Hidden Grotto (Japanese: 隠し穴, Hepburn: Hidden Hole) are small areas hidden in trees dotted around the Unova region. It is a feature that allows the player to capture a Pokémon that have a Hidden Ability. After emptying the grotto of its Pokémon and/or item(s), the player must take 256 steps, which gives it a 5% chance to regenerate, with the possibility of having different items and Pokémon from before. The chances of it regenerating can be increased with the help of a Pass Power.
Chances[]
Known that one must take certain steps to find each a Pokémon with a Hidden Ability, an item or a hidden item, the Hidden Grotto can be regenerate can be increased by the use of a Pass Power. Here is a list of what the percentages are to find one of the three things in the Hidden Grotto.
- 40% — You will find an item.
- 40% — You will find a hidden item.
- 20% — You will find a Pokémon with a Hidden Ability.
Hidden Grottoes[]
Here is a list of Hidden Grottoes in the Unova region. Do note that some of the locations that has been listed here have extra items. It means that there are two Grottoes located in some routes.
Route 2[]
Pokémon Levels: 55-60 | Pokémon (20%) | Items (40%) | Hidden Items (40%) | |||||
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Watchog | Normal | Poké Ball | Growth Mulch | |||||
Nidoran♀ | Poison | Repel | Damp Mulch | |||||
Nidoran♂ | Poison | Potion | Stable Mulch | |||||
Granbull | Normal | Great Ball | Gooey Mulch | |||||
Super Repel | Big Mushroom | |||||||
Super Potion | TinyMushroom | |||||||
Ultra Ball | Red Shard | |||||||
Full Heal | Blue Shard | |||||||
Hyper Potion | Yellow Shard | |||||||
Fire Stone | Green Shard | |||||||
Water Stone | Rare Candy | |||||||
Thunder Stone | PP Up | |||||||
Leaf Stone | PP Max |
Route 3[]
Pokémon Levels: 55-60 | Pokémon (20%) | Items (40%) | Hidden Items (40%) | |||||
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Pachirisu | Electric | Poké Ball | Growth Mulch | |||||
Manectric | Electric | Repel | Damp Mulch | |||||
Zebstrika | Electric | Potion | Stable Mulch | |||||
Bibarel | Normal/Water | Great Ball | Gooey Mulch | |||||
Venonat | Grass/Poison | Super Repel | Big Mushroom | |||||
Lombre | Water/Grass | Super Potion | TinyMushroom | |||||
Ultra Ball | Red Shard | |||||||
Full Heal | Blue Shard | |||||||
Hyper Potion | Yellow Shard | |||||||
Fire Stone | Green Shard | |||||||
Water Stone | Rare Candy | |||||||
Thunder Stone | PP Up | |||||||
Leaf Stone | PP Max | |||||||
Dawn Stone |
Route 5[]
Pokémon Levels: 20-25 |
Pokémon (20%) | Items (40%) | Hidden Items (40%) | |||||
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Foongus | Grass/Poison | Poké Ball | Growth Mulch | |||||
Minccino | Normal | Repel | Damp Mulch | |||||
Liepard | Dark | Potion | Stable Mulch | |||||
Great Ball | Gooey Mulch | |||||||
Super Repel | Big Mushroom | |||||||
Super Potion | TinyMushroom | |||||||
Ultra Ball | Red Shard | |||||||
Full Heal | Blue Shard | |||||||
Hyper Potion | Yellow Shard | |||||||
Fire Stone | Green Shard | |||||||
Water Stone | Rare Candy | |||||||
Thunder Stone | PP Up | |||||||
Leaf Stone | PP Max |
Route 6[]
Pokémon Levels: 25-30 | Pokémon (20%) | Items (40%) | Hidden Items (40%) | |||||
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Foongus | Grass/Poison | Poké Ball | Growth Mulch | |||||
Woobat | Psychic/ | Repel | Damp Mulch | |||||
Dunsparce | Normal | Potion | Stable Mulch | |||||
Nosepass | Rock | Great Ball | Gooey Mulch | |||||
Super Repel | Big Mushroom | |||||||
Super Potion | TinyMushroom | |||||||
