Oddity Cave

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Oddity Cave 異変の洞窟 Accidental Cave

Basic info Floors: 15RB 8RTDX Rest stops: No Traps: Yes Monster Houses: No Main type: FireRB Poison, NoneRTDX Boss: None

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

Location

Oddity Cave (Japanese: 異変の洞窟 Accidental Cave) is a dungeon in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX that contains 15^RB/8^RTDX floors.

In the original games, it cannot be accessed by normal means in the game and is only available through a Nintendo Event, using the Wonder Mail Code: ??MS CJ(...)? 44?P MF?8 7J6R (...)M?1. The Pokémon found in this dungeon are also found in Mt. Thunder, Frosty Forest, and Mt. Blaze. In the remake, it is unlocked after completing Mt. Steel.

Gameplay

Generation III

Darkness shrouds floors 6-10, limiting field of view in hallways to 2 tiles. Additionally, the default weather is Snow on floors 14 and 15.

Pokémon encountered

Generation III

Pokémon		Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
	Ditto	1-15	25	6.8%
	Weedle	1-4	8	11.4%
	Beedrill	1-4	10	Unrecruitable
	Nidoran♂	1-4	12	12.6%
	Electrike	1-4	12	7.8%
	Cacnea	1-4	13	7.2%
	Electabuzz	4-5	12	Unrecruitable
	Pidgeotto	5	11	-19%
	Ampharos	5	13	Unrecruitable
	Numel	6	14	8.1%
	Shuckle	6-9	15	6.9%
	Slugma	6-10	16	11.4%
	Torkoal	7-10	15	8.1%
	Rapidash	8-10	16	Unrecruitable
	Piloswine	11	16	Unrecruitable
	Nosepass	11-12	16	7.4%
	Mightyena	13-15	17	Unrecruitable
	Lairon	13-15	17	-19%
	Snorunt	14-15	20	7.5%

Generation VIII

Pokémon		Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
	Weedle	1-2	10	14.4%
	Pidgey	1-2	10	14.4%
	Rattata	1-2	10	14.4%
	Nidoran♀	1-2	10	14.4%
	Nidoran♂	1-2	10	10.8%
	Clefairy	1-2	10	6.4%
	Zubat	1-2	10	10.8%
	Oddish	3-4	10	14.4%
	Paras	3-4	10	14.4%
	Poliwag	3-4	10	14.4%
	Ponyta	3-4	10	6.4%
	Doduo	3-4	10	10.8%
	Seel	4	10	10.8%
	Grimer	4	10	10.8%
	Gastly	5-6	10	10.8%
	Voltorb	5-6	10	8.2%%
	Exeggcute	5-6	10	14.4%
	Hitmonlee	5-6	20	8.2%
	Lickitung	5-6	10	6.4%
	Onix	5-8	12	10.8%
	Tangela	7-8	10	10.8%
	Mr. Mime	7-8	10	8.2%
	Pinsir	7-8	10	14.4%
	Sentret	7-8	10	14.4%
	Ledyba	7-8	10	14.4%
Fainted Pokémon
	Sentret	2-7	12	100%
	Spinarak	2-7	12	100%
	Corsola	2-7	12	100%
	Houndour	2-7	14	100%
	Trapinch	2-7	12	100%
	Barboach	2-7	12	100%

Items

Generation III

Oddity Cave

Item		Floors
	4-74 Poké	1-15F
	Def. Scarf	1-15F
	Power Band	1-15F
	Special Band	1-15F
	Zinc Band	1-15F
	Cheri Berry	1-15F
	Oran Berry	1-15F
	Pecha Berry	1-15F
	Rawst Berry	1-15F
	Gravelerock	1-15F
	Blast Seed	1-15F
	Heal Seed	1-15F
	Max Elixir	1-15F
	Apple	1-15F
	Blue Gummi	1-15F
	Brown Gummi	1-15F
	Gold Gummi	1-15F
	Gray Gummi	1-15F
	Orange Gummi	1-15F
	Purple Gummi	1-15F
	Red Gummi	1-15F
	Royal Gummi	1-15F
	White Gummi	1-15F
	Yellow Gummi	1-15F
	Blowback Orb	1-15F
	Cleanse Orb	1-15F
	Escape Orb	1-15F
	Evasion Orb	1-15F
	Hurl Orb	1-15F
	Petrify Orb	1-15F
	Pounce Orb	1-15F
	Radar Orb	1-15F
	Rebound Orb	1-15F
	Rollcall Orb	1-15F
	Scanner Orb	1-15F
	Switcher Orb	1-15F
	Trapbust Orb	1-15F
	Trawl Orb	1-15F
	Warp Orb	1-15F

