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A cave entrance, which is the same as the holes found within caves.

Caves are the underground areas in Pikmin 2, of which 14 exist in all. Although there is a large overworld, most treasures are found in these caves, so most of the time playing the game is spent inside them. All enemies, including bosses, respawn between visits. However, in some caves such as the Frontier Cavern and the Hole of Beasts, Violet Candypop Bud and Ivory Candypop Bud do not appear once the player has twenty or more Purple Pikmin or White Pikmin; this is to stop the player from easily gathering large numbers of purples and whites. Time does not pass while the player is in a cave.

A sample of common underground music

Entering caves

The holes in which you enter the caves are round, rocky mounds, with a small hole in them with wisps of steam coming out. Simply press (A) to enter it. Any Pikmin under your control will jump down with you, and any that are idle or working will return safely to their Onions. Once you enter a cave, there is no way to increase Pikmin population except if there are Bulbmin and/or Queen Candypop Buds.

Sublevels

The caves are split into several sublevels. The shortest cave has two sublevels and the longest has fifteen. Each sublevel usually has at least one treasure for you to find, and almost always one or more enemies. There are three types of sublevels. Every time you enter a sublevel, the game will save. So, if you reset the game while in a cave, you'll start over in the current sublevel you are on.The cave will always look slightly different when you restart the game.

Normal Sublevels usually have a few to many harmful enemies. These levels usually have most of the treasure in them.

Rest Sublevels either lack enemies or only have harmless enemies. A somewhat common exception to the "harmless enemy" rule is Doodlebugs or, in one case, Bulbmin. Rest levels have Pikmin-supporting items, such as nectar, Ultra-Bitter Spray, Ultra-Spicy Spray, or Candypop Buds. Usually these levels don't have treasure in them.

Boss Sublevels are usually the final level of a cave. The only cave without a boss level is the Emergence Cave, and the one with the most is the Hole of Heroes. They hold one large boss enemy (although in some rare circumstances there may be up to three) and maybe a few normal enemies, and this enemy, when defeated, often drops an item which upgrades Olimar/Louie's space suit or ship.

Cave Designs

These are a number of different cave designs.

Common Cave Design

The most commonly seen type of cave design that vary in size. Has plants, dirt floors and walls, and sometimes small pools of water. Rocks, Eggs, and Bomb Rocks will occasionally fall from the cave ceiling.

Tile Design

Another semi-common type of design. Tiles cover nearly the whole sub-level and many hazards are found on these types of design. Wogpoles will sometimes fall from the cave ceiling.

Swamp Design

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The rarest type of cave design. Only two sublevels have this design in the whole game. There is one in the Hole of Heroes and one in the Dream Den. There are many Shoots here. Both times you enter sublevels with this type of design, you will land on a giant tree stump with a root that, when you walk down it, leads to a small piece of land, since these types of levels are mostly water. Even though these level consist almost entirely of water, there are other hazardous enemies such as Fiery Blowhogs (keep in mind that there is not much where you can run and there is a Gatling Groink in the Dream Den swamp level). You may encounter Wogpoles, Water Dumples, Wollywogs, and Jellyfloats here.

Boss Design

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These cave designs are the designs that appear on sub-levels where you fight bosses. Each one is different, though they commonly have an "arena" where the boss is fought. Keep note that some Boss Sublevels have a Tile or Battlefield design.

Outside Design

This type of design appears as if you are outside. These type of designs always have harmful enemies in them, say like Mitites. These types can be found in caves such as the Snagret Hole and in Challenge Mode. The second to last level in Challenge mode, the Sniper Room, is the only nighttime outdoor level.

Garden Design

Slightly rare. These are rest areas with water not deep enough for Pikmin to drown in, and enemies such as Mamutas, Skitter Leafs, and Unmarked Spectralids. They sometimes have small pipes to connect areas.

Battlefield Design

This type of sublevel is another common one that normally consists of Careening Dirigibugs, Gatling Groinks, or Lithopods. Bombs are the most common method of attack from enemies on these floors. Pikmin can die by being thrown off of the edges in these sublevels, so watch your aim. Certain enemies can also be guided off the edge as well. The first area that you can see a floor like this is the 1st sublevel of the White Flower Garden.