Ultra Ball | Red Shard | |||||||
Full Heal | Blue Shard | |||||||
Hyper Potion | Yellow Shard | |||||||
Fire Stone | Green Shard | |||||||
Water Stone | Rare Candy | |||||||
Thunder Stone | PP Up | |||||||
Leaf Stone | PP Max | |||||||
Sun Stone | ||||||||
Moon Stone | ||||||||
Shiny Stone | ||||||||
Dusk Stone |
Route 7[]
Pokémon Levels: 30-35 | Pokémon (20%) | Items (40%) | Hidden Items (40%) | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Zangoose | Normal | Poké Ball | Growth Mulch | |||||
Seviper | Poison | Repel | Damp Mulch | |||||
Watchog | Normal | Potion | Stable Mulch | |||||
Cubchoo | Ice | Great Ball | Gooey Mulch | |||||
Super Repel | Big Mushroom | |||||||
Super Potion | TinyMushroom | |||||||
Ultra Ball | Red Shard | |||||||
Full Heal | Blue Shard | |||||||
Hyper Potion | Yellow Shard | |||||||
Fire Stone | Green Shard | |||||||
Water Stone | Rare Candy | |||||||
Thunder Stone | PP Up | |||||||
Leaf Stone | PP Max |
Route 9[]
Pokémon Levels: 35-40 | Pokémons (20%) | Items (40%) | Hidden Items (40%) | |||||
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Liepard | Dark | Poké Ball | Growth Mulch | |||||
Muk | Poison | Repel | Damp Mulch | |||||
Garbodor | Poison | Potion | Stable Mulch | |||||
Bouffalant | Normal | Great Ball | Gooey Mulch | |||||
Super Repel | Big Mushroom | |||||||
Super Potion | TinyMushroom | |||||||
Ultra Ball | Red Shard | |||||||
Full Heal | Blue Shard | |||||||
Hyper Potion | Yellow Shard | |||||||
Fire Stone | Green Shard | |||||||
Water Stone | Rare Candy | |||||||
Thunder Stone | PP Up | |||||||
Leaf Stone | PP Max |
Route 13[]
Pokémon Levels: 35-40 | Pokémon (20%) | Items (40%) | Hidden Items (40%) | |||||
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Foongus | Grass/Poison | Poké Ball | Growth Mulch | |||||
Tangela | Grass | Repel | Damp Mulch | |||||
Skorupi | Bug/Poison | Potion | Stable Mulch | |||||
Drifloon | Ghost/ | Great Ball | Gooey Mulch | |||||
Spheal | Ice/Water | Super Repel | Big Mushroom | |||||
Super Potion | TinyMushroom | |||||||
Ultra Ball | Red Shard | |||||||
Full Heal | Blue Shard | |||||||
Hyper Potion | Yellow Shard | |||||||
Fire Stone | Green Shard | |||||||
Water Stone | Rare Candy | |||||||
Thunder Stone | PP Up | |||||||
Leaf Stone | PP Max | |||||||
Sun Stone | ||||||||
Moon Stone | ||||||||
Shiny Stone | ||||||||
Dusk Stone |
Route 18[]
Pokémon Levels: 55-60 | Pokémon (20%) | Items (40%) | Hidden Items (40%) | |||||
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Kingler | Water | Poké Ball | Growth Mulch | |||||
Corsola | Water/Rock | Repel | Damp Mulch | |||||
Chatot | Normal/ | Potion | Stable Mulch | |||||
Dragonite | Dragon/ | Great Ball | Gooey Mulch | |||||
Super Repel | Big Mushroom | |||||||
Super Potion | TinyMushroom | |||||||
Ultra Ball | Red Shard | |||||||
Full Heal | Blue Shard | |||||||
Hyper Potion | Yellow Shard | |||||||
Fire Stone | Green Shard | |||||||
Water Stone | Rare Candy | |||||||
Thunder Stone | PP Up | |||||||
Leaf Stone | PP Max |
Route 22[]
Pokémon Levels: 45-50 | Pokémon (20%) | Items (40%) | Hidden Items (40%) | |||||
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Amoonguss | Grass/Poison | Poké Ball | Growth Mulch | |||||
Pelipper | Water/ | Repel | Damp Mulch | |||||
Mienfoo | Fighting | Potion | Stable Mulch | |||||
Great Ball | Gooey Mulch | |||||||
Super Repel | Big Mushroom | |||||||
Super Potion | TinyMushroom | |||||||
Ultra Ball | Red Shard | |||||||
Full Heal | Blue Shard | |||||||
Hyper Potion | Yellow Shard | |||||||
Fire Stone | Green Shard | |||||||
