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{{listen|filename=Frontier Cavern Sub1.ogg|title=An excerpt from the level's music}}
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This sublevel has a few snow bulborbs and hairy bulborbs. It is recommended that with a group of 20 or so purples to smash the hairy bulborbs. Sense there are likely to be snow bulborbs near, throw purple pikmin onto them when the hairy bulborb gets stunned. Using swarms of pikmin also works. Use the white pikmin after to dig up the buried treasures. Some Violet Candy buds are here in case you're low on purples. You may find doodlebugs and throw pikmin at them in order to make them all have flowers or to stalk up on a spray.
This sublevel has many Snow Bulborbs and a couple of Hairy Bulborbs. Before engaging the Hairy Bulborbs, take out any Snow Bulborbs near it then attack the hairy monstrosities. Explore the area and have your [[White Pikmin]] unearth any buried treasures. Some Violet Candypop Buds are littered around the area, use them if you lost any Purple Pikmin or if you have less than 100 total Purple Pikmin. When wandering about the area, you may encounter Doodlebugs. After they have emerged from their cover, they may skitter into a [[Figwort]]. If this happens you can wait until they move and release flatulence to locate them. This is a good time to stock up on [[Ultra-Bitter Spray]]s.  


===Sublevel 2===
===Sublevel 2===
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*1x [[Hairy Bulborb]]
*1x [[Hairy Bulborb]]
*2x [[Decorated Cannon Beetle]]
*2x [[Decorated Cannon Beetle]]
You are likely to fall where there is a large stump. Shelter all of your pikmin behind it. Go out of the "room" and go towards one of the cannon beetles. Then stand between a nearby enemy and the beetle. Keep your distance from both the beetle and the enemy. Once the beetle has fired its cannon ball, step out of the way. it should damage the enemy to a critical extent. Do this until most or all other enemies are gone. Go and either get a small group of purples or a swarm of pikmin to attack the left beetles. Now proceed to find and collect the treasures.
You are likely to fall where there is a large stump. Shelter all of your Pikmin behind it to protect them. Venture out into the sublevel without any Pikmin and use the Decorated Cannon Beetles to clear out any enemies. Then use one of the rocky projectiles to kill the other Decorated Cannon Beetle. Then have the colorful, rock-hurling creature kill itself by having the boulder home in on itself. Afterwards, take your comrades collect the Christmas-themed treasures.


===Sublevel 3===
===Sublevel 3===
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*1x [[Ivory Candypop Bud]]
*1x [[Ivory Candypop Bud]]
*1x Egg & 1 Egg drop
*1x Egg & 1 Egg drop
This is one of the most hardest levels, sense it has the spotty bulbear. The landing place will be towards the edge of the level, so go to the back, destroy the electrical wires if there are any. Keep one captain over with the pikmin, while the other captain and purple pikmin go out. With the captain with the purple pikmin, get either the bulbmin's or the spotty bulbear's attention, but not both at the same time. It is a good idea to be one wallspace away from the spotty bulbear when attacking. For handling this one, first stun it behind a wall with purple pikmin. Then, once stunned, run out and attack it with the purples. Be careful so that any young bulbears don't eat your pikmin. Once dead, instantly carry it back to the onion. Now after you have killed both these enemies and obtained any bulbmin, the level should be a brease, except for the few dwarf bulbears that pose hazards for small groups of pikmin. Shut off all electrical wires and poison pipes, use white pikmin to dig up the treasure, get the unburied treasure, and proceed downwards.
When landing on this sublevel, be warned that two wandering [[Grub-dog]]s will be patrolling the area so it is advised you don't take your time. Gather all of you Pikmin and scout the level, deactivating any electric generators and Dwarf Bulbears. If you can, locate the Bulbmin and kill it before the Spotty Bulbear as it will make things easier. If there are any, gather the juvenile Bulbmin and locate the Spotty Bulbear. Use whatever killing strategy you want, just make sure you bring its corpse back if it did not disintegrate and the Danger Chime. Explore the area once all the hazards are cleared and collect and unearth any treasures.


