Collector's Room

Collector's Room
Sublevels	7	Ultra-bitter sprays	2
Red Pikmin	0	Ultra-spicy sprays	3
Yellow Pikmin	0
Blue Pikmin	0
White Pikmin	50
Purple Pikmin	0
Bulbmin	0

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The Collector's Room (コレクタールーム^?, lit.: "Collector Room") is the thirteenth level in Pikmin 2's Challenge Mode. This unusual challenge places more emphasis on quickly defeating enemies and efficiently transporting treasure, given the extremely strict time limit. With this in mind, unless setting a high score is the goal, it's often best to simply leave each floor as soon as The Key has been collected.

Sublevel 1

• Theme: Soil
• Music: Fire
• Time: 40 (80 seconds)
• Starting Pikmin:
  •  White Pikmin × 50 (flower)
• Treasures:
  • Nintendo Switch
    •  Eternal Emerald Eye × 1
    •  Master's Instrument × 1
    •  Pink Menace × 1 (fully buried)
    •  Repugnant Appendage × 1
    •  The Key × 1 (inside Red Bulborb)
  • Nintendo GameCube / Wii
    •  Eternal Emerald Eye (North America/Europe) /  Magical Stage (Japan) × 1
    •  Master's Instrument × 1
    •  Pink Menace × 1 (fully buried)
    •  Repugnant Appendage × 1
    •  The Key × 1 (inside Red Bulborb)
• Enemies:
  •  Red Bulborb × 1
• Obstacles:
  • None
• Vegetation:
  •  Horsetail × 2
• Others:
  • None

A small sublevel with various treasures scattered around. The Key is inside the Red Bulborb. If you don't care for a pink flower ranking, it is far faster to simply feed the Bulborb some of your White Pikmin. Otherwise, a good strategy is to wake it up, retreat until it loses interest in your squad, and attack it while it is falling back asleep – the animation where it falls back asleep cannot be interrupted, giving your army a few moments to wail on it unopposed.

You have so little time that you're probably better off leaving as soon as you collect The Key, but if you're feeling gutsy, there are a few treasures around to collect, including a buried Pink Menace.

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Technical sublevel information
Internal cave name			ch_NARI_04series
"Main" object maximum (?)			1
"Treasure" object maximum (?)			4
"Gate" object maximum (?)			0
Dead end unit probability (?)			0
Number of rooms (?)			1
Corridor-to-room ratio (?)			0
Escape geyser (?)			No
Clogged hole (?)			No
Cave units file (?)			1_MAT_mid2_tsuchi.txt
Lighting file (?)			normal_light_cha.ini
Background (?)			vrbox (none)
Cave units (?)
Dead end with item	Three-way crossing	Four-way crossing	Turning corridor	Corridor	Long corridor
Y-shaped room

Detailed object list
The game spawns these "main" objects:
ID	Object	Amount	Fall method	Spawn location
1	Red Bulborb	1	None	"Hard" enemy spots
-	The Key	Carried inside entry with ID 1
Then it spawns these "decoration" objects:
ID	Object	Amount	Fall method	Spawn location
2	Horsetail	2	None	Plant spots
Then it spawns these "treasure" objects:
ID	Object	Amount	Fall method	Spawn location
3	Pink Menace	1	None	Treasure spots
4	Master's Instrument	1	None	Treasure spots
5	Eternal Emerald Eye (NA/EU)  Magical Stage (JP)	1	None	Treasure spots
6	Repugnant Appendage	1	None	Treasure spots

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

Sublevel 2

• Theme: Tiles
• Music: Tile
• Time: +30 (+60 seconds)
• Treasures:
  • Nintendo Switch
    •  Crystallized Clairvoyance × 1
    •  Harmonic Synthesizer × 1
    •  Space Wave Receiver × 1
    •  The Key × 1 (inside Orange Bulborb)
    •  Wiggle Noggin × 1
  • Nintendo GameCube / Wii
    •  Crystallized Clairvoyance × 1
    •  Harmonic Synthesizer (North America/Europe) /  Ultimate Spinner (Japan) × 1
    •  Space Wave Receiver × 1
    •  The Key × 1 (inside Orange Bulborb)
    •  Wiggle Noggin × 1
• Enemies:
  •  Orange Bulborb × 1
• Obstacles:
  • None
• Vegetation:
  • None
• Others:
  • None

This sublevel is essentially the same as the last one, except The Key is inside a Orange Bulborb, and the sublevel, tile themed, is slightly larger. The same method as the last sublevel applies, although keep in mind that Orange Bulborbs are much more aware of their surroundings.

