Frosty Forest

Frosty Forest 樹氷の森 Frosty Forest

Basic info Floors: 14* Rest stops: Yes Traps: NoRB YesRTDX Monster Houses: No Main type: Normal, Ice, Rock*, None*RB Ice, Steel, RockRTDX Boss: Articuno

Allowances Recruiting: Yes* Items: Allowed Money: Allowed Starting level: Current Team members: 3*

Location

Frosty Forest (Japanese: 樹氷の森 Frosty Forest) is the twelfth dungeon in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX. It consists of 14 total floors and is a snow-enveloped forest in the far north. The dungeon's first section consists of 9 floors and is followed by the Heart of the Frosty Forest^RTDX / Frosty Grotto^RB (Japanese: 樹氷の森　奥地) which contains a further 5 floors. It is home to Articuno.

Upon approaching this dungeon for the first time, the player has the option to access Snow Path before attempting Frosty Forest.

Gameplay

Generation III

The default weather in Frosty Grotto is Snow.

Pokémon encountered

Generation III

Frosty Forest

Pokémon		Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
	Azurill	1-3	11	10.2%
	Furret	1-4	14	Unrecruitable
	Nosepass	3-6	13	7.4%
	Piloswine	4-6	14	Unrecruitable
	Ditto	4-9	25	6.8%
	Mightyena	7-9	17	Unrecruitable
	Lairon	7-9	17	-19%
	Snorunt	8-9	20	7.5%
Pokémon cannot be recruited the first time this dungeon is cleared.

Frosty Grotto

Pokémon		Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
	Rhyhorn	1-4	16	7.7%
	Metang	1-4	17	-19%
	Articuno	5	33	30% Boss
Articuno cannot be recruited until after the credits roll.

Generation VIII

Pokémon		Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
	Furret	1-3	20	10.8%
	Snorunt	1-4	20	10.8%
	Azurill	1-6	20	10.8%
	Piloswine	3-6	33	10.8%
	Nosepass	4-9	20	10.8%
	Ditto	4-7, 12-13	20	10.8%
	Mightyena	7-9	20	10.8%
	Rhyhorn	10-13	20	10.8%
	Lairon	10-13	32	10.8%
	Metang	10-13	20	10.8%
	Articuno	14	22	100% Boss
Fainted Pokémon
	Seel	2-13	22	100%
	Hitmonlee	2-13	24	100%
	Mawile	2-13	22	100%
	Swablu	2-13	22	100%
	Chimecho	2-13	22	100%
	Budew	2-13	22	100%
Strong Foe
	Spinda	4, 6, 10-13	20	Unrecruitable -6.4%
Pokémon cannot be recruited the first time this dungeon is cleared. Shiny Spinda can only be recruited with a Friend Bow. Articuno cannot be recruited until after the credits roll.

Items

Generation III

Frosty Forest

Item		Floors
	4-74 Poké	1-9F
	Pecha Scarf	1-9F
	Power Band	1-9F
	Special Band	1-9F
	Stamina Band	1-9F
	3-4 Gravelerock	1-9F
	Apple	1-9F
	Cheri Berry	1-9F
	Oran Berry	1-9F
	Pecha Berry	1-9F
	Blast Seed	1-9F
	Max Elixir	1-9F
	Black Gummi	1-9F
	Blue Gummi	1-9F
	Brown Gummi	1-9F
	Clear Gummi	1-9F
	Gold Gummi	1-9F
	Orange Gummi	1-9F
	Pink Gummi	1-9F
	Silver Gummi	1-9F
	Sky Gummi	1-9F
	White Gummi	1-9F
	Yellow Gummi	1-9F
	Aerial Ace	1-9F
	Attract	1-9F
	Brick Break	1-9F
	Bullet Seed	1-9F
	Dig	1-9F
	Facade	1-9F
	Frustration	1-9F
	Giga Drain	1-9F
	Hidden Power	1-9F
	Rest	1-9F
	Return	1-9F
	Roar	1-9F
	Safeguard	1-9F
	Secret Power	1-9F
	Shadow Ball	1-9F
	Shock Wave	1-9F
	Taunt	1-9F
	Thief	1-9F
	Torment	1-9F
	Toxic	1-9F
	Link Box	1-9F

Frosty Grotto

Item		Floors
	4-74 Poké	1-4F
	Blue Gummi	1-4F
	Clear Gummi	1-4F
	Cheri Berry	1-4F
	Oran Berry	1-4F
	Reviver Seed	1-4F
	Max Elixir	1-4F

Kecleon Shop

The shops appear in Frosty Forest.

