Editing Piklopedia (Pikmin 2)

{{page title|Piklopedia (''Pikmin 2'')}}
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{{dablink|This article is about the in-game encyclopedia of enemies in ''Pikmin 2''. It is not to be confused with [[Pikipedia:About|Pikipedia]], the name of this wiki.}}
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* Document what needs to be done to open each creature's entry. Some need to be defeated, and others need to be touched, but there may be more complex mechanics.
* Be more specific about what counts as "when the final boss is defeated" &ndash; is it when its health drops to 0, its treasures are recovered, the King of Bugs is recovered, etc.
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[[File:P2 Piklopedia Menu.png|thumb|300px|Screenshot of the Piklopedia, on the [[Bulborb|Red Bulborb]]'s entry.]]
The '''Piklopedia''' ({{j|生物図鑑|Seibutsu Zukan|Creature Field Guide}}) is an in-game list of all the [[Enemy|enemies]] and [[plant]]s in ''[[Pikmin 2]]'' that the player has come in contact with throughout their exploration. The player can access the [[Menu/Piklopedia and Treasure Hoard|Piklopedia's menu]] by pressing {{button|gc|l|wii|padl|switch|padl}} when on the [[Menu/Area selection|area selection menu]].

This catalog also keeps track of how many [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] have been lost to each enemy, how many of said enemy the player has defeated so far, and how many [[Poko]]s the enemy is worth. For fields that cannot be counted, four dashes appear instead. On top of that, it also contains [[#Notes|notes]] written down by Olimar and Louie. Selecting the slot of a creature that has not been seen yet will just produce static on the main "screen", and their grid slots will show their Piklopedia number, instead of their icon.

[[Pikpik carrot]]s can be thrown at enemies to see their reaction, although the throws cannot be directly aimed &ndash; not even with the [[New Play Control! Pikmin 2|''New Play Control!'' version]]'s enhanced cursor &ndash; and are loosely based on the direction the [[camera]] is facing. [[Ultra-bitter spray]]s can also be used on the non-plant creatures by pressing {{button|gc|z|wii|1|switch|rstickclick}}; this does not affect the in-game spray count, and can be used before those sprays are even discovered.

The Piklopedia is the counterpart to the [[Treasure Hoard]], which shares [[Music in Pikmin 2#Piklopedia/Treasure Hoard|the same music]].

Once the debt is repaid, both the Piklopedia and Treasure Hoard's unseen entries become shown, albeit still unfilled. This was most likely added to help the player track down the last few entries they are missing.