Toybox Design

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These cave designs are in caves such as Glutton's Kitchen and the Dream Den. These levels are often filled with giant toys and treasures that are used for food, entertainment, and office supplies. The borders of the sublevels are smaller toys that Pikmin and enemies can cross, but not Captains. They sometimes can be covered with a large carpet that expands so far that the player cannot see how large it is.

Snow Design

A common sublevel design in the Valley of Repose, these sublevels are blanketed with snow. The floors are commonly littered with dying Figworts, Hairy Bulborbs and Snow Bulborbs are often present on these sublevels.

Glitches

There is a glitch that can happen when proceeding to the next sublevel. In the animation where you jump into the hole, some of your pikmin may appear idle and won't jump in with you. Thankfully the Pikmin that don't jump in with you will appear on the next sublevel.
If a Pikmin is suffering from a hazard (excluding Bombs and Electricity ) and you choose to go to the next sublevel, the Pikmin will still have the suffering animation when jumping down the hole. Luckily, they will be fine on the next sublevel. Similarly, if they make that last cry, and then you advance to the next floor, they will be alive with that hazard on their head, but they will still count to the Pikmin lost count, even though they really didn't die.

Trivia

In an earlier version of Pikmin 2, you could leave caves with half of the collected treasure if you leave the cave through the pause menu. However, you lose all of your Pikmin if you do so.
The Forest Navel may have been (and could perhaps be considered) the first cave explored by Olimar.
Caves are once again present in Pikmin 3 but they no longer have sublevels like in Pikmin 2. The caves vary in size, but time still continues. Only during certain events can the time-limit be halted, this however, only appears once. Typically, these caverns hold great importance to the story, being either locations where you discover a new Pikmin type or where you fight a major boss.

