Dark Crystal Cavern Field

Darkness is gathering...

Dark Crystal Cavern is a field effect present in Rejuvenation. It is classified as a Magical field and can be found in Darchlight Caves.

Transitions From Other Fields

• Crystal Cavern will transform into this Field if any of the moves Dark Pulse, Dark Void, Night Daze, or Light That Burns the Sky is used.

General Effects

• Dark and Ghost-type Pokémon's Defense and Special Defense are boosted by 1.5x.

Abilities Affected

• Prism Armor additionally boosts Defense and Special Defense by 33%.
• Shadow Shield additionally reduces damage to 0.75x.

Moves Affected

Moves which receive an attack buff

• Prismatic Laser → 2x boost.
  • The crystal split the attack!
• Black Hole Eclipse → 1.5x boost.
  • The consuming darkness fed the attack!
• Dark Pulse, Night Daze, Night Slash → 1.5x boost.
  • The darkness began to gather...!
• Menacing Moonraze Maelstrom, Shadow Ball, Shadow Bone, Shadow Claw, Shadow Force, Shadow Punch, Shadow Sneak → 1.5x boost.
  • The darkness strengthened the attack!
• Aurora Beam, Dazzling Gleam, Diamond Storm, Doom Desire, Flash Cannon, Luster Purge, Mirror Beam, Mirror Shot, Moongeist Beam, Photon Geyser, Power Gem, Signal Beam, Techno Blast → 1.5x boost.
  • The crystals' light strengthened the attack!

Moves which receive an attack nerf

• Light That Burns The Sky → 0.5x decrease.
  • [Pokémon] couldn't consume much light...
• Solar Beam and Solar Blade → Fail upon use.

Other moves

• Aurora Veil can be activated regardless of weather.
• Dark Void's accuracy is increased to 100%.
• Flash lowers the target's Accuracy by 2 stages.
• Moonlight restores 75% of the user's max HP.
• Morning Sun and Synthesis restore 25% of the user's max HP.

Field-dependent moves

• Camouflage changes the user's type to Dark.
• Nature Power becomes Dark Pulse.
• Secret Power may lower Accuracy.
• Shelter halves damage from Dark-type moves.
• Terrain Pulse becomes Dark-type.

Transitions to Other Fields

Any move in this section inherently gains a 1.3x damage boost if it changes the field, unless noted otherwise.

• This field will transform into Crystal Cavern if harsh sunlight is active at the end of the turn, and will transform back when it isn't.
  • The sun lit up the crystal cavern!

Items

• Magical Seed boosts Special Defense by one stage and applies Magic Coat to the user.

Other Notes

• Despite what the field effect manual says, as of v13.5.6, Dark Crystal Cavern cannot directly transform into Cave due to a bug. The field must first be transformed into Crystal Cavern in order to transform into Cave. Below is the intended transformation:
• This field will transform into Cave if any of the following moves are used 2 times:
  • Bulldoze, Earthquake, Fissure, Magnitude, Tectonic Rage
  • The dark crystals were shattered!

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