Dark Ice Mountain (Japanese:くらやみのひょうざんDark Ice Mountain) is a dungeon inPokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky. It is exclusive to the fifth Special Episode,In the Future of Darkness. It is a future dungeon, the first dungeon onFrozen Island (known in the past as "Blizzard Island").Grovyle andDusknoir encounter a group ofSnorunt talking to each other once they are teleported here from theSpacial Cliffs, only to have the Snorunt prank Grovyle with an ice attack and then run away in laughter. Grovyle (seeking payback) and Dusknoir then venture into this dungeon to find thePassage of Time.
This dungeon has two sections, Dark Ice Mountain and Dark Ice Mountain Peak. The lower part has ten floors, while the upper part has four, and there is a waypoint between the two areas. At the pinnacle, the player must face fourGlalie and aMamoswine.
As this is a Special Episode dungeon, the player cannot recruit Pokémon inside and cannot be rescued if knocked out.
The dungeon uses two floor layouts
Even floors (except for floor 4 of Dark Ice Mountain Peak) are medium-sized with 3-9 rooms, except floor 10 of Dark Ice Mountain, which has 3-8 rooms
Odd floors (and floor 4 of Dark Ice Mountain Peak) are large-sized:
3-8 rooms on floor 1 of Dark Ice Mountain
3-9 rooms on floor 9 of Dark Ice Mountain
3-10 rooms on floor 3 of Dark Ice Mountain and floor 1 of Dark Ice Mountain Peak
3-11 rooms on floor 7 of Dark Ice Mountain and floor 4 of Dark Ice Mountain Peak
3-12 rooms on floor 5 of Dark Ice Mountain and floor 3 of Dark Ice Mountain Peak
There's 3-6 items on each floor, except floor 6 of Dark Ice Mountain which has 4-7 items instead. There's also 2-5 items buried in the walls. There's 2-3 starting enemies on each floor.
The IQ Booster does not activate in this dungeon. The turn limit is 1000. There is water on floors 3, 5 and 7 of Dark Ice Mountain, and floors 1 and 2 of Dark Ice Mountain Peak. There is light darkness in the dungeon. The enemies in this dungeon have 26IQ.
