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'''Health''' (also known as '''Hit Points''' or '''Health Points''', and usually shortened to '''HP''') is a common mechanic in games, used to represent how close a living entity is to dying. In general terms, the higher something's health is, the more damage it can sustain before dying. When its health reaches zero, it dies.

In the [[Pikmin series|''Pikmin'' games]], [[enemy]] or [[leader]] health is mostly depleted during [[combat]], though it can be reduced in other ways too. An object's health is stored as a number, but is shown to the player with a [[HUD#Health wheel|colored wheel]] as opposed to a number in text. This wheel is mostly used to keep track of how close an enemy is to dying, although it can serve other purposes, such as pointing down how close a [[Volatile Dweevil]] is to exploding. It should be noted that some objects will not have their health shown to the player whatsoever, although things like [[gate]]s will become visibly more damaged as they are attacked.

On Pikipedia, an object's health points can be found in the corresponding subject's article, in a section with the statistics, or under a section titled "Technical information". In the case of ''Pikmin 2'' enemies, you may also use the [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 2)|Piklopedia]] page. The health values were gathered either by checking the memory with an emulator and/or memory reader, by reading the in-game files directly, or via in-game observations and calculations. For comparison, you may learn how strong Pikmin attacks are by checking the infobox at the top of a [[Pikmin family|Pikmin type]]'s article.

The health of leaders is represented on the bottom-left corner of the screen. It differs slightly from normal health wheels in that it lacks a black circle behind the main pie chart, and it beeps whenever it's below 50%.

Enemy attacks, hazards, and other sources of damage generally deplete a leader's health, which can eventually lead to the leader being KO'd, but getting hit by an attack will also temporarily place them in a state where they cannot be controlled by the player, meaning it's harder to take them or their Pikmin out of harm's way.

* A weak source of damage will cause the leader to be stunned for a fraction of a second, though they are invulnerable during this period.

* A source of damage that throws leaders about will knock them back a certain distance and onto to the ground; they can get up after a bit however, and in some games, [[Button mashing|rapidly twirling the control stick]] will make them get up faster.

* Being crushed forces a leader to the ground on the spot immediately, and only return to normal after some seconds.

In {{P1}}, if [[Captain Olimar]] loses all his health, a cutscene will play with him falling down, in black and white, then he'll appear next to the ship, go in, and take off, leaving all Pikmin on the field behind. This automatically ends the [[day]]. It's possible to heal to full health by investigating the [[S.S. Dolphin]], which is done by pressing {{button|gc|a|wii|a}} near the colored lights emitted by the ship.

In {{p2}} and {{p3}}, if a leader loses all their health, they will be transported back to the landing area, and the other leaders will continue on their own. If every leader loses all their health, the day ends, as it does when Olimar falls in ''Pikmin''. The same rule applies to caves in ''Pikmin 2'', but the cave is immediately left, all salvaged treasures are lost, all Pikmin in the cave are left behind, and hence, count as deaths, and the day is instantly over afterwards. If only one leader is knocked out inside a cave, he will be lying prostrate in front of the ship even after leaving the cave. This cannot be changed unless the day ends or is reset. The only way to heal the health of a leader that is not knocked out is to enter or leave a cave. In [[Challenge Mode (Pikmin 2)|Challenge Mode]], [[Mission Mode]] and the [[Side Stories]], if any leader is defeated, the challenge or mission is over. In [[2-Player Battle]] and [[Bingo Battle]], if a player's leader faints, the other player wins.

There are two minor glitches in ''Pikmin 2'' related to a leader losing all of his health: [[Glitches in Pikmin 2#Ghost leader|one glitch]] has the fallen leader able to be hurt, while [[Glitches in Pikmin 2#Unbeamable leader|another one]] allows the leader to remain on the ground instead of being beamed up by the Research Pod.

For the most part, it is unclear whether [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] have health points, and how they factor into normal gameplay. When hurt in [[combat]] against enemies, Pikmin do not suffer adverse effects other than being knocked back, and except in ''Pikmin 3'', sometimes [[Maturity#Decreasing|losing their flower or bud]]. Other than that, enemies only have attacks that kill Pikmin right away. There are some special attacks that seem to hurt Pikmin, and sometimes letting them live, sometimes letting them die. This is the case with the [[Gatling Groink]]'s shots. Their interaction with Pikmin health is currently unknown.

