Riley's Lucario and the Steel Cavern

Riley’s Lucario has gone berserk and run off. Find it, calm it down, and Riley thanks you with the Steel Cave Pass. The pass is the only way into the Steel Cavern under Iron Island, the one place in Sinnoh where wild Riolu live.

**Iron Island**Iron Island, where Riley waits outside the cave exit.Wild Pokémon here

Getting to Iron Island

Talk to the sailor at the docks in Canalave City and choose Iron Island. The trip costs 100 F and needs 5 Sinnoh badges. The cave entrance at the top of the island needs 7 badges. The Sinnoh walkthrough shows where the sailor stands.

Walkthrough

Meet Riley. Go through the Iron Island caves and come out at the exit. Riley is standing nearby. He tells you his Lucario went berserk after Team Galactic tampered with the Iron Ruins and ran south.

Do not jump down the ledges outside the exit before you have talked to him, or you will have to walk through the caves again to reach him.

Riley waits right outside the cave exit on Iron Island.
Find Lucario on Route 219. Sail back to the mainland and go to Route 219, south of Sandgem Town. Lucario is on the beach. It attacks and runs north.

Lucario's first stop is the beach on Route 219.
Follow it to the Ravaged Path. Go north of Jubilife City to Route 204 and enter the Ravaged Path. Lucario is near the top of the cave. It runs east.

In the Ravaged Path, Lucario stands near the top of the cave.
Battle Lucario on Route 210. Leave Celestic Town to the east onto Route 210. Lucario is in the upper part of the route. This time it battles you: a single level 50 Lucario. Beat it and it runs off west, back towards Riley.

On Route 210, Lucario finally battles you.
Return to Iron Island. Riley is now waiting near the sailor on Iron Island. Lucario is badly hurt and he asks you for a Mercury Potion. Someone inside the caves will trade one.

After the battle, Riley waits near the sailor on Iron Island.
Find the Shady Man. Enter the caves at the top of Iron Island. In Iron Island B1F take the warp on the right into B1F R. That room has two warps in its lower half; take the right-hand one into Iron Island B2F R. The Shady Man, dressed in white, stands on the raised ledge in the lower part of the room, against its back wall.

Iron Island B1F RTake the right-hand warp in the lower half.Wild Pokémon here

He trades the Mercury Potion for a Bronzor at level 10 or higher from your party. He keeps the Bronzor. If it was holding an item, the item goes back to your bag.

Have exactly one Bronzor at level 10 or higher in your party, plus at least one other Pokémon. With two such Bronzor, or with Bronzor as your only Pokémon, he will not trade.

The Shady Man in Iron Island B2F R trades the Mercury Potion for a Bronzor.
Collect the pass. Take the Mercury Potion back to Riley near the sailor. He gives you the Steel Cave Pass.

Where to find Bronzor

Bronzor is Very Rare. You can find it on Route 206, Route 211 (West) and on most floors of Mt. Coronet. See Sinnoh Pokémon locations for levels and times. Catch two if you want to keep one.

Entering the Steel Cavern

The Steel Cavern entrance is at the top of Iron Island B3F 1, the last cave room before the exit where you met Riley. The Steel Caves Guard there lets you pass once Riley has given you the pass. You also need 7 Sinnoh badges to use the entrance.