Ice Blast

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Screenshot of the Ice Blast from the Lab in Pikmin 4

Ice Blasts are an item introduced in Pikmin 4. They look like cyan Bomb rocks and function very similarly to them. Their explosion can freeze enemies, water, and deep mud like Ice Pikmin. They can also freeze hydro jellies and replace the need for Ice Pikmin in many situations. Their effect on water and mud is very short lived (about 8 seconds) but useful when carrying objects over smaller pools or allowing Oatchi to jump to an area he couldn't normally reach when swimming. Using 2 ice blasts in the same body of water or mud can slightly lengthen the effect if one is thrown right before another explodes, but this is rarely beneficial. Unlike bomb rocks, they cannot be used to destroy jars or any type of gate. Up to 5 per day can be purchased with 8 raw materials each in the lab after  × 1,500 Sparklium has been collected, but they can also be found in dirt mounds.

Uses

The player who is about to throw an ice blast.

Ice Blasts can be used in a multitude of ways.

Freezing Enemies

When playing Pikmin 4, there may be some enemies that are challenging and hard to defeat. With the Ice blast, you can throw it at one of the critters and watch them freeze immediately for a few seconds! Note, not all enemies can be frozen.

These enemies can't be frozen:

• • [icon] FrostyBulborb

Freezing Water

If an ice blast is tossed into a body of water, it will freeze it for a little while.