Boggy Wastes (BW) is a dungeon located in northeastern Archford. The dungeon has mainly Grass-, Poison-, and Ground-types. It has 48 floors and a rest point after Floor 24.
There's numbing water that will paralyze Pokémon that cross over it on Floors 1 through 29. There is darkness starting on Floor 11, and on Floor 30, the scenery changes with increasing darkness, and water now poisons Pokémon that cross over it.
After the first boss, there is a rest point with a Kangaskhan Storage statue.
Bosses
Arbok and Ekans
There are two sets of bosses found in Boggy Wastes. The first is an Arbok and two Ekans as minions. They are located after Floor 24 of the dungeon.
Bosses
Portrait
#
Pokémon
Type
Drops
Moves
023
Ekans
None
Gastro Acid Range: 4 Effect: Nullifies the target's Abilities.
Venoshock Range: 3 Effect: Inflicts damage. Power is doubled if the target is poisoned.
Poison Tail Range: 2 Effect: Inflicts damage. May poison the target. Has an increased critical hit rate.
Wrap Range: 1 Effect: Inflicts damage and traps the target.
024
Arbok
None
Mud Bomb Range: 3 Effect: Inflicts damage. May lower the target's Accuracy stat by 1 stage. Cannot affect targets with Bulletproof.
Gastro Acid Range: 4 Effect: Nullifies the target's Abilities.
Sludge Bomb Range: 5 Effect: Inflicts damage. May poison the target. Cannot affect targets with Bulletproof.
Acid Spray Range: 2 Effect: Inflicts damage. Lowers the target's Special Defense stat by 2 stages. Cannot affect targets with Bulletproof.
Dialogue:
Before fighting
Arbok: HEY?! YOU!
Ekans: What in the world do you think you are DOING in our domain?!
Arbok: You DARE to disturb us?! Hssss...
Ekans: Depart! NOW!
Arbok: No way! I'm afraid it's too late.
Arbok: There's NO turning back now! Hsss...
Ekans: Yerk!
Arbok: Let's show you what it means to mess with snakes! Hsss....
Ekans: H-here we come!
After defeating
Arbok: Ugh...
Ekans: EEK! What ssshould we do now, bossss?? I ssay we get outta here before we lose our tailss!
Arbok: What, are you two waiting for it to happen? I'm outta here!!
Ekans: Hey! Wait for me!
Swalot and Muk
The second boss is located at the end of the dungeon. The boss is Swalot and Muk with three followers of their respective pre-evolution.
Bosses
Portrait
#
Pokémon
Type
Drops
Moves
088
Grimer
None
Mud Bomb Range: 3 Effect: Inflicts damage. May lower the target's Accuracy stat by 1 stage. Cannot affect targets with Bulletproof.
Venoshock Range: 3 Effect: Inflicts damage. Power is doubled if the target is poisoned.
Mean Look Range: 10 Effect: Immobilizes the target.
Sludge Range: 3 Effect: Inflicts damage. May poison the target.
089
Muk
None
Minimize Range: - Effect: Increases the user's Evasion stat by 2 stages. The moves Body Slam, Stomp, Dragon Rush, Steamroller, Heat Crash, and Flying Press will have their power doubled and never miss against a Pokémon that used Minimize.
Sludge Bomb Range: 5 Effect: Inflicts damage. May poison the target. Cannot affect targets with Bulletproof.
Venoshock Range: 3 Effect: Inflicts damage. Power is doubled if the target is poisoned.
Mud Bomb Range: 3 Effect: Inflicts damage. May lower the target's Accuracy stat by 1 stage. Cannot affect targets with Bulletproof.
316
Gulpin
None
Gastro Acid Range: 4 Effect: Nullifies the target's Abilities.
Venoshock Range: 3 Effect: Inflicts damage. Power is doubled if the target is poisoned.
Encore Range: 2 Effect: Gives the target an encore. Fails if the target has not used a move yet.
Sludge Range: 3 Effect: Inflicts damage. May poison the target.
317
Swalot
None
Spit Up Range: 2 Effect: Inflicts damage if the user used Stockpile. Power is increased depending on how many times the user stockpiled.
Sludge Range: 3 Effect: Inflicts damage. May poison the target.
Wring Out Range: 1 Effect: Inflicts damage. Power is increased the higher the target's remaining HP is.
Dialogue:
Before fighting
Swalot: Oooh! What is that?!
Muk: MUAHAHA!! We have GOT ourselves some VISITORS!
