The Shallow End

The Shallow End Sector 2 – Area D
Treasures	3
Pikmin available	Blue Pikmin
Requirements	Complete Glowing Bloom Pond via normal exit
Next area	The Keeper of the Lake
Music	Verdant Waterfront area Verdant Waterfront area - back side

The Shallow End (水中へのいざない^?, lit.: "Invitation to Go Underwater") is the last main area in the Verdant Waterfront. It takes place in a lake, much like most of the Verdant Waterfront's areas, but has some crystals with sharp edges, resembling icicles. Some of these will fall after Captain Olimar gets too close, so the player has to either outrun them or bait them into falling, to avoid having them fall on Olimar or the Pikmin.

Description

At the start, the player can call some Blue Pikmin. After this encounter, Olimar comes across a huge crystal, looking like an icicle. The protagonist has to be careful with it, otherwise it will hurt Olimar or kill some Pikmin when it falls. The area is filled with those obstacles, along with lakes and stretches of water. After a long trip through a lake infested with Puckering Blinnows and icicle-like crystals, the player can break a dirt block that is hiding a doorway leading to the first treasure, the Greed-o-Sphere. The player has to be careful with the Large Splurchin near the treasure. A small time after this, Olimar can enter a doorway placed on a bridge, however it leads nowhere. The player has to keep going in the level, dive in the lake, and take a path to the left. Then, Olimar has to avoid an icicle and a Large Splurchin in order to get to a doorway. The last treasure, the Conformity Enhancers, is waiting for him on the other side. In order to retrieve the second treasure, the player has to go back to the edge of the lake (after the doorway on the bridge), and fly with their jetpack to the right. Then, the protagonist will enter a small hole, leading to the Twisty Pick. After this, the player will go through a corridor decorated with deadly icicles, and face a wall of Puckering Blinnows at the end of it. Fortunately, the exit is right behind it.

Cutscenes

Cutscene	Screenshot	Trigger	Description
Stone carrying		The player moves a bit beyond the first lake.	Four Blue Pikmin carrying a stone come from off-camera. They carry it to the center of the scene, drop it, and scurry to hide behind it. Two of the Pikmin peek out eventually, but end up going back down.
Earthquake		The player leaves the pool with Large Splurchins, climbs to the ledge on the left that needs the jetpack, and goes a bit further to the left.	The camera focuses on a stone. The ground begins to shake, and three Blue Pikmin pop out of the stone and start panicking. A fourth Blue Pikmin gets up slowly, but is too sleepy to care about the shaking. The rumbling eventually stops, and the scared Pikmin shake their heads and return to hiding behind the rock. The sleepy Pikmin does the same, but much slower, and still without much of a reaction.

Pikmin locations

Spot	Location	Pikmin	Requirements	Notes
Behind a rock	Near the starting area	4 Blue Pikmin	Have less than 4 Pikmin
In an underwater bush	Right after the first icicle crystal	4 Blue Pikmin	Have less than 4 Blue Pikmin
Behind a rock	Close to the first water body	4 Blue Pikmin	Have less than 4 Pikmin	Have less than 4 Pikmin after first call
In an underwater bush	At the start of the second water body	4 Blue Pikmin	Have less than 4 Blue Pikmin
In an underwater bush	Below a set of Sparklium Seeds	4 Blue Pikmin	Have less than 4 Blue Pikmin
In an underwater bush	Below a heart	4 Blue Pikmin	Have less than 8 Blue Pikmin
Out in the open	To the right of the vine in the second body of water	4 Blue Pikmin		First time only
Behind a rock	Near the doorway on a fragment bridge	4 Blue Pikmin	Have less than 8 Blue Pikmin
In an underwater bush	Near a icicle crystal	4 Blue Pikmin	Have less than 8 Blue Pikmin
Behind a rock	In the room with the Conformity Enhancers	4 Blue Pikmin	Have less than 4 Pikmin

Objects

Treasures

•  Greed-o-Sphere
•  Twisty Pick
•  Conformity Enhancers

Enemies

•  Crumbug × 2
•  Sparrowhead × 3
•  Large Splurchin × 3
•  Puckering Blinnow × 28

Obstacles

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•  Dirt block × 4
•  Icicle-like crystal × 4

Others

The following article or section is in need of assistance from someone who plays Hey! Pikmin. Particularly: Add how many red Sparklium Seeds appear in this area, and check if the Sparklium flowers, as well as the hearts, are small or large.

•  Sparklium Seed × 28
•  Sparklium flower (small) × 1
•  Sparklium flower (large) × 1
•  Heart (small) × 5

Guide

The following article or section contains guides. The strategies shown are just suggestions.

From the start of the area head to the right while calling the first group of Blue Pikmin and avoiding the falling crystal icicles until falling into the first lake. Continue moving forward until encountering a group of Blue Pikmin behind a rock. After calling the group continue forward until entering another body of water. Swim forward while attacking the group of Puckering Blinnows and breaking down the dirt block in the way until encountering an icicle in a small corridor. After the corridor is an area containing Puckering Blinnows, Large Splurchins, and dirt blocks. Swim to the dirt block on the lower path and break it to reveal a doorway leading to an area containing another Large Splurchin alongside the Greed-o-Sphere. Swim towards the treasure while avoiding the Large Splurchin and head back into the main area to progress forward. Swim towards the other set of dirt blocks and let the Large Splurchin move away from the vine leading to another group of Blue Pikmin. From here head to the left and use the jetpack to reach a group of Blue Pikmin near a large Sparklium flower. Call the group and throw them at the large Sparklium flower in order to break it and obtain a small amount of Sparklium Seeds. After collecting the Sparklium head back to the right to regroup with the main group alongside four Blue Pikmin playing with a ball before encountering another body of water. Before entering it, use the jetpack to cross the gap in order to collect the nearby Twisty Pick. After collecting it head into the body of water and swimming to the left while calling the last group of Blue Pikmin before entering anther corridor with an icicle and a Large Splurchin leading to a doorway leading to a small room leading to the Conformity Enhancers. After collecting the treasure climb up a nearby vine in order to return to another doorway near the body of water. From here head to the right until encountering a group of crystal icicles that try to crush Olimar and the Pikmin. After the icicles is a group of Puckering Blinnows and the exit to the area.

Gallery

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  The landing site of the area.

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  The location of the Greed-o-Sphere.

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  The loose group of Pikmin playing with a ball.

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  The location of the Twisty Pick.

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  The location of the Conformity Enhancers.

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  The room with several crystals.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	水中へのいざない? Suichū e no Izanai	Invitation to Go Underwater
Dutch	Ondiepe poel	Shallow pool
French	Invitation au plongeon	Diving invitation
German	Einladendes Nass	Inviting Moisture
Italian	Acque rinfrescanti	Refreshing waters
Spanish (NoA)	Aguas cristalinas	Crystaline waters
Spanish (NoE)	Aguas Cristalinas	Crystaline Waters