Exploration Day 3: Sun-Speckled Terrace - Trial Run Cave, Hectic Hollows Cave, and Industrial Maze Cave

Welcome to IGN's Pikmin 4 Wiki Guide! This step-by-step walkthrough will take you through each day to 100% completion. On this page, you can find information on how to approach Day 3 of the Emergency Mission: Rescue the Rescue Corps including details on finding crucial Treasures, missing crew members, and more.

All Rescues, Treasures, Sublevel Caves, and Flarlic: Day 3

Below is a quick summary of all the treasures, rescues, and flarlics you'll be able to find on this day. You can find the step-by-step Walkthrough on how to do this further down the page.

Starting Day 3 - At the Rescue Command Post

After completing Exploration Day 2, you should be well on your way to 1500 Sparklium by now. With Russ back, we'll now learn just how important those Raw Materials are that we've been collecting.

As Day 3 begins, you'll be returned to the main base near the S.S. Shepherd, and Oatchi will have had a little growth spurt overnight. This will also mean that you can now ride Oatchi, and jump up to smaller ledges, steps, and platforms that were previously inaccessible.

As for Russ, he'll begin to explain how Raw Materials can be transformed into Clay, allowing you to complete structures like unfinished bridges. Before you go back to the Sun-Speckled Terrace be sure to:

• Speak to Russ. Visit the lab and this will begin the Side Mission: Acquire All Gear from the Lab. This is where you'll learn that you can use Raw Materials to unlock Gear and Items as well. Go over to the Items tab and collect all the Prototypes that are available so far. Purchase the Treasure Guarge for 40 and Charging Horn for 20.

• Speak to Captain Shepherd. This will start the Side Mission: Learn All Oatchi's Skills. Oatchi will have 4 Pup Drive that can be spent on new skills. Learn Buff Lv. 2 and Buff. Lv. 3
• Speak to Schnauz. This will start the Side Mission: Appraisal Frenzy 1.

When you're ready to go, speak to Collin to jet back to the Sun-Speckled Terrace and pick up where you left off.

Back at the Sun-Speckled Terrace

Before you head off, be sure to get out all your Pikmin. We'd recommend a balanced crew of each type you've unlocked so far. If you've been following our walkthrough, the last thing you will have done is moved the S.S. Beagle to a third base and picked up plenty of Raw Materials from around the area.

Head south from the base and go left, heading underneath the broken bridge. At the top, take down the large dotty creature and use 23 Pikmin to construct the bridge to cross over.

As you walk over, on the left, you'll see a Castaway and two creatures. They'll drag the castaway into a cave, so we'll want to follow them. But hold off on doing that for now and instead go all the way to the right towards the Pumpkin. Along the way, on the left is a bush that has Raw Materials inside.

Send your Pikmin to collect these and take them back to the S.S. Beagle, but keep 10 yellow Pikmin. Throw these 10 Pikmin onto the raised bridge before the Pumpkin to pull it down and make your way over to it.

You'll need all 30 of your Pikmin (or 27 and Oatchi) to help drag this back, so pick up those that have returned from collecting the Raw Material. Once the Pumpkin has been dragged back to the S.S. Beagle, go over to the cave and hop in.

Mysterious Carriage

Trial Run (Dandori Battle)

This is a trial run cave where you have only 4 minutes to complete the task. Your Pikmin can't come with you for this one, but you will be able to get hold of some inside the cave. This will be a Dandori Battle against the mysterious stranger who stole the Castaway, and you'll go head to head. The aim is to get more points than your opponent in the 4 minutes.

As soon as the battle begins, pick up any Pikmin that have already spawned and use the flowers surrounding you to immediately expand the size of your crew. Then immediately head for the mounds of sand and uncover the largest Treasures you can.

Then you should generally aim for the Treasures, creatures, and additional flowers to keep growing your army of Pikmin. You want to make sure your Pikmin are always doing something, so look above for Treasure at it spawns, and knock down walls to get hold of Raw Materials.