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Technical sublevel information
Internal cave name			ch_NARI_04series
"Main" object maximum (?)			1
"Treasure" object maximum (?)			4
"Gate" object maximum (?)			0
Dead end unit probability (?)			0
Number of rooms (?)			4
Corridor-to-room ratio (?)			0
Escape geyser (?)			No
Clogged hole (?)			No
Cave units file (?)			2_units_tako_north_tile.txt
Lighting file (?)			normal_light_lv0.ini
Background (?)			vrbox (none)
Cave units (?)
Dead end	Dead end with item	Three-way crossing	Four-way crossing	Turning corridor	Corridor
Long corridor	Square room with 4 exits	Square room with 1 exit

Detailed object list
The game spawns these "main" objects:
ID	Object	Amount	Fall method	Spawn location
1	Orange Bulborb	1	None	"Hard" enemy spots
-	The Key	Carried inside entry with ID 1
Then it spawns these "treasure" objects:
ID	Object	Amount	Fall method	Spawn location
2	Crystallized Clairvoyance	1	None	Treasure spots
3	Harmonic Synthesizer (NA/EU)  Ultimate Spinner (JP)	1	None	Treasure spots
4	Wiggle Noggin	1	None	Treasure spots
5	Space Wave Receiver	1	None	Treasure spots

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

Sublevel 3

• Theme: Metal
• Music: Metal 3
• Time: +40 (+80 seconds)
• Treasures:
  •  Director of Destiny × 1
  •  Network Mainbrain × 1
  •  Omega Flywheel × 1 (partially buried)
  •  Repair Juggernaut × 1
  •  Temporal Mechanism × 1
  •  The Key × 1 (inside Red Bulborb)
• Enemies:
  •  Red Bulborb × 1
• Obstacles:
  • None
• Vegetation:
  •  Glowstem (green) × 2
  •  Glowstem (red) × 2
• Others:
  • None

An immensely cramped sublevel. If you're going for a pink flower, you may wish to simply use a bitter spray on the Red Bulborb – the sublevel is so small that, once it awakens, almost the entire sublevel is within its territory radius.

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Technical sublevel information
Internal cave name			ch_NARI_04series
"Main" object maximum (?)			1
"Treasure" object maximum (?)			5
"Gate" object maximum (?)			0
Dead end unit probability (?)			0
Number of rooms (?)			1
Corridor-to-room ratio (?)			0
Escape geyser (?)			No
Clogged hole (?)			No
Cave units file (?)			1_units_north_metal.txt
Lighting file (?)			metal_light_lv2.ini
Background (?)			build ( steel)
Cave units (?)
Dead end with item	Three-way crossing	Four-way crossing	Turning corridor	Corridor	Long corridor
Circular room with 1 exit

Detailed object list
The game spawns these "main" objects:
ID	Object	Amount	Fall method	Spawn location
1	Red Bulborb	1	None	"Hard" enemy spots
-	The Key	Carried inside entry with ID 1
Then it spawns these "decoration" objects:
ID	Object	Amount	Fall method	Spawn location
2	Glowstem (red)	2	None	Plant spots
3	Glowstem (green)	2	None	Plant spots
Then it spawns these "treasure" objects:
ID	Object	Amount	Fall method	Spawn location
4	Omega Flywheel	1	None	Treasure spots
5	Temporal Mechanism	1	None	Treasure spots
6	Network Mainbrain	1	None	Treasure spots
7	Repair Juggernaut	1	None	Treasure spots
8	Director of Destiny	1	None	Treasure spots

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

Sublevel 4

• Theme: Concrete
• Music: Concrete 1
• Time: +40 (+80 seconds)
• Treasures:
  •  Chance Totem × 1
  •  Flame of Tomorrow × 1
  •  Implement of Toil × 1
  •  Strife Monolith × 1
  •  Talisman of Life × 1
  •  The Key × 1 (inside Hairy Bulborb)
• Enemies:
  •  Hairy Bulborb × 1
• Obstacles:
  • None
• Vegetation:
  • None
• Others:
  • None

Somewhat similar to the second sublevel, except your adversary is a Hairy Bulborb. The same method applies.

