Local minimizers in $3$d of vector Allen-Cahn with a quadruple junction

For $\mathrm{\Omega }$ a perturbation of the unit ball in ${\mathbb{R}}^3$, we establish the existence of a sequence of local minimizers for the vector Allen-Cahn energy. The sequence converges in $L^1$ to a partition of $\mathrm{\Omega }$ whose skeleton is given by a tetrahedral cone and thus contains a quadruple point. This is accomplished by proving that the partition is an isolated local minimizer of a weighted perimeter problem arising as the associated $\mathrm{\Gamma }$-limit of the sequence of Allen-Cahn functionals.