That said, [[Mushroom Pikmin]] in {{p1}} do lose health when knocked down by Olimar, and if this happens enough times, they will die.{{cite youtube|A8eggQyvY1k|demonstrating how Pikmin keep track of their health, and lose it when knocked down by Olimar as Mushroom Pikmin|published={{date|7|September|2021}}|retrieved={{date|7|September|2021}}}} Infighting between regular Pikmin and Mushroom Pikmin also involves some blows being exchanged, which will eventually result in a Pikmin dying, likely through the same health system. Something similar happens when Pikmin from different teams in competitive 2-player modes fight, even in other games.

[[File:HP wheel.gif|border|right|Example of a health wheel, from ''Pikmin 2''.]]

In [[combat]], as an enemy gets hit by [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] attacks (or [[leader]] [[punch]]es, explosions, etc.), its health drops. Generally, enemies show no signs of weakness when they are low on health. Once an enemy is dead, it will either leave its dead body, which can be carried to an [[Onion]], or it'll drop some spoils. Any damage caused to an enemy will not carry over onto the next [[day]], with the exception of [[boss]]es in ''Pikmin 3''.

Some enemies have non-standard behavior regarding their health level:

*[[Iridescent Flint Beetle|Iridescent Flint]] and [[Iridescent Glint Beetle|Glint]] Beetles, and [[Doodlebug]]s cannot normally be hurt, but the spoils they drop depend on the number of times the insect's been hit. They can be damaged if [[ultra-bitter spray|petrified]], though.

*[[Shearwig]]s in the first two games will start flying when their health drops to half, and return to land upon regenerating.

*[[Ravenous Whiskerpillar]]s do not actually die while not petrified, as they do not leave a [[soul]] and can be seen squirming when Pikmin carry their "corpse".

*The [[Waterwraith]]'s fight enters a second stage once its rollers are destroyed.

*The [[Titan Dweevil]] only has health points for the creature itself once it loses all the treasures it's carrying. Until then, each treasure has its own health points (without a health wheel), and once it reaches 0, it is detached from the Titan Dweevil.

*The [[Shaggy Long Legs]] will lose all of its hair once the clumps hair from on its legs are removed, which brings it down to half of its health.

In ''Pikmin 3'', the game contains data for every enemy's maximum health, but in the files that define what enemies go where in an [[area]], it is possible for the developers to write down a specific amount of health for that specific instance of the enemy to have. This means that while most instances of an enemy have the "default" maximum health, some might have a more specific number. An example would be the [[Toady Bloyster]] on the [[Shaded Garden]], that only has one third the normal amount. This can also apply to other properties, like sight radius.

 

Some of the enemies in the ''Pikmin'' games have the ability to slowly '''regenerate''' their health after being hurt. There are two types of regeneration: passive, and active. Enemies have either passive or active regeneration, except for the [[Shearwig]] in ''Pikmin 2'', which has both.

 

'''Passive regeneration''' is when an enemy's health is always recovering, regardless of what the creature is doing. In most cases, the regeneration mechanic is simply to encourage the player to kill an enemy when it's attacked, and to not retreat, or else its health might be recovered on the next battle, and all the hard work will be lost. In others, it's to encourage the player to use a large number of Pikmin to attack, as a smaller number might have a hard time countering the regeneration.

 

 

 

;''Pikmin 2''

! rowspan="2" | Seconds to fully<br>regenerate from 0

| 0.3%

| {{icon|Empress Bulblax|y}} ([[Hole of Beasts]])

| 333.33

;''Pikmin 3''

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! rowspan="2" | Enemy

! colspan="2" | Health per second

===Active regeneration===

 

 

 

==Revival==

[[File:Revive.jpg|thumb|A Gatling Groink springing back to life.]]

In ''Pikmin 2'', ''Pikmin 3'', and ''Pikmin 4'', a few enemies are known to revive after they've been downed. Once their health reaches 0, a moderately slow process of revival occurs, where the enemy's health wheel is filled back up. The creature remains incapacitated throughout this process, but once its health is full it will be brought back to life. When one of these creatures do get defeated, they do not leave a soul, showing that they are only temporarily incapacitated.

 

 

 

 

 

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