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The '''Trial of the Sage Leaf''' is a special [[Dandori Challenge]] cave in ''[[Pikmin 4]]''. While it is only one cave, it features ten individual Dandori Challenges that give the player unique tasks that differ from other Dandori Challenge Caves, such as reaching a specific point in the level, or gathering a specific item.

The Trial of the Sage Leaf is only accessible once the player has successfully completed [[Olimar's Shipwreck Tale]]. Once this is completed, the cave appears in the corner behind the [[Onion]]. Choosing to explore it, for no matter how long, will equal to one in-game [[day]], meaning once the cave is exited the day will end automatically.

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'''''Defeat All the Creatures'''''

 

The 1st Story has a Dandori Level of 3, giving the player 4 minutes to defeat all enemies.

 

Platinum: 4:00 - 1:45

Gold: 1:44 - 1:20

Bronze: 0:59 and lower

** 10x [[Red Pikmin]]

** 2x [[Dwarf Bulborb]]s

** 1x [[Bulborb]]

** 1x [[Whiptongue Bulborb]]

** 1x [[Orange Bulborb]]

** 1x [[Dwarf Orange Bulborb]]

** 1x [[Fiery Bulblax]]

** 1x [[Bulbear]]

** 2x [[Dwarf Bulbear]]s

** 1x [[Dirt Wall]]

** 1x [[Obstacle|Ice Gate]]

** 1x [[Sticky Mold]]

** 1x [[Bouncy Mushroom]]

** 1x [[Fire Geyser]]

** 25x [[Red Pikmin]]

** 10x [[Ice Pikmin]]

Guide: Hop on [[Oatchi]] and head to the room ahead of you, throw your [[Red Pikmin]] at the [[Dwarf Bulborb]] then pluck the [[sprout]]s on your left. Charge your [[Rush]] ability using [[Oatchi]], defeat the [[Bulborb]], and pick up the [[bomb rock]]. Next, go to the room with the [[Dwarf Bulbear]]s and [[Spotty Bulbear]], direct your bomb rock towards the [[Spotty Bulbear]], and finish it off with a [[Rush]]. Next, go to the room with the [[Ice Pikmin]] [[sprouts]] and pluck them. After that, you can ignore the [[Dirt Wall]] and backtrack towards the [[Ice Gate]] and use [[Rush]] to break through. Defeat the [[Whiptongue Bulborb]] and pluck the [[Ice Pikmin]]. Then, Defeat the Fiery Bulblax in the next room, get rid of the [[Sticky Mold]] which blocks a [[Bouncy Mushroom]], and jump on to pluck more [[Red Pikmin]]. Now, guide the [[Frosty Bulborb]] to the [[Fire Geyser]] to defeat it. After that Defeat the [[Dwarf Orange Bulborb]] and the [[Orange Bulborb]] with a perfectly angled [[Rush]] attack.

It is reccomended to have acquired the [[Plucking Whistle]] prior to attempting this Dandori Challenge as it would be easier to pluck your pikmin and save time.

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** [[Red Pikmin]]

** [[Arctic Cannon Larva]]

** [[Dwarf Frosty Bulborb]]

** [[Snowy Blowhog]]

** [[Icy Blowhog]]

** [[Hydro Jelly]]

** [[Clay Mound]]

** [[Ice Pikmin]]

Your first priority should be to collect the fire starters and use them to light the torches, as your Red Pikmin will otherwise freeze due to the cave's cold temperatures. Keep in mind that fire starters can also destroy ice gates in one hit, so use them instead of wasting time breaking them down with Ice Pikmin. Try to eliminate the Arctic Cannon Larvae as soon as you can to prevent them from interfering with material transport.

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** [[Yellow Pikmin]]

** [[Ice Pikmin]]

** [[Withering Blowhog]]s

** [[Iridescent Glint Beetle]]

** [[Flighty Joustmite]]

** [[Creeping Chrysanthemum]]

** Narrow tunnel

** [[Yellow Pikmin]]

** [[Ice Pikmin]]

** [[White Pikmin]]

 

The 4th Story has a Dandori Level of 3, giving the player 7 minutes to collect all treasure, and reach the Leaf Sage.

 

Platinum: 4:00 - 2:30

 

Gold: 2:29 - 2:00

** [[Blue Pikmin]]

** [[Watery Blowhog]]

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** [[White Pikmin]]

** [[Rock Pikmin]]

** [[Winged Pikmin]]

** [[Armored Cannon Larva]]

** [[Moldy Dwarf Bulborb]]

** [[Miniature Snootwhacker]]

** [[Mammoth Snootwhacker]]

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** [[White Pikmin]]