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+[[File:Cave.png|thumb|A cave entrance, which is the same as the holes found within caves.]]
-[[Image:Cave entrance.jpg|thumb|The hole used to go down to the next sublevel. These look the same as entrances to caves above ground.]]
+'''Caves''' are the underground areas in ''[[Pikmin 2]]'', of which 14 exist in all. Although there is a large overworld, most [[Treasure Hoard|treasures]] are found in these caves, so most of the time playing the game is spent inside them. All enemies, including bosses, respawn between visits. However, in some caves such as the [[Frontier Cavern]] and the [[Hole of Beasts]], [[Candypop Bud|Violet Candypop Bud]] and [[Candypop Bud|Ivory Candypop Bud]] do not appear once the player has twenty or more [[Purple Pikmin]] or [[White Pikmin]]; this is to stop the player from easily gathering large numbers of purples and whites. Time does not pass while the player is in a cave.
-'''Caves''' are the underground areas in ''[[Pikmin 2]]'', of which 14 exist in all. Although there is a large overworld, most [[treasure]]s are found in these caves, so most of the time playing the game is spent down them. All enemies, including bosses, respawn between visits - the only exceptions to this are [[Violet Candypop Bud]]s and [[Ivory Candypop Bud]]s, which, in some caves such as [[Frontier Cavern]] and [[Hole of Beasts]], do not appear once the player has 20 or more [[Purple Pikmin]] or [[White Pikmin]] already; this is to stop the player from gathering large numbers of Purples and Whites with too much ease.
-The time of [[day]] does not pass while the player is in a cave, and their floors are generated randomly each time, but follow a specific layout scheme. According to earlier versions of the game, this is because the space-time continuum was warped due to the cave's geomagnetic radiation field. <ref>"''A geomagnetic radiation field underground must have warped the space-time continuum.''" "''Even my record of the terrain has been erased.''" - Early dialog in [http://tcrf.net/Proto:Pikmin_2/Cutscene_Text#Return_to_the_Surface the prototype version of ''Pikmin 2''].</ref> The final version's instruction manual simplifies this and simply calls it "a powerful magnetic field".<ref>"''Because of a powerful magnetic field deep under the surface, time does not pass underground.''" - Explanation of the time passage in page 25 of the manual.</ref> <ref>"''The powerful magnetic field between the surface and underground can have peculiar, unexpected results. You can't rely merely on your memory, as familiar areas can often appear foreign.''" - Explanation of the caves' random generation in page 26 of the manual.</ref>
+{{listen|title=A sample of common underground music|filename=Sublevel (1).ogg}}
-The holes through which the player enters the caves are round, rocky mounds, with a small hole in them with wisps of steam coming out. To enter one, the player must simply press {{button|gcn|A|wii|A}}. If the other leader is alive, it'll instantly join the party, regardless of distance. Any [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] under the current leader's control will jump down with them, and any that are idle or working will return safely to their [[Onion]]s. Once the player enters a cave, there is no way to increase Pikmin population save for [[Bulbmin]] and/or [[Queen Candypop Bud]]s.
+==Entering caves==
+The holes in which you enter the caves are round, rocky mounds, with a small hole in them with wisps of steam coming out. Simply press (A) to enter it. Any [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] under your control will jump down with you, and any that are idle or working will return safely to their [[Onion]]s. Once you enter a cave, there is no way to increase Pikmin population except if there are [[Bulbmin]] and/or [[Candypop Bud|Queen Candypop Buds.]]
-Inside a cave, if both leaders lose all their [[health]], the research pod will cancel the expedition, losing the collected treasures in the process, and then bring them to the overworld. A mission can also be aborted manually by using the [[Menu#Pause|pause menu]].
+==Sublevels==
+The caves are split into several sublevels. The shortest cave has two sublevels and the longest has fifteen. Each sublevel usually has at least one treasure for you to find, and almost always one or more enemies. There are three types of sublevels. Every time you enter a sublevel, the game will save. So, if you reset the game while in a cave, you'll start over in the current sublevel you are on.The cave will always look slightly different when you restart the game.
-{{listen|title=A sample of common underground music|filename=Sublevel (1).ogg}}
