Below-Grade Discotheque

Below-Grade Discotheque
Location	Serene Shores
Sublevels	5
Rescues	1
Treasures	11
Onions	0
Suggested Pikmin
Wild Pikmin

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The Below-Grade Discotheque is a cave in Pikmin 4, located in the Serene Shores. It is a metal-themed cave with dark lighting, so the Headlamp upgrade is recommended. Various electronic objects are found in its sublevels. Its name alludes to the boss within the final sublevel: the Groovy Long Legs. This cave has  × 1,375 worth of treasure.

If the player does not have a Headlamp equipped, the lighting in the cave will periodically change randomly, between various stages of brightness.

How to reach

The Below-Grade Discotheque is located near The Sand Keep base, at the top of the sandcastle. Southeast of this base there is a branching path; while one path goes up towards a small pool, the other path heads down to this cave's entrance.

Notes

Olimar's Voyage Log

“While traversing the darkness, I came upon a delightful yet nostalgic object of mystery! Powerful streams of light, nonstop beats that assault the senses, a haze of smoke and music, and dancing Pikmin! It's like being back in the discotheques of my youth!”

Sublevel 1

Map of sublevel 1.

• Treasures:
  •  Sphere of Truth
  •  Sphere of Vitality (inside the dirt-mound)
  •  Thrill-Ride Track
• Enemies:
  •  Honeywisp × 2
  •  Tusked Blowhog × 3
• Obstacles:
  • None
• Tools:
  •  Clay mound × 1 (requires 15 pieces of raw material)
  •  Dirt-mound × 1 (contains the Sphere of Vitality)
• Wild Pikmin:
  •  Red Pikmin × 5 (sprouts)
• Others:
  •  Raw material pile × 1 (15 pieces)

The first sublevel is fairly small. Make your way around it, defeating the Tusked Blowhogs, building the clay mound, and collecting the treasures and raw material.

Sublevel 2

Map of sublevel 2.

• Treasures:
  •  Olfactory Sculpture
  •  Soul Reverberator
• Enemies:
  •  Bearded Amprat × 2
  •  Honeywisp × 1
  •  Shearflea × 2
• Obstacles:
  •  Electric gate × 1
  •  Fire geyser × 3
  •  Iron fence × 4 (lowered by pressing the button)
• Tools:
  •  Floating platform × 2
  •  Button × 1
• Wild Pikmin:
  •  Yellow Pikmin × 5 (fighting a Bearded Amprat)
• Others:
  •  Raw material pile × 1 (15 pieces)

This sublevel is themed around riding floating platforms. To collect the Olfactory Sculpture, jump to the floating platform in the west with Oatchi and throw 10 Pikmin over to the treasure, being careful to not throw them off the edge or at its hazardous flame. To collect the Soul Reverberator, walk past the iron fences without Oatchi, carefully walk onto the floating platform, and throw a Pikmin at the white button, which will lower the iron fences. Make sure to defeat the Shearfleas and Bearded Amprats, and destroy the fire geysers.

Sublevel 3

Map of sublevel 3.

• Treasures:
  •  Gold Nugget × 10
  •  Turn-of-Events Track
• Enemies:
  • None
• Obstacles:
  •  Box × 1
  •  Tunnel × 1
• Tools:
  •  Bouncy Mushroom × 6
  •  Fan × 5
  •  Moving walkway × 3
  •  Slide rail × 1
  •  Switch × 1 (blue and red, switches the direction of the moving walkways)
• Wild Pikmin:
  • None
• Others:
  •  Candypop Bud (Winged) × 1

This sublevel has a complex layout featuring many moving walkways, Bouncy Mushrooms, and fans, but the things that need to be done to complete it are actually fairly simple. To start, head to the lower level and jump onto the fan on the ground to reach a higher level. Dig up the tunnel and enter it to reach another island where the 15 Gold Nuggets can be collected. Returning to the previous level, make sure that the blue button is pressed down, then throw Pikmin onto the Bouncy Mushroom that the arrows on the ground are pointing towards. They will land on a moving walkway and begin going around a circuit. The next step requires timing: when at least 10 Pikmin are on the leftmost of the three moving walkways, press the red button to switch their direction. They will land on a Bouncy Mushroom and slide down a rail to push a cardboard box off a ledge. You can then cross this box and collect the Turn-of-Events Track. To access the Winged Candypop Bud, jump from the box to the Bouncy Mushroom next to it, which will lead to a fan that will take you to the high platform with the Candypop Bud. To access the hole to the next sublevel, jump on the fan next to the treasure's location, which will take you to another platform with the hole.

