Holiday Cave

Holiday Caves (HC) are a type of limited event dungeon that open to commemorate an occasion — mainly holidays, given the name. The entrance to Holiday Caves are found at Holiday Hills in Exbel.
Modern Holiday Caves last two weeks, reset your level and prevent items from being taken in. They most often have an associated currency which can be used to buy items until the next Holiday Cave, alongside other special rewards specific to that instance of the Holiday Cave. In addition, unreleased Pokémon are often first obtainable in Holiday Caves.
==Past Holiday Caves==
Listed below is a recorded history of past Holiday Caves.
===Valentines===
====Tunnel of Love====
March 1st - March 21stExtension due to server downtime https://discord.com/channels/227998568227536896/448889065157296158/553361024787546122
Tunnel of Love was the dungeon in Doki Town, the Valentines Holiday Cave in 2019. Its currency was the . It introduced the , letting players obtain Jangmo'o.
*Floors: 50
*Boss: Shaymin
Ruins of Love (Boss).png|Boss
===Easter===
A Holiday Cave centered around hatching eggs.
Starting from 2019, it generally has the following attributes:
60 floors with no boss. Pokémon obtainable from the eggs change every 10 floors.
It has midpoints after Floors 20 and 40 that allow the player to heal and hatch eggs three times faster. These midpoints also contained a shop. In 2019 it was was a Buneary named Easter Bunny Merchant, who had no items to sell as its purpose for selling unwanted items. Later on, the merchant was changed to Croagunk who did sell items.
On floors 25, 35, 45 and 55 the player enters a room full of Kecleon who accuse the player of being an thief and attack. Upon defeating them, Green Kecleon drops 1 currency. Purple Kecleon (for 2019, exclusive to Floor 25) drops 25 currency or a rare .
End room contains some of the currency, four s, and an egg containing base evolution of the Pokémon that entered the room. If the player enters the room in a party, the number of players in the party are the total egg spawn. The Partner egg at the end could have a chance at being a dud and not hatching a partner Pokémon.
The dungeon also has a Secret Room with Easter Treats. If the player found Honey, they could summon Shaymin and have a chance at getting its Heart Slate.
The currency for Eastern Highlands was during 2019 and has been since 2020.
====2011====
April 22nd - May 8th
To get event Pokémon from it, you had to hatch an egg that was found in the dungeon. You were able to trade your eggs for Rare Berries. To trade them, go to the entrance of HC and talk to Togekiss. She will ask if you want to trade your eggs for items. The berries were held in Nifty Boxes. This Holiday Cave dungeon was made mostly by Kirk. To hatch eggs, players had to run around in a safe zone. So for most of the event people, ran around in circles in town. While this event was going on, Quick Seeds were banned from the town. Sprinko announced that he would make a 99-floor dungeon if 99 people were on. (closest was 94)
*Floors: 41
====2012====
April 12th - April 15th
This dungeon had no recruitable Pokémon. However, this event had eggs in it. The higher floors (41F+) enabled you to randomly get you or your partner's base evolution through an egg. In a way, this dungeon had the most Pokémon available because of that factor.
*Floors: 50
Only event items are listed, but there are several other items (Poké, Apples, Berries, and other common items). This is the same for Pokémon in these events.
====2019====
April 24th - May 8th
This iteration of Eastern Highlands introduced Pikipek, its evolutions, Rockruff, and the . 
====2020====
April 20th - May 4th
====2021====
April 4th - April 18th
This iteration of Eastern Highlands introduced shiny Pokémon being able to hatch from eggs.
====2022====
April 17th - May 1st
This iteration of Eastern Highlands was focused on the theme of Pokémon Legends: Arceus.
===Anniversary===
====Eccentric Ascent====
September 1st - September 29thExtension after client update https://forum.pmuniverse.net/t/2019-09-20-release-notes-updated-sprites-diamond-dust-strikes-back/37306
Eccentric Ascent was the Holiday Cave dungeon for PMU's 9th anniversary in 2019, located in Anniversary Hills once more. This is the Holiday Cave that first introduced shinies, the and the mechanic. Its currency was the .
Shiny Pokémon were not revealed until later in the event, where players would get a free shiny Bidoof and the Sparkle Token would be revealed as a new item added to its shop.
Eccentric Ascent, Glimmering Lair.png‎|Boss 
Eccentric Pinnacle.png|End room
====Mirage Mountain====
September 3rd - September 17th
Mirage Mountain was the Holiday Cave dungeon for PMU's 13th anniversary, in 2023. Its currency was the . It reintroduced the claw machine from Everdread Hollow, also adding more kinds of plushies. The cost was the same at 5 Festive Coins per use. The dungeons it included were Mirage Underpass (split into two paths), and Mirage Mountain. This is the first Holiday Cave to include a move relearner, present on Floor 2 which also spawned a .
To enter Mirage Mountain, Mirage Underpass needed to be completed. It had unique boxes, the .
