Dark Cave Gold & Silver · Johto landmark

Wild Pokémon

Violet City side

Walking in the cave encounter rate 4%

Pokémon	Type	Lv.	Morning	Day	Night
Geodude	RockGround	2–4	60%	60%	60%
Zubat	PoisonFlying	2–4	39%	39%	39%
Dunsparce	Normal	4	1%	1%	1%

Surfing encounter rate 2%

Pokémon	Type	Lv.	Chance
Magikarp	Water	5–15	100%

Fishing

Rod	Pokémon	Lv.	Morning & day	Night
Old Rod	Magikarp	10	85%	85%
	Goldeen	10	15%	15%
Good Rod	Goldeen	20	65%	65%
	Magikarp	20	35%	35%
Super Rod	Goldeen	40	70%	70%
	Magikarp	40	20%	20%
	Seaking	40	10%	10%

Blackthorn City side

Walking in the cave encounter rate 4%

Pokémon	Type	Lv.	Morning	Day	Night
Zubat	PoisonFlying	23	30%	30%	30%
Geodude	RockGround	23	30%	30%	30%
Graveler	RockGround	25	20%	20%	20%
Wobbuffet	Psychic	20–25	15%	15%	15%
Golbat	PoisonFlying	23	5%	5%	5%

Surfing encounter rate 2%

Pokémon	Type	Lv.	Chance
Magikarp	Water	5–15	100%

Fishing

Rod	Pokémon	Lv.	Morning & day	Night
Old Rod	Magikarp	10	85%	85%
	Goldeen	10	15%	15%
Good Rod	Goldeen	20	65%	65%
	Magikarp	20	35%	35%
Super Rod	Goldeen	40	70%	70%
	Magikarp	40	20%	20%
	Seaking	40	10%	10%

Rock Smash

Smashed rocks

Pokémon	Type	Lv.	Chance
Krabby	Water	15	90%
Shuckle	BugRock	15	10%

Each smashed rock has a 40% chance of a battle.

Swarms

Swarm: Dunsparce when Hiker Anthony calls to tell you about it

Pokémon	Type	Lv.	Morning	Day	Night
Geodude	RockGround	2–3	40%	40%	40%
Dunsparce	Normal	2–4	40%	40%	40%
Zubat	PoisonFlying	2	20%	20%	20%

A swarm lasts for the day of the phone call. Register the trainer’s number after battling them.

Chances are the game’s encounter slots for each time of day: morning 4:00–9:59, day 10:00–17:59, night 18:00–3:59 (grass and caves 30/30/20/10/5/4/1, surfing 60/30/10, Old Rod 70/15/15, Good Rod 35/35/20/10, Super Rod 40/30/20/10). Where Gold and Silver differ, a cell shows both (G and S); a version tag means the Pokémon only appears in that version here. Version exclusives · Where to find every Pokémon.

Items

Hidden items can be found with the Itemfinder from Ecruteak City.

Tips

• Teach Flash (usable with the Zephyr Badge) before going in; the cave is fully dark without it.
• Dunsparce is the prize here: it appears at Lv 4 on the Violet City side at a 1% rate at any time of day, and Hiker Anthony will phone you when a Dunsparce swarm makes it much more common.
• Wobbuffet (Lv 20–25, up to 15% at any time) and Graveler (Lv 25) live on the Blackthorn City side.
• Rock Smash (TM08) breaks the rocks on the Violet side, opening the way to more of its items, and smashed rocks can hide Krabby or Shuckle.
• On the Blackthorn side, look for the Revive and TM13 Snore item balls, and talk to the man in the corner for a free pair of BlackGlasses, which power up Dark-type moves.
• Surfing here only turns up Magikarp (Lv 5–15), but a Super Rod can hook Seaking.

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