Emergence Cave

Emergence Cave
Location	Valley of Repose
Sublevels	2
Treasures	3
Hazards	None

The following article or section contains guides. The strategies shown are just suggestions.

Emergence Cave (始まりの洞窟^?, lit.: "Cave of Beginning") is a cave in the Valley of Repose in Pikmin 2, and is the first cave in the game, serving as a tutorial for how caves work. It features a simple layout in each sublevel and no particularly dangerous enemies or bosses, making it the easiest cave in the game. Purple Pikmin are first encountered here, which are needed to collect the Spherical Atlas to progress to the next area. In this cave, there are  × 480 worth of treasures.

How to reach

File:VoR texture.png

Location of the cave.

The Emergence Cave can be reached by progressing past both bags and the white bramble gate near the landing site. It is hard to miss once the white gate is destroyed, and it is impossible to go beyond the cave without discovering Blue Pikmin first. You should bring all the Pikmin you have at this point (which is usually 70 Red Pikmin at most).

Notes

Ship's dialogs

“Interesting... Warm air is welling up from the hole in the ground before you.

What could lie underground? ...What is wrong? You both show expressions of unease.

Do not fear! The leader's group of Pikmin will join you. I shall dispatch my research pod, too.

Approach the hole and press A to jump in!”

Sublevel 1

A map of sublevel 1. Its layout never changes.

• Theme: Snow
• Music: Emergence Cave 1
• Treasures:
  •  Citrus Lump
  •  Quenching Emblem
• Enemies:
  •  Snow Bulborb × 4
• Obstacles:
  • None
• Vegetation:
  • None
• Others:
  • None

The first sublevel of this cave has two treasures, which are guarded by four Snow Bulborbs; these are easily killed by swarming or throwing Pikmin on their backs. Once defeated, the Citrus Lump and Quenching Emblem can be carried to the Research Pod. Bringing defeated enemies back will trigger a cutscene the first time a corpse is picked up by the Pod, though this can happen in whatever sublevel this first occurs in.

Generate sample map →

Technical sublevel information
Internal cave name			tutorial_1
"Main" object maximum (?)			4
"Treasure" object maximum (?)			2
"Gate" object maximum (?)			0
Dead end unit probability (?)			0
Number of rooms (?)			2
Corridor-to-room ratio (?)			0
Escape geyser (?)			No
Clogged hole (?)			No
Cave units file (?)			1_units_north_tutorial_snow.txt
Lighting file (?)			tutorial_1_light.ini
Background (?)			None
Cave units (?)
Dead end	Three-way crossing	Four-way crossing	Turning corridor	Corridor	Long corridor
Circular room

Detailed object list
The game spawns these "main" objects:
ID	Object	Amount	Fall method	Spawn location
1	Snow Bulborb	4	None	"Easy" enemy spots
Then it spawns these "treasure" objects:
ID	Object	Amount	Fall method	Spawn location
2	Quenching Emblem	1	None	Treasure spots
3	Citrus Lump	1	None	Treasure spots

For details on how objects are spawned, and how some may fail to spawn, see here.

Sublevel 2

A map of sublevel 2. Again, the layout is always the same.

• Theme: Snow
• Music: Emergence Cave 2
• Treasures:
  •  Spherical Atlas
• Enemies:
  •  Snow Bulborb × 7
• Obstacles:
  • None
• Vegetation:
  •  Clover × 2
  •  Figwort (large brown) × 4
  •  Figwort (small brown) × 6
  •  Violet Candypop Bud × 2 (if max Pikmin requirement is met)
• Others:
  • None

Upon entering the sublevel, defeat the Snow Bulborbs and progress down the corridor, as the treasure nearby can't be collected yet. At the end, in a spherical room, there are two Violet Candypop Buds. Throwing five Red Pikmin into each flower will produce 10 Pikmin seeds; when plucked, these will be the very first Purple Pikmin in the game. The Spherical Atlas at the start of the sublevel can now be brought back to the Ship's Pod, which will unlock the Sphere Chart, an item allowing the player to travel to the Awakening Wood.

Leaving the cave after collecting the treasure will end the day. It is possible to obtain more than 10 Purple Pikmin on this day by leaving the cave without collecting the treasure, and then returning to it. Because the Candypop Buds disappear only after the player has obtained 20 Purples, three trips of 10, 9 and 10 make the maximum 29 from this cave. This allows the player to get White Pikmin earlier on in the Awakening Wood, without having to obtain the Purple Pikmin from Hole of Beasts, as a total Pikmin weight of 200 is needed to squash the bag.

Generate sample map →

Technical sublevel information
Internal cave name			tutorial_1
"Main" object maximum (?)			9
"Treasure" object maximum (?)			1
"Gate" object maximum (?)			0
Dead end unit probability (?)			0
Number of rooms (?)			1
Corridor-to-room ratio (?)			0
Escape geyser (?)			Yes
Clogged hole (?)			No
Cave units file (?)			1_units_purple_snow.txt
Lighting file (?)			tutorial_1_light.ini
Background (?)			None
Cave units (?)
Purple Pikmin room

Detailed object list
The game spawns these "main" objects:
ID	Object	Amount	Fall method	Spawn location
1	Violet Candypop Bud	2	None	"Hard" enemy spots
2	Snow Bulborb	7	None	"Easy" enemy spots
Then it spawns these "decoration" objects:
ID	Object	Amount	Fall method	Spawn location
3	Figwort (small brown)	6	None	Plant spots
4	Figwort (large brown)	4	None	Plant spots
5	Clover	2	None	Plant spots
Then it spawns these "treasure" objects:
ID	Object	Amount	Fall method	Spawn location
6	Spherical Atlas	1	None	Treasure spots

For details on how objects are spawned, and how some may fail to spawn, see here.

Emergence Cave challenge

Main article: Challenge run#Emergence Cave challenge.

Given that enemies respawn every time a cave is entered, and that their corpses are worth a few Pokos, a player can finish the debt using nothing but the Emergence Cave. This challenge usually requires that the player gets no money from sources outside of the Emergence Cave's corpses. This takes several in-game days and many visits to the cave, as the player can only get  × 22 from the 11 Snowy Bulborbs each time they enter the cave.

Gallery

• 

  The cave entrance.

• 

  The landing site of sublevel 1.

• 

  The main area of sublevel 1.

• 

  Spots where the Citrus Lump and Quenching Emblem used to be located.

• 

  Overview of the Violet Candypop Bud area without said Candypop Buds.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	始まりの洞窟? Hajimari no Dōkutsu	Cave of Beginning
Chinese (traditional)	起始洞窟
French	Grotte Emergente	Emerging Cave
German	Höhle des Ursprungs	Cave of Origin
Italian	Grotta Rivelazione	Revelation Cave
Korean	시작의 동굴 Sijag-ui Dong-gul	Cave of Beginning
Spanish	Cueva de Emergencia	Emergence Cave

See also

• Valley of Repose
• Purple Pikmin
• Burrow of Beginnings