Mineral Cavern

Mineral Cavern (MC) is a dungeon found southwest of Grassroot Town in Exbel. It provides the player HM Surf at the end of the dungeon, and has no boss to defeat in order to complete the dungeon.

After completing Mineral Cavern, the players gain access to Southern Sea and Crescent Islet.

Attributes

Traps
Icon	Name
	Gust Trap
	Mud Trap
	Selfdestruct Trap
	Shocker Trap
	Slow Trap
	Slumber Trap
	Sticky Trap
	Stealth Rock Trap
	Trip Trap
	Warp Trap
	Wonder Tile

Floors 1-10
Floors 11-20
Floors 21-30

There is darkness in the dungeon starting on Floor 1 that increases with every scenery set.

Mineral Cavern Outlet

You arrive here at the end of the dungeon, and encounter a Floatzel named Kai who lives in Exbel.

Kai: Yooo! You made it!
Kai: Pretty epic, I don't see that many newbies clearing Mineral Cavern.
Kai: Anyways... Since you came all this way...
Kai: You see that HM over there? The little blue disk sitting on that platform? That's all yours, bro!
Kai: This little dude will teach you how to surf, as long as you can learn the move. It totally opens up the world and lets you access more places!
Kai: In fact... You're part of a rescue team, right?
Kai: Haha, no need to answer, I can see your badge! That being said though, you can surf down to a little island from here. From there, you should be able to reach Crescent Islet.
Kai: Crescent Islet will take you over to the land of Archford. Lots of exploring potential there, and I'm sure you'll be stoked to check it out!
Kai: Just make sure you're all prepared, alright bud? I'll be cheering you on, and feel free to drop by my place for surfing lessons if ya want!
Kai: For now, I gotta run back home to inspect some mineral samples, I'll see you 'round.
Kai: Oh, and there is another dungeon called Southern Sea nearby. It's an awesome place if you're interested in that type of adventure! I'll be heading off now, good luck bud!

There's an HM Surf present in this room.

From here you may go up the ladder back to the entrance of the dungeon, or go down to Exbel Peninsula.

Exbel Peninsula

Exbel Peninsula is found going south in Mineral Cavern Outlet, also holding an assembly. Going north leads back to Mineral Cavern end room. If the current Pokémon has the move Surf, the dock here can be used to take the player to South Outpost Island.

Secret Room

Secret Rooms here can be found starting from Floor 11 with one enclosed Deluxe Box.

There's also a Garchomp named John Lee present in the Secret Room.

John Lee: I've been studying these mineral deposits for about a decade now. These crustal formations are astounding; it must be due to the sea water that pours into the caverns here. Interesting, isn't it?

Box items:

Mystic Water
Soft Sand
Water Stone
Ground Diamond
Water Diamond
Pearl
Revival Herb
TM Rock Slide
TM Scald

Pokémon

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

#	Pokémon	Floor	Recruit rate
007	Squirtle	B1-10F	Unrecruitable
027	Sandshrew	B1-10F	4.2%
086	Seel	B1-10F	Unrecruitable
183	Marill	B1-10F	7%
412	Burmy Sandy Cloak	B1-10F	3.8%
418	Buizel	B1-10F	2.8%
090	Shellder	B1-20F	Unrecruitable
098	Krabby	B1-20F	Unrecruitable
747	Mareanie	B1-20F	Unrecruitable
008	Wartortle	B1-30F	Unrecruitable
080	Slowbro	B1-30F	Unrecruitable
222	Corsola	B1-30F	Unrecruitable
413	Wormadam Sandy Cloak	B1-30F	Unrecruitable
419	Floatzel	B1-30F	Unrecruitable
703	Carbink	B1-30F	Unrecruitable
688	Binacle	B11-15F	Unrecruitable
341	Corphish	B11-20F	4.3%
422	Shellos West Sea	B11-20F	3%
852	Clobbopus	B11-20F	3%
087	Dewgong	B11-30F	Unrecruitable
028	Sandslash	B11-30F	Unrecruitable
091	Cloyster	B11-30F	Unrecruitable
342	Crawdaunt	B11-30F	Unrecruitable
558	Crustle	B11-30F	Unrecruitable
689	Barbaracle	B15-30F	Unrecruitable
748	Toxapex	B15-30F	Unrecruitable
853	Grapploct	B15-30F	Unrecruitable
009	Blastoise	B21-30F	Unrecruitable
213	Shuckle	B21-30F	8.2%
184	Azumarill	B21-30F	Unrecruitable
423	Gastrodon West Sea	B21-30F	Unrecruitable
557	Dwebble	B21-30F	3.4%
871	Pincurchin	B21-30F	4.6%

