Glitches in Pikmin 4

This is a collection of glitches possible in Pikmin 4.

Please read the glitch notes before attempting any of these glitches or before adding your own.

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Main

Leader jump glitch

Reproducibility	Consequences	Demonstration
High	Helpful	YouTube video

• Effects: Makes the player character jump on top of a short wall.
• Prerequisites: Be able to ride Oatchi.
• How to: Position Oatchi on the opposite side of a short wall and leave him idling there. Position the leader on the opposite side of the wall. When the prompt to ride Oatchi appears, press the button. The leader should perform a jump in Oatchi's direction to get on him, but if the wall is low enough they will jump on top of the wall instead.
• Notes: None.
• Possible explanation: None.

Pikmin-related

Winged Pikmin crystal nodule glitch

Reproducibility	Consequences	Other demonstrations
High	Harmful	Discord video

• Effects: Makes Winged Pikmin fly off without stopping. Also randomly makes a crystal nodule break for no reason.
• Prerequisites: None.
• How to: Throw or charge a few Winged Pikmin at a crystal nodule. If you use too many, the crystal might break by itself. Some of the Pikmin will hover above the obstacle, and some will fly off in whatever direction they were moving at a random moment. When the crystal breaks, those Pikmin will return to being idle like normal, but they may be too far out of bounds to be easily accessed.
• Notes: None.
• Possible explanation: None.

Purple Pikmin duplication glitch =

Reproducibility	Consequences	Other demonstrations
Medium	Helpful	Discord video

• Effects: Allows you to clone Purple Pikmin, as well as go over the 100 Pikmin limit.
• Prerequisites: Have unlocked Purple Pikmin, and any cave that has purple Candypop Buds in it.
• How to: Find a cave with purple Candypop Buds in it (Easiest to do in Engulfed Castle, but make sure you have some Blue Pikmin in order to make the Candypop Buds spawn.), then start throwing your Purple Pikmin into it. If the number of Pikmin on the field increases, that means Purple Pikmin have been successfuly cloned.
• Notes: This glitch is more consistent if you have more Purple Pikmin.
• Possible explanation: None.

Aesthetic

Small object spit out

Reproducibility	Consequences	Other demonstrations
Low	Harmless	Discord image

• Effects: Makes an object appear smaller than normal.
• Prerequisites: Have Oatchi learn swallow.
• How to: Let Oatchi carry an object, like an enemy corpse, and then get hit by an Arctic Cannon Beetle's snowball just as he's spitting it out. The animation will be interrupted and the object will stay at a small size.
• Notes: None.
• Possible explanation: None.

Minor

Aesthetic

• By going to the Piklopedia, selecting an enemy that is active at night, leaving the Piklopedia, then going to the Treasure Catalog, the treasures will be displayed at night. Pressing to toggle to day will reload the scene and show night still. Pressing again will change to day as expected, however.
• If the player highlights any treasure of the Ultra-Hyper-Technology Series in the Piklopedia and swaps to the page that shows where it was first seen and what series it belongs to, the series name is large enough to overlap with the "Series:" label.

See also

• Unused content in Pikmin 4