Cave of Mt. Itoi

Region
Cave of Mt. Itoi ホーリーロリー山の洞窟 Cave of Holy Loly Mountain^[1]
Mt. Itoi Caves as it appears in EarthBound Beginnings.
America
Connected areas
Mt. Itoi Base Mt. Itoi

The Cave of Mt. Itoi are a series of caves leading up to Mt. Itoi itself. The cave is accessible from the base. The cave is a vast maze with many winding paths, and there are several powerful enemies in the cave. The player can find the most powerful weapons for each character (with the exeption of Lloyd) in here. At the end of the caves, the player will exit and be on the mountain itself.

Layout

The Mt. Itoi caves consist of nine different caves, based on how they are positioned on the map within the game's files they are:

the southwest cave, which is the entrance
westcentral cave
northwest cave
northcentral cave
central cave
southcentral cave
short cave
northeast cave
and the southeast cave, also being the exit.

The caves are connected in different ways and as such is unclear how each is connected. They are connected in the following ways:

Southwest cave: Mt. Itoi Base, central cave and southcentral cave.
Westcentral cave: central cave, northcentral cave, and southcentral cave.
Northwest cave: northeast cave.
Northcentral cave: central cave, short cave, and southcentral cave.
Central cave: southwest cave, northcentral cave, and westcentral cave.
Southcentral cave: southwest cave, westcentral cave, and northcentral cave.
Short cave: northcentral cave and southcentral cave.
Northeast cave: northwest cave, westcentral cave and southeast cave.
Southeast cave: northeast cave and Mt. Itoi plateau.

As mentioned above, the exit to Mt. Itoi plateau is at the end of the southeast cave.

Items

Item		Location
	Bomb	In the short cave.
	Hank's Bat	At the end of the northwest cave
	Iron Skillet	In the upper-left segment of the westcentral cave
	Katana	In the westmost end in the southwest cave
	Life Up Cream	In the western section of the central cave
	PSI Stone	In the southeast cave