| Mission #004: A Rift in Space | |
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| Start Location | Dehara City, house near Great Desert gate, man upstairs |
| Unlock Requirements |
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| Objectives | Rescue a little girl in Rift Cave |
| Reward | Item: Lustrous Orb |
Once you become Pokémon Champion, speak to an old man upstairs in the house near the Great Desert gate in Dehara City. He’ll enlist you to rescue his daughter from Rift Cave. Do it, and you’ll get the Lustrous Orb.
Starting the Mission
Fly to Dehara City and head northeast until you’re in front of the gate east to the Great Desert. Enter the house that is closest to the gate.
Go upstairs to 2F and speak to the man there – his daughter went to Rift Cave and he’s worried about her. You’ll have to head there to rescue her.
How to Complete
Rift Cave is north of the housing area, in the northeast part of town.
When you enter Rift Cave, you’ll be in a small chamber at first.
Walk north and you’ll get to a larger main chamber with a portal in the middle and the little girl on the western side.
The portal leads back to the Distortion World, so don’t go there for now.
Instead, go north and you’ll see some stairs that will lead to where the girl is.
When you speak to her, the girl will want to be taken home. However, it’s not going to be that easy.
She’ll immediately be kidnapped by the Legendary Pokémon Palkia and taken to a lower level.
Palkia leaves a ladder behind for you to follow, so take it down and you’ll find yourself in a big maze.
B1F Impossible Maze
There are repeated ladders and ledges that fold back on themselves and make you think things are closer than they really are here.
You can use the map above to get a better idea of the correct route to follow.
From the ladder, the only path to take is a big counterclockwise spiral, which will ultimately end with you facing south.
Keep walking south and the path will turn east. It will then bend back on itself and you’ll be headed west.
Ignore the two opportunities to jump off the cliffs, and head north.
The path will then go east and then snake around again to the west.
At the next intersection, jump off the cliff to the west.
Then, continue for a little ways west before the path turns south.
Follow it all the way down until there’s a kink in the path. Keep going until you see an inaccessible ladder.
The path bends back around to the north, so follow it in that direction for a while.
Continue north, ignoring the first set of cliffs, which will just take you back to an earlier part of the maze.
The next set of cliffs has a Zygarde Cell in the middle of them, and the path it goes to will eventually lead to this same position you’re in now – you just need to head south after collecting the Cell.
Whether you ignore the Cell or if you loop back to this spot after getting the Cell, you’ll want to continue following the main path as it winds around yet again.
Follow the path south until you get to another set of cliffs.
Jump off the left cliff and continue south along the path until you see more cliffs.
Go west off that cliff and you’ll come to an intersection of paths.
Go north at the intersection and follow that path all the way until you see more cliffs with an item on your right-hand side.
The item between the cliffs to the east is an Odd Keystone. You can grab it and return to an earlier section of the path, or continue the puzzle by taking the west cliff.
That will lead south to another cliff intersection – jump off the southern cliff here.
Again, at the next opportunity to choose a path, pick the south cliff.
One more southern cliff to jump off here, and the path will finally turn towards the west.
There’s a ladder here, but do not take it – it just leads you to the upper floor and you’ll have to start the maze all over again.
Go west past the ladder until you get to a dead end with a choice of cliffs.
Jump over the south cliff, and you’re nearly at the end of the maze.
Keep following the path, don’t jump over any more cliffs, and you’ll soon be at the ladder.
Take the ladder down and you’ll finally be out of the maze.
Palkia Battle
Go up to the girl and it’s not long before Palkia shows up to try and take her again.
Palkia will use its space powers to Dynamax, and you’ll need to beat it (or capture it) in battle using two of your Pokémon.
| Dynamax Battle | |
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Dynamax Palkia Water/Dragon (Lv. 60) |
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Once Palkia has been defeated, you’ll need to make your own way out of the maze. But considering all roads pretty much lead to an exit ladder if you jump off enough cliffs, it’s not much trouble to leave.
Head back to the girl’s house and her father will give you the Lustrous Orb.
