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Database Locations Ancient Cave

Ancient Cave

Located within Granite Cave, on the west side of Dewford Town.

Genesect can only be encountered here if you have a Paleozoic Tracker in your inventory.

Region:

Hoenn

land

Name	Type	Rarity
Dugtrio	ground	Common
Golem	rock ground	Common
Sandslash	ground	Uncommon
Gastrodon	water ground	Uncommon
Mudbray	ground	Rare
Rockruff	rock	Rare
Excadrill	ground steel	Very Rare
Mawile	steel fairy	Extremely Rare
Regigigas	normal	Legendary

land

Name	Type	Rarity
Nidorina	poison	Common
Dustox	bug poison	Common
Arbok	poison	Common
Gloom	grass poison	Uncommon
Weezing	poison	Rare
Torkoal	fire	Very Rare
Amoonguss	grass poison	Extremely Rare
Mareanie	poison water	Extremely Rare

land

Name	Type	Rarity
Golbat	poison flying	Common
Kingler	water	Common
Golem	rock ground	Common
Gastrodon	water ground	Uncommon
Quagsire	water ground	Rare
Slowpoke	water psychic	Very Rare
Bronzong	steel psychic	Extremely Rare

fish

Name	Type	Rarity
Tentacruel	water poison	Common
Poliwhirl	water	Common
Palossand	ghost ground	Common
Pelipper	water flying	Uncommon
Gastrodon	water ground	Uncommon
Seismitoad	water ground	Rare
Pyukumuku	water	Rare
Jellicent	water ghost	Very Rare
Mantine	water flying	Very Rare
Milotic	water	Extremely Rare
Mareanie	poison water	Extremely Rare

surf

Name	Type	Rarity
Gyarados	water flying	Common
Seaking	water	Common
Crabrawler	fighting	Common
Azumarill	water fairy	Uncommon
Corphish	water	Rare
Wimpod	bug water	Rare
Bruxish	water psychic	Rare
Carvanha	water dark	Very Rare
Dewpider	water bug	Very Rare
Dragonite	dragon flying	Extremely Rare
Dhelmise	ghost grass	Extremely Rare

land

Name	Type	Rarity
Magcargo	fire rock	Common
Gengar	ghost poison	Common
Drifblim	ghost flying	Uncommon
Pyroar	fire normal	Rare
Turtonator	fire dragon	Rare
Houndoom	dark fire	Very Rare
Torkoal	fire	Very Rare
Larvesta	bug fire	Extremely Rare
Salandit	poison fire	Extremely Rare

land

Name	Type	Rarity
Beedrill	bug poison	Common
Golbat	poison flying	Common
Golem	rock ground	Common
Swellow	normal flying	Uncommon
Sandslash	ground	Uncommon
Breloom	grass fighting	Rare
Medicham	fighting psychic	Rare
Toxicroak	poison fighting	Very Rare
Drilbur	ground	Very Rare
Heracross	bug fighting	Extremely Rare
Mamoswine	ice ground	Extremely Rare

land

Name	Type	Rarity
Butterfree	bug flying	Common
Nidorino	poison	Common
Exploud	normal	Common
Shiinotic	grass fairy	Common
Weepinbell	grass poison	Uncommon
Vivillon	bug flying	Uncommon
Ribombee	bug fairy	Uncommon
Charjabug	bug electric	Uncommon
Lombre	water grass	Rare
Venomoth	bug poison	Rare
Yanmega	bug flying	Very Rare
Exeggcute	grass psychic	Very Rare
Abra	psychic	Very Rare
Goomy	dragon	Extremely Rare
Genesect	bug steel	Legendary

Item	Drop Rate	Notes
Root Shard	Unknown	R3 only
Skull Shard	Unknown	R2 only
Armor Shard	Unknown	R4 only
Claw Shard	Unknown	R1 only
Aerodactylite	1/50,000	R1/R2/R3/R4 only
Shock Drive	1/20,000	R5 only. Drop rate shared with other drives.
Burn Drive	1/20,000	R5 only. Drop rate shared with other drives.
Chill Drive	1/20,000	R5 only. Drop rate shared with other drives.
Douse Drive	1/20,000	R5 only. Drop rate shared with other drives.

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