The 6 Beginner Tips For Pikmin

Get At Least One Part A Day

After you finish the first day in Pikmin, you have a set amount of time to play. You only have a certain amount of time each day to explore and find ship parts, and the game must be finished in less than 30 days.

That means you can finish the game if you get at least one part every day, but you should try to get more. Try to get as many parts as you can in one day so you can spend the next days exploring, building your Pikmin troops, and breaking up the terrain.

Even if you can’t get parts yet, it never hurts to get ready for the next day. In the Forest of Hope, for example, you can build a bridge right outside your base. You need your Pikmin to build the bridge on both sides, but you don’t have any that can swim yet, so you can’t do the second part.

Even so, once you find the right Pikmin, you can still build the bridge to get the part. Even if the day is almost over, look for these small ways to improve it and stay busy the whole time. This will make the days after easy.

Getting better is important because some days you might have to get ready and make a way to different bosses. Make sure you have a buffer and try again the next day if you didn’t get a part or move forward, so you don’t get the bad finish.

Unlock The Blue And Yellow Pikmin Immediately

All of the Pikmin in this game are red, blue, or yellow. If you want to win, you need to get the blue and yellow Pikmin as soon as possible.

The first Pikmin you’ll meet are the yellow ones in the Garden of Hope. You have to break down the wall near the ship and then fight the Large Bulborb on the right. Then, you’ll break down the wall behind it and meet the yellow Pikmin soon after.

The blue Pikmin will then be in the Forest Navel. At this point, the map should be unlocked, so you can use it to go to the blue spot on the screen.

If you can’t find it, it’s on the east side of the map, and you don’t need Pikmin to get there.

Pay Attention To Color Coding

The game does a great job with color coding, so different colors give you different benefits for your Pikmin, so it’s important to pay attention to them.

Red Pikmin can’t be hurt by fire, so you should have them rush into fire enemies and fight them. For example, you should only fight the fire enemies in the Forest Navel with red Pikmin so that you don’t lose any of them.

The yellow Pikmin can pick up and throw the yellow bombs. With these, you can not only break down stone walls but also do a lot of damage to enemies. When you throw them, they go up, which lets you get to places that other Pikmin can’t.

Blue Pikmin can swim, which lets them get to places where other Pikmin can’t. They’re also the best choices for facing water enemies or creatures near water, so you don’t accidentally drown any of your Pikmin.

The same goes for the bottle caps you will find as you play. The bottle caps are color-coded, so have the Pikmin that match the color bring them to their Onions. If you do this, you’ll get more Pikmin than if you just let them pick any color to put on their Onions.

If you have more than one color of Pikmin carrying an enemy or bottle cap, the most Pikmin will take it to the Onion. For example, if you have two red Pikmin and one yellow Pikmin holding an enem. They will go to the red Onion.

Collect Mostly Red Pikmin

When the sun goes down, you lose any Pikmin that aren’t in safe places. Because monsters come out to play at night. There are a few ways to keep your Pikmin from dying so you can save them.

First, when the day ends, you’ll save any Pikmin you have with you. You won’t lose them if you whistle at them and the number at the bottom shows that they are following you.

Also, you won’t lose any Pikmin near the Onions and your ship. Leave them there while you get the others, and they’ll climb in on their own.

The same goes for Pikmin that have been placed in the ground. If enemies can’t pull them out, they can’t kill them, so the Pikmin will stay there until the next da. When you can pull them out and add them to your numbers.

Pay attention to the timer at the top of the screen if you want to play it safe. Stop doing what you were doing when it gets to the second-to-last circle and focus on finding all the Pikmin to save them.

If you leave your base, split the Pikmin up and leave them where they are. As you move with them, they might trip and fall out of your group. If they do, they might not make it through the night.

Get As Many Flowers As Possible

At first, Pikmin have leaves on their heads. At the second level, they can get a bud, and at the top level, they can get a flower. Pikmin get better as they level up because they do more damage and move faster.

You can make them into flowers in two ways. If you let them stay in the ground after they sprout. They will go through these two stages and be bigger when you pick them up.

You will also find nectar drops as you travel around the world. Some will come from things, some will come from trees, and some will come from enemies. Push as many leaf P into them as you can when you get close to make them into flowers.

Even though the nectar only looks like a single dro. You have to be careful because one P can drink it all. So, use the charge order to rush all your P to it and divide the nectar among them so you can get the upgrades.

Don’t worry about your high-level Pikmin drinking the juice because Flower Pikmin won’t drink it.