Serene Shores

Serene Shores
Rescues	10
Treasures	86
Onions	3
Caves	4
Dandori Challenges	2
Dandori Battles	1
Suggested Pikmin
Wild Pikmin
Requirements	× 4,000
Next area	Hero's Hideaway
Music	Serene Shores

The Serene Shores (とこなぎの浜辺^?, lit.: "Ever-Lulled Shores") is the third main area in Pikmin 4. It is set on a beach, with many rock pools and other bodies of water. The area contains a large sandcastle as a focal point, with many pathways to scale it.

Uniquely, this area will change depending on the time of day, with the tide shifting to lower water levels at midday. This area has  × 7,945 worth of treasure, of which  × 3,255 is above ground.

Plot

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After collecting more Sparklium, Collin detects more signals from a beach area. The Red Leafling is here with another castaway.

Layout

The following notable features can be found in this area.

• Sandy and rocky terrain.
• Low-lying vegetation.
• Palm trees in the distance.
• Large pools of water.
• A sandcastle occupying the southern section.

Bases

• Blossoming Dunes: This is the default landing site, found to the right of the sand castle.
• Water's Edge: This base is unguarded by creatures, but is covered with sand. It can be found towards the map's center, past the pools of water.
• The Sand Keep: This base is guarded by a Crusted Rumpup at the top of the large sandcastle near the player's initial landing site.

Caves

Image	Name	Sublevels	Castaways	Treasures	Onions	Suggested Pikmin	Wild Pikmin
	Seafloor Resort	4	2	23	1
	Subzero Sauna	3	2	5	0
	Below-Grade Discotheque	5	1	11	0
	Engulfed Castle	5	2	17	0

Dandori Challenge 1

Found in the elevated area of the level, accessed only through the exit of the Engulfed Castle. The entrance to the Dandori Challenge is in a nearby alcove past the Whiptongue Bulborb.

Dandori Challenge 2

In the large body of water where the Slapstick Crescent and the Giant's Fossil are found, the entrance is hidden in some seaweed. Because its entrance is fully submerged, it is the only Dandori Challenge or Dandori Battle cave without a cutscene encounter with the Leafling of the level, instead simply opening the hole like any regular cave entrance. Oatchi will also emerge regularly from the hole, landing on the seabed and only floating to the top of the water once the exit cutscene has ended.

Dandori Battle

A Dandori Battle can be found near the 1st base, Blossoming Dunes. To the left, the cave's entrance is surrounded by water. As the player and Oatchi are immune to water, they can simply travel up the slope to access the entrance. However, to transport the castaway earned from completing the battle safely, it's recommended the bridge connecting the cave to the mainland is built or the water surrounding it is frozen.

Objects

Treasures

•  Ambiguous Hostel × 1
•  Bright Sword × 1 (partially buried)
•  Chance Totem × 2 (inside breakable pots)
•  Crimson Banquet × 1
•  Dapper Rubber Cutie × 1 (inside hydro jelly)
•  Dawn Pustules × 1
•  Emperor Whistle × 1 (fully buried)
•  Face Wrinkler × 1 (inside Peckish Aristocrab)
•  Fish-Bed Snack × 1 (inside Crusted Rumpup)
•  Fishy Bed × 1
•  Foolish Fruit × 1 (fully buried)
•  Giant's Fossil × 1
•  Gold Nugget × 60 (3 piles of 20, 2 piles appear at noon)
•  Heroine's Tear × 1 (fully buried)
•  Juicy Gaggle × 1
•  Lamp of Inspiration × 1
•  Lesser Mock Bottom × 1 (fully buried)
•  Mock Bottom × 1
•  Mystery Squish Fish × 1 (pulled out of ground by fishing rope)
•  Newtolite Shell × 1 (fully buried)
•  Orbital Communication Sphere × 1
•  Princess Pearl × 1 (inside Pearly Clamclamp, appears at noon)
•  Ring-of-Return Shield × 1 (inside Pearly Clamclamp)
•  Slapstick Crescent × 1
•  Stately Rubber Cutie × 3
•  Stellar Extrusion × 1
•  Zest Bomb × 1

Onions

•  Blue Onion × 1 (partially buried)
•  Flarlic × 1 (inside Pearly Clamclamp)

Enemies

•  Aristocrab Offspring × 5 (2 appear at noon)
•  Armored Cannon Larva × 4 (1 appears at noon)
•  Crusted Rumpup × 1
•  Hermit Crawmad × 3
•  Honeywisp × 2 (50% chance of dropping 1 nectar, 50% chance of dropping 1 ultra-spicy nectar each)
•  Hydro Dweevil × 1
•  Pearly Clamclamp × 3 (1 appears at noon)
•  Peckish Aristocrab × 1
•  Pricklepuff × 8
•  Puckering Blinnow × 19
•  Skeeterskate × 6
•  Toady Bloyster × 4
•  Water Dumple × 5
•  Whiptongue Bulborb × 1

