Max Lair
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| Location: | Slippery Slope | |||
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| Region: | Galar | |||
| Generations: | VIII | |||
 Location of Max Lair in Galar. | ||||
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The Max Lair (Japanese: マックスダイ巣穴 Max Dai Nest) is a location on Slippery Slope in the Galar region.
Geography
The Max Lair's entrance is a small, simple cave with people and scientific equipment. The interiors are filled with labyrinthine caves filled with Dynamax Pokémon. At the end of each of these caves is a special Pokémon. Due to the large amount of Galar particles inside the Max Lair, those who enter aren't allowed to use their own Pokémon, but must choose a rental Pokémon that's resistant to the particles' effects.
Peonia can usually be found here. After the player has completed the main story of The Crown Tundra, Peony also appears here, commenting on the special Pokémon the player catches here and being able to be battled once per day. Peonia will sometimes tell the player of a special Pokémon she's discovered at the Max Lair, and tell the player how to find it in exchange for five pieces of Dynite Ore. If the offer is accepted, a guaranteed Dynamax Adventure path leading to said Pokémon is unlocked when speaking to the scientist at the back of the room. The Pokémon Peonia offers to tell you the location of will match the special Pokémon found when selecting "Anything is fine" from the female scientist. It's possible to attempt to reach the Pokémon she offered without using up any Dynite Ore this way, but selecting "Anything is fine" and then failing the Adventure before reaching the special Pokémon will not unlock the special Pokémon's location.
Peonia may also occasionally give the player various Trainer customization items.
Dynamax Adventures
- Main article: Dynamax Adventure
Dynamax Adventures are gauntlets of Max Raid Battles the player can take on at the Max Lair with NPC Trainers or other players, allowing the player to catch special Pokémon lurking in the depths of the Max Lair. Initially, these include just Legendary Pokémon, but after obtaining the Legendary Clue? and showing it to Peony, Ultra Beasts will also start appearing. Completing a Dynamax Adventure awards the player with pieces of Dynite Ore, as well as one of the Pokémon they've caught during the Adventure.
Completing three Dynamax Adventures and showing Peony the Legendary Clue? unlocks a mode called "Endless Dynamax Adventure". In this mode, the Adventure does not end until the player is defeated, and the player does not get to keep any of the Pokémon they catch, but the Dynite Ore rewards at the end are bigger than usual.
Items
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Peony's League Card | From Peony after the first Dynamax Adventure | Sw Sh |
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Ability Patch | From the lead scientist after catching Necrozma in a Dynamax Adventure and showing it to Peony | Sw Sh |
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Beast Ball | From the lead scientist after catching Necrozma in a Dynamax Adventure and showing it to Peony | Sw Sh |
Dynite Ore trader
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Peonia's gifts
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This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it. Reason: What are the exact requirements for her gifts and is there any particular order she gives them in |
Sometimes after a Dynamax Adventure, Peonia will be shaking her hands and give the player one of the following clothing items and patterns at random.
Male clothing
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| Eyewear | Futuristic Shades | 
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Red, Blue, White | $0 | ||
| Eyewear | Futuristic Monocle |
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Red, Blue, Black | $0 | ||
Female clothing
| Type | Item | Brand | Patterns | Price | ||
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| Eyewear | Futuristic Shades |
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Red, Blue, White | $0 | ||
| Eyewear | Futuristic Monocle |
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Red, Blue, Black | $0 | ||
Pokémon
The Poipole gifted here is coded never to appear as Shiny.
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| A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here. | ||||||||||||||
Dynamax Adventures
- Main article: Dynamax Adventure → Available Pokémon
Trainers
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In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
Sword & Shield arc
The Max Lair was first mentioned by Peonia in Whoosh!! To the Forest of Focus, where she left to explore it. However, by PASS38, she felt her luck there wasn't good enough, so she left and joined her father's exploration team after hearing of their exploits.
Trivia
- According to Peonia, the first Legendary Pokémon discovered at the Max Lair was SolgaleoSw/LunalaSh.
- Peonia reveals that the scientist in charge of the Max Lair used to work at a laboratory in Alola, likely referring to the Dimensional Research Lab.
In other languages
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