Crystal Cave

This article is about the dungeon in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky. For the location in Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia, see Crysta Cave.

Crystal Cave	すいしょうのどうくつ Crystal Cave

	Basic info
Floors:		11
Rest stops:		No
Traps:		Yes
Monster Houses:		Yes
Main type:		Ground
Boss:		None

	Allowances
Recruiting:		Yes
Items:		48
Money:		Allowed
Starting level:		Current
Team members:		4

		Location
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Crystal Cave (Japanese: すいしょうのどうくつ Crystal Cave) is a dungeon in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky. It has 11 floors. It is unlocked the day after the player beats the boss in Quicksand Cave. After clearing the dungeon initially, it cannot be revisited until after the credits.

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

After the 11th floor, players must solve a puzzle to get to Crystal Crossing. To solve the puzzle, the player must turn all the crystals blue. After clearing the dungeon on subsequent visits, the player can choose to continue exploring in Crystal Crossing. If the player tries to enter the dungeon while Dusknoir has set a trap for Grovyle, the partner will tell the hero they should not enter as to not ruin the plan to capture Grovyle.

	Spoilers end here.

Gameplay

The jobs here are ranked E, S, A and ★1 by default, depending on the floor.

All floors are large with 4-10 rooms. The game will spawn 1-4 items on floors 1 through 5, and 2-5 on floors 6 through 11. There's usually 2-3 starting enemies on floors 1 through 6, and 2-4 on floors 7 through 11.

The IQ Booster activates on odd floors past the 1st one. The turn limit is 1000. The enemies in this dungeon have 26IQ, granting them Status Checker IQ skill. There is water on floors 6, 8, 10 and 11. There is light darkness in the dungeon.

Floors 6 through 11 use the alternate tileset, with pink walls instead of purple walls.

Pokémon encountered

Pokémon		Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
	Graveler	1-6	24-25	0.5%
	Seviper	1-7	24-25	6.4%
	Beldum	1-7	22-23	6.4%
	Wormadam Sandy Cloak	1-11	26-28	8.2%
	Riolu	4-8 ^TS	26-27	8.2%
	Cranidos	5-9	25-26	8.2%
	Donphan	6-11	25-26	0.5%
	Shieldon	7-11	26-27	8.2%
	Golem	8-11	27-28	0.5%
In Explorers of Sky, Riolu and Donphan will appear only after graduation.

