Southern Cavern

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Southern Cavern 南の洞穴 Southern Cave

Basic info Floors: 50 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

Southern Cavern (Japanese: 南の洞穴 Southern Cave) is a dungeon in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX that contains 50 floors. It is automatically unlocked on obtaining the Boulder Cave Friend Area^RB / rescue team camp^RTDX from an optional rescue mission, after the completion of the main story.

Gameplay

Generation III

Metal Coat can be found on 49F and 50F. Additionally, all floors are shrouded in darkness, limiting field of view in hallways to 2 tiles.

Generation VIII

The last floor contains 5 Evolution Crystals, 2 Deluxe Boxes, and 1 Focus Blast TM.

Pokémon encountered

Generation III

Pokémon		Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
	Geodude	1-6	27	9.1%
	Diglett	1-7	33	10.9%
	Seedot	1-9	30	11.2%
	Cubone	5-10	28	10.5%
	Nidoking	8-19	30	Unrecruitable
	Phanpy	10-19	31	8.2%
	Vibrava	12-20	30	-19%
	Baltoy	12-22	32	5.6%
	Gligar	15-25	22	8.5%
	Larvitar	16-26	28	12.2%
	Ariados	20-30	27	Unrecruitable
	Dugtrio	20-31	30	Unrecruitable
	Marowak	20-30	24	Unrecruitable
	Graveler	25-36	35	-19%
	Rhyhorn	31-39	30	7.7%
	Flygon	31-39	35	Unrecruitable
	Donphan	31-40	30	Unrecruitable
	Pupitar	37-45	35	-19%
	Golem	40-50	29	-30%
	Onix	40-50	40	9.6%
	Rhydon	40-50	28	Unrecruitable

Generation VIII

Pokémon		Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
	Geodude	1-6	42	14.4%
	Seedot	1-6	42	10.8%
	Diglett	1-7	42	14.4%
	Voltorb	4-8	42	14.4%
	Phanpy	4-12	42	10.8%
	Nidoking	9-19	42	10.8%
	Cubone	10-19	42	8.2%
	Flygon	12-20	45	-2.2%
	Baltoy	12-22	42	14.4%
	Gligar	15-25	42	10.8%
	Larvitar	16-26	42	8.2%
	Rhyhorn	20-30	42	10.8%
	Ariados	20-30	42	10.8%
	Dugtrio	20-31	42	8.2%
	Graveler	25-36	42	10.8%
	Marowak	30-40	42	8.2%
	Vibrava	31-39	42	8.2%
	Donphan	31-40	42	8.2%
	Pupitar	37-45	42	10.8%
	Onix	40-49	42	10.8%
	Golem	40-49	42	10.8%
	Rhydon	40-49	42	-2.2%
Fainted Pokémon
	Oddish	2-49	44	100%
	Primeape	2-49	46	100%
	Poliwhirl	2-49	44	100%
	Machop	2-49	44	100%
	Magnemite	2-49	44	100%
	Magneton	2-49	46	100%
	Kangaskhan	2-49	44	100%
	Horsea	2-49	44	100%
	Omanyte	2-49	44	100%
	Togepi	2-49	44	100%
	Forretress	2-49	44	100%
	Heracross	2-49	46	100%
	Donphan	2-49	46	100%
	Lombre	2-49	44	100%
	Kirlia	2-49	46	100%
	Breloom	2-49	44	100%
	Meditite	2-49	44	100%
	Roselia	2-49	44	100%
	Beldum	2-49	44	100%
	Metang	2-49	46	100%
Mystery House
	Kadabra	2-49	42	100%
	Haunter	2-49	42	100%
	Onix	2-49	42	100%
	Krabby	2-49	42	100%
	Staryu	2-49	42	100%
	Jynx	2-49	42	100%
	Misdreavus	2-49	42	100%
	Wobbuffet	2-49	42	100%
	Dunsparce	2-49	42	100%
	Steelix	2-49	42	100%
	Delibird	2-49	42	100%
	Mawile	2-49	42	100%
	Sharpedo	2-49	42	100%
	Wailord	2-49	42	100%
	Altaria	2-49	42	100%
	Lunatone	2-49	42	100%
	Solrock	2-49	42	100%
	Duskull	2-49	42	100%
	Clamperl	2-49	42	100%
	Honchkrow	2-49	42	100%
Strong Foe
	Shuckle	12-49	60	Unrecruitable -6.4%
Shiny Shuckle can only be recruited with a Friend Bow.

