Pikmin 2 Challenge Mode settings

All of the challenge mode stage settings are defined in a file called stages.txt. This file is located in user > Matoba > challenge. The following is the first entry to the file.

30 	# num stages
# stage
{
	4 	# version
	ch_ABEM_tutorial.txt # Name of cave file. The following is for the Explorer's Cave
	# PikiCounter
	0 	# Blue Leaf Pikmin Count
	0 	# Blue Bud Pikmin Count
	0 	# Blue Flower Pikmin Count
	50 	# Red Leaf Pikmin Count
	0 	# Red Bud Pikmin Count
	0 	# Red Flower Pikmin Count
	0 	# Yellow Leaf Pikmin Count
	0 	# Yellow Bud Pikmin Count
	0 	# Yellow Flower Pikmin Count
	0 	# Purple Leaf Pikmin Count
	0 	# Purple Bud Pikmin Count
	0 	# Purple Flower Pikmin Count
	0 	# White Leaf Pikmin Count
	0 	# White Bud Pikmin Count
	0 	# White Flower Pikmin Count
	0 	# Bulbmin Leaf Pikmin Count
	0 	# Bulbmin Bud Pikmin Count
	0 	# Bulbmin Flower Pikmin Count
	0 	# Pikpik Carrot Leaf Pikmin Count
	0 	# Pikpik Carrot Bud Pikmin Count
	0 	# Pikpik Carrot Flower Pikmin Count
	0.000000 	# Time given on start
	2 	# Bitter Sprays
	2 	# Spicy Sprays
	2 	# Number of floors the cave has
	0 	# otakara num(?)
	0 	# 2d index(?)
	100.000000 	# Time added when player reaches floor 1
	100.000000 	# Time added when player reaches floor 2, so on
}

To modify the cave itself, go to user > Mukki > mapunits > caveinfo

File Names

Name	Internal name
Explorer's Cave	ch_ABEM_tutorial
Novice Training	ch_NARI_07whitepurple
Lost Toy Box	ch_NARI_03toy
Creator's Garden	ch_NARI_01kusachi
Green Hole	ch_ABEM_LeafChappy
Hot House	ch_NARI_05start3easy
Brawny Abyss	ch_MUKI_metal
Red Chasm	ch_MAT_limited_time
Trampled Garden	ch_MAT_t_hunter_hana
Twilight Garden	ch_MUKI_damagumo
Cryptic Cavern	ch_MAT_t_hunter_enemy
Concrete Maze	ch_MAT_conc_cave
Collector's Room	ch_NARI_04series
Dweevil Nest	ch_MAT_t_hunter_otakara
Cavernous Abyss	ch_MUKI_bigfoot
Snack Pit	ch_MIYA_oopan
Three Color Training	ch_MAT_yellow_purple_white
Hazard Training	ch_MUKI_redblue
Cave of Snarls	ch_NARI_08tobasare
The Giant's Bath	ch_NARI_02tile
Rumbling Grotto	ch_MAT_crawler
Subterranean Lair	ch_MAT_route_rover
Hidden Garden	ch_MUKI_enemyzero
Abduction Den	ch_NARI_09suikomi
Secret Testing Range	ch_MUKI_houdai
Breeding Ground	ch_NARI_06start3hard
Cave of Pain	ch_MAT_flier
Bully Den	ch_MIYA_trap
Sniper Room	ch_MUKI_bombing
Emperor's Realm	ch_MUKI_king