Piklopedia (Pikmin 2)

Screenshot of the Piklopedia, on the Puffy Blowhog's entry.

This article is about Olimar's encyclopedia on the life-forms he has encountered in Pikmin 2. It is not to be confused with Pikipedia, the name of this Wiki.

The following article or section is in need of assistance from someone who plays Pikmin 2. Particularly: Document what needs to be done to open each creature's entry. Some need to be defeated, and others need to be touched, but there may be more complex mechanics. Document what exactly triggers the game to show the unseen entries's grid slots, as opposed to hiding them. Be more specific about what counts as "when the final boss is defeated" – is it when its health drops to 0, its treasures are recovered, the King of Bugs is recovered, etc.

The Piklopedia (生物図鑑^?, lit.: "Creature Picture Book") is an in-game list of all the enemies and plants in Pikmin 2 that the player has come in contact with throughout their exploration. The player can access the Piklopedia's menu by pressing  / when on the area selection menu.

This catalog also keeps track of how many Pikmin have been lost to each enemy, how many of said enemy the player has defeated so far, and how many Pokos the enemy is worth. For fields that cannot be counted, four dashes appear instead. On top of that, it also contains notes written down by Olimar and Louie; Olimar's notes talk about the enemy or plant in general, but Louie's notes, if available, normally explain some cooking recipes involving the creatures. Louie's notes only become available (permanently) when the final boss is defeated in any saved game. Selecting the slot of a creature that has not been seen yet will just produce static on the main "screen", and their grid slots will show their Piklopedia number, instead of their icon.

Pikpik carrots can be thrown at enemies to see their reaction, although the throws cannot be directly aimed – not even with the New Play Control! remake's enhanced cursor – and are loosely based on the direction the camera is facing. Ultra-bitter sprays can also be used on the non-plant creatures by pressing  / ; this does not affect the in-game spray count, and can be used before those sprays are even discovered.

The Piklopedia is the counterpart to the Treasure Hoard, which shares the same music.