Kecleon Shop

Item		Floors
	Gravelerock	6-10F
	Iron Thorn	6-10F
	Silver Spike	6-10F
	Big Apple	6-10F
	Cheri Berry	6-10F
	Pecha Berry	6-10F
	Oran Berry	6-10F
	Rawst Berry	6-10F
	Reviver Seed	6-10F
	Max Elixir	6-10F
	Def. Scarf	6-10F
	Dodge Scarf	6-10F
	Heal Ribbon	6-10F
	Pass Scarf	6-10F
	Patsy Band	6-10F
	Persim Band	6-10F
	Stamina Band	6-10F
	Twist Band	6-10F
	Weather Band	6-10F
	Zinc Band	6-10F
	Scope Lens	6-10F
	Blowback Orb	6-10F
	Lob Orb	6-10F
	Hurl Orb	6-10F
	Petrify Orb	6-10F
	Pounce Orb	6-10F
	Switcher Orb	6-10F
	Stayaway Orb	6-10F
	Warp Orb	6-10F

Generation VIII

Oddity Cave

Item		Floors
	10-60 Poké	1-8F
	Apple	1-8F
	Cheri Berry	1-8F
	Oran Berry	1-8F
	Pecha Berry	1-8F
	Rawst Berry	1-8F
	Blast Seed	1-8F
	Sleep Seed	1-8F
	Tiny Reviver Seed	1-8F
	Max Ether	1-8F
	2-4 Confuse Wand	1-8F
	2-4 Petrify Wand	1-8F
	3-5 Slow Wand	1-8F
	3-4 Slumber Wand	1-8F
	2-3 Tunnel Wand	1-8F

Sparkling Floor

Item		Floors
	Gold Ribbon	1-8F
	Sitrus Berry	1-8F
	Life Seed	1-8F
	Max Elixir	1-8F
	Carbos	1-8F
	Iron	1-8F
	Protein	1-8F
	Zinc	1-8F

Kecleon Shop

Item		Floors
	Apple	1-8F
	Cheri Berry	1-8F
	Oran Berry	1-8F
	Pecha Berry	1-8F
	Rawst Berry	1-8F
	Blast Seed	1-8F
	Sleep Seed	1-8F
	Tiny Reviver Seed	1-8F
	Max Ether	1-8F
	All Power-Up Orb	1-8F
	Foe-Hold Orb	1-8F
	Slumber Orb	1-8F
	Totter Orb	1-8F
	Wigglytuff Orb	1-8F

Traps encountered

Generation III

Note: The % are approximations.

Image	Trap	Floor 1-15
	Chestnut Trap	5.95%
	Explosion Trap	2.38%
	Grimy Trap	5.95%
	Gust Trap	2.98%
	Mud Trap	2.98%
	Poison Trap	5.96%
	Pokémon Trap	5.95%
	PP-Zero Trap	5.96%
	Seal Trap	2.97%
	Selfdestruct Trap	1.78%
	Slow Trap	5.95%
	Slumber Trap	6.15%
	Spin Trap	5.35%
	Sticky Trap	2.97%
	Summon Trap	5.96%
	Warp Trap	5.95%

Generation VIII

Note: The percentages are calculated from trap frequencies observed across 15 dungeon runs involving a total of 284 traps. Confidence intervals are given at a 95% confidence level.

Image	Trap	Floor 1-8
	Blast Trap	25.0 ± 6.7 %
	Slumber Trap	33.5 ± 4.9 %
	Spiky Trap	20.8 ± 7.1 %
	Spin Trap	20.8 ± 5.2 %

Other encounters

Generation III

Image	Tile	Floor 1-5, 11-15	Floor 6	Floor 7-10
	Wonder Tile	23.81%
	Kecleon Shop	0%	6%	7%

Layout

Interior

Trivia

• In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX, the background music of this dungeon (along with parts of Purity Forest) is a medley of dungeon themes from Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity: Great Glacier, Tyrian Maze, Hazy Pass, Daybreak Ridge, Forest of Shadows, and Ragged Mountain.

In other languages

Language Title French Grotte Périls German Seltsamhöhle Italian Grotta Varietà Korean 이변의 동굴 Ibyeon-yi Donggul Spanish Cueva Curiosa

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