Exbel Woods

Exbel Woods is a dungeon and the third section of the starting tutorial before officially entering PMU. The player awakens in a wooded area, only to be greeted by a peppy Buneary.

The player is encouraged to follow it through a pre-mapped dungeon, leading the user through a tutorial. The actual dungeon and by extension, the tutorial can be skipped using the stairs on the bottom right. Using these stairs will take the player to the dungeon clearing to face the boss.

No Pokémon are recruitable in this dungeon, save for the boss, who automatically joins you on defeat.

Attributes
There are 3 floors to Exbel Woods. First the entrance, then 3 pre-mapped floors in a maze like pattern full of signs and tips. The Buneary has a habit of repeating its words in an excited manner, reminding the player of an overexcited child. Throughout the tutorial, it gives random tips to the player. Slakoth makes a minor appearance at the beginning of the dungeon, helping Buneary demonstrate how to defeat a Pokémon.

Boss
Joey the Rattata is the boss of the dungeon, and is fairly easy to beat. After defeating him, he will request to join your team. Even if you deny him, he will join you anyways. Joey will always drop TM Hidden Power when defeated.

Boss drop:
 * TM Hidden Power

Dialogue:

+Before fighting
 * Rattata: Hey, you're that Pokémon Buneary has been talking about, aren't you?
 * Rattata: Do you think you have what it takes to beat me, rookie?
 * Rattata: Why don't you come over here and show me what you've learned?!
 * Rattata: C'mon, give me your best shot!

+After defeating
 * Rattata: Awwww, you beat me! No fair!
 * Rattata: Ah well, it gave me a lot of good practice, at least! And come to think of it, you're pretty strong too, for a rookie.
 * Rattata: You don't suppose I could join your team?
 * [Player Name]: .....
 * Rattata: Oh, maybe I should explain...
 * Rattata: Sometimes, when you beat a Pokémon in a dungeon, they'll come to admire your strength and ask you if they can join your team.
 * Rattata: Now, I'll have you know that I'm a real strong Rattata. In fact, I'd probably rank myself among the top percentile of Rattata.
 * Rattata: But even I can admit that you've got some real skill, and I think the two of us would be unbeatable if we were to team up together!
 * Rattata: So, whadd'ya say? Will you let me join your team?
 * [No]
 * Rattata: .....
 * Rattata: C'mon... Don't be mean like that!
 * Rattata: So, whadd'ya say? Will you let me join your team?
 * [Yes]
 * Rattata: I knew you'd say yes, of course! It's only natural you'd want someone as strong as me on your team!
 * Rattata: Luckily for you. I've already taken the liberty of joining your team before I even asked... so you really had no choice in the matter, anyway! Ha ha!
 * Rattata: Furthermore, you need someone to escort you out of this forest.
 * Rattata: So who better to help you with that than me - your newest and greatest team member of all time?
 * Rattata: Now, come on, let's get out of this place.
 * Rattata: I've had enough of Exbel Woods to last me a lifetime.

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


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Items
All items found on the ground here are extremely common, but useful for new users, allowing them to get some supplies before adventuring further into Exbel.


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Dungeon Objective
The player learns a variety of things that are taught in Exbel Woods.
 * How Stairs work
 * A reminder to read the rules
 * How to fight Pokémon
 * How to use Moves
 * How recruiting Pokémon works
 * How items Work

Tips

 * You may skip straight to the boss using the stairs towards the bottom right of the entrance to the dungeon.

Trivia

 * Exbel Woods, like the Summoner's Platform, made an appearance in early 2012, as it was highly requested.
 * Exbel Woods is the third section of the start of the game, coming after the Summoner's Platform and Destiny Cavern.
 * This dungeon is the only place where a recruitable Pokémon already has a nickname and the only place with a recruitable boss.
 * Joey is a reference to Youngster Joey from the main series games (mainly Gold, Silver, and Crystal) (Youngster Joey would always call the player to tell him about his awesome Rattata and how it was top percentage.)
 * Despite Joey being male, the recruited Joey can be female.
 * Players sometimes recruit two Joey when going through the boss fight.
 * The same Buneary from Exbel Woods returned in the Easter 2015 event.
 * It is also listed as the champion of PMU in the Hall of Fame.