The long-awaited Pikmin 4 is finally available for purchase. You can buy the game for your Nintendo Switch for $59.99. This game features cute little plant-like creatures that you can command to your advantage. They even have a flower in their head, making them much more adorable than your home-alone cat. Well, it’s a new game with many more mysteries to solve, and our mystery for today is the Sparklium item in Pikmin 4. Now, the bigger question comes: what exactly is this fancy thing? Is it an important resource? Let’s find out.
Just to be clear, finding and collecting Sparklium is one of the aspects of the game. Since it’s a core mechanism, you will be using it to upgrade certain items that can be essential for progressing through the storyline. Let’s see what these sparkly things are and how to find them.
Pikmin 4: How to get & find Sparklium
Let’s start with the basics. In Pikmin 4, you are stuck on an alien planet along with your other Rescue Corps crews. That’s the starting point, and to gather more intel, you need Sparklium. It’s more like a material that is used to upgrade your mothership, S.S. Shepherd. Each time it’s repaired and powered by those sparkly things, you will be able to complete more in-game missions. As we said, this is a core mechanism, so finding it can be challenging. Well, we’ve got you covered. Follow these methods for more information.
Treasure Hunt
The best way to get Sparklium is by digging up treasures. You can either use your trusted companion, Oatchi, or your Pikmin to collect them. The rarer the treasure, the more Sparklium it’ll give, so don’t just think about whether you should dig it or not. Just do it. Treasure locations are still being searched as we speak, and we will update the locations as soon as we find them. If finding treasure turns out to be difficult for you, then move on to the second-best option, which is more convenient for beginners.
Defeat the Enemies
The second-most common way of getting Sparklium is by defeating enemies. Just like treasures, your Pikmin will carry the bodies of enemies to the S.S. Beagle. Then it turns those bodies into Sparklium. You will be facing multiple foes in your in-game journey, so it’s just a fair grind at this point. Still, treasures will give you more Sparklium depending on their rarity. Fortunately, the same thing applies to enemies. The more powerful the foe is, the more Sparklium you are going to get.
For the time being, these are the only ways to get Sparklium in Pikmin 4. However, we can be certain that as time progresses, more ways will be implemented in the game. Maybe some events will reward either Sparklium or some treasure that can be turned into it. Well, no need to worry about the difficult stuff; we know how you feel, and we will update this guide with all the latest information regarding treasures soon. Stay tuned and follow Android Gram for more.