Once the time trial is over, and you've beaten your opponent, you'll be able to rescue the mysterious Castaway, though no identification is possible at this time.

• See Missing Crewmates and Civilian Castaway Locations

Back Outside the Cave

Go back to the east and to the second Base (Rugged Scaffold) you established opposite the water. Facing east, you'll see a broken bridge and a pile of Raw Materials.

Divide your Pikmin so that you rebuild the bridge and transport the Raw Material pile at the same time. Use 23 Raw Materials to rebuild the bridge, and cross it. This will take you back to where you first landed in the Sun-Speckled Terrace.

Ride Oatchi and hop up on the ledge, to go towards the baseball. Send Yellow Pikmin up to grab the baseball, then wait for it to be delivered before entering the nearby cave (which you will pass as you go to get the baseball). Send Yellow Pikmin up to get it and take it back to the S.S. Beagle.

Orb of Destruction

Once it's been delivered, hop inside the Hectic Hollows cave.

Hectic Hollows

As you enter the Hectic Hollows, you'll see lots of red mushrooms and two little creatures. Go forward and tackle the two creatures, then get rid of the surrounding mushrooms. On the right is a climbing wall that needs to be built with Raw Materials.

Get your Pikmin started on this, then go to the ledge behind where the giant mushrooms were and pluck the 5 Ice Pikmin. On the left is a Treasure. To get it, keep 10 Ice Pikmin back and throw these into the water to freeze it. Once the Pikmin have finished building the climbing wall, you can use 10 of these to bring the Mama Doll Head back to the S.S. Beagle.

Mama Doll Head

Once you have the Mama Doll Head, climb up the wall. Oatchi won't be able to come with you, but you'll be able to get him back in a moment. Attack the dotty creature, then go to the right and take out the little one.

Pick up the rest of the Ice Pikmin here, then use 10 of them to push the Paper Bag down. Go down the Paper Bag to collect Oatchi, then come back up and smash the Hydro Jellies on the right using blue Pikmin and Oatchi's Rush.

This contains another treasure that will take 10 Pikmin to carry back.

Empty Vase

Go left from here, and send the Pikmin through the bars to get the Raw Material. Then go left again and smash the Hydro Jelly and the pots. With the first level cleared, hop in the tunnel to go down to the next level.

Hectic Hollows Sublevel 2

As you land here, you'll see lots of pots. Smash the ones on the left and right to reveal more Nectar that will strengthen your Pikmin, then go forward and smash the ones on the platform. Behind it will be a creature, so be prepared to attack straight away.

Climb up the metal steps and have your Ice Pikmin freeze the Hydro Jelly. Smash this, and throw 10 Pikmin up to get the Treasure hanging above.

Aspiration-Ritual Pole

Drop back down and go over to the highest can, where the Castaway is. Have Oatchi rush at it to knock them down, and assign 3 Pikmin to carry them back to the S.S. Beagle.

An ID scan will reveal them as Kingsly the Florist.

Found Kingsly

When everything has been delivered back to the S.S. Beagle, exit the cave and return to the surface.

Completing Hectic Hollows

Here's a summary of everything you should've completed in the Hectic Hollows to finish it 100%.

Cross back over the bridge and turn right. Use Oatchi to jump up and grab the Strawberry that sits on the edge of the flowerbed here. Send 3 Pikmin to collect it, then hop up again to the right.

Sunseed Berry

Here you'll find another cave and a mound of dirt nearby. Get the Pikmin to excavate the mound of dirt, then when they've delivered everything to the S.S. Beagle, jump inside the next cave.

Industrial Maze

Take Yellow and Red Pikmin with you into this cave, and then drop down inside. Once you've landed, you'll see lots of conveyor belts moving in various directions. Oatchi, unfortunately, hasn't managed to land with you. So the first task is to get him back to you!

Press Y to open the Actions wheel, then go down to Switch. This will allow you to play as Oatch. When you take over as Oatchi, head west. Ride the conveyor belt over to the Pikmin and the button. Jump onto the red button to change the direction of the conveyor belts.

