Quicksand Cave

Quicksand Cave (Japanese: りゅうさのどうくつ Quicksand Cave) is a dungeon in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky situated underneath Quicksand Desert (Japanese: りゅうさのち). It has a total of 21 floors, with Quicksand Cave consisting of ten floors, Quicksand Pit (Japanese: りゅうさのどうくつ さいかそう) of ten floors, and Underground Lake (Japanese: ちていのみずうみ). Mesprit serves as the boss of the dungeon, and after the credits can be recruited on subsequent visits. The dungeon is unlocked the day after the player completes the Northern Desert. After clearing the dungeon initially, it cannot be revisited until after the credits.

Underground Lake redirects here. For the TCG card, see Underground Lake (Skyridge 141).

Northern Desert
Quicksand Cave
Crystal Cave
Quicksand Cave りゅうさのどうくつ
Quicksand Cave
Basic info
Floors: 21*
Rest stops: Yes
Traps: Yes
Monster Houses: Yes
Main type: Ground
Boss: Mesprit*
Allowances
Recruiting: Yes
Items: 48
Money: Allowed
Starting level: Current
Team members: 4

Gameplay

The jobs here are ranked E, A and S by default, depending on the floor. Quicksand Pit is ranked S for purpose of Treasure Boxes.

All floors are medium-sized, with varying room density - 3 to 9 rooms on most floors, 3 to 8 on some. There's usually 2-3 starting enemies on first four floors of Quicksand Cave and 2-4 on later ones. There's 1-4 items on the first three floors of Quicksand Cave and last four floors of Quicksand Pit, 2-5 items on floors 4 through 10 of Quicksand Cave and first floor of Quicksand Pit, and 3-6 items on floors 2 through 6 of Quicksand Pit.

The IQ Booster activates on odd floors past the first one (counting Quicksand Pit as continuation of Quicksand Cave). The player cannot be rescued if knocked out in Quicksand Pit. The turn limit is 1000. The enemies in this dungeon have 26IQ, granting them Status Checker IQ skill. There is light darkness in the dungeon. The Tyranitar and Hippopotas in the dungeon will cause sandstorms to occur, while Pupitar can cause them by using the move.

Pokémon encountered

Quicksand Cave

Pokémon Floors Levels Recruit Rate
Nincada B1F-B7F 23-24 6.4%
Vibrava B1F-B9F 27-28 0.5%
Pupitar B1F-B10F 23-25 0.5%
Skorupi B1F-B10F 24-26 8.2%
Sandslash B1F-B10F 23-25 0.5%
Mawile B8F-B10F 24-25 6.4%

Quicksand Pit

Pokémon Floors Levels Recruit Rate
Pupitar B1F 25 0.5%
Skorupi B1F-B5F 26-27 8.2%
Mawile B1F-B5F 25-26 6.4%
Sandslash B1F-B10F 25-27 0.5%
Tyranitar B2F-B10F 28-30 -12%
Hippopotas B3F-B10F 26-28 8.2%
Ninjask B5F-B10F 27-28 0.5%

Underground Lake

Pokémon Floors Levels Recruit Rate
Mesprit N/A 18/42 100% Boss
Mesprit cannot be recruited the first time around.

Items

Ground

Item Floors
2-120TD/125S Poké B1-10F, PB1-PB10F
4 Iron Thorn B1-10F, PB1-PB10F
DS 4 Silver Spike B1-10F, PB1-PB10F
Grimy Food B1-10F, PB1-PB10F
TS Silver Gummi B1-10F, PB1-PB10F
DS All-Hit Orb B1-10F, PB1-PB10F
TS All-Mach Orb B1-10F, PB1-PB10F
TS Blowback Orb B1-10F, PB1-PB10F
DS Decoy Orb B1-10F, PB1-PB10F
Drought Orb B1-10F, PB1-PB10F
Escape Orb B1-10F, PB1-PB10F
DS Foe-Fear Orb B1-10F, PB1-PB10F
TS Foe-Hold Orb B1-10F, PB1-PB10F
DS Foe-Seal Orb B1-10F, PB1-PB10F
Hurl Orb B1-10F, PB1-PB10F
DS Luminous Orb B1-10F, PB1-PB10F
TS Petrify Orb B1-10F, PB1-PB10F
Rollcall Orb B1-10F, PB1-PB10F
DS Slumber Orb B1-10F, PB1-PB10F
TS Spurn Orb B1-10F, PB1-PB10F
TS Switcher Orb B1-10F, PB1-PB10F
DS Totter Orb B1-10F, PB1-PB10F
DS Transfer Orb B1-10F, PB1-PB10F
TS Warp Orb B1-10F, PB1-PB10F

