The Lab

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In Pikmin 4, gear that gives you abilities, immunities, or stats can be bought from Russ for raw material. Most of them are unlocked after collecting a specific amount of Sparklium.

Types of Gear

Icon	Name	Cost (Raw Material)	Function	Requirement
	Survey Drone	10	Allows you to scout out an area with a drone	600 Sparklium
	Charging Horn	20	Allows you to charge your Pikmin at an enemy or treasure with .	450 Sparklium
	Idle Counter	40	Displays a tally of how many Pikmin are idle.	2500 Sparkliuim
	Treasure Gauge	40	Detects treasure and castaways nearby.	1000 Sparklium
	Treasure Gauge+	unknown	Allows the player to see the total amount and locations of treasure	unknown
	Idler's Alert	80	Recalls idle Pikmin to wherever the alarm is sounded.	3500 Sparkliuim
	Tuff Stuff	40	Increases the player's HP	3200 Sparkliuim
	Tuff Stuff (Oatchi)	80	Increases Oatchi's HP	3200 Sparkliuim
	Tuff Stuff+	80	Increases the player character's HP	unknown
	Tuff Stuff+ (Oatchi)	120	Increases Oatchi's HP	unknown
	Tuff Stuff++	120	Increases the player character's HP to the max	unknown
	Tuff Stuff++ (Oatchi)	160	Increases Oatchi's HP to the max	unknown
	Air Armor	40	Increases the player's defense	Tuff Stuff purchased
	Air Armor (Oatchi)	80	Increases Oatchi's defense	Tuff Stuff (Oatchi) purchased
	Air Armor+	80	Reduces the damage the player character takes by 50%	unknown
	Air Armor+ (Oatchi)	120	Reduces the damage Oatchi takes by 50%	unknown
	Air Armor++	120	Reduces the damage the player character takes by 75%	unknown
	Air Armor++ (Oatchi)	160	Reduces the damage Oatchi takes by 75%	unknown
	Headlamp	30	Brightens caves, improving visibility	2000 Sparklium
	Headlamp+	100	Further brightens caves, improving visibility to the max	unknown
	Anti-Electrifier	50	Makes the player immune to electricity	Take electric damage
	Anti-Electrifier (Oatchi)	100	Makes Oatchi immune to electricity	Take electric damage
	Power Whistle	120	Increases the whistle's radius	unknown
	Rush Boots	120	Increases the player's walkspeed by about 1.3 times	Unknown
	Scorch Guard	50	Makes the player immune to fire	Take fire damage
	Scorch Guard (Oatchi)	100	Makes Oatchi immune to fire	Take fire damage
	Homesick Signal	80	Calls EVERY pikmin back to the S.S. Beagle, not just idle pikmin	unknown
	Triple Threat	40	Allows the player to punch 3 times per press	Unknown
	Thermal Defence	50	Makes the player immune to freezing	Take ice damage
	Thermal Defence (Oatchi)	100	Makes Oatchi immune to freezing	Take ice damage
	Brace Boots	80	Prevents the player from being blown away or sucked up by creature attacks	unknown
	Gunk Busters	240	Allows the player to traverse sticky mold without losing speed	Unknown
	Sniff Saver	100	Makes Oatchi immune to poison	unknown
	Plucking Whistle	240	Allows the player's whistle to pluck buried Pikmin from the ground.	Available to purchase in the Lab after completing Russ's side mission "An Ode to Science"
	Extra Hand	N/A	Allows the player to carry objects, counting as a single Pikmin	Awarded by defeating the Ancient Sirehound and completing all of Louie's side missions
	Lineup Trumpet	N/A	Allows the player to swarm Pikmin by holding while tilting	Awarded by completing all of Frisé's side missions

See also

• Upgrades