** [[Rock Pikmin]]

** [[Winged Pikmin]]

Start by immediatly sending your Winged Pikmins on the webbed ball, and your White Pikmins to the ball on the floor right under the starting point. Go with your rock pikmin to uproot the 5 White Pikmin next to the Onion, and charge at the Arctic Canon Beetle to kill it. Charge through the poison mushrooms with Oatchi, kill the Miniature Snootwhackers with a charge and send 7 Winged Pikmin to the stick leading to one of the treasures. Send 7 Rock Pikmin to uproot and carry the burrowed treasure. At this point, you should be able to use the Idler's alert to get your first 14 pikmin from the first treasures back. Get the second webbed ball down using flying, and take the path towards the Mammoth Snootwhacker. On the way, kill the Moldy Dwarf Bulborbs using Oatchi's charge and get the White Pikmin you got to carry the treasure. Kill the Mammoth Snootwhacker using the Rock Pikmins you have, get the Super Spicy Spray it drops, get the treasure using winged Pikmin, and send some remaining White or Rock Pikmins to dig up the onion while the last balls are getting transported. Prepare 20 Winged Pikmins once you have all the treasures, give them the Super Spicy Spray and rush them towards the onion as soon as the gate opens, they will transport it faster

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** [[Red Pikmin]]

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** 5 Purple Pikmin

** [[Bulborb Larva]] x90

** [[Shearflea]] x9

Do not mount Oatchi and send him to kill things as soon as he isn't doing something. In the meantime, throw your Purple Pikmin in the biggest packs of enemies and pray to the autolock gods that they don't target isolated enemies too much. Don't bother recalling Pikmin too often as long as you have at least 2 Purple Pikmin with you, as it takes too long. The best way to succeed in this challenge is to use the stomp from the thrown Purple pikmin in the biggest packs possible, Oatchi will usually chomp down the stray or isolated enemies once their numbers are reduced, so focus on killing big packs at once. Rushes are also effective at eliminating clustered enemies, and if absolutely necessary either Oatchi or the player can serve as live bait to get enemies clustered together.

''Powerful Purples and whirlwind Whites. Can you put them both to work effectively?''

The 8th Story has a Dandori Level of 4, giving the player 4 minutes to gather all treasures.

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** [[White Pikmin]]

** [[Purple Pikmin]]

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'''''Defeat All the Creatures'''''  

** [[Rock Pikmin]]

** [[Mama Sheargrub]] x2

** [[Porquillion]]

** [[Burrowing Snagret]]

** [[Foolix]]

** [[Emperor Bulblax]]

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** [[Candypop Bud]] (Purple)

Start by sending 5 Rock Pikmin to the Porquillion and let them fight it by themselves while you do the rest of the challenge. Unpluck the 5 Rock Pikmin in the corner and charge the two Mama Sheargrubs to kill them. Break the crystal wall, send 5 Rock Pikmin in the purple Candypop Bud while you go walk over the Foolix to make it spawn. Unpluck the 5 Purple pikmins, send 2 to tug on the Foolix's tail and charge at it as soon as it's vulnerable. To kill it in the quickest way, repeat a cycle of: chomp twice then charge with Oatchi as soon as you can, which should allows you to kill it in 2 cycles. After the Foolix is dead, spawn 5 more Purples while going to the Snabrek arena, prompt it to spawn, get the purples, and wait for it to plant itself into the ground and get stuck, then charge it. It should shake the pikmin off before dying but only require to get charged while he's trying to come out of the ground once or twice. Transform the next 5 Purple Pikmin using the Candypop Bud, but do not waste time breaking the wall! Just go through the center room (without provoking the Emperor Bulblax) While you wait for the Candypop Bud seeds to sprout, send Oatchi to the dirt moat next to the Porquillon and get him to dig up the Super Spicy spray. Once you have gotten the 5 Purples, go back to the Porquillon which should be a few hits from death, finish him, get the Super Spicy spray and go with Oatchi to kill the Emperor Bulblax by charging every time you can (once it's done attacking if it attacked first).

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'''''Capture the Purple Jewel'''''  

** [[Ice Pikmin]]

** [[Waterwraith]]

** [[Bulborb Larva]]

** [[Lesser Spotted Jellyfloat]]

** [[Fiery Blowhog]]

** [[Snowy Blowhog]]

** [[Startle Spore]]

** [[Arctic Cannon Larva]]

** [[Crystal Wall]]

** [[Paper Bag]]

** [[Dirt Wall]]

** [[Ice Pikmin]]

** [[Purple Pikmin]]

(To pluck Pikmin, don't forget to use the [[Plucking Whistle]] rather than plucking manually, which takes a lot of time!) Regroup with Oatchi after having plucked the 5 Ice Pikmin at the start, and use the Candypop Bud to get 5 Purple Pikmin. Destroy the Waterwraith's rollers (you don't need to kill it afterwards, just chase it away if it's in the way), break the Hydro Jelly containing 3 Purples after having sent Oatchi to dig the moat next to the dirt wall. Get the Onion down from its placements using 8 Purples and 20 Ice Pikmin, and get Oatchi to swallow it once it's down. Break the dirt wall, the crystal wall with the bomb Oatchi dug up then go ahead to clear the way (kill the Blowhogs, uproot the plants.) Once the plant is uprooted, kill the Startle Spore and the Arctic cannon larva with the help of Oatchi. As soon as they are handled, get Oatchi to swallow the Onion again while you transform 5 more Ice Pikmin in purples and use them to lower the paper bag, then wait for Oatchi to waddle his way to the ship.

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