Destiny Cavern

Destiny Cavern is the area where the player chooses his or her Pokémon starter. Each crystal signifies which Pokémon cavern type it leads to. There are a total of 33 starters to pick from. It was the start of the game for a few years, until the addition of the Summoner's Platform.

Starters
Below are the lists of all the current starter Pokémon and the locations they're available in outside of Destiny Cavern, if any. After choosing a starter and going onto the warp point, the player awakens in a wooded map leading to the tutorial in Exbel Woods.

Fire Cavern

 * MS Charmander
 * Charmander
 * Inferno Volcano
 * Inferno Volcano


 * MS Cyndaquil
 * Cyndaquil
 * Inferno Volcano
 * Inferno Volcano


 * MS Torchic
 * Torchic
 * Stark Volcanic Woods
 * Stark Volcanic Woods


 * MS Chimchar
 * Chimchar
 * Sunrise Temple
 * Sunrise Temple


 * MS Tepig
 * Tepig
 * Harmonic Tower
 * Scorched Grasslands
 * Scorched Grasslands


 * MS Fennekin
 * Fennekin
 * Mystic Coven
 * Mystic Coven


 * MS Litten
 * Litten
 * Scorched Grasslands
 * }
 * }

Grass Cavern

 * MS Bulbasaur
 * Bulbasaur
 * Mysterious Jungle
 * Mysterious Jungle


 * MS Chikorita
 * Chikorita
 * Mysterious Jungle
 * Mysterious Jungle


 * MS Treecko
 * Treecko
 * Mysterious Jungle
 * Mysterious Jungle


 * MS Turtwig
 * Turtwig
 * Rocky Ravine
 * Rocky Ravine


 * MS Snivy
 * Snivy
 * Archipelago Thicket
 * Harmonic Tower
 * Harmonic Tower


 * MS Chespin
 * Chespin
 * Verdure Bluff
 * Verdure Bluff


 * MS Rowlet
 * Rowlet
 * Archford Training Dojo
 * Ghost Spectral Thicket
 * Spectral Thicket
 * }
 * }

Water Cavern

 * MS Squirtle
 * Squirtle
 * Crescent Islet Depths
 * Crescent Islet Depths


 * MS Totodile
 * Totodile
 * Eastern Seafloor Ruins
 * Eastern Seafloor Ruins


 * MS Mudkip
 * Mudkip
 * Boggy Wastes
 * Boggy Wastes


 * MS Piplup
 * Piplup
 * Iceberg Frigid Waters
 * Western Seafloor Ruins
 * Central Seafloor Ruins
 * Central Seafloor Ruins


 * MS Oshawott
 * Oshawott
 * Harmonic Tower
 * Shimmering Seabed
 * Shimmering Seabed


 * MS Froakie
 * Froakie
 * Sunken Gardens
 * Sunken Gardens


 * MS Popplio
 * Popplio
 * Shimmering Seabed
 * }
 * }

Hero Cavern

 * MS Phanpy
 * Phanpy
 * Murky Trench
 * Rocky Ravine
 * Rocky Ravine


 * MS Munchlax
 * Munchlax
 * Gritty Burrow
 * Gritty Burrow


 * MS Riolu
 * Riolu
 * Snowveil Den
 * Snowveil Lair
 * Snowveil Lair


 * MS Shinx
 * Shinx
 * Far Thunderstorm Forest
 * Sky Fortress
 * Voltaic Rainforest
 * Voltaic Rainforest


 * MS Pikachu
 * Pikachu
 * Sandy Shallows
 * Sandy Shallows
 * Sandy Shallows


 * MS Meowth
 * Meowth
 * Jailbreak Tunnel
 * Jailbreak Tunnel


 * MS Vulpix
 * Vulpix
 * Harmonic Tower
 * Inferno Volcano
 * Inferno Volcano


 * MS Togepi
 * Togepi
 * Friendship Forest
 * Sky Fortress
 * Sky Fortress


 * MS Skitty
 * Skitty
 * Mt. Moon
 * Mt. Moon


 * MS Ralts
 * Ralts
 * Psychic Spectral Thicket
 * Sky Fortress
 * Spectral Thicket
 * Spectral Thicket


 * MS Cubone
 * Cubone
 * Marowak Training Dojo
 * Marowak Training Dojo


 * MS Eevee
 * Eevee
 * Friendship Forest
 * }
 * }

Trivia

 * The tutorial previously could be skipped completely if /giveup was done after picking a sprite.
 * In 2011, the individual chambers used to use the same tiles as the main chamber.
 * Before the update on the 21st of January in 2019, Abra, Natu, Meditite, Rhyhorn, Phanpy, Hippopotas, Pachirisu, and Mareep were all starter Pokémon.
 * Togepi—and the rest of its family—are now Fairy-type, but it was still included as a Normal-type starter.
 * Additionally, the area comprised of 7 areas consisting of 4 Pokémon from certain types.
 * On January 5th 2021, Phanpy was added back as a starter, alongside Eevee.