Ultimate Testing Range

Ultimate Testing Range
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Location	Giant's Hearth
Sublevels	5
Rescues	2
Treasures	12
Onions	0
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The Ultimate Testing Range is a cave in the Giant's Hearth in Pikmin 4. The abundance of pits and flying enemies make Winged Pikmin the most recommend Pikmin to be taken down. The cavern's name doesn't come into play until its final sublevel, featuring a boss encounter with the gun-slinging Man-at-Legs. This cave has  × 1,115 worth of treasure.

How to reach

Located near the Abandoned Throne base, a clay mound can be found, requiring 7 raw materials to be built. It leads up to the top of some elevated ground where this cave is found.

Notes

Louie's Voyage Log

“I filled my belly with all kinds of snacks. The strongest creatures are the tastiest. Except that ultimate weapon-like one. It was barely edible.”

Sublevel 1

Map of sublevel 1.

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• Treasures:
  •  Long-Shot Totem
  •  Relentless Spear (on floating platform)
  •  Sphere of Trust
• Enemies:
  •  Venom Dweevil × 4
• Obstacles:
  •  Dirt wall × 1
  •  Clipboard × 1 (has a weight of 20)
• Tools:
  •  Clay bridge × 1 (27 pieces of raw material required)
  •  Floating platform × 3
  •  Geyser × 1
• Wild Pikmin:
  •  Winged Pikmin × 5 (buried sprouts)
• Others:
  •  Raw material pile × 1 (21 pieces)
  •  Egg × 3

Sublevel 2

Map of sublevel 2.

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• Treasures:
  •  Straight-and-Narrow Track
  •  Telekinesis Detector
• Enemies:
  •  Watery Blowhog × 2
  •  Miniature Snootwhacker × 3
  •  Withering Blowhog × 1
• Obstacles:
  •  Iron fence × 1
  •  Iron fence × 4 (lowered by pressing the button)
• Tools:
  •  Geyser × 4 (1 is plugged)
  •  Dirt mound × 1 (contains 1 bomb rock)
  •  Button × 1 (lowers Iron fences)
• Wild Pikmin:
  • None
• Others:
  •  Candypop Bud (White) × 1
  •  Candypop Bud (Winged) × 2
  •  Raw material pile × 2 (15 pieces each)
  •  Egg × 2

Sublevel 3

Map of sublevel 3.

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• Treasures:
  •  Heart Sword × 2
  •  Sphere of Heart
• Enemies:
  •  Waddlepus × 2
  •  Arachnode × 3
  •  Puffy Blowhog × 2
• Obstacles:
  •  Box × 1
  •  Iron fence × 2
  •  Bubble blower × 2
• Tools:
  •  Geyser × 3
  •  Floating platform × 1
• Wild Pikmin:
  • None
• Others:
  •  Castaway (Leafling) × 1 (on Arachnode web)
  •  Candypop Bud (Winged) × 2
  •  Raw material pile × 2 (15 pieces each)
  •  Egg × 2

Sublevel 4

Map of sublevel 4.

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• Treasures:
  •  Disk of Surprising Wisdom
  •  Gold Nugget × 15
  •  Memory Fragment (Right Edge)
• Enemies:
  •  Lesser Spotted Jellyfloat × 3
  •  Fiery Dweevil × 2
  •  Greater Spotted Jellyfloat × 1
• Obstacles:
  • None
• Tools:
  •  Switch × 1 (changes direction of moving walkways)
  •  Moving walkway × 10
  •  Clay bridge × 1 (23 pieces of raw material required)
  •  Geyser × 3
• Wild Pikmin:
  •  White Pikmin
  •  Winged Pikmin × 10 (two lots of 5, both inside a Lesser Spotted Jellyfloat)
• Others:
  •  Candypop Bud (White) × 1
  •  Raw material pile × 1 (20 pieces)
  •  Egg × 2

Sublevel 5

Map of sublevel 5.

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• Treasures:
  •  Winged Freedom Sculpture
• Enemies:
  •  Man-at-Legs × 1
• Obstacles:
  •  Dirt wall × 3
  •  Numbered gate × 2 (both open when 1 Man-at Legs is defeated)
• Others:
  •  Castaway (inside Man-at-Legs)
  •  Egg × 2
  •  Egg (large) × 1

The Man-at-Legs resides in the middle of a circular arena that makes up most of the floor. Three dirt walls can be found around the arena which you can use to hide from its attacks. The walls seem to have a much higher health than normal, but will eventually be broken down if used to hide behind consistently.

Oatchi is a great help in the fight, as riding him will help keep your Pikmin together, and with upgraded running speed, can outrun the Man-at-Legs' attacks.

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Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	最終兵器実験場? Saishū Heiki Jikkenjō	Ultimate Weapon Testing Range
Chinese (traditional)	終極兵器實驗場 Zhōngjí Bīngqì Shíyàn-cháng	Ultimate Weapon Testing Range
Chinese (simplified)	终极兵器实验场 Zhōngjí Bīngqì Shíyàn-cháng	Ultimate Weapon Testing Range
Dutch	Ultieme testfaciliteit	Ultimate test facility
French	Centre d'essais ultime	Ultimate testing center
German	Ultimatives Testgelände	Ultimate Test Site
Italian	Campo di prova finale	Final proving ground
Korean	최종 병기 실험장 Choejong Byeonggi Silheom-jang	Ultimate Weapon Testing Range
Portuguese	Campo de provas finais	Final proving ground
Spanish	Campo de pruebas final	Final proving ground

Trivia

• This cave is similar in name to the Secret Testing Range, a challenge mode stage in Pikmin 2 to also feature the Man-at-Legs.

See also

• Giant's Hearth
• Man-at-Legs
• Subterranean Complex
• Secret Testing Range