Trial of the Sage Leaf: Difference between revisions

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 jelly|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 family|Pikmin]] to build the [[Clay Mound]] while the rest collect the nearer material groups in two rounds.

Start by sending the [[Pikmin 4 player character|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 five [[Blue Pikmin]]. Have Oatchi jump into the water and travel to the [[Tin box]] and push it (you will need to dismiss your Blue Pikmin to have him do it). Meanwhile, take the player character to the far island to pluck the last Winged Pikmin, grab the three [[Cupid's Grenades]], and send them to break the large egg for an [[Ultra-Spicy Spray]]. Call the five Blue Pikmin 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 ten Blue Pikmin under the box and the five on that same area, then use the Ultra-Spicy Spray and have his squad kill the [[Bug-Eyed Crawmad]] and obtain another. Use the Winged Pikmin in two waves to collect the six sushi pieces while Oatchi and the Blue Pikmin collect the remaining treasures with the other Ultra-Spicy Spray.

Start by immediately sending your [[Winged Pikmin]] on the webbed [[Sphere of Heart]], and your [[White Pikmin]] to the [[Sphere of Desire]] on the floor right under the starting point. Go with your [[Rock Pikmin]] to uproot the seven White Pikmin next to the [[White Onion]], and use [[Rush]] at the [[Arctic Canon Beetle]] to kill it. Rush through the poison mushrooms with [[Oatchi]], kill the [[Miniature Snootwhacker|Miniature Snootwhackers]] with a Rush and send seven Winged Pikmin to the climbing stick leading to the [[Sphere of Vitality]]. Send seven Rock Pikmin to uproot and carry the burrowed [[Sphere of Beginnings]]. At this point, you should be able to use the [[Idler's Alert]] to get your first fourteen [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] from the first treasures back. Get the webbed [[Sphere of Good Fortune]] down using Winged Pikmin, 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 [[Sphere of Family]]. 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 [[Sphere of Calm]] using Winged Pikmin, and send some remaining White Pikmin or Rock Pikmin to dig up the Onion while the last treasures 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 one [[Pikmin_family|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 [[Volatile Dweevil]] 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].

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