Sniper Room
Sublevels	1	Ultra-bitter sprays	1
Red Pikmin	0	Ultra-spicy sprays	1
Yellow Pikmin	30
Blue Pikmin	0
White Pikmin	0
Purple Pikmin	20
Bulbmin	0

TheSniper Room is the twenty-ninth level inPikmin 2'sChallenge Mode. While it only consists of a single sublevel, the enemies within are quite powerful and use projectiles, hence the name. Clever use of the variousCannon Beetle's boulders, as well as theGatling Groink's mortars to defeat the other enemies — or themselves — will make the challenge much simpler.

This challenge level was the first instance in thePikmin series where one could play onPNF-404's surface at night, predatingnight expeditions inPikmin 4. However, this doesn't affect gameplay, beyond the very dim lighting.

Sublevel 1[edit]

• Theme: Garden
• Music:Concrete 2
• Time: 255 (510 seconds)
• Starting Pikmin:
  •  Yellow Pikmin × 30 (flower)
  •  Purple Pikmin × 20 (flower)
• Treasures:
  •  Colossal Fossil × 1 (partially buried)
  •  Crystal Clover × 1
  •  Crystallized Clairvoyance × 1 (inside Careening Dirigibug)
  •  Crystallized Telekinesis × 1 (inside Orange Bulborb)
  •  Crystallized Telepathy × 1 (inside Gatling Groink)
  •  Eternal Emerald Eye × 1
  •  Gyroid Bust × 1
  •  Love Sphere × 2 (inside Dwarf Orange Bulborbs)
  •  Lustrous Element × 1 (inside Snow Bulborb)
  •  Mirrored Element × 1 (inside Snow Bulborb)
  •  Mirth Sphere × 2 (inside Dwarf Orange Bulborbs)
  •  Omniscient Sphere × 2 (inside Dwarf Orange Bulborbs)
  •  Petrified Heart × 1 (inside Decorated Cannon Beetle)
  •  Tear Stone × 1 (inside Armored Cannon Beetle Larvae)^{[Sublevel 1 note 1]}
  •  The Key × 1
• Enemies:
  •  Armored Cannon Beetle Larva (buried) × 1^{[Sublevel 1 note 1]}
  •  Careening Dirigibug × 1
  •  Decorated Cannon Beetle × 1
  •  Dwarf Orange Bulborb × 6
  •  Gatling Groink (pedestal) × 1
  •  Mitite (group of 10) × indefinite amount (from eggs)
  •  Orange Bulborb × 1
  •  Snow Bulborb × 2
• Obstacles:
  • None
• Vegetation:
  •  Figwort (large brown) × 11
  •  Figwort (small brown) × 6
  •  Foxtail × 6
  •  Seeding Dandelion × 4
• Others:
  •  Egg × 1 or more

While the enemies here are quite powerful, remember that their projectiles can be used against each other, or to defeat other enemies. As such, it may be wise to simplydismiss all of the Pikmin at the Pod and advance with only a leader to thin the herd of enemies through friendly fire. Otherwise, given the healthy amount ofPurple Pikmin this challenge provides, you may wish to simply use their power to stun and quickly eliminate the sublevel's biggest threats, although keep in mind that theArmored Cannon Larva can't be stunned by their stomps.

The Key is inside the Gatling Groink, on top of a tower like in theDream Den — a safe way to attack it is to park a leader at the very base of the tower, so that the mortars it attempts to fire harmlessly hit the geometry on the way down, and approaching from the back with the other leader, pummeling it with your Pikmin. This is probably the best time to use theultra-bitter spray the challenge provides.

With two players, one player can distract the Groink, while the other sneaks up from behind and attacks from the shovel, trivializing the encounter entirely.

If one cares for a high score, you'll need to defeat every single enemy, as they all drop treasure. You have over eight minutes to complete the challenge, which should be plenty even for a completionist.

