Origin Crater

The Origin Crater is the first visited area in Pikmin: Secret of the Earth. It is accessible via the Central Desert, where the entrance is down the crater rim at the top of a rather steep incline. Unlike other areas, the Origin Crater is dark due to the limited amount of sunlight that passes in from up above. The Origin Crater is actually home to from the first, and it is around here that the story begins. Entering and exiting the crater is a troublesome process that is very time-consuming as tunnels and ledges will need to be navigated. The first time leaving the area serves partly as a sort of tutorial. When returned to late into the story, the Origin Crater will have become much more dangerous than before, although its deepest regions can then be accessed. The crater gets its name not just because it's the starting area, but because life, among other things, is said to originate from the dark depths of the earth.

Key sections

 * Towards Light
 * End of the Light
 * Dark Descent
 * Dark Dreamscape
 * Dark Destiny