Mt. Steel

Overview

UnlockClear Thunderwave Cave → 2 days later.
Floors9FJob RankF
Radar / ScanningYesWeatherClear
Dark HallsNoBossSkarmory
Max Team Size3Strong FoeRapidash
Bring ItemsYesShopsYes
Bring PokeYesMonster HousesNo
Level ResetNoMystery HousesNo
Clear IconNoneRewardUnlock Sinister Woods (3 days later)

Dungeon that slightly dials up the difficulty with a simple boss fight at the end.
The party's HP, PP, and Belly is fully restored before the boss, so there's no need to heal up beforehand.
You can be rescued by another player in this game even if you wipe out during a boss fight,
so there isn't a whole lot of danger of losing items unless you choose not to use rescues.

If you return to this dungeon after clearing it, you might run into a Rapidash Strong Foe.
Strong Foes are powerful pokemon that you should generally run away from at this point in the game.
They always drop a Deluxe Box and offer a lot of experience points if you manage to defeat them,
but they can't be recruited unless you have a Friend Bow (obtained in a post-game dungeon).

Boss Strategy

Skarmory (179 HP) - Leer / Peck / Metal Claw / Air Cutter

  • Blast Seeds make short work of this boss due to its low HP.
  • Otherwise, throw a Slumber Seed to try and prevent the boss from acting.

Needed Camps

Wild

NamePricePokemon
Wild Plains-Zigzagoon
Ravaged Field700Spearow
Mt. Green700Geodude
Overgrown Forest700Pinsir
Scorched Plains700Rapidash
Mt. Discipline700Tyrogue, Meditite
Mt. Cleft700Aron
Ancient Relic700Baltoy
Magnetic Quarry700Beldum
Decrepit Lab6000Mime Jr.

Fainted

NamePricePokemon
Safari600Doduo
Overgrown Forest700Scyther
Gourd Swamp9000Wooper
Frigid Cavern800Swinub
Mushroom Forest800Shroomish
Withering Desert900Trapinch

Pokemon

Rate = Recruit rate.
Red stats = Stats as an enemy.
Ability colors: Caution, Dangerous
Move colors: Boosting, Destroys Items, Caution, Dangerous

Wild

FloorImageNameRateLvHPAtkDefSpASpDSpeExpAbility + Moves
1-8 Baltoy Baltoy
Ground Psychic
14.4%945
28
18
22
22
14
16
18
22
13
19
19
15Levitate
Harden / Confusion / Rapid Spin / Mud-Slap
1-8
Rare
Beldum Beldum
Steel Psychic
14.4%1046
38
21
22
22
14
18
16
19
14
18
18
17Clear Body
Take Down
1-8 Tyrogue Tyrogue
Fighting
14.4%1044
30
24
18
16
12
16
16
22
10
20
20
10Guts or Steadfast
Tackle / Helping Hand / Fake Out / Foresight
2-8 Meditite Meditite
Fighting Psychic
14.4%1046
34
18
18
19
15
18
17
18
11
21
21
12Pure Power
Bide / Meditate / Confusion / Detect
2-8
Rare
Spearow Spearow
Normal Flying
14.4%945
30
22
21
16
11
16
16
15
12
21
21
13Keen Eye
Peck / Growl / Leer / Pursuit
2-8
Rare
Zigzagoon Zigzagoon
Normal
14.4%945
33
18
17
16
12
13
19
16
12
20
20
11Pickup or Gluttony
Tackle / Growl / Tail Whip / Sand Attack
4-8 Geodude Geodude
Rock Ground
14.4%944
40
23
23
23
20
13
18
13
16
15
15
20Rock Head or Sturdy
Tackle / Defense Curl / Mud Sport / Rock Polish
4-8
Rare
Aron Aron
Steel Rock
14.4%945
44
23
28
25
15
15
23
15
18
16
16
14Rock Head or Sturdy
Tackle / Harden / Mud-Slap / Headbutt
5-8 Mime Jr. Mime Jr.
Psychic Fairy
16.9%941
30
13
16
16
14
22
14
23
16
20
24
16Soundproof or Filter
Tickle / Barrier / Pound / Confusion / Copycat /
Meditate
※ Mime Jr. Statue required to spawn.
6-8
Foe
Rapidash

Shiny
Rapidash
Fire
-6.4%4072
170
67
60
49
31
57
60
48
31
76
76
158Run Away or Flash Fire
Poison Jab / Megahorn / Quick Attack / Growl /
Tail Whip / Ember / Flame Wheel / Stomp /
Flame Charge / Fire Spin / Take Down / Inferno /
Agility / Fury Attack
※ Friend Bow required to recruit.
7-8 Pinsir Pinsir
Bug
14.4%947
45
28
30
21
22
18
23
18
18
23
23
35Hyper Cutter or Mold Breaker
Vise Grip / Focus Energy / Bind / Seismic Toss
※ Can Mega Evolve.

Boss

FloorImageNameRateLvHPAtkDefSpASpDSpeExpAbility + Moves
9 Skarmory Skarmory
Steel Flying
-1149
179
23
23
31
31
17
17
20
20
23
23
0Keen Eye
Leer / Peck / Metal Claw / Air Cutter
※ First clear.

Fainted

ImageNameLvHPAtkDefSpASpDSpe
Doduo Doduo
Normal Flying
11472819191924
Scyther Scyther
Bug Flying
11493323202026
Wooper Wooper
Water Ground
13532424202020
Swinub Swinub
Ice Ground
11502521181821
Shroomish Shroomish
Grass
11492822192021
Trapinch Trapinch
Ground
11452517171719

Items

Floor

NameFloorsRate
Apple1-80.143%
Poke1-81.31%
Max Ether1-80.179%
Blast Seed1-86.76%
Cheri Berry1-86.76%
Oran Berry1-833.8%
Pecha Berry1-816.9%
Rawst Berry1-810.1%
Sleep Seed1-86.76%
Tiny Reviver Seed1-816.9%
Gravelerock1-80.357%

Shop

NameRate
Apple10.7%
Foe-Hold Orb2.83%
Foe-Seal Orb1.88%
Rollcall Orb0.942%
Slumber Orb1.88%
Totter Orb0.942%
Wigglytuff Orb9.42%
Max Ether13.4%
Blast Seed2.15%
Cheri Berry2.15%
Oran Berry9.67%
Pecha Berry4.31%
Rawst Berry3.21%
Sleep Seed2.15%
Tiny Reviver Seed7.52%
Gravelerock26.8%

Traps

Name
Wonder Tile
Training Switch
Slumber Trap
Blast Trap