Granite Cave

Granite Cave — Hoenn

Overviewing collage 100px Granite Cave 1F 100px Granite Cave 1F2 100px Granite Cave B1F 100px Granite Cave B2F

Location 200px A positional vantage point of Granite Cave in Hoenn.

Land Pokémon Average levels 12 Members-only 2 Extremely Rares 4

Resources Battleable NPCs 2 Ground-lootable items 8 Berry trees 0

Adjacent areas ↑ ← Granite Cave Route 106 → ↓

Granite Cave is a Hoenn cave located in Route 106. It is particularly known for being the place to deliver the letter to Steven during the story.

The two underground floors are shrouded in darkness, as such it is recommended to bring a Flash Pokémon. Unlike in the original games, there is also no shortcut back to the entrance after reaching 1F2, the deepest room of the cave. Fortunately, there is a respawnable Escape Rope provided immediately at the beginning of the cave.

Notable miscellanies

Letter to Steven Quest

The main interest of visiting the Granite Cave is Steven, who is in 1F2. The 1F2 room can only be reached by going all the way down to B2F, then finding the two ladders that lead directly back to the upper platform of 1F.

After talking to him, he will take the letter received from Mr. Stone in Rustboro City‘s Devon Corporation building, and then leave the cave. It will then be possible to enter Dewford Town‘s gym, as well as complete the quest in Rustboro City by talking again to Mr. Stone.

Drill Run Tutor

A Move Tutor for the move Drill Run is located in the north-west corner of Granite Cave B1F. He will teach the move to any compatible Pokémon for the price of 6,000.

Abandoned Pokémon

There is an Abandoned Pokémon in the north-west corner of B2F, which can be reached by taking the first ladder on the northern path in B1F. Taking the blue pokeball will provide the player with a level 5 Onix. It will also be holding a Protein.

Pokédex Number	Pokémon	Type 1	Type 2	Rarity Tier	Held Item
#095		Onix	Rock	Ground	Common

Wild Pokémon

Granite Cave 1F

Pokémon	Level range	Times	Held Item	Rarity Tier
	Abra	9-13	Morning	Day	Night	TwistedSpoon	Uncommon
	Diglett	9-13	Morning	Day	Night		Common
	Geodude	9-13	Morning	Day	Night		Common
	Golbat	9-13	Morning	Day	Night		Common
	Makuhita	9-13	Morning	Day	Night	Black Belt	Uncommon
	Onix	9-13	Morning	Day	Night	Hard Stone	Uncommon
	Timburr	15-18	Morning	Day			Rare
Pink-colored names denote that this Pokémon is exclusively encounterable for members in this area Emboldened levels indicate they are isolatable with the Repel trick

Granite Cave 1F2

Pokémon	Level range	Times	Held Item	Rarity Tier
	Abra	12-14	Morning	Day	Night	TwistedSpoon	Uncommon
	Geodude	12-14	Morning	Day	Night		Common
	Makuhita	12-14	Morning	Day	Night	Black Belt	Uncommon
	Zubat	12-14	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Pink-colored names denote that this Pokémon is exclusively encounterable for members in this area Emboldened levels indicate they are isolatable with the Repel trick

Granite Cave B1F

Pokémon	Level range	Times	Held Item	Rarity Tier
	Abra	12-14	Morning	Day	Night	TwistedSpoon	Uncommon
	Aron	12-14		Day		Hard Stone	Rare
	Axew	16-18	Morning		Night		Rare
	Geodude	12-14	Morning	Day	Night		Common
	Makuhita	12-14	Morning	Day	Night	Black Belt	Uncommon
	Onix	12-14	Morning	Day	Night	Hard Stone	Uncommon
	Whismur	12-14	Morning	Day	Night	Chesto Berry	Common
	Zubat	12-14	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Pink-colored names denote that this Pokémon is exclusively encounterable for members in this area Emboldened levels indicate they are isolatable with the Repel trick

Granite Cave B2F

Pokémon	Level range	Times	Held Item	Rarity Tier
	Abra	12-14	Morning	Day	Night	TwistedSpoon	Uncommon
	Geodude	12-14	Morning	Day	Night		Common
	Makuhita	12-14	Morning	Day	Night	Black Belt	Uncommon
	Mawile	12-14		Day			Rare
	Nosepass	12-14	Morning	Day	Night	Hard Stone	Rare
	Onix	12-14	Morning	Day	Night	Hard Stone	Uncommon
	Sableye	12-14	Morning		Night	Scope Lens	Rare
	Zubat	12-14	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Pink-colored names denote that this Pokémon is exclusively encounterable for members in this area Emboldened levels indicate they are isolatable with the Repel trick

Items

Item	Quantity	Cooldown	Location
	Escape Rope	1-4	11 days	Next to the entrance in 1F.
	Pokeball	1-4	5 days	Next to the first ladder on the north path of B1F.
	Paralyze Heal	1-3	9 days	In the north-east corner of B1F.
	Rare Candy	1	13-24 days	Behind a large rock near the south-west corner of B2F.
	TM115 — Shadow Claw	1	21 days	Behind Hiker Omari in the center of B2F.
	TM46 — Psywave	1	15 days	In B1F, immediately next to the last two ladders that lead to the upper parts of 1F.
	Repel	1-5	1-5 days	In the northeast corner of B2F, from an area that can be reached by taking the second ladder of the north path of B1F.
	Super Potion	1-4	8 days	In B2F, immediately down the second ladder of the north path of B1F.

NPC Trainers

Granite Cave B1F

Granite Cave B1F Trainers

Hiker Davian Geodude Lv. 15

All NPCs cool down after 7 days unless noted contrariwise.

Granite Cave B2F

Granite Cave B2F Trainers

Hiker Omari Sandshrew Lv. 15

All NPCs cool down after 7 days unless noted contrariwise.