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In {{p1}}, areas are unlocked through collecting [[ship part]]s, the main collectible. The number of parts required to access each area is 1 for [[The Forest of Hope]], 5 for [[The Forest Navel]], 12 for [[The Distant Spring]], and 29 for [[The Final Trial]].

In {{p4}}, areas are unlocked by collecting a certain amount of [[Sparklium]]. The [[Sun-Speckled Terrace]], [[Blossoming Arcadia]], and [[Serene Shores]] are unlocked by collecting {{sparklium|p4|300}}, {{sparklium|p4|1,500}} and {{sparklium|p4|4,000}} respectively. The three remaining areas of the game require an additional condition to be unlocked: the [[Hero's Hideaway]] requires {{sparklium|p4|7,000}} and rescuing [[Bernard]] to be unlocked, the [[Giant's Hearth]] requires {{sparklium|p4|11,000}} and rescuing [[Olimar]] to be unlocked, and the [[Primordial Thicket]] requires {{sparklium|p4|13,000}} and rescuing [[Yorke]] and [[Don Bergman]] to be unlocked. Unlocking areas in [[Olimar's Shipwreck Tale]] requires collecting a specific amount of [[ship part]]s: 2 for the Blossoming Arcadia, 8 for the Serene Shores, and 23 for the Hero's Hideaway.

To select a different base as the one that the ship and Onion should currently use, the player needs to go up to an unused base and press {{button|switch|a|switch|facer}}. This will make the screen fade to and from black, and when the scene returns, the ship and Onion will be just about finished with landing in the new base. Any Pikmin or [[leader]] near the Onion or ship will be instantly transported inside the ship towards the new spot. Any Pikmin that were busy [[carry]]ing things will readjust their trajectory towards the new base after a second.

In ''Pikmin 3'', areas are split into multiple segments. When a leader, Pikmin, or an object carried by Pikmin touch an invisible portal,<ref>In the game files, the object's data is in <code>/content/CMCmn/object/portal.szs</code>.</ref> they are transported to the equivalent portal, in another segment of the area. For the most part, these segments separate the outdoors parts of an area from the tunnels and small caverns that can be explored, though some segments also exist for small enclosures, interesting plateaus, or corridors leading into [[boss]] arenas, among other things. The act of being transported in a portal saves the player some otherwise uninteresting travel time, but besides that, segmenting the area allows the game to only focus on the segment the player or Pikmin are on, and can save on processing and rendering segments that are irrelevant. Via the use of [[Glitches in Pikmin 3|glitches]], one can make the game show parts of a segment that aren't loaded entirely, or are missing geometry.

*[[Brilliant Garden]]: The first sector of the game has rather common terrain, made of grass and foliage.

*[[Verdant Waterfront]]: This sector mainly focuses on water environments, such as lakes, as well as all the plant-life terrain found around lakes.

*[[Sparkling Labyrinth]]: A rocky sector, with terrain made of rocks and crystals.

*[[Ravaged Rustworks]]: This sector features human-made materials, such as metal pipes and tubes.

*[[Leafswirl Lagoon]]: The environment of this sector is pretty focused on autumn, with the terrain being mostly dead leaves and dirt.

*[[Sweltering Parchlands]]: This sector is mostly themed around fire, so the terrain consists of dirt, coal, and burned vegetation.

*[[Snowfall Field]]: The exact opposite of the previous sector; this time, snow makes up most of the terrain, and this area symbolizes winter.

*[[Lushlife Murk]] and [[The Final Stretch]]: The last areas are focused on poisoned environments; the terrain usually consists of barren dirt and rock.