The Lab

In Pikmin 4, gear that gives you abilities, immunities, or stats can be bought from Russ for raw material. Most of them are unlocked after collecting a specific amount of Sparklium.

Types of Gear

Icon	Name	Cost (Raw Material)	Function	Requirement
	Scorch Guard	50	Makes the player immune to fire	Take fire damage
	Scorch Guard (Oatchi)	100	Makes Oatchi immune to fire	Take fire damage
	Thermal Device	50	Makes the player immune to freezing	Take ice damage
	Thermal Device (Oatchi)	50	Makes Oatchi immune to freezing	Take ice damage
	Anti-Electrifier	50	Makes the player immune to electricity	Take electric damage
	Anti-Electrifier (Oatchi)	100	Makes Oatchi immune to electricity	Take electric damage
	Charging Horn	20	Allows you to charge your Pikmin at an enemy or treasure with X.	450 Sparklium
	Survey Drone	10	Allows you to scout out an area with a drone	600 Sparklium
	Treasure Gauge	40	Detects treasure and castaways nearby.	1000 Sparklium
	Headlamp	30	Increases the light level in caves	2000 Sparkliuim
	Idle Counter	40	Displays a tally of how many Pikmin are idle.	2500 Sparkliuim
	Tuff Stuff	40	Increases the player's HP	3200 Sparkliuim
	Tuff Stuff (Oatchi)	80	Increases Oatchi's HP	3200 Sparkliuim
	Idler's Alert	80	Recalls idle Pikmin to wherever the alarm is sounded.	3500 Sparkliuim
	Air Armor	40	Increases the player's defense	Tuff Stuff purchased
	Air Armor (Oatchi)	80	Increases Oatchi's defense	Tuff Stuff (Oatchi) purchased

Additionally, other gear can be seen in the demo's gameplay guide and in trailers:

• An upgraded Treasure Gauge that displays the number of treasures in an area or cave.
• A device that gathers Pikmin outside your squad back to the base.
• Headlamp+, an upgraded headlamp that costs 100 raw material.
• Rush Boots, which make you run faster and costs 120 raw material.
• Lineup Trumpet, which commands Pikmin to move out in specific directions, similar to how swarming functions in Pikmin and Pikmin 2.

See also

• Upgrades