Unused Moves

This is a sub-page of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team.

To do:
Add move descriptions from the Japanese version.

There are 58 unused moves in the game, though the vast majority of them are still used by the game indirectly.

These moves can be accessed by using the respective cheat code:

The code will modify the first move of the first Pokémon while in a Dungeon. The "????" must be replaced with the relative move ID. Valid values are up to 019C.

Note that the move Type, PP, Power, Hit Rate, and Range are often not indicative to the actual effect in-game.

(Move Data: The Ultimate Pokemon Center)

Triggered Indirectly#

These moves are actually used by the game, but their Type, PP uses, and move description are unseen.

Move ID	Effect ID	Name	Type	PP	Range	In-game Description	Notes
0160	0005	Struggle	Normal	1	Foe in front	Inflicts damage on the target. However, the user also takes damage one quarter of its maximum HP.	Used in place of a move if all PPs of all moves are consumed.
0163	0001	attack	None	17	Foe in front	NULL	Used by pressing A button.
0165	007C	がまん	Fighting	17	Foe in front	NULL	Used when the Bide status ends. The move name is the Japanese version of move name Bide.
0198	010A	Item-Toss	None	96	Special	NULL	Used when tossing an item.

Triggered by Orb Items#

All Orb items in the game actually trigger specific moves to work. However, many Orbs trigger moves which are completely unseen in-game, though every one of them has a specific name and PP value.

Move ID	Effect ID	Name	Type	PP	Range	In-game description	Trigger Item
016B	00CC	See-Trap	None	22	User	NULL	See-Trap Orb
016C	0077	Takeaway	None	12	Foe in front	NULL	Mug Orb
016D	00EC	Rebound	None	22	User	NULL	Rebound Orb
016E	0000	Bloop Slash	None	22	Foe up to 2 tiles ahead	NULL	Lob Orb
016F	00A4	Switcher	None	17	Straight line	NULL	Switcher Orb
0170	0042	Blowback	None	17	Straight line	NULL	Blowback Orb
0171	00E9	Warp	None	14	Foes in room	NULL	Warp Orb
0172	00E9	Transfer	None	22	Foe in front, cuts corners	NULL	Transfer Orb
0173	0063	Slow Down	None	37	Foes in room	NULL	Slow Orb
0174	0079	Speed Boost	None	22	Allies in room	NULL	Quick Orb
0175	00A6	Searchlight	None	22	User	NULL	Luminous Orb
0176	00BA	Petrify	None	22	Foes in room	NULL	Petrify Orb
0177	00EA	Stay Away	None	22	Foe in front, cuts corners	NULL	Stayaway Orb
0178	0105	Pounce	None	22	Special	NULL	Pounce Orb
0179	0106	Trawl	None	22	User	NULL	Trawl Orb
017A	00F9	Cleanse	None	17	Special	NULL	Cleanse Orb
017B	00ED	Observer	None	22	Foe in front, cuts corners	NULL	Observer Orb
017C	00BE	Decoy Maker	None	22	Foe in front, cuts corners	NULL	Decoy Orb
017D	0094	Siesta	None	12	Foes in room	NULL	Slumber Orb
017E	0039	Totter	None	12	Foes in room	NULL	Totter Orb
017F	00A2	Two-Edge	None	22	Foes in room	NULL	Two-Edge Orb
0180	0101	No-Move	None	22	Foe in front	NULL	Silence Orb
0181	00F0	Escape	None	1	Special	NULL	Escape Orb
0182	0075	Scan	None	27	User	NULL	Scanner Orb
0183	0093	Power-Ears	None	27	User	NULL	Radar Orb
0184	00A9	Drought	None	22	Floor	NULL	Drought Orb
0185	00B6	Trap Buster	None	57	Floor	NULL	Trapbust Orb
0186	00EE	Wild Call	None	22	Members on floor	NULL	Rollcall Orb
0187	00D2	Invisify	None	12	User	NULL	Invisify Orb
0188	000E	One-Shot	None	3	Foe in front	NULL	One-Shot Orb
0189	0103	HP Gauge	None	32	Pokémon on floor	NULL	Identify Orb
018B	00EF	Reviver	None	4	User	NULL	Reviver Orb
018C	00BD	Shocker	None	22	Foe in front	NULL	Shocker Orb
018D	0109	Echo	None	27	Foe in front	NULL	Sizebust Orb
018F	00DB	One-Room	None	22	Floor	NULL	One-Room Orb
0190	00A7	Fill-In	None	99	Floor	NULL	Fill-In Orb
0191	007D	Trapper	None	17	Special	NULL	Trapper Orb
0192	010A	Possess	None	12	Foe in front	NULL	Posses Orb
0193	00F3	Itemize	None	17	Foe in front, cuts corners	NULL	Itemizer Orb
0196	0108	Hurl	None	22	Foe in front	NULL	Hurl Orb
0197	00E6	Mobile	None	17	User	NULL	Mobile Orb
0199	00AA	See Stairs	None	22	User	NULL	Stairs Orb
019A	00B7	Long Toss	None	22	User	NULL	Longtoss Orb
019C	00B8	Pierce	None	22	User	NULL	Pierce Orb

Completely Unused#

These moves are not used during normal gameplay by any means.

Move ID	Effect ID	Name	Type	PP	Range	In-game description	Notes
0169	00E3	Excavate	None	99	User	NULL	Same effect as Rock Smash move, though its range is User instead than Wall. Also, Ginseng item can be applied to it, though it gives no bonus whatsoever, as it isn't a damaging move.
016A	0000	Spin Slash	None	10	Foe at side	NULL	Same effect and animation as the Cut move.
018E	00DF	Famish	None	22	Foes in room	NULL	This is likely to be a discarded Orb item effect. Decreases enemies' belly in the room by 10, which means it's pretty useless, since it needs to be used 10 times to empty enemies' belly, unlike the item Hunger Seed, which does that in a single use.

Excavate: debris animation is displayed two times, differently from Rock Smash. The same animation is also used when breaking a wall with the IQ Ability Super Mobile.

Famish: despite targeting the whole room, animation is only on the user.

Unknown Usage#

These are moves for which it's currently unknown what they do and whether or not the game uses them during regular gameplay.

To do:
Find out the purpose of these moves.

Move ID	Effect ID	Name	Type	PP	Range	In-game description	Notes
0000	0002	なにもの？	None	99	None		Move name translates to "who?".
0164	010A	ようすをみる	None	17	Foe in front	Wait and see	Move name translates to "View Status".
0166	010A	-	None	17	User	Reserved
0167	010A	-	None	17	User	Reserved
0194	010A	-	None	22	User	Reserved
0195	010A	-	None	57	Special	Inflicts damage on the target.
019B	010A	-	None	22	User	Reserved