Plunder Palace in Pikmin 4 is a cave that can be found in Hero's Hideaway. See all treasures, castaways, and onion locations in Plunder Palace, the bosses and enemies found in it, as well as how to reach it, its map, and tips and strategies on how to complete it 100%.

Plunder Palace Map and Overview

Map

Map Location
Overworld Location

Overview

Location	Hero's Hideaway
Castaways	2
Treasures	29
Onions	1
Pikmin	Rock Pikmin Purple Pikmin

How to Reach Plunder Palace

Build the Bridge and Defeat the Dog

You need to build a bridge to reach Plunder Palace. While building the bridge, a green dog will appear and kidnap your Pikmin and interfere with the bridge construction.

Make sure to defeat the green dog first before building the bridge.

Plunder Palace Bosses and Enemies

Bosses

Porquillion

Porquillion

You can use Rock Pikmin to easily defeat Porquillion as they are not affected by the boss' thorn attacks.

Giant Breadbug

Giant Breadbug

You cannot damage the Giant Breadbug using normal attacks. Instead, you need to drag it towards the base using Purple Pikmin and Oatchi to defeat it.

List of All Bosses

Enemies

Downy Snagret	Bearded Amprat	Dwarf Orange Bulborb	Dwarf Bulbear
Spotty Bulbear	Whiptongue Bulborb	Waddlequaff	Flighty Joustmite
Skutterchuck	Breadbug

List of All Enemies

Plunder Palace Treasure Locations

Sublevel 1

Jump to a Sublevel
Sublevel 1	Sublevel 2	Sublevel 3
Sublevel 4	Sublevel 5	-

Plunder Palace Sublevel 1 Map
All Treasures
1	Solar-Powered Computing Machine Sparklium: 170	Find the treasure hidden in the grass and pick it up.
2	Disk of Sorrowful Wisdom Sparklium: 25	Pick it up on the ground.
3	Disk of Amusing Wisdom Sparklium: 50	Pick it up on the ground.
4	Long-Shot Totem Sparklium: 40	Throw Yellow Pikmin to pick up the treasure on a high platform.
5	Go-with-the-Flow Totem Sparklium: 40	Ride the fan to reach the treasure and use Yellow Pikmin to pick it up.

Sublevel 2

Jump to a Sublevel
Sublevel 1	Sublevel 2	Sublevel 3
Sublevel 4	Sublevel 5	-

Plunder Palace Sublevel 2 Map
All Treasures
1	Kick-Start Combobot Sparklium: 80	Ride on the fan and pick up the treasure on the high platform.
2	Gold Nugget Sparklium: 5	Pick up the 15 pieces on the ground.
3	Nexus Combobot Sparklium: 80	Use Yellow Pikmin to retrieve the treasure on the yellow and white platform.
4	Dimension Converter Sparklium: 150	Ride on the fan to reach the treasure.

1. & 4. Press the Fan Switch

Use the blue and red switches to activate the fans to reach the first and fourth treasures.

Press the blue switch to collect the Kick-Start Combobot and the red switch to collect the Dimension Converter.

Sublevel 3

Jump to a Sublevel
Sublevel 1	Sublevel 2	Sublevel 3
Sublevel 4	Sublevel 5	-

Plunder Palace Sublevel 3 Map
All Treasures
There are no treasures in the 3rd Sublevel.

Sublevel 4

Jump to a Sublevel
Sublevel 1	Sublevel 2	Sublevel 3
Sublevel 4	Sublevel 5	-

Plunder Palace Sublevel 4 Map
All Treasures
1	Planetary Rubber Cutie Sparklium: 40	Throw Yellow Pikmin to reach the treasure on the high ground.
2	Talisman of Life (Rain) Sparklium: 40	Pick it up on the ground.
3	Gold Nugget Sparklium: 5	Pick up the 20 pieces on the ground.
4	Disk of Surprising Wisdom Sparklium: 100	Pick it up on the ground.
5	Memory Fragment (Bottom Left) Sparklium: 50	Pick it up on the ground.
6	Disk of Joyous Wisdom Sparklium: 1	Defeat the enemy for it to drop the treasure.

