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かげろうのさばく
Shimmer Desert
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Allowances
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Yes
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Allowed
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Allowed
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Current
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4
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Location
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Shimmer Desert (Japanese: かげろうのさばく Shimmer Desert) is a dungeon in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky located in the Arid Area. Groudon guards the Terra Cymbal at Shimmer Desert Pit (Japanese: かげろうのさばく おくち).
Password
In Explorers of Time and Darkness, Wonder Mail password is the only way to unlock this dungeon; in Explorers of Sky, it can be unlocked via Spinda's Café. Once the player has cleared Crevice Cave and obtained Secret Rank, the following codes can unlock this dungeon.
Gameplay
The jobs are ranked E, ★2, ★3 or ★4 by default, depending on the floor.
The following floor layouts are used in this dungeon:
- Large-sized on floors 1, 2, 3, 5, and 7, with maximum amount of rooms being 8, 9, 10, 13, and 13, respectively.
- Floors 8 and 9 have hallways in center with rooms on the edge.
- Floors 4 and 6 have hallways on the edges with rooms in center.
There are 2-5 items on the ground and 6-9 items buried in the walls. There's 2-3 starting enemies on floors 1 and 2, 2-4 on floors 3 through 6, and 4-6 on floors 7 through 9.
The IQ Booster activates on every even floor. Turn limit is 1000. Enemies in the dungeon have 331IQ, while Groudon has 600IQ, granting it access to many skills.
Floors 1 and 6 have sunny weather, while floors 3 and 9 have sandstorms.
Like other Seven Treasures dungeons other than Sky Stairway, stat boosting items and Lost Loot are buried in the walls (in contrast to most dungeons which only have Poké).
Pokémon encountered
Shimmer Desert
Shimmer Desert Pit
Items
Ground
Monster House
Buried items
Traps
The game will spawn 6 to 12 of these on each floor and extra in a Monster House.
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Trap
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Appearance %
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Chestnut Trap
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4.55%
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Explosion Trap
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4.54%
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Grimy Trap
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4.54%
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Gust Trap
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4.55%
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Mud Trap
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4.55%
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Poison Trap
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4.54%
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Pokémon Trap
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4.54%
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PP-Zero Trap
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9.09%
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Seal Trap
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9.10%
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Selfdestruct Trap
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13.64%
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Slow Trap
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4.54%
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Slumber Trap
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4.55%
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Spin Trap
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4.54%
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Sticky Trap
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9.09%
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Summon Trap
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4.55%
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Trip Trap
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4.55%
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Warp Trap
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4.54%
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Other encounters
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Encounter
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1-7F, 9F
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8F
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Monster House
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6%
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50%
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Layout
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In other languages
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Shimmer Desert
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Shimmer Desert Pit
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