Meteor Cave

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Meteor Cave 隕石の洞窟 Meteorite Cave

Basic info Floors: 20 Rest stops: No Traps: Yes Monster Houses: NoRB YesRTDX Main type: Psychic Boss: Deoxys

Allowances Recruiting: Yes* Items: 3RB AllowedRTDX Money: Allowed Starting level: Current Team members: 1RB 3RTDX

Location

Meteor Cave (Japanese: 隕石の洞窟 Meteorite Cave) 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 home to Deoxys.

Meteor Cave was created when rocks from the destroyed meteor crashed into a mountain. The morning after Lugia is defeated in Silver Trench, Blastoise reports discovering the cave to Xatu, who then gives the cave its name. The partner then suggests the rescue team investigates it.

Gameplay

Generation III

In the original games, only the leader is allowed to enter, and only money is found in the dungeon. A maximum of three items may be carried into the dungeon at once. However, this does not include the player's held item. One random Deoxys form is created on every floor when the leader enters: Attack, Speed, or Defense. The random Deoxys must be defeated to unlock the stairs down. The Normal Deoxys is on the 20th floor, and it is the only one that can be recruited. After Deoxys is recruited, the player gains access to the Enclosed Island Friend Area, of which Deoxys is the only inhabitant.

Floors 1-5 are shrouded in darkness, limiting field of view to 2 tiles in hallways, while floors 6-19 are shrouded in heavy darkness, limiting field of view to just 1 tile in hallways.

Generation VIII

In the remake, up to 3 Pokémon can enter the dungeon, and there are no restrictions on items brought in the dungeon. Rescue is not available in the case of defeat in this dungeon. The Normal Deoxys, that spawns on every floor in the room containing the stairs, must be defeated in order to unlock the stairs down. In addition, multiple random Deoxys forms spawn as mirages on every floor to attack the player: Attack, Speed, or Defense. Monster Houses that spawn will contain these mirage forms.

On the 20th floor, Normal Deoxys appears as a boss, and is surrounded by 3 mirages, one of each of its other forms. If the mirages are defeated, 3 more appear within the following turn. Upon beating Normal Deoxys, Deoxys is recruited and the player gains access to the Enclosed Island Rescue Team Camp.

After clearing Meteor Cave for the first time, the stairs will no longer be sealed and Normal Deoxys no longer spawns.

Pokémon encountered

Generation III

Pokémon		Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
	Deoxys Attack Forme	1-19	35	Unrecruitable
	Deoxys Defense Forme	1-19	35	Unrecruitable
	Deoxys Speed Forme	1-19	35	Unrecruitable
	Deoxys Normal Forme	20	35	-10% Boss

Generation VIII

Pokémon		Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
	Deoxys Normal Forme	1-19	55	Unrecruitable
	Deoxys Attack Forme	1-19	55	Unrecruitable
	Deoxys Defense Forme	1-19	55	Unrecruitable
	Deoxys Speed Forme	1-19	55	Unrecruitable
	Deoxys Normal Forme	20	55	100% Boss

Items

Generation III

Item		Floors
	4-226 Poké	1-19F

Generation VIII

Meteor Cave

Item		Floors
	50-190 Poké	1-19F
	Cover Band	1-19F
	Efficient Bandanna	1-19F
	Heal Ribbon	1-19F
	Joy Ribbon	1-19F
	Nullify Bandanna	1-19F
	Persim Band	1-19F
	Recovery Scarf	1-19F
	Weather Band	1-19F
	Insomniscope	1-19F
	Scope Lens	1-19F
	X-Ray Specs	1-19F
	Apple	1-19F
	Cheri Berry	1-19F
	Chesto Berry	1-19F
	Oran Berry	1-19F
	Pecha Berry	1-19F
	Rawst Berry	1-19F
	Blast Seed	1-19F
	Empowerment Seed	1-19F
	Eyedrop Seed	1-19F
	Sleep Seed	1-19F
	Stun Seed	1-19F
	Tiny Reviver Seed	1-19F
	Totter Seed	1-19F
	Training Seed	1-19F
	Warp Seed	1-19F
	Max Ether	1-19F
	Max Elixir	1-19F

Sparkling Floor

Item		Floors
	Deluxe Ribbon	1-19F
	Sitrus Berry	1-19F
	Heal Seed	1-19F
	Life Seed	1-19F
	Reviver Seed	1-19F
	Calcium	1-19F
	Carbos	1-19F
	Iron	1-19F
	Protein	1-19F
	Zinc	1-19F

Monster House

Item		Floors
	55-149 Poké	1-19F
	Persim Band	1-19F
	Apple	1-19F
	Oran Berry	1-19F
	Pecha Berry	1-19F
	Blast Seed	1-19F
	Empowerment Seed	1-19F
	Tiny Reviver Seed	1-19F
	Training Seed	1-19F
	Warp Seed	1-19F
	Max Ether	1-19F
	Max Elixir	1-19F

Traps encountered

This article is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this article to add missing information and complete it. Reason: Trap information for Generation VIII

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Generation III

Note: The % are approximations.

Image	Trap	Floor 1-9	Floor 10-19
	Explosion Trap	5.64%	5.03%
	Grimy Trap	8.06%	7.20%
	Gust Trap	4.03%	3.59%
	Mud Trap	24.19%	21.58%
	Pitfall Trap	—	3.59%
	PP-Zero Trap	8.07%	7.20%
	Pokémon Trap*	8.06%	7.19%
	Seal Trap	8.07%	7.20%
	Selfdestruct Trap	2.42%	2.16%
	Slow Trap	4.03%	3.59%
	Slumber Trap	4.03%	3.60%
	Spin Trap	7.26%	6.48%
	Sticky Trap	8.07%	14.39%
	Warp Trap	8.07%	7.20%

Bosses

Generation VIII

Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Pressure Held item: None Deoxys Lv.55 HP: 1279 Cosmic Power Psychic Status   --       Calm Mind Psychic Status   --       Teleport Psychic Status   --       Recover Normal Status   --	Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Pressure Held item: None Deoxys Lv.55 HP: 155 Psycho Boost Psychic Special   --       Hyper Beam Normal Special   --       Zap Cannon Electric Special   --       Curse Unknown Status   --
Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Pressure Held item: None Deoxys Lv.55 HP: 155 Protect Normal Status   --       Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical   --       Counter Fighting Status   --       Light Screen Psychic Status   --	Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Pressure Held item: None Deoxys Lv.55 HP: 155 Agility Psychic Status   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Extreme Speed Normal Physical   --       Night Shade Ghost Special   --

Layout

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Trivia

• If a mirage Deoxys is recruited through means of a cheating device, then the game will immediately crash after accepting the mirage into the party.
• In Rescue Team DX, it is the only dungeon in the game where rescue is unavailable under any circumstance.

In other languages

Language Title French Grotte Météore German MeteoritenhöhleRTDX MeteorhöhleRB Italian Grotta Meteora Korean 운석의 동굴 Unseog-ui Donggul Spanish Cueva Meteora

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