❀ Pikmin 4 is out! Get a headstart by following these tips!
❀ Get more Pikmin by getting all the onion types!
❀ New and returning bosses are back in the Piklopedia!
❀ Brave the Trial of the Sage Leaf to get more onions!
❀ Make Oatchi stronger by upgrading his skills!
Obstacles are scattered all around the areas in Pikmin 4 as mini-puzzles to hinder your exploration. Check out this guide to learn what obstacles await you and how to solve all their types.
List of Contents
Obstacles will always require you to strategically use your Pikmin and Oatchi. For fast and easy solutions, utilize the right Pikmin Types for specific obstacles.
| No. | Obstacle | How to Solve |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Use Pikmin to push it out of the way. |
| 2 |  |
Command Oatchi or Pikmin to dig. Yellow Pikmin are especially good at digging. |
| 3 |  |
Command Oatchi to Rush to cross to the other side. Alternatively, change the direction by pushing on the other button. |
| 4 |  |
Command Oatchi to Rush and break them. |
| 5 |  |
Use Rock Pikmin to destory it. |
| 6 |  |
Throw your Pikmin to demolish the wall or use Charge. You can also command Oatchi to Rush to speed up the demolition. |
| 7 |  |
Use your Yellow Pikmin to demolish the gates. |
| 8 |  |
Use Pikmin that are immune to the geyser element (ex. Red for Fire, Blue for Water, Yellow for Electric, White for Poison). |
| 9 |  |
Throw Yellow Pikmin to reach treasure, castaways, or items placed here. |
| 10 |  |
Throw your Ice Pikmin at it. Once frozen, you can use other Pikmin types to help destroy the Hydro Jelly. |
| 11 |  |
Use your Ice Pikmin to destory the gate. |
| 12 |  |
Use your Pikmin to process Raw Materials into Clay at the S.S. Beagle and complete the bridge. |
| 13 |  |
Jump down and cross to the opposite hill. Throw Pikmin at the bar to drag the bridge down. |
| 14 |  |
For shiny metal fences, these can be lowered by pressing a nearby switch. Brown, rusty fences cannot be moved and can only be passed by you and your Pikmin. |
| 15 |  |
Freeze deep mud with Ice Pikmin or bypass entirely with Winged Pikmin. Equip the Gunk Busters to avoid slowdowns in light mud. |
| 16 |  |
Paper bags can either be pushed down a ledge or flattened by your Pikmin. |
| 17 |  |
Attack with White Pikmin or Oatchi with a Sniff Saver. |
| 18 |  |
Drag the plant using Oatchi or Pikmin. The more Pikmin you throw, the faster they pull. |
| 19 |  |
Throw Bomb Rocks at the wall to destroy it |
| 20 |  |
Throw Pikmin at the rope to pull it. |
| 21 |  |
Complete the wall using Raw Materials and climb with your Pikmin. Oatchi cannot climb so you will have to Switch and set a rendezvous point. |
| 22 |  |
Throw Red Pikmin to extinguish the sizzling floor. |
| 23 |  |
Deactivate by completing a nearby clay valve, then use Pikmin on the valve to turn the sprinklers off. |
| 24 |  |
Destroy the nearby mushrooms with any Pikmin. Equip the Gunk Busters to cross without being slowed down. |
| 25 |  |
Burn the straw by having Red Pikmin carry fire starters from bonfire altars. |
| 26 |  |
Dig the entrance on one side with Pikmin. Go inside the dug out tunnel to emerge on the other side. |
| 27 |  |
Use Ice Pikmin to freeze the water, Blue Pikmin or Oatchi to swim through, or Winged Pikmin to fly above the water. |
| 28 |  |
Throw your Pikmin to lower hanging treasure or items. |
All Pikmin Types and How to Unlock Them
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