Western Cave

← Mt. Faraway

Western Cave

Northern Range →

Western Cave 西の洞窟 Western Cave

Basic info Floors: 99RB 20RTDX Rest stops: No Traps: Yes Monster Houses: Yes Main type: NoneRB PsychicRTDX Boss: Mewtwo

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

Location

Western Cave (Japanese: 西の洞窟 Western Cave) is a dungeon in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX that contains 99^RB/20^RTDX floors. It is home to Mewtwo.

The day after Ho-Oh is defeated in Mt. Faraway, Blastoise and Charizard will return from a failed expedition to this dungeon, having been defeated by an unseen Pokémon. Western Cave will then be unlocked for exploration.

Gameplay

Generation III

In the original games, HM Surf is required to enter this dungeon. Keys and stat-boosting health drinks can be found on the ground. The Beauty Scarf can be found on B59F, and requires a Key to obtain. If the player already has one, it will be replaced by Link Cable. There is a chance of finding Kecleon Shops from B20F onwards. There are no hidden items.

The default weather effect for floors 5, 15, 18, 21, 27, 40, 45, 56, 59, 66, 84 and 95 is sunny; for floors 7, 20, 32, 46, 57, 68, 79 and 89, cloudy; and for floors 11, 24, 36 and 53, rain. On floors 50 to 60, sandstorms can happen due to Tyranitar's Sand Stream.

Additionally, all floors are shrouded in heavy darkness, limiting field of view in hallways to just one tile.

Pokémon encountered

Generation III

Pokémon		Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
	Murkrow	1-2	29	7.2%
	Butterfree	1-3	35	Unrecruitable
	Beedrill	1-3	35	Unrecruitable
	Venonat	1-3	34	11.4%
	Snubbull	1-3	25	8.1%
	Ekans	3-5	33	12.4%
	Meowth	3-6	29	12%
	Smeargle	4-6	25	6.8%
	Bellossom	4-7	25	Unrecruitable
	Venomoth	6-10	24	Unrecruitable
	Exploud	6-12	25	Unrecruitable
	Primeape	8-13	31	Unrecruitable
	Igglybuff	10-13	35	11.3%
	Tauros	10-16	34	7.9%
	Miltank	10,20,30,40, 50-53,60-98	30	8.7%
	Shiftry	12-20	35	-30%
	Kangaskhan	13-19	36	7.6%
	Espeon	14-18	28	Unrecruitable
	Arbok	14-19	35	Unrecruitable
	Dodrio	15-19	35	Unrecruitable
	Ivysaur	19-27	30	-19%
	Umbreon	20-26	30	Unrecruitable
	Bayleef	20-27	30	-19%
	Pinsir	21-28	29	8.3%
	Aggron	21-30	34	Unrecruitable
	Persian	28-36	28	Unrecruitable
	Swalot	30-39	34	Unrecruitable
	Hariyama	31-38	35	Unrecruitable
	Lickitung	37-44	36	8.6%
	Grovyle	38-49	20	-19%
	Blaziken	38-49	30	Unrecruitable
	Skarmory	40-49	55	6.8%
	Absol	40-49	45	6.8%
	Feraligatr	49-58	32	-33.9%
	Venusaur	50-59	50	Unrecruitable
	Alakazam	50-59	50	Unrecruitable
	Tyranitar	50-60	50	Unrecruitable
	Arcanine	60-69	45	Unrecruitable
	Typhlosion	62-68	35	Unrecruitable
	Sceptile	69-78	26	Unrecruitable
	Ninetales	70-79	50	Unrecruitable
	Swampert	79-88	37	-33.9%
	Machamp	80-88	45	Unrecruitable
	Meganium	80-88	25	Unrecruitable
	Steelix	87-91	38	Unrecruitable
	Charizard	89-98	40	Unrecruitable
	Blastoise	89-98	38	-33.9%
	Mewtwo	99	40	99.9% Boss
Mewtwo cannot be recruited the first time this dungeon is completed.