Items

Ground

Item		Floors
	2-120^TD/150^S Poké	B1-B11F
	^D^S Insomniscope	B1-B11F
	^D^S Scope Lens	B1-B11F
	^T^S Defense Scarf	B1-B11F
	^T^S Heal Ribbon	B1-B11F
	^T^S Joy Ribbon	B1-B11F
	Pecha Scarf	B1-B11F
	Persim Band	B1-B11F
	Power Band	B1-B11F
	Special Band	B1-B11F
	^D^S Twist Band	B1-B11F
	^T^S Zinc Band	B1-B11F
	5 Geo Pebble	B1-B11F
	4-5 Iron Thorn	B1-B11F
	^D^S 4 Silver Spike	B1-B11F
	^T 4-5 Stick	B1-B11F
	Apple	B1-B11F
	^T^S Blue Gummi	B1-B11F
	^T^S Brown Gummi	B1-B11F
	^T^S Grass Gummi	B1-B11F
	^T^S Green Gummi	B1-B11F
	^T^S Orange Gummi	B1-B11F
	^T^S Silver Gummi	B1-B11F
	^T^S Sky Gummi	B1-B11F
	^T^S White Gummi	B1-B11F
	^D^S Black Gummi	B1-B11F
	^D^S Clear Gummi	B1-B11F
	^D^S Gold Gummi	B1-B11F
	^D^S Gray Gummi	B1-B11F
	^D^S Pink Gummi	B1-B11F
	^D^S Purple Gummi	B1-B11F
	^D^S Red Gummi	B1-B11F
	^D^S Royal Gummi	B1-B11F
	^D^S Yellow Gummi	B1-B11F
	Cheri Berry	B1-B11F
	Oran Berry	B1-B11F
	^S Oren Berry	B1-B11F
	Pecha Berry	B1-B11F
	Blast Seed	B1-B11F
	^S Dough Seed	B1-B11F
	^S Dropeye Seed	B1-B11F
	Heal Seed	B1-B11F
	Pure Seed	B1-B11F
	^S Reviser Seed	B1-B11F
	Reviver Seed	B1-B11F
	Sleep Seed	B1-B11F
	^S Slip Seed	B1-B11F
	^T^S Stun Seed	B1-B11F
	^S Via Seed	B1-B11F
	^D^S Violent Seed	B1-B11F
	^T^S Warp Seed	B1-B11F
	^D^S X-Eye Seed	B1-B11F
	Max Elixir	B1-B11F
	^S Mix Elixir	B1-B11F
	^D^S Aerial Ace	B1-B11F
	^T^S Attract	B1-B11F
	^D^S Brick Break	B1-B11F
	Brine	B1-B11F
	^T^S Bullet Seed	B1-B11F
	^T^S Calm Mind	B1-B11F
	Dig	B1-B11F
	^D^S Dive	B1-B11F
	^S Dragon Claw	B1-B11F
	Embargo	B1-B11F
	^D^S Energy Ball	B1-B11F
	^D^S Explosion	B1-B11F
	^T^S False Swipe	B1-B11F
	^T^S Flash	B1-B11F
	^D^S Focus Blast	B1-B11F
	^D^S Focus Punch	B1-B11F
	^T^S Giga Drain	B1-B11F
	Giga Impact	B1-B11F
	Hidden Power	B1-B11F
	Hyper Beam	B1-B11F
	^T^S Iron Tail	B1-B11F
	^T^S Light Screen	B1-B11F
	^D^S Natural Gift	B1-B11F
	Payback	B1-B11F
	Poison Jab	B1-B11F
	^D^S Protect	B1-B11F
	^T^S Recycle	B1-B11F
	^T^S Reflect	B1-B11F
	^T^S Rest	B1-B11F
	^T^S Roar	B1-B11F
	^T^S Rock Slide	B1-B11F
	Roost	B1-B11F
	Safeguard	B1-B11F
	^T^S Shadow Claw	B1-B11F
	Shock Wave	B1-B11F
	^T^S SolarBeam	B1-B11F
	Stealth Rock	B1-B11F
	^T^S Steel Wing	B1-B11F
	Swords Dance	B1-B11F
	^D^S Taunt	B1-B11F
	^D^S Thunder Wave	B1-B11F
	Thunderbolt	B1-B11F
	^D^S Torment	B1-B11F
	Vacuum-Cut	B1-B11F
	^D^S Water Pulse	B1-B11F
	^T^S Wide Slash	B1-B11F
	^D^S All-Hit Orb	B1-B11F
	^T^S All-Mach Orb	B1-B11F
	^T^S Blowback Orb	B1-B11F
	^D^S Decoy Orb	B1-B11F
	Escape Orb	B1-B11F
	^T^S Evasion Orb	B1-B11F
	^D^S Foe-Fear Orb	B1-B11F
	^T^S Foe-Hold Orb	B1-B11F
	^D^S Foe-Seal Orb	B1-B11F
	Hurl Orb	B1-B11F
	^T^S Lob Orb	B1-B11F
	^D^S Luminous Orb	B1-B11F
	^T^S One-Shot Orb	B1-B11F
	^T^S Petrify Orb	B1-B11F
	^T^S Rocky Orb	B1-B11F
	Rollcall Orb	B1-B11F
	^T^S Sizebust Orb	B1-B11F
	^D^S Slumber Orb	B1-B11F
	^T^S Spurn Orb	B1-B11F
	^T^S Stayaway Orb	B1-B11F
	^T^S Switcher Orb	B1-B11F
	^D^S Totter Orb	B1-B11F
	^D^S Transfer Orb	B1-B11F
	^T^S Warp Orb	B1-B11F