Obstacles

•  Breakable pot × 4
•  Dirt wall × 4 (Drops 2 raw material per phase, has 8000 HP each)
•  Hydro jelly × 8
•  Iron fence × 1
•  Paper bag × 2
•  Potted plant × 1
•  Water body × 10
•  Water spout × 6

Tools

•  Clay bridge × 3 (requires 17, 27, and 34 raw material)
•  Climbing stick × 1
•  Climbing wall × 1 (requires 13 raw material)
•  Dirt-mound × 5 (10 raw materials × 4, Bomb Rock × 1)
•  Fishing rope × 2
•  Geyser × 1

Others

•  Burgeoning Spiderwort × 2
•  Egg (small) × 2 (Both contain 75% chance of 1 nectar, 20% chance of 1 raw material, and 5% chance of 1 ultra-spicy nectar each)
•  Egg (large) × 1 (Contains 75% chance of 3 nectar, 20% chance of 10 raw material, and 5% chance of 3 ultra-spicy nectar)
•  Pellet Posy × 15 (9 × 1 pellet, 5 × 5 pellet, 1 × 10 pellet)
•  Pile of raw material × 8 (piles of 3, 5, 8, 10, 22, 33, 34, 35)

Guide

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Night expeditions

All 3 bases in the Serene Shores have night expeditions. Night expeditions take place exclusively during low tide.

Blossoming Dunes

Blossoming Dunes
Danger level
Lumiknolls	1
Enemies	36
Starting Glow Pikmin	10

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

Enemies

•  Puffy Blowhog × 4
•  Shearwig × 14
•  Water Dumple × 18

Objects

•  Glow pellet × 270
  • Pile of 10 × 4
  • Pile of 15 × 8
  • Pile of 20 × 2
  • Pile of 30 × 1
  • Pile of 40 × 1

Water's Edge

Water's Edge
Danger level
Lumiknolls	2
Enemies	18
Starting Glow Pikmin	10

There are two Lumiknolls, the blue one located just southeast of the base and the orange one located in the other side of the nearby bridge, close to where the Fishy Bed is located. This location has a danger level of 2 and starts the player off with 10 Glow Pikmin.

Enemies

•  Toady Bloyster × 5
•  Water Dumple × 8
•  Whiptongue Bulborb × 5

Objects

•  Glow pellet × 415
  • Pile of 5 × 12 (Toady Bloysters and Whiptongue Bulborbs drop 1 pile each)
  • Pile of 10 × 12
  • Pile of 15 × 7
  • Pile of 20 × 5
  • Pile of 30 × 1

The Sand Keep

The Sand Keep
Danger level
Lumiknolls	1
Enemies	43
Starting Glow Pikmin	50

There is one Lumiknoll located directly at the base. This location has a danger level of 3 and starts the player off with 50 Glow Pikmin, the most of any night expedition.

Enemies

•  Toady Bloyster × 3
•  Water Dumple × 36
•  Whiptongue Bulborb × 4

Objects

•  Glow pellet × 200
  • Pile of 5 × 11 (Toady Bloysters and Whiptongue Bulborbs drop 1 pile each)
  • Pile of 10 × 8
  • Pile of 15 × 3
  • Pile of 20 × 1

Olimar's Shipwreck Tale

Serene Shores
Ship parts	8
Onions	5
Requirements	Recover 8 ship parts
Next area	Hero's Hideaway
Music	Olimar's Shipwreck Tale: Serene Shores

The Serene Shores is the third area Captain Olimar explores in his Shipwreck Tale.

Plot

Captain Olimar lands in the Serene Shores to continue his search for any missing parts for his ship, the S.S. Dolphin. He manages to find eight of his missing pieces with the help of the Pikmin and the space dog Moss.

Layout

The layout of the Serene Shores in Olimar's Shipwreck Tale is almost identical to that of the one in the main game. The major differences are the objects and enemies present, along with the caves entrances not being present. The upper area, to the north-west, is inaccessible during Olimar's time here as the Engulfed Castle cave is not present.

Bases

• Blossoming Dunes: Two Whiptongue Bulborbs can be found by this base, but you can still move base without killing them.
• Water's Edge: This is the default landing site upon first visiting.
• The Sand Keep: A Sovereign Bulblax guards this base.

