Pocked Airhead

Pocked Airhead
Juice amount	2.5 (1.25 in Ultra-Spicy mode)
Mission Mode value	× 300
Weight	10
Max. carriers	20 (normally)
Locations	Tropical Wilds, Garden of Hope
Mission Mode locations	Clockwork Chasm
Bingo Battle locations	Shaded Terrace
Side Stories locations	None

The Pocked Airhead is a fruit found in Pikmin 3, and is a dekopon, a seedless, sweet variety of mandarin orange that resembles a tangelo. It is found twice in Pikmin 3's story mode, both times buried in the ground. It produces two and a half cups of juice (one and a quarter in Ultra-Spicy mode), despite its small size and weight. The fruit is also found once in Mission Mode, in the Clockwork Chasm, where it is buried near a Yellow Wollywog, and is worth  × 300.

Collecting the fruit

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Tropical Wilds

The Pocked Airhead in the Tropical Wilds is located right outside of base, past the dirt wall and reinforced wall. It is buried in the ground, so use Yellow Pikmin to dig it up faster. Note that a Whiptongue Bulborb is near the fruit, and a Hermit Crawmad is nearby, so take care of those creatures first.

Garden of Hope

The Pocked Airhead found in the Garden of Hope is located behind an electric gate across the bridge that was built on day 2, to the right of the sleeping Bulborb. While Yellow Pikmin are destroying the gate, be sure to kill the Bulborbs so they will not get in the way of Pikmin carrying the fruit back. After breaking down the electric gate, there is a Fiery Blowhog guarding it, so bring some Red Pikmin to collect the part. It is also buried in the ground, so you should use Yellow Pikmin can dig it up faster.

Notes

Brittany's notes

US version

“When we opened this one up, I was curious what we'd find in the funny head at the top of the fruit. Turns out, nothing. So it's got a thick skin, with a big head that doesn't actually have anything inside. That's why I named it for the captain (hee hee!).”

European version

“When we opened this one up, I was curious as to what we'd find inside the funny head at the top. Turns out, it was empty. So, it's thick-skinned and has a big head with not a whole lot going on inside. Hmm... Reminds me of someone in this team...”

Technical information

Pikmin 3 technical information (?)
Internal name	dekopon
Juice	2.5
Juice color	(255, 200, 0, 255)
Mission Mode points	300
"Size"?	5

Gallery

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  A Pocked Airhead from the Tropical Wilds.

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  Rock Pikmin carrying the Pocked Airhead in an prerelease version.

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  The Pocked Airhead being analyzed.

• Tangelo (real world).jpg

  A real-life tangelo.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	デコリボッコリ?	Protrusion of Nothing
French	Couronne bossue	Hunchbacked crown
German	Höckerfrucht	Cusp Fruit
Italian	Bozzo truffaldino	Deceitful bump
Spanish (NoE)	Reina cabezahueca	Empty-headed queen