Items

Generation III

Southern Cavern

Item		Floors
	6-226 Poké	1-48F
	Bounce Band	1-48F
	Def. Scarf	1-48F
	Diet Ribbon	1-48F
	Joy Ribbon	1-48F
	No-Stick Cap	1-48F
	Pierce Band	1-48F
	Racket Band	1-48F
	Sneak Scarf	1-48F
	Special Band	1-48F
	Zinc Band	1-48F
	X-Ray Specs	1-48F
	3-4 Gravelerock	1-48F
	Big Apple	1-48F
	Cheri Berry	1-48F
	Oran Berry	1-48F
	Pecha Berry	1-48F
	Heal Seed	1-48F
	Metal Coat	49-50F
	Aerial Ace	1-50F
	Attract	1-50F
	Brick Break	1-50F
	Bullet Seed	1-50F
	Calm Mind	1-50F
	Dig	1-50F
	Earthquake	1-50F
	Facade	1-50F
	Fire Blast	1-50F
	Flamethrower	1-50F
	Focus Punch	1-50F
	Frustration	1-50F
	Giga Drain	1-50F
	Hidden Power	1-50F
	Ice Beam	1-50F
	Light Screen	1-50F
	Psychic	1-50F
	Reflect	1-50F
	Rest	1-50F
	Return	1-50F
	Roar	1-50F
	Safeguard	1-50F
	Secret Power	1-50F
	Shadow Ball	1-50F
	Shock Wave	1-50F
	Solarbeam	1-50F
	Taunt	1-50F
	Thief	1-50F
	Thunderbolt	1-50F
	Torment	1-50F
	Toxic	1-50F
	Blowback Orb	1-48F
	Cleanse Orb	1-48F
	Escape Orb	1-48F
	Evasion Orb	1-48F
	Hurl Orb	1-48F
	Petrify Orb	1-48F
	Pounce Orb	1-48F
	Radar Orb	1-48F
	Rebound Orb	1-48F
	Rollcall Orb	1-48F
	Scanner Orb	1-48F
	Switcher Orb	1-48F
	Trapbust Orb	1-48F
	Trawl Orb	1-48F
	Warp Orb	1-48F

Monster House

Item		Floors
	6-226 Poké	1-50F
	Aerial Ace	1-50F
	Attract	1-50F
	Brick Break	1-50F
	Bullet Seed	1-50F
	Calm Mind	1-50F
	Dig	1-50F
	Earthquake	1-50F
	Facade	1-50F
	Fire Blast	1-50F
	Flamethrower	1-50F
	Focus Punch	1-50F
	Frustration	1-50F
	Giga Drain	1-50F
	Hidden Power	1-50F
	Ice Beam	1-50F
	Light Screen	1-50F
	Psychic	1-50F
	Reflect	1-50F
	Rest	1-50F
	Return	1-50F
	Roar	1-50F
	Safeguard	1-50F
	Secret Power	1-50F
	Shadow Ball	1-50F
	Shock Wave	1-50F
	Solarbeam	1-50F
	Taunt	1-50F
	Thief	1-50F
	Thunderbolt	1-50F
	Torment	1-50F
	Toxic	1-50F
	Blowback Orb	1-50F
	Cleanse Orb	1-50F
	Escape Orb	1-50F
	Evasion Orb	1-50F
	Hurl Orb	1-50F
	Petrify Orb	1-50F
	Pounce Orb	1-50F
	Radar Orb	1-50F
	Rebound Orb	1-50F
	Rollcall Orb	1-50F
	Scanner Orb	1-50F
	Switcher Orb	1-50F
	Trawl Orb	1-50F
	Warp Orb	1-50F