Sublevel 4

Map of sublevel 4.

• Treasures:
  •  Gold Nugget × 15
  •  Relentless Spear (inside the Tusked Blowhog)
  •  Sphere of Beginnings (partially buried)
• Enemies:
  •  Fiery Blowhog × 2
  •  Honeywisp × 2
  •  Pyroclasmic Slooch × 2
  •  Tusked Blowhog × 1
• Obstacles:
  •  Bubble blower × 3
  •  Clipboard (high) × 1 (requires 10 Yellow Pikmin or Winged Pikmin)
  •  Dirt wall × 1
  •  Iron fence × 2 (lowered by pressing the button)
  •  Sizzling floor × 2 (one extinguished by defeating the Pyroclasmic Slooches, one extinguished by activating the sprinkler)
  •  Sprinkler × 1 (extinguishes the sizzling floor it's on when activated, and then automatically deactivates)
• Tools:
  •  Button × 1 (lowers iron fences)
  •  Clay valve × 1 (inside sizzling floor, requires 16 pieces of raw material)
  •  Geyser × 1 (plugged)
  •  Pup tunnel × 1
• Wild Pikmin:
  •  Red Pikmin × 5 (fighting the Pyroclasmic Slooches)
• Others:
  •  Candypop Bud (Winged) × 1
  •  Candypop Bud (Red) × 1 (if player has 5 or fewer Red Pikmin)
  •  Candypop Bud (Yellow) × 1 (if player has 5 or fewer Yellow Pikmin)

This sublevel is themed around sizzling floors. To start, destroy the dirt wall and defeat the Tusked Blowhog to collect the Relentless Spear. Attack the nearby geyser to gain access to a high platform with a Winged Candypop Bud. Then head down to the area with the sizzling floors, leaving your Yellow Pikmin and Winged Pikmin behind. Defeat the Pyroclasmic Slooches and Fiery Blowhogs, and build the clay valve. Collecting the Gold Nuggets at the same time can increase the efficiency of this step. Once the valve is built, rotating it will activate a sprinkler that will extinguish the sizzling floor, and then the sprinkler will automatically deactivate itself. This allows the items around the sizzling floor to be collected, since items cannot be carried over a lit sizzling floor. Finally, send Oatchi into the pup tunnel, throw 10 Yellow Pikmin up the ledge, switch to Oatchi to throw those Pikmin at the clipboard, and press the white button, which will lower the iron fences. To reach the hole to the next sublevel, return to the S.S. Beagle and walk across the narrow metal bridge with Oatchi, jumping over the gap in the middle.

Sublevel 5

Map of sublevel 5.

• Treasures:
  •  Amplified Amplifier (inside the Groovy Long Legs)
• Enemies:
  •  Groovy Long Legs × 1
• Obstacles:
  •  Numbered gate × 1 (lowers when 1 Groovy Long Legs is defeated)
• Tools:
  • None
• Wild Pikmin:
  • None
• Others:
  •  Castaway × 1
  •  Egg × 2

See also: Groovy Long Legs#Strategy.

This sublevel contains the boss of the cave: the Groovy Long Legs. After defeating it, carry back the treasure it drops and the castaway behind the numbered gate.

Gallery

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  Various moving walkways, Bouncy Mushrooms, and fans in sublevel 3.

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  Pikmin moving around on a circuit in sublevel 3.

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  A sizzling floor in sublevel 4 about to be extinguished by the sprinkler.

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  A sizzling floor in sublevel 4 that has been extinguished by the sprinkler.

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  The Groovy Long Legs hanging in sublevel 5.

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  Fighting the Groovy Long Legs in sublevel 5.

Trivia

• The water from the sprinkler is an actual water hazard, so if the cutscene is skipped, Pikmin can actually die from it.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	スクラップディスコ? Sukurappu Disuko	Scrap Disco
Chinese (traditional)	廢材迪斯可 Fèicái Dísīkě	Scrap Disco
Chinese (simplified)	废材迪斯可 Fèicái Dísīkě	Scrap Disco
Dutch	Disco in de diepte	Disco in the depths
French	Discothèque souterraine	Subterranean discotheque
German	Verwilderte Diskothek	Overgrown Discotheque
Italian	Scantinato discoteca	Discotheque basement
Korean	스크랩 디스코 Seukeuraep Diseuko	Scrap Disco
Portuguese	Discoteca subterrânea	Subterranean discotheque
Spanish	Discoteca subterránea	Subterranean discotheque

See also

• Serene Shores
• Drafty Gallery
• Groovy Long Legs

This article was a featured article from December 1st, 2023 to February 1st, 2024.