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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. It is directed by the [[Sage Leaf]], a uniquely gray [[leafling]] whose stated purpose with the trial is to help the [[Pikmin 4 player character|player character]] master [[dandori]].

** 1x [[Sticky Mold]]

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.

Alternatively, you could go to the room in front of you and throw your Pikmin on the two [[Dwarf Bulborb]]s and pluck the [[Red Pikmin]] sprouts. Go to your left and hop on [[Otachi]] and rush through the two [[Dwarf Bulbear]]s and to the room with [[Ice Pikmin]] sprouts and pluck them. Then rush through the [[Dwarf Bulbear]]s again, defeating them, and try to hit the [[Spotty Bulbear]] in the rear. After you defeat it, go back to the room with the the [[Bulborb]] and beat it up. Then, after defeating it, pick up the [[Bomb rock]] and charge your [[Ice Pikmin]] at the ice gate. Walk though the iron bars and throw your Pikmin at the [[Fiery Bulblax]] and defeat it. Go to the left and defeat the [[Whiptongue Bulborb]], then pluck the [[Ice Pikmin]]. Once the ice gate is broken, call Otachi and go behind you to the room with the [[Sticky mold]] and charge everyone towards the mushrooms. After it is removed, jump on the [[Bouncy Mushroom]] and pluck the Pikmin and go right. Trick the [[Frosty Bulborb]] into the [[Fire geyser]], melting the ice on its back, and rush it. After defeating it, go forward, and take out your [[Bomb rock]] and throw it in the middle of the [[Orange  Bulborb]] and [[Dwarf Orange Bulborb]] particularly from outside their territory so they don't move away from it.

The 2nd Story has a Dandori Level of 3, giving the player 6 minutes to reach the Sage Leaf. To do so, the player must collect 45 pieces of [[Raw material|raw material]] from the material piles scattered around the stage and use them to build a ledge.  

Your first priority should be to collect the fire starters and use them to light the torches and burn the hay. Utilize the extra fire starters you get from the torches to destroy the hydro jellies and the ice gate. Oatchi's main job will be destroying enemies as you go, so make sure to have Frost Guard and upgraded Rush and possibly Bite on him. As the material piles are all small, it is likely faster first to collect the farther away ones each in one go while clearing the enemies, then set a few Pikmin to build the Clay Mound while the rest collect the nearer material groups in two rounds.

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The 4th Story has a Dandori Level of 3, giving the player 7 minutes to collect all 15 treasures, opening the gate to the Sage Leaf.

Start by sending the player character to pluck the two sets of Winged Pikmin (the [[Plucking Whistle]] can obtain the second set from across the ramp) while Oatchi kills the nearby Watery Blowhog for 5 Blues. Have Oatchi jump into the water and travel to the tin box and push it (you will need to dismiss your Blues to have him do it). Meanwhile, take the player character to the far island to pluck the last Wingeds, grab the three Cupid's Grenades, and send them to break the large egg for an Ultra-Spicy Spray. Call the five Blues from the bush and put them on the Stellar Extrusion. Send the player to the small area near the tin box and sound the Idler's Alert while Oatchi plucks the 10 Blues under the box and the 5 on that same area, then use the Ultra-Spicy Spray and have his squad kill the Bug-Eyed Crawmad and obtain another. Use the Wingeds in two waves to collect the six sushi pieces while Oatchi and the Blues collect the remaining treasures with the other Ultra-Spicy Spray.

Start by immediately sending your Winged Pikmin on the webbed ball, and your White Pikmin to the ball on the floor right under the starting point. Go with your Rock Pikmin to uproot the seven 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, collect the Ultra-Spicy Spray from the left egg in the dead-end, and get the White Pikmin you got to carry the treasure. Kill the Mammoth Snootwhacker using the Rock Pikmin you have and the Ultra-Spicy Spray, get the replacement Ultra-Spicy Spray it drops, get the treasure using Winged Pikmin, and send some remaining White or Rock Pikmin to dig up the Onion while the last balls are getting transported. Prepare 20 Winged Pikmin once you have all the treasures, give them the Ultra-Spicy Spray and rush them towards the Onion as soon as the gate opens. If the time is low, use White Pikmin or Oatchi with swallow instead.

