Valley of Repose

An overview map of the area.

The Valley of Repose is an area in Pikmin 2. It is a snowy area that harbors little amounts of flora aboveground. This is the first area of the game and represents the Winter season. Olimar will discover a group of Red Pikmin in this level and start collecting treasures. It is a fairly good place to grow Pikmin, but not as good as the Awakening Wood.

When the rocket first lands here, it hits a tree branch on the way down, but lands safely. A closer look, however, reveals that Louie fell out of the cockpit. This part of the game acts as a tutorial, but after the first two days, it acts like all other levels. In this area, there are x990 worth of treasures.

General layout

A map of Valley of Repose.

The western region of the Valley of Repose is used as a tutorial for the first day. The lake past the Emergence Cave is impossible to cross without the help of Blue Pikmin to break down the gateand drain the lake. Past the lake and a small creek inhabited by Water Dumples is a wide open stretch of pavement where the bulk of the area's enemies are. The paths towards the east lead to the other caves here. The surface shows signs of a road, with a manhole, white bars similar to a crosswalk, and a curb. A couple of large snowmen introduce a further human element.

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The level shadow found in the games code.

Below is the entire level shadow outline. Leaf-less trees and a power line are clearly visible.

Valley of Repose Music

Treasures

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• Courage Reactor
• Utter Scrap
• Spiny Alien Treat
• Pink Menace
• Fossilized Ursidae
• Temporal Mechanism
• Unspeakable Wonder

Caves

• Emergence Cave
• Subterranean Complex
• Frontier Cavern

Enemies

• Dwarf Red Bulborb x2 (One disappears after the first day)
• Red Bulborb
• Mitite
• Water Dumple x5
• Fiery Blowhog x2
• Cloaking Burrow-nit
• Decorated Cannon Beetle x2
• Fiery Bulblax
• Watery Blowhog
• Armored Cannon Beetle Larva
• Withering Blowhog
• Honeywisp x2
• Burrowing Snagret

Gallery

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  The Valley of Repose in the beta of Pikmin 2. Note the different design on the manhole cover.

Trivia

• Part of the map reveals through the snow, a cross-walk area, seen in cities.
• There are snowmen all over, despite no civilized life on the planet.
• It is speculated that the Valley of Repose does indeed resemble the Forest Navel. However, many areas have been snowed over.
• The Valley of Repose is the only area in Pikmin 2 to not have an electric gate.