Swalot: Yeeeh! Can we eat 'em?
Muk: HAH! EAT?!
Muk: HAHAHAHA!!!
Grimer: Hehehehe!!!
Swalot: Yesh, eat! What's so funny?! I feel hungry...
Gulpin: Yaaawn...
Muk: Is that HOW you treat our valuable VISITORS, Swalot?!
Swalot: ...Huh?!
Muk: I'm gonna show YOU how to treat your VISITORS in the right way!
Muk: Hey YOU! Come a little closer!
Muk: GRRRRAH!!! I can't resist anymore... I AM hungry!
Swalot: Yeeeh! So we are still going to eat them!!
Everyone: IT'S FOOD TIME!!!
After defeating
Swalot: ...Oooohhh...
Muk: ...UUUrghhh.
Swalot: ...The food... The food...
Swalot: ....The food...
Muk: ...WHAT? Spit it out!
Swalot: ...Is strooooong!!!
Muk: ...So?
Swalot: ...Let's ruuuuun!!!
The Boggy Sanctuary
After completing the dungeon there is a final room with a paradise theme.
The first time you arrive here, Ra'akuma, the Elder Vaporeon, greets you with surprise and thanks you for warding off the troublesome Pokémon before they could ruin the sanctuary.
Ra'akuma: By the stars... You did it... I - I am impressed, outsider
Ra'akuma: You drove off the curse of the bog! Perhaps your kind aren't all alike afterall...
Ra'akuma: I... Must apologize for our first encounter with eachother, outsider. You must understand that my people have gone through troubling times since yours have arrived on these isles...
Ra'akuma: Come. Allow me to show you the sanctuary.
Ra'akuma: Excuse my emotional state, outsider. I have not seen the bog for what it used to be in many moons... My kin and I would travel here often just to witness it's beauty...
Ra'akuma: Before your people came to this land, the bog was a place filled with life... This was it's heart.
Ra'akuma: I am grateful that you stopped the blighted ones from destroying this land... But I am certain that is the last we will see of them. However, they will think twice before they curse this sanctuary... Thank you, outsider.
Ra'akuma: I am grateful for what you have done... Meet me at my establishment at the Southeastern Village and I shall reward you with my knowledge of my people.
Ra'akuma: I am really glad the disturbances in the bog have been dealt with... Farewell for now, outsider.
There is a single Deluxe Box found here.
Box items:
Miracle Seed
Poison Barb
Leaf Stone
Nugget
Big Nugget
TM Sludge Bomb
TM Solar Beam
TM Toxic
Secret Room
Secret Rooms appear starting from Floor 25 and have four boxes. The switches located in the Secret Room are used to open the doors to get the Deluxe Boxes. There are two hidden Deluxe Boxes at the bottom-right and bottom-left corners.
Box items:
Revival Herb
Restore Power
Vanish Seed
Pure Seed
Nugget
TM Dig
TM Poison Jab
TM Sludge Bomb
TM Toxic
Pokémon
Pokémon in bold are recruitable. Please visit the Recruitable Pokémon page for more information.
Portrait
#
Pokémon
Floor
Recruit rate
023
Ekans
B1-29F
Unrecruitable
044
Gloom
B1-29F
Unrecruitable
046
Paras
B1-29F
Unrecruitable
050
Diglett
B1-29F
Unrecruitable
088
Grimer
B1-29F
Unrecruitable
193
Yanma
B1-29F
0.6%
285
Shroomish
B1-29F
-0.5%
316
Gulpin
B1-29F
Unrecruitable
399
Bidoof
B1-29F
Unrecruitable
339
Barboach
B11-29F
Unrecruitable
453
Croagunk
B11-29F
Unrecruitable
024
Arbok
B11-48F
Unrecruitable
045
Vileplume
B11-48F
Unrecruitable
051
Dugtrio
B11-48F
Unrecruitable
089
Muk
B11-48F
Unrecruitable
469
Yanmega
B11-48F
Unrecruitable
070
Weepinbell