===Sublevel 4===
===Sublevel 4===
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{{listen|filename=Frontier Cavern Sub4.ogg|title=}}
{{listen|filename=Frontier Cavern Sub4.ogg|title=}}


This is another tough level, but not as hard as the previous one. For this level you will probably want to use all yellows to kill off all the anode beetles posing electric hazards to all other pikmin. If you want to get more purple pikmin there is a candypop bud for that. Be sure to pluck any pikmin buried by the snitchbug before going to the next level.
Gather all your Yellow Pikmin and kill all the Anode Beetles, but watch out for the Swooping Snitchbugs and Bumbling Snitchbug. After all the Anode Beetles are massacred, take out the Swooping Snitchbugs and the Bumbling Snitchbug and proceed to collect the treasures. When you attempt to collect a treasure in an alcove, however, another Bumbling Snitchbug will drop from the ceiling. Kill it then continue collecting the treasure. There is a Violet Candypop Bud here to harvest more Purple Pikmin.


===Sublevel 5===
===Sublevel 5===
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*1x [[Violet Candypop Bud]]
*1x [[Violet Candypop Bud]]
*1x [[Egg]]
*1x [[Egg]]
This is a rest level, but a more important one. Go and kill all the Brute Knuckles until you find the one with the power upgrade treasure. Three candypop buds exist, in case you need to restock up on some of the pikmin. This might be rather unnecessary if you already have bulbmin, and there are more on the next level too.
A rest sublevel, but unique as it is the only rest sublevel to possess a treasure. There are some Mamutas here, kill them all until one drops the Brute Knuckles. Kill the Caustic Dweevil before you collect the treasure as the four-legged nuisance will attempt to carry the Brute Knuckles on its back. The Brute Knuckles allows you to use the [[Rocket Fist|Rocket Punch]] when collected. There are some Lapis Lazuli Candypop Buds and a Violet Candypop Bud here if you are low on [[Blue Pikmin]] and Purple Pikmin. Killing the Unmarked Spectralids will cause them to drop nectar to power up your leaf Pikmin.


===Sublevel 6===
===Sublevel 6===
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*Water
*Water
*5x Flame geysers
*5x Flame geysers
Some of the enemies might appear in rough spots. Feel free to reset the game until the layout of the sublevel and the enemies is right. You will mostly need blue pikmin on this level, but not at this moment. Go out and use the cannon beetle(s) to attack other enemies or eachother. Once you feel confident in defence against any enemies remaining, call your blue pikmin up for carring the chess pieces. After you have gotten both of them, go to the cave, and jump in. You do not need all of your pikmin just to delve deeper. They will automatically go to the next level entrance.


The reason why so many Lapis Lazuli Candypop Buds were on the previous sublevel is this sublevel. Before taking your Blue Pikmin to collect treasure, have the Decorated Cannon Beetles kill the enemies, flame geysers, and each other then collected the two chess pieces with your Blue Pikmin and Bulbmin.
===Sublevel 7===
===Sublevel 7===
Exit available on this floor
Exit available on this floor
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''Candypops and eggs''
''Candypops and eggs''
*1x [[Ivory Candypop Bud]]
*1x [[Ivory Candypop Bud]]
This level has falling boulders from the ceiling, so when going place to place, be cautious. After they all have fallen, the level is fairly simple: use purple pikmin to kill all of the threat enemies. Sense the Orange Bulborb will wake up even if you haven't touched it, you probably should start throwing pikmin about 3 feet away from it, onto it to stun it before it gets dangerous. Get all of the treasures (there is one buried). If you are not ready to fight the boss, jump out the gyser on the level. Otherwise, jump in the hole.
 
