Shoal Cave

Shoal Cave (Japanese: Shoal Cave) is a location in Hoenn. 
It is located north of Mossdeep City on , and is the only place in where and can be encountered. Shoal Cave uniquely features a high tide and low tide mechanic, where certain areas are only reachable during a specific time of day. The overall area accessible during high tide is smaller than during low tide.
Due to the presence of an Ice Rock, can evolve into on the lowest floor in .
==Geography==
Shoal Cave is a cave north of Mossdeep City. This cave was carved into the side of a rocky mountain rising from the ocean. At predetermined times of the day, every six hours, the tides rise or fall. During high tide, the cave floods, allowing the to use to access levels of terrain otherwise out of reach on foot. Conversely, during low tide, the receding waters allow the player to descend to levels that would otherwise be underwater, most notably the ice floor at the lowest level in the cave. This icy room contains the Never-Melt Ice, and can only be accessed if the player has , or the Mach Bike in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. Near the entrance to the icy area is a who gives away a Focus Band.
In Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire only, the Ice Rock is located in the icy room, which allows to evolve into . 
===Tides===
Once the player enters the cave, the tide will not reset until the player leaves the cave and attempts to re-enter.
One can determine what is the tide in Shoal Cave by looking at an analog clock, particularly the one in the player's house in Littleroot Town. If the hour hand is in the "high" half of the clock face (9-12-3), Shoal Cave is in high tide. Conversely, if the hour hand is in the "low" half (3-6-9), Shoal Cave is in low tide.
Time	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Time	12 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10 	11 	12 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10 	11
Tide	High tide	High tide	High tide	Low tide	Low tide	Low tide	Low tide	Low tide	Low tide	High tide	High tide	High tide	High tide	High tide	High tide	Low tide	Low tide	Low tide	Low tide	Low tide	Low tide	High tide	High tide	High tide
===Obtaining the Shell Bell===
Four Shoal Salts and four Shoal Shells are found in the Shoal Cave; the Shoal Salts are available during low tide and the Shoal Shells are available during high tide. If the player has four Shoal Salts and four Shoal Shells in their Bag, the can give the materials to the old man in the first room to make a Shell Bell; the old man can make any number of Shell Bells, as long as the player provides the necessary materials each time. This is the only way to obtain Shoal Salts and Shoal Shells in the Generation III and VI games.
Immediately after crafting a Shell Bell for the player, the old man prompts the player to find the ingredients for another. However, the player must wait for the tide to change in order to gather the salts and shells again.
==Items==
===Any time===
===High tide===
===Low tide===
====Rock Smash====
==Pokémon==
===Generation III===
====Main cave====
====Ice room====
===Generation VI===
====High tide====
====Low tide====
====Ice room====
==Layout==
===High tide===
Game 	Entrance room	Inner room
 	 	
 	 	
 	 	
 	 	
 	 	
 	  	 
===Low tide===
Game 	Entrance room	Inner room	Stairs room	Lower room	Ice room
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	  	  	  	  	 
==Music==
Games	Situation	Song name (Japanese)	Song name (English)	Composition 	Arrangement
 	Overworld	おくりびやま 	Mt. Pyre 	Junichi Masuda 	Go Ichinose
 	Overworld	おくりびやま 	Mt. Pyre 	Junichi MasudaGo Ichinose	Minako Adachi
==In other languages==
==Related articles==
Category:Hoenn locations
Category:Ruby and Sapphire locations
Category:Emerald locations
Category:Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire locations
Category:Caves
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it:Grotta Ondosa
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zh:浅滩洞穴