Worthless Statue

Worthless Statue
Number	140 (US) 138 (Europe) 138 (Japan)
Series	Dream Series
Value	× 80
Weight	10
Maximum carriers	15 Pikmin
Location	Frontier Cavern
Challenge Mode levels	Concrete Maze

This article is about the white king chess piece. For the gold king piece, see Authoritative Obelisk. For the black queen piece, see Priceless Statue. For the silver queen piece, see Classical Sculpture.

The Worthless Statue (えらそうでえらくない石像^?, lit.: "Authoritative-Looking But Actually Not Authoritative Stone Statue") is a treasure in Pikmin 2. It is a white chess king, and is located on the sixth sublevel of the Frontier Cavern.

Collecting the treasure

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This treasure is found in sublevel 6 of the Frontier Cavern, and has a chance of being located in the water or on a ledge. Before carrying the treasure, make sure to defeat the Decorated Cannon Beetles and Water Dumples in the sublevel.

Notes

Olimar's journal

“At first, this object looked impressive, but closer inspection reveals it's just a cheap statue. In many ways, it reminds me of my father. Hmmm... I probably shouldn't tell him that.”

Sales pitch

“Once, on an unknown planet, a megalithic civilization flourished, and this is proof of its existence! For hoarders of ancient artifacts, this is a must-have piece! Truly, collectors will crave it! (I do not know if that is true or not, but items in demand fetch higher prices.)”

Olimar's Notes (Switch)

“At first, this object looked impressive, but closer inspection reveals it's just a cheap statue. The figure looks like it's a little helpless on its own. Something to think about, I guess...”

Gallery

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  The Worthless Statue in the Frontier Cavern.

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  The Worthless Statue being analyzed.

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  The Treasure Hoard icon of the Worthless Statue in the Nintendo Switch version of Pikmin 2.

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  A real world white king chess piece.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	えらそうでえらくない石像? Era-sōde Erakunai Sekizō	Authoritative-Looking But Actually Not Authoritative Stone Statue
French	Statue de Pacotille	Cheap Statue
French (NoA)	Statue inutile	Useless statue
German	Wertlose Statue	Worthless Statue
Italian	Statua inutile	Useless Statue
Spanish	Estatua inútil	Useless statue

Trivia

• The Worthless Statue's name is a reference to the King's role in chess; the King is arguably one of the weakest pieces on the board, as it has very little mobility and largely relies on the other pieces for protection. Olimar's notes on the Switch rerelease of Pikmin 2 reference this, noting that the piece "looks like it's a little helpless on its own."
• In spite of their names, the Worthless Statue and Priceless Statue are worth the same amount of Pokos.

See also

• Priceless Statue
• Authoritative Obelisk