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Pikmin 4
Researching Onions Side Mission Guide
❀ 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!
Researching Onions, in Pikmin 4, is a line of Side Missions where you need to collect 8 Flarlic Bulbs. Read on to see an overview of the Researching Onions mission, its rewards, how to unlock it, and how to complete it!
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Researching Onions Overview
Side Mission List
| Side Mission | Objective and Reward |
|---|---|
| Researching Onions 1 | Objective: Collect 2 Flarlic Bulbs Reward: 30 Raw Materials |
| Researching Onions 2 | Objective: Collect 4 Flarlic Bulbs Reward: 30 Raw Materials |
| Researching Onions 3 | Objective: Collect 6 Flarlic Bulbs Reward: 30 Raw Materials |
| Researching Onions 4 | Objective: Collect 8 Flarlic Bulbs Reward: 30 Raw Materials |
How to Unlock Researching Onions and Rewards
Rescue and Interact with Sy
 Sy |
Research Task Force Recruit Home Planet: Ogura This environmental ecologist joined the team to research Pikmin ecology and decipher their mysterious relationship to whistles. |
Researching Onions is unlocked after rescuing Sy and interacting with him at the Rescue Command Post. He will be the 11th castaway you'll find and rescue from caves.
Get 120 Raw Materials as Reward
The side mission Researching Onions will reward you with a total of 120 Raw Materials upon completion.
Researching Onions Objective
Collect 8 Flarlic Bulbs
To complete the Researching Onions side mission, you'll need to find and collect 8 Flarlic Bulbs in the game. Flarlic Bulbs are used to increase max Pikmin Limit by 10 once it's absorbed by the Onion.
There are a total of 12 Flarlic Bulbs in the game, with each area having one flarlic on the surface and one flarlic in a cave. Once you collect 8 flarlic, however, you will hit the max PIkmin limit of 100. Any additional flarlic won't increase your capacity beyond 100, but you will get additional nectar.
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