Rumbling Grotto: Difference between revisions

The '''Rumbling Grotto''' is a [[Challenge Mode (Pikmin 2)|Challenge Mode]] level in ''[[Pikmin 2]]'' where you have to find [[the Key]] on one sublevel and defeat a [[Pileated Snagret]] for it on the next, making it overall a very challenging cave.

*'''Theme''': Concrete

*'''Music''': ''[[Music in Pikmin 2#Concrete 1|Concrete 1]]''

*'''Time''': 170 (340 seconds)

*'''Starting Pikmin''':

**{{icon|Red Pikmin|y}} × 30 (flower)

**{{icon|Blue Pikmin|y}} × 30 (flower)

*'''Treasures''':

**{{icon|Armored Nut|y}} × 3 - 6* (inside the Shearwigs)

**{{icon|Crystal King|y}} × 1

**{{icon|Gyroid Bust|y}} × 1

**{{icon|Lustrous Element|y}} × 1 (inside the Iridescent Glint Beetle)

**{{icon|Mirrored Element|y}} × 2 (inside the Creeping Chrysanthemums)

**{{icon|Mirth Sphere|y}} × 3 - 6* (inside the Male Sheargrubs)

**{{icon|Omniscient Sphere|y}} × 3 - 6* (inside the Female Sheargrubs)

**{{icon|The Key|y}} × 1

**{{icon|Unknown Merit|y}} × 3 (inside the Cloaking Burrow-nits)

*'''Enemies''':

**{{icon|Cloaking Burrow-nit|y}} × 3

**{{icon|Creeping Chrysanthemum|y}} × 2

**{{icon|Female Sheargrub|y}} × 3 - 6*

**{{icon|Iridescent Glint Beetle|y}} × 1

**{{icon|Male Sheargrub|y}} × 3 - 6*

**{{icon|Shearwig|y}} × 3 - 6*

*'''Obstacles''':

**None

*'''Plants and fungi''':

**{{icon|Clover|y}} × 6

**{{icon|Figwort|y}} (large) × 2

**{{icon|Figwort|y}} (small) × 2

**{{icon|Margaret|y}} × 3

**{{icon|Shoot|y}} (large) × 1

**{{icon|Shoot|y}} (small) × 1

*'''Others''':

**1 type of [[gate]], with 4000 [[Health|HP]]

<nowiki>*</nowiki> There must be a grand total of 12 enemies, between the types marked with the asterisk. At least 3 enemies of each type must exist. The treasures match the carriers.

The cave starts rumbling while [[Creeping Chrysanthemum]]s, [[Cloaking Burrow-nit]]s, [[Sheargrub]]s and [[Shearwig]]s come out of the ground. To avoid [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] [[Spirit|deaths]], it is possible to reset the cave until the key lies right beside the player, which happens quite often.

== Sublevel 2 ==

*'''Music''': ''[[Music in Pikmin 2#Electricity|Electricity]]''

**{{icon|The Key|y}} &times; 1 (inside the Pileated Snagret)

*'''Plants and fungi''':

 

{{see also|Pileated Snagret#Strategy|t1=Pileated Snagret strategy}}

 

More rumbling with the Pileated Snagret. Use all [[spray]]s here so the Pikmin don't get harmed, grab the key, and jump out.

 

If you are doing a 2-player Challenge, the battle can be very quick and easy. Stand on opposite side of the Snagret and have both players toss Pikmin rapidly at its head. If you do it right, it should always go back into the ground instead of eating any Pikmin, and you save time and deaths.