Generation VIII

Southern Cavern

Item		Floors
	50-142 Poké	1-49F
	Efficient Bandanna	1-49F
	Heal Ribbon	1-49F
	Joy Ribbon	1-49F
	Nullify Bandanna	1-49F
	Pecha Scarf	1-49F
	Persim Band	1-49F
	Recovery Scarf	1-49F
	Weather Band	1-49F
	Gold Ribbon	1-49F
	Goggle Specs	1-49F
	Insomniscope	1-49F
	Scope Lens	1-49F
	X-Ray Specs	1-49F
	Apple	1-49F
	Cheri Berry	1-49F
	Chesto Berry	1-49F
	Oran Berry	1-49F
	Pecha Berry	1-49F
	Rawst Berry	1-49F
	Blast Seed	1-49F
	Empowerment Seed	1-49F
	Eyedrop Seed	1-49F
	Sleep Seed	1-49F
	Stun Seed	1-49F
	Tiny Reviver Seed	1-49F
	Totter Seed	1-49F
	Training Seed	1-49F
	Warp Seed	1-49F
	Max Ether	1-49F
	Max Elixir	1-49F
	2-4 Confuse Wand	1-49F
	4-5 Guiding Wand	1-49F
	2-4 HP-Swap Wand	1-49F
	2-4 Petrify Wand	1-49F
	7-8 Pounce Wand	1-49F
	4 Slow Wand	1-49F
	3-4 Slumber Wand	1-49F
	3-4 Stayaway Wand	1-49F
	4-5 Surround Wand	1-49F
	3-5 Switcher Wand	1-49F
	3 Tunnel Wand	1-49F
	3 Two-Edged Wand	1-49F
	3-5 Warp Wand	1-49F
	3 Whirlwind Wand	1-49F
Treasure room
	5 Evolution Crystal	50F
	Focus Blast TM	50F
	2 Deluxe Box	50F

Sparkling Floor

Item		Floors
	Deluxe Ribbon	1-49F
	Gold Ribbon	1-49F
	Sitrus Berry	1-49F
	Heal Seed	1-49F
	Joy Seed	1-49F
	Life Seed	1-49F
	Reviver Seed	1-49F
	Calcium	1-49F
	Carbos	1-49F
	Iron	1-49F
	Protein	1-49F
	Zinc	1-49F

Kecleon Shop

Item		Floors
	Efficient Bandanna	1-49F
	Heal Ribbon	1-49F
	Joy Ribbon	1-49F
	Nullify Bandanna	1-49F
	Pecha Scarf	1-49F
	Persim Band	1-49F
	Prosper Ribbon	1-49F
	Recovery Scarf	1-49F
	Weather Band	1-49F
	Goggle Specs	1-49F
	Insomniscope	1-49F
	Scope Lens	1-49F
	X-Ray Specs	1-49F
	3-6 Geo Pebble	1-49F
	5-6 Iron Spike	1-49F
	Big Apple	1-49F
	Cheri Berry	1-49F
	Chesto Berry	1-49F
	Pecha Berry	1-49F
	Rawst Berry	1-49F
	Ban Seed	1-49F
	Decoy Seed	1-49F
	Empowerment Seed	1-49F
	Energy Seed	1-49F
	Pure Seed	1-49F
	Quick Seed	1-49F
	Reviver Seed	1-49F
	Stun Seed	1-49F
	Tiny Reviver Seed	1-49F
	Max Elixir	1-49F
	Evolution Crystal	1-49F
	Dragon Claw TM	1-49F
	Embargo TM	1-49F
	Explosion TM	1-49F
	Flame Charge TM	1-49F
	Flamethrower TM	1-49F
	Flash Cannon TM	1-49F
	Giga Impact TM	1-49F
	Overheat TM	1-49F
	Payback TM	1-49F
	Poison Jab TM	1-49F
	Reflect TM	1-49F
	Rest TM	1-49F
	Rock Tomb TM	1-49F
	Safeguard TM	1-49F
	Scald TM	1-49F
	Snarl TM	1-49F
	Substitute TM	1-49F
	Swagger TM	1-49F
	Thunder TM	1-49F
	Work Up TM	1-49F
	All Power-Up Orb	1-49F
	Cleanse Orb	1-49F
	Decoy Orb	1-49F
	Evasion Orb	1-49F
	Foe-Hold Orb	1-49F
	Helper Orb	1-49F
	Mobile Orb	1-49F
	Monster Orb	1-49F
	One-Shot Orb	1-49F
	Rare Quality Orb	1-49F
	Reset Orb	1-49F
	Revive All Orb	1-49F
	Spurn Orb	1-49F
	3-5 Guiding Wand	1-49F
	6-8 Pounce Wand	1-49F
	3-5 Slow Wand	1-49F
	4 Stayaway Wand	1-49F
	4-5 Surround Wand	1-49F
	2 Tunnel Wand	1-49F
	4 Two-Edged Wand	1-49F
	3-4 Warp Wand	1-49F

