Pikmin 2/Unused Caves

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caveinfo Dungeon Early versions of final floors, plus some entirely unused sections

E3 Caves Three caves from the 2003 E3 Pikmin demo

Early Challenge Mode Info Information on lost challenge mode revisions

Environment Test Caves A lot of environments means a lot of caves

last_4 Dungeon 32 floors of enemy testing

kfes Challenge Mode Caves

These are early versions of existing Challenge Mode levels. These were used for the 2003 E3 demo.

kfes_ABEM_tutorial (Explorer's Cave)

Floor #	Floor Image	Kfes Objects	Final Objects	Kfes Treasures	Final Treasures
Floor 1		No Object No Object No Object No Object	Clover Horsetail Figwort - Green, small Figwort - Red, small	Petrified Heart Love Sphere Mirth Sphere Omiscient Sphere	Lustrous Element Mirrored Element Unknown Merit No Object
Along with making the treasure more valuable, the final version also adds some much-needed foliage.
Floor 2		Hairy Bulborb (Petrified Heart) Snow Bulborb x5 (Love Sphere) Egg x5 No Object No Object No Object No Object No Object No Object	Red Bulborb (The Key) Dwarf Red Bulborb x5 (Omniscient Sphere) Egg x3 Clover Horsetail Figwort - Green Figwort - Green, small Figwort - Red Figwort - Red, small	The Key Gemstar Husband Frosty Bauble x2	Lustrous Element Mirrored Element Unknown Merit
The Kfes version is much larger and has Snow Bulborbs instead of red ones. The number of eggs was reduced. The Kfes version of this floor is barren of plants.

kfes_MUKI_damagumo (Twilight Garden)

Floor Image	Kfes Objects	Final Objects	Kfes Treasures	Final Treasures
	Female Sheargrub x2 (Science Project) Male Sheargrub x2 (Mirth Sphere) Dwarf Red Bulborb x2 (Omniscient Sphere)	Female Sheargrub x2 (Mirth Sphere) Female Sheargrub x2 (Mirth Sphere) Male Sheargrub x2 (Love Sphere)	Regal Diamond	No object
A few minor enemy and treasure changes here.

kfes_MUKI_redblue (Hazard Training)

Floor #	Floor Image	Kfes Objects	Final Objects	Kfes Treasures	Final Treasures
Floor 1		Dwarf Red Bulborb x3 (Omniscient Sphere) Male Sheargrub x3 (Love Sphere) Shearwig x2 (Mirth Sphere) Fire Trap x8 Skitterleaf x2 Iridescent Flint Beetle	Dwarf Red Bulborb x4 (Cupid's Grenade) Fiery Dweevil (Mirrored Element) Caustic Dweevil (Mirrored Element) Fire Trap x7 No Object No Object	Furious Adhesive Regal Diamond Universal Com	Lustrous Element Mirrored Element Unknown Merit
The Kfes version of this floor doesn't have any water hazards. The final version adds a Caustic Dweevil to fix that, plus some more fire hazards in the form of Fiery Dweevils.
Floor 2		Dwarf Orange Bulborb x3 (Science Project) Dwarf Orange Bulborb x2 (Mirth Sphere) Wollywog (Essence of Desire) Water Dumple x2 (Essence of True Love) Hermit Crawmad (Essence of Despair) Rock x4 Crimson Candypop Bud Lapis Lazuli Candypop Bud	Dwarf Orange Bulborb x4 (Cupid's Grenade) Withering Blowhog (Gemstar Wife) Fiery Dweevil (Mirrored Element) Caustic Dweevil  (Mirrored Element) No Object No Object No Object No Object	Flame of Tomorrow Regal Diamond Gemstar Wife	Lustrous Element Mirrored Element Unknown Merit
The Kfes cave is much meaner with the inclusion of a Wollywog, Hermit Crawmad, and falling rocks. Interestingly, it also has two candypop buds to switch between Red and Blue.

kfes_NARI_03toy (Lost Toy Box)