+'''Normal Sublevels''' usually have a few to many harmful enemies. These levels usually have most of the treasure in them.
-==Sublevels==
+'''[[Rest sublevel|Rest Sublevels]]''' either lack enemies or only have harmless enemies. A somewhat common exception to the "harmless enemy" rule is [[Doodlebug]]s or, in one case, [[Bulbmin]]. Rest levels have Pikmin-supporting items, such as [[nectar]], [[Ultra-Bitter Spray]], [[Ultra-Spicy Spray]], or [[Candypop Bud]]s. Usually these levels don't have treasure in them.
-The caves are split into several [[sublevel]]s. The shortest cave has two sublevels and the longest has fifteen. Each sublevel usually has at least one treasure for the player to find, and almost always one or more enemies. To enter a new sublevel, {{button|gcn|A|wii|A}} must be pressed near a hole; all Pikmin and live leaders will fall down the hole, and planted Pikmin will remain. This is also true for the exit [[geyser]]s that allow exiting the cave safely.
-Every time a sublevel is entered, the game is saved, so if the player turns the game off and then back on, they'll start over in the same sublevel, but with a different layout, if it's not fixed. Sublevels can be roughly categorized into three types:
+'''Boss Sublevels''' are usually the final level of a cave. The only cave without a boss level is the [[Emergence Cave]], and the one with the most is the [[Hole of Heroes]]. They hold one large [[:Category:Bosses|boss enemy]] (although in some rare circumstances there may be up to three) and maybe a few normal enemies, and this enemy, when defeated, often drops an item which upgrades [[Captain Olimar|Olimar]]/[[Louie]]'s space suit or ship.
-'''Normal levels''' usually have a few harmful enemies, and sometimes don't have any treasure.
-'''[[Rest sublevel|Rest levels]]''' either lack enemies or only have harmless enemies (exceptions being [[Doodlebug]]s and [[Bulbmin]]). Rest levels have Pikmin-supporting items, such as [[nectar]], [[Ultra-Bitter Spray]], [[Ultra-spicy spray]], or [[Candypop Bud]]s.
-'''Boss levels''' are usually the final level of a cave. The only cave without a boss level is the [[Emergence Cave]], and the one with the most is the [[Hole of Heroes]]. They hold one large [[Enemy#Boss|boss enemy]] (although in some rare circumstances there may be up to three) and maybe a few normal enemies, and the boss, when defeated, often drops an item which upgrades the [[leader]]s' space suits or ship.
+==Cave Designs==
+These are a number of different cave designs.
-== Floor designs ==
+===Common Cave Design===
-Each cave floor is comprised of several [[Cave units|units]], organized in a random fashion, but commonly following a theme. The following is a list of existing themes.
+[[Image:Emperor's Realm.jpg|thumb|left|100px]] The most commonly seen type of cave design that vary in size. Has plants, dirt floors and walls, and sometimes small pools of water. Rocks, Eggs, and [[Bomb Rock]]s will occasionally fall from the cave ceiling.
+{{clear}}
-;Concrete walls
+===[[Tile Lands|Tile Design]]===
-: [[Image:Concrete Maze.jpg|thumb|left|120px|[[Concrete Maze]].]] This design features plants, sandy floors, and concrete walls. [[Egg]]s and [[Bomb-rocks]] will occasionally fall from the cave ceiling.
+[[Image:The Giant's Bath.jpg|thumb|left|100px]] Another semi-common type of design. Tiles cover nearly the whole sub-level and many [[Obstacles#Hazards|hazards]] are found on these types of design. [[Wogpole]]s will sometimes fall from the cave ceiling.
 {{clear}}
-;Garden
+===Swamp Design===
-: [[Image:Three Color Training.jpg|thumb|left|120px|[[Three Color Training]].]] This type of design appears as if the party is outside. These type of designs always have harmful enemies in them, save [[Mitite]]s, and can be found in caves such as the [[Snagret Hole]] and in [[Challenge Mode (Pikmin 2)|Challenge Mode]]. The second to last level in Challenge mode, the [[Sniper Room]], is the only nighttime garden level.
+[[File:Screenshot_2014-05-10_at_10.26.08_PM.png|thumb|left|134px]]
+The rarest type of cave design. Only two [[sublevel]]s have this design in the whole game. There is one in the [[Hole of Heroes]] and one in the [[Dream Den]]. There are many [[Shoot]]s here. Both times you enter sublevels with this type of design, you will land on a giant tree stump with a root that, when you walk down it, leads to a small piece of land, since these types of levels are mostly water. Even though these level consist almost entirely of water, there are other hazardous enemies such as [[Fiery Blowhog]]s (keep in mind that there is not much where you can run and there is a [[Gatling Groink]] in the Dream Den swamp level). You may encounter [[Wogpole]]s, [[Water Dumple]]s, [[Wollywog]]s, and [[Jellyfloat]]s here. {{clear}}
