Burrow of Beginnings

Burrow of Beginnings
Captain Shepherd clinging to a tree to escape three Bulborb Larvae in the central chamber of the cave
Location	Rescue Command Post
Sublevels	1
Rescues	1
Treasures	0
Onions	0
Suggested Pikmin

The Burrow of Beginnings is the first cave in Pikmin 4, and the only one in the Rescue Command Post. It has a single sublevel with no wild Pikmin or treasures, and very few enemies and obstacles. It is first explored with Collin and is where Shepherd is rescued. It has an exit leading to the base near the S.S. Shepherd.

How to reach

During the beginning tutorial, after the player avatar finds Collin and Oatchi, you will be leaded to a high ledge you cannot progress over. Behind it is a cave entrance covered in dirt, which must be cleared away using Oatchi. From there, you can proceed into the cave.

Because the cave entrance and exit are both are high ledges, the cave only be re-entered once Oatchi has learned to jump. However, the Bulborb Larvae will not respawn and there is no real reason to go through the cave a second time.

Sublevel 1

• Enemies:
  •  Bulborb Larva × 3 (doesn’t respawn after first defeat)
• Obstacles:
  •  Breakable pot × 5
• Others:
  • Erma Shepherd

Simply follow the path left until you reach Captain Shepherd hiding from some Bulborb Larvae on a pillar. Quickly take out the Larvae with either Oatchi or your fists. Talk to the captain, and destroy the Breakable pots with a rush to continue to the exit.

Trivia

• Unlike many others, this cave does not have any notes from Olimar or Louie. This likely implies neither of them explored the cave; indeed, Olimar's first visit to the Rescue Command Post is in the ending of his Shipwreck Tale, where his life support fails in the planet's atmosphere and he crash-lands once again before becoming a leafling.
• Due to being the tutorial cave, and before obtaining Pikmin, this cave and Cavern for a King are the only caves in Pikmin 4 that do not contain any wild Pikmin.
• The cave suggests Red Pikmin upon re-entry, despite no Pikmin being needed to clear it the first time.
• This is the only normal cave which does not respawn enemies upon re-entering with 100% cave completion.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	はじまりの抜け道? Hajimari no Nukemichi	Byway of Beginnings
Chinese (traditional)	起始的捷徑 Qǐshǐ de Jiéjìng	Shortcut of Beginnings
Chinese (simplified)	起始的捷径 Qǐshǐ de Jiéjìng	Shortcut of Beginning
Dutch	Grot bij de Shepherd	Cave by Shepherd
French	Premier souterrain	First tunnel
German	Höhle des Anfangs	Cave of Beginnings
Italian	Caverna degli albori	Cavern of beginnings
Korean	시작의 터널 Sijag-ui Teoneol	Tunnel of Beginnings
Portuguese	Primeira toca	First burrow
Spanish	Primera madriguera	First burrow

See also

• Emergence Cave