The Pokemon franchise is the highest-grossing media franchise in the world. It earned that status by releasing many great titles, merchandise, and animated films. The Pokemon games are broken into mainline entries as well as many spin-offs. One of the most popular is Pokemon Mystery Dungeon and its original title, Blue and Red Rescue Team. Releasing on November 17 2005 in Japan, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team arrived to moderately positive reviews. Many fans loved the original spin on the Pokemon formula, while others weren’t too fond of the new roguelike mechanics.
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Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team Premise
Players are humans who magically are turned into one of sixteen Pokemon at the beginning of the game. This is determined by a personality quiz taken in the beginning and once you receive your Pokemon you can choose a partner. The actual gameplay of Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team is mission-based. You and your partner take on many jobs that lead you to a randomized dungeon. Some players won’t love these roguelike aspects, but they are core to what makes these games tick.
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Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team Main Characters
Playable Characters and Partners
- Bulbasaur
- Charmander
- Squirtle
- Pikachu
- Meowth
- Psyduck
- Machop
- Cubone
- Eevee
- Chikorita
- Cyndaquil
- Totodile
- Treecko
- Torchic
- Mudkip
- Skitty
Important NPCs
- Gengar — The leader of Team Meanies, an antagonistic rescue team.
- Ekans — Member of Team Meanies.
- Medicham — Member of Team Meanies.
- Alakazam — The leader of Team A.C.T., an elite rescue team.
- Charizard — Member of Team A.C.T.
- Tyranitar — Member of Team A.C.T.
- Xatu — A wise Pokemon that provides guidance.
- Blastoise — The leader of Team Hydro.
- Gardevoir — A spirit linked to the player’s past.
- Ninetales — A mythical Pokemon involved in the legend central to the story.
- Shiftry — A rescue team leader who plays a significant role early in the story.
- Whiscash — A knowledgeable Pokemon who tells the game’s lore.
- Diglett and Dugtrio — Members of the rescue organization, responsible for maintaining the bulletin board.
- Pelipper — Delivers mail and news to the player’s rescue team.
Other Mystery Dungeon Titles In The Series
- Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team (2005)
- Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team (2005)
- Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time (2007)
- Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness (2007)
- Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky (2009)
- Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Keep Going! Blazing Adventure Squad (2009)
- Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Let’s Go! Stormy Adventure Squad (2009)
- Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Go For It! Light Adventure Squad (2009)
- Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky (Bonus Episodes) (2009
- Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity (2012)
- Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon (2015)
- Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX (2020)
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team Cheat Codes
Special Missions
At the main menu, go to Wonder Mail and enter one of the following passwords, then complete the given mission to unlock the corresponding bonus:
| Effect | Password |
|---|---|
| Client: Dewgong Objective: Find Gloom. Place: Tiny Woods 3F Difficulty: E Reward: Poke | ???? (…)?X? 4?6? 76?(…) F4?R ???? |
| Client: Illumise Objective: Find Abra. Place: Mt. Steel 7F Difficulty: E Reward: Wide Slash + ? | ??CF 0?0? 2?N? ?Q?Y F47R K??? |
| Client: Misdreavus Objective: Find a Blast Seed . Place: Near Thunderwave Cave 2F Difficulty: E Reward: Bulk Up | ??9P P?(…)? 866? RN?M 0?7T 7??? |