Entries

#	Icon	Name	Scientific name	Family	HP	Weight	Max. carriers	Value	Seeds produced
1		Red Bulborb	Oculus kageyamii russus	Grub-dog family	750	10	20	7	12
2		Hairy Bulborb	Oculus kageyamii folliculus	Grub-dog family	650	10	20	7	12
3		Orange Bulborb	Oculus kageyamii orangium	Grub-dog family	850	10	20	7	12
4	File:Dwarf Red Bulborb icon.png	Dwarf Red Bulborb	Pansarus pseudooculii russus	Breadbug family	200	3	6	2	4
5		Snow Bulborb	Pansarus pseudooculii frosticus	Breadbug family	150	3	6	2	4
6		Dwarf Orange Bulborb	Pansarus pseudooculii orangium	Breadbug family	250	3	6	2	4
7		Spotty Bulbear	Oculus terriblis dotticum	Grub-dog family	1200	10	20	10	12
8		Dwarf Bulbear	Oculus terriblis	Grub-dog family	500	3	6	2	4
9		Bulborb Larva	Oculus bambinii	Grub-dog family	5	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
10		Fiery Bulblax	Oculus volcanus	Grub-dog family	1400	10	20	10	12
11		Water Dumple	Ichthyosa felinis	Grub-dog family	200	5	10	3	5
12		Bulbmin	Parasiticus pikminicus	Pikmin family	300	7	14	3	10
13		Fiery Blowhog	Sus draconus	Blowhog family	1000	7	15	4	8
14		Watery Blowhog	Sus loogiens	Blowhog family	1000	7	15	4	8
15		Armored Cannon Beetle Larva	Granitus chukkulinae	Lithopod family	850/2000	7	15	4	8
16		Decorated Cannon Beetle	Granitus decurum	Lithopod family	850	7	15	4	8
17		Puffy Blowhog	Sus inflata	Blowhog family	3000	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
18		Withering Blowhog	Sus decrepitia	Blowhog family	1800	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
19		Gatling Groink	Megaplod calibersi	Unknown family	1200/700	10	20	7	12
20		Iridescent Flint Beetle	Pilli envelopens	Flint Beetle family	1000	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
21		Iridescent Glint Beetle	Pilli auricus	Glint Beetle family	1200	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
22		Doodlebug	Pilli flatularum	Flint Bug family	1500	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
23		Female Sheargrub	Himeagea mandibulosa	Mandiblard family	50	1	1	1	2
24		Male Sheargrub	Himeagea mandibulosa	Mandiblard family	50	1	1	2	3
25		Shearwig	Himeagea volarus	Mandiblard family	200	1	1	2	4
26		Cloaking Burrow-nit	Trilobitins reclusiva	Burrow-nit family	300	8	16	3	8
27		Ravenous Whiskerpillar	Lepidoptera pluckieus	Whiskerpillar family	200	1	1	1	2
28		Anode Beetle	Scarabum electrodia	Scarab Beetle family	500	5	8	3	5
29		Mitite	Mitivius infiltratus	Unknown family	50	1	1	1	2
30		Hermit Crawmad	Camabarus rustica	Crawmad family	500	5	10	3	8
31		Swooping Snitchbug	Scarpanica kesperens	Scarpanid family	1500	3	6	4	4
32		Bumbling Snitchbug	Scarpanica doofenia	Scarpanid family	1500	3	6	4	8
33		Careening Dirigibug	Flotillium circusmaximus	Dirigibug family	1500	3	6	4	8
34		Antenna Beetle	Mesmeri raiocontra	Kettlebug family	700	3	6	5	5
35		Lesser Spotted Jellyfloat	Cephalus dottalium	Jellyfloat family	2500	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
36		Greater Spotted Jellyfloat	Cephalus vortexia	Jellyfloat family	4500	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
37		Fiery Dweevil	Mandarachnia napalmens	Dweevil family	150	3	6	2	5
38		Anode Dweevil	Mandarachnia volticula	Dweevil family	150	3	6	2	5
39	File:Caustic Dweevil icon.png	Caustic Dweevil	Mandarachnia sulfurnid	Dweevil family	150	3	6	2	5
40		Munge Dweevil	Mandarachnia pungetis	Dweevil family	150	3	6	2	5
41		Volatile Dweevil	Mandarachnia explodus	Dweevil family	150	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
42		Toady Bloyster	Molluschid minionicus	Mollusking family	800	3	6	10	25
43		Yellow Wollywog	Amphicaris frodendum	Amphituber family	800	7	14	5	8
44		Wollywog	Amphicaris albino	Amphituber family	1100	7	14	7	8
45		Wogpole	Amphicaris frodendum	Amphituber family	200	1	1	1	1
46		Lapis Lazuli Candypop Bud	Flora colbaltium	Candypop Bud family	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
47		Crimson Candypop Bud	Flora rufusia	Candypop Bud family	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
48		Golden Candypop Bud	Flora aurumia	Candypop Bud family	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
49		Violet Candypop Bud	Flora puniceus	Candypop Bud family	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
50		Ivory Candypop Bud	Flora niveus	Candypop Bud family	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
51		Queen Candypop Bud	Flora regina	Candypop Bud family	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
52		Creeping Chrysanthemum	Taraxacum rovinia	Chrysanthemum family	2500	10	20	7	12
53		Skitter Leaf	Rus pseudoarbicans	Skitterling family	120	1	1	1	1
54		Unmarked Spectralids	Fenestari prismatus	Flitterbie family	200	1	1	1	1
55		Honeywisp	Nektara fatuus	Honeywisp family	99999	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
56		Mamuta	Unknown	Unknown family	500	7	15	3	8
57		Breadbug	Pansarus gluttonae	Breadbug family	1100	3	6	3	3
58		Pellet Posy	Amplus nutrio	Pellet Weed family	50	1/5/10/20	2/10/20/50	N/A	1/2/3/5/10/20
59		Common Glowcap	Fungi luminarium	Glowcap family	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
60		Clover	Quattris infectum	Clover family	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
61		Figwort	Scrophularia xenomium	Figwort family	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
62		Dandelion	Taraxacum officinale	Dandelion family	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
63		Seeding Dandelion	Taraxacum ventulus	Dandelion family	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
64		Horsetail	Equestrius vindico	Horsetail family	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
65		Foxtail	Vulpes cauda	Foxtail family	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
66		Glowstem	Nocturnica illuminati	Glowcap family	N/A	N/A	N\A	N/A	N/A
67		Margaret	Luminosus croeaus	Chrysanthemum family	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
68		Fiddlehead	Violinae orchestrus	Fern family	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
69		Shoot	Unknown	Unknown family	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
70		Empress Bulblax	Oculus matriarcha	Grub-dog family	5000/3300	20	30	15	30
71		Burrowing Snagret	Shiropedes anacondii	Snavian family	1500/2500	5	10	10	15
72		Beady Long Legs	Pseudoarachnia armoralis	Arachnorb family	1300	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
73		Emperor Bulblax	Oculus supremus	Grub-dog family	1300/1800	20	30	15	30
74		Giant Breadbug	Pansarus gigantus	Breadbug family	700	10	20	10	4
75		Pileated Snagret	Shiropedes ambulatria	Snavian family	5000	5	10	15	25
76		Man-at-Legs	Pseudoarachnia navaronia	Arachnorb family	2800	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
77		Ranging Bloyster	Molluschid predatoria	Mollusking family	1500	3	6	15	25
78		Waterwraith	Amphibio sapiens	Unknown Family	1800/1500	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
79		Segmented Crawbster	Parastacoidea reptantia	Creep-Crab family	3000	20	30	15	30
80		Raging Long Legs	Pseudoarachnia furiendis	Arachnorb family	10000	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
81		Titan Dweevil	Mandarachnia gargantium	Dweevil family	5000	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Note that Unmarked Spectralids will also appear in the Red Bulborb, Orange Bulborb, and Hairy Bulborb's entries, if the player has all four of these entries unlocked. Details can be found here.