;Mirage Mountain
*Floors: 50
Mirage Underpass had two paths and could be entered from the respective side of the Holiday Cave lobby, starting on that path Two stairs would spawn. One stays on the same path, while the other switched paths.
;Mirage Underpass
*Floors: 40
*Boss: Latios (left)/Latias (right)
Mirage Mountain Guesthouse.png|The Guesthouse, containing the claw machine, a shop, and an arena
Mirage_Mountain_Bakery.png|The bakery, letting players change the form of Alcremie
Mirage_Underpass,_Misty_Cavern.png|Mirage Underpass end room
Mirage_Mountain_Summit.png|The last room of both Mirage Underpass and Mirage Mountain. Mirage Underpass would put the player on the bottom two sides
===Summer===
====2011====
July 5th - July 19th
This event was made to celebrate Summer time! There were 49 floors and the last being a floor of Deluxe Boxes. Inside the boxes, the items below were what could be contained inside. For this event, your level was reduced to level 25 and you couldn't level up. Also, you weren't allowed to bring items and you could only bring half of your team (or only two Pokémon along).
*Floors: 50
====Resort Island====
August 13th - September 21st (2018)Extension due to server downtime https://discord.com/channels/227998568227536896/227998840467357696/490242964430258179, August 22nd - September 5th (2021), August 17th - September 1st (2022)
Resort Island.png‎|Resort Island
Resort Island Hotel, Lobby.png |Lobby
Resort Island is a Holiday Cave sometimes run for summer since 2018. It contains three dungeons: Floral Jungle, Tidewater Beach, and Kindle Mountain, all 40 floors. They are themed around the types Grass, Water, and Fire respectively. Its currency is the .
Each dungeon has bosses at the end that drop a pendant. These pendants together made a , giving access to a room that gave something special which changed each run of the Holiday Cave:
*2020 - Shiny Eevee named Gelato
*2021 - Generation 8 starter egg
*2022 - Generation 8 Fossil
Resort Island Hotel, Hidden Underpass.png|Hidden Underpass, where the Resort Island Key is used
Gelato's Room.png|Gelato* room
Resort Island Hotel, Sealed Basement.png|Generation 8 starter egg room
;Floral Jungle
*Floors: 40
*Boss: Vileplume, Lilligant, Sunflora
*Pokémon:
;Tidewater Beach
*Boss: Alomomola, Wailord, Octillery
*Floors: 40
*Pokémon:
;Kindle Mountain
*Floors: 40
*Boss: Arcanine, Camerupt, Magcargo
*Pokémon:
Floral Jungle, Trial Site.png|Floral Jungle boss room
Tidewater Beach, Trial Site.png|Tidewater Beach boss room
Kindle Mountain, Trial Site.png|Kindle Mountain boss room
Floral Jungle, Clearing.png|Floral Jungle end room
Tidewater Beach, Shallows.png|Tidewater Beach end room
Kindle Mountain, Crater.png|Kindle Mountain end room
===Halloween===
====2011====
October 26th - November 13th
Released to celebrate the upcoming Halloween for everyone. As for all Holiday Caves, it was a set level dungeon with no items. The amount of Pokémon you could bring was unrestricted. After Phantom Forest, there was a break that you could see everyone on a map called "Pokehallow Square". It included a Cubone that healed your Pokémon and a choice of which dungeon you wanted.
There was a fourth dungeon that was added called Hallowed Well. It was a 99-floor dungeon with no Pokémon that were able to be recruited, but rare items were in it. The prize of the dungeon was a Max Revive. During the floors 60-85, the darkness was pitch black, meaning that Pokémon and items were unable to be seen. Also, during that time, Darkrai was released in town as an illusion for a couple of days.
;Phantom Forest
*Floors: 7
;Abandoned Basement
*Floors: 35
*Boss: Rotom
;Abandoned Mansion
*Floors: 35 
;Abandoned Attic
*Floors: 15
*Boss: Chandelure, three Lampent, six Litwick
====Oblivion Forest====
October 31st - November 16thExtension due to server downtime https://discord.com/channels/227998568227536896/227998840467357696/379018844540502016 (2017), October 28th - November 15th (2018)
Oblivion Forest is a Halloween Holiday Cave, with two unique dungeons. The main dungeon was Oblivion Forest which had a second part named Deep Oblivion Forest. The second dungeon was the Abandoned Storage Unit. It also included the 99-floor dungeon Hallowed Well from previous Halloween Holiday Caves, which had a at the end of it. Its currency was .
The end room in Oblivion Forest contained es. Deep Oblivion Forest also had a Secret Room with a fight in it. One of the enemies would drop a .
Eerier Unit Walkway.png|
Back Storage Room.png‎|Mimikyu room
An item could be gotten from the boss of the Abandoned Storage Unit to access a map with a guaranteed recruit Mimikyu.
;Oblivion Forest
*Floors: 33
*Boss: ?
