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Pikmin 4: Sun-Speckled Terrace walkthrough

The first area: Oatchi joins, Ice Pikmin turn up, and the Yellow and Blue Onions are found.

  • About 111–264 min in the videos
  • 3 parts · 9 steps

Compiled from 2 playthrough videos and 20 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

The first caves

Part 1 of 3. Find Ice Pikmin and clear the early caves.

  1. Player 1Oatchi, the rescue pup, joins the moment you walk up to him on the first day.single source
  2. BothAt first only Last-Frost Cavern and Crackling Cauldron can be finished; the other caves need Oatchi to jump.single source
  3. BothIce Pikmin are found in Last-Frost Cavern: beat the Snowy Blowhog picking on them and they join the squad.
  4. BothCrackling Cauldron is full of fire: Red Pikmin clear the lava, and wild Yellow Pikmin wait inside.
  5. BothOatchi learns to jump the day after the first castaway is rescued; that opens the ledge caves such as Hectic Hollows.single source

Yellow and Blue Onions

Part 2 of 3. Add Yellow and Blue Pikmin to the squad.

  1. BothThe Yellow Onion is in the east of the area, behind a paper bag that the Pikmin have to flatten.
  2. BothThe Blue Onion lies across a lake below the Rugged Scaffold base: freeze the water, build the climbing wall, then bring the Onion over.

Dandori caves

Part 3 of 3. Win the first battle and challenge.

  1. BothTrial Run is a Dandori Battle against the Olimar leafling with a four-minute clock.
  2. BothDandori Day Care is the game's first Dandori Challenge: gather everything in the area before the timer runs out.

Where people tend to fall

  • Hectic Hollows ends with a Tusked Blowhog: hit it from behind while it is unaware, as a frontal charge sends everything flying.

Extras and notes

  • The Rescue Officer and the squad can ride Oatchi; once he can swim he ferries the Pikmin on his back across water.
Sources (22)

Steps compiled from 2 playthrough videos and 20 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.