Controls

See: Controls#Piklopedia and Treasure Hoard

Areas

When using the Piklopedia and the Treasure Hoard, the scenery will change depending on what area the ship is hovering on, on the area selection screen. Each object seen will spawn in a different, pre-specified location of the area. The Valley of Repose, the Awakening Wood and the Perplexing Pool have some notable differences compared to their in-game counterparts, while the Wistful Wild is barely any different. For a list of differences in the two versions of an area, please read the corresponding area article. The following maps illustrate a top-down view of the Piklopedia and Treasure Hoard versions of the areas, excluding the Wistful Wild, which only has differences in background theme and barely any changes to the level design at all.

These slightly changed areas were also seen in prerelease material.

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  Valley of Repose.

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  Awakening Wood.

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  Perplexing Pool.

Enemies that can die

Some enemies can actually die whilst on the Piklopedia.

• Volatile Dweevils blow up when awakened.
• Mandiblards will lose health if they touch water, and can even drown.
• Due to a glitch, if one petrifies a Hermit Crawmad on dry land and throws several Pikpik carrots, the creature will gradually lose health, and can die.

Gallery

• 

  Piklopedia menu showing a Waterwraith while it is stuck.

• 

  The Pikopedia when the sun is setting down.

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  The Piklopedia at night.

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  The Piklopedia during daytime.

Trivia

• A dummy icon texture named zzdummy can be found within the Piklopedia's icon texture files. It's unused in the game, and it must have been used during development to represent enemies that had no icons at the time.
• The icon textures for the Glowstem and Queen Candypop Bud have exact duplicates inside the game's files.
• The icon for the Fiery Bulblax is 80 × 80 in size. This size is only used for boss icons, whereas normal enemies have icons that are 40 × 40. This indicates that in some early stage in development, the Fiery Bulblax was meant to be a boss, as are the other two "Bulblax" grub-dogs.
• Thrown pikpik carrots will rotate to "face" the creature. Their stems will bend away from it.
• If a pikpik carrot lands near a Red Bulborb, Hairy Bulborb, or Orange Bulborb just as it is about to go to sleep, its yawning and lying down animations will be sped up.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	生物図鑑? Seibutsu Zukan	Creature Picture Book
French	Piklopédie	Piklopedia
German	Piklopädie	Piklopedia
Italian	Piklopedia	-
Spanish	Piklopedia	-

See also

• Treasure Hoard
• Enemy
• Vegetation
• Areas