The Explorer's Cave is the first level in Challenge Mode. It is an easy area and introduces Challenge Mode to beginners. There are two sublevels and only Red Pikmin are available.
Sublevel 1[]
- Time: 100 seconds
- Music: Citadel of Spiders
- Enemies: None
- Plants:
- Treasures:
- Pokos: 1500
Sublevel 2[]
- Time: 100 seconds
- Music: Hole of Beasts
- Enemies:
- Plants:
- Horsetails x2
- Clovers x2
- Figworts x8
- Other:
- Egg x3
- Treasures:
- Pokos: 1942
| Pikmin 2 Challenge Mode levels |
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| Explorer's Cave | Novice Training | Lost Toy Box | Creator's Garden | Green Hole | Hot House | Brawny Abyss | Red Chasm | Trampled Garden | Twilight Garden | Cryptic Cavern | Concrete Maze | Collector's Room | Dweevil Nest | Cavernous Abyss | Snack Pit | Three Color Training | Hazard Training | Cave of Snarls | The Giant's Bath | Rumbling Grotto | Subterranean Lair | Hidden Garden | Abduction Den | Secret Testing Range | Breeding Ground | Cave of Pain | Bully Den | Sniper Room | Emperor's Realm |