Ice Blast

Ice Blasts are an item introduced in Pikmin 4. They look like cyan Bomb rocks and function very similarly to them. Their explosion can freeze enemies, water, and deep mud like Ice Pikmin. They can also freeze hydro jellies and replace the need for Ice Pikmin in many situations. Their effect on water and mud is very short lived (about 8 seconds) but useful when carrying objects over smaller pools or allowing Oatchi to jump to an area he couldn't normally reach when swimming. Using 2 ice blasts in the same body of water or mud can slightly lengthen the effect if one is thrown right before another explodes, but this is rarely beneficial. Unlike bomb rocks, they cannot be used to destroy jars or any type of gate. Up to 5 per day can be purchased with 8 raw materials each in the lab after Sparklium has been collected, but they can also be found in dirt mounds.

Overview
In-game Description: When this bomb explodes, it saps away all warmth from its surroundings. It can freeze creatures and water immediately!

Uses
Ice Blasts can be used in a multitude of ways.

Freezing Enemies
When playing Pikmin 4, there may be some enemies that are challenging and hard to defeat. With the ice blast, the player can throw it at one of the critters and watch them freeze immediately for a few seconds. Not all enemies can be frozen. Also, when the player defeats a frozen enemy, they won't receive the body. Instead, they'll get a handful of Nectar and/or Ultra-spicy spray.

These enemies can't be frozen:



Additionally, Ice Pikmin and Glow Pikmin will not become frozen if in the radius of their blasts. This also applies to enemy pikmin of the same types in Dandori Battles.

Freezing Water
If an ice blast is tossed into a body of water, it will freeze it for a little while. The player can use this as a replacement for Ice Pikmin if none are on hand, it also freezes any enemies which are in the water. However, the effect will not last very long.

Freezing Hydro Jelly
A Hydro jelly can be frozen by either using Ice Pikmin or an 'Ice Blast' and then rush it with Pikmin, Oatchi, or both.

How to acquire and use
The Ice Blast is unlocked in the Lab when the player reaches 1500. They cost 8 raw materials.

In order to use the ice blast, the player has to open the pack. This item can be assigned as a shortcut.