Novice Training

Novice Training
Sublevels	2	Ultra-bitter sprays	0
Red Pikmin	0	Ultra-spicy sprays	3
Yellow Pikmin	0
Blue Pikmin	0
White Pikmin	30
Purple Pikmin	0
Bulbmin	0

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The Novice Training is the second level in Pikmin 2's Challenge Mode. The player has White Pikmin at their disposal when they start the level. It is slightly harder than the Explorer's Cave, but Pikmin can be easily spared if attention is paid to the Doodlebugs that are present in this cave.

Sublevel 1

• Theme: Soil
• Time: 170 (340 seconds)
• Treasures:
  •  Citrus Lump × 1
  •  Combustion Berry × 1
  •  Disguised Delicacy × 1
  •  Insect Condo × 1
  •  Love Nugget × 1
  •  Lustrous Element × 1 (inside the Iridescent Glint Beetle)
  •  Mirrored Element × 1 (inside the Doodlebug)
  •  The Key × 1
  •  Unknown Merit × 1 (inside the Iridescent Flint Beetle)
• Enemies:
  •  Doodlebug × 1
  •  Iridescent Flint Beetle × 1
  •  Iridescent Glint Beetle × 1
• Hazards:
  • [icon] Gas pipe × 5
• Plants:
  •  Clover × 4
  •  Figwort (small) × 4
  •  Figwort (small, dying) × 4
  •  Margaret × 4
  •  Violet Candypop Bud × 3
• Others:
  •  Egg × 2

Technical sublevel information
Internal cave name			ch_NARI_07whitepurple
"Main" object maximum (?)			13
"Treasure" object maximum (?)			6
"Gate" object maximum (?)			0
Dead end unit probability (?)			100
Number of rooms (?)			3
Corridor-to-room ratio (?)			{{{ctrratio}}}
Escape geyser (?)			No
Clogged hole (?)			No
Cave units file (?)			2_units_cent_north_tsuchi.txt
Lighting file (?)			normal_light_cha.ini
Background (?)			None
Cave units (?)
Dead end	Dead end with item	Three-way crossing	Four-way crossing	Turning corridor	Corridor
Long corridor	Circular room with 4 exits	Circular room with 1 exit

Sublevel 2

• Theme: Soil
• Time: +170 (+340 seconds)
• Treasures:
  •  Anxious Sprout × 1
  •  Child of the Earth × 1
  •  Lustrous Element × 1 (inside the Iridescent Glint Beetle)
  •  Mirrored Element × 1 (inside the Doodlebug)
  •  Onion Replica × 1
  •  Pilgrim Bulb × 1
  •  Spiny Alien Treat × 1
  •  The Key × 1 (inside the Puffy Blowhog)
  •  Unknown Merit × (inside the Iridescent Flint Beetle)
• Enemies:
  •  Doodlebug × 1
  •  Iridescent Flint Beetle × 1
  •  Iridescent Glint Beetle × 1
  •  Mitite × 2 (number of groups; 1 group in a dead end)
  •  Puffy Blowhog × 1
• Hazards:
  • [icon] Gas pipe × 5
• Plants:
  •  Clover × 4
  •  Figwort (small) × 4
  •  Figwort (small, dying) × 4
  •  Margaret × 4
• Others:
  • None

Technical sublevel information
Internal cave name			ch_NARI_07whitepurple
"Main" object maximum (?)			10
"Treasure" object maximum (?)			5
"Gate" object maximum (?)			0
Dead end unit probability (?)			100
Number of rooms (?)			3
Corridor-to-room ratio (?)			{{{ctrratio}}}
Escape geyser (?)			Yes
Clogged hole (?)			No
Cave units file (?)			2_units_mid2_north_tsuchi.txt
Lighting file (?)			normal_light_cha.ini
Background (?)			None
Cave units (?)
Dead end with item	Three-way crossing	Four-way crossing	Turning corridor	Corridor	Long corridor
Y-shaped room	Circular room with 1 exit

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	新参者の試練場?
Spanish (NoA)	Circuito del Novato	Novice Circuit