Tunnel

A Yellow Pikmin digging a tunnel.

For the pathway that connects two doorways in Hey! Pikmin, see doorway.

A tunnel is a type of obstacle in Pikmin 3. Some walls have tunnels in them which serve as shortcuts between two parts of an area, but when these walls are first found, they are covered in pebbles and dirt. Pikmin must be ordered to open the tunnel, where they will slowly begin cleaning up the clutter. The tunnel cannot be entered until all the gravel has been removed.

Locations

Tropical Wilds

• There is one located near the Whiptongue Bulborb right at the main exit of the landing site. Burrowing through it leads to the ledges to go up to the Armored Cannon Larva.

Distant Tundra

• There is one located under the Cupid's Grenade near the landing site. This allows the leaders to traverse between their landing site and the small area with Pyroclasmic Slooches and Crimson Candypop Buds. It provides a shortcut for Pikmin that are carrying pieces of the Dawn Pustules.
• There is one behind the S.S. Drake, which can be used to go to the place where Alph and Brittany must exchange Pikmin before the main bridge is completed. It provides a shortcut for Pikmin that are carrying fragments of the bridge.

Beastly Caverns

• There is one located north of the SPERO. This allows Red Pikmins to traverse to the area behind the Reinforced wall.

Digging speeds

Main article: Dig#Digging speeds.

There are two phases for digging a tunnel. The first phase consists in digging the entrance to the tunnel, and the second one consists in digging inside the tunnel. During the first phase, different Pikmin types will dig at different speeds, whereas in the second one, every Pikmin will dig at the same speed. The following table lists relative digging speeds, based on the most "normal" Pikmin type, the Blue Pikmin.

Type	Pikmin 3
Red Pikmin	1.5×
Rock Pikmin	2.0×
Yellow Pikmin	1.0×
Winged Pikmin	0.5×
Blue Pikmin	1.0×
Purple Pikmin	1.5×
White Pikmin	0.5×

These digging speeds are exactly the same as each Pikmin type's relative attack power. It's possible to see that Yellow Pikmin are not given any speed improvement, compared to when they are digging a buried fruit.

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  The tunnel at the landing site of the Distant Tundra.

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  Looking through a tunnel in the Tropical Wilds.

Name in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ヨコ穴? Yoko Ana	Horizontal hole
German	Tunnel

See also

• Geyser
• Paper bag
• Dirt mound