How to Get Ice Pikmin

Ice Pikmin, in Pikmin 4, are unlocked in the Last-Frost Cavern cave. Read on to learn how to unlock Ice Pikmin, how to get more of it, its abilities, as well as its Piklopedia Entry in this guide!

How to Get Ice Pikmin

Unlock Ice Pikmin in Last-Frost Cavern

Ice Pikmin are first encountered and unlocked down the Last-Frost Cavern cave in the Sun-Speckled Terrace. Here, you'll find a group of them fighting an Icy Blowhog.

Last-Frost Cavern Guide

How to Get More Ice Pikmin

Get the Ice Onion in Hero's Hideaway

In-Game Location

Map Location

The Ice Onion can be obtained at the fourth area of the game, Hero's Hideaway. To get the Ice Onion, you will need the Scorch Guard for yourself and Oatchi before entering the Frozen Inferno Cave. You'll also need Ice Pikmin to freeze Hydro Jelly.

Once you have the Ice Onion, you can start collecting pellets and fallen enemies to further increase the number of Ice Pikmin that you have.

How to Get Ice Onion

Gather Wild Pikmin from Caves

Area	Cave
Blossoming Arcadia	Drafty Gallery
Hero's Hideaway	Doppelganger's Den
Hero's Hideaway	Frozen Inferno
Primordial Thicket	Cavern for a King
Serene Shores	Subzero Sauna
Sun-Speckled Terrace	Last-Frost Cavern
Sun-Speckled Terrace	Hectic Hollows
Sun-Speckled Terrace	Aquiferous Summit

You won't find the Ice Onion until later in the game, so if you need Ice Pikmin, you can 100% a cave where Ice Pikmin are found, then repeatedly run through it and recruit them each time.

The Last-Frost Cavern and Aquiferous Summit are easy caves to get more of them early on.

How to Get More Pikmin Fast

Ice Pikmin Features and Abilities

Ice Pikmin have frozen bodies, giving them special icy abilities unlike anything before. An Ice Pikmin is:

• able to freeze enemies
• able to freeze water and mud to make them crossable
• immune to ice obstacles

Can Freeze Enemies

Ice Pikmin have weaker attacks compared to most Pikmin, but they make up for it with the ability to temporarily freeze enemies they attack. Once the freeze gauge fills up around the target's health wheel, it will not be able to move and will shatter upon defeat.

Any enemies that are frozen mid-air will instantly fall and shatter. Enemies defeated while frozen will instead release nectar since they don't leave bodies behind. You can quickly freeze enemies by having all the Ice Pikmin attack at once with Oatchi's rush attack.

Can Freeze Water and Mud

Throwing enough Ice Pikmin into a body of water or mud will make it freeze and become walkable for everyone else. Using your whistle to call the Ice Pikmin back will thaw the waters after around 8 seconds.

How to Freeze Water

Floats on Water and Mud

Ice Pikmin are the only type of Pikmin that can survive both mud and water. However, they can only float and can't dive to attack or transport objects across the water. It's also important to note that they are affected by sprays of water like sprinklers or water spouts, so you'll still need Blue Pikmin for these.

How to Get Blue Pikmin

Immune to Ice Obstacles and Enemies

Since they're already made of ice, they aren't affected by enemies like the Icy Blowhog. They can also break ice walls and freeze hydro jelly to make it destructible.

Ice Pikmin Piklopedia Entry

Overview

Ice Pikmin Overview
Family	Weight	Sparklium Value	Pikmin Yield
Pikmin	1	-	-
Sci. Name	Pikminidae habiglacius
Area Unlocked	・Sun-Speckled Terrace ・Blossoming Arcadia ・Serene Shores ・Hero's Hideaway ・Primordial Thicket
Abilities	・Can freeze enemies ・Can freeze bodies of water

Logs

Dalmo	With the frigid air welling up endlessly from inside their icy bodies, they can freeze anything at all! If you throw enough of them in a pond, they'll freeze the surface so solidly that you can walk right across it! They're just like little ice wizards!
Olimar	Pikmin supposedly evolved from plants, yet there are also Pikmin species with bodies made of ice, known as ice Pikmin. How is this possible? The answer to this question lies in the fact that Ice Pikmin are parasitic by nature, and the ice serves as their host. The composition of this type of ice is, predictably, mostly water, but it resembles saline solution with faint concentrations of trace sodium ions, potassium ions, and calcium ions that function as neural transmitters. Interesingly, the ice exhibits no visual signs of melting or dripping when exposed to sunlight. This is due to its low-temperature core, which continuously creates more ice in order to maintain a consistent size.
Louie	A kitchen essential used for freezing ingredients and storing leftovers.

Pikmin 4 Related Guides

All Pikmin Types

Pikmin Types

Pikmin Types in Pikmin 4
Red Pikmin	Blue Pikmin	Yellow Pikmin
Purple Pikmin	White Pikmin	Rock Pikmin
Winged Pikmin	Ice Pikmin	Glow Pikmin