Searing Acidshock

Searing Acidshock
Juice amount	1.00
Mission Mode value	× N/A
Weight	5
Max. carriers	6 (normally)
Locations	Tropical Wilds Garden of Hope Twilight River
Mission Mode locations	None
Bingo Battle locations	None
Side Stories locations	None

The Searing Acidshock (セイコウノモト) is a fruit found in Pikmin 3. It somewhat resembles the ume fruit (which is a Japanese plum); it also looks like a green, unripened nectarine. It takes 3 Pikmin to carry, and gives 1 cup of juice. It also bears a resemblance to the Lesser Mock Bottom.

How to Obtain

There are 4 Searing Acidshocks in Story Mode, appearing in the Tropical Wilds, Garden of Hope, and Twilight River.

Tropical Wilds

At the far end of the large body of water guarded by a Hermit Crawmad, there is a passage to a another large area. A Dirt Wall must be destroyed, revealing a large, round area with a small chunk of land in the middle. Puckering Blinnows must be defeated in the surrounding water, and a Calcified Crushblat will be found on the chunk of land. Using nearby Candypop Buds , Rock Pikmin can be obtained to defeat the Crushblat, releasing the Searing Acidshock. Use the Candypop Buds once again to transform the rock Pikmin back into Blue Pikmin, and carry back the fruit. Alternatively, 3 Bomb Rocks can defeat the Crushblat easily.

Garden of Hope

There are 2 Searing Acidshocks in the Garden of Hope.

After Louie has been saved from the Scornet Maestro, he will run away, a cinder block will be destroyed in the Garden of Hope, opening up a new area. Blue Pikmin must be used to retrieve submerged fragments in order to build a bridge across to a tiled chunk of land. A Waddlepus will be found here, along with a Burgeoning Spiderwort and a large Crystal containing the Searing Acidshock. Upon destroying the Crystal, the fruit will be ready to be taken back.

Another Searing Acidshock is found in the area beyond the cinder block, and is within a Bug-Eyed Crawmad next to a large pile of fragments. The creature is surrounded by water on both sides, so Blue or Winged Pikmin must be used to fight it. Winged Pikmin make for a quicker fight, since they automatically fly up to the creature's eyestalks without needing to throw.

Twilight River

Using Lily Pads, the player must cross the river north of the landing site and head to the west until coming across a Puffy Blowhog . Close to the edge of the river in the area there are some Flukeweeds. One requires 3 Winged Pikmin to lift and holds the Searing Acidshock. Thanks to a branch in nearby that leads directly back to the Drake, the return trip should be very quick for this fruit.

Notes

Brittany's American Notes

"Ack! Sour! So Sour! I feel like my taste buds have been sucker punched! We can't afford to waste edible fruit, but this one will need to be pickled or something before anyone would willingly eat it. On the plus side, I'll never forget that face Alph made..."

Brittany's European Notes

"Ooh! Sour! so sour! I feel like my taste buds have been turned inside-out! We can't afford to waste edible fruit, but this one will need to be pickled or something before anyone would willingly eat it. On the plus side, I'll never forget the face that Alph made..."

Gallery

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  Winged Pikmin carrying the fruit through the air.

• Green Nectarine (unripened) .jpg

  Green Nectarines, a fruit that most other countries mistakenly consider to be the Searing Acidshock.

• Real Ume Fruit .jpg

  Real Ume Fruit.

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  The Searing Acidshock found after defeating the Bug-eyed Crawmad.

Trivia

• Umes are often pickled, turning into the dish umeboshi, or Japanese salt plums.  They have a strong sour and salty taste. This is why Brittany suggested pickling the Searing Acidshock to make it more palatable.