Sour Root Cave (PMU 7)

Sour Root Cave, also known as Sour Root or SRC, is the easiest dungeon accessible that provides a HM to players in Exbel. It is located North-East of Grassroot Town. It contains HM Cut at its midpoint, which allows the player to cut down small plants. The mini-boss which drops HM Cut is Weepinbell, and the final boss of the dungeon is Vileplume.

Sour Root Cave is one of the earliest dungeons which introduces status problems, the other dungeons being Sunny Hillside, Island Garden and Tiny Grotto.

The Pokémon level in this dungeon is around 3-17, and the dungeon is home to various Grass, Bug, and Poison Pokémon.

Scenery
The scenery in this dungeon is similar on all ten floors, which composes of orange dirt, grassy cliffs, mushrooms, and growing roots. Large vines occasionally emerge from the ground.From the 6th to the 10th floor, many small plants will block the player's way and prevents them from moving forward. The HM Cut obtained from Weepinbell will be necessary for players to traverse through the dungeon.

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

Sour Root Passage
Sour Root Passage is a small room containing various warp panels after the player proceeds from the 5th floor of Sour Root Cave. To access the stairs which will lead to the mini-boss Weepinbell, the player must solve a warp puzzle. Players whom wish to recruit Oddish can find them here at night.

The solution for the warp panel is as shown below.

Mini-Boss
After completing the warp puzzle at the Sour Root Passage, the player will arrive at Sour Root Chambers, the midpoint of Sour Root Cave. A timid Weepinbell will be caught by surprise when the player arrives, and proceeds to attack the player after some hesitation. Upon defeat, Weepinbell will drop HM Cut.

Boss
At the end of the dungeon, Vileplume will lure the player closer and closer to it with a sweet demure. When the player's get close enough to Vileplume, Vileplume will engage the player in battle.

Boss Drops
Vileplume will drop either of the following:
 * 50 Poké (Common)
 * 1 Poké (Uncommon)

Items
Below is the complete list of items obtainable from Sour Root Cave. Note that Weedle occasionally drops Tiny Thorns upon being defeated.

Dungeon Objective
The dungeon, like all others, requires the player to climb the dungeon floors and beat the boss for completion. However, after defeating Weepinbell, the player will need a Pokémon whom has learnt Cut to gain access to the next floor. After player teach HM Cut to a Pokémon, the player may progress and face off with the Vileplume at the end of the dungeon. Obtaining HM Cut allows access to various areas and dungeons across the Overworld.

This dungeon is also the first dungeon accessible for players to recruit Bellsprout, Budew, Metapod, Nincada and Oddish. Nincada is a rare spawn at night, whereas Oddish is a rare spawn in Sour Root Passage at night.

PMU 6

 * Sour Root Cave was taken directly from PMU 6. After a few touch-ups, it was added into PMU 7 as one of the 3 original dungeons.Screenshot128.png

Trivia

 * The boss of Sour Root used to be an Ivysaur.
 * This dungeon was initially introduced in PMU 6, and is reintroduced as one of the original dungeons in PMU 7.
 * Sour Root was a set dungeon before they updated it to be random.Top_of_sour_root.png
 * There was a glitch in PMU 6 where players could walk on top of the overworld entrance to Sour Root. This was eventually fixed.
 * There was a glitch where player could rebattle the mini-boss without exiting the dungeon, which made it easier to farm HM Cut. They eventually removed that problem due to abuse.
 * Weepinbell is Level 14, while Vileplume is Level 17.