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If you were looking for the Mystery Dungeons whose Japanese names are Rock Tunnel, see Rock Path (Red and Blue Rescue Team) and Rock Path (Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky)

Rock Tunnel イワヤマトンネル Rock Mountain Tunnel "Wild Missingno. appeared!"
Map description:	A naturally formed underground tunnel. Because it has not been developed, it is inky dark inside. A light is needed to get through.FRLG A dark tunnel that begins in Lavender Town and comes out in Cerulean City.HGSS A large natural tunnel. It's pitch black, so a light source is required.PE
Location:	Route 10
Region:	Kanto
Generations:	I, II, III, IV, VII
Location of Rock Tunnel in Kanto.
Pokémon world locations

The Rock Tunnel (Japanese: イワヤマトンネル Rock Mountain Tunnel) is a naturally formed underground tunnel. Since it has not been developed, it is pitch black inside. A light of some sort is needed for travelers to find their way, so it is recommended that Pokémon Trainers bring along a Pokémon that can use Flash outside of battle.

Rock Tunnel is the only alternative route to Lavender Town, as the two other routes have been rendered inaccessible by a slumbering Snorlax and the Saffron City gatekeepers. The cave has two separate floors, both of which are roughly the same size. There are many Trainers within the cave, there for the fun of exploring, training, or are simply lost in the darkness.

Route 10 leads from Cerulean City to Rock Tunnel. At the northern entrance of the cave is a convenient Pokémon Center. The roof of the Kanto Power Plant can also be seen from here (excluding Generation III). The southern entrance exits onto the remainder of Route 10, leading to Lavender Town.

In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, there is a Move Tutor who will teach the move Rock Slide to a Pokémon.

Terminology

The name Rock Mountain (Japanese: イワヤマ Iwayama) has been sometimes used to refer to the mountain where the tunnel is located, as well as its surroundings. It appears as one of the areas in Pokémon Pinball and is used in Pocket Monsters Encyclopedia to refer jointly to Route 9 and the northern part of Route 10. In Pokémon Adventures, a three-chapter storyline spanning from Can't Catch Caterpie! to The Primeape Directive is stated to be set in a place called the Vast Plains of Rock Mountain (Japanese: イワヤマの荒野 Iwayama Wasteland) by the Adventure Map at the end of the volume.

In Nintendo Power #125 (page 111), this is known as Rock Cave.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Repel	1F, in the northeast of the room at the north entrance	FR  LG  P  E
	Escape Rope	1F, in the southeast corner of the northeast section	FR  LG  P  E
	Pearl	1F, northwest of Picnicker Ariana	FR  LG
	Super Potion	1F, north of the rock formation in the southeast corner	P  E
	Poké Ball	1F, from a man in the southeast near the ladder to B1F, if the player has less than 10 Poké Balls (repeatable)	P  E
	Stardust	1F, at the north end of the second-easternmost room in the southeast	P  E
	Pearl	1F, in the southwest corner	P  E
	Revive	1F, on a rock on the west side of the southern entrance (hidden) (daily)	P  E
	TM47 (Steel Wing)	1F, center platform	G  S  C
	Elixer	1F, southwest	G  S  C
	X Defend	1F, east of TM47 (hidden)	G  S  C
	X Accuracy	1F, northeast (hidden)	G  S  C
	X Accuracy	1F, on a stalagmite east of the north-west ladder (hidden)	HG  SS
	Elixir	1F, north of south-west ladder	HG  SS
	X Defend	1F, on a stalagmite north-east of the southern entrance (hidden)	HG  SS
	TM56 (Fling)	1F, on second raised area north of southern entrance	HG  SS
	Revive	B1F, near the southwest corner of the floor, accessible from the northeasternmost ladder on 1F	FR  LG  P  E
	Max Ether	B1F, northeast of Hiker Dudley, accessible from the ladder northwest of the center of 1F	FR  LG
	Dire Hit	B1F, northeast of Black Belt Dudley, in the middle of the floor	P  E
	Great Ball ×3	B1F, in the northeast corner	P  E
	Full Heal	B1F, in the northeast corner of the northeast section	P  E
	Super Potion ×2	B1F, in the southwest corner of the northeast section B1F, northeast of Black Belt Dudley, on a small rock along the eastern wall (hidden) (daily)	P  E
	Max Potion	B1F, northwest of PP Up (hidden)	G  S  C
	PP Up	B1F, west	G  S  C
	Revive	B1F, north	G  S  C
	Iron	B1F, south	G  S  C
	Max Potion	B1F, near south-east corner (requires Rock Smash) (hidden)	HG  SS
	PP Up	B1F, southwest of ladder from northern entrance	HG  SS
	Revive	B1F, east of the northwest ladder	HG  SS
	Iron	B1F, far-right Rock Climb chamber (requires Rock Climb)	HG  SS
	HP Up	B1F, second-to-the-left Rock Climb chamber (requires Rock Climb) (hidden)	HG  SS
	Oval Stone	B1F, far-left Rock Climb chamber (requires Rock Climb)	HG  SS

