Blossoming Arcadia

Blossoming Arcadia
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Ship parts	8
Onions	4
Requirements	Recover 2 ship parts
Next area	Serene Shores
Music	Blossoming Arcadia (Shipwreck Tale)

Blossoming Arcadia
Rescues	9
Treasures	60
Onions	3
Caves	4
Dandori Challenges	2
Dandori Battles	1
Suggested Pikmin
Wild Pikmin
Requirements	× 1,500
Next area	Serene Shores
Music	Blossoming Arcadia

The Blossoming Arcadia (花ふぶきの楽園^?, lit.: "Paradise of Falling Flower Petals") is the second main area in Pikmin 4. It takes place in a kindergarten playground, with a visible elephant slide in the background. This area has × 4,878 worth of treasure, of which × 1,580 is above ground.

Plot

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Layout

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The following notable features can be found in this area.

As part of the playable terrain:
- Various sandy and dirt terrain.
- Blue fences, some of them with drawings of colored fish and algae.
- Azure tubes or a hose along the floor.
- An upturned yellow bucket.
- A small wooden model house.
- A landing spot identified as "Fragrant Ravine".
As part of the background:
- A very large house, with a pink roof and a front porch awning.
- Large car tires, in red, yellow, and blue colors.
- A cyan playground slide styled like an elephant.
- Playground castles.
- Cherry blossom trees.

Bases

Fragrant Ravine: the default landing site.
Sunwashed Plateau: guarded by a Creeping Chrysanthemum.
Misshapen Pond: unguarded.

Caves

Dandori Challenge 1

The entrance is found at the top of the buildable climbing wall past the Misshapen Pond base (on the way to the Kingdom of Beasts), with the only other obstacle being the nearby Waddlequaff.

Dandori Challenge 2

This cave is found near the back of the area accessed from across the buildable bridge near the Sunwashed Plateau. Next to the potted plant, it can be found behind a stone wall, requiring 3 bomb rocks to destroy it. You can buy these from Russ, though bomb rocks can also be found in multiple dirt mounds around the area.

Dandori Battle

A Dandori Battle cave can be found near the first base, Fragrant Ravine. It is found toward the center river, on top of a large box. There are no obstacles obstructing its entrance. The player can find the same leafy individual that was in Sun-Speckled Terrace holding another castaway.

Objects

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Treasures

Brush of Wisdom (inside Burrowing Snagret)
Cupid's Grenade × 3 (may be inside Waddlequaff)
Daughter Doll Head
Floral Instigator
Harmonic Synthesizer
Mechanical Harp (Memory Song)
Mooching Vase (fully buried)
Octoplus (may be inside Waddlequaff)
Orbital Communication Sphere (in dirt mound)
Searing Acidshock (may be inside Waddlequaff)
Shake-a-Smile (inside Mamuta)
Sphere of Fuzzy Feelings (under dirt pile)
Sticky Jewel
Sweat-Soaked Blue Bird
Unfloatable Boat
Velvety Dreamdrop (partially buried)
Wayward Moon
Wind Detector (partially buried)

Enemies

Bearded Amprat × 2
Burrowing Snagret × 1
Creeping Chrysanthemum × 2
Downy Snagret × 8 (1 inside an egg)
Iridescent Flint Beetle × 1
Joustmite × 3
Mamuta × 1
Mitite (group of 10) × 2
Skitter Leaf × 5
Swooping Snitchbug × 2
Waddlequaff × 4
White Spectralids × 3
Yellow Spectralids × 6
Yellow Wollyhop × 4

Obstacles

Tools

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Dirt mound × 8 (10 raw materials × 4, bomb rock × 3, Orbital Communication Sphere × 1)

Others

Yellow Onion

Night expeditions

All 3 bases in the Blossoming Arcadia have night expeditions.

Fragrant Ravine

There is one Lumiknoll located directly at the base. This location has a danger level of 1 and starts the player off with 10 Glow Pikmin.