Floor #	Floor Image	Kfes Objects	Final Objects	Kfes Treasures	Final Treasures
Floor 1		Dwarf Red Bulborb (King of Sweets) Dwarf Red Bulborb x2 (Omniscient Sphere) Dwarf Orange Bulborb (Diet Doomer) Dwarf Orange Bulborb x3 (Mirth Sphere) Snow Bulborb (Pale of Passion) Snow Bulborb x3  (Love Sphere) Figwort - Red, small Figwort - Red, large Foxtail	Dwarf Red Bulborb (Lustrous Element) Dwarf Red Bulborb (Mirrored Element) Dwarf Red Bulborb (Manual Honer) Dwarf Red Bulborb (Boss Stone) Dwarf Red Bulborb (Strife Monolith) Dwarf Red Bulborb (Implement of Toil) No Object No Object No Object	Crystallized Telepathy Crystallized Telekinesis Crystallized Clairvoyance	No Object No Object No Object
The many different Dwarf Bulborbs in the Kfes version were all changed to Dwarf Red Bulborbs, and the oddly placed plants were removed, along with the large marbles.
Floor 2		Spotty Bulbear (The Key) Dwarf Bulbear (Imperative Cookie) Dwarf Bulbear (Impenetrable Cookie) Dwarf Bulbear (Succulent Mattress) Dwarf Bulbear x3 (Omniscient Sphere) Antenna Beetle Figwort - Red, small Figwort - Red, large	Orange Bulborb (The Key) Dwarf Orange Bulborb (Lustrous Element) Dwarf Orange Bulborb (Mirrored Element) Dwarf Orange Bulborb (Chance Totem) Dwarf Orange Bulborb (Essence of Despair) Dwarf Orange Bulborb (Essence of Desire) Dwarf Orange Bulborb (Gemstar Wife) No Object	Glee Spinner No Object No Object No Object No Object No Object	Petrified Heart Tear Stone Frosty Bauble Decorative Goo Master's Instrument Joyless Jewel
Another instance of the Kfes version being more difficult. The Bulbears were replaced with easier Orange Bulborbs, and the Antenna Beetle was removed entirely. More odd plants appear.

Video footage of this cave (Floor 1) from the 2003 E3 demo.

kfes_NARI_07whitepurple (Novice Training)

Floor #	Floor Image	Kfes Objects	Final Objects	Kfes Treasures	Final Treasures
Floor 1		Red Bulborb (Petrified Heart) Doodlebug x2 Snow Bulborb (Mirth Sphere) Dwarf Red Bulborb (Omniscient Sphere) Dwarf Orange Bulborb (Love Sphere) Male Sheargrub x6 (Mirth Sphere) No Object No Object	Iridescent Glint Beetle (Lustrous Element) Doodlebug (Mirrored Element) Iridescent Flint Beetle (Unknown Merit) Violet Candypop Bud x3 Egg x2 Gas trap x5 Figwort - Green Figwort - Red	Decorative Goo Lip Service Furious Adhesive No Object No Object	Insect Condo Love Nugget Disguised Delicacy Citrus Lump Combustion Berry
The purpose of this cave was completely changed. There are no gas traps in the Kfes version, and all of the harmful enemies were replaced with (mostly) harmless Beetles.
Floor 2		Male Sheargrub x4 (Omniscient Sphere) Cloaking Burrow-nit (Love Sphere) Water Dumple x3 (Omniscient Sphere) Creeping Chrysanthemum (Petrified Heart) Margaret No Object No Object No Object	Puffy Blowhog (The Key) Iridescent Glint Beetle (Lustrous Element) Doodlebug (Mirrored Element) Iridescent Flint Beetle (Unknown Merit) Mitite Gas trap x5 Clover Figwort - Green	The Key Nouveau Table Mystical Disc Massage Girdle Rubber Ugly	Child of the Earth Onion Replica Anxious Sprout Spiny Alien Treat Pilgrim Bulb
Again, the dangerous enemies were changed to harmless ones, and gas traps were added. The treasure set is utterly different between versions.

Video footage of this cave (Floor 1) from the 2003 E3 demo.

Miscellaneous Caves

パンモドキテストcaveinfo (Breadbug Test)

Floor #	Floor Image	Notes
Floor 1		This floor is populated by 4 Breadbugs, 36 (combined) Male & Female Sheargrubs, and ~20 Sunseed Berries. This floor tests the Breadbug's new behavior: Dragging enemy corpses and treasures back to their nests.
Floor 2		Identical to the first floor but for the replacement of the four Breadbugs with two Giant Breadbugs.