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Technical sublevel information
Internal cave name			ch_NARI_04series
"Main" object maximum (?)			1
"Treasure" object maximum (?)			5
"Gate" object maximum (?)			0
Dead end unit probability (?)			100
Number of rooms (?)			2
Corridor-to-room ratio (?)			0
Escape geyser (?)			No
Clogged hole (?)			No
Cave units file (?)			1_NARI_4x4b_conc.txt
Lighting file (?)			normal_light_lv0.ini
Background (?)			vrbox (none)
Cave units (?)
Dead end with item	Three-way crossing	Four-way crossing	Turning corridor	Corridor	Long corridor
Room with 4 exits

Detailed object list
The game spawns these "main" objects:
ID	Object	Amount	Fall method	Spawn location
1	Hairy Bulborb	1	None	"Hard" enemy spots
-	The Key	Carried inside entry with ID 1
Then it spawns these "treasure" objects:
ID	Object	Amount	Fall method	Spawn location
2	Implement of Toil	1	None	Treasure spots
3	Talisman of Life	1	None	Treasure spots
4	Strife Monolith	1	None	Treasure spots
5	Chance Totem	1	None	Treasure spots
6	Flame of Tomorrow	1	None	Treasure spots

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

Sublevel 5

• Theme: Soil
• Music: Soil 1
• Time: +40 (+80 seconds)
• Treasures:
  •  Crystal Clover × 1
  •  Mirrored Stage × 1
  •  The Key × 1 (inside Red Bulborb)
  •  Time Capsule × 1
• Enemies:
  •  Red Bulborb × 1
• Obstacles:
  • None
• Vegetation:
  •  Common Glowcap × 3
  •  Fiddlehead × 3
• Others:
  • None

This sublevel generates somewhat similarly to the Emergence Cave's first sublevel, although it uses a soil theme instead of snow. The Red Bulborb has The Key.

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Technical sublevel information
Internal cave name			ch_NARI_04series
"Main" object maximum (?)			1
"Treasure" object maximum (?)			3
"Gate" object maximum (?)			0
Dead end unit probability (?)			0
Number of rooms (?)			2
Corridor-to-room ratio (?)			0
Escape geyser (?)			No
Clogged hole (?)			No
Cave units file (?)			1_NARI_north4_tsuchi.txt
Lighting file (?)			normal_light_lv1.ini
Background (?)			vrbox (none)
Cave units (?)
Dead end	Dead end with item	Three-way crossing	Four-way crossing	Turning corridor	Corridor
Long corridor	Circular room with lumber

Detailed object list
The game spawns these "main" objects:
ID	Object	Amount	Fall method	Spawn location
1	Red Bulborb	1	None	"Hard" enemy spots
-	The Key	Carried inside entry with ID 1
Then it spawns these "decoration" objects:
ID	Object	Amount	Fall method	Spawn location
2	Fiddlehead	3	None	Plant spots
3	Common Glowcap	3	None	Plant spots
Then it spawns these "treasure" objects:
ID	Object	Amount	Fall method	Spawn location
4	Mirrored Stage	1	None	Treasure spots
5	Time Capsule	1	None	Treasure spots
6	Crystal Clover	1	None	Treasure spots

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

Sublevel 6

• Theme: Tiles
• Music: Tile
• Time: +45 (+90 seconds)
• Treasures:
  • Nintendo Switch
    •  Broken Food Master × 1
    •  Invigorator × 1
    •  Milk Tub × 1
    •  Rubber Ugly × 1
    •  Sud Generator × 1
    •  The Key × 1 (inside Orange Bulborb)
  • Nintendo GameCube / Wii
    •  Broken Food Master (North America/Japan) /  Merciless Extractor (Europe) × 1
    •  Invigorator × 1
    •  Milk Tub × 1
    •  Rubber Ugly (North America/Europe) /  Divine Cooking Tool (Japan) × 1
    •  Sud Generator × 1
    •  The Key × 1 (inside Orange Bulborb)
• Enemies:
  •  Orange Bulborb × 1
• Obstacles:
  • None
• Vegetation:
  • None
• Others:
  • None

Another tile-themed sublevel. This sublevel is big enough thankfully that the usual Bulborb strategy will work – wake the Orange Bulborb up, retreat until it loses interest, and attack while it falls asleep again.

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Technical sublevel information
Internal cave name			ch_NARI_04series
"Main" object maximum (?)			1
"Treasure" object maximum (?)			5
"Gate" object maximum (?)			0
Dead end unit probability (?)			0
Number of rooms (?)			4
Corridor-to-room ratio (?)			0
Escape geyser (?)			No
Clogged hole (?)			No
Cave units file (?)			2_units_tako_north_tile.txt
Lighting file (?)			normal_light_lv2.ini
Background (?)			vrbox (none)
Cave units (?)
Dead end	Dead end with item	Three-way crossing	Four-way crossing	Turning corridor	Corridor
Long corridor	Square room with 4 exits	Square room with 1 exit

