Pikmin 3 Mission Mode - Collect Treasure #13 (DLC): Beastly Caverns (Platinum/No Deaths)

In Collect Treasure, the goal is to gather every single thing in the map. Every fruit, gold nugget and dead monster must be retrieved before time is up to score a Platinum medal. The more time is left, the higher your final score will be.

Collect Treasure - Stage #13: Beastly Caverns
Pikmin available: Red / Blue / White / Purple

THIS MAP. The third map in the second DLC wave and our first map with Olimar and Louie! Red and blue pikmin team up to tackle a series of caverns brimming with monsters, with some support from white and purple pikmin.

This is one of the most interesting maps in terms of layout. Aside from the main area, there are tunnels that circle around it, all connected in various ways. The camera is tricky here, as the caves will appear as 2D planes, while remaining 3D.

This map is mostly about monsters, it could very well be a Battle Enemies map. Since you'll be bringing tons of dead monsters, you will easily reach 100 pikmin on the field.

As for specific tips, you get three bomb rocks near your base, which you should use to break the stone wall that leads into the caves, rather than the one next to the red bulborb. Inside the caves, some purples and whites carry bombs on their own, which you should use to quickly take care of the bigger enemies (the bulbear, cannon beetle and whiptongue bulborb). Use white pikmin to carry back the gold nuggets faster and that's about it. To get Louie's help, free him from the bulbear and carry him back.

This map shouldn't be too difficult for someone playing regularly, but for a no death run it was quite challenging.