Sunseed Berry

Sunseed Berry (treasure)
Number	2
Series	Succulent Series
Value	× 170
Weight	5
Maximum carriers	10 Pikmin
Location	Awakening Wood
Challenge Mode levels	Hot House

Sunseed Berry (fruit)
Juice amount	1.0 (0.5 in Ultra-Spicy mode)
Mission Mode value	× 50
Weight	3
Max. carriers	6 (normally)
Locations	Garden of Hope, Distant Tundra
Mission Mode locations	Tropical Forest, Silver Lake, Thirsty Desert, Twilight Hollow, Shaded Garden, Thirsty Desert Remix, The Rustyard, Beastly Caverns, Clockwork Chasm
Bingo Battle locations	None
Side Stories locations	Flower Garden, Inside Forest, Tundra, Big Fruit Carnival

This article is about the smaller strawberry. For the larger strawberry, see Combustion Berry.

The Sunseed Berry (ヒダマリノミ^?, lit.: "Sunny Spot Fruit") is a treasure found in Pikmin 2 and a fruit in Pikmin 3. It is actually a regular strawberry. In Pikmin 2, it is found on the Awakening Wood, while in Pikmin 3, there are four of them: three in the Garden of Hope and one in the Distant Tundra.

Collecting the treasure

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Location of the Sunseed Berry.

The following article or section contains guides. The strategies shown are just suggestions.

The Sunseed Berry is found sitting on a ledge just across from the landing site in Awakening Wood, and can be quite easily obtained. It is guarded only by a single Red Bulborb and two Dwarf Red Bulborbs. The ledge is low enough that any type of Pikmin can be thrown up to collect the treasure. Alternately, you can go around to the path that leads to the Snagret Hole and obtain it from there, but this is more time consuming, dangerous, and overall impractical.

Collecting the fruit

The following article or section contains guides. The strategies shown are just suggestions.

Garden of Hope

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Locations of the Sunseed Berry in the Garden of Hope. The leftmost is underwater, the uppermost one is at the lakeside, and the rightmost one is near Brittany's crash site.

Brittany's crash site

This Sunseed Berry is on a ledge next to Brittany's crash site, and is the very first fruit found in the game. It acts as a tutorial for fruit collecting, and will be obtained naturally during said tutorial. Defeat the Bulborb on the path back to the ship to ensure a safe recovery.

Lakeside

Another Sunseed Berry is on a ledge by a pile of fragments used to build an orange bridge. It is recommended to let the bridge be built before the fruit is carried, as it will reach the S.S. Drake much faster. Be sure to defeat the Skutterchucks nearby (or alternatively break all of their crystals), as they may launch the nearby crystal nodules at your Pikmin.

Underwater

Another Sunseed Berry in the Garden of Hope is underwater, past the large cinderblock that the Hocotatian blows up late into the game. It is near a dirt wall. It is protected by several Puckering Blinnows, which should be defeated so the Pikmin can safely carry the fruit.

Distant Tundra

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Location of the Sunseed Berry in the Distant Tundra.

In the Distant Tundra, the only Sunseed Berry is inside one member of a duo of Pyroclasmic Slooches, which are in an enclosed area sealed off by a crystal wall. Along the way back there is a Joustmite and a Bearded Amprat; defeat these as well to ensure the Pikmin have a safe route back to the ship.

Notes

Olimar's journal

“I found this fascinating fruit while out exploring today. The skies cleared up, and I felt peaceful watching the pink flower petals flutter in the wind. During this perilous expedition, it seems strange to have such softhearted, romantic thoughts. If I told my wife about this, I'm sure I'd get laughed at...again.”

Sales pitch

“This fruit is born of bright sunlight and cheerful warmth. Come, all you gloomy naysayers! One bite and even sad sacks will become foolhardy optimists. Eat one today and change your life!”