This sublevel has falling boulders from the ceiling, so when going place to place, be cautious. Have a single captain cause the boulders to fall, preferably on the Dwarf Orange Bulborbs and Orange Bulborbs to kill or severely damage them. After they all have fallen, take your Pikmin and kill any stragglers and collect the treasures. Then have your White Pikmin dig up the Flame Tiller and collect it. There is also an Iridescent Glint Beetle on this sublevel that can be used to harness [[Ultra-Spicy Spray]]s for the boss.


===Sublevel 8 (Final Floor)===
===Sublevel 8 (Final Floor)===
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*'''Boss: [[Empress Bulblax]]'''
*'''Boss: [[Empress Bulblax]]'''


The Bulborb Larva on this floor are probably the worst hazards for the pikmin, besides the Empress Bulblax. Use a captain to run up ahead, hitting and killing any bulborb larvas he finds. It only takes one hit to kill a bulborb larva. After you have gotten rid of most or all of them, take your reds, yellows, and blues up. It is ok if ''some'' of your pikmin die going up. Once you get up to the top, go in front of the empress's face, and start throwing pikmin at it. Once it starts making noise call your pikmin off. Repeat this until it is dead. You do not need to kill new larva that the empress producess, it will get squashed each time the boss roles.
Time to have a rematch with the Empress Bulblax, only this time, she produces Bulborb Larva, always ravenous Grub-dogs. Have one captain clear out all or most of the larvae and have the other toss all the Pikmin up on the ledge behind the landing point. Have the captain you sent out call all the Pikmin and fight the obese Grub-dog. There is not difference in the fight except for the fact that see produces larva. Don't worry about the larva after engaging the empress in combat as she will squish them when she does her rolling attack. After the battle, collect the Repugnant Appendage and kill any remaining Bulborb Larva. The Repugnant Appendage will grant the captains a massive speed boost and the resistance to a [[Puffy Blowhog]]'s exhaling attack. Exit the geyser and continue your treasure hunt.
*You should probably leave one captain down with the purples and whites.


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Revision as of 20:54, March 16, 2010

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Frontier Cavern
The entrance to a cave.
Location Valley of Repose
Sublevels 8
Treasures 15
Hazards File:Flame.png File:Water.png File:Electricity.png File:Poison.png

The Frontier Cavern is the last cavern found in the Valley of Repose area. To get to it, you may have to clear the area of Bulborbs, Blowhogs, Cannon Beetles, and a Cloaking Burrow-nit. Before building the bridge to the upper section, where the entrance is, you should get rid of the Withering Blowhog in the area. The Empress Bulblax is slightly different than the one in Hole of Beasts in that it gives birth to Bulborb Larva every few seconds. In this cave, there are 1395 Pokos worth of treasures.

Before starting this cave, you should probably have a good number of purple and blue pikmin. Make sure you have all the other types too. On the first sublevel there should be some doodle bugs which, getting enough pikmin thrown on, should give out some sprays. Be sure to stock up on them.

Treasures

Enemies

Walkthrough

Sublevel 1

Treasures

Enemies

Candypops and eggs

An excerpt from the level's music

This sublevel has many Snow Bulborbs and a couple of Hairy Bulborbs. Before engaging the Hairy Bulborbs, take out any Snow Bulborbs near it then attack the hairy monstrosities. Explore the area and have your White Pikmin unearth any buried treasures. Some Violet Candypop Buds are littered around the area, use them if you lost any Purple Pikmin or if you have less than 100 total Purple Pikmin. When wandering about the area, you may encounter Doodlebugs. After they have emerged from their cover, they may skitter into a Figwort. If this happens you can wait until they move and release flatulence to locate them. This is a good time to stock up on Ultra-Bitter Sprays.

Sublevel 2

Treasures

Enemies

You are likely to fall where there is a large stump. Shelter all of your Pikmin behind it to protect them. Venture out into the sublevel without any Pikmin and use the Decorated Cannon Beetles to clear out any enemies. Then use one of the rocky projectiles to kill the other Decorated Cannon Beetle. Then have the colorful, rock-hurling creature kill itself by having the boulder home in on itself. Afterwards, take your comrades collect the Christmas-themed treasures.

