Editing Mushroom battle

'''Mushroom challenges''' are a feature of {{pb}}, unlocked at [[level]] 15. Mushrooms of various colors and sizes appear around the world, and the player can send a group of [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] to [[Combat|attack]] them. Multiple players can join a challenge, and participants will receive [[Fruit (Pikmin Bloom)|fruit]] and a [[postcard]] as a reward, and a score that measures how well they did.

The amount of Pikmin that can be sent on a mushroom challenge by a player will increase over time based on the player's [[level]], starting at 10 Pikmin. The [[Pikmin Bloom interface#Mushroom challenge|mushroom challenge selection screen]] lets the player choose which Pikmin to send, and the strength value of the selected Pikmin can be seen in the top left corner. The higher the strength, the faster the Pikmin will be at completing the challenge.

 

Only three mushroom challenges can be done by a player in a day. Up to five people are able to join in on a single mushroom challenge.

[[File:PB Map Mushroom Tutorial.png|thumb|right|200px|A normal brown mushroom on the map screen. The red circle indicates its health.]]

Mushrooms grow at points of interest in the real world, similar to [[Big Flower]]s. They can only be seen and interacted with when they are less than 600 meters away from the player. After the mushroom is destroyed, it grows back in the same location 5 minutes later, without any input. The mushroom type that grows is randomized.

Mushrooms come in various types that differ in size and color. The hierarchy of the sizes are small, normal, large, and giant, with each size increasing in [[health]]. The larger the mushroom, the bigger the reward for destroying it. There are 11 colors of mushrooms for each size – 8 regular colors, and 3 elemental types that only allow one Pikmin type to attack them. Some mushrooms have more or less health than other colors of the same size, such as gray or white mushrooms, being tied to the matching Pikmin's attack power. The color of mushrooms also determines the type of [[nectar]] players get as a reward.

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[[File:PB Normal Blue Mushrooms.png|thumb|right|150px|The screen that appears when a mushroom is selected.]]

[[File:Pikmin Bloom Large Red Mushroom select pikmin all selected.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Selecting Pikmin for a mushroom battle.]]

When a mushroom is selected, either from the [[Pikmin Bloom interface#Map|map screen]] or [[Pikmin Bloom interface#Expeditions|expedition list]], the camera will focus on the mushroom, with a photograph of its corresponding real-world landmark behind it. The screen displays some basic information about mushroom challenges, as well as 5 circles that can be filled with icons of the [[Mii]]s of the players who have joined the challenge. There is a Join button which progresses to the selection screen.

In the selection screen, the player can choose which Pikmin to send. A list of all the player's Pikmin appears, and by tapping one, it can be added to or removed from the mushroom attacking group. The maximum size of the group depends on the player's [[level]]. Pikmin with an advantage against that mushroom type (see the next section) may jump in the list when selected for the challenge. Selected Pikmin also appear in front of the mushroom in the camera view. There is a GO button in the lower right corner; tapping it sends all the selected Pikmin to attack the mushroom.

[[File:PB Pink Mushroom Battle.gif|thumb|right|150px|Winged Pikmin destroying one part of a small pink mushroom.]]

Once the Pikmin are sent on the mushroom challenge, they rush towards the mushrooms and start attacking them. Most Pikmin types latch on to a mushroom and start attacking it at a constant rate, with each attack doing some damage. [[Rock Pikmin]] instead jump towards a mushroom from a distance and roll back to jump again. From time to time, Pikmin get off the mushroom, walk back to their starting position, and walk back to the mushroom to start attacking again. Each hit decreases the health of the mushrooms, though not by a set amount; see the [[#Time|Time]] section for more details. From time to time, one of the mushrooms in the group will collapse, leaving the Pikmin attacking it to start attacking another one. The intervals at which mushrooms break depend on the number of the mushrooms in the cluster: 4 for small, 7 for normal, and 10 for large, such that mushrooms break at regular intervals. For example, in a large mushroom group, one of the mushrooms will break for each tenth of health depleted.

When the health is fully depleted, the mushroom challenge is cleared. The player is provided with their score, the time it took to destroy the mushrooms, and a star rating, followed by the Pikmin bringing a [[postcard]] about their challenge and a small number of shiny [[Fruit (Pikmin Bloom)|fruits]] to be given to the player, providing them with [[nectar]] of an uncommon type. Each Pikmin that was sent on the mushroom challenge also gains some [[friendship]] (though this actually happens at the start of the challenge, not the end).