Immediately throw 5 Red Pikmin on a nearby mushroom to push down a rope. Scale the rope and throw 1 Pikmin on the same mushroom to open the metal gate. To collect the three treasures, move the base over, have the Pikmin destroy the ice geyser, use the five Pikmin that don't go for the nearby Sphere to pull down the one on a web, and have Oatchi Rush and collect the third one. Next walk into the new area and bait the Dweevil with a bomb rock to the glass gate. Finally throw one Pikmin onto the conveyer belt and do the puzzle involving switching the conveyor belts. The final gate will open and you can proceed to the Sage Leaf.

It is also possible to skip the entire level and reach the Sage Leaf using a well-timed jump with Oatchi.{{cite youtube|D3GZIg7Tgjo|demonstrating the 6th Story: Gimmick Gambit finished in under 15 seconds}}

Send Oatchi to kill things as soon as he isn't doing something. In the meantime, throw your Purple Pikmin in the biggest packs of enemies, trying not to target isolated enemies too much. Don't bother recalling Pikmin too often as long as you have at least two 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 (defeating multiple enemies in groups). Oatchi will usually chomp down the stray or isolated enemies once their numbers are reduced, so focus on killing big packs at once. Prioritize the Shearfleas, which can avoid the shockwaves from a thrown Purple Pikmin if they're jumping and will prevent Oatchi or the player from acting if they're allowed to latch onto them. 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.

You'll want the [[Plucking Whistle]] for this. First have Oatchi rush the nearest jars to gain five Whites; send the player and those Whites to the [[poison]] [[Kingcap]] and have them work on it. Meanwhile, destroy the sticky molds with Oatchi and Rush the remaining jars, then call the last five Whites out from under the Carriage. Throw them all onto the Eggs and then have Oatchi go to the Candypop Bud. Have the player throw their Whites into the Bud and then go to gather the flowered Whites and go through the bars to have them pull the potted plant. Using Oatchi, Rush the ledge with the Citrus Lumps, then bring the Purples to deflate the bag and send Oatchi to carry the Mysterious Carriage. Use the player to call the Purples, flower them (Oatchi's lower throw makes getting the Purples up there very frustrating), and throw one to push the box. The plant should be pulled by now, so throw Purples onto the treasures in that area. Send Oatchi to the far corner to pull the fishing line while the player distributes the Whites onto the three piles of Nuggets and has the one Purple grab the Nugget it can now collect. As things are collected, have Oatchi collect the Anxious Sprout and clean up the other treasures with the Purples.

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, and send 5 Rock Pikmin in the purple Candypop Bud while you go walk over the Foolix to make it spawn. Unpluck the 5 Purple Pikmin, 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 allow you to kill it in 2 cycles. After the Foolix is dead, spawn 5 more Purples while going to the Snagret 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).

Have the player character pluck the 5 Ice Pikmin at the start (or preferably use the [[Plucking Whistle]]) and break the hydro jelly on the upper level containing 3 Purples and 10 more Ice Pikmin. Have Oatchi Rush the Purple Onion to knock it down and then have him swallow it. Destroy the Waterwraith's rollers (you don't need to kill it afterwards, just chase it away if it's in the way)and the Dwarf Bulbear that spawns, then have the Pikmin lower the paper bag. Use Purples to kill the Bulborb Larvae so the Ice Pikmin an destroy their spawn point, then kill both Blowhogs with all the Pikmin and perhaps the help of Oatchi if he arrives before you're done (and make sure to send him to swallow the Onion again if you do). Repeat this strategy with the Desiccated Skitter Leaves, the Ice Gate, and the Arctic Cannon Larva, using Oatchi for sure this time. Transform 5 more Ice Pikmin into purples and use them to lower the paper bag, then wait for Oatchi to waddle his way to the ship.