Editing The Distant Spring

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{{infobox area
|map          = The Distant Spring HD.jpg
|screenshot   = TDS top.png
|parts        = 10
|hazards      = {{water}} {{fire}}
|obstacles    = {{white bramble gate}} {{black bramble gate}} {{gray reinforced wall P1}} {{black reinforced wall P1}} {{climbing stick}} {{geyser}} {{water body}} {{bridge P1}}
|requirements = Collect 12 [[ship part]]s
|music = ''[[Music in Pikmin#The Distant Spring|The Distant Spring]]''
}}

'''The Distant Spring''' ({{j|大水源|Dai suigen|Big Spring}}) is the fourth area Olimar discovers on [[Pikmin (game)|his first visit]] to the [[PNF-404|Pikmin Planet]]. It is part of a huge wetland at the edge of the forest (and thusly named "The Distant Spring"). The terrain is mostly aquatic with unique creatures spread throughout. This land also is home to a plurality of [[Captain Olimar]]'s missing [[ship part]]s, of which there are ten. The [[Perplexing Pool]] bears resemblance to The Distant Spring. They feature similar maps and similar looking ledges, and the same tree trunks.

==General layout==
The Distant Spring is the largest area in the first [[Pikmin series|''Pikmin'' game]]. Water covers a great portion of the area. In the center lies the landing site, along with several hollow tree stumps. To the north is a small pond where the [[Number 2 Ionium Jet|#2 Ionium Jet]] and the [[Chronos Reactor]] can be found. To the east, there is a wall maze with the [[UV Lamp]], blocked by a small path filled with [[Spotty Bulbear]]s, [[Puffy Blowhog]]s, and [[Dwarf Bulbear]]s. To the west are the areas with the [[Gluon Drive]], [[Zirconium Rotor]], and [[Pilot's Seat]], which are located in large tree stumps. Finally, to the south lies a small river with some islands where the [[Smoky Progg]] (before [[day]] 15) and the [[Interstellar Radio]] (inside a [[Puffy Blowhog]]) can be found. There are several [[Water Dumple]]s in this area.

In this area, [[bomb-rock]]s in groups of 5 (though sometimes 4 appear instead) are found in giant skulls; the creatures they once belonged to being as of yet unknown. One of them is inside a hollow tree stump guarded by a Spotty Bulbear near the landing site, and another one in the beach where the [[Massage Machine]] is found. There is another skull near the pool with [[Wogpole]]s to the West.

In the main story mode, the area is laid out with [[Spotty Bulbear]]s, [[Dwarf Bulbear]]s, [[Yellow Wollywog]]s, and [[Water Dumple]]s. After day 4, two [[Swooping Snitchbug]]s survey the area, looking for Pikmin to capture and throw into the ground.

In Challenge Mode, [[Red Bulborb]]s are found all over the land area, instead of [[Spotty Bulbears]]. [[Pearly Clamclamp]]s are also found in different locations, and two [[Puffstool]]s walk around in different areas.

==Key sections==
{{Game help|p|describe important parts of the area.}}

==Objects==
{{game help|p|Add the plants and fungi.}}
===Ship parts===
*{{icon|Repair-type Bolt|y}}: Immediately beside the landing site is a ledge. Guiding Pikmin along this ledge leads to the part.
*{{icon|Massage Machine|y}}: Near the landing site, going straight from the Dolphin, is a bridge leading to a beach containing a [[Spotty Bulbear]], two skulls containing ten [[bomb rock]]s total, a [[Lapis Lazuli Candypop Bud]] and this part.
*{{icon|Interstellar Radio|y}}: Going into the vast water, past the [[Smoky Progg]] egg are several [[Water Dumple]]s and a [[Puffy Blowhog]]. The Blowhog has the part.
*{{icon|Gluon Drive|y}}: Going past the two Bulbears and two Blowhogs behind the Dolphin leads to a river that has bridges on both sides. The part on the other side of these bridges.
*{{icon|UV Lamp|y}}: Beyond the reinforced [[gate]] near the landing site is a complex structure, found to the right. The part is at the end of the series of ledges that form a path.
*{{icon|Zirconium Rotor|y}}: Beyond the Gluon Drive is a gate guarded by two [[Yellow Wollywog]]s. Destroying this gate allows access to this part.
*{{icon|Pilot's Seat|y}}: There are three tree trunks opposite the Zirconium Rotor. This part is located inside one of the trunks.
*{{icon|Bowsprit|y}}: Near the landing site are a series of large tree trunks that can only be accessed from the opposite side. Inside the one nearest the landing site is an [[Armored Cannon Beetle]] that has the part.
*{{icon|Chronos Reactor|y}}: Traveling in a straight line from the reinforced wall beside the landing site leads to this part, atop a tall ledge. Both a Lapis Lazuli and [[Golden Candypop Bud]] are located nearby.
*{{icon|Number 2 Ionium Jet|y}}: Directly beside the Chronos Reactor is this part, sitting atop a stone structure.
===Enemies===
*{{icon|Puffy Blowhog|y}} &times; 3 (+1 starting day 5; the one carrying [[Interstellar Radio]] and the one by the Blue Onion never return when defeated; if the one by the Blue Onion survives after day 15, then it disappears)
*{{icon|Dwarf Bulbear|y}} &times; 11, starting day 16
*{{icon|Spotty Bulbear|y}} &times; 6 (only the one by the yellow 10-pellet and the one by Massage Machine return when defeated; if the one by the Red Onion survives after day 15, then it disappears)
*{{icon|Water Dumple|y}} &times; 10
*{{icon|Shearwig|y}} &times; 11
*{{icon|Yellow Wollywog|y}} &times; 7 (3 never return when defeated)
*{{icon|Wogpole|y}} &times; 7, starting day 16
*{{icon|Swooping Snitchbug|y}} &times; 2, starting day 5
*{{icon|Armored Cannon Beetle|y}} &times; 1 (after defeated, it never returns)
*{{icon|Smoky Progg|y}} &times; 1, before day 16 (after awakened, it never returns)

