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The '''Perplexing Pool''' ({{j|まどいの水源|Madoi no Suigen|Spring of Madness}}) is the third [[area]] in {{p2}}, set in a sandy wetland. It contains four [[cave]]s, and seven overground [[treasure]]s worth a total of {{pokos|560}} in the US [[Region|version]] and {{pokos|520}} in the European version. It is unlocked by retrieving the [[Geographic Projection]] from the [[Awakening Wood]]. [[Yellow Pikmin]] are discovered in this area. Its terrain is based on [[The Distant Spring]] from {{p1}}. While the Distant Spring tended to get less dangerous as days passed, the Perplexing Pool gets increasingly dangerous, with a Beady Long Legs and a Spotty Bulbear spawning after the thirty-first day.

The Perplexing Pool is a complex area, with a wide variety of [[terrain]] types. Parts of the area are like a beach, while others are grassy and there are circular wooden structures around the area. It is the most aquatic area in ''Pikmin 2'' with multiple lakes spread across its length and two of the caves being submerged, making Blue Pikmin a necessity. Its layout has a close resemblance to [[The Distant Spring]] of [[Pikmin (game)|the first game]], though it does have some changes. At one point, Olimar points out how much the area has changed since his last visit, indicating that it actually ''is'' the Distant Spring.{{cite quote|{{Notes:Aquatic Mine/journal}}|Aquatic Mine's entry|Olimar's journal}} There is a big concrete area where there were only small islands and water in the original, there is no water in the middle of the area, the [[Shower Room]] is where the [[Massage Machine]] originally was, the [[Submerged Castle]] is where the [[Chronos Reactor]] was, most of the [[gate]]s are gone and there are a trio of [[Burgeoning Spiderwort]]s in the area – a pair in the middle of the area and a lone one in the water.

File:PP spiderwort.png|Part of the western path with a [[Burgeoning Spiderwort]] in the distance.

File:PP stumps.png|A pair of stumps on the western part of the area.

File:PP yellows.jpg|The area where [[Yellow Pikmin]] are first found.

File:PP glutton's kitchen.png|The entrance to the [[Glutton's Kitchen]].

File:PP maze.png|The maze at the east with some Burgeoning Spiderworts.

File:PP bloysters.png|The area with the [[Toady Bloyster]].

*The section of the map where Yellow Pikmin are first found has three circles of dappled light on the ground, tinted red, yellow, and blue. This section was originally the landing site of the map as seen in [[Pikmin 2 prerelease information#January 2004 Japanese Demo Disk|an early trailer]] and the Onions would respectively be located on the same spots as these circles.

*Only on the fourth day, a trio of [[eggs]] can be seen falling from the sky if one goes close to the location where the [[Beady Long Legs]] spawns. This is the only case in the overworld where an object (other than the Beady Long Legs) can fall from the sky, since all other objects that fall do so in caves. If one opens the game files to look at the definition that creates those eggs, they can find a comment reading {{j|ハテナタマゴ３Ｉ|Hatenatamago 3 I|Question egg 3I}}.