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Contents

  • Essentials
    • Controls
      • Controls
    • Game Modes
      • Game Modes
    • Progressing the Story
      • Progressing the Story
    • The KopPad
      • The KopPad
    • The Basics
      • The Basics
    • Essential Techniques
      • Essential Techniques
    • Collectables
      • Collectables
  • Walkthrough
    • Walkthrough
      • Walkthrough
    • Day 1 (Part 1) - Distant Tundra
      • Day 1 (Part 1) - Distant Tundra
    • Day 1 (Part 2) - Tropical Wilds
      • Day 1 (Part 2) - Tropical Wilds
    • Day 2 - Garden of Hope
      • Day 2 - Garden of Hope
    • Day 3 - Garden of Hope
      • Day 3 - Garden of Hope
    • Day 4 - Distant Tundra
      • Day 4 - Distant Tundra
    • Day 5 - Distant Tundra
      • Day 5 - Distant Tundra
    • Day 6 - Distant Tundra
      • Day 6 - Distant Tundra
    • Day 7 - Tropical Wilds
      • Day 7 - Tropical Wilds
    • Day 8 - Tropical Wilds
      • Day 8 - Tropical Wilds
    • Day 9 - Tropical Wilds
      • Day 9 - Tropical Wilds
    • Day 10 - Tropical Wilds
      • Day 10 - Tropical Wilds
    • Day 11 - Twilight River
      • Day 11 - Twilight River
    • Day 12 - Twilight River
      • Day 12 - Twilight River
    • Day 13 - Twilight River
      • Day 13 - Twilight River
    • Day 14 - Garden of Hope
      • Day 14 - Garden of Hope
    • Day 15 - Garden of Hope
      • Day 15 - Garden of Hope
    • Day 16 - Garden of Hope
      • Day 16 - Garden of Hope
    • Day 17 - Garden of Hope
      • Day 17 - Garden of Hope
    • Day 18 - Distant Tundra
      • Day 18 - Distant Tundra
    • Day 19 - Distant Tundra
      • Day 19 - Distant Tundra
    • Day 20 - Tropical Wilds
      • Day 20 - Tropical Wilds
    • Day 21 - Tropical Wilds
      • Day 21 - Tropical Wilds
    • Day 22 - Twilight River
      • Day 22 - Twilight River
    • Day 23 - Formidable Oak
      • Day 23 - Formidable Oak
    • Day 24 - Formidable Oak
      • Day 24 - Formidable Oak
    • Day 25 - Formidable Oak
      • Day 25 - Formidable Oak
  • Area Breakdown
    • Area Breakdown
      • Area Breakdown
    • Tropical Wilds
      • Tropical Wilds
    • Garden of Hope
      • Garden of Hope
    • Distant Tundra
      • Distant Tundra
    • Twilight River
      • Twilight River
  • Collectible Data Files
    • Tropical Wilds
      • Tropical Wilds
    • Collectable Data Files
      • Collectable Data Files
    • Garden of Hope
      • Garden of Hope
    • Garden of Hope
      • Garden of Hope
      • Garden of Hope
      • Garden of Hope
    • Tropical Wilds
      • Tropical Wilds
      • Tropical Wilds
      • Tropical Wilds
    • Distant Tundra
      • Distant Tundra
    • Distant Tundra
      • Distant Tundra
      • Distant Tundra
      • Distant Tundra
    • Twilight River
      • Twilight River
    • Twilight River
      • Twilight River
      • Twilight River
      • Twilight River
    • Formidable Oak
      • Formidable Oak
    • Formidable Oak
      • Formidable Oak
      • Formidable Oak
      • Formidable Oak
  • Characters and Items
    • Characters
      • Allies
      • Enemies
      • Bosses
    • Items and Obstacles
      • Collectable Items
      • Equipment
      • Devices
      • Important Objects
      • Obstacles
  • Missions
    • Missions
      • Missions
    • Collect Treasure!
      • Course 1: Tropical Forest
      • Course 2: Silver Lake
      • Course 3: Thirsty Desert
      • Course 4: Twilight Hollow
      • Course 5: Shaded Garden
    • Battle Enemies!
      • Course 1: Tropical Forest
      • Course 2: Silver Lake
      • Course 3: Thirsty Desert
      • Course 4: Twilight Hollow
      • Course 5: Shaded Garden
    • Defeat Bosses!
      • Course 1: Armored Mawdad
      • Course 2: Vehemoth Phosbat
      • Course 3: Sandbelching Meerslug
      • Course 4: Scornet Maestro
      • Course 5: Quaggled Mireclops
      • Course 6: Plasm Wraith
  • Bingo Battle
    • Bingo Battle
      • Bingo Battle
    • Bingo Cards
      • Bingo Cards
    • Unlocking Maps
      • Unlocking Maps
    • Starting a Bingo Battle
      • Starting a Bingo Battle
    • Using Items
      • Using Items
    • Common Strategies
      • Common Strategies
    • Bingo Battle Maps
      • Bingo Battle Maps

Pikmin 3 Guide › Area Breakdown › Area Breakdown

Area Breakdown

This guide’s walkthrough details one path through the game’s Story mode, but there are countless others to be found. No matter how you choose to modify your play-through, however, there are key objectives that must be completed in a specific order.

Whether you’re looking to shave in-game days off of your completion time or stretch your play-through to cultivate as many Pikmin as possible, it’s important to know when, where, and how you can collect (or ignore) the various objects located throughout the game.

Story Progression

These are the key objectives you must complete to access new areas and progress through the game’s Story mode:

  • Acquire the Red Pikmin
  • Complete the Day 1 tutorial
  • Acquire the Rock Pikmin
  • Rescue Brittany
  • Collect the Data Glutton
  • Acquire the Yellow Pikmin
  • Reunite Brittany and Alph
  • Rescue Captain Charlie
  • Collect the Folded Data Glutton
  • Acquire the Winged Pikmin
  • Rescue Louie in the Twilight River
  • Acquire the Blue Pikmin
  • Rescue Louie in the Garden of Hope
  • Rescue Captain Olimar in the Formidable Oak

These key objectives must be completed in this order.

There are, of course, a wide variety of basic tasks you must complete between these objectives. You’ll need to destroy obstacles, construct bridges, cultivate Pikmin, and battle enemies. When needed, please refer to the guide’s walkthrough for details on how we chose to approach 
these tasks.

Note

The objects on each map are labeled with numbered points. For details about a specific object—including the prerequisite key objective and the point at which the object is covered in the walkthrough—simply find the corresponding number in the text.

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