Editing The Keeper of the Lake

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|map               = 
|image             = Long Water Dumple looking.jpg
|size              = 320px
|caption           = 
|sector            = 2
|area_letter       = E
|treasures         = 1
|hazards           = {{water}}
|pikmin            = [[Blue Pikmin]]
|requirements      = Complete [[The Shallow End]] or [[Treacherous Currents]]
|next              = [[Crystal Tunnel]]s
|music             = 
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'''The Keeper of the Lake''' is the [[boss]] battle [[area]] of the [[Verdant Waterfront]]. In it, [[Captain Olimar]] and his [[Blue Pikmin]] fight underwater against the [[Long Water Dumple]].
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== Plot ==
When the player completes either [[The Shallow End]] or [[Treacherous Currents]], a [[cutscene]] plays inside the [[S.S. Dolphin II]] where the ship announces that it managed to found both [[Unexamined Nest|a large treasure]] and [[Long Water Dumple|a large beast]]. It advises Captain Olimar to carefully explore the next area. After the treasure is collected, the ship reveals that it found a new [[sector]], the [[Sparkling Labyrinth]], and makes notice of the fact that it takes place underground, and has a lot of [[crystal]]s.

== Description ==
The area starts in a room out in the open, and its walls are too tall to climb out of. There is a hole in the floor leading to an underground lake, however. The lake is roughly 10 screens wide, and 7 and a half screens deep.

== Cutscenes ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Cutscene || Screenshot || Trigger || Description
|-
! Long Water Dumple introduction
| [[File:The Keeper of the Lake cutscene.jpg|200px]]
| The player swims a bit down after entering the hole at the start.
| Olimar swims down, and manages to catch a glimpse of the [[Long Water Dumple]]'s tail as it swims away. Some Pikmin eventually come down from above to join Olimar, but the beast sneaks up on them before they reach him, startling both the captain and the Pikmin. It lunges forward in an attempt to eat them, but they manage to rush to Olimar's side.
|}

== Pikmin locations ==
{| class = "wikitable sortable"
|-
! Spot || Location || Pikmin || Requirements || Notes
|-
| Arena || Above Olimar when the cutscene ends || 10 Blue Pikmin || First time only || 
|-
| Arena || To Olimar's left when the cutscene ends || 10 Blue Pikmin || First time only || 
|}

== Objects ==

=== Treasures ===
* {{icon|Unexamined Nest|y}}

=== Enemies ===
* {{icon|Long Water Dumple|y}}

== Guide ==
{{see|Long Water Dumple#Strategy}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
The Keeper of the Lake 1.jpg|Starting location.
The Keeper of the Lake 2.jpg|The [[Unexamined Nest]].
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreignname
|Jap=
|JapR=
|JapM=
|Dut=De meerwachter
|DutM=The seaguardian
|Fra=Le gardien des eaux
|FraM=The guardian of the waters
|Ger=Der Hüter des Sees
|GerM=The Keeper of the Lake
|Ita=Bacino custodito
|ItaM=Guarded basin
|SpaA=El guardián del lago
|SpaAM=The gardian of the lake
|SpaE=Guardián Abisal
|SpaEM=Abyssal Guardian
}}

{{Verdant Waterfront}}