==Entries==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!{{tt|#|Entry number on the Piklopedia listing}}!!class="unsortable"|Icon!!Name!!Scientific name!!Family!![[HP]]!!data-sort-type=number|Weight!!Max.<br>carriers!!{{tt|Value|In Pokos}}!!Seeds<br>produced!!Notes
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|1||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Red Bulborb icon.png]]||[[Bulborb|Red Bulborb]]||''Oculus kageyamii russus''||Grub-dog family||750||10||20||7||12||Can also contain [[Unmarked Spectralids]]; see [[Unmarked Spectralids#Interactions|here]].
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|2||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Hairy Bulborb icon.png]]||[[Hairy Bulborb]]||''Oculus kageyamii folliculus''||Grub-dog family||650||10||20||7||{{tt|12|Cannot be delivered to Onions in-game}}||Can also contain [[Unmarked Spectralids]]; see [[Unmarked Spectralids#Interactions|here]].
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|3||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Orange Bulborb icon.png]]||[[Orange Bulborb]]||''Oculus kageyamii orangium''||Grub-dog family||850||10||20||7||12||Can also contain [[Unmarked Spectralids]]; see [[Unmarked Spectralids#Interactions|here]].
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|4||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Dwarf Bulborb icon.png]]||[[Dwarf Bulborb|Dwarf Red Bulborb]]||''Pansarus pseudooculii russus''||Breadbug family||200||3||6||2||4||
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|5||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Snow Bulborb icon.png]]||[[Snow Bulborb]]||''Pansarus pseudooculii frosticus''||Breadbug family||150||3||6||2||{{tt|4|Only in 2-Player Battle}}||
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|6||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Dwarf Orange Bulborb icon.png]]||[[Dwarf Orange Bulborb]]||''Pansarus pseudooculii orangium''||Breadbug family||250||3||6||2||{{tt|4|Only in 2-Player Battle}}||
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|7||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Spotty Bulbear icon.png]]||[[Spotty Bulbear]]||''Oculus terribilis dotticum''||Grub-dog family||1200||10||20||10||12||
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|8||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Dwarf Bulbear icon.png]]||[[Dwarf Bulbear]]||''Oculus terribilis''||Grub-dog family||500||3||6||2||4||
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|9||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Bulborb Larva icon.png]]||[[Bulborb Larva]]||''Oculus bambinii''||Grub-dog family||5||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||
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|10||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Fiery Bulblax icon.png|40px]]||[[Fiery Bulblax]]||''Oculus volcanus''||Grub-dog family||1400||10||20||10||12||
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|11||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Water Dumple icon.png]]||[[Water Dumple]]||''Ichthyosa felinis''||Grub-dog family||200||5||10||3||5||
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|12||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Bulbmin icon.png]]||[[Bulbmin]]||''Parasiticus pikminicus''||Pikmin family||300||7||14||3||{{tt|10|Cannot be delivered to Onions in-game}}||
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|13||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Fiery Blowhog icon.png]]||[[Fiery Blowhog]]||''Sus draconus''||Blowhog family||1000||7||15||4||8||
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|14||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Watery Blowhog icon.png]]||[[Watery Blowhog]]||''Sus loogiens''||Blowhog family||1000||7||15||4||8||
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|15||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Armored Cannon Larva icon.png]]||[[Armored Cannon Larva|Armored Cannon Beetle Larva]]||''Granitus chukkulinae''||Lithopod family||{{tt|850|Free}}/{{tt|2000|Buried}}||7||15||4||8||Only the free-roaming variant counts; see [[#Entry criteria|here]].
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|16||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Decorated Cannon Beetle icon.png]]||[[Decorated Cannon Beetle]]||''Granitus decurum''||Lithopod family||850||7||15||4||8||
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|17||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Puffy Blowhog icon.png]]||[[Puffy Blowhog]]||''Sus inflata''||Blowhog family||3000||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||
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|18||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Withering Blowhog icon.png]]||[[Withering Blowhog]]||''Sus decrepitia''||Blowhog family||1800||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||
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|19||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Gatling Groink icon.png]]||[[Gatling Groink]]||''Megaplod calibersi''||Unknown family||{{tt|1200|Free}}/{{tt|700|Stationary}}|||10||20||7||12||Only the free-roaming variant counts; see [[#Entry criteria|here]].
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|20||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Iridescent Flint Beetle icon.png]]||[[Iridescent Flint Beetle]]||''Pilli envelopens''||Flint beetle family||1000||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||
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|21||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Iridescent Glint Beetle icon.png]]||[[Iridescent Glint Beetle]]||''Pilli auricus''||Glint beetle family||1200||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||
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|22||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Doodlebug icon.png]]||[[Doodlebug]]||''Pilli flatularum''||Flint beetle family||1500||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||
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|23||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Female Sheargrub icon.png]]||[[Female Sheargrub]]||''Himeagea mandibulosa''||Mandiblard family||50||1||1||1||2||
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|24||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Male Sheargrub icon.png]]||[[Male Sheargrub]]||''Himeagea mandibulosa''||Mandiblard family||50||1||1||2||3||
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|25||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Shearwig icon.png]]||[[Shearwig]]||''Himeagea volaris''||Mandiblard family||200||1||1||2||4||
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|26||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Cloaking Burrow-nit icon.png]]||[[Cloaking Burrow-nit]]||''Trilobitins reclusiva''||Burrow-nit family||300||8||16||3||8||
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|27||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Ravenous Whiskerpillar icon.png]]||[[Ravenous Whiskerpillar]]||''Lepidoptera pluckieus''||Whiskerpillar family||200||1||1||{{tt|1|Cannot be delivered to Research Pod in-game}}||2||