*Deep oblivion Forest
**Floors: 33 
**Boss: Yveltal (Yvette)
Oblivion Forest, Creepy Clearing.png‎|Oblivion Forest boss
Oblivion Rest Point.png|Deep Oblivion Forest entrance
DeepOblivionForestSecretRoom.png|Deep Oblivion Forest Secret Room
DeepOblivionForestBoss.png‎|Deep Oblivion Forest boss 
Oblivion Forest Cliffview.png|Deep Oblivion Forest end room
;Abandoned Storage Unit
*Floors: 30
*Boss: Raichu, Pikachu x4
Abandoned Storage Depth.png|Abandoned Storage Unit boss
====Everdread Hollow====
December 5th - December 19th
Dreepy room entrance|thumb
Everdread Hollow was a Halloween Holiday Cave in 2021. It had two dungeons: Gravewhisper Woods and Abandoned Arcade. The ending of these dungeons gave the Rusty Key Fragment and Rusty Key Piece which formed a , letting the player recruit a Dreepy. The currency was . There was a machine that would give the player a plushie for 5 tickets.
Abandoned Arcade had a Secret Room which the player could spawn a Hoopa in Unbound form and get a .
;Abandoned Arcade
*Floors: 60
*Boss: Hoopa
Abandoned Arcade, Prize Room.png|Abandoned Arcade end room
;Gravewhisper Woods
*Floors: 35
===Thanksgiving===
====2010====
November 21st - November 30th
This event was made to commemorate Thanksgiving, due to the lack of a Halloween event that year.
*Floors: 15
===Winter===
====2010====
December 24th - January 7th
*Floors: 51
====2011====
December 28th - Janurary 11th
This dungeon had three parts to it. The first part had easy Pokémon while the second part had harder Pokémon. The third part had the hardest Pokémon in it. During the third part of the dungeon, when you got to floors 45+, there was a chance of fighting Vanilluxe that had a 100% chance of dropping a Castelia Cone. When you met the Vanilluxe, his catchphrase was "I scream! You scream! We all scream for Ice Cream!"
*Floors: 50
====Snowfall Village====
Snowfall Village.png‎|Snowfall Village
Santa's Workshop.png|Santa's Workshop
December 30th - January 13th (2017), December 23rd - January 17th (2018), January 1st - January 15th (2024)
Snowfall Village was the winter Holiday Cave in 2017 and 2018. The first iteration introduced Klefki, Alolan Vulpix and Alolan Sandshrew, as well as the evolution item for the two Alolan Pokémon: the . It included two dungeons: Winter Woodlands and Toy Factory. Its currency was the in 2017, in 2018, and in 2024. 
Hidden Area|thumb
There was a hidden room in Snowfall Village where one could use a — dropped by the boss in Winter Woodlands — to get a (2017)/ (2018). Among other things, there was a chance to get from it.
During 2017 and 2018, this specific Holiday Cave there was also an item called the able to be bought from the shop, increasing experience gained by 50% for the team while the Holiday Cave was active. 
In 2024, clearing both dungeon would unlock Santa's festive gift, which contained 5 and a .
;Winter Woodlands
* Floors: 50
* Boss: 
** Kyurem, Delibird (Santa) (2017, 2018)
** Kyurem (2024)
Winter Woodlands Clearing.png|Winter Woodlands boss (2017/2018)
Winter Woodlands, Frostbitten Grotto.png|Winter Woodlands boss (2024)
Frosty Woodland Cave.png|Winter Woodlands end room (2024)
;Toy Factory
* Floors: 20 (2017, 2018), 30 (2024)
*Boss:
**Weavile, Golisopod, Salazzle (2024)
Toy Factory, Storage Room.png|Toy Factory boss (2024)
Toy Factory, Break Room.png|Toy Factory end room (2024)
====Mt. Winter====
December 25th - Janurary 8th (2020), Janurary 16th - Janurary 30th (2023)
Mt. Winter is a Holiday Cave run during winter. It contains the dungeons Icicle Cave and Mt. Winter itself. The currency was .
Mt. Winter had a Secret Room with a Diancie in it, allowing players a chance to get a .
;Mt. Winter
*Floors: 50
*Boss: Xerneas
;Icicle Cave
*Floors: 30
*Boss: Slice (Kabutops), Big Vice (Tyrantrum), Dice (Armaldo)
Mt. Winter Peak (Boss)‎.png|Mt. Winter Boss 
Mt. Winter Peak.png|Mt. Winter End room
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==Trivia==
*Holiday Caves were "discontinued" in 2014, however Holiday Caves would come back and continue to be made in the future despite this.
*Seedot erroneously had a Nidoran portrait in 2010's Thanksgiving Holiday Cave.
*During Easter 2012, mission escorts could be brought into the dungeon. That caused the mission board to be disabled for most of the dungeon.
*The Togekiss NPC from the 2011 Easter Holiday Cave became a permanent addition at some point.
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