Enemies

Desiccated Skitter Leaf × 16
Joustmite × 4

Objects

Glow pellet × 395
- Pile of 5 × 2
- Pile of 10 × 15
- Pile of 15 × 7
- Pile of 20 × 5
- Pile of 30 × 1

Sunwashed Plateau

There is one Lumiknoll located just north of the base and west of where the Velvety Dreamdrop is located. This location has a danger level of 1 and starts the player off with 15 Glow Pikmin.

Enemies

Objects

Glow pellet × 255
- Pile of 10 × 9
- Pile of 15 × 5
- Pile of 20 × 4
- Pile of 30 × 1

Misshapen Pond

There are two Lumiknolls, the orange one located at the base and the blue one located just east of it. This location has a danger level of 2 and starts the player off with 10 Glow Pikmin.

Enemies

Bulborb Larva × infinite (2 nests)
Joustmite × 5
Tusked Blowhog × 3

Objects

Glow pellet × 145
- Pile of 10 × 6
- Pile of 15 × 5
- Pile of 20 × 2

Guide

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The strategies shown are just suggestions.

Recommended Types: Yellow Pikmin, Blue Pikmin, Ice Pikmin Mainly, remember to research and explore caves around the area. That’s the simplest way to clear the area. Later on, you may need to plan ahead before searching.

Olimar's Shipwreck Tale

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The Blossoming Arcadia is the second area in Olimar's Shipwreck Tale. Moss is found in this area. It has a number of changes compared to its appearance in the main story, most notably the addition of fire starters.

Plot

The Blossoming Arcadia is the second area that Captain Olimar discovers. He finds Moss lying on the ground here and feeds her a Scrummy Bone, which revitalizes her. She then chooses to help Olimar in his quest to recover the S.S. Dolphin's lost ship parts.

Layout

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Bases

Fragrant Ravine: unguarded.
Sunwashed Plateau: the default landing site
Misshapen Pond: unguarded.

Objects

Ship parts

Automatic Gear × 1
Extraordinary Bolt × 3 (1 inside Burrowing Snagret)
Ionium Jet × 1
Omega Stabilizer × 1
Radiation Canopy × 1 (inside Baldy Long Legs)
Repair-Type Bolt × 1

Onions

Yellow Onion × 1
Blue Onion × 1
Flarlic × 2

Enemies

Obstacles

Clay bridge × 1 (requiring 21 pieces of raw material)
Clay mound × 1 (requiring 24 pieces of raw material)
Climbing wall × 1 (requiring 7 pieces of raw material)
Electric gate × 1
Reinforced wall × 1
Sprinkler × 1 (cannot be turned off)

Tools

Bonfire altar × 7 (1 starts lit)
Fire starter (provided by bonfire altars)
Bomb rock × 2
Dirt-mound × 4 (bomb rock × 4, ice blast × 1)

Other

Moss
Raw material pile × 5 (piles of 6, 10, 10, 10, and 12)

Guide

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A Mamuta laying down in the Blossoming Arcadia.

Trivia

The nineteenth sublevel of the Cavern for a King has the same skybox as the Blossoming Arcadia at night.

Names in other languages

Blossoming Arcadia

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	花ふぶきの楽園^? Hanafubuki no Rakuen	Paradise of Falling Flower Petals
Chinese (traditional)	花瓣雨樂園 Huābàn Yǔ Lèyuán	Petal Rain Paradise
Chinese (simplified)	花瓣雨乐园 Huābàn Yǔ Lèyuán	Petal Rain Paradise
Dutch	Bloesemparadijs	Blossom paradise
French	Paradis des pétales	Petal paradise
German	Erblühender Park	Blossoming Park
Italian	Paradiso in fiore	Blossoming paradise
Korean	꽃바람 낙원 Kkotbaram Nagwon	Flower Wind Paradise
Portuguese	Área de recreio	Recess area
Spanish	Jardín de recreo	Recess garden