How to get the Blue Onion in Sun-Speckled Terrace in Pikmin 4

There is a discouragement Blue onion on top of a hill Picmin 4‘s first level, the Sun-drenched terrace. You can get it before moving on to the next parts of the game, but you have to plan very wisely.

After unlocking a few things, you can grab the Blue Onion. There is another Blue Onion in the third area of ​​the game that is easy to get, but if you want to swim Blue Pikmin early, you can unlock them by using our process below. There may be an easier way to do this, but here’s what we did.

Step 1: Rescue Russ from ‘Last-Frost Cavern’ and unlock Oatchi’s abilities

You do need to complete the first cave you encounter on the Sun-Speckled Terrace, ‘Last-Frost Cavern’. Russ the inventor is in it and you need his building skills.

You also want Oatchi’s skills to be unlocked. These were unlocked for us around day three (the same day we rescued Russ). We’re not sure if Oatchi’s abilities are related to Russ’ rescue or if it’s static on day three. You must have the ability to ride Oatchiwhich must be unlocked simultaneously with his training.

Step 2: Have at least 50 Pikmin power

You can choose how you want to realize this. Including the two Flarlic you can get to expand your Pikmin count in Sun-Speckled Terrace, you should be able to hold 40 Pikmin, but you have 50 total Pikmin power to grab the blue onion. One of the following options will work:

1. Collect 1,500 Sparklium to unlock the second area, Blooming Arcadiaand grab enough Flarlic so you can carry at least 50 Pikmin.

2. Use Oatchi’s skill points to train him to have the power of at least 10 Pikmin.

If you’re trying to get the Blue Onion before you get to the second area, you’ll need to train Oatchi. You get Oatchi skill points for rescuing stranded explorers, so you’ll have to do a few caves to power it up.

Step 3: Collect 30 icepickmin

You get 10 Ice Pickmin from “Last-Frost Cavern” and you can grab another 20 from “Hectic Hollows”, which is located in the southeast corner of Sun-Speckled Terrace, on a ledge. You need Oatchi to be able to jump up there to get in.

Step 4: Start your Blue Onion rescue mission

Once you have 30 Ice Pikmin, the ability to build, and 50 Pikmin Power, you can start saving.

First, throw 30 IcePikmin into this small pond to freeze it completely. Then use any color of Pikmin build the wall next to the pondso you can climb up. Your Pikmin may need to make multiple trips depending on how much Flarlic you collected in step two.

Once the wall is built, use Red Pikmin to take out the Fiery Blowhog guarding the Blue Onion, which you will see half buried in the sand. After killing the monster, send 10 red Pikmin to dig out the blue onion.

[Ed. note: If you went the Flarlic route in step two, you can just instruct your extra 20 Pikmin to carry the Blue Onion to the hub and you can ignore these extra steps. If you powered up Oatchi instead, keep reading.]

Now jump down to this ledge and whistle to get your Ice Pikmin back, thawing the pond. Quickly climb back up the wall and throw 10 of your Ice Pikmin at the Blue Onion. Combined with the 10 Red Pikmin, they begin to move it, only to get stuck on a small ledge, which they cannot cross because the pond is not frozen.

Image: Nintendo EPD/Nintendo via Polygon

Whistle for all your Pikmin and throw 30 IcePikmin back into the pond, refreeze. Go pick up oatchi where he waits by the wall and jumps on his back. Jump onto the small ledge and instruct Oatchi and your red Pikmin to take back the blue onion to the mother onion.

Image: Nintendo EPD/Nintendo via Polygon

That’s all there is. As mentioned at the beginning of this guide, there’s another Blue Onion in the third area (Serene Shores), so you don’t even really have to to have to get this onion if you don’t want to calculate it. You can also come back later when you can carry more Pikmin to make the process much easier.