Desert Region

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Desert Region 砂漠地帯 Desert Area

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

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

Location

Desert Region (Japanese: 砂漠地帯 Desert Area) 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 automatically unlocked on purchasing the Furnace Desert^RB/Withering Desert^RTDX Rescue team camp.

Gameplay

Sandstorms are very common in this dungeon.

Generation III

In the original games, keys can be found here, on floors 19 and 20. Additionally, sandstorm is the default weather on floors 3, 6, 8, 9, 12, 14, 15 and 18

Generation VIII

In the remake, 20 Golden Fossils, 20 Golden Spikes, and a Deluxe Box can be found on 20F.

Pokémon encountered

Generation III

Pokémon		Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
	Sandshrew	1-6	30	10.4%
	Shedinja	1-6	5	Unrecruitable
	Nosepass	1-6	31	7.4%
	Trapinch	1-11	35	8.3%
	Hitmontop	7-13	30	Unrecruitable
	Nidoqueen	7-14	33	Unrecruitable
	Baltoy	12-20	35	5.6%
	Sandslash	15-20	35	Unrecruitable
	Gligar	15-20	12	8.5%
	Dusclops	15-20	33	Unrecruitable

Generation VIII

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

Pokémon		Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
	Sandshrew	1-6	35	10.8%
	Shedinja	1-6	35	-25.0%
	Nosepass	1-6	35	10.8%
	Trapinch	1-11	35	14.4%
	Hitmontop	7-13	35	8.2%
	Nidoqueen	7-14	35	10.8%
	Baltoy	12-19	35	14.4%
	Sandslash	15-19	35	10.8%
	Gligar	15-19	35	10.8%
	Dusclops	15-19	37	10.8%
Fainted Pokémon
	Spearow	2-19	37	100%
	Diglett	2-19	37	100%
	Meowth	2-19	37	100%
	Doduo	2-19	39	100%
	Seaking	2-19	39	100%
	Wooper	2-19	37	100%
	Wurmple	2-19	37	100%
	Cascoon	2-19	37	100%
	Shelgon	2-19	37	100%
	Chingling	2-19	39	100%
Mystery House
	Delibird	2-19	35	100%
Strong Foe
	Sudowoodo	5-13, 15-19	60	Unrecruitable -6.4%
Shiny Sudowoodo can only be recruited with a Friend Bow.

Items

Generation III

Desert Region

Item		Floors
	6-226 Poké	1-20F
	Gold Ribbon	1-20F
	Heal Ribbon	1-20F
	Pecha Scarf	1-20F
	Power Band	1-20F
	Stamina Band	1-20F
	Insomniscope	1-20F
	3-4 Gravelerock	1-20F
	Key	19-20F
	Aerial Ace	1-20F
	Attract	1-20F
	Brick Break	1-20F
	Bullet Seed	1-20F
	Calm Mind	1-20F
	Dig	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

Monster House

Item		Floors
	6-226 Poké	1-20F
	Aerial Ace	1-20F
	Attract	1-20F
	Brick Break	1-20F
	Bullet Seed	1-20F
	Calm Mind	1-20F
	Dig	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
	Trawl Orb	1-20F
	Warp Orb	1-20F

Kecleon Shop

Item		Floors
	Apple	1-20F
	Gray Gummi	1-20F
	Silver Gummi	1-20F

Desert Region

This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it. Reason: needs floor numbers and items