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|28||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Anode Beetle icon.png]]||[[Anode Beetle]]||''Scarabum electrodia''||Scarab beetle family||500||5||8||3||{{tt|5|Only in 2-Player Battle}}||
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|29||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Mitite icon.png]]||[[Mitite]]||''Mitivius infiltratus''||Unknown family||50||1||1||1||2||
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|30||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Hermit Crawmad icon.png]]||[[Hermit Crawmad]]||''Camabarus rustica''||Crawmad family||500||5||10||3||8||
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|31||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Swooping Snitchbug icon.png]]||[[Swooping Snitchbug]]||''Scarpanica kesperens''||Scarpanid family||1500||3||6||4||4||
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|32||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Bumbling Snitchbug icon.png]]||[[Bumbling Snitchbug]]||''Scarpanica doofenia''||Scarpanid family||1500||3||6||4||{{tt|8|Cannot be delivered to Onions in-game}}||
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|33||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Careening Dirigibug icon.png]]||[[Careening Dirigibug]]||''Flotillium circusmaximus''||Dirigibug family||1500||3||6||4||{{tt|8|Only in 2-Player Battle}}||
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|34||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Antenna Beetle icon.png]]||[[Antenna Beetle]]||''Mesmeri raiocontra''||Kettlebug family||700||3||6||5||{{tt|5|Cannot be delivered to Onions in-game}}||
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|35||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Lesser Spotted Jellyfloat icon.png]]||[[Lesser Spotted Jellyfloat]]||''Cephalus dottalium''||Jellyfloat family||2500||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||
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|36||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Greater Spotted Jellyfloat icon.png]]||[[Greater Spotted Jellyfloat]]||''Cephalus vortexia''||Jellyfloat family||4500||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||
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|37||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Fiery Dweevil icon.png]]||[[Fiery Dweevil]]||''Mandarachnia napalmens''||Dweevil family||150||3||6||2||{{tt|5|Cannot be delivered to Onions in-game}}||
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|38||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Anode Dweevil icon.png]]||[[Anode Dweevil]]||''Mandarachnia volticula''||Dweevil family||150||3||6||2||{{tt|5|Cannot be delivered to Onions in-game}}||
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|39||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Hydro Dweevil icon.png]]||[[Hydro Dweevil]]||''Mandarachnia aquadis''||Dweevil family||150||3||6||2||{{tt|5|Cannot be delivered to Onions in-game}}||
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|40||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Munge Dweevil icon.png]]||[[Munge Dweevil]]||''Mandarachnia pungetis''||Dweevil family||350||3||6||2||{{tt|5|Cannot be delivered to Onions in-game}}||
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|41||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Volatile Dweevil icon.png]]||[[Volatile Dweevil]]||''Mandarachnia explodus''||Dweevil family||150||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||
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|42||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Toady Bloyster icon.png]]||[[Toady Bloyster]]||''Molluschid minionicus''||Mollusking family||800||3||6||10||25||
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|43||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Yellow Wollywog icon.png]]||[[Yellow Wollyhop]]||''Amphicaris frondiferorum''||Amphituber family||800||7||14||5||8||
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|44||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Wollywog icon.png]]||[[Wollyhop]]||''Amphicaris albino''||Amphituber family||1100||7||14||7||{{tt|8|Only in 2-Player Battle}}||
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|45||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Wogpole icon.png]]||[[Wolpole]]||''Amphicaris frondiferorum''||Amphituber family||200||1||1||1||1||
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|46||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Lapis Lazuli Candypop Bud icon.png]]||[[Lapis Lazuli Candypop Bud]]||''Flora colbaltium''||Candypop family||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||
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|47||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Crimson Candypop Bud icon.png]]||[[Crimson Candypop Bud]]||''Flora rufusia''||Candypop family||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||
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|48||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Golden Candypop Bud icon.png]]||[[Golden Candypop Bud]]||''Flora aurumia''||Candypop family||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||
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|49||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Violet Candypop Bud icon.png]]||[[Violet Candypop Bud]]||''Flora puniceus''||Candypop family||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||
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|50||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Ivory Candypop Bud icon.png]]||[[Ivory Candypop Bud]]||''Flora niveus''||Candypop family||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||
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|51||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Queen Candypop Bud icon.png]]||[[Queen Candypop Bud]]||''Flora regina''||Candypop family||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||
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|52||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Creeping Chrysanthemum icon.png]]||[[Creeping Chrysanthemum]]||''Taraxacum rovinia''||Chrysanthemum family||2500||10||20||7||12||
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|53||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Skitter Leaf icon.png]]||[[Skitter Leaf]]||''Rus pseudoarbicans''||Skitterling family||120||1||1||1||1||
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|54||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Unmarked Spectralids icon.png]]||[[Unmarked Spectralids]]||''Fenestari prismatus''||Flitterbie family||200||1||1||1||1||
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|55||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Honeywisp icon.png]]||[[Honeywisp]]||''Nektara fatuus''||Honeywisp family||{{tt|99999|Unused; disappears with a single hit}}||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||
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|56||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Mamuta icon.png]]||[[Mamuta]]||Unknown||Unknown family||500||7||15||3||{{tt|8|Cannot be delivered to Onions in-game}}||
