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Pikmin 4: Giant's Hearth walkthrough

After the first ending: a fireplace room with the Rock Onion behind a wall and three big cave fights.

  • About 153 min in the videos
  • 4 parts · 6 steps
  • 2 bosses

Compiled from 1 playthrough video and 17 guides · checked Oct 19, 2026

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Video: YTSunny on YouTube. Loads from youtube-nocookie.com only when you press play.

What each player can do here

P1 · Player 1
  • Leads the Rescue Officer, Oatchi and the Pikmin squad: every Pikmin throw, whistle and order is Player 1's.
P2 · Player 2
  • Aims the Pebble Pitcher, an on-screen pointer: pebbles to hit creatures and speed up carriers, plus items earned from the co-op gauge.

If your skill levels differ: Nintendo pitches the Pebble Pitcher seat for someone not ready to lead the squad: the newer player supports with the pointer while the more experienced one runs Player 1. Since update 1.1.0 a Relaxed setting also stops creatures from attacking unless you hit them first. How to split the roles

Arrival

Part 1 of 4. Follow Louie and Moss.

  1. BothYou land to see Louie and Moss carrying a castaway off.
  2. BothThe Rock Onion is kept behind a reinforced wall in this area.

Where people tend to fall

  • IGN counts three Bomb Rocks to break that wall.

Dream Home and Hot Sandy Duel

Part 2 of 4. Beat the Mammoth Snootwhacker and Louie.

  1. BothDream Home's Mammoth Snootwhacker drops a castaway once beaten.
  2. BothHot Sandy Duel is a Dandori Battle against Louie.

Ultimate Testing Range

Part 3 of 4. Beat the Man-at-Legs.

  1. BothThe final sublevel has a Man-at-Legs in an open arena with three walls to hide behind.

Cradle of the Beast

Part 4 of 4. Beat the Empress Bulblax.

  1. BothThe boss is an Empress Bulblax that keeps giving birth to larvae; Purple Pikmin clear them fast.

Boss

Mammoth SnootwhackerThe Dream Home boss

  1. Knockdown: It takes no damage standing: rush it with Oatchi to stun it, then rush again at once to tip it over.
  2. Belly: On its back the soft belly is open; attack, then repeat the double rush when it rights itself.
  • Do not throw Bomb Rocks at it; it throws them back.

Man-at-LegsThe Testing Range boss

  1. Gun: It drops a gun from its body and fires for a while; get behind a wall until it stops.
  2. Opening: When the shooting ends, rush in and throw Pikmin onto it.
Sources (18)

Steps compiled from 1 playthrough video and 17 text guides, checked Oct 19, 2026, and written in our own words. We did not play the game for this guide. A step marked “single source” rests on one guide so far.