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Steam Cave (Japanese: ねっすいのどうくつ Hot Water Cave) is the 12th dungeon in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky, that can be obtained by activating the Groudon Statue with the Drought Stone to clear the fog at Foggy Forest. After 8 floors comes Upper Steam Cave, consisting of 7 floors, with a fake Groudon, an illusion created by Uxie's psychic powers, at the top. Uxie is the one who truly guards the area and protects the Time Gear.
After the first visit, the dungeon cannot be revisited until after the credits. Uxie will be the boss of the dungeon on subsequent visits, who, upon defeat, will ask to join the player's team.
Gameplay
Jobs here are ranked E, B or A depending on the floor. Upper Steam Cave is considered A rank for purpose of Treasure Boxes.
The floors are medium sized with 4-8 rooms. There's usually 2-3 Wonder Tiles. There's 1-4 items for first 3 floors of Steam Cave, then 2-5 for the rest of the dungeon. There's 2-3 starting enemies for most of the dungeon, with 2-4 starting enemies on last four floors of Upper Steam Cave
The IQ Booster activates on even floors past 2nd (counting Upper Steam Cave as continuation of Steam Cave). The player cannot be rescued if knocked out in Upper Steam Cave. The turn limit is 1000. There is light darkness in the dungeon, as well as water. Pokémon here have 26 IQ, while the boss has 330 IQ.
Pokémon encountered
Steam Cave
Upper Steam Cave
Steam Cave Peak
Items
| Item | Floors | |
|---|---|---|
 | 2-80TD/100S Poké | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
 | Pecha Scarf | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | Power Band | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | Special Band | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | Stamina Band | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | DS Twist Band | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
 | 4-5 Iron Thorn | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
 | Apple | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
 | TS Blue Gummi | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
 | TS Brown Gummi | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
 | TS Grass Gummi | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
 | TS Green Gummi | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
 | TS Orange Gummi | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
 | TS Silver Gummi | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
 | TS Sky Gummi | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
 | TS White Gummi | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
 | DS Black Gummi | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
 | DS Clear Gummi | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
 | DS Gold Gummi | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
 | DS Gray Gummi | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
 | DS Pink Gummi | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
 | DS Purple Gummi | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
 | DS Red Gummi | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
 | DS Royal Gummi | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
 | DS Yellow Gummi | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
 | Cheri Berry | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
 | Oran Berry | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | S Oren Berry | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
 | Pecha Berry | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
 | Blast Seed | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | S Dough Seed | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | S Dropeye Seed | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | Heal Seed | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | S Reviser Seed | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | Reviver Seed | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | Sleep Seed | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | S Slip Seed | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | TS Stun Seed | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | S Via Seed | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | TS Warp Seed | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | DS X-Eye Seed | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
 | Max Elixir | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | S Mix Elixir | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
 | DS Aerial Ace | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | TS Attract | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | DS Brick Break | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | Brine | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | TS Bullet Seed | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | TS Calm Mind | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | Dig | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | DS Dive | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | S Dragon Claw | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | Embargo | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | DS Energy Ball | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | DS Explosion | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | TS False Swipe | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | TS Flash | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | DS Focus Blast | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | DS Focus Punch | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | TS Giga Drain | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | Giga Impact | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | Hidden Power | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | Hyper Beam | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | TS Iron Tail | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | TS Light Screen | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | DS Natural Gift | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | Payback | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | Poison Jab | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | DS Protect | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | TS Recycle | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | TS Reflect | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | TS Rest | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | TS Roar | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | TS Rock Slide | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | Roost | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | Safeguard | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | TS Shadow Claw | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | Shock Wave | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | TS SolarBeam | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | Stealth Rock | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | TS Steel Wing | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | Swords Dance | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | DS Taunt | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | DS Thunder Wave | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | Thunderbolt | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | DS Torment | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | Vacuum-Cut | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | DS Water Pulse | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | TS Wide Slash | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
 | DS All-Hit Orb | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | TS Blowback Orb | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | DS Decoy Orb | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | Drought Orb | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | Escape Orb | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | DS Foe-Fear Orb | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | DS Foe-Seal Orb | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | Hurl Orb | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | DS Luminous Orb | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | TS Petrify Orb | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | Rollcall Orb | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | DS Slumber Orb | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | TS Spurn Orb | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | TS Switcher Orb | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | DS Totter Orb | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | DS Transfer Orb | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
| | TS Warp Orb | 1-8F, U1-U7F |
Layout
| Entrance | Rest stop | Steam Cave Peak |
|---|---|---|
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In other languages
| Steam Cave | Upper Steam Cave | Steam Cave Peak |