+===Boss Design===
+[[Image:Empress Bulblax beta.jpg|left|thumb|100px]]These cave designs are the designs that appear on sub-levels where you fight bosses. Each one is different, though they commonly have an "arena" where the boss is fought. Keep note that some Boss Sublevels have a Tile or Battlefield design.
 {{clear}}
-;Metal
+===Outside Design===
-: [[Image:Dream Den-sub5.jpg|thumb|left|120px|[[Dream Den]].]] This design has metal floors and low walls, making it possible to [[throw]] Pikmin and ward some enemies out of bounds. It frequently contains [[Careening Dirigibug]]s, [[Gatling Groink]]s, or [[Lithopod]]s, with [[bomb-rocks]] appearing on occasion. The first area with a floor like this is the 1st sublevel of the [[White Flower Garden]].
+[[Image:Three Color Training.jpg|thumb|left|100px]] This type of design appears as if you are outside. These type of designs always have harmful enemies in them, say like [[Mitite]]s. These types can be found in caves such as the [[Snagret Hole]] and in [[Challenge Mode (Pikmin 2)|Challenge Mode]]. The second to last level in Challenge mode, the [[Sniper Room]], is the only nighttime outdoor level.
 {{clear}}
-;Snow
+===Garden Design===
-: [[Image:Cave of Pain.jpg|left|thumb|120px|[[Cave of Pain]].]] A common sublevel design in the [[Valley of Repose]], these sublevels are blanketed with snow, and have stone &ndash; and occasionally brick &ndash; walls. The floors are commonly littered with dying [[Figwort]]s. [[Hairy Bulborb]]s and [[Snow Bulborb]]s are often present here.
+[[Image:Hidden Garden.jpg|left|thumb|100px]] Slightly rare. These are rest areas with water not deep enough for Pikmin to drown in, and enemies such as [[Mamuta]]s, [[Skitter Leaf]]s, and [[Unmarked Spectralid]]s. They sometimes have small pipes to connect areas.
 {{clear}}
-;Soil
+===Battlefield Design===
-: [[Image:Emperor's Realm.jpg|thumb|left|120px|[[Emperor's Realm]].]] This theme represents a very basic type of cave, with soil floors and stone walls.
+[[Image:Dream Den-sub5.jpg|thumb|left|100px]] This type of sublevel is another common one that normally consists of [[Careening Dirigibugs]], [[Gatling Groink]]s, or [[Lithopod]]s. Bombs are the most common method of attack from enemies on these floors. Pikmin can die by being thrown off of the edges in these sublevels, so watch your aim. Certain enemies can also be guided off the edge as well. The first area that you can see a floor like this is the 1st sublevel of the [[White Flower Garden]].
 {{clear}}
-;Toybox
+===Toybox Design===
-: [[Image:Lost Toy Box.png|left|thumb|120px|[[Lost Toy Box]].]] These cave designs are in caves such as [[Glutton's Kitchen]] and the [[Dream Den]]. These levels are often filled with giant toys and treasures that are used for food, entertainment, and office supplies. The borders of the sublevels are smaller toys that Pikmin and [[Enemy|enemies]] can cross, but not [[Leader|captain]]s. They sometimes can be covered with a large carpet that stretch for the entirety of the floor.
+[[Image:Lost Toy Box.png|left|thumb|100px]] These cave designs are in caves such as [[Glutton's Kitchen]] and the [[Dream Den]]. These levels are often filled with giant toys and treasures that are used for food, entertainment, and office supplies. The borders of the sublevels are smaller toys that Pikmin and [[Piklopedia|enemies]] can cross, but not [[Leader|Captain]]s. They sometimes can be covered with a large carpet that expands so far that the player cannot see how large it is.
 {{clear}}
-;Tiles
+===Snow Design===
-: [[Image:The Giant's Bath.jpg|thumb|left|120px|[[The Giant's Bath]].]] Tiles cover nearly the whole sub-level and many [[hazard]]s are found on these types of design. [[Wogpole]]s will sometimes fall from the cave ceiling.
+[[Image:Cave of Pain.jpg|left|thumb|100px]] A common sublevel design in the [[Valley of Repose]], these sublevels are blanketed with snow. The floors are commonly littered with dying [[Figwort]]s, [[Hairy Bulborb]]s and [[Snow Bulborb]]s are often present on these sublevels.
 {{clear}}
 ==List of caves==
-====[[Valley of Repose]]====
+===[[Valley of Repose]]===
 * [[Emergence Cave]]
 * [[Frontier Cavern]]
 * [[Subterranean Complex]]
-====[[Awakening Wood]]====
+===[[Awakening Wood]]===
 * [[Hole of Beasts]]
 * [[White Flower Garden]]
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 * [[Snagret Hole]]
-====[[Perplexing Pool]]====
+===[[Perplexing Pool]]===
 * [[Citadel of Spiders]]
 * [[Glutton's Kitchen]]
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 * [[Submerged Castle]]
-====[[Wistful Wild]]====
+===[[Wistful Wild]]===
 * [[Cavern of Chaos]]
 * [[Hole of Heroes]]
 * [[Dream Den]]
+== Glitches==
