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, seeing as you'll be forced to make use of all sorts of tunnels and ledges around the cave to form your path. The first time leaving the area serves partly as a sort of tutorial. If you're following the progression of the story, you won't return to this area for a long time. When you return, it will have become much more dangerous than before, and you'll be able to enter the deeper regions of the Origin Crater. 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.

Sections of this area

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