Autumnal Undergrowth
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| Location | Windswept Wonderland |
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| “ | Bzzrrt! If I may chime in for a second, why do I smell sandalwood? Is it possible there could be... no! Of course not! Not at this time of year, and certainly not so many feet below us! Unless... | ” | – The Ship, upon discovering Autummal Undergrowth | ||
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Autummal Undergrowth is the second cave in the Windswept Wonderland in Pikmin: Shipwrecked Stargazers. It is a full on tribute to the Twilight River in Pikmin 3, being based in a subterranean forest perpetually stuck in the autumn season. Light is attained by the forest through a sheet of strange, geode-like formations on the ceiling that glow like the sun. The boss of this cave happens to be a miniboss from the Twilight River as well, albeit larger.
How to reach
Near where the Improvised Snowball is located, there is a passageway blocked off by a few gas pipes. White Pikmin must be used to destroy these pipes. An electric gate is beyond it that Yellow Pikmin must destroy. The path leads to a plateau with a single Mamuta on it, and a tree stump with a curved slope pathway leading up to the cave's entrance on top of it.
Sublevel 1
- Theme: Snow
- Music: Curious Cavity
- Treasures:
- Enemies:
- Vegetation:
Bristly Tackgrowth × 8
Shoot × 5 (1 small, 4 large)
- Obstacles:
- Raft × 1
It is still too snowy for the cave's true motif to show. The ceiling of this sublevel is made of a glass-like mineral, allowing for sunlight to seep in. The holly surrounding the playing field and small snowmen bring to mind the Distant Tundra. The ever unreal Polypous Prowler lives near the center of the area, where a small pond with an tree stump in the center. This stump has the hole to the next sublevel in its center, and must be reached via a raft. This introduces the squad to a gimmick that will be fully realised by Grimy Resevoir. Yellow Wollywogs, Male Sheargrubs and Whiptongue Bulborbs are also found in this sublevel. The Explorer's Tomb is behind a barrier of Bristly Tackgrowths Rock Pikmin must destroy. The Mouse Loaf is out in the open, completely unguarded and ripe for the picking.
Sublevel 2
- Theme: Tree stump
- Music: Sub-Surface Groove
- Treasures:
- Enemies:
- Vegetation:
- Obstacles:
- Dirt gate × 1
A transitional area located within the stump. shaggy brackets can be found on the walls, and the enemies are largely an afterthought when traversing this sublevel. The only enemy of concern is the Sicklemore Saplion, of which Rock Pikmin can counter. A barrier of fungi leads to an area with some raised land that the other leader and some Pikmin could be thrown on. The other leader then must throw the Pikmin to a particularly large shaggy bracket to grab the Draconic Rhizome from it. An Iridescent Flint Beetle can be used to get nectar for the Pikmin. The hole deeper is in a small alcove.
Sublevel 3
- Theme: Autumn forest
- Music: Brisk Serenity
- Treasures:
- Enemies:
- Amethyst Urophibian × 1
Desiccated Skitter Leaf × 5
Dwarf Orange Bulborb × 3
Shearwig × 5
Suckerpunch Blowhog × 1
- Obstacles:
- Seesaw block × 1 (pair of two)
Exiting a small hollow at the base of the desiccated tree, the cavernous forest opens up. It isn't much too large, but it feels much less claustrophobic compared to its predecessors. The Empathetic Tucker is buried in the soil by its stem, so shallow that even a single Pikmin can instantly uproot it, though it requires three to carry. A pair of elevator blocks are also on this sublevel. One leader must stand on the lowered one while the other throws Pikmin onto the raised elevator to get them onto solid ground. The Reverbiating Monument is on this layer, guarded by some Shearwigs. On the ground floor are some Dwarf Orange Bulborbs, Desiccated Skitter Leaves, Suckerpunch Blowhogs, and the unique Amethyst Urophibian. This enemy is like other members of the boroloop family, but uses poison rather as its hazard.