Water Stone | Rare Candy | |||||||
Thunder Stone | PP Up | |||||||
Leaf Stone | PP Max |
Route 23[]
Pokémon Levels: 50-55 | Pokémon (20%) | Items (40%) | Hidden Items (40%) | |||||
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Zangoose | Normal | Poké Ball | Growth Mulch | |||||
Seviper | Poison | Repel | Damp Mulch | |||||
Golduck | Water | Potion | Stable Mulch | |||||
Absol | Dark | Great Ball | Gooey Mulch | |||||
Gligar | Ground/ | Super Repel | Big Mushroom | |||||
Super Potion | TinyMushroom | |||||||
Ultra Ball | Red Shard | |||||||
Full Heal | Blue Shard | |||||||
Hyper Potion | Yellow Shard | |||||||
Fire Stone | Green Shard | |||||||
Water Stone | Rare Candy | |||||||
Thunder Stone | PP Up | |||||||
Leaf Stone | PP Max |
Pinwheel Forest[]
- Outer
Pokémon Levels: 55-60 | Pokémon (20%) | Items (40%) | Hidden Items (40%) | |||||
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Poliwhirl | Water | Poké Ball | Growth Mulch | |||||
Hariyama | Fighting | Repel | Damp Mulch | |||||
Medicham | Fighting/Psychic | Potion | Stable Mulch | |||||
Bagon | Dragon | Great Ball | Gooey Mulch | |||||
Super Repel | Big Mushroom | |||||||
Super Potion | TinyMushroom | |||||||
Ultra Ball | Red Shard | |||||||
Full Heal | Blue Shard | |||||||
Hyper Potion | Yellow Shard | |||||||
Fire Stone | Green Shard | |||||||
Water Stone | Rare Candy | |||||||
Thunder Stone | PP Up | |||||||
Leaf Stone | PP Max |
- Inner
Pokémon Levels: 55-60 | Pokémon (20%) | Items (40%) | Hidden Items (40%) | Only | ||||||
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Beedrill | Bug/Poison | Poké Ball | Growth Mulch | |||||||
Butterfree | Bug/ | Repel | Damp Mulch | |||||||
Murkrow | Dark/ | Potion | Stable Mulch | |||||||
Breloom | Grass/Fighting | Great Ball | Gooey Mulch | |||||||
Amoonguss | Grass/Poison | Super Repel | Big Mushroom | |||||||
Super Potion | TinyMushroom | |||||||||
Ultra Ball | Red Shard | |||||||||
Full Heal | Blue Shard | |||||||||
Hyper Potion | Yellow Shard | |||||||||
Fire Stone | Green Shard | |||||||||
Water Stone | Rare Candy | |||||||||
Thunder Stone | PP Up | |||||||||
Leaf Stone | PP Max |
Giant Chasm[]
Pokémon Levels: 45-50 | Pokémon (20%) | Items (40%) | Hidden Items (40%) | |||||
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Clefairy | Normal | Poké Ball | Growth Mulch | |||||
Metang | Psychic/Steel | Repel | Damp Mulch | |||||
Ditto | Normal | Potion | Stable Mulch | |||||
Sneasel | Dark/Ice | Great Ball | Gooey Mulch | |||||
Super Repel | Big Mushroom | |||||||
Super Potion | TinyMushroom | |||||||
Ultra Ball | Red Shard | |||||||
Full Heal | Blue Shard | |||||||
Hyper Potion | Yellow Shard | |||||||
Fire Stone | Green Shard | |||||||
Water Stone | Rare Candy | |||||||
Thunder Stone | PP Up | |||||||
Leaf Stone | PP Max |
Abundant Shrine[]
- On path to shrine, near Youngster
Pokémon Levels: 35-40 | Pokémon (20%) | Items (40%) | Hidden Items (40%) | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amoonguss | Grass/Poison | Poké Ball | Growth Mulch | |||||
Bronzor | Steel/Psychic | Repel | Damp Mulch | |||||
Vulpix | Fire | Potion | Stable Mulch | |||||
Super Potion | TinyMushroom | |||||||
Ultra Ball | Red Shard | |||||||
Full Heal | Blue Shard | |||||||
Hyper Potion | Yellow Shard | |||||||
Fire Stone | Green Shard | |||||||
Water Stone | Rare Candy | |||||||
Thunder Stone | PP Up | |||||||
Leaf Stone | PP Max |
- Shrine
Pokémon Levels: 35-40 | Pokémon (20%) | Items (40%) | Hidden Items (40%) | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amoonguss | Grass/Poison | Poké Ball | Growth Mulch | |||||