Detailed object list
The game spawns these "main" objects:
ID	Object	Amount	Fall method	Spawn location
1	Orange Bulborb	1	None	"Hard" enemy spots
-	The Key	Carried inside entry with ID 1
Then it spawns these "treasure" objects:
ID	Object	Amount	Fall method	Spawn location
2	Milk Tub	1	None	Treasure spots
3	Broken Food Master (NA/JP)  Merciless Extractor (EU)	1	None	Treasure spots
4	Sud Generator	1	None	Treasure spots
5	Rubber Ugly (NA/EU)  Divine Cooking Tool (JP)	1	None	Treasure spots
6	Invigorator	1	None	Treasure spots

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

Sublevel 7

• Theme: Concrete
• Music: Concrete 3
• Time: +60 (+120 seconds)
• Treasures:
  •  Cosmic Archive × 1
  •  Dream Architect × 1
  •  Favorite Gyro Block × 1
  •  Fond Gyro Block × 1
  •  Glee Spinner × 1
  •  Lost Gyro Block × 1
  •  Memorable Gyro Block × 1
  •  Prototype Detector × 1
  •  Remembered Old Buddy × 1
  •  Stone of Glory × 1
  •  The Key × 1 (inside Gatling Groink)
  •  Treasured Gyro Block × 1
• Enemies:
  •  Gatling Groink (free) × 1
• Obstacles:
  • None
• Vegetation:
  •  Shoot (large) × 1
• Others:
  • None

Be cautious as soon as you land – in all likelihood, the Gatling Groink will immediately aggro on you. The Key is inside it, so use any remaining sprays to kill it as quickly as possible.

This sublevel has quite a lot of treasure – if you have any time left over, you may want to take a few moments to collect as much as you can.

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Technical sublevel information
Internal cave name			ch_NARI_04series
"Main" object maximum (?)			1
"Treasure" object maximum (?)			11
"Gate" object maximum (?)			0
Dead end unit probability (?)			0
Number of rooms (?)			1
Corridor-to-room ratio (?)			0
Escape geyser (?)			No (despite having one, in reality)
Clogged hole (?)			No
Cave units file (?)			1_MIYA_manh2_conc.txt
Lighting file (?)			normal_light_lv0.ini
Background (?)			vrbox (none)
Cave units (?)
Dead end	Three-way crossing	Four-way crossing	Turning corridor	Corridor	Long corridor
Large circular room

Detailed object list
The game spawns these "main" objects:
ID	Object	Amount	Fall method	Spawn location
1	Gatling Groink (free)	1	None	"Hard" enemy spots
-	The Key	Carried inside entry with ID 1
Then it spawns these "decoration" objects:
ID	Object	Amount	Fall method	Spawn location
2	Shoot (large)	1	None	Plant spots
Then it spawns these "treasure" objects:
ID	Object	Amount	Fall method	Spawn location
3	Remembered Old Buddy	1	None	Treasure spots
4	Fond Gyro Block	1	None	Treasure spots
5	Memorable Gyro Block	1	None	Treasure spots
6	Lost Gyro Block	1	None	Treasure spots
7	Favorite Gyro Block	1	None	Treasure spots
8	Treasured Gyro Block	1	None	Treasure spots
9	Glee Spinner	1	None	Treasure spots
10	Stone of Glory	1	None	Treasure spots
11	Cosmic Archive	1	None	Treasure spots
12	Dream Architect	1	None	Treasure spots
13	Prototype Detector	1	None	Treasure spots

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

Nintendo's official records

These are Nintendo's official records for the challenge, as obtained from a Japanese official webpage for Pikmin 2 and New Play Control! Pikmin 2. Due to regional differences, the following scores may not apply to the North American and European versions of the games.

• Pikmin 2
  • 1-Player:  × 48309
  • 2-Player:  × 48323
• New Play Control! Pikmin 2
  • 1-Player:  × 48324
  • 2-Player:  × 48333

Trivia

• It is the longest level in Challenge Mode.
• This cavern has all of the treasures from the Blast from the Past series.
• All of The Keys in the sublevels are obtained by defeating the only enemy on that floor.

Names in other languages

The following article or section needs help from someone who can translate Chinese/Dutch text.

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	コレクタールーム? Korekutā rūmu	Collector Room
Chinese (traditional)	收藏間
Chinese (simplified)	收藏间
Dutch	Verzamelkamers
French (NoA)	Salle du collectionneur	Collector's room
French (NoE)	Salle du Collectionneur	Collector's Room
German	Zimmer des Sammlers	Collector's Room
Italian	Stanza collezionista	Collector Room
Korean	컬렉터 룸 Keollegteo Lum	Collector's Room
Spanish	Salón del Coleccionista	Collector's Room