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|57||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Breadbug icon.png]]||[[Breadbug]]||''Pansarus gluttonae''||Breadbug family||1100||3||6||3||{{tt|3|Only in 2-Player Battle}}||
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|58||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Pellet Posy icon.png]]||[[Pellet Posy]]||''Amplus nutrio''||Pellet weed family||50||1/5/10/20||2/10/20/50||N/A||1/2/3/5/10/20||
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|59||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Common Glowcap icon.png]]||[[Common Glowcap]]||''Fungi luminarium''||Glowcap family||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||
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|60||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Clover icon.png]]||[[Clover]]||''Quattris infectum''||Clover family||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||
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|61||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Figwort icon.png]]||[[Figwort]]||''Scrophularia xenomium''||Figwort family||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||Only the large healthy variant counts; see [[#Entry criteria|here]].
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|62||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Dandelion icon.png]]||[[Dandelion]]||''Taraxacum officinale''||Dandelion family||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||
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|63||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Seeding Dandelion icon.png]]||[[Seeding Dandelion]]||''Taraxacum ventulus''||Dandelion family||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||
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|64||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Horsetail icon.png]]||[[Horsetail]]||''Equestrius vindico''||Horsetail family||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||
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|65||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Foxtail icon.png]]||[[Foxtail]]||''Vulpes cauda''||Foxtail family||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||
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|66||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Glowstem icon.png]]||[[Glowstem]]||''Nocturnica illuminati''||Glowcap family||N/A||N/A||N\A||N/A||N/A||Only the red variant counts; see [[#Entry criteria|here]].
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|67||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Margaret icon.png]]||[[Margaret]]||''Luminosus croeaus''||Chrysanthemum family||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||
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|68||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Fiddlehead icon.png]]||[[Fiddlehead]]||''Violinae orchestrus''||Fern family||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||
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|69||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Shoot icon.png]]||[[Shoot]]||Unknown||Unknown family||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||Only the large variant counts; see [[#Entry criteria|here]].
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|70||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Empress Bulblax icon.png]]||[[Empress Bulblax]]||''Oculus matriarcha''||Grub-dog family||5000/{{tt|3300|Hole of Beasts}}||20||30||15||{{tt|30|Cannot be delivered to Onions in-game}}||
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|71||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Burrowing Snagret icon.png]]||[[Burrowing Snagret]]||''Shiropedes anacondii''||Snavian family||1500/{{tt|2500|White Flower Garden}}||5||10||10||15||
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|72||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Beady Long Legs icon.png]]||[[Beady Long Legs]]||''Pseudoarachnia armoralis''||Arachnorb family||1300||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||
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|73||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Emperor Bulblax icon.png]]||[[Emperor Bulblax]]||''Oculus supremus''||Grub-dog family||1300/{{tt|1800|Bulblax Kingdom}}||20||30||15||{{tt|30|Cannot be delivered to Onions in-game}}||
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|74||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Giant Breadbug icon.png]]||[[Giant Breadbug]]||''Pansarus gigantus''||Breadbug family||700||10||20||10||{{tt|4|Cannot be delivered to Onions in-game}}||
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|75||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Pileated Snagret icon.png]]||[[Pileated Snagret]]||''Shiropedes ambulatria''||Snavian family||5000||5||10||15||{{tt|25|Cannot be delivered to Onions in-game}}||
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|76||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Man-at-Legs icon.png]]||[[Man-at-Legs]]||''Pseudoarachnia navaronia''||Arachnorb family||2800||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||
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|77||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Ranging Bloyster icon.png]]||[[Ranging Bloyster]]||''Molluschid predatoria''||Mollusking family||1500||3||6||15||{{tt|25|Cannot be delivered to Onions in-game}}||
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|78||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Waterwraith icon.png]]||[[Waterwraith]]||''Amphibio sapiens''||Unknown Family||{{tt|1800|With Rollers}}/{{tt|1500|Without Rollers}}||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||
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|79||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Segmented Crawbster icon.png]]||[[Segmented Crawbster]]||''Parastacoidea reptantia''||Creep-crab family||3000||20||30||15||{{tt|30|Cannot be delivered to Onions in-game}}||
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|80||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Raging Long Legs icon.png]]||[[Raging Long Legs]]||''Pseudoarachnia furiendis''||Arachnorb family||10000||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||
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|81||style="text-align:center"|[[File:Titan Dweevil icon.png]]||[[Titan Dweevil]]||''Mandarachnia gargantium''||Dweevil family||5000||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||
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== Notes ==
Both [[Captain Olimar]] and [[Louie]] write some notes about every entry in the Piklopedia. These notes are merely for fun and for world-building, and rarely contain any information useful for gameplay. Only the notes of unlocked entries can be seen. The comments written by both return in the [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 3 Deluxe)|Piklopedia]] of {{p3d}} and the [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 4)|Piklopedia]] of {{p4}}, almost verbatim.

