Editing Dirt-mound

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'''Dirt-mounds''' (written as '''dirt mounds''' prior to ''Pikmin 4'') are [[tool]]s in ''[[Pikmin 3]]'' and {{p4}}. They appear as lumps of dirt on the ground, with a hole on top that Pikmin can climb in through. The burrows inside contain items, including [[fragment]]s, [[bomb rock]]s, [[pellet]]s, [[data file]]s and [[raw material]]. During [[night expedition]]s and in the [[Trial of the Sage Leaf]] in ''Pikmin 4'', there are also dirt-mounds which continually spawn [[Bulborb Larva]]e. In order for the Pikmin to enter the hole, the player must have them [[charge]] at it, or throw them towards the mound. Once everything has been removed, the Pikmin come out of the dirt-mound, which then collapses and becomes unusable. They become active again after a [[day]], though, unless they had fragments in them.

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* One near the [[Lesser Mock Bottom]]. Contains two bomb rocks.

* One behind the electric gate, along with the [[Tremendous Sniffer]]. Contains three bomb rocks.

* Two on the shore to the large source of water. Contains two bomb rocks apiece.

* One near the [[Waddlepus]]. Contains two bomb rocks.

* One in the same location as a dirt mound is in story mode, in the vicinity of story mode's [[Lesser Mock Bottom]]. Contains three bomb rocks.

* One in the location of the [[Face Wrinkler]] in story mode. Contains an [[ultra-spicy spray|ultra-spicy nectar]] drop.

* One near two [[Crimson Candypop Bud]]s. Contains two bomb rocks.

* One near the Rock Onion. Contains three grey 1-pellets.

After any number of Pikmin go in and the [[dig]]ging starts (represented by the mound shaking), it takes roughly ten seconds for the first item to be spit out of the mound. Any other items will be spat out at a regular interval that depends on the number of Pikmin inside the hole, calculated at a logarithmic rate (i.e. twenty Pikmin are a significant improvement over one, but forty are a relatively minor one over twenty).<ref>Information gathered from a [[Talk:{{PAGENAME}}|fan-driven experiment]]</ref> Pikmin type, [[maturity]], and [[Ultra-spicy spray|spicy]] status do not have an impact on the speed at which new items come out. Because the number of Pikmin only influences the time it takes for the second and beyond items to come out, dirt mounds with only one thing inside of them will take just as long to clear with one Pikmin as they will with one hundred.

Dirt mound P3 side view.jpg|Side view of a dirt mound.

FlattenedDirtMound.jpg|A dirt mound that has been completely emptied.

FragmentDirtMound.jpg|A dirt mound releasing fragments.

Oatchi Digging Dirt-mound.jpg|Oatchi trying to dig inside a dirt-mound.

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