敵チェックcaveinfo (Enemy Check)

This is a big, twisting floor occupied by only one object: A Spotty Bulbear.
This floor tests the Spotty Bulbear's tracking and chasing A.I. in many different rooms.

challenge_1

A set of 15 challenge floors. However, all floors past the first 5 are just duplicates.

Floor #	Floor Image	Enemies	Treasures
Floor 1		Snow Bulborb x5 Hairy Bulborb x2 (Omniscient Sphere) Hermit Crawmad x3	The Key Rubber Ugly Sulking Antenna Crystallized Clairvoyance Omniscient Sphere Essence of Despair x3 Essence of Rage x2
Floor 2		Eggs Hairy Bulborb x2 Cloaking Burrow-nit x2 Fiery Dweevil x4	The Key Aquatic Mine Temporal Mechanism Essence of Desire x5 Crystallized Telekinesis Onion Replica x2
Floor 3		Anode Beetle x6 Hairy Bulborb x2 Lesser Spotted Jellyfloat x4	The Key Essence of Rage x2 Essence of True Love x3 True Scrap x2 Crystallized Telepathy Onion Replica
Floor 4		Careening Dirigibug x4 Fiery Dweevil	The Key Milk Tub x2 Sulking Antenna Temporal Mechanism Crystallized Telepathy Omniscient Sphere x3
Floor 5		Fiery Bulblax Snowy Bulborb Lesser Spotted Jellyfloat x2 Anode Beetle x5	The Key Rubber Ugly Sulking Antenna Utter Scrap x2 Essence of Rage Essence of Despair Essence of True Love Essence of Despair

challenge_2

A challenge level with 5 floors. There's even a boss at the end!

Floor #	Floor Image	Enemies	Treasures
Floor 1		Red Bulborb x4 Dwarf Red Bulborb x16	The Key 9 random items from this list: Superstrong Stabilizer (2/5) Admantine Girdle (2/5) Rubber Ugly (1/5)
Floor 2		Lesser Spotted Jellyfloat (The Key) Lesser Spotted Jellyfloat x2 Red Bulborb x3 Dwarf Red Bulborb x14	10 random items from this list: Superstrong Stabilizer (2/5) Admantine Girdle (2/5) Rubber Ugly (1/5)
Floor 3		Hairy Bulborb x2 Dwarf Red Bulborb x18	The Key Aquatic Mine 8 random items from this list: Decorative Goo (1/4) Arboreal Frippery (1/4) Onion Replica (1/4) Infernal Vegetable (1/4)
Floor 4		Bulbmin (The Key) Bulbmin x2 Hairy Bulborb x3 14 random enemies from this list: Snow Bulborb (2/3) Fiery Dweevil (1/3)	10 random items from this list: Sunseed Berry (1/6) Decorative Goo (1/6) Milk Tub (1/6) Omniscient Sphere (1/6) Love Sphere (1/6) Mirth Sphere (1/6)
Floor 5		Empress Bulblax (The Key)	None

ch_MUKI_oootakara

Floor #	Floor Image	Notes
Floor 1		Possible candidate for a Challenge Mode level. This is a copy of the Titan Dweevil's arena. Defeating the Titan Dweevil will yield The Key to the next floor. Considering how long it takes to defeat the Titan Dweevil, it's not hard to see why this level never made it into the game.
Floor 2		Another Titan Dweevil key fight, but this one takes place in Empress Bublax's arena!

ch_MUKI_queen

This is a standard fight against Empress Bulblax, but she gives The Key when she is defeated.
Other than that, no big deal.

eq_tutorial_1

A floor with every piece of equipment in the game! Intended for easy access to the game's equipment.

King_caveinfo

Floor #	Floor Image	Notes
Floor 1		A floor with 3 Emperor Bulblaxes. Similar floors appear in the real game. There are many bombs around. One of the Emperor Bulblaxes has a Lustrous Element, and the Justice Alloy appears on the ground.
Floor 2	N/A	Same as above but with different lighting.

pom_floor

This floor contains 3 Queen Candypop Buds and a combined 27 Honeywips and Eggs.
This level tests the new random behavior of the nectar drops. And the Queen Candypop Buds, of course.

Queen_caveinfo

Floor #	Floor Image	Notes
Floor 1		Another Empress Bulblax test floor. She drops the Justice Alloy when defeated.
Floor 2	N/A	Same as above, but this one drops a Rubber Ugly.