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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.

*{{icon|Shearwig|y}} × 11 (3 appear on day 11, replacing a Yellow Wollywog)

*{{icon|Wolpole|y}} × 5 (disappear on day 31 or after being defeated; near [[Shower Room]] entrance)

*{{icon|Fiery Blowhog|y}} × 1

*{{icon|Fiery Bulblax|y}} × 1 (disappears on day 31 or after being defeated; by the poison wall)

*{{icon|Dwarf Bulbear|y}} × 6 (2 appear on day 11 by [[Citadel of Spiders]], 2 more appear on day 21 by the [[Fiery Bulblax]], 2 appear on day 31 with the previous 4)

File:03 Site Perplexing Pool.png|The landing site.

File:PP boss.png|The [[Beady Long Legs]] and [[Spotty Bulbear]] near the landing site.

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 northwest.png|The northwestern corner of the area.

File:PP northeast.png|The northeastern corner of the area.

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

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

File:PP shower room.png|The entrance to the [[Shower Room]].

File:PP tube.png|A tube that separates the western and southwestern areas.

Pikmin 2 Perplexing Pool Wire-frame.png|A wire-frame version of the Perplexing Pool that can be found in the background of the [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 2)|Piklopedia]] and [[Treasure Hoard]] menus. Seems to depict an [[Pikmin 2 prerelease information|early version]] of the area.

File:Madoi snap.jpg|Official overhead map.

File:Perplexing Pool HD.jpg|High definition overhead map, taken with in-game screenshots.

File:PP paths.png|[[Carrying]] paths on the Perplexing Pool.

File:Early Perplexing Pool.jpg|[[Wolpole]]s, [[Captain Olimar]], [[Louie]], and [[Blue Pikmin]] in an [[Pikmin 2 prerelease information|early version]] of the Perplexing Pool. The [[Shower Room]] can be seen ahead. Also note the [[Male Sheargrub]], which never appears in the final version of the level.

File:Early Perplexing Pool 2.jpg|A different image of the early Perplexing Pool.

File:Pikmin 2 perplexing pool.gif|A map of the Perplexing Pool.

File:Makeup of Perplexing Pool.png|The pattern for [[The Distant Spring]] laid on a map of the Perplexing Pool.

File:PP texture.png|The texture used for the [[radar]].

*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}}.