Kecleon Shop

Item		Floors
	^S Def. Scarf	B3-B11F
	Gold Ribbon	B3-B11F
	^T^S Heal Ribbon	B3-B11F
	Pecha Scarf	B3-B11F
	Persim Band	B3-B11F
	Power Band	B3-B11F
	^T Racket Band	B3-B11F
	^S Special Band	B3-B11F
	Stamina Band	B3-B11F
	^T^S Warp Scarf	B3-B11F
	^S Zinc Band	B3-B11F
	^D^S Insomniscope	B3-B11F
	^D^S Scope Lens	B3-B11F
	Cheri Berry	B3-B11F
	Oran Berry	B3-B11F
	Pecha Berry	B3-B11F
	Rawst Berry	B3-B11F
	Heal Seed	B3-B11F
	^S Hunger Seed	B3-B11F
	Reviver Seed	B3-B11F
	^T^S Vile Seed	B3-B11F
	^D^S Violent Seed	B3-B11F
	Max Elixir	B3-B11F
	Apple	B3-B11F
	Big Apple	B3-B11F
	^T^S Blue Gummi	B3-B11F
	^T^S Brown Gummi	B3-B11F
	^T^S Grass Gummi	B3-B11F
	^T^S Green Gummi	B3-B11F
	^T^S Orange Gummi	B3-B11F
	^T^S Sky Gummi	B3-B11F
	^T^S White Gummi	B3-B11F
	^D^S Black Gummi	B3-B11F
	^D^S Clear Gummi	B3-B11F
	^D^S Gray Gummi	B3-B11F
	^D^S Pink Gummi	B3-B11F
	^D^S Purple Gummi	B3-B11F
	^D^S Red Gummi	B3-B11F
	^D^S Royal Gummi	B3-B11F
	^D^S Yellow Gummi	B3-B11F
	^D^S All-Hit Orb	B3-B11F
	^T^S Blowback Orb	B3-B11F
	Drought Orb	B3-B11F
	^D^S Foe-Fear Orb	B3-B11F
	^S Foe-Hold Orb	B3-B11F
	^D^S Foe-Seal Orb	B3-B11F
	Hurl Orb	B3-B11F
	^T^S Lob Orb	B3-B11F
	^T^S One-Shot Orb	B3-B11F
	^T^S Petrify Orb	B3-B11F
	^T^S Pounce Orb	B3-B11F
	Rollcall Orb	B3-B11F
	^T^S Spurn Orb	B3-B11F
	^T^S Stayaway Orb	B3-B11F
	^T^S Switcher Orb	B3-B11F
	^T^S Warp Orb	B3-B11F
	Link Box	B3-B11F

