Barren Valley

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Barren Valley こかつのたに Barren Valley

Basic info Floors: 11* Rest stops: Yes Traps: Yes Monster Houses: Yes Main type: None Boss: Sableye (×4)

Allowances Recruiting: No Items: 48 Money: Allowed Starting level: Current Team members: 1*

Location Please upload a world map highlighting this dungeon's location.

Barren Valley (Japanese: こかつのたに Barren Valley) is the first mystery dungeon that can only be played in the Special Episode called In the Future of Darkness in the game Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky.

After the player's partner summons the Rainbow Stoneship, Dusknoir opens up a portal back to the future, intending to take all four characters with him; however, Grovyle, mustering his strength, pushes him back into it, so that only the two of them return. Grovyle then says goodbye to the player and the partner in the present, giving the pair all five Time Gears they need, and with his last bit of energy, pushes both Dusknoir and himself into the portal and thus into the future; they are deposited at the entrance to this dungeon. After some bickering and arguing between the two, Grovyle leaves Dusknoir behind to explore the dungeon alone; however, Dusknoir follows him inside.

There are ten floors total - five in Barren Valley and five in Deep Barren Valley, with a waypoint between the two (after the fifth floor but before the sixth). At the end of the dungeon is the Barren Valley Clearing, where Dusknoir catches up to Grovyle before the duo are ambushed by four of Dusknoir's servants, Sableye. It is after this battle that Grovyle and Dusknoir call for a truce and journey together.

Gameplay

As this is a Special Episode dungeon, the player cannot recruit Pokémon inside and cannot be rescued if knocked out.

This dungeon uses two floor layouts:

• Medium-sized with 3-8 rooms on floor 1 of Barren Valley and 3-9 rooms on floors 2 and 3 of Barren Valley and floors 2, 3, and 4 of Deep Barren Valley.
• Large-sized with:
  • 3-8 rooms on floor 5 of Deep Barren Valley
  • 3-11 rooms on floor 4 of Barren Valley
  • 3-12 rooms on floor 5 of Barren Valley and floor 1 of Deep Barren Valley

There's 3-6 items on each floor and 2-5 items buried in the walls. There's 2-3 starting enemies on each floor.

The IQ Booster does not activate in this dungeon. The turn limit is 1000. There is water on floors 3 and 5 of Barren Valley and floor 2 of Barren Valley. The enemies in this dungeon have 26IQ.

Pokémon encountered

Barren Valley

Pokémon		Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
	Jumpluff	1-5	33	Unrecruitable
	Flygon	1-5	33	Unrecruitable
	Lunatone	1-5	33	Unrecruitable
	Shuppet	1-5	30	Unrecruitable
	Honchkrow	1-5	30	Unrecruitable
	Glameow	1-5	33	Unrecruitable
	Toxicroak	1-5	32	Unrecruitable
Since this is a Special Episode, no Pokémon can be recruited.

Deep Barren Valley

Pokémon		Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
	Jumpluff	1-5	34	Unrecruitable
	Shiftry	1-5	28	Unrecruitable
	Flygon	1-5	34	Unrecruitable
	Lunatone	1-5	34	Unrecruitable
	Shuppet	1-5	31	Unrecruitable
	Honchkrow	1-5	31	Unrecruitable
	Glameow	1-5	34	Unrecruitable
	Toxicroak	1-5	33	Unrecruitable
Since this is a Special Episode, no Pokémon can be recruited.

Barren Valley Clearing

Pokémon		Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
	Sableye	N/A	38	Unrecruitable Boss
There are four Sableye as the bosses.

Items

Ground

Item		Floors
	2-200 Poké	B1-B5F, DB1-DB5F
	Insomniscope	B1-B5F, DB1-DB5F
	Def. Scarf	B1-B5F, DB1-DB5F
	Pecha Scarf	B1-B5F, DB1-DB5F
	Persim Band	B1-B5F, DB1-DB5F
	Power Band	B1-B5F, DB1-DB5F
	Special Band	B1-B5F, DB1-DB5F
	Stamina Band	B1-B5F, DB1-DB5F
	Zinc Band	B1-B5F, DB1-DB5F
	5 Gravelerock	B1-B5F, DB1-DB5F
	4 Iron Thorn	B1-B5F, DB1-DB5F
	Apple	B1-B5F, DB1-DB5F
	Cheri Berry	B1-B5F, DB1-DB5F
	Chesto Berry	B1-B5F, DB1-DB5F
	Oran Berry	B1-B5F, DB1-DB5F
	Pecha Berry	B1-B5F, DB1-DB5F
	Rawst Berry	B1-B5F, DB1-DB5F
	Blinker Seed	B1-B5F, DB1-DB5F
	Eyedrop Seed	B1-B5F, DB1-DB5F
	Reviver Seed	B1-B5F, DB1-DB5F
	Totter Seed	B1-B5F, DB1-DB5F
	Max Elixir	B1-B5F, DB1-DB5F
	All-Hit Orb	B1-B5F, DB1-DB5F
	All-Mach Orb	B1-B5F, DB1-DB5F
	Decoy Orb	B1-B5F, DB1-DB5F
	Escape Orb	B1-B5F, DB1-DB5F
	Foe-Fear Orb	B1-B5F, DB1-DB5F
	Foe-Hold Orb	B1-B5F, DB1-DB5F
	Foe-Seal Orb	B1-B5F, DB1-DB5F
	Luminous Orb	B1-B5F, DB1-DB5F
	Petrify Orb	B1-B5F, DB1-DB5F
	Quick Orb	B1-B5F, DB1-DB5F
	Radar Orb	B1-B5F, DB1-DB5F
	Scanner Orb	B1-B5F, DB1-DB5F
	Spurn Orb	B1-B5F, DB1-DB5F
	Sunny Orb	B1-B5F, DB1-DB5F
	Warp Orb	B1-B5F, DB1-DB5F

