Aegis Cave

Aegis Cave (Japanese: ばんにんのどうくつ Watchman's Cave) is a dungeon in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness and Explorers of Sky. It is segmented into 4 sections, each home to one of the legendary giants.
The 's team first enters the cave with Team Charm. The exploration team first enters the first Stela Chamber; from there, if the I, C, and E stones are in the Treasure Bag the team can proceed to the Regice Chamber; if they do not have the required stones, the team enters Ice Aegis Cave, where these stones can be collected. After defeating in the Regice Chamber, the team proceeds to the second Stela Chamber, where they will proceed either to the Rock Aegis Cave or Chamber depending on if they have the R, O, C, and K stones. After defeating Regirock in the Regirock Chamber, the team proceeds to the third Stela Chamber, where they will proceed either to the Steel Aegis Cave or Chamber depending on if they have the S, T, L stones and two E stones. After defeating Registeel, the team proceeds to the Aegis Cave Pit, where is battled along with a group of four and four .
Unown stones are sometimes dropped by when defeated; the stone dropped corresponds to the letter or symbol of the Unown knocked out. All 28 Unown stones have no practical use outside Aegis Cave; all stones other than C, E, I, K, L, O, R, S, and T have no practical use in the dungeon, either. They cause 60 damage if thrown at a Pokémon (90 damage if the Pokémon has the IQ skill Power Pitcher) and can be sold for 10 Poké.
Unlike most other dungeons, the cave's intermissive rooms have no exits. A player attempting to leave through the south will encounter an invisible wall, and will be unable to pass. The only ways to leave the cave are to complete it or use an .
==Gameplay==
For purpose of Treasure Boxes, Ice Aegis Cave is ranked E and ★1, Rock Aegis Cave is ranked ★1, Steel Aegis Cave is ranked ★2 and Aegis Cave Pit is ranked ★2 and ★3.
All floors are medium-sized with 3-9 rooms. There's 1-4 items on each floor on the ground and 4-7 buried in the walls. There's 2-4 starting enemies on each floor.
IQ Booster activates on every even floor of the Rock/Ice/Steel Aegis Cave, and every odd floor of Aegis Cave Pit. The turn limit is 1000. There's light darkness in the dungeon. There's water on every floor except floor 1 of Ice Aegis Cave, floor 3 of Rock Aegis Cave and Aegis Cave Pit, and floor 2 of Steel Aegis Cave The player cannot be rescued in this dungeon if knocked out. Non-boss enemies dungeon in this dungeon have 150 IQ. Regirock, Regice and Registeel have 330IQ during their boss fight, while bosses of Regigigas Chamber all have 600 IQ, granting them access to many IQ skills such as Intimidator or Extra Striker.
==Pokémon encountered==
The Unown are all considered separate species for purpose of the internal spawn limit, which allows only 14 different species to spawn at the same time on a given floor. Since there are a total of 28 different Unown, it is possible that the game will not pick the Unown needed to progress further and the player will have to repeat the part.
===Ice Aegis Cave===
===Regice Chamber===
===Rock Aegis Cave===
===Regirock Chamber===
===Steel Aegis Cave===
===Registeel Chamber===
===Aegis Cave Pit===
===Regigigas Chamber===
==Items==
===Ground===
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===Buried items===
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==Traps==
The game will spawn 4 to 8 of these on each floor.
Image	 	Appearance %
 	Chestnut Trap 	5.18%/5.71%
 	Explosion Trap 	2.07%/5.71%
 	Grimy Trap 	11.76%/5.18%/5.71%
 	Gust Trap 	2.59%/5.71%
 	Mud Trap 	11.76%/5.18%/5.71%
 	Pitfall Trap 	5.19%/5.71%
 	Poison Trap 	11.77%/5.18%/5.71%
 	Pokémon Trap 	5.18%/5.71%
 	PP-Zero Trap 	11.76%/5.18%/5.72%
 	Seal Trap 	11.77%/2.59%/5.71%
 	Selfdestruct Trap	1.56%/5.72%
 	Slow Trap 	11.77%/5.18%/5.72%
 	Slumber Trap 	5.88%/6.22%/2.86%
 	Spin Trap 	11.77%/4.66%/5.71%
 	Sticky Trap 	11.77%/2.59%/5.72%
 	Summon Trap 	5.18%/5.72%
 	Trip Trap 	2.59%/5.71%
 	Warp Trap 	5.18%/5.72%
 	Wonder Tile 	25.91%
==Layout==
Ice Aegis Cave waypoint 	Regice Chamber 	Rock Aegis Cave waypoint 	
 	 	 	
Rock Aegis Cave/Aegis Cave Pit	Regirock Chamber 	Steel Aegis Cave waypoint	
 	 	 	
Steel Aegis Cave 	Registeel Chamber	Regigigas Chamber 	
 	 	 	
Exit 	 	 	
 	 	 	
  	  	  	 
==In other languages==
Aegis Cave	
Stela Chamber
Ice Aegis Cave	
Regice Chamber
Rock Aegis Cave	
Regirock Chamber
Steel Aegis Cave	
Registeel Chamber
Aegis Cave Pit	
Regigigas Chamber
Category:Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness locations
Category:Caves
Category:Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky locations
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de:Ägishöhle
es:Cueva Regia
fr:Grotte Egide
it:Grotta Egida
ja:ばんにんのどうくつ
zh:守护洞穴