Hot Sandy Duel

Hot Sandy Duel
Default Pikmin*	Red Pikmin
Opponent*	Louie
Dandori Level*
Time limit	5:00
Music	Dandori Battle 2 (sand)
*This can be changed in Dandori Battle mode.

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Hot Sandy Duel is the fifth Dandori Battle stage in Pikmin 4. It is a sandy stage focusing on fire, with fiery enemies, fire starters, and dried plants present. In Story Mode, the opponent is Louie. In Dandori Battle mode is it unlocked by completing a match of Leafy Showdown. It has a time limit of 5 minutes.

How to reach

The player must first unlock the Giant's Hearth by winning Leafy Showdown and curing Captain Olimar. In this area, the entrance can be found near the opposite end of the map from the first base, with several different paths leading to it.

It can be entered with just Oatchi, but to transport the castaway to the base, its recommended the player take out Blue Pikmin or Winged Pikmin once they leave, or first drain the water surrounding the entrance.

Layout

Hot Sandy Duel takes place in a square-shaped sandpit, with lateral symmetry instead of the rotational symmetry found in other stages. The bases are on the north and south edges. Lit bonfire altars containing fire starters are located in the northwest and southwest corners. Between these on the western edge is a low area surrounded by dried plants except for a few gaps. These plants can be burned with the fire starters, or they can be burned by the Pyroclasmic Slooches that spawn in the middle of the battle. 6 Sunseed Berries are located behind additional dried plants on the western edge, and a Fiery Bulblax guards a large pile of nuggets.

In the east, there are plastic pots in the corners with Zest Bombs on top that can be knocked off with a Rush from Oatchi or Moss, guarded by Water Dumples. Between these is a high area with two Insect Condos surrounded by rings of dried plants, with a Scorchcake and a pile of nuggets in between.

Starting objects

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• Treasures:
  •  Gold Nugget × 70 (1 pile of 50, 1 pile of 20)
  •  Insect Condo × 2
  •  Portable Sunset × 2 (partially buried)
  •  Sunseed Berry × 6
  •  Zest Bomb × 2
• Enemies:
  •  Downy Snagret × 3
  •  Fiery Bulblax × 1
  •  Scorchcake × 1
  •  Water Dumple × 4
• Obstacles:
  •  Dried plant × 48 (2 groups of 3, 2 groups of 4, 2 groups of 7, 2 groups of 10)
• Tools:
  •  Bonfire altar × 2 (both lit)
• Other:
  •  Pellet Posy (1-pellet) × 16
  •  Pellet Posy (5-pellet) × 4

Objects that spawn during the battle

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• 4:00 remaining:
  •  Downy Snagret × 2
• 2:30 remaining:
  •  Downy Snagret × 2
• 2:00 remaining:
  •  Golden Sniffer × 1
  •  Pyroclasmic Slooch × 3

The Sneak Bomb will appear at 2:30 remaining.

The second Bonus Find will be selected at 3:00 remaining.

Strategy

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Notes

Corgwin's menu

“This Dandori Battle is sure to get heated with fire starters flying left and right! Use all the Dandori skills you've acquired to win this one.”

Dandori Battle menu

“It's all about how you use your fire starters in this stage. If you can't quite figure it out, you can always use a creature instead.”

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	熱砂の決闘場? Nessa no Kettō-jō	Hot Sand Duel Place
Chinese (traditional)	熱沙的決鬥場 Rèshā de Juédòu-cháng	Hot Sand Duel Place
Chinese (simplified)	热沙的决斗场 Rèshā de Juédòu-cháng	Hot Sand Duel Place
Dutch	Zonnig zandduel	Sunny sand duel
French	Duel dans les sables	Duel in the sands
German	Heißes Sand-Duell	Hot Sand Duel
Italian	Arena del duello	Duel arena	Possibly a pun on the fact that arena is Latin for "sand"
Korean	열사의 결투장 Yeolsa-ui Gyeoltu-jang	Hot Sand Duel Place
Portuguese	Duelo nas dunas	Duel in the dunes
Spanish	Encuentro en las dunas	Encounter in the dunes

See also

• Aerial Incinerator
• Sandbox Kingdom