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'''Fruits''' ({{j|果実|Kajitsu}}) are the main collectible item in {{p3}}. There are 66 fruits scattered around 4 of the 5 [[area]]s of the game, and collecting them is necessary to complete the game. They are the reason for [[Alph]], [[Brittany]], and [[Charlie]]'s journey to [[PNF-404]], as the collection of seeds from fruits is necessary to solve the worldwide hunger crisis on their home planet of [[Koppai]].

In total, there are 66 fruits, belonging to 30 different types, with some of them having appeared as treasures in {{p2}}, and all fruits later reappear as treasures in {{p4}}, bearing the same name. There is a grand total of 98 days' worth of juice, including the three bottles the explorers keep at the start as provisions. Day 99 can be played, but the Koppaites will have no juice at the end, causing a game over. In the [[Difficulty|Ultra-Spicy difficulty]] in ''Pikmin 3 Deluxe'', there is only 49 bottles worth of juice, as the amount of juice provided from each fruit is halved. Interestingly, by highlighting day 1 on the [[day selection menu]], it'll show that at the start of that day, the explorers had 7 bottles of juice. Given that at the end of the day, there are only three bottles on the inventory, this means that when the Drake crash-landed, four of the provisions got lost.

!{{tt|Location(s)|Areas the fruit can be found in}}

|style="text-align:center"|{{icon|Astringent Clump||48px}}

|{{w|Grapefruit}}

|style="text-align:center"|{{icon|Blonde Impostor||48px}}

|{{tt|1.5|2 parts yielding 0.75 each}}

|{{tt|0.75|2 parts yielding 0.375 each}}

|{{w|Gold kiwifruit}}

|style="text-align:center"|{{icon|Citrus Lump||48px|v=FF}}

|{{w|Mandarin orange|Mandarin orange}}

|style="text-align:center"|{{icon|Crimson Banquet||48px}}

|{{tt|3.0|6 parts yielding 0.1, 0.2, 0.2, 0.5, 0.5, and 1.5}}

|{{tt|1.5|6 parts yielding 0.05, 0.1, 0.1, 0.25, 0.25, and 0.75}}

|{{w|Watermelon}}

|style="text-align:center"|{{icon|Crunchy Deluge||48px}}

|{{w|Asian pear}}

|style="text-align:center"|{{icon|Cupid's Grenade||48px|v=FF}}

|{{w|Cherry}}

|style="text-align:center"|{{icon|Dapper Blob||48px}}

|{{w|Mangosteen}}

|style="text-align:center"|{{icon|Dawn Pustules||48px}}

|{{tt|1.0|20 parts yielding 0.05 each}}

|{{tt|0.5|20 parts yielding 0.025 each}}

|{{w|Grape|Green grapes}}

|style="text-align:center"|{{icon|Delectable Bouquet||48px}}

|{{w|Fig}}

|style="text-align:center"|{{icon|Disguised Delicacy||48px|v=FF}}

|{{tt|1.5|2 parts yielding 0.75 each}}

|{{tt|0.75|2 parts yielding 0.375 each}}

|{{w|Kiwifruit|Green kiwifruit}}

|style="text-align:center"|{{icon|Dusk Pustules||48px}}

|{{tt|1.0|20 parts yielding 0.05 each}}

|{{tt|0.5|20 parts yielding 0.025 each}}

|{{w|Purple grapes}}

|style="text-align:center"|{{icon|Face Wrinkler||48px}}

|{{w|Lemon}}

|style="text-align:center"|{{icon|Fire-Breathing Feast||48px}}

|{{w|Dragon fruit}}

|style="text-align:center"|{{icon|Heroine's Tear||48px}}

|{{w|Mango}}

|style="text-align:center"|{{icon|Insect Condo||48px|v=FF}}

|{{w|Apple}}

|style="text-align:center"|{{icon|Juicy Gaggle||48px}}

|{{w|Raspberry}}

|style="text-align:center"|{{icon|Lesser Mock Bottom||48px}}

|{{w|Plum}}

|style="text-align:center"|{{icon|Mock Bottom||48px}}

|{{w|Peach}}

|style="text-align:center"|{{icon|Pocked Airhead||48px}}

|{{w|Dekopon}}

|style="text-align:center"|{{icon|Portable Sunset||48px}}

|{{w|Persimmon}}

|style="text-align:center"|{{icon|Scaly Custard||48px}}

|{{w|Avocado}}

|style="text-align:center"|{{icon|Searing Acidshock||48px}}

