Sauna Cavern

Sauna Cavern (Sauna, SC) is a dungeon located in Winden containing the HM Rock Smash. Proceeding further into the dungeon will eventually lead players to Sauna Cavern Depths. The boss of the dungeon is Rhydon.

Sauna Cavern initially hosts a variety of different types of Pokémon, but boasts Fire- and Rock-type Pokémon the further players are in the dungeon. The weather on the upper floors of Sauna Cavern will start being sunny due to Torkoal's Drought.

Attributes

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The water tiles scattered across the floor will burn any non Fire-type Pokémon that isn't immune. On Floor 15, the majority of the water tiles have receded, indicating that the dungeon is getting extremely hot at this floor onward. Starting on Floor 16, instead of water, there is lava, which is much more common than the water on previous floors.

Boss
After the last floor, the player will arrive at Sauna Cavern Chamber, whereby a lone Rhydon will be agitated at the player for trespassing his territory. Rhydon will then proceed to attack the player. Rhydon will drop HM Rock Smash upon being defeated, and players will be able to proceed via the warp panel. It knows the moves Bulldoze, Dig, Rock Smash, and Rock Throw.

Boss drop:

Sauna Cave Rest Point
This rest point serves as the end of Sauna Cavern and the entrance to Sauna Cavern Depths. There's a Kangaskhan statue and several rocks blocking the way forward. Use of the move Rock Smash is needed to break them if a player wishes to move onto Sauna Cavern Depths. Otherwise the player can return to Snowbasin Town by going down.

Secret Room
Sauna Cavern has Secret Rooms which offers players three Deluxe Boxes. They can be found on Floors 8 to 15.

Box items:

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


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Items

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Kecleon Shop
There is a Kecleon Shop on Floor 8 and 18.


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Mystery Eggs
Sauna Cavern has Mystery Eggs that can appear starting on Floor 16.


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Dungeon Objective
The objective of this Sauna Cavern is for players to proceed through the dungeon and obtain HM Rock Smash. The player may also wish to proceed through Sauna Cavern to access Sauna Cavern Depths and successfully defeat its corresponding boss to officially conquer Sauna Cavern.

With HM Rock Smash, players gain access to various dungeons and shortcuts in the overworld. Examples of dungeons now available to players are Mt. Barricade and Mineral Cavern.

Trivia

 * Sauna Cavern was created by Sprinko.
 * Sauna Cavern is the only dungeon with 23 Floors.