Drafty Gallery

The Drafty Gallery is a cave in the Blossoming Arcadia in. Its entrance is not surrounded by any major obstacles and the only hazard inside are fire, making it likely to be the player's first caves to explore. Members of the blowhog family appear in this cave, who cause drafts of air with their attacks. A metallic cave, pits are present around the platforms, so it's recommended the player take extra care to make sure no enemies shake off Pikmin into them. This cave has worth of treasure.

How to reach
There are two main ways to access this cave.


 * From the Fragrant Ravine, head west and turn right until you reach the top of the hill with the area's Dandori Battle entrance. Build and cross the clay bridge and then turn right.


 * From the Sunwashed Plateau, walk along the path on the right until you come across a climbing wall. Build and climb the wall, and you will find the cave's entrance straight ahead.

Sublevel 1

 * Treasures:
 * &times; 1
 * &times; 1
 * &times; 1
 * Enemies:
 * &times; 3
 * Obstacles:
 * &times; 1
 * Tools:
 * None
 * Wild Pikmin:
 * None
 * Others:
 * None

Defeat the Downy Snagrets and then collect the treasures. Destroying the dirt wall allows the Pikmin carrying the Spouse Alert to take a faster route, but is not required.

Sublevel 2
Fire hazards exist on this sublevel. Defeat the Fiery Blowhogs and destroy the fire generators to ensure that Pikmin carrying treasures and nuggets can safely reach the S.S. Beagle. One of the geysers is a shortcut that leads back to the base, while the other two are necessary to reach the Back-at-the-Beginning Track.
 * Treasures:
 * &times; 1
 * &times; 10
 * &times; 1
 * &times; 1
 * Enemies:
 * &times; 2
 * Obstacles:
 * &times; 2
 * &times; 2
 * Tools:
 * &times; 3
 * Wild Pikmin:
 * None
 * Others:
 * &times; 1 (Ice)
 * &times; 2 (2 small)

Sublevel 3
To access the hole to the next sublevel, a clay bridge must be built with 29 pieces of raw material. 30 pieces are found in the sublevel, meaning it will always be possible to build it. Most of the raw material and all of the treasures are found on a separate island to the starting one, and to access it, a geyser must be attacked until it starts shooting air. Another base exists on this island, which can be used after defeating the Joustmite next to it.
 * Treasures:
 * Enemies:
 * &times; 1
 * &times; 2
 * Obstacles:
 * &times; 1 (requiring 10 Pikmin)
 * &times; 1 (requiring 20 Pikmin)
 * &times; 2
 * Tools:
 * &times; 2 (requiring 29 pieces of raw material)
 * &times; 2
 * Wild Pikmin:
 * &times; 5 (fighting Joustmite)
 * &times; 5 (sprouts)
 * Others:
 * &times; 3 (2 small, 1 small that falls from the sky)
 * &times; 3 (piles of 5, 10 and 15)
 * &times; 3 (2 small, 1 small that falls from the sky)
 * &times; 3 (piles of 5, 10 and 15)

Sublevel 4
The boss of this cave is a Puffy Blowhog. Defeating it makes it drop a castaway and lower a numbered gate that lets the player collect a treasure and exit the cave. There are 5 wild Ice Pikmin on a high platform, which can be whistled from the far side of the platform from the boss arena.
 * Treasures:
 * &times; 1
 * Enemies:
 * &times; 1
 * Obstacles:
 * &times; 1 (opens when 1 Puffy Blowhog is defeated)
 * Tools:
 * None
 * Wild Pikmin:
 * &times; 5
 * Others:
 * &times; 1 (inside Puffy Blowhog)
 * &times; 2 (2 small)

Trivia

 * This cave's sublevels reference several cave units from metal-themed caves in . Most prominently, the circular room in sublevel 1 is a reference to sublevel 2 of the White Flower Garden.
 * The location of this cave is where Moss is found in Olimar's Shipwreck Tale.