The Mud Pit

The Mud Pit
Location	Primordial Thicket
Sublevels	3
Rescues	1
Treasures	11
Onions	1
Suggested Pikmin
Wild Pikmin

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The Mud Pit is a cave in the Primordial Thicket in Pikmin 4. As its name implies, it has a large amount of mud, which makes traversing the cave tricky, especially when combined with the bottomless swamps that not even Blue Pikmin can swim through. Winged Pikmin are helpful here thanks to their ability to fly over most of the mud. At the bottom is an encounter with a Bug-Eyed Crawmad. This cave has  × 960 worth of treasure.

How to reach

The cave is located just a few steps northwest of The Sylvan Gate landing site. There are two Moldy Dwarf Bulborbs near the entrance, but they are easy to run past because they patrol a relatively large area.

Notes

Louie's Voyage Log

“Got stuck in the bottomless swamp. Some parts of it were pitch-black. And now I'm covered in mud. Reminded me of the mountain behind Nana's house.”

Sublevel 1

Map of sublevel 1.

• Treasures:
  •  Crunchy Deluge × 1 (inside Mamuta)
  •  Gold Nugget × 35
  •  Hoop of Passion × 1
  •  Sphere of Good Fortune × 1
• Enemies:
  •  Aristocrab Offspring × 2
  •  Miniature Snootwhacker × 3
  •  Mamuta × 1
  •  White Spectralids × 3
  •  Red Spectralids × 1
  •  Yellow Spectralids × 2
  •  Mama Sheargrub × 1
  •  Mitite
• Obstacles:
  •  Kingcap × 5
  •  Sticky mold × 2 (one contains 5 Spotcaps and one contains 9 Spotcaps)
  •  Tunnel × 1
• Tools:
  •  Climbing Wall (requires 13 raw material)
  •  Slide rail × 1
• Wild Pikmin:
  •  Winged Pikmin × 5 (attacking an Aristocrab Offspring)
  •  Winged Pikmin × 5 (sprouts)
  •  Candypop Bud (Winged) × 2
• Others:
  • None

First head north and kill the Aristocrab Offspring. Then destroy the 2 Kingcaps and kill the 2 Miniature Snootwhackers. Then dig up the tunnel leading to where the Mamuta is. Kill the Mamuta and then transport the Crunchy Deluge with Winged Pikmin back to the base. Head to the east of the base and remove the sticky mold, trying to not get the attention of the Mama Sheargrub. Then, kill the Mama Sheargrub. Build the climbing wall and ride on the slide rail. In the middle of the rail, throw 3 Winged Pikmin towards the Hoop of Passion to get it back to the base. Head near the climbing wall and kill the Miniature Snootwhacker. Then transport the Sphere of Good Fortune to the base. Finally, kill the remaining Aristocrab Offspring and collect the 35 Gold Nuggets. Then destroy the 3 Kingcaps and enter the next sublevel.

Sublevel 2

Map of sublevel 2.

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• Treasures:
  •  Gold Nugget × 5 (inside a vase)
  •  Skin of the Phoenix × 1
  •  Sweat-Soaked Blue Bird × 1
  •  Portable Sunset × 1 (inside Bogswallow)
  •  Dawn Pustules × 1 (inside Blizzarding Blowhog)
  •  Crush Nugget × 1 (inside a hydro jelly)
• Enemies:
  •  Blizzarding Blowhog × 1
  •  Muckerskate × 4
  •  Water Dumple × 4
  •  Bogswallow × 2 (one is guarding a base)
• Obstacles:
  •  Hydro jelly × 2
• Tools:
  •  Clay Bridge × 1 (requires 34 raw material)
• Wild Pikmin:
  •  Winged Pikmin × 5 (inside a vase)
  •  Winged Pikmin × 5 (attacking a Water Dumple)
  •  Candypop Bud (Winged) × 1
• Others:
  •  Flarlic
  •  Large Egg
  •  Pile of raw materials (20)

See also: Blizzarding Blowhog strategy.

This sublevel is essentially a loop, so it doesn't matter which way you go. It's also one of the only places in the game where you can find the Blizzarding Blowhog, the other being the Cavern for a King. This sublevel is pretty tricky, and it's recommended that you use Winged Pikmin for the majority of the sublevel.

Sublevel 3

Map of sublevel 3.

• Treasures:
  •  Life Station × 1
• Enemies:
  •  Bug-Eyed Crawmad × 1
  •  Hermit Crawmad × 2
• Obstacles:
  • Numbered gate (opens once 1 Bug-Eyed Crawmad and 2 Hermit Crawmads are defeated)
• Tools:
  • None
• Wild Pikmin:
  • None
• Others:
  •  Castaway (inside the Bug-Eyed Crawmad)
  •  Egg × 2

See also: Bug-Eyed Crawmad strategy.

Unlike prior sublevels, the mud on this floor only requires 30 Ice Pikmin to freeze. Freezing the floor has a useful benefit: the sublevel's boss, the Bug-Eyed Crawmad, will not come out of its hole while the floor is frozen, allowing you to deal with the Hermit Crawmads first. The Bug-Eyed Crawmad can also be permanently frozen via this method after emerging from its hole, essentially skipping the fight. The Life Station, however, cannot be moved while the floor is frozen.

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  The final floor's boss fight against the Bug-Eyed Crawmad and two Hermit Crawmads.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ヘドロが池? Hedoro-ga-Ike	Sludge Pond
Chinese (traditional)	泥巴池 Níbā Chí	Mud Pond
Chinese (simplified)	泥巴池 Níbā Chí	Mud Pond
Dutch	Gemoddermeer	Muddled lake
French	Bain de boue	Mud bath
German	Schlammgrube	Mud Pit
Italian	Lago di fango	Mud lake
Korean	진흙탕 연못 Jinheuktang Yeonmot	Mud Pond
Portuguese	Poço de lama	Mud pit
Spanish	Hoyo de lodo	Mud pit

See also

• Primordial Thicket
• Bug-Eyed Crawmad
• Seafloor Resort
• Mud