Dandori Battle

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Dandori Battles are special caves in Pikmin 4. While accessed from the areas in Story Mode, they function more like an alternative game mode, similar to 2-Player Battle in Pikmin 2 and Bingo Battle in Pikmin 3. There is also a mode in the title screen that allows players to do Dandori Battles without any relation to Story Mode.

In Dandori Battles, the player (marked with blue) competes against their opponent (marked with red) to see who can earn the most points. Collecting treasures and enemies earns a player points based on their weight, and the player with the most points when the timer runs out is declared the winner. Both participants will use the same type of Pikmin.

Story Mode

In Story Mode, the Pikmin used are not the player character's, but rather are given to them at the start of the battle for that battle only. Anything collected is also not carried over after the battle. Each stage is ranked with a "Dandori Level" of 1 to 5, indicating the level of difficulty.

For the purpose of the game's overarching mission, the player must compete in Dandori Battles and win in order to be rewarded with a castaway that their opponent took possession of. Once that happens, the cave is closed and cannot be re-entered. However, after rescuing Corgwin these battles can be replayed from the Rescue Command Post. To reach the main story's conclusion, the player must earn a bronze or higher on all 6 matches.

Medals

The player can earn medals based on how their score compares to their opponent. Only a bronze medal is required to win the battle, which involves simply having more points than the opponent, but silver, gold, and platinum medals can also be earned based on the size of the lead the player has upon the battle's end.

• Bronze: Win the battle (by at least 1 point).
• Silver: Win by at least 30 points.
• Gold: Win by at least 60 points.
• Platinum: Win by at least 100 points.

Dandori Battle mode

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Dandori Battle mode is a mode selectable from the title screen. Here, the player can challenge a second player or a CPU to a round of Dandori Battle. When challenging the CPU player, it is also possible for two players to team up.

In addition to any of the created player characters from the game's save files, Shepherd and Collin are playable as well. Olimar and Louie can be unlocked as opponents after reaching certain points in any file of the main story.

The same 6 maps from Story mode are available to play on, however they must all be unlocked by playing on the stage before it at least once (similar to Bingo Battle). Levels are unlocked simply by finishing a battle, regardless of who wins, if the battle is retried and then aborted, or whether the player has encountered the maps in any Story Mode file.

In this mode, the shortcut buttons are fixed, and are mostly unbound except for the following (sideways Joy-Con does not have any bound shortcuts):

•  / left: Survey Drone.
•  / down: Idler's Alert.

List of stages

• Trial Run
• Battle in a Box
• Dandori Castle
• Leafy Showdown
• Hot Sandy Duel
• Final Battle

Locations

There is 1 Dandori Challenge cave per area in Story Mode, but since players can play each stage sequentially, none of them have a specific location to enter from. Below is a list of every Dandori Battle cave entrance available and how to access them.

• Sun-Speckled Terrace - near the 3rd base, Meandering Slope, where a bridge must be built to access the ledge it's on.
• Blossoming Arcadia - near the 1st base, Fragrant Ravine, on top of a large box toward the center river.
• Serene Shores - near the 1st base, Blossoming Dunes, surrounded by water.
• Hero's Hideaway - found within a safe, needing the Courage Emblem, the Power Emblem, and the Wisdom Emblem's randomized numbers to unlock.
• Giant's Hearth - near the 3rd base, surrounded by shallow water and a low ledge.
• Primordial Thicket - found on a ledge after a row of mushrooms Oatchi can jump across.

The player must complete the battles in the first three areas in any order to unlock Hero's Hideaway. From there, each area's Dandori Battle cave will need to be completed to unlock the next area (or in the Primordial Thicket's case, the Cavern for a King.

Get help

In Story Mode, if the player fails to earn a bronze medal, Dingo will offer to complete the challenge for them. If the player selects "Get Help" from the following menu, he will proceed to do so (shown with a blank screen, text boxes, and random sound effects), and the victory cutscene will play like normal as if the player had completed it themselves.

This feature is only available if Dingo has been rescued, and if the player goes through with his assistance, the player will not be awarded any medals until they replay it themselves.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ダンドリバトル? Dandori Batoru	Dandori Battle
Dutch	Dandori-duel	Dandori duel
French	Duel Dandori	Dandori duel
German	Dandori-Duell	Dandori Duel
Italian	Battaglia Dandori	Dandori battle
Portuguese	Batalha Dandori	Dandori Battle
Spanish	Batalla Dandori	Dandori battle

See also

• 2-Player Battle
• Bingo Battle
• Dandori Challenge