Monster House

Item		Floors
	2-120^TD/125^S Poké	B3-B11F
	^T^S Blue Gummi	B3-B11F
	^T^S Brown Gummi	B3-B11F
	^T^S Grass Gummi	B3-B11F
	^T^S Green Gummi	B3-B11F
	^T^S Orange Gummi	B3-B11F
	^T^S Silver Gummi	B3-B11F
	^T^S Sky Gummi	B3-B11F
	^T^S White Gummi	B3-B11F
	^D^S Black Gummi	B3-B11F
	^D^S Clear Gummi	B3-B11F
	^D^S Gold Gummi	B3-B11F
	^D^S Gray Gummi	B3-B11F
	^D^S Pink Gummi	B3-B11F
	^D^S Purple Gummi	B3-B11F
	^D^S Red Gummi	B3-B11F
	^D^S Royal Gummi	B3-B11F
	^D^S Yellow Gummi	B3-B11F
	^D^S Aerial Ace	B3-B11F
	^T^S Attract	B3-B11F
	^D^S Brick Break	B3-B11F
	Brine	B3-B11F
	^T^S Bullet Seed	B3-B11F
	^T^S Calm Mind	B3-B11F
	Dig	B3-B11F
	^D^S Dive	B3-B11F
	Embargo	B3-B11F
	^D^S Energy Ball	B3-B11F
	^D^S Explosion	B3-B11F
	^T^S False Swipe	B3-B11F
	^T^S Flash	B3-B11F
	^D^S Focus Blast	B3-B11F
	^D^S Focus Punch	B3-B11F
	^T^S Giga Drain	B3-B11F
	Giga Impact	B3-B11F
	Hidden Power	B3-B11F
	Hyper Beam	B3-B11F
	^T^S Iron Tail	B3-B11F
	^T^S Light Screen	B3-B11F
	^D^S Natural Gift	B3-B11F
	Payback	B3-B11F
	Poison Jab	B3-B11F
	^D^S Protect	B3-B11F
	^T^S Recycle	B3-B11F
	^T^S Reflect	B3-B11F
	^T^S Rest	B3-B11F
	^T^S Roar	B3-B11F
	^T^S Rock Slide	B3-B11F
	Roost	B3-B11F
	Safeguard	B3-B11F
	^T^S Shadow Claw	B3-B11F
	Shock Wave	B3-B11F
	^T^S SolarBeam	B3-B11F
	Stealth Rock	B3-B11F
	^T^S Steel Wing	B3-B11F
	Swords Dance	B3-B11F
	^D^S Taunt	B3-B11F
	^D^S Thunder Wave	B3-B11F
	Thunderbolt	B3-B11F
	^D^S Torment	B3-B11F
	Vacuum-Cut	B3-B11F
	^D^S Water Pulse	B3-B11F
	^T^S Wide Slash	B3-B11F

Hidden Stairs^S

The items are available via Swalot's Grab Bag; however, there is a 50% chance that the item is instead an Oran Berry.

Item		Floors
	Cheri Berry	B3-B11F
	Oran Berry	B3-B11F
	Pecha Berry	B3-B11F
	Rawst Berry	B3-B11F
	Heal Seed	B3-B11F
	Hunger Seed	B3-B11F
	Reviver Seed	B3-B11F
	Violent Seed	B3-B11F
	Vile Seed	B3-B11F
	Max Elixir	B3-B11F
	Black Gummi	B3-B11F
	Brown Gummi	B3-B11F
	Clear Gummi	B3-B11F
	Gray Gummi	B3-B11F
	Green Gummi	B3-B11F
	Grass Gummi	B3-B11F
	Orange Gummi	B3-B11F
	Pink Gummi	B3-B11F
	Purple Gummi	B3-B11F
	Red Gummi	B3-B11F
	Royal Gummi	B3-B11F
	Sky Gummi	B3-B11F
	White Gummi	B3-B11F
	Yellow Gummi	B3-B11F
	Heal Ribbon	B3-B11F
	Gold Ribbon	B3-B11F
	Pecha Scarf	B3-B11F
	Persim Band	B3-B11F
	Power Band	B3-B11F
	Racket Band	B3-B11F
	Stamina Band	B3-B11F
	Warp Scarf	B3-B11F
	Insomniscope	B3-B11F
	Scope Lens	B3-B11F
	All-Mach Orb	B3-B11F
	All-Hit Orb	B3-B11F
	Blowback Orb	B3-B11F
	Drought Orb	B3-B11F
	Foe-Fear Orb	B3-B11F
	Foe-Hold Orb	B3-B11F
	Foe-Seal Orb	B3-B11F
	Hurl Orb	B3-B11F
	Lob Orb	B3-B11F
	One-Shot Orb	B3-B11F
	Petrify Orb	B3-B11F
	Pounce Orb	B3-B11F
	Rollcall Orb	B3-B11F
	Spurn Orb	B3-B11F
	Stayaway Orb	B3-B11F
	Switcher Orb	B3-B11F
	Warp Orb	B3-B11F
	Link Box	B3-B11F

Traps encountered

The game will spawn 2 to 5 of the following tiles.

