Granite Cave

Granite Cave (Japanese: Stone Cave) is located northwest of Dewford Town, with its only entrance on . In Generation III, in its deeper levels, needs to be used to see clearly; otherwise, there will only be a small circle of visibility around the . However, in Generation VI, it is just merely dark in these areas, but still quite visible to the player.
==In the games==
===Geography===
In the cave, there are muddy slopes which require the Mach Bike to traverse.
In , Steven's room is located in the deepest part of the cave. The cave is laid out such that the needs to traverse all of the floors in order to reach Steven's room, although there are areas that require the Mach Bike in order to access them.
In , the layout of the ground floor is drastically different. The room the player meets Steven in is immediately accessible without the need to navigate the dark lower floors; however, until the player obtains the , a group of s block the entrance to the room. Steven's room now features an ancient mural of Primal /. The player cannot access lower floors without the Mach Bike.
===Role===
In the games, the player needs to deliver the Letter to in Granite Cave.
====Delta Episode====
In the Delta Episode, when meeting and Mr. Stone at the Devon Corporation building in Rustboro City, Mr. Stone requests that the player get a Meteorite Shard from Granite Cave, which Steven says can be found in the room with the mural on it.
When going into Steven's room looking for a Meteorite Shard, Zinnia is present and staring at the mural. Upon noticing the player, she requests to battle the player. After she is defeated, she gives the player a Meteorite Shard, which also causes the player's Meteorite in their Bag to react and transform into its fourth state.
After Zinnia leaves, the player receives an Entry Call on their PokéNav Plus from Steven, who requests that the player meet him at the Mossdeep Space Center.
===Items===
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===Pokémon===
====Generation III====
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=====Steven's room=====
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====Generation VI====
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===Trainers===
====Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire====
=====B2F=====
=====Steven's room=====
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===Layout===
Version	Entrance	1F 	Steven's room	B1F 	B2F
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
  	  	 	  	 	 
===Music===
Games	Situation 	Song name (Japanese)	Song name (English) 	Composition 	Arrangement
 	Overworld 	トウカの森 	Petalburg Woods 	Morikazu Aoki 	Morikazu Aoki
 	Overworld 	トウカの森 	Petalburg Woods 	Morikazu Aoki 	Minako Adachi
 	Steven's room when encountering Zinnia	悠久を継ぎし者たち 	The Heirs to Eternity	Shota Kageyama	Shota Kageyama
==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Masters EX===
Artwork depicting Granite Cave is seen in 's mindscape.
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==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
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Granite Cave appeared in A Hole Lotta Trouble. and entered the cave in order to find , who was digging for rare stones inside it. All of a sudden, the group fell into a trap hole dug by , which soon gave way even deeper into the cave, separating the group and the Rocket trio members from each other. After a while, Max, , and came across Steven, who later proceeded to save the rest of the groups from an attack of a group of angered . Outraged by Team Rocket disturbing the wild Pokémon living in the cave, Steven sent out his and had it send the trio blasting off with . In the aftermath of the blast, Steven managed to find a Fire Stone.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
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Granite Cave debuted in Guile from Mawile, where both and headed there after they had spotted each other again in Dewford Town. There were two tunnels at the entrance. Ruby went into the tunnel on the left to search for a and met Steven Stone, who was exploring the cave for rare stones, while Sapphire went into the tunnel on the right to train for her upcoming match with Brawly. She was also meant to deliver a letter from Mr. Stone to Steven, but missed the chance after Ruby later told her that he had left.
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Steven returned to the cave in Metagross Investigates, accompanied by Ultima, to investigate a newly-discovered mural depicting the .
==In the TCG==
Granite Cave was introduced as a in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Scarlet & Violet Series (the Japanese Scarlet & Violet Era). It was first released in the Japanese deck, with artwork by AYUMI ODASHIMA. It is a card that exclusively benefits the "Steven" archetype in the TCG; as long as the Granite Cave Stadium card is in play, each player's takes 30 less damage from attacks from the opponent's Pokémon (after applying Weakness and Resistance).
==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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