SEAFLOOR CAVERN MAP
No path leads to the Seafloor Cavern on foot, so a Dive off Route 128 is the way in. Strength boulder puzzles then block each room as you work down to the bottom chamber.
Seafloor Cavern Walkthrough
Entrance
- SurfMoveSurfWaterClassSpecialPower95Accuracy100%PP15Creates a huge wave, then crashes it down on the foe. north and land on the sand.
- Walk north through the opening into Room 1.
Room 1
- Smash the west rock and push the boulder below it south.
- Push the next boulder east, then go north, where a Team Aqua Grunt battles you.
- Loop east and south, where another Team Aqua Grunt battles you, and take the exit into Room 5.
PoochyenaLv 36
CarvanhaLv 36
Requires Rock SmashMoveRock SmashFightingClassPhysicalPower20Accuracy100%PP15A rock-crushing attack that may lower DEFENSE. (HM06MoveRock SmashFightingClassPhysicalPower20Accuracy100%PP15A rock-crushing attack that may lower DEFENSE.) to break. Usable after earning the Dynamo Badge from Wattson in Mauville City.
Requires StrengthMoveStrengthNormalClassPhysicalPower80Accuracy100%PP15Builds enormous power, then slams the foe. (HM04MoveStrengthNormalClassPhysicalPower80Accuracy100%PP15Builds enormous power, then slams the foe.) to push. Usable after earning the Heat Badge from Flannery in Lavaridge Town.
Room 5
- Push the upper boulder east to free the lower one.
- Push it south, smash the rock now east of you and take the east exit to Room 4.
Requires StrengthMoveStrengthNormalClassPhysicalPower80Accuracy100%PP15Builds enormous power, then slams the foe. (HM04MoveStrengthNormalClassPhysicalPower80Accuracy100%PP15Builds enormous power, then slams the foe.) to push. Usable after earning the Heat Badge from Flannery in Lavaridge Town.
Requires Rock SmashMoveRock SmashFightingClassPhysicalPower20Accuracy100%PP15A rock-crushing attack that may lower DEFENSE. (HM06MoveRock SmashFightingClassPhysicalPower20Accuracy100%PP15A rock-crushing attack that may lower DEFENSE.) to break. Usable after earning the Dynamo Badge from Wattson in Mauville City.
Room 4
- Drop the ledge and walk the west wall south, where a Team Aqua Grunt battles you.
- Just below, another Team Aqua Grunt battles you.
- Jump the east ledge and walk north to the opening into Room 2.
ZubatLv 36CarvanhaLv 36Room 2
- Push the first boulder north until it stops, then east from its west side.
- Push the next boulder north until it stops and take the west opening into Room 6.
Requires StrengthMoveStrengthNormalClassPhysicalPower80Accuracy100%PP15Builds enormous power, then slams the foe. (HM04MoveStrengthNormalClassPhysicalPower80Accuracy100%PP15Builds enormous power, then slams the foe.) to push. Usable after earning the Heat Badge from Flannery in Lavaridge Town.
Room 6
- SurfMoveSurfWaterClassSpecialPower95Accuracy100%PP15Creates a huge wave, then crashes it down on the foe. north and ride the currents east and north.
- Step into each new current as one stops, and they sweep you west.
- From the west channel, surf north ashore to Room 3's opening.
Room 7
- Or take Room 2's east opening into Room 7, whose currents end in the same place.
- Walk east, surf in, ride the currents round and surf north ashore.
Room 3
- Walk north up the corridor, where another grunt battles you.
- Aqua Admin ShellyAqua Admin Shelly₱1,480
SharpedoLv 37
MightyenaLv 37Weak toElectricGrassFightingBug battles you from the east side. - Keep walking north and take the opening into Room 8.
Mightyena · GolbatLv 35₱700MightyenaLv 35
GolbatLv 35Sharpedo · MightyenaLv 37₱1,480SharpedoLv 37MightyenaLv 37Room 8
- Walk up the west side, then push the bottom row's middle boulder north.
- Keep pushing boulders north or aside, then walk through the opening into Room 9.
Requires StrengthMoveStrengthNormalClassPhysicalPower80Accuracy100%PP15Builds enormous power, then slams the foe. (HM04MoveStrengthNormalClassPhysicalPower80Accuracy100%PP15Builds enormous power, then slams the foe.) to push. Usable after earning the Heat Badge from Flannery in Lavaridge Town.
Room 9
- In this deepest room, walk east from the entrance and pick up TM26 EarthquakeTMTM26 EarthquakeGroundClassPhysicalPower100Accuracy100%PP10A powerful quake, but has no effect on flying foes.WhereIn the deepest room, east of the entrance (requires Surf, Strength and Rock Smash).
- Go back west and down the stairs, where Aqua Leader ArchieAqua Leader Archie₱3,440MightyenaLv 41
CrobatLv 41SharpedoLv 43Weak toFightingBugElectricIcePsychicRockGrass battles you by the pool. - After the battle, Archie's orb wakes the legendary and it leaves the cavern.
Mightyena · Crobat · SharpedoLv 41–43₱3,440MightyenaLv 41CrobatLv 41SharpedoLv 43
TM26 EarthquakePokemon Encounters
Down in the Seafloor Cavern, Zubat and Golbat are all that wander the flooded halls, with Wailmer and Tentacool on the rods. Nothing here you have not already pulled from a cave.
Old Rod2
Good Rod3
Super Rod1Old Rod2Good Rod3Super Rod1Old Rod2Good Rod3Super Rod1Wailmer
Also found in 29 other locations
ITEMS
TM26 Earthquake is the single reason to comb the Seafloor Cavern for items, one of the best physical moves in the game and free for the taking.
TM26 Earthquake
Earthquake deals damage, and will hit with double power if the opponent is underground due to the move Dig.
TM26 Earthquake
Earthquake deals damage, and will hit with double power if the opponent is underground due to the move Dig.
TRAINERS
Archie waits at the bottom of the Seafloor Cavern with a level 43 team, and the long descent past admin Shelly and a line of grunts demands full PP before you start.
Team Aqua Grunt
Seafloor Cavern Guide
This is the awakening, not the catch. You dive in off Route 128 and wind through Strength boulder puzzles to a back chamber, where the team leader rouses the sleeping titan and it storms off to Sootopolis. Pack for a long run with no Pokemon Center on the way in.
Not here. This is only where it wakes up before storming off to Sootopolis. Your real shot at Groudon or Kyogre comes much later, in the roaming weather caves once you're Champion, so hold onto your good Poke Balls instead of burning them in the cavern.
Almost never. You can feel your way through the dark stretches, and the cave HM that actually earns a party slot is Rock Smash, not Flash. Flash only matters for a couple of black rooms late in Victory Road, so don't waste an early move slot on it.
Yes, more than Flash is. Smashing the cracked rocks in Granite Cave turns up a Nosepass you won't meet any other way, and the ones in Victory Road hide Geodude and Graveler. Keep one party member who knows it so you're not backtracking when a breakable rock shows up.