| Client: Nincada Objective: Find Lunatone. Place: Mt. Steel 2F Difficulty: E Reward: Heal Seed | ??KF Q?Y? -76? (…)H?! F??R !??? |
| Client: Parasect Objective: Help me. Place: Tiny Woods 2F Difficulty: E Reward: Poke | ??R? K?F? 4?6? 61?(…) F??6 ???? |
| Client: Pinsir Objective: Find a Blast Seed . Place: Near Thunderwave Cave 2F Difficulty: E Reward: Hail Orb | ??KP W?S? 4?6? ?2?W 0?7T 6??? |
| Gives you a job for Thunderwave Cave that unlocks Sky Blue Plains. | 0?09P(M)Y??+73+H?F+?204M?W |
| Gives you the Friend Area Boulder Cave. | 3?2N 82Y? 4Q83 41?(F) …65R …!?W |
| Gives you the Friend Area Mt. Moonview | 0?05 760? 4WP4 KX?6 -?05 53?- |
| Gives you the Friend Area Sky Blue Plains. | 5?2YQW0??T0QJC?(M)FH16WR?W |
| Makes Feebas a wild Pokemon in Blue Rescue Team. | X?7P(F)?+??XP6RJ?QFJC5?W?? |
| Makes Mantine appear as a wild Pokemon in Blue Rescue Team | 4??N 22…? ?Q6J H3?(M) 8470 JN?W |
| Makes Roselia appear as a wild Pokemon in Blue Rescue Team | F?4N +WT? ?+6N FR?J F?66 85?W |
| Mission to get Reviver Seed + 200 Poke | ??8N M(F)0? ?P?7 Q??0 64?6 Q??W |
| Mission to unlock Lapras | F?J? 690? 4Q6C C!?? 8?66 8Q?(f) |
| Pecha Scarf(Frosty Forest 8F Rank B) | ??7Y (f)1+? ?-PQ HC?M S6?0 +Q?W |
| Porygon appears in the wild | F?434?t?429H90?7H56R8K?(f) |
| Silver Gummi(Silent Chasm B5F Rank D) | 4?9C 33+? ?M7- !P?X S466 C1?W |
| TM Roar(Mt. Thunder 5F Rank C) | 4?MJ 4PT? 0?7Q HF?9 0470 ?5?K |
| TM Torment + ?(Lapis Cave B10F Rank C) | F?CN 310? 4QR- PS?0 H67R M0?W |
| Unlocks “Fantasy Strait” | ??M1 CJY? 44?P HF?8 7J6R (…)M?1 |
| Unlocks “Marvelous Sea” | ??MH CJ(…)? 44?P CF?8 7J6R (…)M?1 |
| Unlocks “Oddity Cave” | ??MS CJ(…)? 44?P MF?8 7J6R (…)M?1 |
| Unlocks “Remains Island” | ??M4 CJY? 44?P CF?8 7J6R (…)M?1 |
| Unlocks Mime Jr. Figurine | 461F 0JT? 0+7X (…)Q?H RNN0 J(f)?Q |
| Unlocks Mt. Moonview Friend Area | 6?2+(F)40??QN3PC?Q8JO6SY?F |
| Weather Band + ?(Near Uproar Forest B7F Rank C) | 4?C… -1F? 43NJ MF?… 8J?T -W?W |
| Weavile Fig Mission | ??7S 0NF? 4!M1 -2?(…) +MN0 J??Q |
| White Gummi (Tiny Woods B3F Rank D) | ??7N 21X? ?Q64 0??Y 8460 …R?W |
Unlockables
Bonus dungeons
| Unlockable | How to Unlock |
|---|---|
| Buried Relic | Beat Stormy Sea. Later you will receive mail talking about ruins being uncovered. Talk to Lombre then Shiftry. |
| Darknight Relic | Purchase Secretive Forest friend area. |
| Desert Region | Have friend area Furnace Desert. |
| Far-Off Sea | Purchase Calm Sea friend area. |
| Fiery Field | Give Xatu Spinda’s Clear Feather |
| Grand Sea | Purchase Calm Sea friend area. |
| Joyous Tower | Clear Pitfall Valley. Must have Blue Sky Meadow friend area. |
| Lightning Field | Clear Fiery Field |
| Meteor Cave | Befriend Lugia |
| Mt.Faraway | Clear Northwind Field |
| Clear Pitfall Valley and have the friend area Blue Sky Meadow. Eventually, Medicham and Ekans will show up. Talk to them. Later, only Ekans will show. | Purchase friend area Southern Island, get Surf, and sleep for the next day. |
| Northwind Field | Clear Lightning Field |
| Pitfall Valley | Clear Northern Range. |
| Purity Forest | Clear Pitfall Valley. Must have Blue Sky Meadow friend area. |
| Silver Trench | Clear Pitfall Valley and have the friend area Blue Sky Meadow. Eventually, Medicham and Ekans will show up. Talk to them. Later, only Ekans will show. |
| Southern Cavern | Obtain friend area Rock Cave. |
| Unown Relic | Purchase friend areas Ancient Chamber AN and Ancient Chamber O? |
| Western Cave | Befriend Ho-Oh |
| Wish Cave | Clear Pitfall Valley and have the friend area Blue Sky Meadow. Eventually Medicham and Ekans will show up. Talk to them. Later, only Ekans will show. |
Ranks
Get the indicated number of Rescue points to achieve the corresponding rank:
- Bronze: 50 Rescue points
- Silver: 500 Rescue points
- Gold: 1,500 Rescue points
- Platinum: 3,000 Rescue points
- Diamond: 7,500 Rescue points
- Lucario: 15,000 Rescue points
Statues
Complete the indicated task to get the corresponding statue:
- Bonsly: Successfully complete all 21 mazes at the Makuhita Training Dojo.