Rock

Sand

Item		Location	Games
	Stardust	1F, sometimes found by the player's walking Ground-type Pokémon in the sand patch south of the north entrance to the cave (Item determined randomly) 1F, sometimes found by the player's walking Ground-type Pokémon in the sand patch south of Hiker Claus (Item determined randomly) B1F, sometimes found by the player's walking Ground-type Pokémon in the sand in southeast corner of the floor, on the northeastern patch of sand, near the ladder (Item determined randomly) B1F, sometimes found by the player's walking Ground-type Pokémon in the sand patch on the western wall, southwest of Black Belt Steve (Item determined randomly)	P  E
	Star Piece

Rock Smash

If the rock contains an item, the game will pick one of the following:

Pokémon

Generation I

1F

B1F

Generation II

1F

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
	G		S		C			8	10%
	G		S		C			12	10%	10%	0%
	G		S		C			12-15	0%	0%	40%
	G		S		C			12	20%
	G		S		C			12	20%	20%	0%
	G		S		C			14	5%
	G		S		C			15	5%	5%	0%
	G		S		C			10	30%
	G		S		C			11	30%	30%	0%
	G		S		C			11-12	0%	0%	50%
	G		S		C			17	0%	0%	10%
	G		S		C			10-13	35%
	G		S		C			10	30%	30%	0%
	G		S		C			12	5%	5%	0%
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.

B1F

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
	G		S		C			12	30%
	G		S		C			14	30%
	G		S		C			12	30%
	G		S		C			12	30%	30%	0%
	G		S		C			16	20%
	G		S		C			10	10%
	G		S		C			12	10%	10%	0%
	G		S		C			12-15	0%	0%	40%
	G		S		C			15	0%	0%	5%
	G		S		C			15	0%	0%	5%
	G		S		C			14	5%
	G		S		C			15	5%	5%	0%
	G		S		C			14	5%
	G		S		C			15	5%	5%	0%
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.

Generation III

1F

B1F

Generation IV

1F

B1F

Generation VII

1F

B1F

Trainers

Generation I

Generation III

Generation VII

Layout

In the spin-off games

Pokémon Pinball

In Pokémon Pinball, Rock Tunnel appears on the Red and Blue tables; catchable Pokémon include Ekans, Diglett, Machop, Geodude, Slowpoke, Onix, Voltorb and Mr. Mime.

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  Morning (Kangaskhan)

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  Day/Evening (Marowak)

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  Night (Onix)

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In the anime

Main series

The Rock Tunnel first appeared in Trials of a Budding Master!, after Goh told Ash about a mass outbreak of Geodude in the area. Soon after arriving there, Goh managed to find and catch himself a Geodude, after which Ash was challenged to a World Coronation Series battle by Dozer and his Gurdurr. Using his Farfetch'd, Ash emerged victorious after a tough battle, increasing his World Coronation Series rank. However, Ash was then challenged by Rinto, whose Gallade easily dodged all of Farfetch'd's attacks before defeating it with False Swipe.

Rock Tunnel reappeared in Searching for Service with a Smile!, where Ash and Goh helped Multa to retrieve a Trainer's Tauros from the tunnel.

Pokémon Origins

Rock Tunnel appeared in File 2: Cubone, where Red exited it on his way to Lavender Town.

Trivia

In other languages

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