Essential Techniques

Plucking Sprouts

Once you pluck a Pikmin sprout, all crew members in your currently selected squad will pluck any sprouts remaining in the immediate area. Idle crew members will automatically pluck all nearby sprouts. When you need to get Pikmin into the field as quickly as possible, leave a crew member under the Onion. As the Onion creates new Pikmin sprouts, the idle crew member automatically plucks them.

Throwing Crew Members

You can often throw crew members onto platforms and ledges that are otherwise inaccessible. Crew members can’t be thrown as high as Pikmin, but they can be thrown nearly as far.

Charging

Use the “Charge!” command to have your entire Pikmin squad attack a single target. Charging is not only useful in battle, it’s also a fast and easy way to assign all of your Pikmin to a single task.

Issuing “Go Here” Commands

Once you acquire the “Go Here” function, you can send crew members to any accessible area on the KopPad Map. When you confirm a “Go Here” command, the selected crew member automatically leads his or her squad along the indicated route, leaving you free to switch crew members and attend to other tasks.

Handling Bomb Rocks

Use Bomb Rocks to blast through stubborn obstacles or deal heavy damage to dangerous enemies. When you find one of these powerful explosives, have one of your Pikmin to collect it. To detonate a Bomb Rock, throw the Pikmin that’s carrying the explosive. Once you throw a Bomb Rock, move your squad away from the impending blast.

Bomb Rocks are very useful, but they can also be extremely dangerous. Enemy attacks and environmental hazards can cause a Bomb Rock to detonate before your squad can escape the explosion.