Bridge

Some Blue Pikmin constructing a bridge at the Wistful Wild.

Bridges are common obstacles in the Pikmin series that appear above ground only. Naturally, their purpose is to help cross a gap, normally a body of water. Pikmin are tasked with building the bridge, which cannot be crossed until it is completed. Their appearance and building method depends on the game.

In Pikmin and Pikmin 2, they are found as a pile of wood on one side of the gap, which Pikmin can be set to work on. Doing so will cause them to construct the wood into a bridge that spans the obstruction. When being worked on, the bridge grows in chunks at intervals, marked with a cloud of dust. Cloaking Burrow-nits and members of the Mandiblard family chew apart stick bridges and progressively roll them back into piles.

In Pikmin 2, there is a bridge that is surrounded by poison, just like some gates. Naturally, only White Pikmin can approach it, but once a few segments have been built, the poison pipes may be destroyed, allowing other Pikmin to assist them in completing the bridge.

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The appearance of bridges in Pikmin 3.

In Pikmin 3, bridges are made of fragments, rather than wood, as in the previous games. Bridges range from being made of 15 Fragments to 80 Fragments, and come in several different colors. Unfinished bridges are slightly slanted upwards, and attempting to move past the opening will not work; throwing Pikmin and leaders does work, however. To build a bridge, Pikmin must carry fragments over to it, which they then put into place. Once all fragments are delivered, the bridge is completed, and lowers into place in the process. The fragments gives bridges a distinct ceramic look, and because they are made of fragments, enemies cannot destroy them.

A number of glitches are associated with bridges, generally involving Pikmin or enemies getting stuck in or under them.

Locations

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Pikmin

• Story mode
  • 2 in The Forest of Hope
  • 5 in The Forest Navel
  • 3 in The Distant Spring
  • 2 in The Final Trial
• Challenge Mode
  • 3 in The Forest of Hope
  • 5 in The Forest Navel
  • 3 in The Distant Spring
  • 2 in The Final Trial

Pikmin 2

• 2 in Valley of Repose
• 3 in Awakening Wood, one with poison pipes
• 3 in Perplexing Pool
• 1 in Wistful Wild

Pikmin 3

• 3 in the Tropical Wilds
• 5 in the Garden of Hope
• 3 in the Distant Tundra
• 2 in the Twilight River
• 2 in the Formidable Oak

Fragments

A pile of fragments.

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Fragments are ceramic tiles that are used to build bridges in Pikmin 3. Fragments are clustered together in piles, and the Pikmin will carry them to the bridge of the corresponding fragment color, then return to the pile, even if there aren't any fragments left. However, if a Pikmin carrying a fragment is called back, that fragment will vanish and reappear at the pile it came from. Pikmin carrying fragments can also be pushed, making them carry it faster.

Bridges vary from being made of 15 to 80 fragments, and they have multiple piles of fragments that need to be assembled. Fragments are occasionally buried in dirt mounds or encased inside crystals. Additionally, in one case, in the Garden of Hope, fragments are used to build an overturned plant pot, not a bridge. When it is finished, it is used as a platform to throw leaders and Pikmin across.

Because each bridge has its own color, fragments from one color cannot be used to build a bridge of a different one.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Portuguese (NoE)	Ponte	Bridge	Translation taken from the Pikmin instruction manual.

See also

• Twig
• Gate