Bully Den

Bully Den
Sublevels	1	Ultra-bitter sprays	2
Red Pikmin	0	Ultra-spicy sprays	2
Yellow Pikmin	0
Blue Pikmin	0
White Pikmin	0
Purple Pikmin	25
Bulbmin	0

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The Bully Den (どっすん迷路^?, lit.: "Thud Maze") is the twenty-eighth level in Pikmin 2's Challenge Mode. Two Waterwraiths will drop from the ceiling approximately a minute into the challenge (when the timer ticks to 270), but your army – consisting entirely of Purple Pikmin – makes them far less of a threat than in the Submerged Castle.

Sublevel 1

• Theme: Tiles
• Music: Tile
• Time: 300 (600 seconds)
• Starting Pikmin:
  •  Purple Pikmin × 25 (flower)
• Treasures:
  •  Crystallized Telekinesis × 2 (inside Anode Dweevils)
  •  Love Sphere × 2 (inside Anode Beetles)
  •  Lustrous Element × 1
  •  Mirrored Element × 1
  •  Mirth Sphere × 2 (inside Anode Beetles)
  •  Omniscient Sphere × 2 (inside Anode Beetles)
  •  Petrified Heart × 1 (inside Yellow Wollyhop)
  •  Silencer × 1 (inside Waterwraith)
  •  Tear Stone × 1 (inside Wollyhop)
  •  The Key × 1 (inside Waterwraith)
  •  Unknown Merit × 1
• Enemies:
  •  Anode Beetle × 6
  •  Anode Dweevil × 2
  •  Mitite (group of 10) × 0 - 5 (from eggs)
  •  Volatile Dweevil × 2
  •  Waterwraith × 2
  •  Wollyhop × 1
  •  Yellow Wollyhop × 1
• Obstacles:
  • None
• Vegetation:
  • None
• Others:
  • Gate with 1000 HP × 5
  •  Egg × 5

See also: Waterwraith strategy.

You have a minute before the challenge's main danger appears, so use it to look around and get your bearings. There are two Volatile Dweevils and two Anode Dweevils hiding in the hallway filled with small metal pipes; the Volatile Dweevils are particularly threatening to your slow Purple Pikmin, so run in with a leader to trigger both. The Anode Dweevils can either be punched to death, or simply pummeled with your Purple Pikmin. You should probably avoid destroying the gates, as they will help prevent the Waterwraiths from clumping together, enabling you to fight them one at a time.

Unique to this challenge, the thuds caused by throwing Purple Pikmin can cause enemies to fall from the ceiling; said enemies being a Wollyhop, a Yellow Wollyhop, and six Anode Beetles. It's generally safer to make as many of them drop as possible before the Waterwraiths spawn, as none of them are a match for your army of Purple Pikmin, and any falling on your army during the fights with the Waterwraiths could be disastrous.

The Key is inside one of the two Waterwraiths, while the other one has the Silencer. It will be a difficult battle if the two are extremely close to one another, so try to separate them first. Once alone, neither are particularly threatening, thanks to your Purple Pikmin.

Both Waterwraiths will likely have to be killed to safely transport The Key and any treasures back. If you want a high score, you'll also have to make every enemy drop and defeat them, as every single enemy (besides the Volatile Dweevils) will drop treasure. There's also a few treasures scattered around, but watch your time, given how slowly Purple Pikmin carry objects.

This challenge is the only place in the game to witness a flaw in the Waterwraith's AI – they are not programmed to react to two active leaders. As such, if the challenge is played on two-player mode, the Waterwraiths will completely ignore Player 2/Louie, allowing him to freely attack the Waterwraiths without any retaliation.

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Technical sublevel information
Internal cave name			ch_MIYA_trap
"Main" object maximum (?)			12
"Treasure" object maximum (?)			3
"Gate" object maximum (?)			5
Dead end unit probability (?)			50
Number of rooms (?)			5
Corridor-to-room ratio (?)			0.2
Escape geyser (?)			Yes
Clogged hole (?)			No
Cave units file (?)			2_units_tak22_yuko_tile.txt
Lighting file (?)			muraon_light_lv1.ini
Background (?)			None
Cave units (?)
Dead end with item	Dead end	Three-way crossing	Four-way crossing	Turning corridor	Corridor
Long corridor	Square room with 4 exits	Corridor with 6 pipes

Detailed object list
The game spawns these "main" objects:
ID	Object	Amount	Fall method	Spawn location
1	Waterwraith	1	None	"Special" enemy spots
-	The Key	Carried inside entry with ID 1
2	Waterwraith	1	None	"Special" enemy spots
-	Silencer	Carried inside entry with ID 2
5	Wollyhop	1	Falls if a Purple Pikmin pounds nearby	"Hard" enemy spots
-	Tear Stone	Carried inside entry with ID 5
6	Yellow Wollyhop	1	Falls if a Purple Pikmin pounds nearby	"Hard" enemy spots
-	Petrified Heart	Carried inside entry with ID 6
7	Anode Beetle	2	Falls if a Purple Pikmin pounds nearby	"Hard" enemy spots
-	Omniscient Sphere	Carried inside entry with ID 7
8	Anode Beetle	2	Falls if a Purple Pikmin pounds nearby	"Easy" enemy spots
-	Love Sphere	Carried inside entry with ID 8
9	Anode Beetle	2	Falls if a Purple Pikmin pounds nearby	"Easy" enemy spots
-	Mirth Sphere	Carried inside entry with ID 9
10	Egg	2	Falls if a Purple Pikmin pounds nearby	"Easy" enemy spots
Then it spawns these "decoration" objects:
ID	Object	Amount	Fall method	Spawn location
3	Anode Dweevil	2	None	Plant spots
-	Crystallized Telekinesis	Carried inside entry with ID 3
4	Volatile Dweevil	2	None	Plant spots
Then it spawns these "treasure" objects:
ID	Object	Amount	Fall method	Spawn location
11	Lustrous Element	1	None	Treasure spots
12	Mirrored Element	1	None	Treasure spots
13	Unknown Merit	1	None	Treasure spots
Then it spawns these "dead end" objects:
ID	Object	Amount	Fall method	Spawn location
15	Egg	3	Falls from the sky	Dead ends
Then it spawns 5 "gate" objects. Chances:
ID	Object	Chance	Fall method	Spawn location
14	Gate (1000 HP)	100%	None	Gate spots

For details on how objects are spawned, and how some may fail to spawn, see here.

Trivia

• This is the only other place Waterwraiths appear in Pikmin 2 besides the Submerged Castle. It is also the only place in the entire game to see more than one active Waterwraith.
• Sublevel 16 of Cavern for a King in Pikmin 4 appears to take some inspiration from this challenge, also featuring two Waterwraiths.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	どっすん迷路? Dossun Meiro	Thud Maze
French (NoA)	Antre du tyran	Tyrant's lair
French (NoE)	Antre du Tyran	Tyrant's Lair
German	Behausung der Rüpel	Bullies' Home
Italian	Covo di sicari	Den of assassins
Spanish (NoA)	Guarida del Matón	Bully's Lair

See also

• Submerged Castle
• Engulfed Castle
• Cavern for a King