=== Olimar's notes ===
{{for|a full list|Category:Olimar's notes|t1=Category:Olimar's notes}}

Olimar's notes focus on giving information about the creature, including its scientific name, habits, biological features, and mysteries. They can be read by picking an entry and pressing {{button|gc|x|wii|+|switch|+}}. His notes are always available as long as the entry is available.

=== Louie's notes ===
{{for|a full list|Category:Louie's notes|t1=Category:Louie's notes}}

Louie's notes provide recipes on how to cook the creature. They can be read by picking an entry and pressing {{button|gc|y|wii|-|switch|-}}. His notes only become available when the player defeats the [[Titan Dweevil]] and recovers Louie as [[King of Bugs|a treasure]] for the first time. Once this happens, a global flag is set in the game's [[saved game|save data]], and his notes become available forever, for any [[Story Mode]] slot, even if the original slot is deleted.

==== Recipe oddities ====
Interestingly, Louie references ingredients found on Earth (cultivated in oxygen). These ingredients could not possibly be known by Louie, as Hocotate has a severely different climate. A possible explanation might be that Hocotatians might have some ideas of what those ingredients are, or have a similar expression or object in their language, that are different from our world's ingredients.

In addition, the following notes conflict with the way enemies die in-game in some way:

* These enemies do not leave a corpse:
** [[Beady Long Legs]]
** [[Bulborb Larva]]
** [[Greater Spotted Jellyfloat]]
** [[Lesser Spotted Jellyfloat]]
** [[Man-at-Legs]]
** [[Puffy Blowhog]] (in ''Pikmin 2'' exclusively)
** [[Raging Long Legs]]
** [[Titan Dweevil]]
** [[Withering Blowhog]]
* In ''Pikmin'' and ''Pikmin 2'', the [[Burrowing Snagret]]'s scaly torso explodes as it dies, yet Louie's notes say to slice its torso up.
* The [[Fiery Bulblax]] extinguishes itself upon death, but Louie's notes use the beast's flames as a cooking aid.
* All of the [[Hairy Bulborb]]'s hair falls out upon losing more than half its [[health]], but Louie's notes mention removing its hair before preparing the creature.
* The [[Waterwraith]] is notable for not only not leaving any corpse, but also due to its physical form possibly not even existing in the same dimension as Louie.

These same sort of oddities also exist in ''Pikmin 3 Deluxe''{{'s}} Piklopedia as listed [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 3 Deluxe)#Recipe oddities|here]], many of which carry over to ''Pikmin 4''{{'s}} Piklopedia which are listed [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 4)#Recipe oddities|here]].

