Cold air

Collin commenting on the presence of cold air.

Cold air forms in some particularly icy caves in Pikmin 4. While it is present, all non-Ice Pikmin that are not on Oatchi's back or near a source of fire will occasionally drop what they are doing and shiver. While not deadly, it can put them at risk of attracting enemy attention, becoming separated from the leader, and interrupting a treasure while it is being carried. Hydro jelly and bodies of water will always be frozen in cold rooms, allowing the former to be broken without Ice Pikmin or an Ice Blast. The presence of cold air is indicated by a frost effect around the edges of the screen.

In many caves, the source of the low ambient temperature is the presence of ice blocks. These are small obstacles spread across the cave floor, and all blocks must be destroyed in order to remove the cold air from the room. Ice blocks can be destroyed by being attacked by Ice Pikmin, blown up by a bomb rock, coming into contact with a fire starter, or being Rushed at by Oatchi if he has the Thermal Defense equipped. Some caves are cold without the presence of ice blocks, and these caves may never be permanently warmed. However, non-Ice Pikmin may work unhindered by the cold if they are in rooms containing lit bonfire altars.

Locations

Caves

• Subzero Sauna
  • Sublevel 2: Generated by ice blocks.
    • North of the base, in an alcove behind an icicle.
    • Next to the next sublevel's entrance. Ice Pikmin must be thrown through the iron fence to destroy it.
    • Inside hydro jelly in the room with the castaway, in the northwest corner.
  • Sublevel 3: Generated by ice blocks.
    • All three ice blocks are inside the Arctic Cannon Beetle's arena.
• Frozen Inferno
  • Sublevel 2: Generated by ice blocks.
    • In the passage connecting the base to the room to its west.
    • In a small alcove in the middle of the west room, behind the Chillyhop.
    • In a pot of tall grass in the northwest room.
  • Sublevel 3: Generated by ice blocks.
    • On the raised platform with a Citrus Lump in the room with the base. Will be destroyed if the dried plants are burned.
    • In the southeast corner of the sublevel, next to the Arctic Cannon Larva.
    • In the northeast corner, in an alcove behind the Freezecake.
  • Sublevel 4: Generated by the Snowfake Fluttertail.

Dandori Challenges

• Strategic Freezeway: Permanent. All rooms except the north-east corner can be warmed by bonfire altar.
• Trial of the Sage Leaf – Story 2: Snow Problem: Permanent. All rooms can be warmed by bonfire altar.

Gallery

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  An ice block in the Frozen Inferno.

Trivia

• Cold air only appears in sublevels using the tiled sublevel theme.

Names in other languages

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Language	Name	Meaning
Italian	Aria fredda	Cold air

See also

• Fire starter
• Ice
• Ice wall