Red Chasm

Red Chasm
Sublevels	1	Ultra-bitter sprays	3
Red Pikmin	40	Ultra-spicy sprays	4
Yellow Pikmin	0
Blue Pikmin	0
White Pikmin	0
Purple Pikmin	0
Bulbmin	0

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Red Chasm (赤の洞窟^?, lit.: "Red Cave") is the eighth level in Pikmin 2's Challenge Mode. A very densely populated challenge, you will have to contend with a large number of Dwarf Red Bulborbs and Red Bulborbs, all with an army of only Red Pikmin, although a very large number of sprays simplify this task.

Its name is a reference to the overwhelmingly red population of the challenge; every enemy, every treasure, and even the Pikmin brought in are all red.

Sublevel 1

• Theme: Soil
• Music: Concrete 2
• Time: 130 (260 seconds)
• Starting Pikmin:
  •  Red Pikmin × 40 (flower)
• Treasures:
  •  Omniscient Sphere × 15 (inside Dwarf Red Bulborbs)
  •  Petrified Heart × 4 (inside Red Bulborbs)
  •  The Key × 1 (inside Red Bulborb)
• Enemies:
  •  Dwarf Red Bulborb × 15
  •  Red Bulborb × 5
• Obstacles:
  • None
• Vegetation:
  •  Common Glowcap × 12
• Others:
  • None

The Key is located inside one of the five Red Bulborbs. With any luck, the one with The Key will be close to the Research Pod. If not, be prepared for an extended fight through the sublevel to find the right one. Keep in mind that every Bulborb, both Dwarf and otherwise, you slay will drop a treasure, very quickly resulting in a sublevel crammed with both corpses and treasure. You'll probably need to take treasures and corpses back to prevent them from interfering with the fighting. Stay very cautious to ensure the Dwarf Bulborbs don't manage to pick off Pikmin, especially in the chaos of the battles.

Assuming your goal is a pink flower, you'll want to use your numerous sprays. Three ultra-bitter sprays is enough to petrify and simplify most of the battles with the Red Bulborbs, and four ultra-spicy sprays is enough to keep your Pikmin empowered for every significant battle and enables them to move treasure and corpses extremely quickly.

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Technical sublevel information
Internal cave name			ch_MAT_limited_time
"Main" object maximum (?)			20
"Treasure" object maximum (?)			0
"Gate" object maximum (?)			0
Dead end unit probability (?)			0
Number of rooms (?)			4
Corridor-to-room ratio (?)			0.1
Escape geyser (?)			No (despite having one, in reality)
Clogged hole (?)			No
Cave units file (?)			4_NARI_all_hitode.txt
Lighting file (?)			normal_light_cha.ini
Background (?)			None
Cave units (?)
Dead end	Dead end with item	Three-way crossing	Four-way crossing	Turning corridor	Corridor
Long corridor	Room with 5 exits	Room with 5 exits	Room with 4 exits	Room with 4 exits

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
2	Red Bulborb	2	None	"Hard" enemy spots
-	Petrified Heart	Carried inside entry with ID 2
3	Dwarf Red Bulborb	4	None	"Easy" enemy spots
-	Omniscient Sphere	Carried inside entry with ID 3
4	Dwarf Red Bulborb	4	None	"Easy" enemy spots
-	Omniscient Sphere	Carried inside entry with ID 4
5	Dwarf Red Bulborb	4	None	"Easy" enemy spots
-	Omniscient Sphere	Carried inside entry with ID 5
6	Red Bulborb	2	None	Cave unit seams
-	Petrified Heart	Carried inside entry with ID 6
Alongside it spawns 3 "main" objects (and their treasures). Chances:
ID	Object	Chance	Fall method	Spawn location
3	Dwarf Red Bulborb	100%	None	"Easy" enemy spots
-	Omniscient Sphere	Carried inside entry with ID 3
Then it spawns these "decoration" objects:
ID	Object	Amount	Fall method	Spawn location
7	Common Glowcap	12	None	Plant spots

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

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	赤の洞窟? Aka no Dōkutsu	Red Cave
French (NoA)	Abîme rouge	Red abyss
French (NoE)	Abîme Rouge	Red Abyss
German	Karmesinschlucht	Crimson Chasm
Italian	Baratro rosso	Red chasm
Spanish (NoA)	Sima Roja	Red Chasm