==Controls==
{{see|Controls#Piklopedia and Treasure Hoard}}

==Areas==
When using the Piklopedia and the [[Treasure Hoard]], the scenery will change depending on what area [[Hocotate ship|the ship]] is hovering on, on the [[Menu#Area selection|area selection screen]]. Each object seen will spawn in a different, pre-specified location of the area. The [[Valley of Repose]], the [[Awakening Wood]] and the [[Perplexing Pool]] have some notable differences compared to their in-game counterparts, while the [[Wistful Wild]] is barely any different. For a list of differences in the two versions of an area, please read the corresponding area article. The following maps illustrate a top-down view of the Piklopedia and Treasure Hoard versions of the areas, excluding the Wistful Wild, which only has differences in background theme and barely any changes to the level design at all.

These slightly changed areas were also seen in [[Pikmin 2 prerelease information|prerelease material]].

<gallery>
Piklopedia Valley of Repose map.jpg|[[Valley of Repose]].
Piklopedia Awakening Wood map.jpg|[[Awakening Wood]].
Piklopedia Perplexing Pool map.jpg|[[Perplexing Pool]].
</gallery>

==Entry criteria==
{{stub|section=y|List the unlock requirements for each entry.}}
To unlock an entry in the Piklopedia, the player must find one of that object during gameplay and do something specific to it, which varies from entry to entry.

To note is that some entries will only be unlocked, and their kill/death stats will only be updated, if the player interacts with a specific variant of that object. For instance, having a buried Armored Cannon Beetle Larva kill 3 Pikmin and then be killed will not result in any change in the Piklopedia. The following is a list of all entries with this limitation:
* {{icon|Armored Cannon Larva|y|n=Armored Cannon Beetle Larva}}: only the free-roaming variant counts; the buried one does not.
* {{icon|Gatling Groink|y}}: only the free-roaming variant counts; the tower one does not.
* {{icon|Lapis Lazuli Candypop Bud}} {{icon|Crimson Candypop Bud}} {{icon|Golden Candypop Bud}} {{icon|Violet Candypop Bud}} {{icon|Ivory Candypop Bud}} [[Candypop Bud]]s: throwing in one Pikmin is enough, it does not need to wither.
* {{icon|Figwort|y}}: only the large healthy variant counts; the small healthy, large dead, and small dead ones do not.
* {{icon|Glowstem|y}}: only the red variant counts; the green one does not.
* {{icon|Shoot|y}}: only the large variant counts; the small one does not.

==Enemies that can die==
Some enemies can actually die whilst on the Piklopedia.

* Volatile Dweevils blow up when awakened.
* [[Mandiblard]]s will lose health if they touch water, and can even drown.
* Due to a [[Glitches in Pikmin 2|glitch]], if one petrifies a [[Hermit Crawmad]] on dry land and throws several Pikpik carrots, the creature will gradually lose health, and can die.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Waterwraith in Piklopedia P2.png|Piklopedia menu showing a [[Waterwraith]] while it is [[Glitches in Pikmin 2#Struggling Waterwraith|stuck]].
132.jpg|The Piklopedia when the sun is setting down.
Piklopedia night.jpg|The Piklopedia at night.
Piklopedia day.jpg|The Piklopedia during daytime.
Pikmin 2 Menu Bulborb Icon.png|The [[Bulborb]] icon used to represent the Piklopedia within the [[area selection menu]] and the [[Treasure Hoard]]. Interestingly, it appears to be an edited picture of a juvenile Bulbmin.
</gallery>