Item		Floors
	Pecha Scarf	1-9F
	Power Band	1-9F
	Insomniscope	1-9F
	X-Ray Specs	1-9F
	Apple	1-9F
	Big Apple	1-9F
	Cheri Berry	1-9F
	Oran Berry	1-9F
	Pecha Berry	1-9F
	Rawst Berry	1-9F
	Reviver Seed	1-9F
	Max Elixir	1-9F
	Blowback Orb	1-9F
	Hurl Orb	1-9F
	Lob Orb	1-9F
	Petrify Orb	1-9F
	Warp Orb	1-9F

Buried items

Item		Floors
	Gold Ribbon	1-4F
	3-4 Gravelerock	1-4F
	Silver Spike	1-4F
	Banana	1F
	Huge Apple	1-4F
	Black Gummi	1-4F
	Blue Gummi	1-4F
	Brown Gummi	1-4F
	Clear Gummi	1-4F
	Gold Gummi	1-4F
	Grass Gummi	1-4F
	Gray Gummi	1-4F
	Green Gummi	1-4F
	Orange Gummi	1-4F
	Pink Gummi	1-4F
	Purple Gummi	1-4F
	Red Gummi	1-4F
	Royal Gummi	1-4F
	Silver Gummi	1-4F
	Sky Gummi	1-4F
	White Gummi	1-4F
	Yellow Gummi	1-4F
	Joy Seed	1-4F
	Life Seed	1-4F
	Ginseng	1-4F
	Cleanse Orb	1-4F
	Decoy Orb	1-4F
	Drought Orb	1-4F
	Escape Orb	1-4F
	Evasion Orb	1-4F
	Fill-In Orb	1-4F
	Hail Orb	1-4F
	Hurl Orb	1-4F
	Identify Orb	1-4F
	Invisify Orb	1-4F
	Itemizer Orb	1-4F
	Lob Orb	1-4F
	Longtoss Orb	1-4F
	Luminous Orb	1-4F
	Mobile Orb	1-4F
	Mug Orb	1-4F
	One-Room Orb	1-4F
	One-Shot Orb	1-4F
	Petrify Orb	1-4F
	Pierce Orb	1-4F
	Pounce Orb	1-4F
	Quick Orb	1-4F
	Radar Orb	1-4F
	Rainy Orb	1-4F
	Rebound Orb	1-4F
	Rocky Orb	1-4F
	Rollcall Orb	1-4F
	Sandy Orb	1-4F
	Scanner Orb	1-4F
	See-Trap Orb	1-4F
	Shocker Orb	1-4F
	Silence Orb	1-4F
	Sizebust Orb	1-4F
	Slow Orb	1-4F
	Slumber Orb	1-4F
	Snatch Orb	1-4F
	Stairs Orb	1-4F
	Stayaway Orb	1-4F
	Sunny Orb	1-4F
	Switcher Orb	1-4F
	Totter Orb	1-4F
	Transfer Orb	1-4F
	Trapbust Orb	1-4F
	Trapper Orb	1-4F
	Trawl Orb	1-4F
	Two-Edge Orb	1-4F
	Warp Orb	1-4F

Generation VIII

Frosty Forest

Item		Floors
	10-90 Poké	1-14F
	Cover Band	1-14F
	Defense Scarf	1-14F
	Detect Band	1-14F
	Efficient Bandanna	1-14F
	Heal Ribbon	1-14F
	Joy Ribbon	1-14F
	Lucky Ribbon	1-14F
	Mach Ribbon	1-14F
	Nullify Bandanna	1-14F
	Power Band	1-14F
	Special Band	1-14F
	Twist Band	1-14F
	Zinc Band	1-14F
	Fickle Specs	1-14F
	Heavy Rotation Specs	1-14F
	3-6 Geo Pebble	1-14F
	Apple	1-14F
	Chesto Berry	1-14F
	Oran Berry	1-14F
	Blast Seed	1-14F
	Sleep Seed	1-14F
	Stun Seed	1-14F
	Tiny Reviver Seed	1-14F
	Totter Seed	1-14F
	Training Seed	1-14F
	Max Ether	1-14F
	Earthquake TM	1-14F
	Hail TM	1-14F
	Hidden Power TM	1-14F
	Hyper Beam TM	1-14F
	Leech Life TM	1-14F
	Low Sweep TM	1-14F
	Overheat TM	1-14F
	Psych Up TM	1-14F
	Return TM	1-14F
	Round TM	1-14F
	Sandstorm TM	1-14F
	Sky Drop TM	1-14F
	Solar Beam TM	1-14F
	Steel Wing TM	1-14F
	Stone Edge TM	1-14F
	Thief TM	1-14F
	Trick Room TM	1-14F
	All Dodge Orb	1-14F
	All Power-Up Orb	1-14F
	Escape Orb	1-14F
	Foe-Hold Orb	1-14F
	Foe-Seal Orb	1-14F
	Nullify Orb	1-14F
	Petrify Orb	1-14F
	Quick Orb	1-14F
	Rollcall Orb	1-14F
	Slow Orb	1-14F
	Slumber Orb	1-14F
	Totter Orb	1-14F
	Trawl Orb	1-14F
	2-4 Petrify Wand	1-14F
	2-3 Confuse Wand	1-14F
	4-5 Slow Wand	1-14F
	2-4 Slumber Wand	1-14F
	3-4 Stayaway Wand	1-14F
	2-4 Tunnel Wand	1-14F
	3 Whirlwind Wand	1-14F
	Link Box	1-14F

