Pokemon Mystery Dungeon DX Dungeon Guide: every Dungeon and how to unlock them

If you couldn’t tell from the name, Dungeons are the most important part of gameplay in Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX. But there are a whole, whole lot of them. More than you might even realize, despite the game's rather obvious name. To help players to parse them all we've put together this dungeon list, which looks at each one and highlight some things you’re going to want to know about them. 

First up we have the story Dungeons. If you want to complete the main story, you’ll need to get through all of these.

Tiny Woods

• Number of floors: 3 
• Shiny Pokemon: No 
• Pokemon to look out for: Pidgey
• Type: Grass

Thunderwave Cave

• Number of floors: 5
• Shiny Pokemon: No
• Pokemon to look out for: Plusle, Minun, Voltorb
• Type: Electric

Mt. Steel

• Number of floors: 9
• Shiny Pokemon: Rapidash
• Pokemon to look out for: Pinsir, Zigzagoon
• Type: Steel

Sinister Woods 

• Number of floors: 13
• Shiny Pokemon: Ampharos
• Pokemon to look out for: Oddish, Swinub, Eggutor, Scyther
• Type: Bug, Grass

Silent Chasm

• Number of floors: 9
• Shiny Pokemon: Metagross
• Pokemon to look out for: Beedrill, Poliwag, Farfetch’d, Teddiursa
• Type: Bug, Poison

Mt. Thunder

• Number of floors: 12
• Shiny Pokemon: Dragonite
• Pokemon to look out for: Growlithe, Pidgeotto, Electabuzz, Electrike 
• Legendary: Zapdos
• Type: Electric, Poison

Great Canyon

• Number of floors: 12
• Shiny Pokemon: Ambipom
• Pokemon to look out for: Doduo, Vileplume, Phanpy, Houndoom
• Type: Normal, Grass, Flying

Lapis Cave

• Number of floors: 14
• Shiny Pokemon: Noctowl 
• Pokemon to look out for: Nidorina, Golbat, Bagon
• Type: Poison

Mt. Blaze

• Number of floors: 14
• Shiny Pokemon: Azumarill
• Pokemon to look out for: Arcanine, Rapidash, Slugma, Magby
• Legendary: Moltres
• Type: Fire

Frosty Forest

• Number of floors: 13
• Shiny Pokemon: Spinda 
• Pokemon to look out for: Ditto, Rhyhorn, Furret, Azurill  
• Legendary: Articuno
• Type: Ice, Normal

Mt. Freeze

• Number of floors: 20
• Shiny Pokemon: Lickiicky
• Pokemon to look out for: Seel, Seviper, Glalie
• Type: Normal, Ice 

Magma Cavern

• Number of floors: 23
• Shiny Pokemon: No
• Pokemon to look out for: Raticate, Arbok, Onix, Sandshrew, Nidoking 
• Legendary: Groudon
• Type: Ground, Rock

Sky Tower

• Number of floors: 34
• Shiny Pokemon: No
• Pokemon to look out for: Weezing, Aerodactyl, Scizor, Lunatone
• Legendary: Rayquaza
• Type: Bug, Flying, Dragon

We’re now at the optional Dungeons. These are all unlocked after completing the main story, and they are much more interesting than the normal ones. Keep in mind that items and enemies will no longer be marked on the map like they were for the story Dungeons. 

Uproar Forest

• Number of floors: 4
• Unlock Method: Accept Wynaut’s quest
• Shiny Pokemon: No
• Pokemon to look out for: Mankey, Aipom, Nuzleaf
• Type: Grass, Poison

Waterfall Pond

• Number of floors: 19
• Unlock Method: Use Waterfall HM 
• Shiny Pokemon: Gyrados
• Pokemon to look out for: Squirtle, Totodile, Magikarp, Mudkip
• Type: None

Desert Region

• Number of floors: 20
• Unlock Method: After completing main story. 
• Shiny Pokemon: Sudowoodo
• Pokemon to look out for: Nosepass, Trapinch, Hitmontop
• Type: Ground

Southern Cavern

• Number of floors: 50
• Unlock Method: After completing main story. 
• Shiny Pokemon: Shuckle 
• Pokemon to look out for: Rhydon, Cubone, Dugtrio, Voltorb
• Type: Ground

Wyvern Hill 

• Number of floors: 30
• Unlock Method: After completing main story. 
• Shiny Pokemon: Exeggcute
• Pokemon to look out for: Dragonair, Totodile, Jumpluff
• Type: None

Darknight Relic

• Number of floors: 15
• Unlock Method: After completing the main story. 
• Shiny Pokemon: Wobbuffet
• Pokemon to look out for: Gengar, Duskull, Gastly
• Type: None

Unown Relic

• Number of floors: 11
• Unlock Method: Buy Aged Chamber Friend Camp
• Shiny Pokemon: No
• Pokemon to look out for: Ditto, Unown
• Type: None

Grand Sea

• Number of floors: 30
• Unlock Method: Buy Bountiful Sea Friend Camp
• Shiny Pokemon: Starmie
• Pokemon to look out for: Tentacruel, Slowbro, Horsea, Vaporeon
• Type: None

Far-off Sea

• Number of floors: 75
• Unlock Method: Buy Serene Sea Friend Camp
• Shiny Pokemon: Corsola 
• Pokemon to look out for: Luvdisc, Sealeo, Wailord, Muk, Seel
• Type: None