Now head towards the conveyor belt in the south, and press rush to get across it. Then take the conveyor belt to the left to reunite Oatchi with the group.

Swap back to your character, and ride Oatchi. Head for the first conveyor belt and Rush against it to move forward. Ride the second one across to the breakable pots. Smash these with Rush, then get 2 Pikmin to pick up the puzzle piece.

Memory Fragment (Top Right)

The Pikmin may become stuck, so follow those that are heading toward the wind in the northeast that will propel you up. Jump into it, landing on the platform with the button. Press the button to change the direction of the walkway, and pluck the yellow Pikmin from the ground.

Jump on the button again, take the conveyor belt across the walkway to the Raw material pile in the east, and get 20 Pikmin to pick it up.

Look up just to the right of the Raw materials and assign 5 yellow Pikmin to the Skateboard. Rush back to the button and use this to help the Pikmin get the treasure back safely.

Personal-Injury Plank

Now go collect all of the Pikmin and return to where you collected the Skateboard and go left. Break the wall and enter the second level of the Industrial Maze. As you land, ride Oatchi and go north up the steps. Jump up here and rush to break the pots. Assign 3 Pikmin to collect the rubber duck and take it back.

Stately Rubber Cutie

Continue north and ride the platform over to the button. Press the button. Go back to the moving platform, drop down below, and get the Pikmin to carry the Raw Material back to the S.S. Beagle. Pluck the yellow Pikmin from the ground and ride the wind back up to the platform.

You can now go west as the bars have dropped. Go left and get 10 Pikmin to push the Paper Bag down, then assign the rest to break the electric wall down on the right.

Once the wall has been demolished on the right, go into this section and move the S.S. Beagle here. Get 7 Pikmin to excavate the toy train in the dirt mound to the left.

Unlimited Locomotive

Go back to where the Paper Bag was and take 15 Pikmin with you to pick up the Magnifying Glass.

Detective's Truth Seeker

Now use Oatchi to smash the breakable pots and gain access to the Castaway. Assign 3 Yellow Pikmin to collect the castaway and it will be revealed as Dingo. He's not a Castaway but another civilian.

Found Dingo

When that's all done, go to the exit, which can be found where the Paper Bag and electrified wall was. Head back to the surface, and at this point, you should have over 2200 Sparklium and have completed the Great Adventure Series!

When you collect all the Treasures in a series, you'll receive a Medal and bonus Sparklium.

Completing the Industrial Maze

Here's a summary of everything you should've completed in the Industrial Maze to finish it 100%.

Back on the Surface Once More

When you exit, look to the north and head over to the Last-Frost Cavern again. Look behind it to see two dotted creatures and a path that splits off to the left and right.

Go right first and excavate the dirt mound along the way, then reach the top and take out the creature. When you've done this, have Oatchi knock down the treasure that sits just above on the ledge.

Aspiration-Ritual Ball

Go back to the S.S. Beagle with the Pikmin, retrieve them, then go back to where the path splits, and this time, go left. Smash the pots and follow the path up and round to the top. Smash the pots at the very top to reveal another Treasure.

Lesser Mock Bottom

Continue to the top of this mound, then use 10 Yellow Pikmin to bring the bridge down. Cross over it and straight in front of you, you'll see a Flarlic up above. Use 5 Yellow Pikmin to grab this Flarlic.

Sun-Speckled Terrace Surface Flarlic

Go back towards the Crackling Cauldron and past the wall you destroyed (next to the Temporal Mechanism). Before reaching the Crackling Cauldron, take a sharp right and go up the slope. At the end of it is a bridge, which needs to be built from Raw Materials to reach the other side.

You should have just enough time to build this bridge before you need to head back to the S.S. Beagle and wrap up the day. When the day draws to a close, you'll have completed the Expanded Radar Search Range mission with the additional Sparklium you've collected, and the next target will be to reach 4000 Sparklium.