Objects

Ship parts

•  Automatic Gear × 3 (1 inside Bug-Eyed Crawmad)
•  Bowsprit × 1
•  Extraordinary Bolt × 1 (inside Grubchucker)
•  Sagittarius × 1 (inside Pearly Clamclamp)
•  Repair-Type Bolt × 1
•  Secret Safe × 1 (inside Sovereign Bulblax)

Onions

•  Blue Onion × 1
•  Flarlic × 4

Enemies

•  Aristocrab Offspring × 7
•  Bug-Eyed Crawmad × 1 (drops a ship part)
•  Flighty Joustmite × 3
•  Grubchucker × 2 (1 drops a ship part)
•  Hermit Crawmad × 2
•  Masterhop × 1
•  Pearly Clamclamp × 1 (drops a ship part)
•  Peckish Aristocrab × 2
•  Pricklepuff × 2
•  Puckering Blinnow × 13
•  Sovereign Bulblax × 1 (drops a ship part)
•  Waddlepus × 3
•  Whiptongue Bulborb × 2
•  Wolpole × 4
•  Yellow Wollyhop × 3

Obstacles

•  Breakable pot × 21 (A group of 2 in which 1 drops 1 ultra-spicy nectar, a group of 2 in which 1 drops 3 nectar, a group of 3 that holds nothing, a group of 4 that hold nothing, 2 groups of 5 that hold nothing)
•  Bubble blower × 7
•  Dirt wall × 1 (Has 8000 HP)
•  Iron fence × 2
•  Potted plant × 1
•  Water body × 9

Tools

•  Clay bridge × 1 (requires 21 raw material)
•  Climbing wall × 1 (requires 11 raw material)
•  Clipboard × 1 (requires 20 Yellow Pikmin)

Other

•  Burgeoning Spiderwort × 1
•  Egg × 2 (1 drops 1 nectar, 1 drops 1 ultra-spicy nectar)
•  Pellet Posy × 17 (14 × 1 pellet, 3 × 5 pellet)
•  Raw material pile × 4 (piles of 5, 6, 10, and 11)

Guide

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  Burgeoning Spiderworts.

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  The Radar Map of Serene Shores after the tide lowers.

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  The Radar Map of Serene Shores in Olimar's Shipwreck Tale after the tide lowers.

Trivia

• This is the only aboveground area in Pikmin 4 where Purple Pikmin are recommended for use.
• If the water is frozen when the tide changes, it will become unfrozen in the cutscene and go down like normal. The Ice Pikmin freezing it will simply drop down to ground level when the cutscene is over.
• The large body of water on the eastern side of the area becomes separated into two separate bodies after the tide lowers, however the game still considers them to be one body of water. This can be observed by throwing Ice Pikmin into them, which will cause both bodies to freeze regardless of which one they're thrown into.
• This is the only area where not all treasure is present at all times.

Names in other languages

Serene Shores

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	とこなぎの浜辺? Tokonagi no Hamabe	Ever-Lulled Shores
Chinese (traditional)	靜謐海邊 Jìngmì Hǎibiān	Tranquil Shores
Chinese (simplified)	静谧海边 Jìngmì Hǎibiān	Tranquil Shores
Dutch	Land van zand en water	Land of sand and water
French	Rivages sereins	Serene shorelines
German	Stille Ufer	Quiet Shores
Italian	Riva serena	Serene shore
Korean	잔잔한 해변 Janjanhan Haebyeon	Serene Shores
Portuguese	Prainha serena	Serene beachlet
Spanish	Riberas serenas	Serene riverbanks

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Blossoming Dunes

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ラッパ花砂漠? Rappa Hana Sabaku	Japanese Morning Glory Desert	From「喇叭花」, the Chinese name for the Japanese morning glory
Chinese	喇叭花沙漠
Dutch	Bloemenduinen
French	Dunes fleuries	Flowery dunes
German	Blüten-Dünen	Pellet-dunes
Italian	Duna fiorita	Flowered dune
Korean	나팔꽃 사막
Portuguese	Dunas em flor	Dunes in bloom
Spanish	Dunas floreadas	Flowery dunes

Water's Edge

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	なぎさの休憩所? Nagisa no Kyūkeijo	Beach Rest Area
Chinese (traditional)	海邊休憩所
Chinese (simplified)	海边休憩所
Dutch	Kustvallei
French	Havre de la berge	Riverbank's haven
German	Felsiges Ufer	Rocky shore
Italian	Ristoro sull'acqua	Water's haven
Korean	물가의 휴게소
Portuguese	Beira d'água	Water's edge
Spanish	Orilla acuática	Aquatic edge

The Sand Keep

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	天守閣? Tenshukaku	Tenshu
Chinese (traditional)	天守閣
Chinese (simplified)	天守阁
Dutch	Zandvesting
French	Donjon des sables	Sand keep
German	Sandfestung	Sand fortress
Italian	Fortezza sabbiosa	Sandy fortress
Korean	성 꼭대기
Portuguese	Castelos de areia	Sand castles
Spanish	Fortaleza arenosa	Sandy fortress

See also

• The Distant Spring
• Perplexing Pool
• Tropical Wilds