Abduction Den

Abduction Den
Sublevels	1	Ultra-bitter sprays	1
Red Pikmin	30	Ultra-spicy sprays	2
Yellow Pikmin	30
Blue Pikmin	0
White Pikmin	0
Purple Pikmin	0
Bulbmin	0

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

Abduction Den is the twenty-fourth level in Pikmin 2's Challenge Mode. Most of the enemies are capable of grabbing Pikmin or leaders, hence the name. Take caution to ensure they're not abducted into hazards, and be especially mindful of the Bumbling Snitchbugs; if your leader is grabbed at an inconvenient time, your army will be easy prey for the Careening Dirigibugs or the Greater Spotted Jellyfloat.

Sublevel 1

• Theme: Snow
• Music: Emergence Cave 2
• Time: 180 (360 seconds)
• Starting Pikmin:
  •  Red Pikmin × 30 (flower)
  •  Yellow Pikmin × 30 (flower)
• Treasures:
  •  Combustion Berry × 1
  •  Mirth Sphere × 3 (inside Bumbling Snitchbugs)
  •  Omniscient Sphere × 6 (4 inside Careening Dirigibugs, 2 inside Fiery Dweevils)
  •  Paradoxical Enigma × 1 (partially buried)
  •  Rubber Ugly × 1
  •  The Key × 1 (inside Greater Spotted Jellyfloat)
  •  Unknown Merit × 1 (inside Swooping Snitchbug)
• Enemies:
  •  Bumbling Snitchbug × 3
  •  Careening Dirigibug × 4
  •  Fiery Dweevil × 2
  •  Greater Spotted Jellyfloat × 1
  •  Swooping Snitchbug × 1
• Obstacles:
  •  Fire geyser × 3
• Vegetation:
  •  Common Glowcap × 7
• Others:
  • None

The Key is inside the Greater Spotted Jellyfloat. Grabbing it should be your first priority, so lure it away from the other enemies with one of your leaders before using your other leader to weigh it down with Pikmin. If your only concern is a pink flower, just beeline for the exit after collecting it, but be careful if the Swooping Snitchbug grabs a Pikmin – if it successfully buries it before you leave, you'll need to backtrack to pluck the sprout, since leaving it behind will count as a death.

An alternative, more humorous method to dealing with the Greater Spotted Jellyfloat is to allow it to consume one of your leaders, then switch to the other and spray it with ultra-bitter spray. Switch back to the leader inside the petrified Jellyfloat and mash buttons to escape – if successful, they will shatter it from the inside for a one-hit kill.

If you care for a high score, you'll need to defeat the other enemies. All of them drop treasure, and you'll probably need to defeat all of them anyway to safely transit the treasures. Save your sprays for quickly dealing with the Careening Dirigibugs – the sublevel's main threat.

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Technical sublevel information
Internal cave name			ch_NARI_09suikomi
"Main" object maximum (?)			14
"Treasure" object maximum (?)			3
"Gate" object maximum (?)			0
Dead end unit probability (?)			0
Number of rooms (?)			3
Corridor-to-room ratio (?)			0
Escape geyser (?)			Yes
Clogged hole (?)			No
Cave units file (?)			3_MAT_hit34_sak2_uzu1_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
Room with large trunk	Room with 4 exits	Room with spiraling trunk

Detailed object list
The game spawns these "main" objects:
ID	Object	Amount	Fall method	Spawn location
1	Greater Spotted Jellyfloat	1	None	"Hard" enemy spots
-	The Key	Carried inside entry with ID 1
2	Careening Dirigibug	2	None	"Hard" enemy spots
-	Omniscient Sphere	Carried inside entry with ID 2
3	Bumbling Snitchbug	2	None	"Hard" enemy spots
-	Mirth Sphere	Carried inside entry with ID 3
4	Fiery Dweevil	1	None	"Easy" enemy spots
-	Omniscient Sphere	Carried inside entry with ID 4
5	Fiery Dweevil	1	None	"Easy" enemy spots
-	Omniscient Sphere	Carried inside entry with ID 5
6	Bumbling Snitchbug	1	None	"Easy" enemy spots
-	Mirth Sphere	Carried inside entry with ID 6
7	Careening Dirigibug	2	None	"Hard" enemy spots
-	Omniscient Sphere	Carried inside entry with ID 7
8	Swooping Snitchbug	1	None	"Hard" enemy spots
-	Unknown Merit	Carried inside entry with ID 8
9	Fire geyser	2	None	"Easy" enemy spots
10	Fire geyser	1	None	"Easy" enemy spots
Then it spawns these "decoration" objects:
ID	Object	Amount	Fall method	Spawn location
11	Common Glowcap	7	None	Plant spots
Then it spawns these "treasure" objects:
ID	Object	Amount	Fall method	Spawn location
12	Rubber Ugly	1	None	Treasure spots
13	Paradoxical Enigma	1	None	Treasure spots
14	Combustion Berry	1	None	Treasure spots

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

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	さらいの洞窟?	Kidnapper's Cave
French (NoA)	Antre du rapt	Abduction den
French (NoE)	Antre du Rapt	Abduction Den
German	Höhle der Entführung	Kidnapping Cave
Italian	Covo di sequestro	Abduction Lair
Spanish (NoA)	Antro de la Abducción	Abduction Den

See also

• Bumbling Snitchbug
• Cave of Pain