103 Pikmin run
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A 103 Pikmin run is a full playthrough of Pikmin 2 with only 103 Pikmin, the minimum possible number. Like the 7 day run or the zero death run, it is recommended that players have completed the game at least once before attempting it, due to its challenging nature.
The Doomsday Apparatus is the heaviest treasure in the game, and the one requiring the most carriers – 100 Purple Pikmin. Besides these, the player must also keep one red, yellow, and blue to prevent Pikmin extinction, adding up to a minimum of 103 Pikmin to collect all 201 treasures.
An extra challenge is to try this run without sprays. The minimum amount of time this has ever been completed in is 8 days.
8 day walkthrough
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Day 1
- Valley of Repose
- Discover Red Pikmin, raise 20 of them, preferably letting them flower before plucking them.
- Collect the Courage Reactor.
Pikmin count: 20 Reds, 0 Purples, 0 Whites, 0 Yellows, 0 Blues (20 in total).
Day 2
- Valley of Repose
- Raise 48 Red Pikmin.
- Collect the Utter Scrap.
- Complete the Emergence Cave, using the Violet Candypop Buds to transform 10 Reds into 10 Purples.
Pikmin count: 58 Reds, 10 Purples, 0 Whites, 0 Yellows, 0 Blues (68 in total).
Day 3
- Awakening Wood
- Complete the Hole of Beasts, using the Violet Candypop Buds to transform 15 Reds into 15 Purples.
- Complete the White Flower Garden, using the Ivory Candypop Buds to transform 15 Reds into 15 Whites.
- Collect most of the aboveground treasures, including the Geographic Projection.
- Knock down poison walls and build bridges.
Pikmin count: 28 Reds, 25 Purples, 15 Whites, 0 Yellows, 0 Blues (68 in total).
Day 4
- Perplexing Pool
- Complete the Citadel of Spiders, using the Ivory Candypop Bud to transform 5 Reds into 5 Whites.
- Discover Yellow Pikmin, raise 20 of them.
- Collect a few of the aboveground treasures, lay one near the base (for the seesaw block glitch on day 7).
- Destroy the barrier in the water via its top with Reds.
- Destroy the electric gates.
- Complete the Glutton's Kitchen, using the Violet Candypop Bud to transform 5 Reds into 5 Purples.
Pikmin count: 18 Reds, 30 Purples, 20 Whites, 20 Yellows, 0 Blues (88 in total).
Day 5
- Awakening Wood
- Knock down the two electric gates with the Yellows.
- Discover Blue Pikmin, raise 15 of them.
- Collect the Decorative Goo and any other remaining aboveground treasure.
- Complete the Bulblax Kingdom.
- Complete the Snagret Hole, using the Violet Candypop Buds to transform 10 Reds into Purples, and using the Lapiz Lazuli Candypop Buds to transform 5 Reds, 5 Whites, and 5 Yellows into 15 Blues.
Pikmin count: 3 Reds, 40 Purples, 15 Whites, 15 Yellows, 30 Blues (103 in total).
Day 6
- Valley of Repose
- Clear the way with Blue Pikmin (destroy the bridge and drain, take down the wall).
- Kill the enemies with Purples.
- Destroy the poison wall.
- Collect the aboveground treasures.
- Complete the Frontier Cavern, using the Violet Candypop Bud to transform 5 Whites into 5 Purples.
- Complete the Subterranean Complex, using the Violet Candypop Buds to transform 2 Reds, 8 Whites, and 5 Blues into 15 Purples.
Note: You must collect the aboveground treasures before entering the caves, so that paying off the debt will not end the day early.
Pikmin count: 1 Red, 60 Purples, 2 Whites, 15 Yellows, 25 Blues (103 in total).
Day 7
- Perplexing Pool
- Crack the drain and collect the other aboveground treasures.
- Complete the Submerged Castle, using the Violet Candypop Buds to transform 10 Blues into 10 Purples.
- Complete the Shower Room, using the Violet Candypop Buds to transform 10 Blues into 10 Purples.
- Revisit the Glutton's Kitchen, using the Golden Candypop Bud to transform 1 White into 1 Yellow.
Pikmin count: 1 Red, 80 Purples, 1 White, 16 Yellows, 5 Blues (103 in total).
Day 8
- Wistful Wild
- Knock down the electric gate and the drain.
- Using Purples, kill most of the foes in the area.
- Let the Purples work on the wall blocking the Dream Den by having the Gatling Groink knock out the poison vents.
- Collect the aboveground treasures except for the Doomsday Apparatus.
- Complete the Hole of Heroes, using the Lapis Lazuli Candypop Bud to transform 5 Yellows into 5 Blues.
- Complete the Dream Den if possible. (Sublevel 10 is filled with water and the Talisman of Life may require 15 Blues depending on the layout. If resets are unfavorable, revisit the Hole of Heroes for another conversion to Blues).
- Complete the Cavern of Chaos, using the Violet Candypop Bud to transform 5 Blues into 5 Purples.
- Revisit the Cavern of Chaos three more times, each time using the Violet Candypop Bud to transform the other Pikmin into Purples (3 visits = 15 more Purples). Convert 5 Yellows, 9 Blues, and 1 White into the 15 Purples.
- With the 100 Purples, collect the Doomsday Apparatus.
Pikmin count: 1 Red, 100 Purples, 0 Whites, 1 Yellow, 1 Blue (103 in total).