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[]

Portrait	Pokémon	Location
	Charmander	Inferno Volcano
	Cyndaquil	Inferno Volcano
	Torchic	Stark Volcanic Woods
	Chimchar	Sunrise Temple
	Tepig	Harmonic Tower Scorched Grasslands
	Fennekin	Mystic Coven
	Litten	Scorched Grasslands

Grass Cavern[]

Portrait	Pokémon	Location
	Bulbasaur	Mysterious Jungle
	Chikorita	Mysterious Jungle
	Treecko	Mysterious Jungle
	Turtwig	Rocky Ravine
	Snivy	Archipelago Thicket Harmonic Tower
	Chespin	Verdure Bluff
	Rowlet	Archford Training Dojo Ghost Spectral Thicket Spectral Thicket

Water Cavern[]

Portrait	Pokémon	Location
	Squirtle	Crescent Islet Depths
	Totodile	Eastern Seafloor Ruins
	Mudkip	Boggy Wastes
	Piplup	Iceberg Frigid Waters Western Seafloor Ruins Central Seafloor Ruins
	Oshawott	Harmonic Tower Shimmering Seabed
	Froakie	Sunken Gardens
	Popplio	Shimmering Seabed

Hero Cavern[]

Portrait	Pokémon	Location
	Phanpy	Murky Trench Rocky Ravine
	Munchlax	Gritty Burrow
	Riolu	Snowveil Den Snowveil Lair
	Shinx	Far Thunderstorm Forest Sky Fortress Voltaic Rainforest
	Pikachu	Friendship Forest (obtained as Pichu) Sky Fortress (obtained as Pichu)
	Meowth	Jailbreak Tunnel
	Vulpix	Harmonic Tower Inferno Volcano
	Togepi	Friendship Forest Sky Fortress
	Skitty	Mt. Moon
	Ralts	Psychic Spectral Thicket Sky Fortress Spectral Thicket
	Cubone	Marowak Training Dojo
	Eevee	Friendship Forest

Trivia[]

Old Destiny Cavern

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.