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Technical sublevel information
Internal cave name			ch_MUKI_bombing
"Main" object maximum(?)			23
"Treasure" object maximum(?)			5
"Gate" object maximum(?)			0
Dead endunit probability(?)			80
Number of rooms(?)			3
Corridor-to-room ratio(?)			0
Escapegeyser(?)			Yes
Clogged hole(?)			No
Cave units file(?)			2_units_5x5a_big_tekiF_kusachi.txt
Lighting file(?)			sniper_light_lv0.ini
Background(?)			hiroba ( garden)
Cave units(?)
Dead end with item	Three-way crossing	Four-way crossing	Turning corridor	Corridor	Long corridor
Room with 2 circling paths	Room with upside-down bucket

Detailed object list
The game spawns these "main" objects:
ID	Object	Amount	Fall method	Spawn location
1	Gatling Groink (pedestal)	1	None	"Special" enemy spots
-	Crystallized Telepathy	Carried inside entry with ID 1
2	Armored Cannon Beetle Larva (buried)	1	None	"Hard" enemy spots
-	Tear Stone	Carried inside entry with ID 2
3	Decorated Cannon Beetle	1	None	"Easy" enemy spots
-	Petrified Heart	Carried inside entry with ID 3
4	Careening Dirigibug	1	Falls from the sky	Cave unit seams
-	Crystallized Clairvoyance	Carried inside entry with ID 4
5	Orange Bulborb	1	None	Cave unit seams
-	Crystallized Telekinesis	Carried inside entry with ID 5
6	Dwarf Orange Bulborb	2	None	"Easy" enemy spots
-	Love Sphere	Carried inside entry with ID 6
7	Dwarf Orange Bulborb	2	None	"Easy" enemy spots
-	Omniscient Sphere	Carried inside entry with ID 7
8	Dwarf Orange Bulborb	2	None	"Easy" enemy spots
-	Mirth Sphere	Carried inside entry with ID 8
9	Snow Bulborb	1	None	"Easy" enemy spots
-	Lustrous Element	Carried inside entry with ID 9
10	Snow Bulborb	1	None	"Easy" enemy spots
-	Mirrored Element	Carried inside entry with ID 10
11	Figwort (small brown)	3	None	"Easy" enemy spots
12	Figwort (small brown)	3	None	"Easy" enemy spots
13	Figwort (large brown)	1	None	"Easy" enemy spots
14	Figwort (large brown)	1	None	"Easy" enemy spots
15	Figwort (large brown)	1	None	"Easy" enemy spots
19	Armored Cannon Beetle Larva (buried)	1[Sublevel 1 note 1]	None	"Special" enemy spots
-	Tear Stone	Carried inside entry with ID 19
Then it spawns these "decoration" objects:
ID	Object	Amount	Fall method	Spawn location
16	Foxtail	6	None	Plant spots
17	Figwort (large brown)	8	None	Plant spots
18	Seeding Dandelion	4	None	Plant spots
Then it spawns these "treasure" objects:
ID	Object	Amount	Fall method	Spawn location
20	The Key	1	None	Treasure spots
21	Eternal Emerald Eye	1	None	Treasure spots
22	Crystal Clover	1	None	Treasure spots
23	Gyroid Bust	1	None	Treasure spots
24	Colossal Fossil	1	None	Treasure spots
Then it spawns these "dead end" objects:
ID	Object	Amount	Fall method	Spawn location
25	Egg	1	None	Dead ends
Then it spawns "dead end" objects in as many dead ends as it can. Chances:
ID	Object	Chance	Fall method	Spawn location
25	Egg	100%	None	Dead ends

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

Trivia[edit]

• This is the only Challenge Mode level to includeFoxtails orSeeding Dandelions.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	スナイパールーム?	Sniper Room
French (NoA)	Salle du tireur	Sniper's room
French (NoE)	Salle du Tireur	Sniper's Room
German	Heckenschützengefahr	Beware Snipers
Italian	Stanza del cecchino	Sniper's Room
Korean	스나이퍼 룸 Seunaipeo Lum	Sniper Room
Spanish (NoA)	Salón del Francotirador	Sniper's Room

• Pikmin 2
• Pikmin 2 Challenge Mode levels