Wistful Wind

The dumbbell requires the strength of 100 purple pikmin to lift.

The first treasure item is just outside the landing zone…but you’ll need 100 pikmin to grab it. There’s a dumbbell (Doomsday Apparatus) in the foliage outside the landing zone and it bears a weight of 1,000. Since you can only create 100 pikmin at a time, you’ll need 100 purple pikmin (which carry 10 weight each) to pick it up and return it to the ship. Gather additional purple pikmin by returning to previous caves with purple candypop buds. The Subterranean Complex on the Valley of Repose contains three buds near its bottom floor.

Beware of the wandering groinks in the Wistful Wind! If it starts regenerating health, return the corpse to your ship.

Assemble a group of blue, yellow, white, and purple pikmin and exit the landing zone to the left. Battle the groink wandering around. Attack the groink from the side with purple pikmin. Continue up the path to the left and toward three small enemies. Eliminate them with captains or swarm with your pikmin. Use nectar eggs behind your position to mature your pikmin. Take your blue pikmin into the water and defeat the enemies inside. Battle a second groink on the other side with blue pikmin and return it to the ship (it regenerates otherwise). Extend the log bridge using remaining blue pikmin. After extending the bridge, cross with white pikmin and use them to destroy the wall and the poison traps. Kill the sleeping bulborbs inside with purple pikmin. Recover the seed (Seed of Greed) from one of the bulborbs and return it to the ship.

You’ll find this mushroom treasure near where you found the Seed of Greed.

Search near this location for another treasure. Dig up the mushroom (Anti-hiccup Fungus) and return it to the ship. Continue beyond this area to a second wall with poison traps. Use your white pikmin to destroy the wall. Eliminate the blowhog. Destroy the chrysanthemums inside by tossing pikmin onto their heads. Recover the acorn (Armored Nut) from one of the chrysanthemums and return the treasure to the ship.

Assemble a group of blue, yellow, and purple pikmin and exit your landing zone to the right. Eliminate the crawfish by luring it away from its hole. When it returns, swarm it with pikmin. Break down the wall in the pod using blue pikmin. On the other side of the wall, break the rock in the pond to drain the pool. Eliminate the fiery blowhogs with captain or blue pikmin if you’re quick to aid any pikmin on fire. Move in your other pikmin and use the yellow pikmin to disable the electric fence. Eliminate the cannon bug beyond the fence using captains or purple pikmin attacking from the side (don’t get run over by a rock!). Pick up the pine cone (Conifer Spire) just beyond and return it to the ship.

One of the chrysanthemums holds the Armored Nut.

Gather up an entire group of assorted pikmin (all types) and exit your landing zone to the right. Before going to the crawfish and pool ahead (or where they were), turn left and drop down. Find the cave entrance back toward the landing spot. It’s the Cavern of Chaos.

Cavern of Chaos

Pikmin Needed: Red, Yellow, Blue, White, Purple (recommended)

Locate the pine cone beyond water, an electric fence, and a series of dangerous creatures.

Sublevel 1: Beware of the bombs and the bomb droppers. Disable the electricity traps with yellow pikmin and use them against the balloons as well. Get the cupcake (Enamel Buster) and marble (Mirth Sphere) to complete the level. Continue down to the next sublevel.

Sublevel 2: Fiery bulblaxes! Attack the creature with red pikmin. Strike it and inflict some damage but whistle them back before the creature shakes off your allies. Run away and take cover until the creature resumes its slumber. Repeat until destroyed! Recover the two rings (Gemstar Wife and Frosty Bauble) and the jewel (Essence of Despair).

Sublevel 3: Watch out for the falling rocks! Also, be careful around flowers. If the flower blinks then it’s a chrysanthemum. Dig up the treasure with white pikmin. Recover the potato (Child of the Earth) and green pepper (Infernal Vegetable) before diving into the next sublevel.

Lure the emperor bulblaxes to the bombs. They’ll dine on the explosives giving you a chance to attack!

Sublevel 4: Eliminate the creature (spot its eyes poking through the sand) by luring it to the bombs. The beast will eat the bomb. While it digests the explosive, attack with your pikmin. Use blue pikmin because of the nearby water. Whistle your pikmin back then repeat the process. There are two creatures; one holds a treasure. Get the claw (Mysterious Remains) and the container (Milk Tub) before enter the next sublevel.

Sublevel 5: This sublevel contains white and purple candypop buds to trade in pikmin for the rarer breeds. You’ll also find another flower to gain more red, blue, or yellow pikmin (yellow or blue is the best choice). Flip over the bug by tossing pikmin on it to soak up some nectar.

Sublevel 6: Electricity traps and plenty of water so you’ll need yellow and blue pikmin to navigate the level. Be careful when battling the wollywogs, dumples, and beetles. Find and recover the pearl (Princess Pearl) and mushroom (Growshroom).

Sublevel 7: You’ll encounter aerial blowhogs everywhere. Toss high flying yellow pikmin to knock down the blowhogs. Disable the poison traps with white pikmin. Gather the cookie (Impenetrable Cookie) and 9-volt battery (Fuel Reservoir) to complete the sublevel.

Sublevel 8: Tons of small bulborbs littered throughout the level. Use captains to eliminate or swarm the bulborbs in small numbers. You’ll also encounter two groinks here. Use bitter-spray to counter the tough beast or even battle with your captains. Attack quickly if you use pikmin up close and launch purple pikmin onto the groinks’ backs. Get the can (Fruit Guard) before leaving the level.

Sublevel 9: Disable the poison traps with white pikmin. Aerial enemies populate the level. Lure the "captain grabbers" close then knock them down with yellow pikmin. Also use yellow pikmin against the bomb droppers. Get the cat head (Wiggle Noggin), and bottle nipple (Maternal Sculpture) before going to the final floor.

Guide the crawbster into a wall forcing the creature to flip and reveal its weak spot.

Sublevel 10: You’ve reached the boss creature in the Cavern of Chaos. Avoid the beast as it rolls around. Lure it into hitting a wall. This flips the creature over, which exposes its vulnerable spot. Toss purple pikmin onto the vulnerable area and repeat the assault until it dies. Recover the doll head (Silencer) before returning to the surface.

The second cave in the Wistful Wind can be found just beyond where you picked up the pine cone. Cross the narrow bridge and find the cave on the far side. Drop off the bridge and enter the Hole of Heroes. You’ll need an assorted group of pikmin--all types--to likely survive the tough battles within.