+*There is a glitch that can happen when proceeding to the next sublevel. In the animation where you jump into the hole, some of your pikmin may appear idle and won't jump in with you. Thankfully the Pikmin that don't jump in with you will appear on the next sublevel.
+*If a Pikmin is suffering from a hazard (excluding [[Bomb Rock|Bombs]] and [[Electricity]] ) and you choose to go to the next sublevel, the Pikmin will still have the suffering animation when jumping down the hole. Luckily, they will be fine on the next sublevel. Similarly, if they make that last cry, and then you advance to the next floor, they will be alive with that hazard on their head, but they will still count to the Pikmin lost count, even though they really didn't die.
-==Technical discrepancies==
+== Trivia==
-Even though the cave and sublevel information is present in human-readable format within the game's files, some of their settings appear to make no sense, as the values in the files don't match up to what happens in-game. The following assumed discrepancies exist:
+*In an earlier version of ''Pikmin 2'', you could leave caves with half of the collected treasure if you leave the cave through the pause menu. However, you lose all of your Pikmin if you do so.
-*Property {f002} (敵最大数, meaning "Maximum number of enemies") of a sublevel indicates the maximum number of enemies (plants, hazards and other things included) that can appear. This value, however, doesn't always seem to make sense. The same applies to property {f014} (キャップ最大数, meaning "Maximum number of dead ends").
+*The [[Forest Navel]] may have been (and could perhaps be considered) the first cave explored by Olimar.
-*The objects in a cave's sublevel are specified in a list, with the number of instances after the object's name. This number is quite erratic, often deviating from any sort of pattern. This can even lead to numbers that appear to indicate the existence of at least some objects of a certain type, when in fact, none appear. An example of this would be the first floor of [[Hazard Training]], which claims to have "11" eggs, but has none. There is another property, connected to all objects, named "type", but even that property's values don't follow any pattern. Examples of erratic numbers include:
+*Caves are once again present in ''[[Pikmin 3]]'' but they no longer have sublevels like in ''Pikmin 2''. The caves vary in size, but time still continues. Only during certain events can the time-limit be halted, this however, only appears once. Typically, these caverns hold great importance to the story, being either locations where you discover a new Pikmin type or where you fight a major boss.
-**"2" small dying [[Figwort]]s actually means 2 (sublevel 1 of the [[Twilight Garden]], line 62 of ch_MUKI_damagumo.txt)
+[[Category:Caves]]
-**"20" small dying [[Figwort]]s actually means 2 (sublevel 1 of the [[Twilight Garden]], line 48 of ch_MUKI_damagumo.txt)
+[[Category:Glitches]]
-**"20" [[Fiery Blowhog]]s actually means 2 (sublevel 2 of the [[White Flower Garden]], line 78 of forest_2.txt)
+[[Category:Pikmin 2]]
-**"12" [[Common Glowcap]]s actually means 12 (sublevel 1 of the [[Red Chasm]], line 43 of ch_MAT_limited_time.txt)
-*Property {f013} (隠し床, meaning "Hidden floor") of a sublevel indicates whether there's ground under the [[cave units]] or if it should be simulated. This is due to the fact that toybox and garden levels' units do not contain ground. However, sublevel 4 of [[Snagret Hole]] has this value set to 1 as well, despite the fact that soil-type units always have a ground.
-*Sublevel 8 of the [[Dream Den]], sublevels 1 and 2 of the [[Hot House]] and sublevels 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the [[Collector's Room]] all have their property {f00A} (VRBOX, the "skybox" model) set to "vrbox". Both sublevels of the [[Green Hole]] have that property set to "f010". Both of these values are invalid, and the game defaults to having no "skybox".
-*The final sublevels of the [[Subterranean Complex]], the [[Hole of Beasts]] and the [[Bulblax Kingdom]] all have property {f010} (階段を壊す岩で隠す(0=オフ 1=オン)) set to 1. This property decides whether the hole to the next sublevel should be [[clog]]ged or not. The oddity here is that the final sublevel does not have a hole.
-*The final sublevels in the [[Cave of Pain]], [[Red Chasm]], [[Collector's Room]] and the [[Breeding Ground]] all have property {f007} (帰還噴水(1=あり)) set to 0. This property decides whether a level contains an escape [[geyser]] or not. Naturally, all final sublevels contain one in-game, so the fact that these sublevels have that property set to 0 is a mystery.
-==References==
-<references/>
-[[Category:Caves| ]]

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Entering caves

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