Monster House

Item		Floors
	2-200 Poké	DB1-DB5F
	Black Gummi	DB1-DB5F
	Blue Gummi	DB1-DB5F
	Brown Gummi	DB1-DB5F
	Clear Gummi	DB1-DB5F
	Gold Gummi	DB1-DB5F
	Grass Gummi	DB1-DB5F
	Gray Gummi	DB1-DB5F
	Green Gummi	DB1-DB5F
	Orange Gummi	DB1-DB5F
	Pink Gummi	DB1-DB5F
	Purple Gummi	DB1-DB5F
	Red Gummi	DB1-DB5F
	Royal Gummi	DB1-DB5F
	Silver Gummi	DB1-DB5F
	Sky Gummi	DB1-DB5F
	White Gummi	DB1-DB5F
	Yellow Gummi	DB1-DB5F
	Aerial Ace	DB1-DB5F
	Attract	DB1-DB5F
	Brick Break	DB1-DB5F
	Brine	DB1-DB5F
	Bullet Seed	DB1-DB5F
	Calm Mind	DB1-DB5F
	Dig	DB1-DB5F
	Dive	DB1-DB5F
	Embargo	DB1-DB5F
	Energy Ball	DB1-DB5F
	Explosion	DB1-DB5F
	False Swipe	DB1-DB5F
	Flash	DB1-DB5F
	Focus Blast	DB1-DB5F
	Focus Punch	DB1-DB5F
	Giga Drain	DB1-DB5F
	Giga Impact	DB1-DB5F
	Hidden Power	DB1-DB5F
	Hyper Beam	DB1-DB5F
	Iron Tail	DB1-DB5F
	Light Screen	DB1-DB5F
	Natural Gift	DB1-DB5F
	Payback	DB1-DB5F
	Poison Jab	DB1-DB5F
	Protect	DB1-DB5F
	Recycle	DB1-DB5F
	Reflect	DB1-DB5F
	Rest	DB1-DB5F
	Roar	DB1-DB5F
	Rock Slide	DB1-DB5F
	Roost	DB1-DB5F
	Safeguard	DB1-DB5F
	Shadow Claw	DB1-DB5F
	Shock Wave	DB1-DB5F
	SolarBeam	DB1-DB5F
	Stealth Rock	DB1-DB5F
	Steel Wing	DB1-DB5F
	Swords Dance	DB1-DB5F
	Taunt	DB1-DB5F
	Thunder Wave	DB1-DB5F
	Thunderbolt	DB1-DB5F
	Torment	DB1-DB5F
	Vacuum-Cut	DB1-DB5F
	Water Pulse	DB1-DB5F
	Wide Slash	DB1-DB5F

Buried items

Item		Floors
	2-200 Poké	B1-B5F, DB1-DB5F

Traps

The amount of traps depends on the floor:

• 3-7 on floors 1, 2 and 3 of Barren Valley
• 4-8 on floors 4 and 5 of Barren Valley, and in Deep Barren Valley

Game will spawn extra in a Monster House.

Image	Trap	Appearance %
	Chestnut Trap	6.33%
	Explosion Trap	2.53%
	Grimy Trap	6.33%
	Gust Trap	3.17%
	Mud Trap	3.16%
	PP-Zero Trap	6.33%
	Poison Trap	6.33%
	Pokémon Trap	6.33%
	Seal Trap	3.16%
	Selfdestruct Trap	1.90%
	Slow Trap	6.33%
	Slumber Trap	7.60%
	Spin Trap	5.69%
	Trip Trap	3.16%
	Warp Trap	6.33%
	Wonder Tile	25.32%

Other encounters

Image	Encounter	B1F-B5F	BD1-BD5F
	Monster House	0%	5%

Layout

Entrance	Rest stop
Deep Barren Valley	Clearing

In other languages

Barren Valley Language Title French Vallée Stérile German Kargtal Italian Valle Desolata Spanish Valle Desolado

Deep Barren Valley Language Title Japanese こかつのたに おくち Kokatsu no Tani Okuchi French Vallée Stérile profondeurs German Tiefes Kargtal Italian Gola Desolata Spanish Corazón Valle Desolado

Barren Valley Clearing Language Title Japanese こかつのたに さいおうぶ Kokatsu no Tani Saiōbu French Vallée Stérile - trouée German Kargtallichtung Italian Altopiano Desolato Spanish Claro Desolado

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