- Lucario: Get 15,000 Rescue points and earn the “Lucario” rank.
- Mime Jr.: Successfully complete a * ranked mission in a 99-floor dungeon.
- Weavile: Successfully complete a * ranked mission in a 99-floor dungeon.
Recruiting Deoxys
After recruiting Lugia you will gain access to the Meteor Cave dungeon. Put only three huge apples in your inventory. Choose one Pokemon to enter the dungeon; it must be level 100. Defeat one mirage Deoxys per floor to advance to the next. Get to floor 20 and defeat Deoxys when he is in front of you. Deoxys will join your Rescue Team and you will gain access to the enclosed island friend area.
Recruiting Mewtwo
Mewtwo is at Western Cavern on the 99th floor. You can unlock it by recruiting all the Legendary Pokemon before him including Ho-Oh, Entei, Raikou, Suicune, Zapdos, Articuno, Moltres, Kyogre, and Groudon. Western Cavern is a difficult dungeon, and you will be able to recruit almost all of the fully evolved forms of the nine starting Pokemon. To recruit Mewtwo you must defeat him with only one Pokemon in your team. When you get to floor 98, dismiss two of them and prepare for a battle. Mewtwo has about 900 HP.
Avoid dying
Save the game just before you go on a rescue. If you die, immediately turn off the power to your DS. Once you turn it back on, it will be as if it never happened. This is useful when going on long missions like Articuno, Groudon, and Rayquaza. It is very hard to complete the second part of some missions if you lose most of your items.
Team base
After you defeat the Mankey Gang in Uproar Forest, Jumpluff will give you one Peeled Chestnut. Give it to the Mankey Gang to pay for the construction of your team base. You only need two more Chestnuts from Uproar Forest. You usually cannot find them until Floors 7 or 8. Your Pokemon peels a Chestnut to make it a Peeled Chestnut. Once the construction is complete, your base will look like your Pokemon’s head.
Buried Relic
Always enter the Buried Relic dungeon with at least two Huge Apples or food items. Otherwise, when you get to about floor 50, you will faint from hunger.
Evolving
After defeating Rayquaza, you can go to a cave next to the Wishcash Pond. Your partner will ask if it can leave you and go to its Friend Area. Select “Yes” and you can enter the cave. Inside, a stone will ask if you want to evolve. You can evolve others by going to their Friend Area and selecting “Become Leader”.
Once you complete the game, a pit will appear in Wishcash Pond where evolution can be done, However, you must go alone. Try to go to a dungeon. When your partner asks if you want to make team leaders, say yes and become a leader. You can now go by yourself. Enter the pit and there will be a giant crystal that asks if you want to evolve. Say “Yes” and it will ask for an item. If you give one to it you will have a better chance to evolve. It will then ask again. If you give another item you will have an even better chance. When it thinks you are ready a big beam will appear and you will evolve.
Evolution Stones
Some Pokemon require the use of items to evolve, such as stones or ribbons. Here are the locations of those items:
- Beauty Scarf: Western Cave 59F (Key required)
- Deepseascale: Grand Sea 15F or Far-Off Sea (upper floors)
- Deepseatooth: Grand Sea 15F or Far-Off Sea (upper floors)
- Dragon Scale: Wyvern Hill 29F – 30F
- Fire Stone: Fiery Field 29F
- King’s Rock: Kecleon Shop in Wish Cave
- Leaf Stone: Kecleon Shop in Wish Cave
- Link Cable: Solar Cave 10F (Key required)
- Lunar Ribbon: Northwind Field 20F (Key required)
- Metal Coat: Southern Cave 49F – 50F
- Moon Stone: Solar Cave or Kecleon Shop in Wish Cave
- Sun Ribbon: Wyvern Hill 20F (Key required)
- Sun Stone: Solar Cave
- Thunderstone: Lightning Field 29F
- Upgrade: Kecleon Shop in Wish Cave
- Water Stone: Northwind Field 29F (Key required)
Glitches
Have Boss Pokemon Retain Their HP
First, you need a Reviver Seed. Also, this glitch works best if you have a Friend Bow and are at as high a level as you can manage (preferably 100). Also, this glitch will work better if you go into the dungeon alone, and the dungeon needs to be a dungeon with a recruitable boss Pokemon at the end. You don’t need to have any of these necessarily, but it boosts your recruitment rate.