Image	Trap	Appearance %
	Poison Trap	8.33%^D/7.15%^S
	Slow Trap	12.5%^T/7.14%^S
	Slumber Trap	8.34%^D/7.14%^S
	Spin Trap	8.33%^D/7.14%^S
	Summon Trap	12.5%^T/7.14%^S
	Trip Trap	12.5%^T/8.33%^D/7.14%^S
	Warp Trap	12.5%^T/7.15%^S
	Wonder Tile	50%^T^S/66.67%^D

Other encounters

Encounter	B1-B2F	B3F-B11F
Kecleon Shop	0%	9%
Monster House	0%	5%
Hidden Stairs	0%	25%

Layout

Game	Entrance	Alternate tileset	Exit to Crystal Crossing
Time
Darkness
Sky

In other languages

Language		Title
French		Caverne Cristal
German		Kristallhöhle
Italian		Grotta di cristallo
Korean		수정 동굴 Sujeong Donggul
Spanish		Cueva Cristal

Locations in the Pokémon world in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky
Major locations
Sharpedo Bluff • Treasure Town • Kangaskhan Storage • Kecleon Shop Marowak Dojo • Chimecho Assembly • Wigglytuff's Guild • Croagunk's Swap Shop Beach • Fogbound Lake • Hot Spring • Luminous Spring • Pelipper Island Spinda's Café^S • Shaymin Village^S • Sky Peak^S
Dungeons
Beach Cave • Drenched Bluff • Mt. Bristle • Waterfall Cave • Apple Woods Side Path • Craggy Coast • Rock Path • Mt. Horn • Forest Path Foggy Forest • Steam Cave • Amp Plains • Northern Desert • Quicksand Cave Crystal Cave • Crystal Crossing • Chasm Cave • Dark Hill • Sealed Ruin Dusk Forest • Deep Dusk Forest • Treeshroud Forest • Brine Cave • Hidden Land Temporal Tower • Mystifying Forest • Blizzard Island • Crevice Cave • Surrounded Sea Miracle Sea • Aegis Cave • Mt. Travail • The Nightmare • Spacial Rift Dark Crater • Concealed Ruins • Marine Resort • Bottomless Sea • Shimmer Desert Mt. Avalanche • Giant Volcano • World Abyss • Sky Stairway • Mystery Jungle Serenity River • Landslide Cave • Lush Prairie • Tiny Meadow • Labyrinth Cave Oran Forest • Lake Afar • Happy Outlook • Mt. Mistral • Shimmer Hill Lost Wilderness • Midnight Forest • Zero Isle North • Zero Isle East • Zero Isle West Zero Isle South • Final Maze
Dungeons exclusive to Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky
Zero Isle Center • Destiny Tower • Oblivion Forest • Treacherous Waters • Southeastern Islands • Inferno Cave Star Cave • Sky Peak Mountain Path • Murky Forest • Eastern Cave • Fortune Ravine • Spring Cave Southern Jungle • Boulder Quarry • Left Cave Path • Right Cave Path • Limestone Cavern • Barren Valley Dark Wasteland • Spacial Cliffs • Dark Ice Mountain • Icicle Forest • Vast Ice Mountain Demo only: Little Plains • Mt. Clear • Challenge River • Trial Forest • Guiding Sea • Hidden Shopkeeper Village

This article is part of both Project Locations and Project Sidegames, Bulbapedia projects that, together, aim to write comprehensive articles on the Pokémon Locations and Sidegames, respectively.

Crystal Cave

Contents

Gameplay

Pokémon encountered