Sparkling Floor

Item		Floors
	Gold Ribbon	1-14F
	Sitrus Berry	1-14F
	Life Seed	1-14F
	Max Elixir	1-14F
	Calcium	1-14F
	Carbos	1-14F
	Iron	1-14F
	Protein	1-14F
	Zinc	1-14F

Kecleon Shop

Item		Floors
	Defense Scarf	1-14F
	Efficient Bandanna	1-14F
	Special Band	1-14F
	Zinc Band	1-14F
	Fickle Specs	1-14F
	Apple	1-14F
	Cheri Berry	1-14F
	Chesto Berry	1-14F
	Oran Berry	1-14F
	Pecha Berry	1-14F
	Rawst Berry	1-14F
	Blast Seed	1-14F
	Sleep Seed	1-14F
	Stun Seed	1-14F
	Tiny Reviver Seed	1-14F
	Totter Seed	1-14F
	Training Seed	1-14F
	Max Ether	1-14F
	All Power-Up Orb	1-14F
	Petrify Orb	1-14F
	Revive All Orb	1-14F
	Slow Orb	1-14F
	Slumber Orb	1-14F
	Totter Orb	1-14F
	Trawl Orb	1-14F
	Wigglytuff Orb	1-14F
	2-4 Petrify Wand	1-14F
	5 Slow Wand	1-14F
	3-4 Slumber Wand	1-14F
	4 Stayaway Wand	1-14F
	4-5 Switcher Wand	1-14F
	Link Box	1-14F

Traps encountered

Generation VIII

Note: The percentages are calculated from trap frequencies observed across 26 dungeon runs involving a total of 682 traps. Confidence intervals are given at a 95% confidence level.

Image	Trap	Floor 1-13
	Blast Trap	15.0 ± 2.2 %
	Gust Trap	19.4 ± 2.4 %
	Slow Trap	16.1 ± 3.1 %
	Slumber Trap	14.8 ± 2.2 %
	Spiky Trap	16.9 ± 2.1 %
	Spin Trap	17.9 ± 1.6 %

Other encounters

Generation III

Image	Tile	Floor 1-3	Floor 4-6	Floor 7-9
	Kecleon Shop	8%	7%	6%

Bosses

Generation III

First encounter

	Types: Ice Flying Ability: Pressure Held item: None
Articuno Lv.33 HP: 450
Powder Snow Ice   --       Mist Ice   --       Agility Psychic   --       Gust Flying   --

Rematch

• Articuno can have learned any 4 of the moves it can learn up to Level 53. These include Gust, Powder Snow, Mist, Agility, Mind Reader, and Ice Beam.

	Types: Ice Flying Ability: Pressure Held item: None
Articuno Lv.53 HP: 450
Struggle Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --

Generation VIII

First encounter	Rematch
Types: Ice Flying Ability: Pressure Held item: None Articuno Lv.22 HP: 766 Icy Wind Ice Special   --       Mist Ice Status   --       Ice Shard Ice Physical   --       Powder Snow Ice Special   --	Types: Ice Flying Ability: Pressure Held item: None Articuno Lv.50 HP: 2187 Mist Ice Status   --       Blizzard Ice Special   --       Reflect Psychic Status   --       Freeze-Dry Ice Special   --

Layout

	Cutscene
III
Entrance	Frosty Forest	Frosty Grotto	Summit
VIII

In the manga

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team

Ginji and Mudkip traveled through Frosty Forest on their way to meet Ninetales in Battle in a Bitter Cold Land!!. Along the way, they met Absol. At first, Absol was scared of Ginji because of the rumour that he was the cursed human causing natural disasters, but when Ginji and Mudkip explained it that they were on their way to meet Ninetales to find out the truth, Absol calmed down, as it too understood what it felt like to be blamed for causing natural disasters for no good reason. Soon after, Ginji and Mudkip encountered Articuno, which Gengar had told to attack Ginji. Thankfully, Absol then arrived and convinced Articuno that everything about Ginji was just rumours, and that a much bigger power would be at work behind everything. Waiting nearby, Gengar decided to stop Ginji on his own, and used a Gravelerock to start an avalanche. However, the Pokémon below were saved when Articuno used Sheer Cold to stop the mass of snow, allowing Ginji and Mudkip to continue their travel to the Magma Cavern to meet Ninetales.

In other languages

Trivia

• The music that plays in Frosty Grotto is the music with the most dungeons that it is played in, with nine (itself, Northwind Field, Mt. Faraway, Western Cave, Northern Range, Buried Relic, Grand Sea, Waterfall Pond, and Far-off Sea).

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