During the boss battle, try to make the boss pick up a Reviver Seed. You can do this usually by just placing the Seed on the ground in front of the boss, and then walking away so the Seed is between you two.
The boss should just follow you, walk onto the Seed, and pick it up.
Next, you need to defeat the boss twice — once you beat it the first time, your Seed revives it and thus you need to defeat it a second time without a break.
If you manage to do this and recruit the boss Pokemon, a glitch will occur in which the boss Pokemon’s HP is not changed. For example: Zapdos will have 300 HP, Lugia will have 800, and Deoxys will have 950, when normally they might top out around 100-200 HP.
Repeatedly Sell Items
For this glitch, you must first have an item you wish to sell and then you need to find a Kecleon Shop in a dungeon. An item used frequently with this glitch is the Gold Ribbon, which sells for 2,000 Poke, but any items that sell for a lot are perfectly fine. The best dungeons to find Kecleon Shops are the following:
- Northern Range (7% chance per floor, 83.7% to find one overall if you explore each floor fully)
- Pitfall Valley (same as above)
- Wyvern Hill (8% for 4F onward, 89.5% per full trip)
Once you’ve found a shop, drop the items you wish to sell onto the carpet and quicksave your game. Reload your file, and speak to Kecleon. You’ll notice that you get twice the amount of money you’d normally sell them for. Continue talking to Kecleon, and you can repeatedly obtain the selling price for the items you dropped, thus giving you an unlimited supply of money.
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team Action Replay Codes
The following codes require the third-party hardware, Action Replay. This hardware should be used with caution as editing the code of your game can ruin it forever. If emulating this title, these codes should still work as long as the emulator supports it.
Max / Infinite Money
0213C12C 0001869F
Using this code will give you the maximum amount of money.
Max / Infinite Belly
12115542 000061A7
12115546 000061A8
Using this code will give you the maximum amount of belly, and it will replenish itself.
Low Game Time
0213C19C 0A000000
Using this code will make your amount of play time less than what it actually is.
Infinite Joy Seeds
1213BFC8 000003E7
This Code Gives you Lots of Joy Seeds in your Storage.
More Belly
12115546 000061A8
Makes the leader’s belly size Bigger.
All the Seeds
Heal Seed
1213bf9e 000003e7
Eyedrop Seed
1213bfa6 000003e7
Reviver Seed
1213bfa8 000003e7
Blinker Seed
1213bfaa 000003e7
Doom Seed
1213bfac 000003e7
Allure Seed
1213bfae 000003e7
Life Seed
1213bfb0 000003e7
Hunger Seed
1213bfb4 000003e7
Quick Seed
1213bfb6 000003e7
Totter Seed
1213bfbc 000003e7
Sleep Seed
1213bfbe 000003e7
Plain Seed
1213bfc0 000003e7
Warp Seed
1213bfc2 000003e7
Blast Seed
1213bfc4 000003e7
Joy Seed
1213bfc8 000003e7
Stun Seed
1213bfcc 000003e7
Food Codes
Banana
1213c002 000003e7
Chestnut
1213c004 000003e7
Huge Apple
1213bfde 000003e7
Big Apple
1213bfda 000003e7
Apple
1213bfd8 000003e7
Max Savings
0213c130 0098967f
Max money in the bank.
