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Love Nugget Treasure Hoard icon.
File:Love Nugget 2.png
Number 11
Series Nature's Candy Series
Value Poko × 40
Weight 20
Maximum carriers 30 Pikmin
Location Citadel of Spiders
Challenge Mode levels Novice Training
Love Nugget
Pikmin 4 treasure
Icon for the Love Nugget, from Pikmin 4's Treasure Catalog.
Series Nature's Candy Series
Value Sparklium × 90
Weight 10
Maximum carriers
Locations Hero's Hideaway
Dandori Challenge stages None
Dandori Battle stages None
Total amount 3

The Love Nugget (ヒトメボレ?, lit.: "Love at First Sight") is a treasure found in the Pikmin 2 and Pikmin 4 and is actually a red, ripe tomato. It is found on the first sublevel of the Citadel of Spiders. There are a few Shearwigs that may try to kill Pikmin on the way to the Ship, but it's still rather easy to obtain.

Notes

Olimar's journal

This tasty red snack isn't quite a fruit, but doesn't seem like a vegetable either. I've analyzed it extensively, and it appears to be releasing stimulating pheromones. Maybe I should feed it to my wife...

Sales pitch

One bite and your heart will be filled with a burning fever. Is the feeling love...or hallucination?

Collecting the treasure

Hero's Hideaway

There are two Love Nuggets lying at the bottom of the sink on the upper left edge of the overworld, submerged underwater. To collect them, you must throw 10 Blue Pikmin at each treasure, or 10 of any Pikmin after pressing the nearby button which drains the sink of its water.

Giant's Hearth

There is a Love Nugget lying on the ground near the center of the overworld. It is surrounded by bundles of straw, so you must throw a fire starter at it to collect it. To collect this treasure, you must throw 10 Pikmin at it.

Gallery

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Flag of Japan Japanese ヒトメボレ?
Hitomebore
Love at First Sight
Flag of the Republic of China (Taiwan) Chinese
(traditional)
一見鐘情
Yījiànzhōngqíng
Love at First Sight
Flag of China Chinese
(simplified)
一见钟情
Yījiànzhōngqíng
Love at First Sight
Flag of the Netherlands Dutch Lieftallige klont Lovely lump
Flag of France French Pépite d'amour Love nugget
Flag of Germany German Liebes-Nugget Love Nugget
Flag of Italy Italian Pepita d'amore Love nugget
Flag of Brazil Portuguese Porção de amor Portion of love
Flag of Spain Spanish Cachito de amor (A) bit of love

Trivia

  • The Love Nugget is one of two fruits in Pikmin 2 that does not appear in Pikmin 3, the other being the Combustion Berry.
  • Olimar's journal entry for the Love Nugget likely references the famous debate around if tomatoes are a fruit or a vegetable.