Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness - DS/Walkthrough
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Chapter 1: A Storm at Sea
Watch the opening scene and choose to help your partner retreive his stolen item.
- Beach Cave: Find your way to the stairs of each floor and make your way down to the fifth. floor. Here you will need to defeat Koffing and Zubat. Hit them a couple times each and they will go down.
Chapter 2: The New Guild Recruits
After a lengthy introduction to the Guild, Chatot will finally give you your first assignment as an exploration team.
- Drenched Bluff: You will need to find your way down to the 6th floor where you will discover the missing pearl. You will then return it to Spoink who's item it was.
Chapter 3: The Scream
After the introduction to Treasure town, you'll need to go to the left and visit Kecleon Wares. Exit dialogue with the merchant to trigger another cutscene. Head back to the right for another cutscene. Afterwards feel free to wander around a bit. You may want to deposit your money into the bank. When you are ready, head back to the Guild and speak to Bidoof which will trigger your next adventure.
- Mt. Bristle: Here you will need to make your way down and through the 9th floor. Find the stairs on each floor to descend deeper into the dungeon. This one is a lot tougher then the previous ones. You may need to just sped some time gaining experience through fighting until you are at level 10 or so. Pass the 9th floor to do battle with Drowzee at the Mt. Bristle Pit. Don't waste items that can cause sleep, he is immune to them. Defeat Drowzee to clear the mission.
Chapter 4: Gatekeepers
After taking on a few odd jobs and making a few days pass, Digglet will ask you to take over Sentry Duty for him. All you will need to do is view various Pokemon's feet from the bottom of the hole and then select one of the four options to announce what kind of Pokemon it is. Doing well will get you more prizes but doing poorly work hurt you or the story at all.
Chapter 5: The First Official Exploration
You can now visit the Marowak Dojo to learn new moves and recrute other Pokemon to join your team. When you are ready, make your way to the Waterfall Cave
- Waterfall Cave: You will need to battle and explore your way down through 8 floors of this dungeon. After the 8th floor you will find an area with a large gem on the wall. After attempting to free the gem a cutscene will ensue and you will then appear at the Hot Springs.
- Hot Springs: The springs will be added to your map and you will head back to the Guild.
Chapter 6: Team Skull
Do a few more odd jobs and sentry duty again to pass another couple days. Eventually, one morning you will be informed that some Perfect Apples are missing and you will need to go and find more in the Apple Woods.
- Apple Woods: Here, you have to explore and make it through 12 dungeon floors. You will then enter the Deep Apple Woods to find a tree littered with Perfect Apples. A cutscene will ensue with Koffing and Zubat. Afterwards, you will need to return to the guild empty handed.
Pass a few days with some odd jobs and sentry duty. Eventually a mass expadition will head out.
Chapter 7: The Guild's Big Expedition
You will now need to make your way towards the base camp. Choose to enter the Side Path.
- Side Path: Like the title suggests, this is an optional dungeon. However, at this early in the game you need any all the experience you can get. FIght your way through the 5 floors to clear the dungeon and pick some XP.
- Craggy Coast: Make your way through the 9 floors of the dungeon.
- Rock Path: This is another optional dungeon. Use though to build your characters. Clear the 5 floors and then move on.
Before moving onto Mt. Horn, be sure to stock up on items. Take a lot of healing and hunger busting things with you.
- Mt. Horn: Now, battle your way through 14 dungeon floors of Mt. Horn. Enemies can range between levels 13-15. Make it through the 14th floor to clear the chapter.
Chapter 8: Groudon's Heart
After a meeting of the minds the Guild will split up to search the area.
- Forest Path: Again, this is another optional dungeon. Battle your way through the 5 floors to gain some more experience.
Stock up on food once again.
- Foggy Forrest: Electric Pokemon and attacks will not be very useful here. The dungeon is covered in fog. Battle your way through the 11 floors of the dungeon.
Go ahead and place the red stone your partner found earlier on the statue to remove the fog from the area.