B25-29F
Unrecruitable
047
Parasect
B25-48F
Unrecruitable
259
Marshtomp
B25-48F
Unrecruitable
317
Swalot
B25-48F
Unrecruitable
400
Bibarel
B25-48F
Unrecruitable
423
Gastrodon East Sea
B25-48F
Unrecruitable
435
Skuntank
B25-48F
Unrecruitable
454
Toxicroak
B25-48F
Unrecruitable
071
Victreebel
B30-48F
Unrecruitable
182
Bellossom
B30-48F
Unrecruitable
260
Swampert
B30-48F
Unrecruitable
286
Breloom
B30-48F
Unrecruitable
422
Shellos East Sea
B30-48F
-1.5%
590
Foongus
B30-48F
-1.8%
591
Amoonguss
B30-48F
Unrecruitable
258
Mudkip
B38-48F (dawn/day)
5%
Items
Many items can be found sticky and Grimy Food is more common than apples
IS
Item
Location
Tile
Hidden
Shed Shell
B18-48F
Floor
No
Pecha Scarf
B18-48F
Floor
No
Persim Band
B18-48F
Floor
No
Soft Sand
B18-48F
Floor
No
Grass Diamond
B11-48F
Wall
No
Ground Diamond
B11-48F
Wall
No
Poison Diamond
B11-48F
Wall
No
Grass Dust
B30-48F
Floor
Yes
Ground Dust
B30-48F
Floor
Yes
Poison Dust
B30-48F
Floor
Yes
Green Apple
B1-48F
Floor
No
Grimy Berry
B1-48F
Floor
No
Grimy Food
B1-48F
Floor
No
Ether
B1-48F
Floor
No
Max Ether
B1-48F
Floor
No
Leppa Berry
B1-48F
Floor
No
Cheri Berry
B1-48F
Floor
No
Pecha Berry
B1-48F
Floor
No
Kebia Berry
B1-48F
Floor
No
Rindo Berry
B1-48F
Floor
No
Shuca Berry
B1-48F
Floor
No
Plain Seed
B1-48F
Floor
No
Reviver Seed
B11-48F
Floor
Yes
Gummis
B10-48F
Floor
No
Smoke Ball
B18-48F
Floor
No
Iron Thorn
B1-48F
Floor
No
TM Dig
B25-48F
Floor
No
TM Grass Knot
B25-48F
Floor
No
TM Taunt
B25-48F
Floor
No
Cleanse Orb
B1-48F
Floor
Yes
Foggy Orb
B30-48F
Floor
Yes
Luminous Orb
B1-48F
Floor
Yes
Petrify Orb
B30-48F
Floor
Yes
Recycle Orb
B1-48F
Floor
Yes
Heart Scale
B1-48F
Floor, Wall
Yes
Shards
B21-48F
Floor
Yes
Kecleon Shop
There is a Kecleon Shop on Floors 16, 24, 32, and 44.
IS
Item
Price
Black Sludge
1500 Poké
Toxic Orb
1500 Poké
Stamina Band
1000 Poké
Poison Dust
5000 Poké
Leaf Stone
3000 Poké
Max Ether
250 Poké
Lum Berry
800 Poké
Reviver Seed
2500 Poké
TM Grass Knot
6500 Poké
TM Solar Beam
6500 Poké
Cleanse Orb
500 Poké
Recycle Orb
500 Poké
Mystery Eggs
Boggy Wastes has Mystery Eggs that can appear starting on Floor 25.
Portrait
#
Pokémon
Location
Tile
Hidden
023
Ekans
B25-48F
Floor
No
043
Oddish
B25-48F
Floor
No
046
Paras
B25-48F
Floor
No
050
Diglett
B25-48F
Floor
No
069
Bellsprout
B25-48F
Floor
No
084
Doduo
B25-48F
Floor
No
088
Grimer
B25-48F
Floor
No
193
Yanma
B25-48F
Floor
No
258
Mudkip
B25-48F
Floor
No
285
Shroomish
B25-48F
Floor
No
316
Gulpin
B25-48F
Floor
No
453
Croagunk
B25-48F
Floor
No
590
Foongus
B25-48F
Floor
No
Dungeon Objective
By completing this dungeon the player can later talk to the mayor and obtain the Aquatic Key. This key is needed to enter the dungeon Murky Trench and obtain HM Dive. You can find the Mayor near the entrance of Murky Trench, which is located far south, on a separate island across the ocean in Archford. Dusts are common here, and this is the only place where Mudkip is obtainable at.
Trivia
Boggy Wastes used to look differently until the Muk and Gulpin overtook it.
This is a play on how pollution destroys beautiful places.
This can also be seen as a reference to Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky's dungeon Sky Peak; where Muk and Grimer had taken over, polluting and destroying the original beauty it had.
The Gulpin and Muk are classified in the same manner as players.