Generation VIII

Pokémon		Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
	Wynaut	1-3	60	8.2%
	Girafarig	1-4	60	8.2%
	Drowzee	1-5	60	8.2%
	Natu	1-5	60	8.2%
	Spoink	1-5	60	8.2%
	Beldum	1-5	60	14.4%
	Jynx	1-6	60	8.2%
	Ralts	1-6	60	1.6%
	Abra	1-8	60	8.2%
	Smeargle	4-7	60	8.2%
	Meditite	4-8	60	14.4%
	Mr. Mime	7-12	60	8.2%
	Metang	8-12	60	10.8%
	Lunatone	8-10	60	10.8%
	Medicham	9-13	60	14.4%
	Hypno	9-14	60	8.2%
	Wobbuffet	11-16	60	8.2%
	Kirlia	10-15	60	8.2%
	Spinda	10-17	60	8.2%
	Chimecho	12-17	60	10.8%
	Kadabra	13-19	60	8.2%
	Grumpig	16-19	60	8.2%
	Claydol	16-19	60	10.8%
	Mewtwo	20	70	100% Boss
Fainted Pokémon
	Ekans	2-19	62	100%
	Muk	2-19	64	100%
	Kangaskhan	2-19	62	100%
	Pineco	2-19	62	100%
	Snubbull	2-19	62	100%
	Heracross	2-19	64	100%
	Miltank	2-19	62	100%
	Meditite	2-19	62	100%
	Spinda	2-19	62	100%
	Crawdaunt	2-19	62	100%
	Honchkrow	2-19	64	100%
	Chingling	2-19	62	100%
	Happiny	2-19	62	100%
	Mantyke	2-19	62	100%
	Yanmega	2-19	64	100%
Mystery House
	Clefable	2-19	60	100%
	Wigglytuff	2-19	60	100%
	Azumarill	2-19	60	100%
	Granbull	2-19	60	100%
	Miltank	2-19	60	100%
	Blissey	2-19	60	100%
	Celebi	2-19	60	100% *
	Mawile	2-19	60	100%
	Spinda	2-19	60	100%
	Togekiss	2-19	60	100%
Strong Foe*
	Zangoose	1-19	60	Unrecruitable -6.4%
Mewtwo will Mega Evolve into one of its Mega Evolutions after enough damage is dealt. Shiny Zangoose can only be recruited with a Friend Bow.

Items

Generation III

Western Cave

Item		Floors
	4-274 Poké	1-98F
	Cheri Berry	1-98F
	Oran Berry	1-98F
	Pecha Berry	1-98F
	Rawst Berry	1-98F
	Blast Seed	1-98F
	Heal Seed	1-98F
	Reviver Seed	1-98F
	Sleep Seed	1-98F
	Totter Seed	1-98F
	Max Elixir	1-98F
	Protein	10-98F
	Calcium	10-98F
	Iron	10-98F
	Zinc	10-98F
	Key	1-98F
In the locked chamber
	Beauty Scarf	59F
	Link Cable	59F

Monster House

Item		Floors
	Poké	1-98F
	Aerial Ace	1-98F
	Attract	1-98F
	Brick Break	1-98F
	Bullet Seed	1-98F
	Calm Mind	1-98F
	Dig	1-98F
	Earthquake	1-98F
	Facade	1-98F
	Fire Blast	1-98F
	Flamethrower	1-98F
	Focus Punch	1-98F
	Frustration	1-98F
	Giga Drain	1-98F
	Hidden Power	1-98F
	Ice Beam	1-98F
	Light Screen	1-98F
	Psychic	1-98F
	Reflect	1-98F
	Rest	1-98F
	Return	1-98F
	Roar	1-98F
	Safeguard	1-98F
	Secret Power	1-98F
	Shadow Ball	1-98F
	Shock Wave	1-98F
	Solarbeam	1-98F
	Taunt	1-98F
	Thief	1-98F
	Thunderbolt	1-98F
	Torment	1-98F
	Toxic	1-98F
	Blowback Orb	1-98F
	Cleanse Orb	1-98F
	Escape Orb	1-98F
	Evasion Orb	1-98F
	Hurl Orb	1-98F
	Petrify Orb	1-98F
	Pounce Orb	1-98F
	Radar Orb	1-98F
	Rebound Orb	1-98F
	Rollcall Orb	1-98F
	Scanner Orb	1-98F
	Switcher Orb	1-98F
	Trawl Orb	1-98F
	Warp Orb	1-98F

Kecleon Shop

Item		Floors
	Protein	20-98F
	Calcium	20-98F
	Iron	20-98F
	Zinc	20-98F
	Reviver Seed	20-98F
	Huge Apple	20-98F
	Black Gummi	20-98F
	Blue Gummi	20-98F
	Brown Gummi	20-98F
	Clear Gummi	20-98F
	Gold Gummi	20-98F
	Grass Gummi	20-98F
	Gray Gummi	20-98F
	Green Gummi	20-98F
	Orange Gummi	20-98F
	Pink Gummi	20-98F
	Purple Gummi	20-98F
	Red Gummi	20-98F
	Royal Gummi	20-98F
	Silver Gummi	20-98F
	Sky Gummi	20-98F
	White Gummi	20-98F
	Yellow Gummi	20-98F

