
Hello and welcome to Nintendo Life's Pikmin 4 full walkthrough guide!
Here we'll be making our way through each and every main mission region and dungeon in the game, showing you how to get your hands on every last treasure, all onion upgrades, Oatchi abilities, and tech lab items. We'll also be taking a detailed look at all of the game's post-credits content.
In our Pikmin 4 review we awarded the game a 9/10, calling it "a sumptuous strategy adventure that serves up tons of fun for returning fans of the franchise whilst also adding lots to entice new players."
So, if you're needing a helping hand as you get to grips with this latest Pikmin adventure, this is the place to be. Let's get started!
[Note: This walkthrough is a work in progress and we'll be adding more content to it over the coming days, so keep checking back for more guides!]
Pikmin 4 Walkthrough Guide, Hints & Tips
First up, some general tips for beginners starting out on their Pikmin-venture, followed by tutorial missions that cover the basics:
Tutorial Mission Walkthroughs
All Region Walkthroughs
Here we have each main region in the game with full walkthroughs for each mission including all of its dungeons and Dandori challenges, as well as all treasures and items of importance located.
- Region 1 - Sun-Speckled Terrace
- Region 2 - Blossoming Arcadia
- Region 3 - Serene Shores
- Region 4 - Hero's Hideaway
- Region 5 - Giant's Hearth
- Region 6 - Primordial Thicket
All Dungeon Walkthroughs

Here's a complete list of all dungeons in the game so you can mop up any you may have missed!
Sun-Speckled Terrace Dungeons
- Aquiferous Summit
- Crackling Cauldron
- Dandori Day Care
- Dandori Trial Run
- Hectic Hollows
- Industrial Maze
- Last-Frost Cavern
Blossoming Arcadia Dungeons
- Battle In A Box
- Drafty Gallery
- Hotshock Canyon
- Kingdom of the Beasts
- Night Expeditions Introduction
- Rockaway Cellars
- Secluded Courtyard
- Sightless Passage
Serene Shores Dungeons
- Below-Grade Discotheque
- Dandori Castle
- Engulfed Castle
- Ice-Cross Course
- Seafloor Resort
- Subzero Sauna
- Test Tubs
Hero's Hideaway Dungeons
Giant's Hearth Dungeons - Coming Soon
Primordial Thicket Dungeons

All Treasure Locations
Need help finding individual treasures that are missing from your Treasure Catalog? Well, we've got a comprehensive guide to the locations of every single treasure in the game for you! Check it out.
All Onion Upgrades & Flarlic Upgrade Locations

As you progress through the game, you'll find different coloured Onions to add to your original base Onion. You'll also find Flarlic, which can be used to increase your Pikmin army. Check out our guide to the locations of all Onions and Flarlics right here:
All Oatchi Abilities
Here's a list of every upgrade and ability available for your new favourite pooch, Oatchi:
All Lab Items and Unlocks
Here you'll find a list of every unlockable item and gear upgrade in Pikmin 4:
All Pikmin Type Locations - Coming Soon
Post-Credits Walkthrough
- Olimar's Shipwreck Tale - Coming Soon
Pikmin 4 FAQs
Here we'll cover common questions surrounding Pikmin 4 lore and other things.

That's all for our Pikmin 4 Walkthrough. We'll be updating it over time, so check back for more info soon, and let us know below if you found it helpful.
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a well designed game nullifies the purpose of a guide.
@-wc- Socrates?
@-we respectfully disagree- my first playthrough of stardew valley i was caught up in other stuff that I wasn't aware until it was too late to place a certain veggie at the town center, meaning I had to wait a whole year before I could complete the task. It was all right there in front of me (aka well designed) but a guide would have benefited (even though idgaf)
Please please please, I beg you NL, STOP putting strategy guide articles in the NEWS section. Firstly, it makes avoiding spoilers much harder than it should be, and secondly it makes finding actual news articles on NL an absolute chore.
@JackieCMarlow Hi, thanks for bringing this up. It should be fixed now.
@CammyUnofficial
i think that game is built around the year-loop, and that experimentation is built into its design. ✌️
i think if you figured it out and executed it on the next year, then that's the game working as intended, no need for a guide 👍
@JackieCMarlow
"please, I beg you NL, STOP putting strategy guide articles in the NEWS section."
1+ 👍
@-wc- I cant argue that. Obviously I was into other fun shenanergans and it didnt necessarily affect gameplay, so you got a point. I cant imagine pikmin needing extensive guides but appreciate these here.
Funny side story, my first playthrough of Metroid Zero Mission I missed so many items that I actually got stuck at a point where I couldnt travel back and remedy. I had to start a new game. I was an adult and feel like a guide wouldnt be enough for that level of stupidity
@-wc- Iv never played a game where I eventually do not need a guide at some point. Iv played Every Mario and Zelda and for them Occasionally I will still need a guide for specific spots.
I will keep this guide book marked in case I get stuck somewhere. But I will not read the guide until I absolutely need it to avoid any spoilers.
So far this game is every thing I was hoping for. So far its my favorite Pikmin but we will see if that remains by the time I 100% it.
@CammyUnofficial
haha yeah i think that no matter how well designed an "open" map style game is, they cant save us from ourselves in some cases 😂 ive totally been there.
in ye olde 8/16 bit days, being "stuck" in a game was pretty dang normal! Every game i had, i was "stuck" somewhere, in the sense that i hadnt figured out how to move forward yet, or i hadnt gotten good enough yet. and if i missed something along the way, ill catch it the next time through!
i admit that ive grown to see this process as the "point" of videogames, whereas many people consider a game lacking or broken in some way if it impedes their progress really at all. they just want to "experience" the sights and sounds, seemingly. i guess thats OK too 😊 but i hope games still keep being made for people like me. 👍 cheers.
@Arcata
"Iv never played a game where I eventually do not need a guide at some point."
i think theres an important caveat, here: i (mostly) dont care about beating games, and the ones i DO want to beat, i want to beat "on my own," without a guide.
if youve beaten EVERY mario and zelda game, then you likely care more about beating those games than i do (though ive beaten many if not most,) and id probably use guides too if i decided to beat EVERY game. But i wont lol.
hope this is making sense. ✌️ glad you are enjoying P4!
@PJOReilly
fortune cookie. 🙂
@-wc-
exactly why I feel Tears of the Kingdom is overrated.
@Uncle_Franklin
"exactly why I feel Tears of the Kingdom is overrated."
care to expand? i'm interested.
@-wc-
Something that is inherent in all open world games perhaps, but it seems rather directionless and poorly paced to me.
Moreover I have found it easy to miss, or at least overlook, quests that are important for getting useful items/functionality and for the overall narrative.
Quite a few people that have covered the game in various ways seem to tacitly acknowledge this, for in articles and on podcasts and such, they've often said things like 'Make sure you do X before Y' or 'NO NOT do X before getting Y'.
@Uncle_Franklin
i agree that open world games can have that feel, but i haven't felt that way playing totk yet, and i haven't resorted to a guide at all. we shall see!
thanks! ✌️
Im glad to see there’s a guide for Pikmin 4. I will read through this when I’m done with the game. Right now I’m still in earlier parts and I'm enjoying the game so I don’t want to spoil anything.
The game released like yesterday how on earth you able to get all the stuff
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