===Obstacles===
*{{icon|White bramble gate|y}} &times; 1
*{{icon|Black bramble gate|y}} &times; 1
*{{icon|Climbing stick|y}} &times; 3
*{{icon|Bridge|v=P1|y}} &times; 3 (2 of them become one bridge after being built.)
*{{icon|Fire geyser|y}} &times; 7
===Plants and fungi===

==Guide==
{{Guide}}
{{Game help|p}}

==Challenge Mode==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Pikmin source!!{{tt|Seeds|Max produced with correct harvesting}}!!Amount!!Total
|-
|Starting Reds||||5||5
|-
|Starting Yellows||||5||5
|-
|Starting Blues||||5||5
|-
|Red 1 pellets||2||3||6
|-
|Red 5 pellets||5||1||5
|-
|Red 10 pellets||10||4||40
|-
|Yellow 1 pellets||2||3||6
|-
|Yellow 5 pellets||5||1||5
|-
|Yellow 10 pellets||10||2||20
|-
|Yellow 20 pellets||20||1||20
|-
|Blue 1 pellets||2||3||6
|-
|Blue 5 pellets||5||1||5
|-
|Blue 10 pellets||10||2||20
|-
|Blue 20 Pellets||20||1||20
|-
|Pellet Posy||2||4||8
|-
|Dwarf Red Bulborb||4||19||76
|-
|Fiery Blowhog||8||3||24
|-
|Iridescent Flint Beetle||{{tt|14|Two random 1 pellets and two random 5 pellets}}||2||28
|-
|Mamuta||15||1||15
|-
|Pearly Clamclamp||50||3||150
|-
|Puffstool||30||2||60
|-
|Puffy Blowhog||{{tt|15|Three random 5 pellets}}||3||45
|-
|Red Bulborb||12||4||48
|-
|Yellow Wollywog||{{tt|13|One random 5 pellet plus 8 seeds}}||10||130
|-
!Total
|colspan="3" style="text-align: center;" | 752
|}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Distantspringlz.png|Overview of the landing site.
File:TDS start.png|The landing site.
File:TDS repair-type bolt.png|The path that leads to the [[Repair-type Bolt]].
File:TDS bottom entrance.png|The path that leads to the southernmost section.
File:TDS bottom.png|The southernmost section of the area.
File:GPIE01-16.png|Close-up of one of the skulls at the south, with what appears to be a spinal cord.
File:TDS progg.png|The place where the [[Smoky Progg]] can be found.
File:TDS water 1.png|Part of the large body of water that makes for most of the southern part.
File:TDS water 2.png|Another part of the large body of water.
File:TDS zirconium.png|The location of the [[Zirconium Rotor]].
File:TDS pilot's seat.png|The location of the [[Pilot's Seat]].
File:TDS before top.png|The grassy area before the northern section of the area.
File:TDS skull.png|A closeup of one of the skulls in the area.
File:TDS top.png|The northeasternmost section.
File:TDS top 2.png|The northernmost section.
File:TDS bowsprit.png|The tree stump where the [[Bowsprit]] can be found.
File:TDS open.png|The large open area next to the landing zone.
File:TDS uv lamp.png|The path that leads to the [[UV Lamp]].
File:Pikmin1f.jpg|The Pikmin encounter [[Dwarf Red Bulborb]]s and a [[Red Bulborb]] in the [[enemy reel]]. These Bulborbs, however, are not present in actual gameplay, and could be [[Pikmin prerelease information|prerelease content]].
File:The Distant Spring preview.png|Preview image on the [[Menu#Area selection|area selection menu]].
File:The Distant Spring HD.jpg|Overview map.
File:DS texture.png|The [[radar]] pattern for The Distant Spring.
</gallery>

==Trivia==
*The [[enemy reel]] shows The Distant Spring having different enemies, ship parts, and being more plain, without the hollow tree stumps. This is most likely a [[Pikmin prerelease information|prototype version]] leftover.
*The perfect score in challenge mode is 752 points. Currently, it hasn't been reached by any player in real-time (with the closest score yet being 712{{cite youtube|OoF2S7AQyH8|with a completion of the Challenge Mode level with 712 points}}), but it has been reached via a [[tool-assisted superplay]].{{cite youtube|_p1wH5CkmkM|with a tool-assisted superplay of the level and reaching 752 points}}
*In the [[Formidable Oak]], the area where the [[Plasm Wraith]] is fought in has a pattern on the floor similar to the pattern of the ground where the [[Smoky Progg]]'s egg is found.

==Names in other languages==
{{Foreignname
|FraE=La Source Lointaine
|FraEM=The Distant Spring
|Ger=Die Ferne Quelle
|GerM=The Distant Spring
|SpaE=La Gran Laguna
|SpaEM=The Great Lake
|SpaA=La Gran Laguna
|SpaAM=The Great Lake
|Ita=Fonte Remota
|ItaM=Distant Spring
|FraA=La Source lointaine<br>La Source Lointaine
|FraAM=The Distant spring<br>The Distant Spring
|Kor=거대한 샘
|KorM=The Huge Spring
}}

==See also==
*[[Yellow Wollywog]]
*[[Smoky Progg]]
*[[Perplexing Pool]]

==References==
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