Hole of Beasts: Difference between revisions

This sublevel has no enemies, but may be the first place where you are introduced to the game's most common [[Hazard]]: fire. As long as you have at least 15 [[Red Pikmin]], which should've been brought, this dungeon should pose no problems. If any [[Purple Pikmin|purple]] or other non-red Pikmin catch on fire, just whistle them to save them. Take only Red Pikmin through into the next room and swarm them to pick up the Strife Monolith, which is in the fireplace-like dark space, and the Cosmic Archive, located near the entrance to the next sublevel.

The last sublevel of the Hole of Beasts holds a very strange and large creature, an Empress Bulblax; as the name suggests, it is a female matriarch, making it seem simple why it is a boss. This one, though, out of the several you are yet to see, ''does not'' produce the small, aggravating vermin known as [[Bulborb Larva|Bulborb Larvae]]. If you know what these are beforehand, you should be relieved that you will not find them ''in this sublevel''.  Just follow the instructions on how to defeat it, and the treasure is yours. Throw Pikmin onto its head to pummel the beast, and then call your Pikmin to prevent them from being shaken off when necessary. It will roll around in attempt to squash your Pikmin, but luckily it can only roll horizontally.  However,''' DO NOT''' attempt to pursue it with your army, as you and your Pikmin can not attack it if it is in movement. Also, attempting to throw Pikmin at it will result in them flying off her and landing right in the path of the Empress, enabling her to crush them, which results in the death of the Pikmin.  Also, any Pikmin thrown off will continue to attempt to attack the Empress and will more than likely be squashed.  However, should you be standing in her track you will still have time to swarm your Pikmin against a small, but noticeable indent in the wall to prevent you and the Pikmin from being smashed. When you defeat it, it will drop one of the most renowned treasures in the game, the [[Prototype Detector]], a device allowing you to unlock the [[Treasure Gauge]], a very important machine that will track down '''''any''''' treasure in this world, making this very useful indeed. Once you complete this last sublevel, you may exit via the geyser.