Like every game in the series, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Rescue Team DX allows you to recruit powerful Legendary Pokemon into your rescue team once the right conditions are met.
To help out players who might have some difficulty recruiting these Pokemon, we have compiled the following guide explaining where to find each Legendary Pokemon in Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Rescue Team DX. Note that you will need to have completed the main story in order to recruit most of them.
- Articuno
- Defeat within the Freezy Forest after beating the story.
- Zapdos
- Defeat at the top of Mt Thunder after beating the story.
- Moltres
- Defeat at the top of Mt Blaze after beating the story.
- Mewtwo
- After encountering Ho-Oh at Mt Faraway, an area called the Western Cave will be unlocked.
- At the 20th floor of the Western Cave, you will encounter Mewtwo, defeat it to recruit.
- Mewtwo will Mega Evolve halfway through the battle.
- Entei
- First encountered in Fiery Field after you obtain the Clear Wing from Spinda in the Pokémon Square.
- During the first encounter, it cannot be caught, but will infuse color into the Wing.
- After using the Wing to recruit Ho-Oh, return to Fiery Field to battle and recruit Entei
- Raikou
- First encountered in the Lightning Field after meeting Entei
- During the first encounter, it cannot be caught, but will infuse color into the Wing.
- After using the Wing to recruit Ho-Oh, return to Lightning Field to battle and recruit Raikou
- Suicune
- First encountered in the Northwind Field after meeting Raikou
- During the first encounter, it cannot be caught, but will infuse color into the Wing.
- After using the Wing to recruit Ho-Oh, return to Northwind Field to battle and recruit Suicune
- Ho-oh
- After obtaining the Rainbow Wing from meeting Entei, Raikou, and Suicune, Mt Faraway will be unlocked, where Ho-Oh can be fought and recruited.
- Lugia
- To activate Lugia’s event, players must first recruit the Legendary Birds and beat Latios, Latias, and Kyogre’s quests
- Alakazam will appear and mention that there is a disturbance in Legendary Island, going there will unlock to the Silver Trench.
- Complete all 99 Floors of the Dungeon and you’ll find Lugia at the top.
- Latios & Latias
- After visiting Solar Cave and purchasing the Southern Island camp area, return to Pokemon Square to hear about robbery at Kecleon’s shop.
- Follow them to the Northern Range and battle Latios at the end.
- Defeat Latios and it’ll mention its sister, Latias is stuck in the Pitfall Valley.
- Go to the dungeon and rescue Latias and they will both be recruited.
- Groudon
- Encounter at Magma Cavern after beating the game, it will Primal Revert during the battle.
- Kyogre
- After beating the game, Lombre and Whiscash will mention a dungeon called the Stormy Sea, enter it to find Kyogre.
- Kyogre will Primal Revert during the battle.
- Regirock, Regice, Registeel
- After defeating Kyogre in Stormy Sea, the Buried Relic dungeon will be unlocked after speaking to Lombre and then to Shiftry.
- On Floor 15 you will find Regirock.
- Defeat it first time and you’ll get the Rock Part which is used to make the Music Box.
- On your second encounter, you will be able to recruit it if players have the Ancient Relic Camp area
- On Floor 25 you will find Regice.
- Defeat it first time and you’ll get the Ice Part which is used to make the Music Box.
- On your second encounter, you will be able to recruit it if players have the Ancient Relic Camp area
- On Floor 35 you will find Registeel.
- Defeat it first time and you’ll get the Steel Part which is used to make the Music Box.
- On your second encounter, you will be able to recruit it if players have the Ancient Relic Camp area
- Rayquaza
- Return to the Sky Tower after beating the game to battle it.
- It will Mega Evolve during this battle.
- Mew
- After defeating Kyogre in Stormy Sea, the Buried Relic dungeon will be unlocked after speaking to Lombre and then to Shiftry.
- Beat Regirock, Regice and Registeel in the dungeon to build the Music Box.
- Now, Mew will appear randomly at on B40F, B50F, B60F, B70F, B80F, B90F and B98F to battle.
- It has a random chance of joining if players own the Final Island Camp area.
- Celebi
- After you have befriended Latios and Latias, the Purity Forest Dungeon will appear.
- At the top of this 99 Floor Dungeon, talk to Celebi to recruit it.
- Jirachi
- After you have befriended Latios & Latias, go to Whiscash’s pond and talk to Whiscash and Medicham each day.
- One day, Ekans will say Medicham is missing as he was KO’d in that dungeon.
- Find Medicham’s request at the post office bulletin board, this will unlock the Wish Cave.
- In your first run, it will stop at B20F, Medicham will give the Wish Stone
- Return there and get to B99F to find Jirachi.
- Defeat it and it will offer you a chance to make a wish, selecting between multiple different options you will get a myuriad of items.
- Jirachi will also be automatically recruited if players have the Mt. Moonview Camp area
- Deoxys
- After defeating Lugia in the Silver Trench, Xatu will appear at the base, unlocking the Meteor Cave.
- The cave contains many shadows of Deoxys to defeat, find and defeat the real Deoxys to progress.
- Defeat Deoxys at floor B20F to recruit it.
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