Brine Cave

Brine Cave (Japanese: いそのどうくつ Beach Cave) is a dungeon in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky. It is unlocked after the player talks to when he visits the guild, the player's partner shows him the Relic Fragment's pattern, and and reveal the location of the pattern. On the first visit, Chatot will accompany the player. It has 15 floors total, with a rest stop between the ninth floor and the first floor of Lower Brine Cave. At that point, Chatot will chase after , leaving the player and partner behind. The boss Pokémon are two and a , who terrorized Wigglytuff and Chatot in the past. Earlier in the game, is seen talking to about letting the player travel to the Hidden Land.
==Gameplay==
The jobs here are ranked E and ★2 by default, depending on the floor. Lower Brine Cave is ranked ★2 for purpose of Treasure Boxes.
Floors 1 through 7 of Brine Cave are medium-sized with 3-9 rooms on odd floors and 3-8 rooms on even floors, while later floors are large-sized, with 4-14 rooms on floors 8 and 9 of Brine Cave, 4-8 rooms on floor 1 of Lower Brine Cave and 4-10 rooms on later floors of Lower Brine Cave. There is 1-4 items on floors 1 through of Brine Cave, and 2-5 items on later floors. There's 2-3 starting enemies on floors 1 through 6 of Brine Cave, and 2-4 on later floors. There is a 10% chance each for a room on floors 2 and 6 of Brine Cave and floors 1 and 5 of Lower Brine Cave to be filled with water.
The IQ Booster activates on every even floor (counting Lower Brine Cave as continuation of Brine Cave). The player cannot be rescued if knocked out in Lower Brine Cave. The enemies in this dungeon have 26IQ, granting them Status Checker IQ skill. There is light darkness and water in the dungeon. and in the dungeon can create and with and , respectively.
==Pokémon encountered==
===Brine Cave===
===Lower Brine Cave===
===Brine Cave Pit===
==Items==
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==Traps encountered==
The game will spawn 1 to 3 of the following tiles.
Image	Trap 	Appearance %
 	Chestnut Trap 	9.10%/5.26%
 	Grimy Trap 	9.09%/5.26%
 	Gust Trap 	10%/5.26%
 	Poison Trap 	10%/5%
 	Pokémon Trap 	10%/5.27%
 	Selfdestruct Trap	9.09%/5.26%
 	Slow Trap 	9.09%/5.26%
 	Slumber Trap 	10%/5.26%
 	Spin Trap 	10%/5.27%
 	Summon Trap 	9.09%/5.27%
 	Trip Trap 	9.09%/10%/5.26%
 	Warp Trap 	9.09%/5.26%
 	Wonder Tile 	36.36%/40%/36.84%
==Bosses==
Kabutops	Omastar (×2)
 	
==Layout==
Entrance 	Rest stop 	Rest stop	Lower Brine Cave
 	 	 	
Brine Cave Pit	Brine Cave Pit	Pattern 	Pattern
 	 	 	
  	  	  	 
==In animation==
Brine Cave made a brief appearance in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Beyond Time & Darkness, where Team Poképals and were shown finding the pattern at the end of the dungeon, which reacted with 's Relic Fragment and summoned Lapras, ready to take them to the Hidden Land.
==In other languages==
Brine Cave	
Lower Brine Cave	
Brine Cave Pit
Category:Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness locations
Category:Caves
Category:Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky locations
de:Salzwasserhöhle
es:Cueva Aguamar
fr:Caverne Saline
it:Grotta Salmastra
ja:いそのどうくつ
zh:石滩洞窟