Items

Item	Location	Tile	Hidden
Poké	B1-30F	Floor	No
Eviolite	B21-30F	Wall, Water	Yes
Power Band	B1-30F	Floor	No
Persim Band	B1-30F	Floor	No
Pecha Scarf	B1-30F	Floor	No
Special Band	B1-30F	Floor	No
Mystic Water	B1-30F	Floor	No
Soft Sand	B1-30F	Floor	No
Ground Diamond	B1-30F	Floor, Wall	No
Rock Diamond	B1-30F	Floor, Wall	No
Water Diamond	B1-30F	Floor, Water	No
Apple	B1-30F	Floor	No
Big Apple	B11-30F	Floor	No
Ether	B1-30F	Floor	No
Ether+	B1-30F	Floor	No
Max Ether	B21-30F	Floor	No
Lum Berry	B1-30F	Floor	No
Oran Berry	B1-30F	Floor	No
Pecha Berry	B1-30F	Floor	No
Shuca Berry	B1-30F	Floor	No
Yache Berry	B1-30F	Floor	No
Quick Seed	B1-30F	Floor	No
Sleep Seed	B1-30F	Floor	No
Slip Seed	B1-30F	Floor	No
Reviver Seed	B21-30F	Floor	No
Gummis	B10-30F	Floor	No
Corsola Twig	B1-30F	Floor, Water	No
Gravelerock	B1-30F	Floor	No
TM Attract	B1-30F	Floor	No
TM Dig	B??-??F	Floor	??
TM Rain Dance	B??-??F	Floor	No
TM Rock Tomb	B1-30F	Floor	No
Drought Orb	B1-30F	Floor	No
Escape Orb	B1-30F	Floor	No
Health Orb	B1-30F	Floor	No
Luminous Orb	B1-30F	Floor	No
Quick Orb	B1-30F	Floor	No
Rainy Orb	B1-30F	Floor	No
Rollcall Orb	B1-30F	Floor	No
Trapbust Orb	B1-30F	Floor	No
Big Mushroom	B1-30F	Floor	Yes
Heart Scale	B1-30F	Wall	Yes
Shards	B21-30F	Floor	Yes

Mystery Eggs

Mineral Cavern has Mystery Eggs that can appear on all floors on floor and water.

#	Pokémon	Location	Tile	Hidden
086	Seel	B1-20F	Floor, Water	No
298	Azurill	B1-20F	Floor, Water	No
418	Buizel	B1-20F	Floor, Water	No
557	Dwebble	B21-30F	Floor, Water	No
747	Mareanie	B21-30F	Floor, Water	No
852	Clobbopus	B21-30F	Floor, Water	No

Dungeon Objective

The main objective of this dungeon is to obtain HM Surf, and gain access to the dungeons Southern Sea and Crescent Islet.

This dungeon is the only place to recruit Clobbopus and Pincurchin.

Trivia

Mineral Cavern was revamped on June 24th of 2023.
- The revamp of Mineral Cavern was made by Luminosity.
The original version of Mineral Cavern was made by the former mapper Dandy.

Media

Video

Playthrough of the original Mineral Cavern