When the player is selecting Pikmin for the mushroom challenge, a power value appears in the top left corner of the screen. This shows how strong the selected squad is against that mushroom. (Note that the value displayed is rounded from the actual value.) Adding a Pikmin will increase the value by some amount. This amount depends on the [[Pikmin family#Types|type]] of Pikmin, whether it is a [[Decor Pikmin]], its [[maturity]], its [[friendship]], and the color of the mushroom being attacked.

Added to the total so far is a value for the Pikmin's [[maturity]].

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|0-1 hearts

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|3-4 hearts

|4 hearts to 1 golden heart

|1-2 golden hearts

|2-3 golden hearts

|3-4 golden hearts

!colspan="11"|Defending mushroom type

| 3 || 12 || 3 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 100 || N/A || N/A

| 3 || 3 || 12 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 3 || 3 || N/A || N/A || N/A

| 3 || 0 || 3 || 12 || 3 || 0 || 3 || 3 || N/A || 100 || N/A

| 3 || 3 || 3 || 0 || 12 || 0 || 3 || 3 || N/A || N/A || N/A

| 3 || 3 || 3 || 0 || 3 || 12 || 3 || 0 || N/A || N/A || N/A

| 3 || 3 || 3 || 3 || 3 || 0 || 12 || 0 || N/A || N/A || N/A

| 3 || 3 || 3 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 3 || 12 || N/A || N/A || 100

 

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!{{icon|Brown mushroom|l=}} Brown

The amount of time it takes to complete a mushroom challenge (in seconds) is calculated by taking the health of the mushrooms, dividing it by the total attack power of the Pikmin on the mushroom challenge, and multiplying it by 4. For example, a normal-size mushroom with 21,000 health, attacked by a group of Pikmin with 200 attack power, should take 420 seconds or 7 minutes to destroy. Although the game presents damage as something dealt by each individual attack, each Pikmin hit actually does as much damage as it needs to decrease the health of the mushrooms at a linear rate such that they are fully destroyed at the calculated time.

As a failsafe, mushroom challenges have a maximum length of exactly 2 days. The challenge will automatically end if this amount of time has passed.

{{game help|pb|Work out how the time bonus is calculated.}}

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The exact formula for calculating scores was never worked out before the scoring system changed. However, it was clear that it was based around thresholds for each star rating. For small mushrooms, the minimum scores for each star rating were multiples of 720 – 1440 for 2 stars, 2160 for 3 stars, and 2880 for 4 stars (the maximum score). These thresholds were doubled for normal-sized mushrooms, doubled again for large mushrooms, and doubled again for giant mushrooms. Score was calculated according to the time taken to defeat a mushroom, relative to its size and color. This was especially apparent when multiple players joined at different times, as the delay would result in a decline in score, compared to a scenario where the same players joined in unison. Because time requirements were scaled based on mushroom health, attack requirements for a certain score were the same across all mushroom colors, so long as the size was the same. However, this scaling did not factor the matching Pikmin color's base attack. As an example, higher scores could be achieved on purple and grey mushrooms with less Pikmin, as Rock and Purple Pikmin naturally possess the highest base attack of all Pikmin species.  

Once a mushroom battle is complete, a [[postcard]] and some [[Fruit (Pikmin Bloom)|fruits]] will appear, and the Pikmin the player sent will collect them. Each participant receives the full reward (rewards are not split between participants). If too few Pikmin were sent on the mushroom challenge to carry all the rewards, only some rewards will be collected; the postcard has the highest priority. The fruits received depend on the type of mushroom and the star rating. The following table shows the minimum score for each star rating and the fruits received by reaching that star rating. See the [[Fruit (Pikmin Bloom)|Fruit (''Pikmin Bloom'')]] article for information on the amount of nectar each fruit type can provide.

|{{icon|Muscat grapes}} {{icon|Muscat grapes}} {{icon|Melon}} {{icon|Special fruit}}

!rowspan="3"|{{icon|Red mushroom|l=}} Red

!rowspan="3"|{{icon|Yellow mushroom|l=}} Yellow

|4340

!rowspan="3"|{{icon|Blue mushroom|l=}} Blue

|4340

!rowspan="3"|{{icon|Purple mushroom|l=}} Purple

|4760

!rowspan="3"|{{icon|White mushroom|l=}} White

!rowspan="3"|{{icon|Pink mushroom|l=}} Pink