Monster House

Item Floors
2-120TD/125S Poké B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
TS Blue Gummi B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
TS Brown Gummi B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
TS Grass Gummi B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
TS Green Gummi B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
TS Orange Gummi B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
TS Silver Gummi B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
TS Sky Gummi B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
TS White Gummi B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
DS Black Gummi B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
DS Clear Gummi B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
DS Gold Gummi B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
DS Gray Gummi B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
DS Pink Gummi B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
DS Purple Gummi B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
DS Red Gummi B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
DS Royal Gummi B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
DS Yellow Gummi B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
DS Aerial Ace B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
TS Attract B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
DS Brick Break B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
Brine B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
TS Bullet Seed B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
TS Calm Mind B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
Dig B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
DS Dive B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
Embargo B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
DS Energy Ball B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
DS Explosion B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
TS False Swipe B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
TS Flash B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
DS Focus Blast B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
DS Focus Punch B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
TS Giga Drain B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
Giga Impact B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
Hidden Power B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
Hyper Beam B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
TS Iron Tail B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
TS Light Screen B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
DS Natural Gift B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
Payback B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
Poison Jab B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
DS Protect B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
TS Recycle B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
TS Reflect B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
TS Rest B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
TS Roar B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
TS Rock Slide B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
Roost B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
Safeguard B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
TS Shadow Claw B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
Shock Wave B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
TS SolarBeam B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
Stealth Rock B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
TS Steel Wing B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
Swords Dance B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
DS Taunt B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
DS Thunder Wave B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
Thunderbolt B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
DS Torment B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
Vacuum-Cut B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
DS Water Pulse B8-10F, PB1-PB10F
TS Wide Slash B8-10F, PB1-PB10F

Traps encountered

This dungeon has the same traps as Northern Desert. The game will generate 2-5 of the following tiles.

Image Trap Appearance %
Slumber Trap 8.33%D/11.11%S
Summon Trap 12.5%T/11.11%S
Trip Trap 12.5%T/8.33%D/11.11%S
Warp Trap 12.5%T/11.11%S
Wonder Tile 62.5%T/83.34%D/55.56%S

Other encounters

Image Encounter B1-B7F B8-B10F, PB1-PB10F
Monster House 0% 8%

Layout

Entrance Rest stop Quicksand Pit
Underground Lake shore Underground Lake
 

In other languages

Quicksand Desert

Language Title
French Desert Sables Mouvants
German Mahlsandwüste
Italian Deserto delle Sabbie Mobili
Korean 유사의 땅
Spanish Arenas Movedizas

Quicksand Cave

Language Title
French Grotte Sables Mouvants
German Treibsandhöhle
Italian Grotta delle Sabbie Mobili
Korean 유사의 동굴 Yusa-ui Donggul
Spanish Cueva Arenas

Quicksand Pit

Language Title
French Grotte Sables Mouvants fond
German Treibsandgrube
Italian Fossa delle Sabbie Mobili
Korean 유사의 동굴 최심부 Yusa-ui Donggul Choesimbu
Spanish Sima Arenas

Underground Lake

Language Title
French Lac Souterrain
German Untergrundsee
Italian Lago Sotterraneo
Korean 땅밑 호수 Ddangmit Hosu
Spanish Lago Subterráneo


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