Treasure

For a list of treasures as well as their attributes, see Treasure Hoard.

The first collectible treasure in Pikmin 2, the Courage Reactor.

Treasures are items scattered across the areas in Pikmin 2 that must be retrieved in order to repay Hocotate Freight's debt. Each one is worth a certain amount of Pokos. The concept of a treasure also exists in Pikmin 3, but only in Mission Mode, where fruits and other valuable collectibles are all referred to as "treasure".

Being the main source of Pokos in the game, and their full collection being necessary to complete the adventure, their importance in the game is quite high. As such, treasures above ground can be commonly found behind some challenge that must be overcome in order to collect it. Underground treasures are usually easier to reach, but because of the caves' cramped nature, it might be hard to retrieve some treasures without first killing enemies that are in the way. A cave must first be exited successfully before the Poko amount of the collected treasures within is counted and they are considered "collected".

Some treasures have special properties in that they add a new ability to the player's arsenal. These belong to the Exploration Kit, and are normally found inside bosses.

In total, there are 201 unique treasures to collect, with some returning in Pikmin 3 as fruits, bearing the same name. Treasures are normally objects found in the real world, but given ridiculous names and descriptions by the clueless Captain Olimar and his ship. Because some items are directly taken from the real world, culture differences are bound to happen. As such, some treasures change in appearance, name, value or index number between versions of the game. Thus, there is a total of 26,985 Pokos' worth in treasures in the US version, 26,790 in the European version and 26,181 in the Japanese version.

Some treasures can be found inside of enemies, while others are underground. Whether a treasure is underground or not depends on the treasure itself, meaning that if the same buried treasure appears in a different game mode or the game files are changed to make it appear elsewhere, then those appearances will be underground as well.

Treasure Hoard

Main article: Treasure Hoard.

The Treasure Hoard is an in-game menu in Pikmin 2 that lists all collected treasures. In this screen, the player is able to learn a treasure's value in Pokos, Olimar and the ship's notes and sales pitch, and a dynamic view around the object using a free camera mode.

Treasure Gauge

Main article: Treasure Gauge.

The Treasure Gauge is an Exploration Kit upgrade. With it, a needle appears on-screen, and the closer the current leader gets close to a treasure, buried or not, the more to the right the needle turns, and the louder it beeps. When there are no more treasures in a sublevel, the icon on the screen will become grayscale.

Brands

For Nintendo brand references, see reference.

Some treasures are branded objects that exist in the real world.

7 Up  Quenching Emblem: a 7 Up soda cap. A&W  Hypnotic Platter (US): an A&W bottle cap. Breitsamer  Plentiful Tank: a jar of Breitsamer honey. Carmex  Healing Cask: a jar of Carmex lip balm. ChapStick  Survival Ointment: a tube of ChapStick lip balm. Clabber Girl  Stringent Container (US): a container of Clabber Girl baking powder (this treasure is called Survival Container in Europe). Connéctable  Container of Knowledge: a Connéctable sardine can. Dannon (or Danone)  Salivatrix: a Dannon yogurt bottle cap. Dr Pepper  Drought Ender: a Dr. Pepper soda cap. Duracell  Courage Reactor: a D Duracell battery.  Durable Energy Cell: a C Duracell battery.  Fuel Reservoir: a 9-volt Duracell battery.  Proton AA: an AA Duracell battery. French's  Yellow Taste Tyrant: a French's mustard jar cap. Fristi  Happiness Emblem (Europe): a Fristi bottle cap. Haribo  Drone Supplies (Europe): a Haribo sweets pack. Kiwi  Alien Billboard: a Kiwi shoe polish container. Meidi-Ya  Stringent Container (Europe): a Meidi-Ya can of corned beef. National Hi-Top  Alternative Reactor: a National NEO Hi-Top D battery.  Love and Courage Reactor: a National Hi-Top D battery.  Omegatron: a National NEO Hi-Top AA battery.  Proton X: a National Hi-Top AA battery.  Revised Eternal Fuel Dynamo: a National NEO Hi-Top C battery.  Yell Battery: a National Hi-Top C battery.

PscHitt!  Abstract Masterpiece (Europe): a PscHitt! bottle cap. Ragú  Optical Illustration: a Ragú pasta sauce cap. Royal Crown  Creative Inspiration: a Royal Crown cola cap. Sinalco  Activity Arouser (Europe): a Sinalco bottle cap. Skippy  Nutrient Silo: a jar of Skippy Peanut Butter. Snapple  Abstract Masterpiece (US): a Snapple juice lid. Squirt  Happiness Emblem (US): a Squirt soda cap. Tizer  Pondering Emblem (Europe): a Tizer bottle cap. Tree Top  Fruit Guard: a Tree Top apple juice can.  Thirst Activator: a Tree Top bottle cap. Underwood  Drone Supplies (US): a container of Underwood deviled ham spread. Vitamalz (or Vita-malz)  Hypnotic Platter (Europe): a Vitamalz bottle cap. Vlasic  Gherkin Gate: a Vlasic pickle jar cap. Wilson  Activity Arouser (US): a Wilson tennis ball tube cap. Yoo-hoo  Massive Lid: a Yoo-hoo cola cap.  Pondering Emblem: a Yoo-hoo cola cap.

Trivia

• Out of all treasures, the following are also fruits in Pikmin 3: Citrus Lump, Cupid's Grenade, Disguised Delicacy, Insect Condo and Sunseed Berry.
• All treasures in the overworld areas emit a faint oscillating sound, not unlike the ambient noises heard in caves. They only emit this sound while they are not being carried by Pikmin.

See also

• Ship part
• Fruit
• Enemy