Blue Pikmin, in Pikmin 4, are unlocked in the Sun-Speckled Terrace. Read on to learn how to unlock Blue Pikmin, how to get more of it, its abilities, as well as its Piklopedia Entry in this guide!

How to Unlock Blue Pikmin

Get the Blue Onion in Sun-Speckled Terrace

What You'll Need to Get Blue Pikmin

You'll need a few things before you can unlock Blue Pikmin in Pikmin 4:

• 2 Flarlic for 40 Pikmin Capacity
• Oatchi's Buff Skill at Level 3
• 15 Raw Materials
• 30 Ice Pikmin
• 10 other Pikmin types.

How to Get to the Blue Pikmin Onion

Move your base to the Rugged Scaffold (Base 2), and set out with your 40 Pikmin. Use 30 Ice Pikmin to freeze and cross the water, then use the leftover Pikmin to build a wall. You should now be able to climb up to the ledge with the Blue Onion!

How to Carry the Blue Pikmin Onion to Base

Carrying the Blue Onion back to base is the tricky part. Follow these exact steps to get the Blue Onion and unlock Blue Pikmin:

1. Recall all Pikmin and climb the wall before the ice melts. You can leave Oatchi by the wall.
2. Carry the Blue Onion until the Pikmin can't proceed.
3. Recall all your Pikmin and freeze the water again.
4. Recall Oatchi and have him and the rest of your Pikmin carry the Blue Onion to base!

How to Get the Blue Onion

Find Blue Pikmin in Secluded Courtyard

If you missed the Blue Onion in the previous area, you can still unlock them by finding them in the Secluded Courtyard cave in Blossoming Arcadia.

Secluded Courtyard Guide

How to Get More Blue Pikmin

Get a Blue Onion to Grow Blue Pikmin

Once you get a Blue Onion, you can increase your Blue Pikmin population with pellets or fallen enemies. Have your Blue Pikmin carry these back to the onion to create more of them!

You can find Blue Onions in the Sun-Speckled Terrace and the Serene Shores.

Pellet Number and Color Guide

Gather Wild Pikmin from Caves

Caves With Blue Pikmin

Area	Cave
Blossoming Arcadia	Secluded Courtyard
Primordial Thicket	Cavern for a King
Serene Shores	Seafloor Resort
Serene Shores	Engulfed Castle

Wild Blue Pikmin can also be found in caves that you've completed 100%. Pluck them or beat enemies they're fighting to add them to your squad.

How to Get More Pikmin Fast

Blue Pikmin Features and Abilities

Swim and Dive Underwater

Unlike other Pikmin types, Blue Pikmin don't drown. They're great for collecting objects and fighting enemies in, under, and across the water! There are even levels with underwater exploration that only Blue Pikmin can complete!

Immune to Water Obstacles

You'll encounter obstacles and enemies that use water, which will normally cause your Pikmin to panic. Blue Pikmin are unbothered by water, so you can pass through sprinklers and destroy water spouts easily with them.

How to Solve All Obstacle Types

Blue Pikmin Piklopedia Entry

Overview

Blue Pikmin Overview
Family	Weight	Sparklium Value	Pikmin Yield
Pikmin	1	-	-
Sci. Name	Pikminidae caerula
Area Unlocked	・Sun-Speckled Terrace ・Blossoming Arcadia ・Serene Shores ・Primordial Thicket
Abilities	・Can traverse bodies of water ・Can dive underwater

Logs

Dalmo	It wouldn't be overstating to say that watching these Pikmin navigate the water with the grace of a fish is one of the most lovely things to behold on this whole planet! But if you really want to see them swimming, you'll need to offer them some live bait!
Olimar	The accepted theory is that Pikmin evolved from terrestrial root vegetables, and so would be unable to breathe underwater and subsequently drown. Yet the Blue Pikmin possess a gill resembling a mouth on their head, which enables them to be active underwater. While on land, they leaf and flower like other Pikmin species, and they breathe through the stomata on their skin, indicating they must be neutrally amphibious. Pigment proteins on the surface of their body essentially perform the same photosynthetic process as cyanobacteria, for example, which is what gives them their striking color.
Louie	I look at that mouth and want to put my hand in. Just to see what would happen.

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