Golduck | Water | Great Ball | Gooey Mulch | |||||
Swablu | Normal/ | Super Repel | Big Mushroom | |||||
Super Potion | TinyMushroom | |||||||
Ultra Ball | Red Shard | |||||||
Full Heal | Blue Shard | |||||||
Hyper Potion | Yellow Shard | |||||||
Fire Stone | Green Shard | |||||||
Water Stone | Rare Candy | |||||||
Thunder Stone | PP Up | |||||||
Leaf Stone | PP Max |
Lostlorn Forest[]
Pokémon Levels: 20-25 | Pokémon (20%) | Items (40%) | Hidden Items (40%) | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Combee | Bug/ | Poké Ball | Growth Mulch | |||||
Leavanny | Bug/Grass | Repel | Damp Mulch | |||||
Pinsir | Bug | Potion | Stable Mulch | |||||
Heracross | Bug/Fighting | Great Ball | Gooey Mulch | |||||
Super Repel | Big Mushroom | |||||||
Super Potion | TinyMushroom | |||||||
Ultra Ball | Red Shard | |||||||
Full Heal | Blue Shard | |||||||
Hyper Potion | Yellow Shard | |||||||
Fire Stone | Green Shard | |||||||
Water Stone | Rare Candy | |||||||
Thunder Stone | PP Up | |||||||
Leaf Stone | PP Max |
Floccesy Ranch[]
Pokémon Levels: 10-15 |
Pokémon (20%) | Items (40%) | Hidden Items (40%) | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Marill | Water | Poké Ball | Growth Mulch | |||||
Herdier | Normal | Repel | Damp Mulch | |||||
Dunsparce | Normal | Potion | Stable Mulch | |||||
Great Ball | Gooey Mulch | |||||||
Super Repel | Big Mushroom | |||||||
Super Potion | TinyMushroom | |||||||
Ultra Ball | Red Shard | |||||||
Full Heal | Blue Shard | |||||||
Hyper Potion | Yellow Shard | |||||||
Fire Stone | Green Shard | |||||||
Water Stone | Rare Candy | |||||||
Thunder Stone | PP Up | |||||||
Leaf Stone | PP Max |
Special Pokémon[]
Sprite | Pokémon | Type |
---|---|---|
Eevee | Normal | |
Vaporeon | Water | |
Jolteon | Electric | |
Flareon | Fire | |
Espeon | Psychic | |
Umbreon | Dark | |
Leafeon | Grass | |
Glaceon | Ice | |
This applies to the Japanese games only, not any of the other languages. The player can encounter these Pokémon in every Hidden Grotto around the Unova region by obtaining an event item that was distributed at the real life Pokémon Center only in Japan, and it was distributed from July 13–26, 2013, including Eevee and its evolutions. The mission is called ポケモンをさがせ! Search for Pokémon! and the July 13–26 version includes these Pokémon. These Pokémon can show up in any Grotto. They all have an equal chance of encounter as all of the other evolutions. These Pokémon cannot be found on the adventure, only during the mission. |
Sprite | Pokémon | Type |
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Poliwag | Water | |
Magneton | Electric/Steel | |
Chansey | Normal | |
Dragonair | Dragon | |
Togetic | Normal/ | |
Shelgon | Dragon | |
The second version of ポケモンをさがせ! Search for Pokémon! includes Poliwag, Chansey, Magneton, Togetic, Dragonair, and Shelgon and the event was distributed on August 17-September 6, 2013. During the mission, the player may find one out of five Pokémon in the Hidden Grottoes in Unova. These Pokémon can show up in any Grotto. They have an equal chance of encounter as all of the other Pokémon in this mission. These Pokémon cannot be found on the adventure, only during the mission. |
Sprite | Pokémon | Type | Only |
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Stunky | Poison/Dark | ||
Glameow | Normal | ||
You can only encounter these Pokémon in the Hidden Grotto during the Funfest Missions. Do note that they only appear during the missions, not when you are on your adventure. |
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