
Heal Ribbon 2-6F
Pecha Scarf 2-6F
Persim Band 2-6F
Power Band 2-6F
Racket Band 2-6F
Stamina Band 2-6F
Warp Scarf 2-6F
Insomniscope 2-6F
Scope Lens 2-6F
X-Ray Specs 2-6F
Apple 2-6F
Big Apple 2-6F
Cheri Berry 2-6F
Oran Berry 2-6F
Pecha Berry 2-6F
Rawst Berry 2-6F
Reviver Seed 2-6F
Max Elixir 2-6F
Blowback Orb 2-6F
Hurl Orb 2-6F
Lob Orb 2-6F
Petrify Orb 2-6F
Pounce Orb 2-6F
Stayaway Orb 2-6F
Switcher Orb 2-6F
Warp Orb 2-6F

Monster House

Item Floors
4-278 Poké 8-20F
Aerial Ace 8-20F
Attract 8-20F
Brick Break 8-20F
Bullet Seed 8-20F
Calm Mind 8-20F
Dig 8-20F
Earthquake 8-20F
Facade 8-20F
Fire Blast 8-20F
Flamethrower 8-20F
Focus Punch 8-20F
Frustration 8-20F
Giga Drain 8-20F
Hidden Power 8-20F
Ice Beam 8-20F
Light Screen 8-20F
Psychic 8-20F
Reflect 8-20F
Rest 8-20F
Return 8-20F
Roar 8-20F
Safeguard 8-20F
Secret Power 8-20F
Shadow Ball 8-20F
Shock Wave 8-20F
Solarbeam 8-20F
Taunt 8-20F
Thief 8-20F
Thunderbolt 8-20F
Torment 8-20F
Toxic 8-20F
Blowback Orb 8-20F
Escape Orb 8-20F
Evasion Orb 8-20F
Hurl Orb 8-20F
Petrify Orb 8-20F
Pounce Orb 8-20F
Radar Orb 8-20F
Rebound Orb 8-20F
Rollcall Orb 8-20F
Scanner Orb 8-20F
Switcher Orb 8-20F
Trawl Orb 8-20F
Warp Orb 8-20F

Buried items

Item Floors
Gold Ribbon 1F
3-4 Gravelerock 1F
Silver Spike 1F
File:MDBag Banana TDS Sprite.png Banana 1F
Joy Seed 1F
Life Seed 1F
Sitrus Berry 1F
File:MDBag Health drink TDS Sprite.png Calcium 1F
File:MDBag Health drink TDS Sprite.png Ginseng 1F
File:MDBag Health drink TDS Sprite.png Iron 1F
File:MDBag Health drink TDS Sprite.png Protein 1F
File:MDBag Health drink TDS Sprite.png Zinc 1F
Huge Apple 1F
Black Gummi 1F
Blue Gummi 1F
Brown Gummi 1F
Clear Gummi 1F
Gold Gummi 1F
Grass Gummi 1F
Gray Gummi 1F
Green Gummi 1F
Orange Gummi 1F
Pink Gummi 1F
Purple Gummi 1F
Red Gummi 1F
Royal Gummi 1F
Silver Gummi 1F
Sky Gummi 1F
White Gummi 1F
Yellow Gummi 1F
Cleanse Orb 1F
Decoy Orb 1F
Drought Orb 1F
Escape Orb 1F
Evasion Orb 1F
Fill-In Orb 1F
Hail Orb 1F
Hurl Orb 1F
Identify Orb 1F
Invisify Orb 1F
Itemizer Orb 1F
Lob Orb 1F
Longtoss Orb 1F
Luminous Orb 1F
Mobile Orb 1F
Mug Orb 1F
One-Room Orb 1F
One-Shot Orb 1F
Petrify Orb 1F
Pierce Orb 1F
Pounce Orb 1F
Quick Orb 1F
Radar Orb 1F
Rainy Orb 1F
Rebound Orb 1F
Rocky Orb 1F
Rollcall Orb 1F
Sandy Orb 1F
Scanner Orb 1F
See-Trap Orb 1F
Shocker Orb 1F
Silence Orb 1F
Sizebust Orb 1F
Slow Orb 1F
Slumber Orb 1F
Snatch Orb 1F
Stairs Orb 1F
Stayaway Orb 1F
Sunny Orb 1F
Switcher Orb 1F
Totter Orb 1F
Transfer Orb 1F
Trapbust Orb 1F
Trapper Orb 1F
Trawl Orb 1F
Two-Edge Orb 1F
Warp Orb 1F

Layout

Entrance
 

In the anime

Magma Cavern in the anime

Magma Cavern briefly appeared in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters Out of the Gate!. Snubbull informed the Whiscash Elder at the Whiscash Pond that Team A.C.T. had left on a mission to save a Plusle and a Minun there.

In the manga

Magma Cavern in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team

In the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team manga

Magma Cavern was the location where Ginji and Mudkip headed in order to meet Ninetales and find out if Ginji was truly the cursed human causing natural disasters. They finally reached the Magma Cavern in Why I Became a Pokémon. The Answer Finally Revealed!!, but were surprised by the arrival of Team A.C.T., who had arrived to take Mudkip away. Refusing to be taken away, Ginji and Mudkip engaged in a battle against the Gold Rank team, but soon Ninetales arrived, halting the fight. Ninetales then revealed that the real cursed human being was actually Gengar, whose appearance in the Pokémon world was resulting in Groudon's awakening, thus causing all the natural disasters that had happened recently.

In Tears and Emotions - It's the Final Chapter!, Groudon was completely awakened. Gengar revealed that he intended to have Groudon destroy the entire Pokémon world, as it was the cause of his current state. Groudon, however, didn't listen to him, and almost crushed him under falling rocks, only to be saved by Mudkip. All of Ginji's friends from the Pokémon Square, as well as the Absol he and Mudkip had met at the Frosty Forest, arrived to their help. Thanks to Gengar, who had finally realized the error of his ways, distracting Groudon with his Double-Edge, everybody got a chance to attack Groudon together, successfully defeating the Continent Pokémon and saving the Pokémon world.

In other languages

Magma Cavern

Language Title
French Mine Magma
German Magmahöhle
Italian Caverna Magma
Korean 마그마 지하 Magma Jiha
Spanish Caverna Magma

Magma Cavern Pit

Language Title
French Mine Magma - FondRTDX
Mine Magma-FondRB
German Magmahöhlentiefe
Italian Antro Magma
Korean 마그마 지하 최하층 Magma Jiha Choehacheung
Spanish Sima Magma


Locations in the Pokémon world in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team, Blue Rescue Team, and Rescue Team DX
Major locations
Friend Areas/Rescue team campsTeam BasePokémon SquareKecleon Shop
Kangaskhan StorageMakuhita DojoWhiscash PondLuminous CaveHill of the Ancients
Dungeons
Tiny WoodsThunderwave CaveMt. SteelSinister WoodsSilent Chasm
Mt. ThunderGreat CanyonLapis CaveRock PathMt. BlazeSnow Path
Frosty ForestMt. FreezeMagma CavernSky TowerUproar Forest
Howling ForestStormy SeaSilver TrenchMeteor CaveFiery Field
Lightning FieldNorthwind FieldMt. FarawayWestern CaveNorthern Range
Pitfall ValleyBuried RelicWish CaveMurky CaveDesert Region
Southern CavernWyvern HillSolar CaveDarknight RelicGrand Sea
Waterfall PondUnown RelicJoyous TowerFar-Off SeaPurity Forest
Oddity CaveRemains IslandMarvelous SeaFantasy Strait
Unknown DungeonRB
Illusory GrottoRTDX


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