Riverbank Cave

Discover which Pokemon appear in the Riverbank Cave hideaway in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, including rare spawns and those unlocked by game progression.

Hey there! So you're looking to explore the Riverbank Cave hideaway in the Grand Underground? It's a pretty neat spot with a good variety of Pokémon, and some of them change depending on how far you are in the game. Let's break down who you can find there!

Wild Pokémon in Riverbank Cave

Here's a look at the Pokémon you can encounter in the Riverbank Cave hideaway. Keep in mind that some of these will only appear after you've met certain conditions, like obtaining specific HMs or badges.

Available From the Start

As soon as you access the Grand Underground, you can find these Pokémon chilling in Riverbank Cave:

• Bidoof
• Budew
• Buizel
• Buneary
• Cascoon (Shining Pearl only)
• Croagunk
• Kricketot
• Murkrow (Brilliant Diamond only)
• Psyduck
• Silcoon (Brilliant Diamond only)
• Wurmple

Rare Spawns

Keep an eye out for these rarer Pokémon. They might take a few tries to find:

• Lickitung
• Pinsir (Shining Pearl only)
• Scyther (Brilliant Diamond only)

Available After Obtaining Strength

Once you've got the Strength HM, your options expand:

• Barboach
• Bibarel
• Hoothoot
• Skuntank (Brilliant Diamond only)
• Stunky (Brilliant Diamond only)

Available After Obtaining Defog

After you get Defog, these Pokémon start showing up:

• Munchlax
• Purugly (Shining Pearl only)
• Wingull

Available After Icicle Badge

With the Icicle Badge in hand, you'll find these Pokémon:

• Gible
• Glameow (Shining Pearl only)
• Pelipper
• Tentacool
• Tentacruel

Available After Obtaining Waterfall

Once you can use Waterfall, these Pokémon become available:

• Gabite
• Mantyke
• Octillery
• Whiscash

Available After National Pokédex

Finally, after completing the National Pokédex, a whole new set of Pokémon can appear:

• Bellsprout
• Bulbasaur
• Carvanha
• Caterpie (Brilliant Diamond only)
• Chikorita
• Clamperl
• Corphish
• Corsola
• Crawdaunt
• Cubone
• Ekans (Brilliant Diamond only)
• Gloom
• Horsea
• Kecleon (Brilliant Diamond only)
• Ledian
• Lombre (Shining Pearl only)
• Lotad (Shining Pearl only)
• Lunatone (Shining Pearl only)
• Mudkip
• Nidoran♀
• Nidoran♂
• Nidorina
• Nidorino
• Nincada
• Nuzleaf (Brilliant Diamond only)
• Oddish
• Pinsir (Shining Pearl only)
• Piplup
• Poliwag
• Poliwhirl
• Qwilfish
• Raticate
• Rattata
• Scyther (Brilliant Diamond only)
• Seedot (Brilliant Diamond only)
• Shellder
• Shuckle
• Slowpoke (Shining Pearl only)
• Solrock (Brilliant Diamond only)
• Squirtle
• Staryu
• Surskit
• Tauros
• Totodile
• Treecko
• Turtwig
• Tyrogue
• Venomoth
• Venonat
• Weedle (Shining Pearl only)
• Weepinbell

That's the full rundown for Riverbank Cave! Happy hunting!