Editing Cavern of Chaos

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|treasures=17

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The '''Cavern of Chaos''' is the first cave found in the [[Wistful Wild]] level found in ''[[Pikmin 2]]''. It's pretty easy to get there, since its a short walk from your landing site. All you have to do is defeat a [[Swooping Snitchbug]], two [[Dwarf Red Bulborb]]s, and a [[Decorated Cannon Beetle]]. Instead of losing Pikmin, punch the Bulborbs and let the Cannon Beetle's rocks hit itself. If the [[Gatling Groink]] comes, use the Cannon Beetle's rocks, use Pikmin, or escape to the cave.

==Treasures==

*[[Child of the Earth]]

*[[Anode Beetle]]

*Hole of Beasts

*Red Chasm

==='''Sublevel 1'''===

[[Bomb Rock]]s, [[Hazards|electrical hazards]], [[Careening Dirigibug]]s, [[Fiery Blowhog]] and one [[Watery Blowhog]] are all cramped into this small space. Dismiss your Pikmin and go out with one Captain, moving the bomb-rocks towards the generators/Blowhogs. Once those are cleared out, take all of your Pikmin and attack each Careening Dirigibug, one at a time. Try to keep your [[Red Pikmin]] out of trouble, as they will be needed on the next sublevel, and also be especially careful not to throw any Pikmin over the edge. The two treasures, the [[Mirth Sphere]] and the [[Enamel Buster]], are both anywhere above ground; however, if they are in a dead-end, be careful of a falling bomb-rock and be extremely careful of the Bomb Rock that ''might'' occasionally fall in the general area. Once all the treasures are collected, find the hole and jump down.

==='''Sublevel 2'''===

*Hazards: Fire (Bulblaxes), abyss

*Enemies: 3x Swooping Snitchbugs, 3x Fiery Bulblaxes

*Treasures: Frosty Bauble, Gemstar Wife, Essence of Despair (all in Bulblaxes)

This sublevel is very large, just like the ninth sublevel of the Subterranean Complex, but difficult nonetheless if you have a small amount of red Pikmin. Along with a few [[Swooping Snitchbug]]s who try to pick up your Pikmin, there are three [[Fiery Bulblax]]es here, and each contains a treasure. To kill a Fiery Bulblax, you can take nine-eleven Purple Pikmin and throw them directly on top of the Bulblax as quickly as you can. Then whistle them back before they die. The Bulblax will be stunned. Repeat quickly until it dies, or if you don't have any Purples, use your Reds. Throw the Red Pikmin at the Bulblax. Or If you have [[Ultra-bitter Spray]]s, now would be a great time to use them. Throw a group of fifteen-thirty red Pikmin on top of a Fiery Bulblax, and if it tries to eat your Pikmin, spray it with the Ultra-bitter and swarm it with all your Reds. If you don’t have Ultra-Bitters, you can try using [[Ultra-spicy Spray]]s on your Red Pikmin to increase their speed and strength. If you have neither Ultra-bitters nor Ultra-spicy Sprays, try to throw Pikmin onto it's back and call them back when they are in trouble. However, you may get unlucky and lose a few Pikmin with no sprays. Defeat all three Fiery Bulblaxes, and take back the [[Frosty Bauble]], [[Gemstar Wife]], and [[Essence of Despair]] the Bulblaxes left behind. Find the hole (which will ''always ''be behind your starting area) and continue down.

*Enemies: 5x Creeping Chrysanthemums, 2x Mamutas, ???x Mitites

*Treasures: Infernal Vegetable, Child of the Earth (buried)

At first sight, this may look like a rest level; it’s not. You'll immediately notice because the "rest level theme" isn't playing. [[Creeping Chrysanthemum]]s, [[Mamuta]]s, and falling [[Hazards#Boulders|rocks]] make this calm-looking level not what it seems. Alcoves and pathways between circular areas contain falling rocks, so you may want to go in with your captains to drop the falling rocks before you begin fighting enemies. Use [[Purple Pikmin]] to defeat the Chrysanthemums, and use any Pikmin to defeat the Mamutas, unless you want them to flower your Pikmin first. One treasure, the [[Infernal Vegetable]], is somewhere above ground, and the other treasure, the [[Child of the Earth]], is underground, so you’ll need to listen to your Treasure Gauge with [[White Pikmin]] to find it. When everything is collected and safe, go down the hole.

==='''Sublevel 4'''===

The Emperor Bulblax makes a return in this wet sublevel, but this time, there’s two of them – usually one on land and one submerged in water. With one captain, take all the Pikmin. (Or not. There may be a gate nearby if you're lucky, where you can stash all but your purple pikmin.) Take the other captain out alone and check for bomb rocks. Push and position them out of the water so your purples are safe from drowning. Once the stage is set, wake up an Emperor Bulblax. When it is on or near land, lure it so that a Bomb Rock is in front of it. It will try to eat the Bomb Rock, which will explode in its mouth, taking some damage and stunning it. With the other captain, take the Pikmin and throw [[Purple Pikmin]] onto its face while it is stunned. This will take away a good chunk of his health. Repeat until he is dead, and then do the same thing for the other Bulblax. Alternatively, there are usually enough Bomb Rocks in that they will eventually eat themselves to death, reducing the risk to almost zero, but time will take longer. You may want to use [[Red Pikmin]] to disable flame geysers before you start. One of these Bulblaxes contains the [[Mysterious Remains]] – you may not even have to defeat the other one to get it! Just use the treasure meter to check which one has it, if you want to play it safe. There is also a treasure, the [[Milk Tub]], above ground, usually behind a gate. Take both treasures back and then leave this watery sublevel. If you are in need of Blue Pikmin to collect the treasures, a [[Queen Candypop Bud]] will drop in one of the alcoves.

==='''Sublevel 6'''===

This area is home to two hazards – water and electric generators. There are also [[Wollywog]]s, [[Water Dumple]]s, and [[Anode Beetle]]s which make it even harder. Start by using [[yellow Pikmin]] to disable electric generators near your area, unless an enemy is dangerously close to it. Kill anything near your starting area with Purples, and then go out with captains, defeating Water Dumples. Avoid Wollywogs for now. After the coast is clear, go back to your starting area, grab [[Purple Pikmin]], and use them to defeat Wollywogs, being careful to avoid Anode Beetles, water, and electric generators you missed. After that, go back to camp, grab your yellows, and use them to kill the Anode Beetles(use blue Pikmin if they are in water). As soon as the coast is clear, you will see that one of the Wollywogs was carrying the [[Princess Pearl]]; take it back to camp (you may need [[Blue Pikmin]] if it was dropped in the water). The [[Growshroom]] is always half-buried and can be anywhere in the sublevel, usually in a puddle. Take back both treasures and any carcasses you want, and then continue down to the next sublevel.