Mt. Barricade (PMU 7)

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Mt. Barricade, commonly abbreviated as Mt. Barr or simply Barr, is a dungeon originally from  PMU 6 which was later remade and added to PMU 7. This dungeon is the strongest dungeon in Exbel that is not set level and is the closest Exbel dungeon to the Tanren region.

It has 30 floors with 2 intermissions and 2 main boss floors.

The bosses that are in this dungeon are both mob type.

The Pokémon in this dungeon are mainly in the level range of 35-55.

Scenery
This dungeon has 3 scenery sets each with stronger pokemon and different items; the different scenery sets involve different aspects of a battle.

Low Floors
The low floors of the dungeon include a lot of water with small rooms. The weather that is here is foggy and is common. The ground is a dark tan color and the walls of this scenery set are a brown color. This lasts from the beginning to floor 12.

Mid-Floors
The mid floors of this dungeon are like the previous, however now the water is less common to the points there is it rare. The rooms remain small but the walls now replace the water. This lasts from floor 13 to floor 15.

Upper Floors
The upper floors of this dungeon drastically change from the previous floors, the water is more common but is still uncommon. The dirt is grey with occasional yellow grass and rocks, the walls are light grey color.

Pokemon
The Pokémon that are in this dungeon vary in type but are mostly Bug, Fighting, and Ground type with other types there. The Pokémon range from level 5 to the mid 50s, and can cause different status problems. Some Pokémon are capable of immoblizing the player by attacking.

Low Floors
The low floors are mostly Pokémon that are first evolutions, here there are many status moves that range form Paralysis to Poison. There are also Pokémon that immoblize you. The Pokémon that are here have a level range of around mid 30s to low 40s. The list of pokemon are as follows;
 * Diglett
 * Makuhita
 * Nidoran M
 * Nidoran F
 * Paras
 * Bonsly

Mid-Floors
The Pokémon that are here are the same as the ones, however there are less Paras and some evolutions of the previous Pokémon were introduced, such as Dugtrio and Sudowoodo. There is also Larvitar (Level 3), which rarely spawns on floors 14 and 15. The Pokémon here range from level 5* to the mid 40s. This part of the dungeon uses counter moves (only counter) to reflect the moves that the player uses back at them, while immobilization and status moves are still common. Mt. Barr has both a mini-boss and an end boss. The mini-boss is a group of Hariyama and Makuhita, who use Wide Guard followed by Earthquake.
 * Diglett
 * Makuhita
 * Nidoran M
 * Nidoran F
 * Paras
 * Bonsly
 * Heracross
 * Dustox
 * Dugtrio
 * Breloom
 * Sudowoodo
 * Larvitar
 * Hariyama(Boss)
 * Makuhita(Boss)

Upper Floors
The upper floors of this dungeon feature the Pokémon from the previous floors, and now there are third evolutions of them. Status moves are now rare to be used and are mostly used by Parasects. This part of the dungeon uses power and attacks to beat the player, with many Pokémon capable of using moves that boost attack. The end boss is a gang assembled by a Tyranitar. It consists of Gliscor, Skarmory, Tyranitar, Pupitar, and Larvitar.
 * Dugtrio
 * Gliscor
 * Gligar
 * Hariyama
 * Parasect
 * Shuckle
 * Mawile
 * Nidoking
 * Nidoqueen
 * Sudowoodo
 * Forretress
 * Breloom
 * Tyranitar (Boss)
 * Gliscor (Boss)
 * Skarmory (Boss)
 * Pupitar (Boss)
 * Larvitar (Boss)

Items
The items that are found in this dungeon include the basics that an explorer needs to complete a dungeon, but there are also different items that can be found here, such as Reviver Seeds and the exclusive Oval Stone. The list of the items that could be found include but are not limited too:
 * Apple
 * Ether
 * Leppa Berry
 * Pecha Berry
 * Warp Orb
 * Reviver Seed
 * Poke
 * Lum Berry
 * Rebound Orb
 * Recycle Orb
 * Oval Stone (hidden in walls and only on floor 30)

Eggs
This dungeon also has eggs that can be found on the floors and they hatch Pokémon that are found inside the dungeon. The list of the Pokémon that can be found are as follows;
 * Shroomish
 * Pineco

Secret Room
Mt Barricade is also one of the few dungeons to offer the Secret Room; in this secret room, all the boxes that can be found are invisible. With a total of 6 boxes; 3 on the ground and 3 inside the walls. The items that can be found are;
 * Canyon Band
 * Plain Seed
 * Slate Band

Dungeon Objective
The objective for this dungeon is, like many others, to go up the floors and beat the dungeon and boss. This dungeon also offers the exclusive Oval Stone which cannot be gotten by any other means other than missions.

Trivia

 * When Mt. Barricade was released in PMU7, the mini bosses had a glitch that caused many phantom enemies to spawn; they looked like they were there but the phantom sprites couldn't move, nor attack.
 * This dungeon was previously released in PMU6.