Clover

Clover
Appears in	Pikmin, Pikmin 2, Pikmin 3, Pikmin 4, Hey! Pikmin, Pikmin Adventure
Scientific name	Quattris infectum
Family	Clover
Areas	The Forest of Hope, The Distant Spring, Awakening Wood, Garden of Hope, Downpour Thicket
Caves	Emergence Cave, Frontier Cavern, Hole of Beasts, White Flower Garden, Snagret Hole, Citadel of Spiders, Shower Room, Cavern of Chaos, Hole of Heroes
Challenge Mode levels	Explorer's Cave, Novice Training, Creator's Garden, Twilight Garden, Concrete Maze, Rumbling Grotto, Hidden Garden, Breeding Ground, Emperor's Realm
Collect treasure! levels	None
Battle enemies! levels	None
Side Story levels	None
Dandori Challenge levels	None
2-Player Battle levels	Brawl Yard
Bingo Battle levels	None
Dandori Battle levels	None

This article is about the plant. For the four-leaved treasure, see Science Project. For the brooch treasure, see Crystal Clover.

Clover (クローバー^?, lit.: "Clover") is a three-leaved plants used as scenery in all Pikmin games. It can be seen in numerous overworld locations, but it's particularly common on "rest levels" inside several caves.

In the first two games, although clovers do not directly affect gameplay, disturbing a clover patch can often scare Iridescent Flint Beetles out of hiding. Some small insects may also fly out. In Pikmin 3, leaders and Pikmin can hide under clovers and other tall plants. Finally, in Hey! Pikmin, the clovers in Downpour Thicket provide protection from the droplets of dew that fall from the sky.

Notes

Olimar's notes

“This is a naturalized species. These plants are extremely persistent, and with the assistance of a symbiotic fungus that grows on its roots, the species is able to survive even in drought conditions. Typically, its leaves come in groupings of three, but intense impact on the leafing stem early in the development cycle can result in an extremely rare four-leaf cluster.”

Louie's notes

“Mildly poisonous. May result in nausea, headache, fever, fatigue, chest pains, paralysis, loss of bone density, moodiness, feral rage, sauciness, dilly-dallying, strokes of brilliance, and untimely doom.”

Pikmin 2 Nintendo Player's Guide

“The treasure known as the Science Project is a dead ringer for a clover. The only way that you'll be able to distinguish it from the rest is that it'll set off the Treasure Gauge.”

Technical information

Pikmin 2 technical information (?)
Internal name			clover
Global properties (List)
ID	Japanese comment	Property	Value
s000	friction(not used)	Friction	0.5
s001	wallReflection	Unknown (wall bounce speed multiplier?)	0.5
s002	faceDirAdjust	Unknown	0.25
s003	accel	Acceleration	0.1
s004	bounceFactor	Unknown (bounce when it hits the ground?)	0.3
fp00	ライフ	HP	1100
fp01	マップとの当り	Unknown (related to slopes)	40
fp02	ダメージスケールXZ	Horizontal damage scale	0.5
fp03	ダメージスケールY	Vertical damage scale	0.5
fp04	ダメージフレーム	Damage scale duration	0.35
fp05	質量	Unknown (weight?)	0.1
fp06	速度	Move speed	50
fp08	回転速度率	Rotation acceleration	0.2
fp09	テリトリー	Territory radius	25
fp10	ホーム範囲	"Home" radius	30
fp11	プライベート距離	"Private" radius	70
fp12	視界距離	Sight radius	500
fp13	視界角度	FOV	90
fp14	探索距離	Unknown (exploration radius?)	500
fp15	探索角度	Unknown (exploration angle?)	120
fp16	振り払い率	Successful shake rate	1
fp17	振り払い力	Shake knockback	200
fp18	振り払いダメージ	Shake damage	0
fp19	振り払い範囲	Shake range	30
fp20	攻撃可能範囲	Unknown (shock attack max range?)	80
fp21	攻撃可能角度	Unknown (shock attack max angle?)	50
fp22	攻撃ヒット範囲	Unknown (attack hit range?)	80
fp23	攻撃ヒット角度	Unknown (attack hit angle?)	50
fp24	攻撃力	Attack damage	10
fp25	視界高	Unknown (height visibility?)	50
fp26	探索高	Unknown (exploration height?)	50
fp27	ライフの高さ	HP wheel height	90
fp28	回転最大速度	Rotation speed	8
fp29	警戒時間	Unknown (warning time?)	15
fp30	警戒ライフ	Unknown	30
fp31	ライフ回復率	Regeneration rate	0.0001
fp32	LOD半径	Off-camera radius	38
fp33	マップとのあたりポリゴンの選定	Collision processing radius	40
fp34	ピクミンとのあたり	Pikmin damage radius	40
fp35	石化時間	Petrification duration	N/A
fp36	ヒップドロップダメージ	Purple Pikmin drop damage	N/A
fp37	地震気絶確立	Purple Pikmin stun chance	N/A
fp38	地震気絶時間	Purple Pikmin stun time	N/A
ip01	振り払い打撃Ａ	Shake mode 1 – hit count	6
ip02	振り払い張付１	Shake mode 1 – Pikmin requirement	5
ip03	振り払い打撃Ｂ	Shake mode 2 – hit count	12
ip04	振り払い張付２	Shake mode 2 – Pikmin requirement	10
ip05	振り払い打撃Ｃ	Shake mode 3 – hit count	17
ip06	振り払い張付３	Shake mode 3 – Pikmin requirement	20
ip07	振り払い打撃Ｄ	Shake mode 4 – hit count	22
Specific properties
ID	Japanese comment	Property	Value
fp01	可視高さ	Unknown (height at which it's visible?)	25

Other information

• Pikmin 2 Piklopedia number: #60

Naming

See more: Clover family#Naming.

• Common name: Clover.
• Japanese nickname: クローバー^?, lit.: "Clover".
• Japanese name: シロツメクサ^?. It is the Japanese name of Trifolium repens, a real life species of clover commonly known as the white clover.
• Scientific name: Quattris infectum.
• Internal names: Unknown.
• Prerelease: None.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	クローバー? Kurōbā	Clover
French	Trèfle	Clover
German	Klee	Clover
Spanish (NoA)	Trébol	Clover

Gallery

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  Clovers in Pikmin.

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  Fly-like insects flying around a few clovers in Pikmin.

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  Artwork of a patch of clovers from Pikmin 2.

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  Alternate scan of the Clover's artwork.

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  Clovers in the Awakening Wood from Pikmin 2.

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  Clovers in Pikmin 3.

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  Ditto.

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  A montage showing how a clover can evolve in Pikmin 3 depending on the current day.

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  Clovers covered in dew in Hey! Pikmin.

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  A group of clovers in Pikmin Adventure.

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  A group of clovers covered in snow in Pikmin Adventure.

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  A real world clover.

External links

• Wikipedia's article on the clover