Brittany's notes

US version

“As a scientist and as a food eater, I'm excited about this new source of potential nutrition. I just wish it didn't look like it was covered in pimples. Luckily, the taste of it is like delicious and scrumptious had a baby. Let's gather as many of these as we can!”

European version

“I've never experienced anything like it. Scientifically speaking, the flavour straddles the boundary between scrumptious and delicious, and can only be described as 'scrumplicious'. On the down side, this fruit appears to have a nasty case of pimples.”

Technical information

Pikmin 3 technical information (?)
Internal name	strawberry
Juice	1.0
Juice color	(255, 50, 0, 255)
Mission Mode points	50
"Size"?	2

Golden Sunseed

Golden Sunseed
Juice amount	0
Mission Mode value	× 200
Weight	3
Max. carriers	6 (normally)
Locations	None
Mission Mode locations	Tropical Forest, Silver Lake, Thirsty Desert, Twilight Hollow, Shaded Garden, Silver Lake Remix, Thirsty Desert Remix, Twilight Hollow Remix, Shaded Garden Remix, The Rustyard, Clockwork Chasm
Bingo Battle locations	Unknown
Side Stories locations	Flower Garden, Inside Forest, Tundra, Channel Gone Dry, Big Fruit Carnival

Golden Sunseeds (フキダマリノミ^?, lit.: "Snowdrift Fruit") are fruits found in Mission Mode, Bingo Battle, and the Side Stories in Pikmin 3. They are a golden variety of Sunseed Berries, and are thus very valuable, being worth 200 Pokos. Aside from being worth four times as much as Sunseed Berries, they are functionally identical to their regular counterparts. According to a loading screen tip, they are packed with Piktamin U.

Technical information

Pikmin 3 technical information (?)
Internal name	gold_ichigo
Juice	0.0*
Juice color	(255, 255, 0, 255)
Mission Mode points	200
"Size"?	2

Gallery

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  Artwork of the treasure from Pikmin 2.

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  The Sunseed Berry in Pikmin 2.

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  Analysis of the Sunseed Berry in Pikmin 2.

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  Close-up of the Sunseed Berry in Pikmin 3.

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  The Sunseed Berry next to Brittany's crash site in the Garden of Hope.

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  The Sunseed Berry by the lakeside in the Garden of Hope.

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  The underwater Sunseed Berry in the Garden of Hope.

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  The Sunseed Berry in the Distant Tundra.

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  A few Red Pikmin carrying a Sunseed Berry in Pikmin 3.

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  Six Golden Sunseeds in Pikmin 3.

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  A strawberry in the real world.

Trivia

The unripe strawberry.

• There is an unripe Sunseed Berry in the Garden of Hope on a branch next to where the first Sunseed Berry is found, but it never grows across the course of the game.
• The first trailer released for Pikmin shows Yellow Pikmin returning a similar strawberry to their Onion.
• In the E3 2012 demo of Pikmin 3, Golden Sunseeds were referred to as Combustion Berries, a treasure from Pikmin 2.

Names in other languages

Sunseed Berry

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ヒダマリノミ? Hidamari no Mi	Sunny Spot Fruit
Chinese (traditional)	戀心果	Fruit of Love
Chinese (simplified)	恋心果	Fruit of Love
French (NoA)	Baie ensoleillée	Sunny berry
French (NoE)	Baie Ensoleillée	Sunny Berry
German	Sonnenkern-Beere (Pikmin 2) Sonnenkernbeere (Pikmin 3)	Sunseed Berry
Italian	Bacca solare	Solar berry
Korean	봄빛담은열매 bombichdam-eun-yeolmae
Spanish (NoA)	Baya solar	Solar berry
Spanish (NoE)	Baya solar	Solar berry

Golden Sunseed

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	フキダマリノミ? Fukidamari no Mi	Snowdrift Fruit
French	Baie de l'astre d'or	Berry of the golden star
German	Gold-Sonnenkernbeere	Golden Sunseed Berry

See also

• Combustion Berry
• Cupid's Grenade