Howling Forest

• Number of floors: 15
• Unlock Method: Smeargle’s request
• Shiny Pokemon: Butterfree
• Pokemon to look out for: Spoink, Grumpig
• Type: Normal

Stormy Sea

• Number of floors: 40
• Unlock Method: Talk to Lombre and Whiscash
• Shiny Pokemon: No
• Pokemon to look out for: Tentacruel, Seel, Grimer, Wingull
• Legendary: Kyogre
• Type: Water

Buried Relic

• Number of floors: 99
• Unlock Method: Talk to Shiftry after Stormy Sea
• Shiny Pokemon: Ditto
• Pokemon to look out for: Abra, Machamp, Porygon, Mew, Wynaut
• Legendary: Regirock, Regice, Registeel
• Type: None

Solar Cave

• Number of floors: 20
• Unlock Method: After beating the main story. 
• Shiny Pokemon: Aipom
• Pokemon to look out for: Natu, Jynx, Mr. Mime, Drowzee
• Type: None

Fiery Field

• Number of floors: 30
• Unlock Method: Speak to Spinda after Solar Cave and then Xatu in Grand Canyon. 
• Shiny Pokemon: No
• Pokemon to look out for: Charmander, Vulpix, Combusken, Magmar
• Legendary: Entei
• Type: Fire

Lightning Field

• Number of floors: 30
• Unlock Method: Complete Fiery Field
• Shiny Pokemon: No
• Pokemon to look out for: Pikachu, Raichu, Jolteon
• Legendary: Raikou
• Type: Electric

Northwind Field

• Number of floors: 30
• Unlock Method: Complete Lightning Field
• Shiny Pokemon: No
• Pokemon to look out for: Wartortle, Golduck, Vaporeon
• Legendary: Suicune
• Type: Water

Mt. Faraway 

• Number of floors: 60
• Unlock Method: Complete Northwind Field
• Shiny Pokemon: Electrode 
• Pokemon to look out for: Charizard, Blastoise, Ninetails, Alakazam, Swampert
• Legendary: Ho-Oh 
• Type: None

Western Cave 

• Number of floors: 20
• Unlock Method: Complete Mt. Faraway 
• Shiny Pokemon: Zangoose
• Pokemon to look out for: Natu, Kadabra, Wynaut 
• Legendary: Mewtwo
• Type: None

Northern Range

• Number of floors: 25
• Unlock Method: Visit Buried Relic
• Shiny Pokemon: Ninetails 
• Pokemon to look out for: Ninjask, Swellow, Xatu, Noctowl
• Type: Flying

Pitfall Valley

• Number of floors: 25
• Unlock Method: Complete Northern Range 
• Shiny Pokemon: Exeggcutor 
• Pokemon to look out for: Raticate, Aerodactyl, Farfetch’d, Hoppip
• Type: Flying

Wish Cave

• Number of floors: 99
• Unlock Method: Listen to Medicham and Ekans talk about rescuing Latias in Pitfall Valley
• Shiny Pokemon: No
• Pokemon to look out for: Arbok, Jigglypuff, Meowth, Mime Jr. 
• Type: None

Joyous Tower

• Number of floors: 99
• Unlock Method: Complete Pitfall Valley
• Shiny Pokemon: No 
• Pokemon to look out for: Bulbasaur, Beedrill, Clefairy, Wigglytuff, Chikorita, Cyndaquil 
• Type: No

Purity Forest

• Number of floors: 99
• Unlock Method: Complete Pitfall Valley
• Shiny Pokemon: No
• Pokemon to look out for: Celebi (after finishing), Hitmonlee, Electabuzz
• Type: No

Murky Cave

• Number of floors: 19
• Unlock Method: Take Gengar to Mt. Silver after Pitfall Valley
• Shiny Pokemon: Hoothoot
• Pokemon to look out for: Squirtle, Poliwag, Typhlosion, Espeon, Mudkip, Lombre
• Type: Poison

Silver Trench

• Number of floors: 99
• Unlock Method: Recruit all the Legendary birds and speak to them on Legendary Island
• Shiny Pokemon: No
• Pokemon to look out for: Tentacruel, Slowpoke, Luvdisc, Horsea
• Legendary: Lugia
• Type: Water

Meteor Cave

• Number of floors: 20
• Unlock Method: Complete Silver Trench
• Shiny Pokemon: No.
• Pokemon to look out for: Deoxys 
• Type: Psychic

Oddity Cave

• Number of floors: 8
• Unlock Method: After beating Mt. Steel
• Shiny Pokemon: No
• Pokemon to look out for: Clefairy, Paras, Ponyta, Hitmonlee 
• Type: No

Remains Island

• Number of floors: 25
• Unlock Method: Complete Western Cave
• Shiny Pokemon: Espeon
• Pokemon to look out for: Snubbull, Misdreaveous, Wooper, Sentreat
• Type: Flying, Bug 

Marvelous Sea

• Number of floors: 18
• Unlock Method: Complete Western Cave
• Shiny Pokemon: Magikarp
• Pokemon to look out for: Mr. Mime, Hitmonlee, Tangela, Lickitung
• Type: Water

Fantasy Strait

• Number of floors: 25
• Unlock Method: Complete Western Cave
• Shiny Pokemon: Altaria
• Pokemon to look out for: Rattata, Clefairy, Zubat, Oddish, Paras
• Type: Water

Illusory Grotto

• Number of floors: 13
• Unlock Method: Random chance
• Shiny Pokemon: No
• Pokemon to look out for: Sudowoodo, Teddiursa, Dustox
• Type: No