Pikmin 4 walkthrough
All 8 worlds for two players, part by part: what Player 1 and Player 2 each do, where people tend to fall, the bosses. 69 steps in total.
Compiled from 2 playthrough videos and 88 guide pages · checked Oct 19, 2026. We did not play the game for this guide.
- Getting started
Getting started: two players
How the second seat works in Pikmin 4: one player leads, the other supports with a pointer.
- 3 parts
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- World 1 of 7
Sun-Speckled Terrace
The first area: Oatchi joins, Ice Pikmin turn up, and the Yellow and Blue Onions are found.
- About 111–264 min
- 3 parts
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- World 2 of 7
Blossoming Arcadia
Opened at 1,500 Sparklium; Rock Pikmin, three cave bosses and the rescue that starts Night Expeditions.
- About 168 min
- 5 parts
- 2 bosses
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- World 3 of 7
Serene Shores
A beach whose tide drops at midday, home to the Waterwraith and three more cave bosses.
- About 209 min
- 5 parts
- 4 bosses
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- World 4 of 7
Hero's Hideaway
A house interior opened by curing Bernard; Moss tags along, and the Leafy Showdown leads to the first ending.
- About 159 min
- 4 parts
- 1 boss
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- World 5 of 7
Giant's Hearth
After the first ending: a fireplace room with the Rock Onion behind a wall and three big cave fights.
- About 153 min
- 4 parts
- 2 bosses
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- World 6 of 7
Primordial Thicket
The last area: win the Final Battle for Nelle, then go down the twenty sublevels of the Cavern for a King.
- About 214 min
- 4 parts
- 4 bosses
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- World 7 of 7
Olimar's Shipwreck Tale
A short side story: Olimar has fifteen days to find the thirty parts of his ship.
- About 93 min
- 1 part
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Sources (90)
Playthrough videos (each part on a world page can jump the page's video to the moment it starts) and text guides.
- YTSunny: PIKMIN 4 - Full Game 100% Walkthrough (Longplay) | No Commentary (17:34:20)
- Ninbanyan: PIKMIN 4 - 100% Longplay Full Game Walkthrough Gameplay Guide (Less Loading Times) (30:05:27)
- Pikipedia: Co-op Mode
- Pikipedia: Pikmin 4
- Nintendo: Pikmin 4 (store page)
- Nintendo What's New: games for less experienced players
- Nintendo Support: Pikmin 4 multiplayer
- Game8: Pikmin 4 co-op guide
- Pikipedia: Dandori Battle
- IGN: Exploration Day 1 - Rescue the Rescue Corps
- Pikipedia: Oatchi
- IGN: Oatchi Guide - Skills, Upgrades, and Tips
- Pikipedia: Sun-Speckled Terrace
- Pikipedia: Last-Frost Cavern
- IGN: Exploration Day 2 - Last-Frost Cavern and Crackling Cauldron
- Pikipedia: Crackling Cauldron
- IGN: How to Get Yellow Pikmin
- IGN: Exploration Day 3 - Trial Run, Hectic Hollows, Industrial Maze
- Pikipedia: Trial Run
- IGN: Exploration Day 4 - Aquiferous Summit and Dandori Day Care
- Pikipedia: Hectic Hollows
- Pikipedia: Tusked Blowhog
- Pikipedia: Dandori Day Care
- IGN: Exploration Day 5 - Blossoming Arcadia caves
- Pikipedia: Drafty Gallery
- Pikipedia: Sightless Passage
- IGN: Exploration Day 6 - Rockaway Cellars and Kingdom of Beasts
- Pikipedia: Blossoming Arcadia
- Pikipedia: Kingdom of Beasts
- Pikipedia: Empress Bulblax
- IGN: Exploration Day 7 - Secluded Courtyard
- Pikipedia: Secluded Courtyard
- Pikipedia: Foolix
- IGN: Night Expeditions Survival Guide
- Pikipedia: Night expeditions
- IGN: Beginner's Guide - Basics and Features
- Pikipedia: Glow Pikmin
- IGN: How to Get Blue Pikmin
- Pikipedia: Serene Shores
- Pikipedia: Engulfed Castle
- Pikipedia: Waterwraith
- IGN: How to Kill the Waterwraith in Engulfed Castle
- IGN: Exploration Day 8 - Dandori Castle and Below-Grade Discotheque
- Pikipedia: Groovy Long Legs
- Pikipedia: Below-Grade Discotheque
- IGN: Exploration Day 9 - Seafloor Resort
- Pikipedia: Seafloor Resort
- Pikipedia: Masterhop
- IGN: Exploration Day 11 - Ice-Cross Course and Subzero Sauna
- Pikipedia: Subzero Sauna
- Pikipedia: Arctic Cannon Beetle
- Pikipedia: Hero's Hideaway
- Pikipedia: Leafy Showdown
- IGN: Exploration Day 15 - Doppelganger's Den
- IGN: Exploration Day 16 - Plunder Palace
- Pikipedia: Plunder Palace
- IGN: Exploration Day 17 - Hefty Haulway, Frozen Inferno, Leafy Showdown
- Pikipedia: Frozen Inferno
- Pikipedia: Snowfake Fluttertail
- Pikipedia: Onion (Ice Onion)
- Pikipedia: Giant's Hearth
- IGN: Exploration Day 19 - Dream Home and Hot Sandy Duel
- Pikipedia: Mammoth Snootwhacker
- Pikipedia: Hot Sandy Duel
- IGN: Exploration Day 20 - Aerial Incinerator and Ultimate Testing Range
- Pikipedia: Dream Home
- Pikipedia: Man-at-Legs
- IGN: How to Get Rock Pikmin
- IGN: Exploration Day 21 - Strategic Freezeway, Cradle of the Beast, Planning Pools
- Pikipedia: Cradle of the Beast
- Pikipedia: Ultimate Testing Range
- Pikipedia: Primordial Thicket
- IGN: How to Get Winged Pikmin
- IGN: Exploration Day 22 - The Mud Pit and Toggle Training
- Pikipedia: The Mud Pit
- Pikipedia: Bug-Eyed Crawmad
- IGN: Exploration Day 23 - Final Battle, Cliff-Hanger's Hold, Oasis of Order, Subterranean Swarm
- Pikipedia: Final Battle
- Pikipedia: Cavern for a King
- Pikipedia: Subterranean Swarm
- Pikipedia: Horned Cannon Beetle
- Pikipedia: Sovereign Bulblax
- IGN: Exploration Day 24 - Cavern for a King
- Pikipedia: Ancient Sirehound
- Pikipedia: Olimar's Shipwreck Tale
- IGN: Captain Olimar's Shipwreck Tale - All 30 Ship Part Locations
- IGN: How to Get Moss in Captain Olimar's Shipwreck Tale
- Pikipedia: Moss
- Nintendo AU: Pikmin 4 update features
- Vooks: Pikmin 4 update 1.1.0