Item		Floors
	50-156 Poké	1-19F
	Efficient Bandanna	3, 5, 18F
	Heal Ribbon	15F
	Joy Ribbon	10F
	Nullify Bandanna	8F
	Pecha Scarf	13, 19F
	Persim Band	5, 9, 14-15F
	Recovery Scarf	5F
	Weather Band	2F
	Goggle Specs	1, 8F
	Insomniscope	10F
	Scope Lens	11F
	X-Ray Specs	5F
	3-6 Geo Pebble	1-16, 19F
	5-6 Iron Spike	1-4, 7-9, 12-14, 18-19F
	Grimy Food	1-3, 7, 11-12, 15, 19F
	Cheri Berry	7-8, 11-12F
	Chesto Berry	8F
	Oran Berry	2, 4-11, 13-15, 17-19F
	Pecha Berry	3, 6-7, 14, 16, 18F
	Rawst Berry	1-2, 15, 18F
	Blast Seed	7, 16F
	Empowerment Seed	10, 17F
	Eyedrop Seed	1, 5, 8-9, 18F
	Sleep Seed	2-3, 8, 13-17F
	Stun Seed	7F
	Tiny Reviver Seed	5, 13, 16F
	Totter Seed	2, 4, 16F
	Warp Seed	4, 6, 18F
	Max Elixir	15-16, 18F
	Max Ether	1, 3-7, 9-10, 12-15, 17-19F
	3 HP-Swap Wand	19F
	2 Petrify Wand	10F
	6 Pounce Wand	4F
	4 Slow Wand	1F
	2-3 Slumber Wand	1, 8F
	3-4 Stayaway Wand	2, 7, 17F
	3-5 Surround Wand	8, 13F
	4 Tunnel Wand	8F
	4 Two-Edged Wand	1F
	5 Whirlwind Wand	9F
Treasure room
	20 Golden Fossil	20F
	20 Golden Spike	20F
	1 Deluxe Box	20F

Sparkling Floor

Item		Floors
	Deluxe Ribbon	1, 6-7, 19F
	Gold Ribbon	8F
	Sitrus Berry	4, 6, 10, 17F
	Heal Seed	9F
	Joy Seed	11F
	Life Seed	6-7, 14F
	Reviver Seed	6, 10, 14-15F
	Calcium	5, 7, 12F
	Carbos	2, 5-7, 10, 12F
	Iron	2, 5F
	Protein	3, 5-6, 15F
	Zinc	8, 19F

Kecleon Shop

Item		Floors
	Efficient Bandanna	16F
	Prosper Ribbon	5F
	3-5 Geo Pebble	3, 17F
	5 Iron Spike	5F
	Big Apple	3, 5-6, 16-17F
	Chesto Berry	3, 17F
	Pecha Berry	6F
	Rawst Berry	6F
	Ban Seed	17F
	Decoy Seed	17F
	Max Elixir	5-6F
	Wigglytuff Orb	6F
	Evolution Crystal	5F
	Echoed Voice TM	6F
	Flame Charge TM	5F
	Protect TM	5F
	Thief TM	3F
	Evasion Orb	6F
	Weather Lock Orb	16F
	Wigglytuff Orb	6F
	4-5 Guiding Wand	3F
	3 Slow Wand	6F
	4 Stayaway Wand	6F
	3 Surround Wand	6F

Monster House

Item		Floors
	50-124 Poké	3, 6, 10F
	Efficient Bandanna	15F
	Scope Lens	10F
	4-5 Geo Pebble	6, 9-10F
	5-6 Iron Spike	3, 9-10F
	Grimy Food	9-10F
	Chesto Berry	10, 15F
	Oran Berry	3, 9, 13F
	Pecha Berry	6, 9-10F
	Eyedrop Seed	6, 9, 13F
	Sleep Seed	9-10F
	Tiny Reviver Seed	6, 9F
	Totter Seed	9F
	Max Elixir	6, 10F
	Max Ether	6, 10, 15F
	6 Pounce Wand	6F
	3 Stayaway Wand	6F
	3 Whirlwind Wand	6F

Traps encountered

Generation III

Note: The % are approximations.

Image	Trap	Floor 1-20
	Explosion Trap	18.18%
	Grimy Trap	9.09%
	Mud Trap	9.09%
	PP-Zero Trap	9.09%
	Seal Trap	9.10%
	Selfdestruct Trap	18.18%
	Slow Trap	9.09%
	Sticky Trap	9.09%
	Warp Trap	9.09%

Generation VIII

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

Note: The % are rough estimates.

Image	Trap	Floor 1-12
	Blast Trap	? %
	Grimy Trap	? %
	Gust Trap	? %
	Hunger Trap	? %
	Pokémon Trap	? %
	PP Leech Trap	? %
	Seal Trap	? %
	Spiky Trap	? %
	Warp Trap	? %

Other encounters

Generation III

Image	Tile	Floor 1-20
	Kecleon Carpet	6%
	Monster House	3%

Layout

Interior

In other languages

Language Title French Erg Sans Fin German Wüstenregion Italian Regione Arida Korean 사막 지대 Samak Jidae Spanish Gran Desierto

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