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Dark Crater (Japanese: やみのかこう Dark Crater) is a dungeon in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky in the Volcanic Area. This dungeon has 30 floors, with a rest point halfway through, and is unlocked by clearing Spacial Rift. This dungeon is where the hero and their partner, accompanied by Cresselia, will fight the final boss of the second storyline, Darkrai.
All stages of the Fire-type first partner Pokémon that have existed as of Generation IV are found in this dungeon.
Gameplay
The jobs are ranked E, ★2, ★3, or ★4 by default, depending on the floor. Deep Dark Crater is ★4, ★5, ★6 and ★7 for purpose of Treasure Boxes.
The dungeon uses three layout types:
- Most floors are large sized, with the maximum amount of rooms cycling upwards between 9, 10, 11 and 12 (even when this is not the floor layout, going back to 9 after 12). The exception to this is very last floor of Deep Dark Crater, with only 7 rooms at max.
- Floors 2 and 4 of Dark Crater have hallways in center with rooms on the edge.
- Floors 7 and 10 of Dark Crater have hallways on the edges with rooms in center.
There's 2-5 items on ground on floors 1 through 9 of Dark Crater and 3-6 on later floors. There's also 4-7 items in the walls. There's 2-4 starting enemies on each floor.
The IQ Booster activates on every floor. The turn limit is 1000. Items spawn sticky 5% of the time. The player cannot be rescued if knocked out in Deep Dark Crater. Unlike most dungeons, Dark Crater allows 20 attempts per a rescue instead of 10. There is light darkness in the dungeon. There is lava on floors 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13 and 14 of Dark Crater, and 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 10, 11 and 13 of Deep Dark Crater. Enemies up to fourth floor of Deep Dark Crater have 150IQ and 331IQ on the later floors of Deep Dark Crater. All Pokémon in the boss fight have 600IQ, granting them various IQ skills.
Pokémon encountered
Dark Crater
Each time player enters floors 4 through 10 of Dark Crater, only 14 of the species that can be found on a given floor will be chosen. The unpicked Pokémon's spawn rate will be added to whichever picked Pokémon is next in the National Dex order, going back to the beginning if needed.
Deep Dark Crater
Dark Crater Pit
Items
Ground
| Item | Floors | |
|---|---|---|
 | 2-240TD/250S Poké | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
 | S Gaggle Specs | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
 | DS Insomniscope | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Lockon Specs | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS No-Aim Scope | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
 | DS Scope Lens | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
 | TS Curve Band | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Def. Scarf | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Detect Band | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Friend Bow | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Gold Ribbon | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Heal Ribbon | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Joy Ribbon | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Mobile Scarf | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| S No-Slip Cap | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| No-Stick Cap | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Pass Scarf | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Patsy Band | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Pecha Scarf | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Persim Band | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Power Band | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Racket Band | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Sneak Scarf | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Special Band | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Stamina Band | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Twist Band | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Warp Scarf | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| D Weather Band | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Zinc Band | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
 | 4-5 Iron Thorn | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
 | 4 Silver Spike | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
 | 4-5 Stick | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
 | 4-5 Gravelerock | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
 | Geo Pebble | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| S Gone Pebble | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| S Gravelyrock | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
 | Apple | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
 | TS Blue Gummi | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
 | TS Brown Gummi | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
 | TS Grass Gummi | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
 | TS Green Gummi | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
 | TS Orange Gummi | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
 | TS Silver Gummi | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
 | TS Sky Gummi | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
 | TS White Gummi | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
 | DS Black Gummi | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
 | DS Clear Gummi | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
 | DS Gold Gummi | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
 | DS Gray Gummi | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
 | DS Pink Gummi | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
 | DS Purple Gummi | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
 | DS Red Gummi | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
 | DS Royal Gummi | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
 | DS Yellow Gummi | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
 | S Wander Gummi | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
 | Cheri Berry | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
 | Chesto Berry | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
 | Oran Berry | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| S Oren Berry | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
 | Pecha Berry | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
 | Rawst Berry | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
 | DS Blinker Seed | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Doom Seed | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| S Dough Seed | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| S Dropeye Seed | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Eyedrop Seed | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Quick Seed | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| S Reviser Seed | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Reviver Seed | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Sleep Seed | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| S Slip Seed | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Totter Seed | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| S Via Seed | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Warp Seed | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS X-Eye Seed | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
 | Max Elixir | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| S Mix Elixir | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
 | DS Aerial Ace | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Attract | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| T Avalanche | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Blizzard | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Brick Break | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Brine | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Bulk Up | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Bullet Seed | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Calm Mind | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Captivate | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| T Dark Pulse | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Dig | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Dive | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Dragon Claw | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Embargo | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Energy Ball | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Explosion | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Facade | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS False Swipe | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Fire Blast | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Flamethrower | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Flash | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Focus Blast | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Focus Punch | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Giga Drain | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Giga Impact | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Grass Knot | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Gyro Ball | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Hidden Power | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Hyper Beam | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Ice Beam | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Iron Tail | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Light Screen | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Natural Gift | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Overheat | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Payback | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Poison Jab | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Protect | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Psych Up | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Psychic | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Recycle | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Reflect | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Rest | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Return | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Roar | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Rock Polish | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Rock Slide | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Roost | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Safeguard | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Secret Power | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Shadow Ball | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Shadow Claw | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Shock Wave | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| T Skill Swap | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Sleep Talk | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Sludge Bomb | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS SolarBeam | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Stealth Rock | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Steel Wing | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| T Stone Edge | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Swords Dance | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Taunt | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Thief | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Thunder | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Thunder Wave | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Thunderbolt | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Torment | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Toxic | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Vacuum-Cut | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Water Pulse | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Wide Slash | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| X-Scissor | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
 | DS All-Hit Orb | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Blowback Orb | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Cleanse Orb | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Escape Orb | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Evasion Orb | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Foe-Fear Orb | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Foe-Seal Orb | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Hurl Orb | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Petrify Orb | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Pounce Orb | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Radar Orb | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Rebound Orb | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Rollcall Orb | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Scanner Orb | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Switcher Orb | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Trapbust Orb | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Trawl Orb | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Warp Orb | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
Monster House
| Item | Floors | |
|---|---|---|
| 2-240TD/250S Poké | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Blue Gummi | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Brown Gummi | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Grass Gummi | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Green Gummi | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Orange Gummi | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Silver Gummi | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Sky Gummi | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS White Gummi | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Black Gummi | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Clear Gummi | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Gold Gummi | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Gray Gummi | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Pink Gummi | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Purple Gummi | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Red Gummi | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Royal Gummi | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Yellow Gummi | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Aerial Ace | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Attract | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Brick Break | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Brine | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Bullet Seed | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Calm Mind | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Dig | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Dive | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Embargo | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Energy Ball | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Explosion | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS False Swipe | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Flash | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Focus Blast | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Focus Punch | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Giga Drain | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Giga Impact | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Hidden Power | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Hyper Beam | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Iron Tail | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Light Screen | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Natural Gift | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Payback | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Poison Jab | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Protect | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Recycle | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Reflect | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Rest | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Roar | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Rock Slide | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Roost | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Safeguard | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Shadow Claw | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Shock Wave | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS SolarBeam | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Stealth Rock | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Steel Wing | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Swords Dance | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Taunt | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Thunder Wave | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Thunderbolt | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Torment | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Vacuum-Cut | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Water Pulse | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Wide Slash | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS All-Hit Orb | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS All-Mach Orb | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Blowback Orb | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Cleanse Orb | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Decoy Orb | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Evasion Orb | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Foe-Fear Orb | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Foe-Hold Orb | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Foe-Seal Orb | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| Hurl Orb | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Invisify Orb | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Itemizer Orb | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Luminous Orb | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Mug Orb | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS One-Shot Orb | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Petrify Orb | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Pounce Orb | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Radar Orb | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Rebound Orb | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Scanner Orb | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS See-Trap Orb | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Silence Orb | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Slumber Orb | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Snatch Orb | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Spurn Orb | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Switcher Orb | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Totter Orb | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Transfer Orb | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| DS Trapbust Orb | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Trawl Orb | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
| TS Warp Orb | B3-15F, DB1-D14F |
Buried items
| Item | Floors | |
|---|---|---|
| 2-240TD/250S Poké | B1-15F, DB1-D14F |
Traps
The game will spawn 5 to 10 of these on each floor and extra in a Monster House
Other encounters
| Image | Trap | B1-B2F | B3-B15F, DB1-DB14F |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monster House | 0% | 5% |
Layout
In other languages
Dark Crater | Deep Dark Crater | Dark Crater Pit |
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