Cold-Hearted Guardian

Cold-Hearted Guardian Sector 7 – Area E
Treasures	1
Pikmin available	Blue Pikmin
Requirements	Complete Frozen Hazard
Next area	Scourge of the Skies
Music	Cold-Hearted Guardian

Cold-Hearted Guardian (こごえる どうくつの ヌシ^?, lit.: "Lord of the frozen cave") is the boss battle area in the Snowfall Field. In it, the player faces off against the Luring Slurker, which drops the Beneficial Intelligence. Completing this area grants access to the next sector, the Lushlife Murk.

Plot

When Frozen Hazard is completed, a cutscene starts, taking place inside the S.S. Dolphin II's cockpit, wherein the ship announces it found a treasure, but also an indigenous creature. After this chapter is completed, a similar cutscene takes place, but the ship announces that it discovered a sector filled with poison instead, the Lushlife Murk.

Description

The entire area consists of the arena in which the player fights the boss. It is an enclosed room inside a cave, and it's floor is just one long wooden board, which spans roughly 2 screen-widths wide. The board is on the surface of water, and can raise and lower throughout the battle.

Cutscenes

Cutscene	Screenshot	Trigger	Description
Luring Slurker introduction		From the starting location, the player goes a bit forward.	A few Blue Pikmin are gleefully jumping in place, looking at the Luring Slurker's dangling appendage. It eventually strikes down into the water below, knocking most Pikmin off their feet. They get up as the appendage retracts. The camera then switches to a view above the floor, showing the Luring Slurker slowly descending from above, with some spins and clasps.

Pikmin locations

Spot	Location	Pikmin	Requirements	Notes
Start	To Olimar's right	20 Blue Pikmin	First time only

Objects

Treasures

•  Beneficial Intelligence

Enemies

•  Luring Slurker × 1

Guide

See: Luring Slurker#Strategy

Gallery

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  Starting location.

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  The Beneficial Intelligence, dropped by the Luring Slurker.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	こごえる どうくつの ヌシ? Kogoeru dō kutsu no nushi	Lord of the frozen cave
Dutch	De vorst	The freeze
French	Terreur des bas-fonds	Terror of the lowlands
German	Der Herr der Kälte	The King of the Cold
Italian	Voragine glaciale	Glacial chasm
Spanish (NoA)	Guardián escalofriante	Chilling guardian
Spanish (NoE)	Guardián Escalofriolante	Chilling Guardian