==Trivia==
[[File:Piklopedia zzdummy.png|right|The dummy texture.]]
*A dummy icon texture named <code>zzdummy</code> can be found within the Piklopedia's icon texture files. It's unused in the game, and it must have been used during development to represent enemies that had no icons at the time.
*The icon textures for the [[Glowstem]] and [[Queen Candypop Bud]] have exact duplicates inside the game's files.
* [[File:Fiery Bulblax icon.png|right]] The icon for the [[Fiery Bulblax]] is 80 &times; 80 in size. This size is only used for [[boss]] icons, whereas normal enemies have icons that are 40 &times; 40. This indicates that in some [[Pikmin 2 prerelease information|early stage in development]], the Fiery Bulblax was meant to be a boss, as are the other two "Bulblax" [[Grub-dog family|grub-dogs]].
*Thrown [[pikpik carrots]] will rotate to "face" the creature. Their stems will bend away from it.
*If a pikpik carrot lands near a [[Bulborb|Red Bulborb]], [[Hairy Bulborb]], or [[Orange Bulborb]] just as it is about to go to sleep, its yawning and lying down animations will be sped up.
*According to Louie's notes, the following creatures are inedible: [[Hydro Dweevil]], [[Munge Dweevil]], [[Volatile Dweevil]], [[Crimson Candypop Bud]], [[Golden Candypop Bud]], [[Queen Candypop Bud]], [[Mamuta]], [[Glowstem]], [[Clover]], [[Foxtail]], [[Shoot]], [[Beady Long Legs]], and [[Waterwraith]].
** In addition, the [[Doodlebug]] has no cooking tips and is suggested to be inedible, but is not outright stated as such, the [[Ivory Candypop Bud]] is not suggested to be inedible, but spoils upon seconds of picking, and the [[Raging Long Legs]], like the Doodlebug, is not outright claimed as inedible, but Louie's suggestion of feeding it to "''unpleasant'' in-laws" implies that it probably shouldn't be eaten anyway.
*The [[Bulborb]] icon used to represent the Piklopedia within the [[area selection menu]] is unique and does not seem to be exactly derived from any particular Bulborb variant in ''Pikmin 2''. Peculiarly, when examined very closely, the icon seems to be derived from the model of the juvenile [[Bulbmin]] (as evidenced by its completely black eyes, leg coloration and proportions, and white spot placement) with the leaf stem removed. Interestingly, the internal name for the texture is <code>chapy</code>, whereas the internal name for Bulborbs is usually spelled <code>chappy</code>. In the Switch re release, a modified version of this icon is used as the standby icon for Bulbmin, strengthening the connection.
*The Piklopedia bears many similarities to the [[bulbapedia:Pokédex|Pokédex]] from the [[bulbapedia:Pokémon|''Pokémon'' series]], as both are an encyclopedia of creatures, and both behave very similarly.
*The entries of most of the returning enemies from ''Pikmin'' are derived from the descriptions given to the creatures in the ''Pikmin'' Nintendo Player's Guide.
*According to Olimar's notes on the [[Shoot]] in the Japanese version, the team's reports on the planet's wildlife are based on information obtained using "portable scanners", with the hope that researchers will become interested in studying it.

==Names in other languages==

'''Piklopedia'''
{{Foreignname
|Jap  = 生物図鑑
|JapR = Seibutsu Zukan
|JapM = Creature Field Guide
|Fra  = Piklopédie
|FraM = Piklopedia
|Ger  = Piklopädie
|GerM = Piklopedia
|Ita  = Piklopedia
|ItaM = -
|Spa = Piklopedia
|SpaM= -
}}
{{Needs translation|French}}
'''Olimar's Notes'''
{{Foreignname
|Jap  = オリマーメモ
|JapR = Orimā Memo
|JapM = Olimar's Notes
|Fra  = Notes d'Olimar
|FraM = 
|Ger  = Olimars Notizen
|GerM = Olimar's Notes
|Ita  = Appunti di Olimar
|ItaM = Olimar's Notes
|Spa  = Apuntes de Olimar
|SpaM = Olimar's Notes
}}

'''Louie's Notes'''
{{Foreignname
|Jap  = ルーイメモ
|JapR = Rūi Memo
|JapM = Louie's Notes
|Fra  = Notes de Louie
|FraM = 
|Ger  = Louies Notizen
|GerM = Louie's Notes
|Ita  = Appunti di Louie
|ItaM = Louie's Notes
|Spa  = Apuntes de Luis
|SpaM = Louie's Notes
}}

==See also==
*[[Piklopedia (Pikmin 3 Deluxe)|Piklopedia (''Pikmin 3 Deluxe'')]]
*[[Piklopedia (Pikmin 4)|Piklopedia (''Pikmin 4'')]]
*[[Treasure Hoard]]
*[[Hey! Pikmin logs|''Hey! Pikmin'' logs]]
*[[Enemy]]
*[[Vegetation]]
*[[Areas]]
*[[Musings of a Sidekick]]

[[Category:Enemies| ]]
[[Category:Vegetation| ]]