Chapter 9: The Mystery of the Fogbound Lake
- Steam Cave: Here you will need to make your way through 16 floors of the dungeon and then face off against Groudon. Try to stun the massive Pokemon or put him to sleep. He can deal some heavy damage so watch out.
After you defeat Groudon promise not to talk to anybody about the Time Gear.
Chapter 10: Dusknoir
Pass a day by taking on an odd job. Go to the Kecleon Shop and then do another odd job to pass another day. You will then be asked to retrieve the Water Float.
- Amp Plains: You'll be dealing with a lot of Electric foes here so be sure to bring along a lot of items that can cure paralysis. Also be on the lookout for traps. Trip them by attacking from an adjacent square but this will slow you down considerably so decide which you can deal with. Battle your way through 20 floors to face off against Luxray and 8 Luxios.
You will acquire the Water Float after beating Luray. Return it and catch Dusknoir up on what's going on.
Chapter 11: Grovyle the Thief
- Northern Desert: Bring a lot of apples with you as this dungeon will not provide you with any. You'll want to hurry through floors 6, 10 and 11 as they are cover in sandstorms. Any non-Ground, Rock or Steel Pokemons will be damaged every 10 turns from the storm. Hurry through these floors. Make your way through 15 floors of the dungeon to find some quicksand.
Make your way back to the Guild and then return and enter the Quicksand Cave.
- Quicksand Cave: This is another huge dungeon so bring a lot of food with you. You will also run into a few sandstorms here as well. Be fast. Fight your way through 21 floors and then fight Mesprit. Use Sleep Seeds on it to prevent the Pokemon from healing itself.
Chapter 12: The Only Option
After touching Bidoof's crystal, head to the Crystal Cave.
- Crystal Cave: Battle your way down to the 11th floor. Here you'll encounter three crystals. Touch the crystals in this order; the green one 4 times, the red one 5 times and lastly touch the orange one 2 times. This will reveal the entrance to the next dungeon.
- Crystal Crossing: Make your way down through the 14 floors. There you will need to battle Grovyle. Be careful as his attacks become stronger near the end of the battle.
After defeating Grovyle you will return to the Guild in Treasure Town.
Chapter 13: Dusknoir's Secret
Pass a day by doing a job and soon a hole in time will be opened up and you ill be pulled into it.
Chapter 14: Into the Future
Opt to help Grovyle escape by selecting Attack when given the choice.
- Chasm Cave: Make your way through the 8 wallless floors of this dungeon to escape.
- Dark Hill: You will need to battle through the 15 floors to continue your escape. You will be fighting a lot of Ghost Pokemon here.
- Sealed Ruin: Explore your way through the fifteen floors of this dungeon only to face off against Spiritomb. Defeat the fiend and ask Grovyle what's happening.
Chapter 15: The Secret of the Planet's Paralysis
- Dusk Forest: Make your way down to the 8th floor and find Celebi.
- Deep Dusk Forest: Battle your way down to the 12th floor to discover Primal Dialga and Dusknoir.
Chapter 16: A New Dawn
Upon returning to the present day, make your way to the Treeshroud Forest.
- Treeshroud Forest: Fight your way through 20 floors of the dungeon. There will be no relay points here so be sure to stock up before entering. Make your way down 20 floors and collect the Time Gear.
Chapter 17: The Guild's Crew
Make your way back to the Guild. After telling your story head to the Hot Springs and talk with Torkoai.
Chapter 18: Lapras
- Brine Cave: Battle your way down 15 floors and face off with Kabutops. You Fire attacks are nearly useless against it. Try to put the creature to sleep and hammer away on it.
Chapter 19: To the Hidden Land
- Hidden Land: Prepare yourself for a tough one as you will need to battle your way through 24 floors of this dungeon. In the end you will face off against Dusknoir and 6 Sableyes. Try to take these out first then concentrate on Dusknoir.
After placing the treasure in the Rainbow Stoneship you will enter it.
Chapter Final: The Last Adventure
- Temporal Tower: This is the final dungeon and its a tough one to say the least. Stock up on items and food and get ready to fight your way through 24 floors in all. In the end you will face Primal Dialga. Defeat the evil Pokemon to beat the game and view the ending.
