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Summary
I get the Geiger Counter, Nova Blaster, Sagittarius, and the Radiation Canopy.
Here's a video showing how it's done:
Footage of all of the days together is available here.
A map and other information about this location
is here.
The most I've bred on this day is 132 Pikmin.
Challenges
You have to be fast and reliable at killing the Armored Cannon Beetle and Sheargrubs.
A bit of luck on the Snagret doesn't hurt. The main challenge on this day is having
enough time at the end to do lots of gathering and nectaring.
Difficulty
If you are a skilled player then you should
be able to complete this day in very few tries. If you survive the Snagret then there
is very little chance that your Pikmin will be killed by something out of your control.
What to do
Take out 90-93 blues, and enough yellows to get you to a hundred Pikmin in
the field. Seven yellows is enough to knock down all the walls efficiently.
Follow the detailed instructions on how to
kill the Burrowing Snagret
and then send the Geiger Counter and all the food back. You will encounter an
Iridescent Flint Beetle on the way to killing the Snagret. I ignore him.
Now you need to take the thirty or so Pikmin that remain with you and get ready to
build some bridges. First you need to very carefully
kill the Sheargrubs.
It's okay to let your Pikmin take a few of the bodies back, but I like to have
about 26 to 28 Pikmin available for building the bridges. I put 8 on the
near end, and 18-20 on the far end. This seems to be the right number to ensure
that they are both done when I return.
Then I run back to get the yellows and blues I abandoned on the
way to the Snagret. Going all the way back to the cardboard box to get the blues
seems wasteful, but every time I tried taking them with me to the Snagret battle
I ended up losing Pikmin. It's not worth it, since time shouldn't be a problem
on this day. On the way back with your Pikmin be sure to stop off at the rusty
can to pick up more bomb rocks - you need seven.
Go back to the Onion area and blow up the back wall. Then gather your Pikmin -
you should have about 74 - and kill the
Dwarf Bulborb
and the
Spotty Bulborb.
Use four bomb rocks to blow up the wall. You can then toss three of your yellows
up the cliff, to keep them out of trouble and stop you from ending up with too many
bomb rocks, or yellows in the wrong places.
Go through the newly destroyed wall and beat up the two Dwarf Bulborbs and then
kill the Spotty Bulborb. Separate your blues and yellows - to make sure your yellows
only get used for bomb rock duty - and get the blues to carry the
Nova Blaster back. You could also put three blues on carrying back the nearby
Dwarf Bulborb corpse, to save you from walking all the way back there later on.
Now you need to fetch four bomb rocks and then start heading back towards the Onions.
You should have 8 or more blues with you - stop on the way back and put all of them
on knocking down the watery wall. Then toss your yellows up the cliff to be with
their friends. You'll need them later.
Grab the blues that were carrying the Nova Blaster and head off to get the Libra.
Both bridges should be done now. If you're feeling efficient you can harvest flowers
on the way.
As soon as the Libra is back, take all your Pikmin and head off towards the Armored
Cannon Beetle. The watery wall should be mostly finished, but the 90 or so Pikmin
with you should make short work of it if it isn't. Go up the hill and drop your
blues in the nectar grass. Then walk up to your yellows. Do not whistle for them!
Use them to blow up the wall - this is a big time saving over knocking it down
manually.
Kill the Armored Cannon Beetle.
His body is worth a lot of Pikmin, and killing him shouldn't be any more dangerous
or time consuming then dodging him. You should put as many Pikmin as possible on the
task of carrying his carcass back. You'll need them again so you want them finished
as quickly as possible. I then put as few Pikmin as possible on the Radiation
Canopy, in order to save some for carrying back other food.
On the way back from the Armored Cannon Beetle, get your Pikmin to carry back as much
food as possible. Speed shouldn't be an issue, so put as few Pikmin on each piece of
food as possible. Grab the Pikmin who carried the Beetle body back and go get more
food. You should be able to clear out the area towards where the Nova Blaster was.
Be sure to leave some time for drinking nectar. If you put away your yellows and take
out a few more blues then you can make sure you have one hundred flower Pikmin. Then you
can try to do the same thing for your reds. Flower blues will be crucial on days
seven and eight, and it's best to be well prepared.
