Caves & InteriorsDark Cave
17 wild Pokémon recorded here across 5 games. Choose your game to see its map, encounter methods, levels and known chances.
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Dark Cave area maps
Choose a game and map. Open the encounter panel for this image or browse the named areas and their rates below.
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Floor and section maps are linked where the game image matches the encounter area. A map without a highlighted patch does not imply patch-specific odds.
No encounter patches are mapped for this edition. Use the area list and tables below.
Wild Pokémon encounters
Choose your game and conditions. Each method has its own encounter table.
Dark Cave (Violet City entrance)
Walking in grass
3 PokémonChance per encounter with this method and the selected conditions; not the chance per step or of catching it.
Rock Smash
2 PokémonChance per encounter with this method and the selected conditions; not the chance per step or of catching it.
Old Rod
2 PokémonChance per encounter with this method and the selected conditions; not the chance per step or of catching it.
Good Rod
2 PokémonChance per encounter with this method and the selected conditions; not the chance per step or of catching it.
Super Rod
3 PokémonChance per encounter with this method and the selected conditions; not the chance per step or of catching it.
Surfing
1 PokémonChance per encounter with this method and the selected conditions; not the chance per step or of catching it.
Dark Cave (Blackthorn City entrance)
Walking in grass
5 PokémonChance per encounter with this method and the selected conditions; not the chance per step or of catching it.
Old Rod
2 PokémonChance per encounter with this method and the selected conditions; not the chance per step or of catching it.
Good Rod
2 PokémonChance per encounter with this method and the selected conditions; not the chance per step or of catching it.
Super Rod
3 PokémonChance per encounter with this method and the selected conditions; not the chance per step or of catching it.
Surfing
1 PokémonChance per encounter with this method and the selected conditions; not the chance per step or of catching it.
Encounter slots: PokéAPI. Modifiers such as Repel and lead Pokémon abilities are not applied.
Dark Cave across the games
Dark Cave shows up in 5 games, and the wild lineup shifts each time. Here's who you can meet in every version it appears in — tap a Pokémon for its full entry.
All Pokémon found at Dark Cave
These 17 Pokémon have wild encounters recorded at Dark Cave in Johto across every game in which the area appears. Tap any Pokémon for its full Pokédex entry, stats, evolutions and every other place it can be found.
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