6. Control Oatchi to Get the Treasure

You can take control of Oatchi to retrieve the Disk of Joyous Wisdom in the area. See the table below for the steps.

	Steps to Collect the Treasure
1	Have the player character press the blue switch.
2	Switch to Oatchi and bring some Pikmin with you. Ride the fan to reach the next area.
3	Switch back to the player character and press the red switch.
4	Switch to Oatchi and ride the fan to the next area.

Sublevel 5

Jump to a Sublevel
Sublevel 1	Sublevel 2	Sublevel 3
Sublevel 4	Sublevel 5	-

Plunder Palace Sublevel 5 Map
All Treasures
1	Disk of Angry Wisdom Sparklium: 10	Defeat the first Giant Breadbug for it to drop 3 pieces of the treasure.
2	S.S. Berry Sparklium: 40	Defeat the second Giant Breadbug for it to drop the treasure.
3	Perforated Raft Sparklium: 10	Find the treasure hidden in the grass.
4	Love's Fortune Cookie Sparklium: 50	Throw the Pikmin on the elevated platform to retrieve the treasure.
5	Hearty Container Sparklium: 50	Throw the Pikmin on the elevated platform to retrieve the treasure.
6	Disguised Delicacy Sparklium: 40	Climb the elevator and head to the desk to find the treasure on top of a yellow plate.
7	Sweet Torrent Sparklium: 150	Climb the elevator to reach the desk that has the treasure on top of a blue plate.
8	Sweet Stumble-Not Sparklium: 60	Dig up the soil to retreive the treasure.

Use the Candypop Bud to Convert Yellow Pikmin into Purple Pikmin

1st Location
2nd Location

If you throw your Pikmin towards the Candypop Bud, they will change color based on the color of the flower. Throw your Yellow Pikmin towards it to convert them into Purple Pikmin.

Plunder Palace Castaway Locations

Defeat Porquillion to Retrieve the Castaway at Sublevel 3

The first castaway is located on the 3rd sublevel and appears after you beat Porquillion.

Defeat the Giant Breadbug to Retrieve the Castaway at Sublevel 5

The second castaway is located on the 5th sublevel. Use Purple Pikmin and Oatchi with upgraded Buff and Super Buff to defeat the boss and rescue the castaway.

All Castaway Locations

Plunder Palace Onion Locations

No Onions

There are no onions in this cave.

All Onion Locations

Flarlic Location

Do not forget to collect the Flarlic on the desk. This item allows you to increase the number of Pikmin that you can have on the field.

Plunder Palace Tips and Strategies

Plunder Palace Tips and Strategies
Upgrade Oatchi's Buff Skill You Can Only Bring Yellow, Rock, and Purple Pikmin Break Glass Walls Using Rock Pikmin Use Rock Pikmin Against Enemies

Upgrade Oatchi's Buff Skill

Skill	Effect / How to Unlock
Buff	This skill teaches your Rescue Pup to help with tasks that require strength, like carrying treasure and pushing boxes. Continue training to keep increasing his strength. Learned by Default
Super Buff	Teaching this skill to your Rescue Pup further increases the strength boost he gets from Buff. You can level up this skill with more training. Raise Buff to Lv. 3

This cave requires you to gather heavy objects so it is recommended to upgrade Oatch's Buff and Super Buff skills as he can assist with transporting treasures and enemies to the base.

All Oatchi Skills and Upgrades

You Can Only Bring Yellow, Rock, and Purple Pikmin

Pikmin to Bring
Yellow Pikmin 30 or more	Rock Pikmin 10	Purple Pikmin 10

The cave is easier to complete if you have Yellow Pikmin, Rock Pikmin, and Purple Pikmin. If you do not have Rock Pikmin and Purple Pikmin, you can get wild variants in this cave.

Break Glass Walls Using Rock Pikmin

You can use Rock Pikmin to break glass walls on the 2nd sublevel of the cave.

How to Get Rock Pikmin

Use Rock Pikmin Against Enemies

Rock Pikmin cannot be trampled or skewered by enemies so it is recommended to use them against enemies that perform those attacks.

How to Get Rock Pikmin

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