Gritty Hollow

Gritty Hollow, also called Gritty or GH, is a unique dungeon located east of Exbel, southeast of Friendship Forest and north of Ash Forest. Players are required to descend 13 Floors before ascending back to the surface to complete the dungeon. Several craters also form inaccessible rooms and may contain items and enemies throughout the dungeon. Linoone is the final boss of Gritty Hollow.

Floor 4, Floor 8, and Floor 11, while descending, always have Sandstorm weather. The weather is Clear otherwise. When ascending, the weather is always Clear, unlike the weather when players are descending deeper into the dungeon.

Descending
This dungeon hosts moderately-sized to large rooms, with pathways often leading players to adjacent rooms. Walls appear to compose of brown rock, and the floor tiles are sandy-brown as well. Many oddly shaped rooms of varying sized form craters, which requires Ghost-type Pokémon, a Mobile Scarf and/or Orb, or any method of warping to access them, as they do not conjoin with the main dungeon's pathway. The Pokémon found here cannot be recruited. There is Fog-of-War prevalent throughout the entire dungeon which gradually blocks more of the player's view the deeper the the players progress.

Grit Hole
After Floor 13 when descending, there is a midpoint. The way to continue is at the top.

Ascending
The second part has players ascend back up the dungeon. Stairs which previously led players deeper into the dungeon now leads the players up out of the dungeon. Scenery wise, Gritty Hollow is the same. However, enemy Pokémon are stronger, and two recruitable Pokémon, Spinda and Rhyhorn will now spawn here rarely.

Boss
Upon arriving to the Grit Hole at end of the dungeon, a lone Linoone is seen returning from grocery shopping and will eventually notice the player. Linoone will then fight the player in attempt to chase the player away from its home.

Boss Drop:
 * 1 Mushroom

Before Fighting: After Defeating:
 * Linoone: Grurrf...Finally back from the market. Home, sweet home...~
 * Linoone: Gotta stock for the winter, hrmmph...
 * Linoone: ...Wait. What's that I smell...
 * Linoone: ......
 * Linoone: YOU! What are you doing here!?
 * Linoone: This is MY Den. Get out of here!
 * Linoone: Go on! SCRAM!
 * Linoone: Do I have to chase ya out?
 * Linoone: Fine, don't say I didn't warn ya!
 * Linoone: Mrrrgh...I often forget, I'm not as youthful as I used to be...
 * Linoone: I would've kicked yer toosh, ten years back!
 * Linoone: ...At least ye stood yet ground, Even after I yelled your ears off.
 * Linoone: Hmmm. This is the only place I call home. It's the only thing that keeps me going....
 * Linoone: ...I was afraid you might want to take it.
 * Linoone: But you don't seem all that bad.
 * Linoone: There's the way out, if you get bored of my sorry mug. I have to go back...

Secret Room
Secret Rooms are found in the ascending floors. These Secret Rooms have 2 Deluxe Boxes which may contain the following:
 * Smooth Rock
 * Ground Diamond
 * Rock Dust
 * Soft Sand
 * King's Rock
 * Big Apple
 * Max Ether
 * TM Bulldoze
 * TM Dig
 * TM Rock Tomb
 * Sandy Orb

Pokémon
''Pokémon in bold are recruitable. Please visit the Recruitable Pokémon page for more information.''

Mystery Eggs
Mystery Eggs are uncommonly found on any Floor of Gritty Hollow.

Dungeon Objective
As with many dungeons, the objective is to complete the dungeon and beat the boss. Players additionally visit the dungeon to obtain a Gray Silk.

Rhydon, Smeargle, and Munchlax are exclusive Pokémon found in Gritty Hollow.

Tips

 * Defeat Zigzagoon as often as possible. These Pokémon has the ability Pickup, and may drop items obtainable from the dungeon.
 * Bring X-Ray-Specs to see through the darkness. This item is especially useful if players are hunting for eggs or Rhydon.

Trivia

 * Gritty Hollow was created by Erladino.