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# Dungeons
Dungeons are procedurally generated expeditions full of wild Pokémon, trainers, puzzles and mazes. Every dungeon ends with a boss that you might be able to take home with you.
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Talk to **Lucius** for a quick rundown, or open the menu any time with `/dungeon`.
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## Before you go
### Unlocking Dungeons
You need to reach the required **Dex rank** before you can run Dungeons. If Lucius says you can't go yet, keep catching and come back later.
### Getting a Big Key
You need a **Big Key** to enter a dungeon.
1. Collect **8 Small Keys**.
2. Craft them together with **1 Diamond**.
3. That gives you one **Big Key**.
### What to bring
* A strong team of Pokémon
* Plenty of Potions and Revives
* A good set of armor
* A **Poké Ball**, in case you get a chance to catch the boss
* A brain, because some rooms are puzzles or mazes
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A Pokéwand makes it much easier to point your Pokémon at a fight. Use `/pokewand`.
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## Your Expedition Roster
You only get to bring **3 Pokémon** into a dungeon.
* Pick them in the **Roster** section of the `/dungeon` menu.
* Only these 3 can be sent out while you're inside. The rest of your party stays in their balls.
* Fainted Pokémon can't be picked.
* If you already have 3 picked, clicking a new one swaps out the one you picked first.
* If you move a picked Pokémon to your PC, it's removed from your roster and you'll need to pick another.
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Check a dungeon's types before you go in and build your roster around them. It makes a huge difference.
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## Tiers
Every dungeon has **4 tiers**. You can cycle through them in the dungeon menu. Higher tiers mean tougher fights and better loot.
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## Playing with others
You can run Dungeons solo or with a party.
1. Open `/dungeon` and **create a party**.
2. **Invite** your friends, or let people join if your party is public.
3. Every member picks their **own 3 Pokémon** for the roster.
4. Everyone clicks the **Ready** button. All members must be online.
5. The **party leader** clicks the **Join** icon to start the run.
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## Inside a dungeon
### Rooms
Each dungeon has between **10 and 14 rooms**. You'll run into:
* **Wild Pokémon**: they aren't happy to see you and they'll fight back.
* **Trainers**: battle them to move on. If you lose, you can challenge them again.
* **Puzzles**: every dungeon has its own set of puzzles to solve.
* **Mazes**: the walls go from floor to ceiling, so no shortcuts.
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Your party has to win every battle in the dungeon. You can't skip them.
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### Relics and the Moonwell
Every dungeon has its own **relic**, an item that only exists inside that dungeon.
1. Pick up relics from the **challenge rooms** as you go deeper.
2. Near the end you'll find the **Moonwell**.
3. Offer the required number of relics there to open the way to the boss.
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Relics fade away when you leave the dungeon, and you can't bring your own in.
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### Rules
Some things work differently inside a dungeon:
| Rule | Details |
| ------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Roster only | Only your 3 roster Pokémon can be sent out. |
| No riding or flying | You can't ride or fly on Pokémon, and flying is turned off. |
| No teleporting | Commands like `/home`, `/spawn`, `/warp`, `/tpa`, `/back` and `/rtp` are blocked. |
| No trading | Pokémon trades are disabled while you're in a run. |
| No building | You can't break or place blocks. |
| No item drops | You can't drop items inside the dungeon. |
| No PvP | Party members can't hurt each other. |
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## Bosses
Every dungeon ends with a boss, but it isn't always the same one. Most runs you'll face the **common** guardian, but sometimes a **rare** or **legendary** boss shows up instead.
### Catching a boss
When you beat the boss, you get **one chance** to catch it.
* You need a **Poké Ball** in your inventory.
* The catch chance is shown on the capture button.
* The ball is used up whether the catch works or not.
* Caught bosses come with **random IVs**.
### Boss chances
| Rarity | Chance to appear | Catch chance |
| --------- | ---------------- | ------------ |
| Common | 73% | 25% |
| Rare | 20% | 15% |
| Legendary | 7% | 5% |
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**Lightfall Bastion** is different: Radiant Gallade 60%, Dawnlight Espeon 25%, and Solgaleo, Lunala and Necrozma at 5% each.
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## Dungeon list
| Dungeon | Types | Relic | Common boss | Rare boss | Legendary boss |
| -------------------- | ---------------- | -------------------- | ---------------------- | ------------------ | -------------------------- |
| Buried Tomb | Ghost / Ground | Scarab Amulet ×3 | Pharaoh Cofagrigus | Cursed Spiritomb | Sealed Hoopa |
| Enchanted Forest | Grass / Fairy | Fae Acorn ×4 | Bloom Roserade | Grove Meganium | Blossom Shaymin |
| Firescape | Fire / Dark | Ember Core ×3 | Inferno Houndoom | Blazing Volcarona | Volcanic Entei |
| Gem Caves | Rock / Fairy | Prism Shard ×4 | Prism Gigalith | Ironclad Aggron | Radiant Diancie |
| Ice Caverns | Ice / Rock | Frost Crystal ×3 | Frost Crabominable | Glacial Baxcalibur | Frozen Regice |
| Monument | Water / Rock | Tide Pearl ×4 | Abyssal Octillery | Tidal Gyarados | Deepsea Manaphy |
| Overgrown Cave | Grass / Ground | Glowcap Spore ×4 | Ancient Torterra | Mire Clodsire | Ancient Zygarde |
| Power Plant | Electric / Steel | Power Cell ×3 | Overcharged Galvantula | Surging Electivire | Stormlord Zapdos |
| Starfall Observatory | Psychic / Steel | Fallen Star ×3 | Astral Metagross | Orbiting Bronzong | Wishing Jirachi |
| Verdant Reliquary | Grass / Ghost | Verdant Offering ×2 | Relic Trevenant | Spectral Decidueye | Timeless Celebi |
| Void Sanctum | Psychic / Dragon | Rift Eye ×3 | Void Alakazam | Watcher Sigilyph | Rift Deoxys |
| Lightfall Bastion | Psychic / Steel | Sunstone Fragment ×3 | Radiant Gallade | Dawnlight Espeon | Solgaleo, Lunala, Necrozma |
The number next to each relic is how many you need to offer at the Moonwell.
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## Rewards
* **Completion rewards**: every cleared dungeon pays out from its own loot pool. Higher tiers mean better loot.
* **Secret rewards**: rarer drops, including things like **Mega Stone fragments**.
* **Quests and milestones**: dungeon quests track things like enemies beaten, trainers defeated and puzzles solved. Many of them pay out **Pokédollars** as well as items, and some contracts can be repeated.
* **The boss**: if you're lucky, you might take it home.
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## Quick FAQ
Why can't I start a run?
Make sure you have a Big Key, all party members are online, everyone has picked exactly 3 healthy Pokémon, and everyone has clicked Ready.
Why can't I send out my other Pokémon?
Only your 3 roster Pokémon can be used inside a dungeon. Anything else gets recalled.
Where did my relics go?
Relics only exist inside the dungeon they came from. They disappear when you leave.
I lost to a trainer. Am I stuck?
No. You can challenge the trainer again.
Can I teleport out?
No, teleport commands are blocked inside dungeons. Finish the run or leave it.