Monster House

Item		Floors
	50-142 Poké	1-49F
	Efficient Bandanna	1-49F
	Joy Ribbon	1-49F
	Scope Lens	1-49F
	Apple	1-49F
	Cheri Berry	1-49F
	Chesto Berry	1-49F
	Oran Berry	1-49F
	Pecha Berry	1-49F
	Rawst Berry	1-49F
	Empowerment Seed	1-49F
	Eyedrop Seed	1-49F
	Sleep Seed	1-49F
	Tiny Reviver Seed	1-49F
	Warp Seed	1-49F
	Max Ether	1-49F
	Max Elixir	1-49F
	5 Slow Wand	1-49F
	3-4 Stayaway Wand	1-49F
	3-4 Surround Wand	1-49F
	4 Tunnel Wand	1-49F
	3 Two-Edged Wand	1-49F
	5 Warp Wand	1-49F
	4 Whirlwind Wand	1-49F

Traps encountered

Generation III

Note: The % are approximations.

Image	Trap	Floor 1-9	Floor 10-29	Floor 30	Floor 31-39	Floor 40-49	Floor 50
	Explosion Trap	6.14%	5.42%	5.23%	5.88%	5.69%	4.72%
	Grimy Trap	8.77%	7.75%	7.47%	8.41%	4.87%	4.05%
	Mud Trap	26.32%	23.26%	22.39%	25.21%	24.39%	27.03%
	Pitfall Trap	—	3.88%	3.73%	4.20%	4.07%	—
	PP-Zero Trap	8.77%	7.75%	7.46%	8.41%	8.13%	6.76%
	Pokémon Trap	4.39%	3.88%	3.73%	4.20%	4.07%	3.38%
	Seal Trap	8.77%	7.75%	11.19%	12.60%	16.26%	13.52%
	Selfdestruct Trap	2.63%	2.33%	2.24%	2.52%	2.44%	2.03%
	Slow Trap	4.39%	3.88%	3.73%	4.21%	4.06%	—
	Slumber Trap	4.38%	3.87%	3.73%	4.20%	6.50%	5.40%
	Spin Trap	7.90%	6.98%	6.72%	7.56%	7.32%	6.08%
	Sticky Trap	8.77%	15.50%	14.92%	4.20%	4.07%	13.51%
	Summon Trap	—	—	—	—	—	6.76%
	Warp Trap	8.77%	7.75%	7.46%	8.40%	8.13%	6.76%

Generation VIII

Note: The percentages are calculated from trap frequencies observed across 6 dungeon runs involving a total of 1174 traps. Confidence intervals are given at a 95% confidence level.

Image	Trap	Floor 1-49
	Gust Trap	10.5 ± 1.7 %
	Hunger Trap	8.8 ± 2.4 %
	Poison Trap	29.8 ± 2.4 %
	Slow Trap	10.6 ± 1.2 %
	Slumber Trap	10.5 ± 1.8 %
	Spiky Trap	10.2 ± 2.1 %
	Spin Trap	10.4 ± 1.3 %
	Warp Trap	9.3 ± 1.5 %

Other encounters

Generation III

Image	Tile	Floor 1-50
	Monster House	5%

Layout

Interior

In other languages

Language Title French Caverne Australe German Südhöhle Italian Caverna Sud Korean 남쪽 동굴 Namjjok Donggul Spanish Cueva Meridional

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