Sublevel 3

Exit available on this floor

Treasures

Enemies

Hazards

  • 2x Flame geysers
  • 2x Electrical wires
  • 2x Poison pipes
  • falling bomb rocks

Candypops and eggs

When landing on this sublevel, be warned that two wandering Grub-dogs will be patrolling the area so it is advised you don't take your time. Gather all of you Pikmin and scout the level, deactivating any electric generators and Dwarf Bulbears. If you can, locate the Bulbmin and kill it before the Spotty Bulbear as it will make things easier. If there are any, gather the juvenile Bulbmin and locate the Spotty Bulbear. Use whatever killing strategy you want, just make sure you bring its corpse back if it did not disintegrate and the Danger Chime. Explore the area once all the hazards are cleared and collect and unearth any treasures.

Sublevel 4

Treasures

Enemies

Hazards

  • 2x Electrical wires

Candypops and eggs

Gather all your Yellow Pikmin and kill all the Anode Beetles, but watch out for the Swooping Snitchbugs and Bumbling Snitchbug. After all the Anode Beetles are massacred, take out the Swooping Snitchbugs and the Bumbling Snitchbug and proceed to collect the treasures. When you attempt to collect a treasure in an alcove, however, another Bumbling Snitchbug will drop from the ceiling. Kill it then continue collecting the treasure. There is a Violet Candypop Bud here to harvest more Purple Pikmin.

Sublevel 5

Exit available on this floor

Treasures

Enemies

Candypops and eggs

A rest sublevel, but unique as it is the only rest sublevel to possess a treasure. There are some Mamutas here, kill them all until one drops the Brute Knuckles. Kill the Caustic Dweevil before you collect the treasure as the four-legged nuisance will attempt to carry the Brute Knuckles on its back. The Brute Knuckles allows you to use the Rocket Punch when collected. There are some Lapis Lazuli Candypop Buds and a Violet Candypop Bud here if you are low on Blue Pikmin and Purple Pikmin. Killing the Unmarked Spectralids will cause them to drop nectar to power up your leaf Pikmin.

Sublevel 6

Treasures

Enemies

Hazards

  • Water
  • 5x Flame geysers

The reason why so many Lapis Lazuli Candypop Buds were on the previous sublevel is this sublevel. Before taking your Blue Pikmin to collect treasure, have the Decorated Cannon Beetles kill the enemies, flame geysers, and each other then collected the two chess pieces with your Blue Pikmin and Bulbmin.

Sublevel 7

Exit available on this floor

Treasures

Enemies

Hazards

  • 13x Boulders drop from the ceiling

Candypops and eggs

This sublevel has falling boulders from the ceiling, so when going place to place, be cautious. Have a single captain cause the boulders to fall, preferably on the Dwarf Orange Bulborbs and Orange Bulborbs to kill or severely damage them. After they all have fallen, take your Pikmin and kill any stragglers and collect the treasures. Then have your White Pikmin dig up the Flame Tiller and collect it. There is also an Iridescent Glint Beetle on this sublevel that can be used to harness Ultra-Spicy Sprays for the boss.

Sublevel 8 (Final Floor)

Treasures

Enemies

Time to have a rematch with the Empress Bulblax, only this time, she produces Bulborb Larva, always ravenous Grub-dogs. Have one captain clear out all or most of the larvae and have the other toss all the Pikmin up on the ledge behind the landing point. Have the captain you sent out call all the Pikmin and fight the obese Grub-dog. There is not difference in the fight except for the fact that see produces larva. Don't worry about the larva after engaging the empress in combat as she will squish them when she does her rolling attack. After the battle, collect the Repugnant Appendage and kill any remaining Bulborb Larva. The Repugnant Appendage will grant the captains a massive speed boost and the resistance to a Puffy Blowhog's exhaling attack. Exit the geyser and continue your treasure hunt.


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