|{{w|Ume}}

|style="text-align:center"|{{icon|Seed Hive||48px}}

|{{w|Papaya}}

|style="text-align:center"|{{icon|Slapstick Crescent||48px}}

|{{w|Banana}}

|style="text-align:center"|{{icon|Stellar Extrusion||48px}}

|{{tt|2.0|2 parts yielding 1.0 each}}

|{{tt|1.0|2 parts yielding 0.5 each}}

|{{w|Star fruit}}

|style="text-align:center"|{{icon|Sunseed Berry||48px|v=FF}}

|{{w|Strawberry}}

|style="text-align:center"|{{icon|Tremendous Sniffer||48px}}

|{{w|Pear}}

|style="text-align:center"|{{icon|Velvety Dreamdrop||48px}}

|[[Tropical Wilds]], [[Garden of Hope]], [[Distant Tundra]]

|{{w|Loquat}}

|style="text-align:center"|{{icon|Wayward Moon||48px}}

|{{w|Melon|Japanese melon}}

|style="text-align:center"|{{icon|Zest Bomb||48px}}

|{{w|Lime (fruit)|Lime}}

In addition, special golden variants of some fruits can be found in the [[Mission Mode]], [[Bingo Battle]], and [[Side Stories]] of ''Pikmin 3'' or [[Dandori Battle]]s of ''Pikmin 4''. They are collected for [[Poko]]s or {{icon|dandori|y|n=points}} instead of juice, and are worth several times the amount of their non-golden counterparts.

*{{icon|Golden Grenade|y}}: a golden Cupid's Grenade, often several are found in groups or dropped by enemies.

*{{icon|Golden Sunseed|y}}: a golden Sunseed Berry, more valuable but less common than Golden Grenades.

*{{icon|Golden Sniffer|y|v=P4}}: a golden Tremendous Sniffer, only  spawns once per match and often in places that [[Oatchi]] and [[Moss]] cannot reach.

When two different juices are placed on the same bottle, the resulting juice's color will end up as a blend between the two. This is purely aesthetic and affects only the color seen on the bottle. To determine the final color, the game averages the hue and value components of both the existing and the new juice. This works fine for most cases, but can have some oddities; in the case where the player collects a [[Juicy Gaggle]] and a [[Zest Bomb]] and their juices are combined, this results in the color #00FFE5, which is a vibrant blue. Although this color blend is correct, it does not look natural; indeed, in the real world, combining raspberry and lime juice results in a grayish-brown mix.

"Piktamin U" is a vitamin that the [[Koppai]]tes claim is in some fruits. Its name is a portmanteau of [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] and vitamin, and the "U" in the vitamin's name is a reference to the [[Wii U]]. Even the [[Golden Sunseed]] and [[Golden Grenade]] are said in [[Mission Mode]] tips to contain large amounts of Piktamin U, despite their composition.{{cite quote|Golden Sunseeds are packed with Piktamin U! One of these gives you {{pokos|200|y|v=P3}}!|[[Loading]] screen tip|Mission Mode}}{{cite quote|Golden Grenades are packed with Piktamin U! One of these gives you {{pokos|100|y|v=P3}}!|[[Loading]] screen tip|Mission Mode}}

Some [[treasure]]s in ''[[Pikmin 2]]'' are fruits, particularly those in the [[Succulent Series]]. Most of these returned in ''Pikmin 3'' with the same name:

 

*{{icon|Love Nugget|y}}: a tomato.

*{{icon|Infernal Vegetable|y}}: a bell pepper.

 

All 30 fruits from ''Pikmin 3'' reappear in ''[[Pikmin 4]]'' as treasures. They have the same name as in ''Pikmin 3'', though some have different [[weight]]s.

 

Along with the {{icon|Love Nugget|y|v=P4}}, which now weighs 10 instead of 20, there are 5 new treasures in the [[Nature's Candy Series]] that are botanically fruits:

P3 Every Tropical Wilds Fruit.jpg|Every fruit from the [[Tropical Wilds]].

|Jap=果実

|JapR=Kajitsu

|JapM=Fruit

|Ita=Frutti

|ItaM=Fruit