Evolution Items
Upgrade
1213c008 000003e7
King’s Rock
1213c00a 000003e7
Thunderstone
1213c00c 000003e7
Deepseascale
1213c00e 000003e7
Deepseatooth
1213c010 000003e7
Sun Stone
1213c012 000003e7
Moon Stone
1213c014 000003e7
Fire Stone
1213c016 000003e7
Water Stone
1213c018 000003e7
Metal Coat
1213c01a 000003e7
Leaf Stone
1213c01c 000003e7
Dragon Scale
1213c01e 000003e7
Link Cable
1213c020 000003e7
Toss and Damage Items
Stick
1213bf36 000003e7
Iron Thorn
1213bf38 000003e7
Silver Spike
1213bf3a 000003e7
Gold Fang
1213bf3c 000003e7
Cacnea Spike
1213bf3e 000003e7
Corsola Twig
1213bf40 000003e7
Gravelrock
1213bf42 000003e7
Geopebble
1213bf44 000003e7
All the berries
Oran
1213bfa2 000003e7
Sitrus
1213bfa4 000003e7
Rawst
1213bfb2 000003e7
Pecha
1213bfb8 000003e7
Cheri
1213bfba 000003e7
Ginseng
1213bfc6 000003e7
Chesto
1213bfca 000003e7
Scarfs and Lenses
Mobile Scarf
1213bf46 000003e7
Heal Ribbon
1213bf48 000003e7
Twist Band
1213bf4a 000003e7
Scope Lens
1213bf4c 000003e7
Patsy Band
1213bf4e 000003e7
No-Stick Cap
1213bf50 000003e7
Pierce Band
1213bf52 000003e7
Joy Ribbon
1213bf54 000003e7
X-Ray Specs
1213bf56 000003e7
Persim Band
1213bf58 000003e7
Power Band
1213bf5a 000003e7
Pecha Scarf
1213bf5c 000003e7
Insominiscope
1213bf5e 000003e7
Warp Scarf
1213bf60 000003e7
Tight Belt
1213bf62 000003e7
Sneak Scarf
1213bf64 000003e7
Gold Ribbon
1213bf66 000003e7
Goggle Specs
1213bf68 000003e7
Diet Ribbon
1213bf6a 000003e7
Trap Scarf
1213bf6c 000003e7
Racket Band
1213bf6e 000003e7
Def. Scarf
1213bf70 000003e7
Stamina Band
1213bf72 000003e7
Plain Ribbon
1213bf74 000003e7
Special Band
1213bf76 000003e7
Zinc Band
1213bf78 000003e7
Detect Band
1213bf7a 000003e7
Alert Specs
1213bf7c 000003e7
Dodge Scarf
1213bf7e 000003e7
Bounce Band
1213bf80 000003e7
Curve Band
1213bf82 000003e7
Whiff Scopes
1213bf84 000003e7
No-Aim Scope
1213bf86 000003e7
Lockon Specs
1213bf88 000003e7
Munch Belt
1213bf8a 000003e7
Pass Scarf
1213bf8c 000003e7
Weather Band
1213bf8e 000003e7
Frined Bow
1213bf90 000003e7
Beauty Scarf
1213bf92 000003e7
Sun Ribbon
1213bf94 000003e7
Lunar Ribbon
1213bf96 000003e7
Maximum Stats
1st Pokemon
12115440 000003e7
22115449 000000ff
22115448 000000ff
12115444 0000270f
2211544a 000000ff
2211544b 000000ff
2nd Pokemon
2211561f 000000ff
2211561e 000000ff
2211561d 000000ff
2211561c 000000ff
12115618 0000270f
12115614 000003e7
3rd Pokemon
221157f3 000000ff
221157f2 000000ff
221157f1 000000ff
221157f0 000000ff
121157ec 0000270f
121157e8 000003e7
4th Pokemon
221159c7 000000ff
221159c6 000000ff
221159c5 000000ff
221159c4 000000ff
121159c0 0000270f
121159bc 000003e7
Press R Status Modifier
Leader: 94000130 FEFF0000
121154E4 00000X00
121154E6 000000YY
D2000000 00000000
Partner: 94000130 FEFF0000
121156B8 00000X00
121156BA 000000YY
D2000000 00000000
3rd Member: 94000130 FEFF0000
1211588C 00000X00
1211588E 000000YY
D2000000 00000000
X Values: Effect
1 = Reflect
2 = Safeguard
3 = Light Screen
4 = Counter
5 = Magic Cape
7 = Protect
8 = Mirror Coat
9 = Endure
B = Mirror Move
YY Values: Duration (Only work press Button!)
(Example)
1 = (1 turn)
2 = (2 turns)
3 = (3 turns)
4 = (4 turns)
5 = (5 turns)
6 = (6 turns)
7 = (7 turns)
8 = (8 turns)
9 = (9 turns)
A = (10 turns)
B = (11 turns)
C = (12 turns)
D = (13 turns)
E = (14 turns)
F = (15 turns)
14 = (20 turns)
1E = (30 turns)
28 = (40 turns)
32 = (50 turns)
3C = (60 turns)
46 = (70 turns)
50 = (80 turns)
5A = (90 turns)
64 = (100 turns)
FF = (255 turns) [LAST VALUE!]
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