Generation VIII

Western Cave

Item		Floors
	50-189 Poké	1-19F
	Efficient Bandanna	1-19F
	Heal Ribbon	1-19F
	Joy Ribbon	1-19F
	Nullify Band	1-19F
	Pecha Scarf	1-19F
	Persim Band	1-19F
	Recovery Scarf	1-19F
	Weather Band	1-19F
	Goggle Specs	1-19F
	Insomniscope	1-19F
	Scope Lens	1-19F
	3-6 Geo Pebble	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
	Heal Seed	1-19F
	Sleep Seed	1-19F
	Stun Seed	1-19F
	Tiny Reviver Seed	1-19F
	Totter Seed	1-19F
	Warp Seed	1-19F
	Max Ether	1-19F
	Max Elixir	1-19F
	2 Confuse Wand	1-19F
	5-7 Pounce Wand	1-19F
	4-5 Slow Wand	1-19F
	3-4 Slumber Wand	1-19F
	3-4 Stayaway Wand	1-19F
	5 Surround Wand	1-19F
	3-5 Switcher Wand	1-19F
	4 Two-Edged Wand	1-19F
	2 Tunnel Wand	1-19F
	3 Warp Wand	1-19F
	4 Whirlwind Wand	1-19F
Max Ether may also be dropped by fainted Abra.

Sparkling Floor

Item		Floors
	Deluxe Ribbon	1-19F
	Gold 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

Kecleon Shop

Item		Floors
	Munch Belt	1-19F
	Sneak Scarf	1-19F
	Weather Band	1-19F
	Big Apple	1-19F
	Pecha Berry	1-19F
	Rawst Berry	1-19F
	Ban Seed	1-19F
	Quick Seed	1-19F
	Stun Seed	1-19F
	Tiny Reviver Seed	1-19F
	Evolution Crystal	1-19F
	Nature Power TM	1-19F
	Swagger TM	1-19F
	All Dodge Orb	1-19F
	All Power-Up Orb	1-19F
	Evasion Orb	1-19F
	Lasso Orb	1-19F
	Revive All Orb	1-19F

Monster House

Item		Floors
	87-182 Poké	1-19F
	Efficient Bandanna	1-19F
	Stamina Band	1-19F
	3-6 Geo Pebble	1-19F
	Apple	1-19F
	Eyedrop Seed	1-19F
	Tiny Reviver Seed	1-19F
	Max Ether	1-19F
	4 Confuse Wand	1-19F
	4 Guiding Wand	1-19F
	3 HP-Swap Wand	1-19F
	7 Pounce Wand	1-19F
	3-4 Slumber Wand	1-19F
	5 Whirlwind Wand	1-19F

Traps encountered

Generation III

Note: The % are approximations.

Image	Trap	Floor 1-98
	Explosion Trap	10.20%
	Grimy Trap	4.08%
	Mud Trap	27.21%
	PP-Zero Trap	13.61%
	Seal Trap	10.20%
	Slumber Trap	5.45%
	Spin Trap	3.40%
	Sticky Trap	13.61%
	Summon Trap	5.44%
	Warp Trap	6.80%

Generation VIII

This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it. Reason: needs percentages

Note: The % are rough estimates.

Image	Trap	Floor 1-17
	Gust Trap	? %
	Hunger Trap	? %
	Poison Trap	? %
	Slow Trap	? %
	Slumber Trap	? %
	Spiky Trap	? %
	Spin Trap	? %
	Warp Trap	? %

Other encounters

Generation III

Image	Tile	Floor 1-19	Floor 20-98
	Kecleon Carpet	0%	3%
	Monster House	7%

Bosses

Generation VIII

Phase 1

	Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Pressure Held item: None
Mewtwo Lv.70 HP: 2400
Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Aura Sphere Fighting Special   --       Recover Normal Status   --

Phase 2
(Mewtwo will Mega Evolve into one of these two forms)

	Types: Psychic Fighting Ability: Pressure Held item: None
Mega Mewtwo X Lv.70 HP: 2405
Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Aura Sphere Fighting Special   --       Recover Normal Status   --

Phase 2
(Mewtwo will Mega Evolve into one of these two forms)

	Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Pressure Held item: None
Mega Mewtwo Y Lv.70 HP: 2405
Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Aura Sphere Fighting Special   --       Recover Normal Status   --

Layout

	Interior	Bottom
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Trivia

• The dungeon's name, requiring Surf for access, and having Mewtwo at the end are all references to Cerulean Cave, which was located in western Cerulean City.
• In Generation III every member of Team A.C.T. as well as every fully evolved first partner Pokémon that existed at the time can be found here.

In other languages

Language Title French Grotte Ouest German Westhöhle Italian Grotta Ponente Korean 서쪽 동굴 Seojjok Donggul Spanish Cueva Occidental

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